June 5, 2022

"Kite Sunday"

Acts 1:1-8

Bryan Dupuis, Discipleship & Mission Minister

1. Pentecost:

• Was a Jewish festival celebrating the beginning of the wheat harvest.
• Roughly 50 days after passover (Pentecost = greek meaning 50)
• Jews were instructed to gather at the temple in Jerusalem

 Acts 1: 1-8

In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach ² until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. ³ After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God. ⁴ On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. ⁵ For John baptized with^[a] water, but in a few days you will be baptized with^[b] the Holy Spirit.”

⁶ Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?”

⁷ He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. ⁸ But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

 1. Don't Leave....Wait!

 1. Daily Prayer this Week:

Holy Spirit, I am listening, I am watching, I am following you today. What do you want to tell me? What do you want to show me? Where are you leading me?