Hello, thank you for joining me today for Give Him 15.

The title of today's post is,

Seages are becoming suddenlies.

Acts 2 tells us when the day of Pentecost had come,

they were all together in one place.

And suddenly, a noise like a violent rushing wind came from heaven, and it filled

the whole house where they were sitting. I've heard quite a few sermons over the years about

God's suddenlies. This, of course, is not a proper word. The correct wording would be sudden occurrences.

But that wouldn't work as well for the sermons.

The above passage describing Holy Spirit's sudden outpouring on the day of Pentecost is often given as an example.

These sudden God happenings are wonderful when they occur,

unless, of course, they are judgments of some sort, as occurred as Sodom.

Paul's Damascus Road Experience, conversion,

Paul's Damascus Road conversion was a suddenly, as was Holy Spirit being

poured out on the Gentiles. We could mention others from Scripture. A few years back,

however, I was surprised when Holy Spirit, playing on this coined word used in our sermonizing, said,

Sudnays are not actually suddenlies. He does things like this to me.

After getting my attention and allowing me a few moments to untangle my

brain, Holy Spirit began unpacking his statement. The dots were already there. He connected them.

When we experience sudden breakthroughs or actions of God, which seem sudden, and the acts

themselves can indeed take place suddenly, there have typically been periods of faith-filled

prayer and perseverance that caused them.

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