“And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.” Acts 2:1
Acts 2:2-4 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Two VERY important words right now are ATTITUDE and ATMOSPHERE! We have to watch our attitude prayerfully because it greatly affects the atmosphere around us and that includes our SPIRITUAL ENVIRONMENT! Choosing to remain POSITIVE in a negative situation is the best policy! It requires FOCUS and INTENTION!
What you FOCUS on CREATES your ATTITUDE! There are plenty of faults and failures in those around us and if we focus on that alone it will be hard to recognize what the Holy Ghost is presently BUILDING in our lives. We who so desperately need His grace must EXTEND it to others whether or not we deem them worthy to receive it!
Intentionally focusing on the goodness of Jesus and the inspirational things that we see Him doing around us will help create a more positive and GODLY attitude. Through this more Holy attitude we can view differently what we have stumbled over in the past! By speaking FAITH into the situation or circumstance, instead of FEAR and doubt, we can SHIFT and charge the atmosphere with excitement and JOY instead of hopelessness and gloom!
When The Bride of Christ comes together with single vision and purpose, to see the Lord Jesus Christ exalted and His kingdom plans established, anything is possible!
Rev. William Branham
January 1, 1956
20 But it’s the attitude of the people that brings the results. That’s the reason at Pentecost they had to go to an upper room and pray until the Holy Ghost came, ’cause they got in one place and one accord. It’s the atmosphere what brings the results. You believe that? Let every man and woman in this building this morning, boy or girl, get everything from their minds but the Lord Jesus, and believe that He’s standing present right now, and you’ll see something happening that’ll cause headlines in newspaper in the morning. That’s right. It’s atmosphere.
…Mr. Bosworth, very good sense of humor, and he said, “Brother Branham, to prove that it’s atmosphere,” said, “you could take a hen egg and put it on a—under a puppy and tie him down and it would hatch a chicken.” See? It’s the warmth of the puppy’s body that would hatch the egg. It don’t have to be under the hen; … It could be in a incubator. It’s the atmosphere.
And it’s the atmosphere that brings the miraculous, and wonders, and powers of God among the people. It’s the atmosphere of the people. And when people get to a place they’re reasoning, and wondering, and stewing, and thinking, and all tore up, and don’t know where they do stand, half of them not even Scripturally taught, how can you expect the atmosphere to be right? You can’t do it; it won’t be right. It’s got to be in one accord, one place, and settled down with one motive, one thing, then you’re going to see something happen.
We can change the ATMOSPHERE around us by changing our ATTITUDES!
Let’s pray for each other!