Birthdays are fun aren’t they? Well, when we’re young and don’t mind another year of experience behind us they’re good. The party. The celebration. The big to do everyone makes of us. All of it is pretty fantastic! So happy birthday! Ok so maybe it’s not your birthday but maybe it’s more a celebration of your birthday than you realize? Hear me out here.
The idea of celebrating is important. If we don’t celebrate we’ll forget where we’ve been and what we’re about. Last night I spoke about the matter of celebrating the start of something massive. It was scary at first but when it really got going it meant so many people’s lives were changed for the better!
Yesterday was a pretty big day in the church. If you’re a Jesus follower, then hopefully you heard mention of something called Pentecost yesterday. The long and short of Pentecost is that it was the time when God gave us his Holy Spirit. The disciples were in a house when a breeze blew through the home and a fire appeared on their heads. They then began to tell everyone what they believed about Jesus in many different languages. It’s a pretty cool account! Check it out in 
As followers of Jesus we often overlook a huge part of what the bible promises for our lives today. We talk a lot about things like the story of creation, the flood, the burning bush, Jesus’ baptism, His death and resurrection. But truth be told, as important as these are, the key to what Jesus promises us today is His Holy Spirit.