Power Through Patience
What if patience is not the absence of power, but the pathway to it?
In this Pentecost Sunday message, Power Through Patience, Dallas Amsden explores the upside-down way of the Kingdom, where true power does not come through control, speed, or self-reliance. It comes through surrender, waiting, and the presence of the Holy Spirit.
Looking at Philippians 2, Acts 1–2, and John 14, we’ll see how Jesus models surrendered power through Kenosis, how the disciples waited in unity and prayer before Pentecost, and how the Holy Spirit empowers believers to live as witnesses of Jesus in the world.
The world says, “Move faster. Take control. Force the outcome.”
The Kingdom says, “Wait on the Lord. Empty your hands. Receive the Spirit.”
Because in the Kingdom of God, the Spirit fills what surrender empties.
Acts 2
Discussion topics
- HEAD – What did Jesus say to you through the Word?
- What stood out to you most from this week’s message on Pentecost and patience? Why do you think waiting is often uncomfortable for people?
- Looking at Acts 1:4-8, why do you think Jesus told the disciples to wait instead of immediately sending them out?
- What is Kenosis from Philippians 2:5-8, and how did Jesus model surrendered power?
- HEART – How did it make you feel?
- Which of these hit closest to home for you:
- confusing control with peace
- confusing speed with obedience
- confusing self-reliance with strength
- Why?
- Where in your life do you currently feel like you’re in a “waiting room”?
- relationships
- healing
- finances
- purpose
- family
- clarity
- spiritual growth
- What are you most tempted to control when life feels uncertain? What does that reveal about your trust in God?
- Which of these hit closest to home for you:
- HANDS – What are you going to do with it?
- What is one area of your life where you need to stop rushing and start trusting God more deeply?
- What would it practically look like for you to:
- wait with God instead of rushing ahead of Him?
- surrender control instead of forcing outcomes?
- seek God’s presence instead of merely quick solutions?
- Take a moment and honestly share: Where are you emotionally exhausted from trying to hold everything together yourself?
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