Jesus met His frightened disciples behind locked doors, breathed on them, and sent them out. The same Holy Spirit gives gifts to every believer for the common good, even in a messy church like Corinth. Pastor Dave invites us to put the battery back in: stay open and discerning, pray for boldness like the early church, and bring our wounds to the One whose wounds heal us. Ordinary, wounded people become rivers of life flowing into the dead places of our town. Holy Spirit, make me available.

Does God still speak? Pastor Dave Page says yes, and He speaks to wounded, ordinary people like us. From Jesus promising the Spirit would guide His frightened disciples, to Elijah’s gentle whisper in the cave and the unlikely church at Antioch, Scripture shows God drawing near in our weakest places. Four guardrails help us test what we hear: Scripture, the character of Jesus, the fruit of the Spirit, and Christian community. Listening prayer begins with Samuel’s words: Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.

Jacob woke at Bethel and said, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it.” This message reminds us that through the Spirit, God has already made His home in every believer. From Romans 8 and Psalm 139, we see that no place is without Him, and that we live in His house as beloved children, not guests. Instead of praying “God, show up,” we are invited to grow in attention, awareness and expectancy, noticing the presence already near.