Washington National Cathedral
Tony delivered this sermon at National Washington Cathedral in Washington, DC on June 3, 2012
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- Isaiah 6 – Isaiah praying at the temple, transformative experience.
- One thing to believe in God, quite another to experience God.
- To encounter God is not to prepare you for the next world, it’s to empower you to do the work of God in this world.
- Story about the Pentecostal preacher and not falling down when he got hit.
- Joke about Baptists going to heaven.
- Learnt other ways of praying from Catholics. Centering prayer in the morning.
- Joke about son going to bed “I’m going to be praying, anyone want anything?”
- Story about Mother Teresa on prayer “I don’t say anything, I listen.”
- You must wait for the Holy Spirit to invade you, to permeate you, to lead you.
- Story about middle seat on an airplane between two fat guys.
- The story of the bleeding woman in the Gospels.
- The creed is crucial to who we are. But there is something beyond creed. There is an experience, Isaiah had it.
- The Holy Spirit comes to different people different ways.
- When the Spirit of God is in you it changes you into someone who responds to God’s call.
- Story about the deacon and the old man in the wheelchair.
- 1 Corinthians 13
- If you’re full of the Holy Spirit, you will become Jesus for people.
- Went to Port-au-Prince, approached by 3 teenage prostitutes, hired them for the night. Before they came to the room, got a bunch of Disney videos, 4 banana splits. Had a party and watched movies. Let them be children again for a night.
- The Spirit will invade you and drive you to do what you can do to touch the lives of others.
- Story about homeless man in Philadelphia offering coffee to Tony, asks for a hug.
- When the Holy Spirit is in you, you sense Christ waiting to be loved in those who are in need.
- Joke about bombing a sermon at Mount Carmel.
- Story about student recognition day at Mount Carmel, “One day you’re going to die.”
- Is your life about collecting titles or collecting testimonies?
- Far more important than a tombstone with titles is people standing around your grave giving testimonies.
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