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Stay Tender

Sunday, May 24, 20269am
📖 ACT.2.1-ACT.2.4
A Spirit-led Pentecost service rather than a prepared sermon. The pastoral exhortation calls the church to remain vulnerable before God, receive protection without pity, and let tenderness become the path to victory.
Key Points
1.
Remain tender and receptive to God instead of fighting the vulnerability through which God brings victory.
2.
Receive God’s protection as strength and care, not as pity.

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Sermon Summary

The service opened in Acts 2 and continued as an extended time of worship, prayer, prophetic encouragement, and ministry. The pastor explicitly set aside prepared sermons to respond to the moment.

Stay tender before God

The central word was that vulnerability becomes a path to victory. Rather than resisting God’s work through self-protection or certainty, the church is encouraged to stay soft, receptive, and willing to receive what God provides.

Receive protection without pity

God’s protection does not require a person to be pitied. The message speaks to those facing breaking points and assures them that God’s care is present in the place of honest vulnerability.

Sermon Quote

Your vulnerability is what’s going to give you victory.

Sermon Quote

Stay tender.

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There’s protection that doesn’t require pity.

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