John Markum

New Favorite Song…

I’m totally in love with this song by Elevation Worship called, Fullness. The reasons are plentiful: it’s packed with Scripture, it speaks to the day of Pentecost (when the church was born) in Acts 2, it references all of the prophetic foreshadowing to the move of God coming through the Holy Spirit, it’s full of modern significance as it’s chorus and bridge consistently cry out “Spirit come!” as if inviting God’s power and presence into our lives and communities in the same way today, and it speaks of longing for our King’s return.

My favorite version of this song is their acoustic set which, though I can’t find it on iTunes, is available via youtube (linked below).

If you’re interested in doing a devotion over this passage, here’s my thoughts below on the song – and more importantly, the Scripture it references…

The Bible tells us in Acts 1 & 2 that after Jesus had risen from the dead and spent 40 days with His followers that He told them, “you will receive power after the Holy Spirit comes upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.”
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