Do not quench the Spirit. 1 Thessalonians 5:19 Bill Johnson contrasted Ephesians 4:30 about grieving the Spirit with this verse in Thessalonians. "Grieving" he said "is caused by things we do or allow in our lives. Quenching is when we stop the flow of the Spirit." I think in my own life, I am quick... Continue Reading →
And John bore witness: “I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. John 1:32 Jesus had the Holy Spirit and because He went away we have the Holy Spirit who remains in us. We are empowered as Christians to do the same as Christ because the same spirit lives in us.... Continue Reading →
That Power
And Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone out from him, immediately turned about in the crowd and said, “Who touched my garments?” Mark 5:30 I can't imagine being surrounded in crowds and feeling that power of God's Spirit go out. When I lay hands on someone and feel that Power, Was it my faith? Or... Continue Reading →
Career Christians
And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” Matthew 4:19 As I read this passage, I was struck that the disciples Jesus first called were working. They were not sitting at the temple studying. They were in their workplace. God still calls us in our workplaces. He wakes us to... Continue Reading →
His Temple
Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? 1 Corinthians 3:16 God created His temple in the Old Testament with very specific instructions. As the temple God's Spirit dwells in our instruction came through the example of Christ. He took great care to give us instructions on hosting... Continue Reading →
Live the Word
”Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart. But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.“2 Corinthians 4:1-2 ... Continue Reading →
Extraordinary Miracles
”And God was doing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul, so that even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his skin were carried away to the sick, and their diseases left them and the evil spirits came out of them.“ Acts 19:11-12 Extra ordinary miracles, I don’t know what that looks like, but... Continue Reading →
The Light of the World
Go therefore and make disciples of every nation, teaching them all things, baptizing them in the name of the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit. Matthew 18:19 I love city lights. There is something magical about lights to me. The sparking white, yellow and orange glow mesmerize me every time I have the opportunity... Continue Reading →
Seek
“Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.”Matthew 18:3-4 One of the awesome and yet sometimes annoying things about little children is their thirst for knowledge. The many... Continue Reading →
Imagine
“But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”—” 1 Corinthians 2:9 God has prepared things the heart of man can not imagine. There are a lot of things I have not seen or heard.... Continue Reading →
Restoring Voice 