“The unspiritual self, just as it is by nature, can’t receive the gifts of God’s Spirit. There’s no capacity for them. They seem like so much silliness. Spirit can be known only by spirit—God’s Spirit and our spirits in open communion. Spiritually alive, we have access to everything God’s Spirit is doing, and can’t be […]
Have you ever thought about how incredibly blessed you are? If you’ve made Jesus your Lord then, by definition, you are. Don’t just remind yourself of this when things get bad, you should do this daily. Part of the reason is that you do remind you of your blessings. When you think about if…. You
How do YOU view ‘gifts’? Especially gifts that come from the Father’s grace and mercy? Then again… all gifts come from Him. I know I’ve written about Grace before. However, I also believe that we grow in our perception, understanding of spiritual matters. These verses in Ephesians 2:8-10, AMP somehow just jumped out at me.
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What lessons do you remember? Only the mistakes? Did you realize that it’s equally important to remember the good decisions, the ‘better’ choices as it is to never forget the bad decisions and choices? It is. How can we ‘accent the positive’ (old movie musical) if we don’t remember the good too? It really is
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Not so much a question of ‘if’ this word describes you… but How does it describe you. Where on the continuum of faithless to faithful would you put yourself? Do a fair evaluation. Now, how important is it to you to Be faithful? Is this a quality, an attribute you would want to describe your
[During the past few months I have been co-teaching on the Gifts of the Holy Spirit. I thought this might prove to be a good post as well.] By the way… little hint. These gifts aren’t for a time in the future… these gifts are for NOW to help us NOW. Also, you can’t choose
In Paul’s letters in the New Testament, we read his prayers for the believer, and this does include US! There are 3 particular prayers that give us so much information about who we are, Whose we are, and all that is available to us to be all that we are intended to become. These are
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That’s part of the definition of who you are and what you do. Did you realize it? And this is really an either/or. Either you are light or you are darkness. Either you are salt or you’ve lost your savor. How do you define you? “You are the salt of the earth; but if the
Authority is based in purpose. If you are going through something then that means that you are able to go through it. Whether we realize it or not, the Father is indicating His trust in us. And no, not to go it alone because He is always there for us and will strengthen us. However,
Are you? Don’t you realize who You are and Whose you are? Don’t you realize that if you’ve made Jesus your Lord, that you are a new creation!? Read 2 Corinthians 5: 17-21 and discover YOU! Do you believe you have potential? You do… even if you’ve been told that (fill in the blank) is
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Just write down any questions that you may have and I will get back to you in a jiffy!
