Who are you partnered with today? Are you partnered with anyone? What is your view of partnership? Will you only partner with someone you agree with? Are you willing to partner with someone who will correct you? Will you partner with someone who will guide you? Partnerships we experience during our lives can be finicky.Continue reading “Partnership with the Holy Spirit”
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Take the Next Step
What are you struggling with? Do you sometimes feel like you are being overwhelmed? Do you wonder if what you believe is true is really true? Have you ever doubted your faith? Are you willing to continue to take the next step forward? Will you go where you are called? We sometimes struggle with ourContinue reading “Take the Next Step”
Be Restored
Do you desire peace? Do you want peace in your life? Do you want peace in your community? Do you want peace in our world? Are you tired of all the arguing, finger pointing, and fighting? Would you like to be restored? Are you willing to be restored? Many of us say we want peaceContinue reading “Be Restored”
God Given Authority
Do you sometimes wish that you were in charge? Would you like to make the decisions for a particular situation? Have you been the decisionmaker and wish you were not? Are you aware that you have been given authority? Have you accepted the authority given to you? It seems we all have our opinions ofContinue reading “God Given Authority”
Important to God
Do you like to be thought of? Do you like when people show you respect? Do you like it when others consider your situation and your needs? Do you like it when they take time to acknowledge all you have done? What if no one did those things? How would you feel? Being thought of,Continue reading “Important to God”
Rest
How often do you rest? When do you take time to be quiet and decompress? Do you do that regularly? Or only when you have worn yourself down to the point you are forced to rest? Have you not heard that God made the seventh day holy, a day of rest? In our hurried andContinue reading “Rest”
Where It All Began
When was the last time you took time to wonder how things were created? Have you considered how things came into being? Have you marveled at the many things God has created? When was the last time you read the creation story? We often are on the go so much that we don’t take timeContinue reading “Where It All Began”
Pentecost Part 4
Once the Holy Spirit came, Peter was filled and spoke a powerful message. He starts by refuting the accusations the disciples were drunk at nine o’clock in the morning and continues by quoting from the prophet Joel, where God declared that he would pour out his Spirit on his people. Peter then speaks about Jesus.Continue reading “Pentecost Part 4”
Pentecost Part 3
The Holy Spirit has come with a loud sound and visible indication of believers. He has filled the disciples gathered and given them the ability to speak in different languages. There are at least fifteen different territories or countries represented by the crowd that gathers around them. Many of these people were pilgrims who cameContinue reading “Pentecost Part 3”
Pentecost Part 2
As we continue our review of Pentecost, today we discuss what occurred when the Holy Spirit arrived. First, there was a loud sound. Luke describes it as the sound of a violent wind. Think of it as the roaring sound of a hurricane or tornado. However, he does not say there was actual wind. Second,Continue reading “Pentecost Part 2”
Marty Pressey 