All tagged Holy Spirit
The real reason we typically don’t acknowledge the Spirit’s presence in our congregations and in our lives is that if we really took that “potter and clay” stuff seriously, we would have to let go of our control. Our fear of letting go is often stronger than our desire for the presence of God’s Spirit in our lives.
What happens in Isaiah 11 is incredible. You have our Father in heaven partnering with His creation to foretell of His Son who is embraced and empowered by God’s Spirit. This is just one of many passages that show us the harmony and majesty with which our God is Triune. God affirms the way that His Son is empowered by God’s Spirit.
To share stories, experiences and life with one another is to offer more of who God is to each other, which elevates and proclaims the way that the Spirit is at work in all of us.
The Christian minister is a soldier for Christ’s sake, an athlete who runs from everything that hinders him, and a hardworking farmer who will enjoy the fruits of his efforts.
We were created to be filled to overflowing with God’s love and presence. May we all be filled so much that others will see it and say, “Surely the Spirit in this place!”
If spiritual transformation is the work of the Holy Spirit in us to form, conform, and transform us into the image of Christ, then how do we view the Spirit in our lives?
Sometimes we exalt others for their skill in ministry, whether as great preachers or talented musicians or wonderful prayer leaders, but we end up exalting the person rather than remembering to give thanks to the God who gave those gifts.
When the church fails in its efforts to preach the gospel and make disciples for Christ, it is because it rushes—because it does not wait sufficiently.
The body of Christ cannot be idle in its efforts to cultivate unity. If the body of Christ is going to function to the fullest, the body must be one.
God is not done with us. It will take time, and God wants to take that time with us—to form us, conform us, and transform us.
The reason to know about God in the past is so that we can recognize the action of God today.
We lose sleep over what to do with our ministries and our organizations. Yet we have forgotten—and we simply ignore—the one thing that really matters; the presence of God among his people.
When we do the things expected in Eph. 4:2—practicing humility, gentleness, patience, and bearing with one another in love—we will be well on our way toward keeping the unity of the Spirit.
By loving the way God loves and acting as God would act, our resemblance becomes so great that it leaves no doubt we are the children of God.
As leaders in our communities of faith, we need to make sure that our people know the resources available to them when they are in spiritual need.
God desires to be found, to be known. Though God is not far from us, God doesn’t make God’s will difficult to discern; we do.
When we love like Jesus loved, then we show all humankind that we are disciples of Jesus.
In the New Testament—and still today—the Spirit prompts a worldwide and cross-cultural vision of the kingdom of God.
The Holy Spirit’s presence is seen when people who were divided in the world have learned to come together in the church.
We offer three crucial commitments that are essential to any attempt to move closer toward the goal of racial reconciliation in the church.
