Remaining Available When we stop being open for God to use that’s when God will stop using us. A widow came to Elisha and told him that creditors were demanding payment or else they would take her sons as payment. Elisha told her to gather as many empty jars as she could from her neighbors […]

Renew Your Inner Man Our life in Christ doesn’t begin on the outside, rather it is an inside out work. It is not about conforming; rather it’s about transforming. “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and […]

Tagged by the Spirit When we come into the faith of Jesus Christ, God tags us by placing within our hearts the Holy Spirit as His seal of promise that we’re His. We’ve been sealed by the Holy Spirit and are now God’s special possession. “In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word […]

Out With The Old and In With The New This was the Apostle Paul’s take when he wrote, “For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were aroused by the law were at work in our members to bear fruit to death. But now we have been delivered from the law, having […]

The Real Spirit of Christmas While all the talk this time of year is about the “Spirit of Christmas,” the real Spirit of Christmas isn’t what most people think. It isn’t about the feel good positive vibe someone gets during this festive time of the year. Nor is it the attributes that are on display, […]

Serving in the Spirit The Bible makes it clear that we are to live, walk, and pray in the Spirit. “I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh … Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit … We do not […]

Imparting the Holy Spirit To impart means to give a part or share. When given a gift from the Holy Spirit, we are to impart that gift to others. Example: When the Holy Spirit gives a word of knowledge or wisdom we are to impart them to others as He intended. But can we impart […]

Get to Know the Holy Spirit We want the experience of the Holy Spirit, but not necessarily the relationship. Like sex, we want the experience but not necessarily the relationship the true experience requires. The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Godhead, and as a person He can be grieved and hurt when […]

Don’t Let Hindrances Stop You “Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the desert … Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside.” (Luke 4:1, 14) Jesus was well received throughout the whole countryside, […]

Never Run Dry How many times have we said that we’re running on empty, or that we’re all burned out? We use these phrases to indicate that we’re all used up and that there’s nothing left. We can’t do another thing and we’re ready to quit. But in the Lord there’s no quit, and we’ll […]