Let’s Not Gain Mere Knowledge

May we not merely gain knowledge.  Instead, as we learn, may we grow and confess and change more into the people we’ve been created to be by the power of the Holy Spirit, who dwells within us (Romans 14:17). – Chan, Francis; Forgotten God: Reversing the Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit; David C. Cook [...]

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What Response Does You Life Get From Others?

When I live by my own power and strength, relying solely on my natural talents to see me through, then people naturally praise me for how I am living.  But when I am living in a way that requires me to depend on the Holy Spirit, people respond by praising my Father in Heaven. – [...]

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This is How People Should Respond to Our Lives

This principle carries into the way we live our personal lives as well.  People ought to see the transformation in our lives and respond by saying, “The Lord – He is God” – Chan, Francis; Forgotten God: Reversing the Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit; David C. Cook Publishers; Colorado Springs, CO; copyright 2009; p. [...]

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This Is Not the Way God Wants Us to Live

I don’t think God wants me (or any of His children) to live in a way that makes sense from the world’s perspective, a way I know I can “manage.”  I believe He is calling me – and all of us – to depend on Him for living in a way that cannot be mimicked [...]

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I Want No Other Explanation for My Life

I don’t want my life to be explainable without the Holy Spirit.  I want people to look at my life and know that I couldn’t be doing this on my own power.  I want to live in such a way that I am desparate for Him to come through.  That if He doesn’t come through, [...]

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This is Actually Not Exhausting As it May Seem

Living by the Spirit implies a habitual, continual, and active interaction with the Holy Spirit.  While this sounds exhausting, it really isn’t because all of this living and action is done in the power of the Spirit.  It is not by your own strength. – Chan, Francis; Forgotten God: Reversing the Tragic Neglect of the [...]

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You Cannot Live This Way

If you truly believe and have turned from the way you were headed and joined a different Way of living, then you desperately need the Holy Spirit.  You cannot live this Way without the Spirit in you. – Chan, Francis; Forgotten God: Reversing the Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit; David C. Cook Publishers; Colorado [...]

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This is a Much too Convenient Excuse Used By Many Christians

It is easy to use th phrase “God’s will for my life” as an excuse for inaction or disobedience.  It’s much less demanding to think about God’s will for your future than it is to ask Him what He wants you to do in the next ten minutes.  It’s safer to commit to following Him [...]

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This is Our Purpose for Living, This is Our Hope

And like our Savior, who poured  out His life and blood so we have a reason to rejoice, we were made to lay down our lives and give until it hurts.  We are most alive when we are loving and actively giving of ourselves because we were made to do these things.  It is when we live [...]

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This Is Something Every Christian Should Do

Baptism is the biblical way in which we show that by the power of the Spirit, we died to our old way of life through the death of Jesus, and live a new life through the resurrection of Jesus, cleansed from our sin in the same way that water cleanses us from filth.  Therefore, being [...]

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