God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful. 1st Corinthians 1:9 NIV This was the day he had looked forward to for some time. He waited patiently as the other children went first. He was the last one to step into the water before the whole congregation. ... Continue Reading →
Spirit To Testify
"When the Counselor comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father, he will testify about me.’ John 15:26 (NIV) Jesus is making a most beautiful promise to those who care to hear it. He is offering to us a capable and essential Helper... Continue Reading →
God IS Spirit
‘God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth." John 4:24 (NIV) Oh how we shy away from a text like this? Who is left who is bold enough to tackle it? Who is willing to walk down the road where it leads? Do we just love to pick it apart? ... Continue Reading →
Water Jesus Gives
Jesus answered, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." John 14:13-14 (NIV) Contrast? Do we have two completely different waters? Are they set... Continue Reading →
What Jesus Sends
‘I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high." Luke 24:49 (NIV) Jesus taught us many secrets of the Spiritual Kingdom He is from. He worked hard to show us what it is like in the realms where... Continue Reading →
Are We Related to Jesus?
And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren? Mark 3:33 (KJV) When Jesus speaks these words, is He talking only to those who stood there before Him that one day telling Him that His family was waiting for Him outside? Do we truly believe that the words of Jesus are the... Continue Reading →
What is More About the Holy Spirit
He said this because they were saying, “He has an impure spirit.” Mark 3:30 (NIV) Jesus had been accused of doing what He did by the power of Beelzebub. He turned things around on them and exposed the fact that the Devil worked towards his causes using the spirit of darkness, but Jesus deliberately worked... Continue Reading →
Putting Down the Holy Spirit
“However, whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit has no forgiveness forever, but is guilty of everlasting sin.” Mark 3:29 (Reference Bible) These are not times to be speaking loudly about spirits. History has recorded many horrible atrocities committed by spiritualist and the common man´s dealings with such people. It is a subject that is not... Continue Reading →
The Spirit Drove Him
The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. Mark 1:12 (ESV) One can almost picture the scene of Jesus rising up out of the water. The whole moment is charged with emotion and strong conviction. Jesus and John both are acutely in tune with their hearts supplication to the Living God. They know and... Continue Reading →
