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Empowered for witness
The call is to BE witnesses, not “do” witnessing.
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Divine Appointments
We are into a new series at Heights Church on the Holy Spirit. Next week I am teaching on the empowerment of the Spirit for witness. Sometimes we run into situations where we get into a conversation, or reach out in a particular action, that when we think about it later it seems that was really an action of the Holy…
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We don’t grasp who we really are
Let the power of the Spirit flow through the Church once again and let the Church arise and BE the powerful representation of Christ once again in this world!
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Anticipate
It’s spring training for baseball and I actually have a World Champion team to root for this year! One of my spring rituals is to watch the Ken Burns baseball series (with extra innings now!) and I love seeing the passage of time. One of my favorite players they don’t spend nearly enough time on is Brooks Robinson. He is…
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The Church and the Holy Spirit
“Through the Spirit the church becomes for the world Christ’s body, the way the world is given continuing, bodily assurance that Jesus Christ is Lord.” — Hauerwas and Willimon, The Holy Spirit We live out the presence of Christ every day. We have the opportunity to bring the presence of Christ into this world… in power. LIVE in the power of…
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The Holy Spirit and prayer
That the Holy Spirit “will teach you everything, and remind you” of all that Jesus said is immensely reassuring. None of us is born Christian. We must learn the faith, and in the Holy Spirit we see that God loves us enough to teach us all we need to know to be with God. Jesus commands us to do some…
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Live Lives FULL of the Holy Spirit
Christians are people who dare to live in the power of the Holy Spirit, that is live lives out of control, coming to God dependent, empty-handed, lives driven by and accountable to someone more interesting than ourselves. — Stanley Hauerwas and William Willimon, The Holy Spirit
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Holiness, Prayer, and the Holy Spirit
“Prayer is the crucial practice through which we are drawn into the life of the Trinity.” — Hauerwas and Willimon, The Holy Spirit In Romans 8 Paul talks about the Spirit interceding for us with deep groanings. With prayer, partnered with the Spirit, we are caught up into the life of God. “To be so ‘caught’ is to be made…
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The difference of the Holy Spirit
We need to explore the DIFFERENCE the Holy Spirit makes in our lives.
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What I “bank” on
I want to “bank” on the extravagant love, beauty, and power of Jesus. When those not following Christ currently encounter him through me, HIS incredible beauty shines through. I want to hope for a maturing body of believers unafraid to plunge into uncharted waters and trust the leading of the Spirit. Lead on, Holy Spirit.
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