Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one ofyou, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."
What thoughts would run through your head if you identified, purchased, and delivered the perfect gift for someone and they chose not to open it or didn't bother using it?
We All Do This! Amazing - we have been given a free gift, specifically designed by God for us, and what do we do with it?
I know that in my life - I have been ignorant of the gift more than I chosen not to open or use it. I am excited about growing in my relationship with the Holy Spirit - being challanged by all my borthers as we challanged each other.
Today we read from Chapter 3: The Fresh Stuff
We agreed that the Emeny of Fresh is Old and agreed to challange and encourage each other through the week by staying fresh with the Holy Spirit. We can do this by commenting on this blog.
"If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him." By this he ment the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. (John 7:37-39)
Jesus said,
The Flow of the Holy Spirit's work in our lives would be like a natural spring that bubbles out continuous, life-giving change that would leak out of us and others and into the world.
So - what is some of the Fresh Stuff from the Holy Spirit:
- Fresh Leadership from Jesus
- Fresh Truth
- Fresh Forgiveness
- Fresh Thinking
- Fresh Encouragement
- Fresh Power to Defeat Sin
Pages - 37 - 39 in SOAR
Here is one of the biggest mistakes many of us make in our relationship with God: We focus our energies on telling God exactly What to do, How to do it, and When to do it. In fact, we repeat ourselves over and over again just to make sure God didn't miss any of the important details. But what if, instead of spending all of our energy making plans for God, we spent that energy seeking God?
Experiencing God - Truth 1: God is at Work Around Us! - So, in our seeking, let's look for where God is Already and Work around us and opt to join Him!
This week - let's ask the Holy Spirit to keep us Fresh (above) and show us where God is already as work around us. Let's also comment on this blog for others to be encouraged and challanged
In Christ's Amazing Grace! Sonny
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