But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it, we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. Philippians 3:20 Heaven! I love learning about heaven. It’s our home. The earth is no longer our home. Yes, a temporary home until Jesus returns or we go to heaven. When we choose to live for Christ, we are no longer just citizens on earth but we have new citizenship in heaven. We have become aliens and strangers in this world. In John 17:16, it says: ” They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.” We are on a pilgrim journey while we are on this…
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Praying For Each Other
Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The Prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. James 5:13-16 Life is hard. There is…
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Lord’s Prayer – Part 3
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, be deliver us from evil. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen Matthew 6: 9-13 Deliver us from evil: We believers in God will always be a target of Satan’s opposition and attack. We can not deal with Satan on our own. We will need to depend on God for help. We will need to pray consistently for wisdom and…
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The Lord’s Prayer – Part 1
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, be deliver us from evil. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen Matthew 6: 9-13 Our Father in heaven Prayer is openly communicating with our Heavenly Father. Prayer is a way to worship our Heavenly Father. It is expressing honor and worthiness. God is everything we could have in a father. God will never let us down. He cares for…
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Holy Spirit and Car Troubles
My family and I have traveled a lot in the month of May. Some of it has been relaxing, some of it has been intense. In the first trip, we had some huge things we had to fix on our big van. We had the protection of our Triune God. I am amazed at how far we made it on our trip and nothing bad happened to us. The rotors were really bad. In the next trip, we took was within our home state. I ask my bible study ladies to keeps us in their prayers. Our leader listen to the Holy Spirit and then shared what the Holy…
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Now What??
God’s love has been poured out into out hearts through the Holy Spirit. Romans 5:5 The Holy Spirit pours God’s love into us. He helps us to love others, and not just the easy to love people either. He helps us to love the hard to love. When you are struggling with loving others all you have to do is ask the Holy Spirit to help you in this area. I have and it works. You can expect to have more power to live for Jesus. The Holy Spirit will help you. He will help you be more like Jesus. Do you need power to tell the truth? Do…
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Receiving The Holy Spirit
“How much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” Luke 11: 9-10, 13 Are you a Christ follower? A believer? A christian? God has promised the gift of baptism of the Holy Spirit to you. God wants you to receive His gift. You don’t have to and it’s not forced upon you. It’s a gift you have to ask for. First of all, do you want the Holy Spirit? All you have to do is pray and ask for the gift. After you ask, keep praying until you receive it. Sometimes it will happen all at once, and sometimes you have to wait, and…
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Holy Spirit Has Many Roles
“I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper to be with you forever. ” John 14:16 God is so good! Jesus asked His Father to give us another Helper to be with us. As soon as He ascended to Heaven, God sent the Holy Spirit to be with us. The Holy Spirit does many things for us. HE is our helper. The greek word for helper is parakletos. This means literally, one called alongside to help. The Holy Spirit has many roles. He is counselor, strengthener, comforter, helper, adviser, advocate, intercessor, ally and friend. “The helper will teach you everything and will cause you to remember all that I…
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The Holy Spirit Gift
Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongue of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. Acts 2:2-4 Three things happened to the followers of Jesus on the Day of Pentecost. In the verse above I have the three things in red. Write them down. Search, ponder, and write down what you learn about the phrases in red. A man name Cornelius believed in God but didn’t…
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Baptize With The Holy Spirit
“I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.” Matthew 3:11 John speaks of Christ being above him in dignity and pre-eminence. John speaks of how he might magnify Christ. John may have had power, for he came in the spirit, Christ has more. Even though John was truly great in the sight of the Lord, he thinks of himself unworthy to be in the place of attendance upon Christ. God strengthens those who are weak. God puts honor on those who are humble. This…