Fish Stories - Fishing With the Holy Spirit Matthew 4:18-22 and Matthew 28:18-20 “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” = “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations.” When Jesus first called His disciples lets consider what He did not say. He didn’t say, Come, follow Me and I will teach… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 8/21/23
I want to use this weeks Weekly Reflection to look forward (Does that make it a Weekly Preflection?) In a few weeks we will be starting small groups, Kids Zone, Youth, and Foundations Class. This Sunday there should be a little more information on what some of that will look like. In this space I… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 8/17/23
Fellowship With the Holy Spirit – “I was glad when they said to me…” Fellowship with the Holy Spirit If we want to fellowship with the Holy Spirit then we must be where He is and do what He does. The Holy Spirit is present and active in a unique and glorious way when the… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 8/7/23
Fellowship With the Holy Spirit – Repentance James 4:4-10 Last week we talked about drawing near to God, intentionally and deliberately drawing near to God to receive His blessing and grace. If we are not drawing near then we are by default drifting away from Him. We could accurately call that drifting away sin. So,… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 7/27/23
Fellowship With The Holy Spirit – “Gracious For A Purpose; Drifting Away or Drawing Near?” “I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving.” Psalm 69:30 ESV There are two kinds of magnifying: microscope magnifying and telescope magnifying. The one makes a small thing look bigger than it… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 7/18/23
Fellowship With the Holy Spirit – Missions What is missions? The question, “What is missions?”, was posed on Sunday and a couple of the answers that were given were: to be a representative of Jesus and to reflect God’s love to the world. Certainly there are numerous ways we could attempt to define Christian… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 7/6/23
FellowshipWith the Holy Spirit – “Who Do You Think You Are?” Identity Amnesia When we forget who we are, we frantically look for identity in 1000s of places where it will never be found. Places where you were never meant to look for identity. You probably do it so instinctively, you probably do it so… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 6/28/23
Fellowship With the Holy Spirit – “Much More” A.W. Tozer says, “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us” (The Knowledge of the Holy). What we think about our heavenly Father says a lot about who we are. Throughout life we entrust ourselves (thoughts, emotions, desires)… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 6/21/23
Fellowship With the Holy Spirit - Faith, Grace, and Spiritual Gifts 1 Peter 4:10-11 and Romans 12:3-8 Faith looks away from our own resources and our own natural abilities; and faith desires, receives, and utilizes the all-sufficient person and work of Jesus Christ as the source of all grace. Faith is what turns natural abilities,… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 6/15/23
Fellowship With the Holy Spirit - Now Concerning Spiritual Gifts Why study spiritual gifts? First, I want us to be educated about spiritual gifts. (Verse 1 – “I do not want you to be uninformed”) Second, I also want us to be equipped to use the gifts God gives. (verse 7: “To each is given the manifestation of the… Continue reading Weekly Reflection 6/6/23
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