Category: Holy Spirit

Competing for the Spirit

Galatians 5:22, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.” I facilitated a business course last week and what a blessing it is to be able to interact with people who are both creative and driven to success.  Whenever I teach this course at some point…

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Idol Power

1 John 5:21, “Little children, keep yourselves from idols.” I was sharing with a group last night about the transformation that took place in my life several years ago.  The transformation took place in a very subtle way and happened without me really knowing.  Evidence in the transformation taking place appeared in my thought processes…

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Just a thought…

John 1:1-3, “In the beginning the Word already existed.  the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  He (Jesus) existed in the beginning with God.  God created everything through Him, and nothing was created except through Him.” (NLT) I remember the first time I ever stayed at a Hampton Inn several years ago.  Back…

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Defining our “vomit”

Proverbs 26:11, “As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his foolishness.” The 26th Proverb is a great lesson about fools and the 11th verse is a translation of one of my favorite quotes, “the definition of insanity is doing things the same way and expecting different results.” I don’t know about you,…

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“Jesus is Just Alright”

He came, he experienced, he was exalted, he was rejected, he was denied, he was betrayed, he anguished, he wept, he thought about turning back, he was betrayed, he was beaten. he was whipped, he was abused, he was spit on, he was mocked, he was nailed to a tree and left for dead, he suffered…

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