The words grow so familiar over time. Words like mercy, grace, peace, and joy. We hear the truths of God’s love, forgiveness, protection, and provision so often that they feel like ideas that will work out only in eternity, especially when they bump up against day-to-day realities that can be so harsh. We feel like […]
Category: Holy Spirit
DEEPER ROOTS
I have been guilty of collecting books on my Kindle, putting off reading them, and then getting sidetracked and forgetting all about them. Lately, I found a gem just waiting for me to rediscover it, and the timing was perfect. It’s another book by Andrew Murray (I highly recommend any book he authored!) titled “Spirit […]
WORLD CHANGERS
I was reading in Matthew today and in chapter 11 Jesus talks about the Kingdom of Heaven forcefully advancing (NLT). The Bible I’m using is the New Spirit-Filled Life Bible (NLT) with commentary by Jack Hayford. In his notes titled Kingdom Dynamics he says this: “Jesus defines the ‘violence’ of His Kingdom’s expansion by defining […]
FRESH WIND
There’s a song by Keith Staten titled “Such Joy”, and there’s a line in the song that goes like this: “There’s a joy no bounds can hold when the Spirit blows a fresh wind through my soul.” I love that. Lord, blow a fresh wind through my soul. Open the windows, all the entry points […]
WIND OF THE SPIRIT
We’ve had rain; now we have wind, an amazing and powerful force. We hear it. We feel it. We see its effects. The wind blows, but we cannot know where it blows from or where it blows to… …So is everyone who is born of Me, the Holy Spirit. My presence in the life of […]
THIS MOMENT
I pray, Father, that all I do and say would glorify You. Set a guard, Lord, over my heart and mind and mouth in order to establish Your kingdom rule in every exchange, both incoming and outgoing. Make me sensitive to what offends Your Spirit and avoid it at all cost. Help me to see […]
His Unfolding Grace 