Category: Holy Spirit

Our Daily Choice

How does God want us to live each day? Many people only respond to what their five senses tell them. But God gives His spirit to those who believe that He raised Jesus from the dead and make His Son their Lord. And we are then to live by the spirit of God within us. The Apostle Paul wrote about this in his letter to the Romans. Let’s look at how “spirit” is used in chapter 8 of that epistle.

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Giving Our All

When Paul wrote to the Philippian church, he was in prison in Rome, Italy. They weren’t that far away by modern standards (northern Greece), but Paul longed to be with them. His life was on the line, depending on how Caesar judged his case. He wanted to be released from prison and visit them, but he wasn’t sure at that time what would happen. Look at Paul’s attitude (all scriptures are from The New Testament in Modern English by J. B. Phillips).

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Baptism

As an infant, I was baptized with water at the baptismal font in our church. I remember nothing of this, but my parents did it in hopes of bringing some spiritual cleansing to me. Yet, in reality, I never received God’s gift of holy spirit until years later, when I carried out the Father’s simple instructions in the Book of Romans.

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Our God, the Fountain of Living Waters

Post author By Sherry Slavit
Post date November 2, 2019
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I began a running program when I was 46 years old with some trepidation. Would my body be able to handle it? I had my doubts. At the beginning, my heart would beat faster than I had ever felt before. My shins rebelled against this new exercise with sharp pains. My ankle would give out on me every now and then. And I couldn’t sleep at night for the severe aching in my legs.

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The Call

Our heavenly Father called us in Christ. We can answer that call and walk each day in God’s Word.

Ephesians 4:1: I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called.

Here is a poem about our calling:

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Fired Up for God!

1,990. Yes, it’s been 1,990 years since the day of Pentecost in 28 A.D., when the Christian church began. And that’s something to get fired up about!

Tags Holidays and Feasts, worship

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The Father Sent His Son so We Can Have Holy Spirit, Part 3

Post author By Gene Slavit
Post date February 9, 2018
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We have seen in Part 1 that the Father is our mighty God Who makes us His children. In Part 2, we saw that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and the captain of our salvation. Now we will see that it was through the works of God’s Son that we have the gift of holy spirit. God is Spirit, and we can worship Him in spirit and in truth.

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The Father Sent His Son so We Can Have Holy Spirit, Part 2

Post author By Gene Slavit
Post date February 8, 2018
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god son holy spirit 1 — My early years as an altar boy.

In Part 1, I told you about serving in my church and seeing the paintings of the Father, His Son, and the “Holy Ghost” above the altar. And we looked at what the scriptures say about the Father. The gospels, the Book of Acts, and the epistles written to the Church show that “the Father” is Almighty God, the Creator of the heavens and earth—Who loves us and wants to know us intimately as His children. Now we will look at what the Bible has to say about His Son, our lord and savior, Jesus Christ.

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The Father Sent His Son so We Can Have Holy Spirit, Part 1

Post author By Gene Slavit
Post date January 15, 2018
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The dome of Sacred Heart Church in Festus, Missouri.

Growing up in Festus, Missouri, I attended Sacred Heart Church. There, in the vaulted dome above me each week, I saw a mural with three main characters: an old man with a long white beard, a younger looking man, and a dove inside of a triangle.

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Do the Best that You Can

When others are watching and you’re on the spot,
Where everyone’s into comparing,
Just give it your all—don’t concern with what’s not,
Do the best that you can, that takes daring!

Tags Poetry and Song, victory