Tag: holy spirit

On the Deity

Living on earth for many decades can bring insight when a person is meek to the Creator. The greatest man who ever lived was only here for three decades, and yet he knew the Creator as a loving Father and made this eternal Spirit known to others. To understand the things of God, let’s consider four questions that every human will face during our brief existence in this world. Where did I come from? Why am I here? Why must I die? Where will I go after death?

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Health & Healing

Dunamis: Healing Power in Christ

Post author By Gene Slavit
Post date August 15, 2022
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Sherry and I have been thinking a lot about healing lately. Several friends and family have a need for restored health and to overcome physical attacks. We too, are faced with such challenges as we grow older. What is God’s solution to these important needs?

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Leadership

Twenty-five Similarities between Elijah and John the Baptist

Post author By Gene Slavit
Post date February 1, 2020
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When Sherry and I visited Israel, we stood by the Jordan River perhaps near the place where Jesus was baptized by his cousin John. Just as Jesus was a prophet “like unto” the Prophet Moses (Acts 3:22; 7:37), John was a prophet like the Prophet Elijah. John’s coming was predicted by another prophet, Malachi.

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Jesus Christ

Perfect

God’s truth is unbreakable, complete, everlasting, and perfect.

Deuteronomy 32:4:
He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

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Fellowship

All for One and One for All

Post author By Gene Slavit
Post date June 26, 2019
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I’ve enjoyed being unified in my relationships with others throughout my life. I was unified into a wonderful family with a great Dad and Mom and all eight of us kids. I was unified with my Boy Scout troop, my school class, and my soccer team. Later I was unified with my wife Sherry and our son. These are all relationships that endeavor to live the old motto “all for one and one for all.”

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Jesus Christ

God’s Love: Making Jesus Christ Lord–Part 4, Proving It

Post author By Gene Slavit
Post date June 22, 2019
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In elementary school, we had some classic “come back” lines in certain situations. If someone said they “loved” something, we would respond: “Then why don’t you marry it!” Another comeback when someone made a remark about us was, “Prove it!”

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Jesus Christ

God’s Love: Making Jesus Christ Lord–Part 3, Knowing Him

Post author By Gene Slavit
Post date June 19, 2019
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gods love 3 hairgirl — Together in Australia

As the manager of “Wooly World” at the Toorak Hotel shopping plaza in Melbourne, Australia, I met a lot of men and women looking for high-end sheepskin garments. The most shocking experience of my sales life happened there in 1982.

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Jesus Christ

God’s Love: Making Jesus Christ Lord–Part 2, Back to Basics

Post author By Gene Slavit
Post date June 17, 2019
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Have you ever seen a newborn puppy or kitten, though blind, find their mother and begin to nurse? God built these “basics” (like feeding ourselves) into life. The basics are simple and easy to find and understand. When things get complicated, they can lose their value. Russian writer Leo Tolstoy said, “Give thanks to God who made necessary things simple, and complicated things unnecessary.”

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Jesus Christ

God’s Love: Making Jesus Christ Lord–Part 1, Our Helper

Post author By Gene Slavit
Post date June 11, 2019
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I learned about my Dad by reading old newspapers about his Navy and Army service in World War II. I also heard stories about him from my Mom and other relatives. But the way I knew him best was by living with him, hearing what he had to say, and seeing his love for me in daily actions—like playing “catch” or praying together.

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God's Peace

The Perfection of God’s Peace

Post author By Gene Slavit
Post date May 12, 2019
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Today is Mother’s Day. I think of my Mom who raised eight kids with the help of my Dad. Each day they had to focus on the job at hand: feeding, clothing, teaching, loving, and sharing their lives with us. We were a religious family and even had group prayer together. In her own way, my Mom taught us (often by example) to trust God in our everyday lives. God’s Word shows us how that trust brings perfect peace.

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