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The announcement came that the King had been born! Jesus Christ was born as the promised Messiah. It was He who would deliver the Israelite people back into the hands of God. Such an announcement brought an entire host of angels. Their song filled the night sky of a lonely hillside. It was a handful…
There is so much wonder and joy as you begin to explore the gifts of the Spirit. God uses us to encourage, empowers us to speak truth, and can use us to bring about supernatural healing. It can be easy to put such emphasis on these gifts that empower and enable us to things out…
The Spirit of God within us empowers and enables us in various gifts. Each gift is different from the other, but all are an important and vital part of the church community. Some have the gift of encouragement, some of hospitality, and others the gift of supernatural healing. When we function as the church, we…
Jesus will always be in the business of restoration. We see Him work in a miraculous way to intervene and bring healing to a group of lepers who had been cast out from society. In a very similar way, the disease of sin has corrupted the heart of man and brought separation between God and…
The heart of worship goes far beyond the elements of music. It is the very heart cry of creation to its creator. It is an outward praise of an inward reverence and adoration. Biblically, we see times of worship at crucial stages of life. We see worship take the form of a weapons as we…
As followers of Christ, we are empowered by the Holy Spirit to live a life of joy, peace, and righteousness. The Spirit of God dwells within us and as we walk with Him, He produces the fruit of the Spirit into our lives. We have access to strength within us to persevere and overcome in…
When we are brought to a place of salvation in our hearts, it is the Holy Spirit of God that comes and resides with us. It is by the help of the Spirit that we overcome temptation, love in the face hate, pursue through tribulation, and display the character of God to the world. The…
When we come to a personal relationship with Christ, we are given the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit of God comes upon the believers and dwells within those who know Christ as Lord and Savior. As we said last week, this is to our benefit. The Holy Spirit comes on with power…
The Holy Spirit is not an it or a thing, but rather is God Himself in spirit form. We see the place of the Holy Spirit in the trinity of the Godhead and recognize that it is an equal part of who God is. Jesus ascended into Heaven that we might receive His spirit to…
Our dear friend, Al Batt, share his heart and personal accounts of testimony and evangelism. Al has been a pastor in this community for many, many years and he has been blessed to see many hearts turn to Christ during his ministry. We are called to run this race with endurance, and Al is a…