Often when believers in God how they will know what the Lord’s will might be, they are given information that is at best not all that useful. “Look in the Scriptures for guidance,” they might be told. And in situations for which the Bible offers guidance, this works. Yet some situations are not covered in …
This is another installment in a series on having a conversational relationship with our God by His Holy Spirit within us. The previous posts were published 2/6, 4/16, 23, 30, and 5/7 and 14. An important factor in growing in our ability to hear from the Holy Spirit is what I refer to as the …
This is the fifth installment in a series on developing a conversational relationship with our God by His Holy Spirit. The previous posts were published February 6, April 16, 23, and 30. The key to this entire process of conversational communion with our God the Holy Spirit is the absolute surrender of the person to …
Thoughts on the beauty and importance of solitude in our spiritual progress. Oswald Chambers: “Solitude with God repairs the damage done by the fret and noise and clamour of the world.” Thomas Merton: “Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather, it is a deepening of the present, and unless you …
Installment five in this series on hearing our God speak. Image: the author (bearded), the big yellow van in this story, and a few volunteers in the Sierra Nevada. The Holy Spirit of God speaks to us often each day, in a variety of ways for a variety of purposes. Often, people will try to …
This is the fourth installment in a series on developing a conversational relationship with our God by His Holy Spirit. The previous posts were published February 6, April 16, and April 23. Quote above from Della Reese. The first step in learning to have conversational communion with my God was realizing that He indeed speaks …
This is a third installment in a series on developing a conversational relationship with our God the Holy Spirit. The previous posts were published February 6 and April 16. Picture: Elfin Lakes, Garibaldi Provincial Park, a place where I use to guide adventures. Sometimes when speaking to others about the regular hearing of the voice …
Quotes on being filled - or not being filled - by the Spirit of Christ in our daily living. Smith Wigglesworth: “The reason the world is not seeing Jesus is that Christian people are not filled with Jesus. They are satisfied with attending meetings weekly, reading the Bible occasionally, and praying sometimes. It is an …
This is a second installment in a series on the Biblical priority given to a conversational relationship with the Holy Spirit within us. The previous post was published February 6. Paul wrote to the Corinthian believers that we have the mind of Christ – how will He make us of that mind if He does …
"Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have stripped off the old self with its practices and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its creator. In that renewal there is no longer Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave …
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