The Great Multitasker
Here is a truth that might be a reminder for some readers and a new revelation for others. Get out your pen because you are going to want to write this in the margin of your Bible. Here it is. The Holy Spirit is a multitasker. I might even go so far as to call Him the Great Multitasker. This reality is found in this verse. "Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls." Acts 2:41 As Peter preached by the enablement of the Holy Spirit to the throng of people gathered outside of the upper room, the One who draws...
Nostalgic Me
Hopefully, I am not the only person who does this. This morning, I woke up with a song on my mind. Do you ever do this? For me, once a song gets "stuck" in my brain, I know that I will find myself singing it or at least thinking about it throughout the rest of my day. Without exception, these songs are songs or choruses that were sung during my childhood and youth. Today was no different. This morning's song was a hymn about the Holy Spirit that we sang often in our church. And yes, it has been bouncing around in my mind all day. But, I haven't minded it a bit. Its message has stirred my...
Get It Here!
The name Thomas Ball Barratt will probably be unknown to many of this blog's readership. I too had never heard of this Norwegian Methodist minister until I came across his testimony in Lester Sumrall's Pioneers of Faith. Shortly after reading about his infilling of the Holy Spirit, I knew that this was too good to read and then forget with the passing of time. Consequently, I soon entered it into my files and shared it in numerous teachings over the years. Read the testimony and then I will close with a comment. THOMAS BALL BARRATT (1862-1940)Taken fromSumrall, Lester Pioneers of Faith...
Power Nuggets!
Here's a scenario with which you can probably identify. Over the years, I have read so, so, so many wonderful, powerful books. And, probably like you, much of what I read usually fades into nothingness (is that really a word?) within days after reading a book. Are you nodding your head that you're like me? I know that I know that the teachings or stories in the books are God-breathed and need to continue to be a part of my life. But, try as I may, the teachings and truths are here today and gone tomorrow. As my grandma Burns used to tell me, "Billy John, my brain leaks". Are you identifying...
A TODAY Holy Spirit
Today, while going through some books on my bookshelves, I rediscovered J.B. Phillips’ The Young Church in Action. This book, published in 1955, is Phillips' translation of the Book of Acts which was to be included later in his New Testament in Modern English. I was excited to browse through The Young Church in Action because it included his preface to the Acts of the Apostles which was removed once the entire New Testament translation was completed. It's in this preface that I read: “It is impossible to spend several months in close study of the remarkable short book, conventionally known...
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