Reminiscing
Just four days ago, I celebrated my 66th birthday. I know that my being 66 years old comes as a humongous shock and surprise to you. I know that I look much, much younger and behave, out of respect for myself, I will say that I never really grew up. I once heard that growing old is not an option, but growing up is. I've made that my life's directive! On this birthday, as to be expected, Vickie and our family absolutely spoiled me as we celebrated this special day. While I have lived an abundantly blessed 66 years, life is still life. Like you, I know from experience that life brings with it...
The 2022 Faves
If I were to receive a last-minute invitation to teach in one or more conference workshops or preach in one or more church services and only given my Bible and a tablet containing this year’s blog posts to use as my preaching/teaching notes, which would be my go-to blog posts? In other words, which are my two-thumbs-up favorites (three-thumbs-up if I had three hands)? I'll be honest. It is so, so challenging to look through the 51 posts written this year and narrow it down to just these five blog posts. After reading, please post your thoughts about these five faves. Declaring the Will of...
A 2022 Fa-La-La-La-La Y’all!
I was looking back at some previous December blog posts and discovered the following from December 2019. To me, it's just too funny not to share again. (Note: You can read any or all of the 791 previous posts about the Person and work of the Holy Spirit by going to www.billyburns.com/blog, After reaching the site, double-click on the title of any post and it will open the list of archived posts. 791 posts? Yep. I've been blogging since 2007.) Here is what I shared back in 2019. It's been said that you can take a Texan out of Texas but you can't take Texas out of a Texan. With that being...
It’s Time – How?
If there has ever been a time to talk about and believers to begin to operate in the gifts of the Holy Spirit, it is now. Perhaps I should type that last sentence over and over again a few dozen times. Paul instructed us not to be ignorant of these gifts and their working and yet many today are clueless. (1 Corinthians 12:1) In my "It's Time - Now!" post, I shared that these gifts are to operate in and through each and every Spirit-filled believer. Just for the sake of jarring your memory, let me restate from that post that this "every" includes you. Unfortunately, due to my self-imposed...
It’s Time – Now!
If you've only got 15 seconds to read this blog post, I will summarize everything in just two sentences. It is time for you to begin to operate in the gifts of the Spirit. And the time for you to flow in these gifts is now. Got another three minutes? I'll break it down for you. The three minutes are essential because unfortunately, many Spirit-filled believers aren't heeding Paul's admonition. "Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant." (I Corinthians 12:1) There is a huge lack of understanding about the gifts and you. Let's look at what the apostle Paul wrote...
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