This weekend, please attend a gospel preaching church that does not play to the emotions and sensationalism.
The Holy Spirit’s main ministry is not to give thrills but to create in us Christlike character.
HT: @paulworcester
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Spirit-filled Preaching
Ministers are like trumpets, which make no sound if breath be not breathed into them. Or like Ezekiel’s wheels, which move not unless the Spirit move them. Or like Elisha’s servants whose presence does no good unless Elisha’s spirit be there also.
Do You Enjoy Your Walk with Christ?
The heart overflows with gladness, and leaps and dances for the joy it has found in God. In this experience the Holy Spirit is active, and has taught us in the flash of a moment the deep secret of joy. You will have as much joy and laughter in life as you have faith in God.
The Trinity Works in Preaching
The preaching of God’s Word in the power of the Spirit is the activity that brings the Father and the Son down to dwell with men.
HT: @cjmahaney
Memorize Scripture
It is the work of the Holy Spirit to bring back into the conscious mind the things that are stored in the subconscious. In studying the Bible, never think that because you do not understand it, therefore it is of no use. A truth may be of no use to you just now, but when the circumstances arise in which that truth is needed, the Holy Spirit will bring it back to your remembrance.
Preaching and the Holy Spirit’s Illumination
The preacher should not enter his pulpit claiming to have received a revelation; his claim should be that he is a man who reads the Word and prays and believes that the Holy Spirit illumines and enlightens his understanding, with the result that he has a message for the people.
Just Five Minutes of Total, Uncompromising Obedience
You could read volumes on the work of the Holy Spirit, when five minutes total, uncompromising obedience would make things as clear as sunlight.
The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit’s Illumination
Draw down God’s holy Spirit into your hearts; you will experience his gracious influence, and feel him enlightening, quickening, and inflaming your souls by the word of God; you will then not only read, but mark, learn, and inwardly digest what you read: and the word of God will be meat [i.e. nourishment] indeed.
Forgiveness Is Possible
Forgiveness is possible when the Holy Spirit works in our heart, directing our faith to the person and work of Christ, for the glory of God our Father – who forgave us and adopted us as his own.
Alfred Poirier, The Peacemaking Pastor (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2006), 151.
Special thanks to Tammy H. who typed this week’s posts for me.
The Combined Forces of the Trinity
The Father is intimately involved in our lives so that our circumstances train us in godliness. The Son has set us free from both the penalty and the power of sin so that we now live under the reign of grace. The Spirit gives us a new attitude toward sin and a new power to change.
The combined forces of the Trinity are at work in our lives to set us free and make us holy.
Tim Chester, You Can Change (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2010), 53.
Life Is Worship 