MOST of us in our homes have dimmer switches. Dimmer switches are designed to progressively turn up the lights. The Holy Spirit is your dimmer. What He does is turn up the light so that you can see things you couldn’t see before. We have to be in tune with Him though. His illumination won’t … Continue reading “HOLY
SPIRIT, ILLUMINATION OF”
HOLY SPIRIT, GUIDANCE
WHEN the Bible says, “He will guide you into all truth …” that’s a way of saying that the Holy Spirit will be the steering wheel of your life. There are two ways to get to a destination. One way is to look at the map and figure it out yourself as you drive. Another … Continue reading “HOLY
SPIRIT, GUIDANCE”
HOLY SPIRIT, GRIEVING
TO GRIEVE the Holy Spirit is like letting corrosion build up on a battery so that the power of the battery cannot be accessed. In the life of a Christian, when the Holy Spirit is grieved, the charge and power available declines or is lost.454 [Christian Living; Sin, in the Believer] Isa. 63:10; Eph. 4:30
HOLY SPIRIT, FILLING OF
WHEN you leave church on Sundays, you go to your car and make your way home or out to dinner. You will deplete the reserve of gas in the tank. You don’t have to be a bad person for your car to go from full to empty. You just have to use the car. If … Continue reading “HOLY
SPIRIT, FILLING OF”
HOLINESS, IMPORTANCE OF
IN A hospital, cleanliness is very important. In fact, the closer you get to the operating room, the more important it is. Doctors in an operating room are very concerned that the scalpel not only is not muddy, but that it’s not even dusty because the smallest amount of impurity contaminates the procedure. Great effort … Continue reading “HOLINESS,
IMPORTANCE OF”
HIGH PRIEST, SYMPATHY OF
THERE are plenty of women who have gone through the labor of childbirth. Many women have had a male doctor to deliver their baby. A male doctor can understand everything that his patient is going through. He can know what is supposed to happen during childbirth and what he needs to do to take care … Continue reading “HIGH
PRIEST, SYMPATHY OF”
HEAVENLY MIND-SET
THE ACTOR James Dutton was the main character on the TV show Rock. Before Mr. Dutton became a famous actor, he was a prisoner. One day, he was being interviewed by a reporter who asked him why he never became a repeat offender. The reporter asked Dutton why he didn’t commit another crime like so … Continue reading “HEAVENLY
MIND-SET”
HEAVEN, ENTRANCE INTO
WHEN citizens travel overseas, they need a passport to enter into another country. The passport must be stamped, giving the person access to enter the country. No passport, no entrance. In order to enter heaven, a person must have a passport stamped with the blood of Christ. No passport, no entrance.447 [Grace; Heaven, Entrance into; … Continue reading “HEAVEN,
ENTRANCE INTO”
HARD HEART
MANY people smoke day after day, month after month, year after year and all of a sudden their ability to breathe is impacted and the lungs become hard. A lung is supposed to be soft and pliable but when a person smokes like that, their lungs become hard and the air can’t penetrate them. You … Continue reading “HARD
HEART”
GREED, INFLUENCE OF
ONE DAY a man called the church. He got the secretary and said, “I would like to speak to the head hog at the trough.” The secretary said, “What did you say?” The man gladly repeated himself, “I would like to speak with the head hog at the trough!” “If you mean the pastor, it … Continue reading “GREED,
INFLUENCE OF”