Give Him a reason!
“For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.” 1 Cor 4:20 NIV
How often do we actually live like children of God?
I mean really – live as though God is with us in resplendent glory?
“When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus… the power of our Lord Jesus is present.” 1 Cor 5:4 NIV
Yesterday I struggled into work still suffering from the effects of a cold that had prevented me making it to work the day before or even attending a key church meeting :o( Soon after arriving in work I was sent an email with an update on what had happened the night before at the meeting. However, what happened in the last line of the email was amazingly mad – It said, “I pray that the power of the Holy Spirit will lift your cold from you and clear your nose!”
What a mad thing to write [and mean it]!
But what stunned me was that as soon as I had read it, my nose began to run furiously as it cleared and I no longer felt drained or listless (as you do with a cold). What is going on there!!!!!
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” Rom 15:13 NIV
Is it that God simply looks for excuses to heal us?
Do you have a cold right now?
Well no longer – I too pray that the power of the Holy Spirit is going to lift the cold from you [because he can and because it will fill you with the exuberant joy of the Lord!].
“This is the kind of life you've been invited into, the kind of life Christ lived. He suffered everything that came his way so you would know that it could be done, and also know how to do it, step-by-step.
He never did one thing wrong, not once said anything amiss.They called him every name in the book and he said nothing back. He suffered in silence, content to let God set things right. He used his servant body to carry our sins to the Cross so we could be rid of sin, free to live the right way. His wounds became your healing. You were lost sheep with no idea who you were or where you were going. Now you're named and kept for good by the Shepherd of your souls.” 1 Pet 2:21-25 MSG
How often do we actually live like children of God?
I mean really – live as though God is with us in resplendent glory?
“When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus… the power of our Lord Jesus is present.” 1 Cor 5:4 NIV
Yesterday I struggled into work still suffering from the effects of a cold that had prevented me making it to work the day before or even attending a key church meeting :o( Soon after arriving in work I was sent an email with an update on what had happened the night before at the meeting. However, what happened in the last line of the email was amazingly mad – It said, “I pray that the power of the Holy Spirit will lift your cold from you and clear your nose!”What a mad thing to write [and mean it]!
But what stunned me was that as soon as I had read it, my nose began to run furiously as it cleared and I no longer felt drained or listless (as you do with a cold). What is going on there!!!!!
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” Rom 15:13 NIV
Is it that God simply looks for excuses to heal us?
Do you have a cold right now?
Well no longer – I too pray that the power of the Holy Spirit is going to lift the cold from you [because he can and because it will fill you with the exuberant joy of the Lord!].
“This is the kind of life you've been invited into, the kind of life Christ lived. He suffered everything that came his way so you would know that it could be done, and also know how to do it, step-by-step.
He never did one thing wrong, not once said anything amiss.They called him every name in the book and he said nothing back. He suffered in silence, content to let God set things right. He used his servant body to carry our sins to the Cross so we could be rid of sin, free to live the right way. His wounds became your healing. You were lost sheep with no idea who you were or where you were going. Now you're named and kept for good by the Shepherd of your souls.” 1 Pet 2:21-25 MSG
- Andrew Carey
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