Archive for October, 2008

The Holy Spirit zone

October 15th, 2008

One of the things I have found over the years is that when the Holy Spirit moves, ministry is a lot easier and a lot more effective. In many cases I have found that when I feel God wants to do something in a preaching/ministry situation, I just pray and ask the Holy Spirit to [...]

Living free

October 13th, 2008

One of the things I am progressively noticing is the freedom I have in Christ. I no longer feel like a slave to many of the things that used to have a hold on me. I feel like these days I am living a lot freer and living lighter as I go about my daily [...]

Jesus, healing and community

October 11th, 2008

I was reading through some of the healing miracles that Jesus performed in the Gospels recently. It is interesting that many of Jesus’ miracles not only restored the person to health, but also restored them to community life. Here are three examples: 1. A man with leprosy (Mark 1:40-44) – In this miracle Jesus healed [...]

Why do we need the Holy Spirit?

October 7th, 2008

I recently got asked the question “Why do we need the Holy Spirit, when I already have Jesus?” It was by someone who was a new Christian. It was a good question and one that I asked myself a number of years ago. I decided to pull out some Scriptures and see what the Bible [...]

Investment properties

October 2nd, 2008

One of the things I have never been interested in doing is buying an investment property. By this I mean having your house that you and your family live in and then getting a bank loan to buy another property to rent it out to build net wealth. I know it makes sense in some [...]

Resourcing people and ministries

October 1st, 2008

One of the things I have tried to do in my Christian life is to resource people and ministries. I see this as a part of being a good steward that the Bible talks about. I do my best to place resources in people’s hands that will help them come to Christ, be discipled or [...]