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Daily Dose: Fruit of the Spirit - Let's talk about cultivating joy! Happiness is connected to what's happening, but JOY is connected to what's happened. Message by Braden Weight. Video available at: https://youtu.be/gIxgiHqHjuI

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Evangelist Dr. Shamarian Smith-Love prays that every Christian wife called by God will renew her purpose in The Kingdom by surrendering her marriage to the sanctifying grace of The Holy Spirit, committing to praising Jesus for blessing her covenant, bestowing peace in her heart for her husband, and restoring her joy in the favor of being chosen as his wife.

People Pleaser to Soul Pleaser with Tracy Secombe This episode is being brought to you by Forecast Salon, located in Homewood, Alabama. Forecast is a hair salon on a mission to shape a movement in the beauty industry, focusing on education, fashion, and creativity. Forecast strives to train stylists with the latest in education to provide their guests with the latest trends. Follow them on Instagram at Forecast Salon, or find them online with their new online store at www.forecastsalon.com. As this podcast goes to air, we are coming into the fullest light of the season.  The light of the moon is growing and in this hemisphere, we are coming to the longest day, the summer solstice. We've entered into the Gemini season with lots of cosmic forces going on. It is a time of growth. Of understanding your energy and your connection to your Spirit and how you show up in the world.  Knowing your Spirit in this lifetime.. is deep. It's what connects you to your Soul… the soul that journeys with you from lifetime to lifetime.  It's easy to get disconnected.  To get hurt by life's experiences, your expectations.. your thoughts your feelings.   It is a cycle. We cover up our emotions. We cover up what we really want to say.  We live from a place of trying to fit in.. to do what is “expected” .. to want to please others for our own validation.  Which is the subject on today's show... People Pleasing. Please pleasing is a drain of energy… a subject I've been teaching all season in The Energy Mastery App.  It has been quite powerful to break down the different archetypes that drain us of our energy.   As Empaths, it is easy to get caught in other people's energy and to lose our own knowing.  As we are seeing in the class, once you have the awareness, you can use that awareness to break the patterns and create stronger bounties for yourself. We often get caught in the struggles.. hardships, and we think we can't get find a way out but we can. You can choose to make those shifts.. find tools to help … go deep into your Spirit and begin to live the dreams .. you want to live. I've been there.. feeling I was at the bottom.. moving through the end of life with my parents.. then right into covid.. relationship breaks up .. trying to pull my life back .. asking the big questions… listening for the answers… rebuilding my spiritual practice.. If you are wondering how to even begin (there is so much information out there)  schedule a Spiritual Makeover Call with me.  I have a few new openings in my private mentoring. Soon I'll be opening my Energy Mastery Membership again so let's see, on this call, what you can do to get Let's see if my programs are a match for you. In today's episode, I was so excited when I saw this new book out .. From Pleasing to Soul Pleasing, that I wanted to have Tracy Secombe, the author, on the show to talk about this and offer her perspective on this subject.  I see people pleasing as an archetype or influence of energy that tends to run our life and drain us of our true selves.  It takes a lot of energy to always be pleasing.  In this episode we talk about what people pleasing is, how it can come about, what we are really looking for, the effects, and 6 steps to turn this around for you. Author, Personal Development and Business Coach, Public Speaker, and Founder of Soul Pleaser®️ Tracy Secombe is the author of From People Pleaser to Soul Pleaser®️, the culmination of her personal transformation and experience with those she has coached through her professional programs. After building many successful businesses, Tracy finally has found a way to serve others without sacrificing her own well-being. She welcomes you to join her on your personal journey of discovery. She lives by the ocean in Adelaide, South Australia with her husband, three children, and two border collies.  You can download Tracy's free 60-second emotion switch here: https://go.soulpleaser.com/optin  Join the Soul Pleaser community here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/soulpleaser  Learn more about Tracy's coaching services here: https://www.tracysecombe.com.au.  6 steps: Wake up - awareness of behavior Surrender - let go of doing it alone - connect with spirit Follow your signs - roadmap intuitive guidance Remember who you are - connection to Spirit - raises the vibration Be you - integrate it Experience Bliss Discipline - connect to Spirit - make this your priority - Empower the Spirit - Let go of the need for other people to validate you. You are always worthy! Check out Tracy's work and get her book! Time to stop the energy drains and monetize your energy to live your dreams. Ready to build a soulful practice for you?  Schedule a Spiritual Makeover call with me and let's talk about how you can get started creating the life you want instead of carrying on old patterns. Thanks for listening. To your Spirit, Terri

It's the Spirit of God that supernaturally empowers every born-again child of God to be a powerful witness for the Son of God. Biblical leaders are filled with the Spirit and led by the Spirit. God promised to give us His Spirit so we could be powerful witnesses of His Son. The book of Acts is a historical record of the acts of the Apostles and the early Church fulfilling the Acts 1:8 mandate. WHAT IS THE ACTS 1:8 MANDATE? “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”—Acts 1:8 Jesus' death on the cross and His resurrection established how we could be saved. The Holy Spirit's work is to spread the message of salvation found in Jesus. The mandate is to “be witnesses to” Jesus. The Greek word for witness here is “martys.” It means… A legal or historical spectator who can swear by what has been seen “Martyr,”(it is from this Greek word we get the word martyr) is someone who expresses Jesus' life and love by being willing to die for what they believe The rapid spread of the gospel to the “ends of the earth” in less than a century cannot be explained in any other way except it was a “supernatural” move of God through the people of God. Every born-again child of God is indwelt by the Spirit. But not all are filled with the Spirit. Join Pastor Phil as he… Explains the difference between being indwelt and being filled by the Holy Spirit Provides understanding about how to be empowered by the Spirit Let's journey through the book of Acts and discover what biblical leadership looks like and how we can live and lead by the Spirit of God. Don't forget to click the “bell” to SUBSCRIBE to get more videos like this to grow your faith! Connect with us on Social Media ↴ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abundantlifels/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abundantlifels Connect with Pastor Phil ↴ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PhilHopperKC Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philhopper_kc/ Web: https://livingproof.co/about-us/pastor-phil/ Get the FREE download to go with this series, “Biblical Leadership Principles: Learning from the Book of Acts”: https://livingproof.co/biblical-leadership-principles-acts/ More information on our sermons: https://livingproof.co/sermons/ Do you want to see your life changed by Jesus? Visit our website: https://livingproof.co/

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Welcome in ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, to Kindred Spirits on the RFK Refugees Podcast Network . Ted and Jon break down a sure win that turned into a disappointing draw against the Orland Pride. They also talk more about the road ahead and who has looked good for the team. Join ushttps://twitch.tv/rfkrefugees ( Live) Monday at 8:30PM andhttps://rfkrefugees.com/subscribe ( Subscribe )so you can get this and every episode wherever you get your podcasts! Thank you for listening! If you like what you hear and you want to help support our show and get exclusive content, head on over to ourhttps://patreon.com/rfkrefugees ( Patreon) or subscribe to ourhttp://twitch.tv/rfkrefugees ( Twitch) page with your free Amazon sub (or your American Fiat Currency!) Vamos! https://rfkrefugees.com/ (RFKRefugees.com)

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This week we're talking about relationships in the Bible!! We were made for relationships but when we love and trust God and we know we are loved by Him, that is what makes relationships work. Because we are secure in God's Love, we are able to go deeper with other people in relationships. We have to know who we are and Whose we are before we can go elsewhere. Show notes on Relationships we highlight-- 5:58 Who was the relationship between in the Bible? The Trinity - Father, Son, Spirit (“Let us” Genesis 1:26 7:15 The first example of marriage Genesis 2:24-25 12:32 Moses and Aaron Beginning in Exodus 4:14 18:24 Jonathan and David 1 Samuel 18 23:33 Naomi and Ruth 1:14 25:15 Ruth and Boaz Ruth 2:1 29:10 We see Jesus in The Gospels and how He handles people 30:05 He was sitting at the table with someone who would betray Him and He didn't call him out Matthew 26:17-30 30:40 Jesus told Peter he would deny Him three times before the rooster crows Matthew 26:31-35 32:43 Cain and Abel Genesis 4 32:45 Jesse and David 1 Samuel 17:2 33:14 God saw David in the field and saw his heart (1 Samuel 13:14, Acts 13:22) 34:16 Jezebel and Ahab 35:06 Jacob and Esau Genesis 25:26-Genesis 27 35:48 Jacob and Rachel and Leah Genesis 29:17 36:10 Rachel and Leah (Genesis 29:31 36:57 Psalm 16 27:30 Joseph's brothers sell him into slavery Genesis 37 37:55 Joseph and Potiphar's wife Genesis 39 38:24 Abram and Sarai - shortcuts Genesis 15-22 41:07 1 Peter 3:5-6 42:42 Isaiah 54

Use the power God placed in you. Release a devastating attack on the enemy by speaking in tongues. Break curses. Destroy poverty. Fight infirmity. Walk in power. This the day you stand up to the devil and win. Awaken your spiritual authority by speaking in tongues. You will stir up the Spirit of God inside of you and defeat the devil. He can't have your life anymore. Take it back by releasing a flurry of tongues in spiritual warfare.    The key is to break ground in the spirit. Pray where it feels "hard." That's where the enemy doesn't want you to go. Speak in tongues as long as it takes. You will feel a rush of anointing. Now the Holy Spirit begins putting God's will in place. This is Next Gen prayer.  “When you pray with focus, there is nothing the enemy can do. It's only a matter of time before you break through and see God's promises.” - Colette Toach  What You Will Learn   How to Break Ground in the Spirit  Let the Holy Spirit speak more than you do. How to Take Authority Over Disabilities   Miraculous healing comes from consistency. Let the Holy Spirit Fight Your Battles  It's nice not to do everything in your own strength. Bust up the Devil With This Book Prophetic Prayer - Breaking Ground, Spiritual Birthing and Decree These Scriptures Help You Recognize Your Authority  Matthew‬ ‭18:18-19 (NKJV) “Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. “Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven.  ‭Joshua‬ ‭23:10‬‭‭ (NKJV) “One man of you shall chase a thousand, for the Lord your God is He who fights for you, as He promised you.” II Chronicles‬ ‭20:15‬ ‭(NKJV) “And he said, “Listen, all you of Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat! Thus says the Lord to you: ‘Do not be afraid nor dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours, but God's.” Have You Met The NextGen Prophets Team? Chat With Them Here: Community of Prophets and Apostles   Get Your Free Prophetic Book and Course Here: https://www.nextgenprophets.org   Listen to Our Latest Prophetic Teachings Subscribe to the #NextGenProphets YouTube Channel   Get Connected With Apostles Craig and Colette Toach   Submit Your Question to the Apostles: ToachMinistries.com Follow the NextGen Prophets Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nextgenprophets/ Follow the NextGen Prophets Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nextgenprophets/  

SERMON (ENGLISH) 15th Sunday after Pentecost

If we live in the Spirit, let us walk in the Spirit1.Where our new life is from2.Where our new life is goingTime:MorningMinister:Rev Rueben BredenhofRead by:Elder A. DewitTexts:Galatians 5:25Galatians 3:1–14Galatians 5

"The Law of the Spirit"Let us examine the Scripture as we reason together within Romans 8.02/11/2020

We know that, as Christians, we're supposed to produce "fruit," but what does that fruit taste like? I hope you were with us on Friday, because Jim dealt with one of the most significant issues to every Christian: how to live in the Spirit, not in the flesh. Today he'll continue in Galatians, chapter 5, and we'll see what that spirit-life should look like in us. How does it manifest itself? What is the "fruit of the Spirit?" Let's rewind a bit, to where Jim was talking about the directive to "serve one another in love." Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at 9:30am, WHKC 91.5FM (Columbus, OH) at 5:00pm, WRFD 880AM (Columbus, OH) at 9:00am and WRZN 720AM (Gainesville & Ocala, FL) at 7:30am. Right Start can also be heard on One Christian Radio 107.7FM & 87.6FM in New Plymouth, New Zealand. You can purchase a copy of this message, unsegmented for broadcasting and in its entirety, for just $7 on a single CD or $2 as an MP3 download. RS11022020_0.mp3Scripture References: Galatians 5

Did you know that faithfulness is a fruit of the Spirit? Let’s learn about the greatest example of faithfulness and how we can be faithful too!

Did you know that faithfulness is a fruit of the Spirit? Let’s learn about the greatest example of faithfulness and how we can be faithful too!

Join Casey, Bruce, and Kristina for a discussion on season 1 episodes 2 and 3.

Rev. John Bothof - Scripture: Acts 8:26-40 Text: Acts 8:26-40

The girls take on a listener question about not being ruled by emotions and how to keep them in check. What does it mean to obey Scripture in the area of self-control? What does self-control have to do with the other fruit of the Spirit? Let's chat! The post Self-control appeared first on Sheologians.

Jesus’s Power for Mission Luke 4:14-21 Exegetical Main Point: Today is the day of salvation. Jesus, full of the Spirit, came not to condemn but to set captives free to serve him in the power of the Spirit. Main Point of the Sermon:Jesus fulfilled his mission in the power of the Spirit and empowers us to do the same. Intro Me: I grew up hearing stories from my parents about times of revival when God’s Spirit was so active in a room that people would grip the back of pews in conviction of their sin, they would sometimes run to the altar before the preacher could finish his message. Bars would be emptied, and churches filled with sinners seeking mercy from God in Christ. I heard the stories and with some hesitation wanted to see God move like that. I wanted to be used as a preacher of God’s Word like that, and yet I wondered if it were ever possible for me. When I looked at my life, my capacity, my track record with sin or faithfulness with the Word and prayer, let alone sharing the Good News with others, there seemed to be some disconnect with me and these powerful Christians who were seeing so much fruit. The reality is the Spirit of God is still alive and active among us and around the world today. The Christian message is believed by over 2 billion people and literally millions more are coming to faith daily around the world – sometimes spreading most quickly in the most unlikely places like Iran, China, and North Korea. People are daily gripped with conviction over their sins as the living Christ continues to show up to people and call them by name through faithful witnesses. I believe this, and by God’s grace, in my short life I’ve gotten to see and be a part of God’s work to save the lost and heal the sick both here and abroad. But sometimes, still, I doubt God will use me, that he wants to work through me. Our Tension: Maybe you’re like me. You hear the stories, and you believe that God is at work, but you wonder… “could God ever use me… Could I ever be the kind of Christian that walks in the kind of boldness and power that the early disciples walked in?” Do any of you resonate with that? Some of you may even say outright, “That’s not me and will never be. I’m just not one of those radical Christians.” Maybe like me you understand the mission of God, you like the idea of making disciples, but don’t quite understand the how behind what God promises to accomplish through his Church. I want to answer the question today how did Jesus accomplish his mission and how do we now accomplish the mission he has given us? My prayer today is that every one of us would believe that we, every believer in this room, have access to God’s Spirit like Jesus, his apostles, and all the heroes of the faith for powerful, bold, and effective ministry. Let’s pray to that end. Here’s where we are going: 1) Jesus’s Mission 16-19 2) Jesus’s Power 14, 18 3) The Church’s Mission 4) The Church’s Power Text: Scope:Before we dive in you need to know that my goal today will not be to track the narrative Luke is telling in this section which goes until verse 30, but to focus on the first section of this text where we see Jesus’s relationship with the Spirit of God for mission. Ross will pick up on this text next week and more closely follow the narrative of Jesus being rejected in his hometown. That being said, let’s look at the first point. Jesus’s Mission Verses 14 and 15 record that after Jesus was baptized and tempted in the wilderness for 40 days by Satan he returned to Galilee, the region where he grew up and he was teaching in the local synagogues. Synagogues were Jewish places of worship and prayer, where groups that averaged around 20-30 locals would gather, primarily on Saturday – the Jewish Sabbath. They gathered to hear the Scriptures read and taught, and to sing Psalms and hymns to the Lord. After giving us a little snapshot of Jesus’s activity in his first days of ministry Luke records one instance of Jesus’s synagogue teaching ministry in verses 16 and following: 16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. 17 And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. Jesus returns to Nazareth his hometown, and we are told, Jesus stood up to read, and that day the scroll of the prophet Isaiah happened to be given to Jesus – this seems like no coincidence – and Jesus found the place where it is written… Let’s read verses 18-19 again: 18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaimgood news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaimliberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to setat liberty those who are oppressed, 19 to proclaimthe year of the Lord’s favor” (Luke 4:18-19). Jesus is reading from Isaiah 58:6 and 61:1-2. Luke says that after he read these passages, Jesus rolled up the scroll and sat down, and everyone’s eyes were fixed on him, waiting to see what he would say. Verse 21: 21 And he began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” Jesus “began” to say to them… this implies that Jesus taught other things along with this promise of fulfillment but Luke seems to sum up the point of the teaching in this phrase of Jesus. When you read this, you should be asking “how”, how are these Isaiah passages fulfilled in Jesus life? The people that day didn’t literally see Jesus setting captives free or giving sight to the blind before their eyes, so what was he saying? Jesus was making the claim that in him the kingdom of God had come. He was making the claim that he was the Servant of the Lord prophesied about in Isaiah 42-66 who would bring about the renewal of God’s kingdom on earth, like it once was in Eden. From the fall of man, God promised that he would make a way for man to dwell again with God like they did in Eden, but even better – without any form of evil! So, from the first promise of salvation in Genesis 3:15 until this moment, people were waiting for the promised Seed who would crush the deceiving serpent, overcome death, and bring people back to Eden. This is what Israel was waiting for. This was their hope, and Jesus says that it was fulfilled that day. IN HIM. What a moment for this little Nazarene synagogue. The king of Israel didn’t announce his appearance and mission in the streets of Jerusalem, at the temple court, or in the palace of Herod, but at a small town rural church, as it were, with a simple sermon. Not only does Jesus announce who he is, he announces what he came to do. These words from Isaiah capture his mission. What was the mission? When you read these words from Jesus, what would you think his mission was going to be? Is it good works or helping suffering people? If that’s your thought, that would be a good guess. The mission of Jesus was to set captives free through the proclamation of the Good News of the coming of the Kingdom. The Kingdom had come because the King had come! I want you to notice the verbs (or more precisely, the infinitives, for you grammar nerds) in this passage. Jesus came “to proclaim” listed three times in these two verses and “to set” once. This is important for several reasons. Jesus’s mission is not first a charity mission, in which he comes to make the poor rich and healthy. It is first a reconciliation mission. Let me explain. The problem with mankind is not first our poverty or our death, but rather our sin, which leads to poverty and death. Sin separates from God who is the source of life. Thus the answer to our problems is reconciliation with God. But in order to be reconciled to God sin must be dealt with. We need to understand. The “poor” in Luke is a major theme, and while it does include economic status, the primary emphasis is on the heart posture of the poor. It is the poor “in spirit” (Mt. 5), those who recognize their need for God that will receive God’s powerful rescue. Isaiah, and now Jesus, expounds on this spiritual poverty with several other pictures: captivity, blindness, and oppression. These are the results of sin. Do you know that you are captive to the sin nature, blind to your need for God, and oppressed by Satan, the father of lies? This is why Jesus came preaching. His primary mission was not healing, not multiplying bread, or raising the dead. He came preaching a message of Good News to the spiritually poor, blind, and captive, a message so powerful that it would raise the spiritually dead! One commentator notes that the word “freedom” (aphesin) always refers to the forgiveness of sins elsewhere in Luke-Acts.[1]Jesus is focusing on the sin problem. So then, what is the Good news of Jesus? “I will give you spiritual sight. I will set you free from your slavery to sin! I will deliver you from you Satan’s oppression and bring you to God through forgiveness of sins. I was sent to rescue you if…if you will believe in me, the King.” How is one set free? By believing on the one sent from God, Jesus (Jn 3:16). Jesus came preachingthis message and this same message is what will set you free today. Our main problem in this world is not poverty, hunger, or even justice issues, but rather, our sin, which has separated us from God. Let me show you a little bit more evidence from our text that Jesus’s primary mission is to overthrow sin. Notice where Jesus stops reading in Isaiah 61. What’s missing that Jesus’s didn’t quote in verse 2? “2 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; Jesus stops reading before the comment about God’s vengeance on sinners (see Is 61:2b). Why? Jesus has been sent not first to condemn the world but that the world might be saved through him (John 3:17). Jesus’s first coming is not about wrath for sin, of destruction of Israel’s enemies, but about mercy for sinners who deserve wrath, even the Jews. If he came for final judgment and the removal of all sin and suffering in this world, every man would perish in sin. But Jesus didn’t come for vengeance. He came for salvation for all who would believe in him. He came “TO SET” at liberty those who are oppressed by sin and Satan. How? By himself taking on the vengeance of God at the cross on behalf of those who would believe. Those who believe in him will not have to perish for sin like Jesus, but rather live eternally in God’s presence. But you also need to know that those who do not believe are already condemned. Implied here is the reality of God’s coming vengeance. Jesus didn’t stay in the grave. He rose again, and is coming again. Jesus will in the end have victory over Satan, his angels, and all who are in accord with him. He will take vengeance in the future, but this is the age of grace, the day of salvation. There is still opportunity to enter into God’s rest as long as you are alive and Christ hasn’t come, but that window is closing quickly. When Jesus returns or if you pass into eternity today without knowing him, there will no longer be an opportunity to repent, and how terrible it will be to fall into the hands of the living God (Heb 10:31). If you don’t know Christ today, come to him. Please come to him. Escape the punishment that is coming on you. All he requires is a movement of trust towards him. You may feel utterly chained and imprisoned by sins and addictions, but all he calls you to do is lift up your weary head, look to him, and say I’m yours, Lord. If you want healing, if you want rest, find your peace in God through Jesus. Today is the day of salvation. Soul only? So, I’ve said that Jesus mission was first to deal with sin. But this leaves us with an important question. If Jesus’s first mission is to deal with sin, does this mean that God doesn’t care about the suffering in the world? Should we ignore physical needs? No, you need to know that the Good News of Jesus is not only dealing with the sin of the heart, but also with the effects of sin. As humans we are made up of body and soul, we are not just spiritual or just physical, but we are physical and spiritual. If we focus only on the needs of the body our soul will perish without God. But if we focus only on the needs of the soul we neglect the beauty of God’s good design in the material world. God’s salvation plan to restore all things that sin destroyed on earth includes body and soul, physical and spiritual. But you have to know that without dealing with the root of all the evil we experience, the effects could never be dealt with. But if sin is overcome, the effects will be undone. God’s kingdom advances first in human hearts, but it will ultimately bear fruit unto everlasting life in new resurrection bodies in a new heavens and new earth where this is no more suffering, pain, or death. Jesus models this for us in his ministry. Though his primary work was to preach the message of forgiveness of sins, he healed, he cast out demons, and raised the dead in order to show us what the kingdom he was going to bring was like. But the question remains… how? How did Jesus fulfill his mission. This leads us to our second point. Jesus’s power Luke emphasizes more than most authors of the New Testament, that Jesus’s power for completing his mission was the Holy Spirit. If we back up in our text to verse 14, we read these words, “And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee…” Who is the Holy Spirit? Briefly, he is one of the three divine persons of the Godhead, who is biblically described as the empowering figure behind every prophet and teacher of the Word as well as the inspiration for the Word. The Spirit puts God’s will and word into action and completes it in creation, salvation, and recreation. The Spirit is one with God the Father and God the Son in such a way that he can do nothing but what the Father and Son are doing. What is Jesus’s relationship with the Spirit? Let’s review what Luke has shown us up to this point. It all began before Jesus was born, when the angel prophesied to Mary in Luke 1:35 that Jesus would be born of the Holy Spirit. In 2:40, we are told that Jesus as a boy was “filled with wisdom. And the favor of God was upon him.” This was pointing to the Spirit’s presence in Jesus’s life. In 3:16, Jesus is prophesied to be one who would “baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire”, before he himself would be baptized and have the Spirit descend on him in bodily form. Then, after the baptism we are told in 4:1 that“Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness 2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil.” Now in verse 14, today’s text, we are told that Jesus returns in the power of the Spirit to teach, and that the Spirit of the Lord was upon him for the fulfillment of his mission as shown in Isaiah 61. Luke, who is also the author of Acts – which is a memoir of the living Christ by the Spirit working to build his church through the Apostles – is trying to show the church where power for mission comes from. How did Jesus overcome Satan in the wilderness? It was not only knowledge of the Word that helped him overcome, but the presence of the Spirit. How did Jesus know what to say and do? Luke shows us that Jesus “returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee.” His miracles, his teachings, his daily direction, even the effect of his work on the cross – offered by the Spirit (Heb 9:14). – was ruled and empowered by the Holy Spirit. This is why you see Jesus saying things like – “the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does” (John 5:19). Jesus lived every moment in dependence on the presence and power of the Holy Spirit. Maybe this is confusing to you. Well, you’re in good company. The church has wrestled to understand these mysteries now for two millennia. You might ask: Daniel, if Jesus is God, he is the essence of power. What other power could he need? In other words, how do we reconcile what we see Jesus doing as the divine son of God with his limitations and dependence on the Holy Spirit in all of life? The Scriptures teach that in the mystery of the incarnation, Jesus remained divine though he took on human flesh. He did not lose any of his divinity or even his divine attributes, but in this position and in his role as the Son of God he willingly limited himself in a human body, and submitted himself to the Father as the perfect son of God that Adam, Israel, and we were supposed to be, only utilizing his divine attributes according to the Father’s will. Gerald Hawthorne, a longtime Greek professor at Wheaton college wrote extensively on this subject in his book The Presence and the Power: the significance of the Holy Spirit in the life and ministry of Jesus. He writes, “[Jesus] faced life precisely like any other human being faces life—not as some colossus striding unfeelingly over the earth, but as a person limited physically and mentally, exposed to all kinds of diseases, subject to all sorts of temptations…” (p. 230). Why? Luke sprinkle these statements about the Spirit leading, resting upon, and empowering Jesus because Jesus was living as humanity’s representative and example! He was going before his people whom he would set free so that we also could live in the power of the Spirit on earth. Jesus’s life fulfilled the Law of God perfectly, as well as his mission presented in Isaiah 61, and the power for that fulfillment was the Holy Spirit. So here’s the million dollar question: What does this have to do with us today? To say it frankly, Everything!Here is the third point. the church’s mission: Jesus’s mission will be fulfilled ultimately through the Church. Before Jesus went to the cross he said to his disciples, 21“Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.” 22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. (John 20:21-22). Before Jesus ascended he told his disciples that he was going to give them the Holy Spirit so that they would be his witnesses to the ends of the earth (Ac 1:8). And on the day of Pentecost, God’s Spirit was poured out on 120 believers who were gathered together praying. Guess what? It led to… 1) a proclamation of the Good News of the Kingdom in Jesus 2) and it lead to 3000 people being set freefrom sin and baptized into the church that day. That day the church was birthed and until now the message of the Kingdom coming in Christ’s life, death, and resurrection continues to be proclaimed and spread in the power of the Spirit by the Church of Jesus Christ. The Church’s mission is the same as Christ’s! In the power of the Spirit, through us, the living Christ wants to set captives free. How? Through a proclamation of the Good News of the Kingdom come in Christ. Church, you need to know that God didn’t set us free as an end in itself. Israel fell into the trap of believing that their deliverance was an end in itself, that they could go be whoever they wanted to be and however they would to be it. But no, he set them free so that they would be God’s priests on earth, reconciling the world to God. Now, similarly, he has set the church free and given us the Holy Spirit so that we could be priests of God in the Holy Spirit, reconciling the world to God as his ambassadors. When people encounter God’s people, it should feel like they are encountering God himself. They should be met with the powerful fruit of the Spirit of God, characteristic of God’s children, so that your words and your life as an ambassador of God would be calling them to be reconciled to God. This is Jesus alive in you by the Holy Spirit. So for my final point, let me ask you, what (or who) is the Church’s power? The Church’s power I hope you know the answer to this question. THE HOLY SPIRIT. The same power that raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, church. When you believed in Christ, you were empowered by the same Spirit that empowered Jesus (Eph 1:20). You have become the temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Cor 6:19). God dwells in me and in you! God’s presence was opened through the curtain of Christ’s own broken body on the cross so that we could dwell with God again in this intimate way, that we would become the temple of the Holy Spirit in Christ, and so that we could fulfill his mission on earth. Being united to Jesus, every Christian could claim Isaiah 61 as your own because of Jesus. In him, you have been anointed with the Spirit for setting captives free. But here is my question for you today. Is this practically, functionally true of you? Are you 1) aware of the Spirit’s empowering presence for mission in your life 2) are you living in the Spirit’s power for mission? Are you aware? I must first say if you are in Christ you already have the Holy Spirit. You have everything you need for holiness and powerful witnessing in Jesus name. However, I think many of us are ignorant to the Spirit’s role in our life for mission? We talk more often about the Spirit’s role in helping us walk in holiness, but not often about the Spirit’s empowering presence for evangelism, bold witness, and good works for the spread of the Kingdom beyond the walls of the church. It’s like we are living off the grid without the power of electricity even though it is available to every Christian. I forget this every day. The enemy wants us to live in fear, and he often fires darts of temptation that attack my identity as a spirit-filled son of God, equipped to do his will and work in the world. If you know this is true, are you living in His power for mission? This is the day of salvation and we have a small window to set captives free who are condemned to hell for rejecting the Kingdom of Christ. Maybe you want to step up in boldness in your spheres of influence in your life, but you simply haven’t known how. I believe the answer starts first with asking God for this gift by his Spirit. As we diligently seek to be equipped with God’s Word to effectively proclaim the Good News like Jesus modeled for us, we must never neglect the Spirit. We could know the Bible front and back, but if we do not rely on the Spirit for powerful witness than we are missing what was central to Christ’s power. If you know and believe that you have the Holy Spirit, let me ask you, have you ever asked God for a fresh filling of the Spirit for mission? As you read Acts, I hope you are following along with us in our daily Bible reading plan, you will see that the disciples, who had the Spirit of God just like we do are described many times over as receiving fresh fillings of the Spirit of God for particular mission. Here’s one example in Acts 4:31, which came after the first baptism of the Spirit. 31 “After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.” The pastors at All Peoples Church believe that the Baptism in the Holy Spirit is received by every believer at conversion. But we also believe Scripture teaches that those who are actively submitting to God as his servants on mission will receive many additional fillings of the Spirit for effective mission (We covered this more robustly in our Midweek podcast a few weeks back). Wayne Grudem offers a helpful analogy with regards to asking for fresh fillings of the Spirit. Every Christian has the Spirit like a balloon which has air in it. But at times that balloon is fuller than other times. How? Through God’s grace, through greater surrender to him and hunger for him. But at times it is less full. We quench the Spirit by our failure to surrender areas of our lives to God. So, our prayer for you is that you would be aware of this great reality, and that you would seek God today for a greater measure of the Spirit’s power in your life through surrender to Christ. I’ve tried to show you today that Jesus fulfilled his mission in the power of the Spirit and empowers us to do the same. Response: Here’s what we are going to do for the rest of our time. We are going to spend the next several moments to seek God’s Spirit for empowering for mission. Here’s what you need to realize as we go to prayer. The devil and his servants love to remind God’s children of their unworthiness before God and of their inadequacies for ministry. The truth is you are unworthy of more of the Spirit because of your many sins. BUT… praise God, he is not measuring your worthiness before him, but Christ’s! In him you are worthy as one of God’s children. He has already given you his Spirit in Christ, and he is eager to give more of the Spirit to those who ask him (Lk. 11:13). But for some of us getting more of the Holy Spirit means greater surrender to Jesus. What I mean is that some of us have areas of our lives that are not yet in accord with Jesus life and commands. If you want God to have more space in your life, then you have to let him clean house for you through surrender of those things to him. Is there any sin that you are coddling? Don’t you know that you are quenching the Spirit and opening the door to the enemy?! So for some of us tonight getting more of the Spirit will look like a greater spotlight on areas of our life that need repentance. But the goal of removing sin is getting more of God. So don’t let sin have a place in your life anymore and let’s ask God to have all of us for the sake of the dying world and for our great joy. [1]Stein, R. H. (1992). Luke(Vol. 24, p. 156). Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers.

Newsflash in case you don't watch cable news, scroll Twitter, or work near a water cooler: we live in a trigger happy culture. Folks on all sides of the political spectrum fire away at the slightest provocation. As Jesus' people, we are called to be a city ("polis") on a hill that models for all nations (including ours) a different way of relating to one another. As we arrive in the final chapter of the book of Hebrews, we hear this beautiful and definitive command of the Spirit: "Let brotherly love continue." Where do we find the resources to live this way together?

Everyone has questions like: “How do I know if I’m saved?” and “What does it mean to be ‘filled with the Spirit?’” Let’s tackle these together as we dig deep to discover how God works in our lives.

Part 2 of our Fruits of the Spirit series - Galatians 5:22-23 & Luke 14:7-15

Part 2 of our Fruits of the Spirit series - Galatians 5:22-23 & Luke 14:7-15

Join Master Life Coaches Kathleen Martin, LOACC and Dr. Monica Bennett to enter into the sisterhood of awakening women who are opening to the spirit within, listening to the voice of wisdom and tapping into the grace that is necessary to accelerate the healing that we need today. There is wisdom in your heart that will lead the way to living the life you desire when you take the time to listen and trust.  Dr. Monica and Coach Kathleen will help you awaken your heart's wisdom using powerful daily practices that work!  Meet Your Hosts- Kathleen Martin, LOACC- www.kathleenmartincoaching.com Dr. Monica Bennett- www.monicabennett.biz Listen to all Coach Cafe Radio shows here- www.coachcaferadio.com 

What do you do when powered up with the Spirit? Let's look at Acts 2:1-4 a little deeper. http://bible.com/bible/111/ACT.2.1-4.NIV https://emscchurch.org http://facebook.com/emscchurch http://twitter.com/emscchurch You can also follow along in the scripture on the Weekly Word section of our app. https://emscchurch.org/app

Joe Anady teaches on Galatians 5:19-25.

1. Where our new life is from2. Where our new life is goingTime:AfternoonTexts:Galatians 5:25

1.Where our new life is from2. Where our new life is going.Time:AfternoonTexts:Galatians 5:25

If we live in The Spirit let us also Walk in The Spirit

If we live in The Spirit let us also Walk in The Spirit

LETS US DELVE INTO A MULTITUDE OF TOPICS ALL RELATED TO OUR EVERYDAY LIVES. THE SO CALLED LIVES WE LIVE ARE VOID OF THE SPIRITUAL.  THERE SEEMS TO BE LITTLE OR NO INTEREST IN INVESTIGATING THE TRUE ORIGINS OF THE HUMAN BEING AND OUR COUNTERPARTS. WE ARE QUESTIONING ALIEN LIFE FORMS, CROP CIRCLES, ANCIENT SYMBOLS, GOVERNMENT CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND HAVE BEEN DOING SO FOR CENTURIES. MODERN MAN IS TRULY IN IGNORANCE. I SAY THIS BECAUSE WE LACK THE HUNGER FOR KNOWLEDGE. THIS IS WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.  FOR THE FEW AND FAR AND IN BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE OF THE SPIRIT CALLS YOU. YOU SEEK AND YOU SHALL FIND IT.