Flowers in the Bible have the unique power to bring us into an intimate connection with God – it’s almost like we can feel His presence in every single bloom and petal. I believe all gardeners get a taste of this spiritual unity during their time spent tending to nature, uncovering its...
When we receive Jesus Christ as our personal Lord and Savior, the Holy Spirit comes and enters into our human spirits. Ourspiritsare thus baptized with His actual presence at the exact moment of our salvation with the Lord. This is the baptism that the Bible is talking about when it says ...
The ability to “distinguish between spirits” was doubtless all the more necessary in a charismatic age, when forms of worship and ministry were still fluid, and creeds or other tests of orthodoxy still embryonic. It was essential that men should be able to tell whether the claimed “...
Men don’t require material enjoyment only; they must also feed their spirits. 36.Take the mother with the young(Deut.22:6—7) Something bad that must be got rid of thoroughly 37. Muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain(Deut.25: 4) Too mean 38.Apple of the eye(Deut.32: 10)...
Now I will go on to describe what each one of these nine fruits are all about and give you definitions from some of the different Bible Dictionaries and Commentaries, thereby making it easier for you to work with the Holy Spirit once He starts to move in on you to try and impart some...
hilltops to assist and encourage the sun at the outset of its long inevitable decline into the winter dark. And “Midsummer Night”—blessedly short—was said to be a time of both mischief and danger, when chaotic pressures cracked open the stability of the world and wild spirits were ...
If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations— ‘Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch’ (referring to things that all perish as they are used)—according to human precepts and teachings...
3. O come, Thou Dayspring, come and cheer Our spirits by Thine advent here; And drive away the shades of night, And pierce the clouds and bring us light! Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel! 4. O come, Thou Key of David, come, And open wide our heav’nly ...
For Christianity was beginning to take root in the West, whereupon all “culture"stemmed from the Bible;all“pleasure”was subsumed under piety, and the emergent form of tour was pilgrimage. (机翻)基督教开始在西方扎根,因此所有的“文化”都源于圣经; 所有的“pleasure(快乐)”都归入虔诚之下,而新兴...
We’ve all had days when discouragement, inadequacy, hurt, or fear want to plague our spirits. And we find our own weak efforts do little to ease the distress. BUT! Praise God he provides the antidote for every malady of the soul. What follows is a list of ways he accomplishes that...