In Faith

Posted on May 31, 2023 by Shirlee Abbott

 

By faith, we go.

In faith, we rest.

 

In faith:

        • we lie down in green pastures (Psalm 23:2)
        • we lean on the everlasting arms (Deuteronomy 33:27)
        • we find rest for our souls (Matthew 11:29)

 

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By Faith . . .

Posted on May 30, 2023 by Shirlee Abbott


Hebrews 11
By faith Abel . . .
By faith Enoch . . .
By faith Noah . . .
By faith Abraham . . . 

How about a personal version of Hebrews 11?

By faith [fill in your name] _____________ [fill in the blank].

How do you finish the sentence?

 

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Something to Remember (reposted from 2015)

Posted on May 28, 2023 by Shirlee Abbott

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Yesterday was Pentecost Sunday? What is Pentecost?

 

 

        • A traditional Jewish festival
        • The birthday of the Christian church
        • All of the above

The Holy Spirit descended on the believers during the Feast of Pentecost, and thus started the Christian Church.

Without Pentecost, we wouldn’t be in church each week. That’s something to remember on Memorial Day weekend, when we honor those who died for the freedom we enjoy—including the freedom to be in church.thank you

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It’s Time for the Spirit

Posted on May 26, 2023 by Shirlee Abbott

 

This coming Sunday is Pentecost, when we celebrate the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. God promised visions, dreams and prophecies.

 

Acts 2:17-18 (NIV) – quoted from Joel 2:28-29
In the last days, God says,
I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your young men will see visions,
your old men will dream dreams.
Even on my servants, both men and women,
I will pour out my Spirit in those days,
and they will prophesy.

Young and old, men and women, sons and daughters — speak up! Now is the time.

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The Spirit’s Timing

Posted on May 25, 2023 by Shirlee Abbott

 


The coming of the Holy Spirit wasn’t random timing.

 

 

Leviticus 23 (excerpts with celebrations underlined)
The Lord’s Passover begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. On the fifteenth day of that month the Lord’s Festival of Unleavened Bread begins; for seven days you must eat bread made without yeast . . . Bring to the priest a sheaf of the first grain [First Fruits] you harvest . . . From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, count off seven full weeks [Feast of Weeks – Pentecost].

Jesus was crucified on the Passover, buried on the Festival of Unleavened Bread and raised from the dead on the Day of First Fruits. The Holy Spirit came on the 50th day, Pentecost.

Thank You, Lord, for Your perfect timeline.

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Me? Giving Blogging Advice?

Posted on May 23, 2023 by Shirlee Abbott

 

Yep.

Compel Training posted a blog post from me about blogging. It’s directed to writers, not readers. To my reader friends, thank you for reading what I write.

 

 

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The Spirit Inspires Me

Posted on May 23, 2023 by Shirlee Abbott

I agree with these words from Job’s friend, Elihu.

 

Job 33:4 (AMP)
The Spirit of God has made me,
And the breath of the Almighty gives me life
[which inspires me].

 

The Spirit of God inspires me — inspires my best thoughts, my best words, my best actions.

 

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Holy Spirit, Dwell with Me

Posted on May 22, 2023 by Shirlee Abbott


“Truthful Spirit, dwell with me,
I myself would truthful be;
and with wisdom kind and clear
let thy life in mine appear.”
Thomas T. Lynch, 1855

 

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Breath and Fire

Posted on May 19, 2023 by Shirlee Abbott

“We beseech you, O Lord, to ignite our souls with love, faith and hope by the fire of your Holy Spirit. And may the wind of your Spirit so inspire our minds, that we may proclaim your gospel to others in words which they can understand.”
The Gelasian Sacramentary, 500
(the oldest prayerbook of the Western Church)

The fire and wind of the Holy Spirit — power we too often take for granted.

Thank You, Spirit of God, for Your power at work in and through me. May I put it to good use for Your glory.

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Breath of Creation

Posted on May 18, 2023 by Shirlee Abbott

 

Put Genesis and Isaiah together and learn how the Spirit is the Breath of creation.

 

 

From Genesis:

Genesis 1:1-2 (NIV)
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

From Isaiah:

Isaiah 42:5
This is what God the Lord says—
the Creator of the heavens, who stretches them out,
who spreads out the earth with all that springs from it,
who gives breath to its people,
and life to those who walk on it.

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