On the Day of Pentecost (Acts chapter 2), when God the Father sent down the Holy Spirit to Christ’s disciples (and all believers)…we the see the beginning of Christ’s church and the awesome power of the Holy Spirit, as the apostle Peter preaches his first sermon with boldness…and about 3,000 new Christians were added to the new church… Acts 2:41-42… Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about threethousand souls were added to them. 42 And theycontinued steadfastly in the apostles’doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers. (NKJV) Over 2,000 years later, and things haven’t changed a bit… We as Christians are to be feed spiritually through reading and meditating on God’s Word (Matthew 4:4), to understand the same doctrine Christ taught His apostles… We are to fellowship with one another as a unified body of Christ to worship and pray for one another, as already explained… And the obedient act of being baptized after becoming a Christian (Acts 2:38), and the sacred ceremony of taking communion to remember what Christ did for us, and a celebration of what we receive as a result of His sacrifice…should be a regular part of our church service… I believe our excitement level about going to church is directly proportional to our spiritual walk with the Lord… When we are living for Christ as a Spirit filled Christian (Ephesians 5:18-20), the Holy Spirit will give us the right heart filled with the love of Christ (Ephesians 3:16-19)…the right motivation and the desire to please the Lord in every situation (Colossians 1:9-10)…the ability to love those around us at all times, even our enemies (Matthew 5:43-44)…the peace of God which surpasses all understanding (Philippians 4:6-7)…and a fullness of joy when we are filled with Christ’s joy (John 15:11)… This combination of spiritual fruit will bring excitement into the life of a believer, which will show itself as the light of Christ with-in us, to glorify our Father in heaven…Matthew 5:16… Friends, our spiritual walk with the Lord begins and ends with the Word… After all, the Bible teaches us that the Word was Christ Himself…John 1:1-2, 14… I spent a day writing about “The Living Word”, that can be found @ www.Godsmanforever.com by typing in 12/16/2013 into the search window… God’s Word is living and powerful (Hebrews 4:12-13), and can change forever the lives of those who spend time reading and meditating upon its glorious treasures… Let me close by scripture penned by the apostle Paul, in… Colossians 3:16… Let the word of Christdwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. (NKJV)
Heavenly Father, I pray that Your Word will awaken souls that will become excited about learning more about how to become pleasing in Your sight… I pray for this spiritual awakening with the fullness of Christ, which Your Word is capable of producing in ALL of our lives, in Jesus’ most precious name and for His sake…Amen… Blessings in Christ, bruce r mills P.S. For more on finding “The Right Church” (1/05/2013)…with the right church Doctrine (1/08/2013)…and then how and why we as Christians should “Get Plugged in” to our church (1/19/2013)…go to www.Godsmanforever.com and type these dates as shown into the search window…
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