Acts 1:5-8

December 23, 2013Daily Reading

5 For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.” 6 Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?” 7 He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his … Read More

Luke 24:49

December 21, 2013Daily Reading

49 I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”

Luke 24:49 Encouragement

December 21, 2013Pastor's Blog

Staying Put Until – Have you ever made a move before God was ready? That is to say without seeking His guidance or asking for His direction? The instruction Jesus gave to His disciples is very clear – don’t move UNTIL you have been clothed with power from on high. It’s not that the disciples … Read More

Luke 12:10-12

December 20, 2013Daily Reading

10 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Manwill be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. 11 “When you are brought before synagogues, rulers and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say, 12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you at … Read More

Luke 12:10-12 Encouragement

December 20, 2013Pastor's Blog

Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is when you decide that Jesus is not God, you live as if you are, and you die without changing your position. Some people fight against God and this verse when they come to believe this verse scares them. If you are alive there is still time. God never gives … Read More

Luke 11:13 Encouragement

December 19, 2013Pastor's Blog

The Holy Spirit Gives You What You Need Jesus teaches His disciples how to pray the Lord’s prayer in Luke 11:1-13. The disciples had not yet realized their full need for the Holy Spirit. Read Luke 11:9-13. Jesus concludes by saying that the Holy Spirit would give them what they needed. Jesus is encouraging His … Read More

Luke 11:13

December 19, 2013Daily Reading

13 If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

Luke 10:21 Encouragement

December 18, 2013Pastor's Blog

Full of A Different Joy. You really need to read the whole chapter of Luke 10 to understand Jesus’ joy. The whole party started at Luke 10:17 when the 72 disciples return to Jesus with “joy.” Four times the word joy or rejoice is used from Luke 10:17-21, but the last time Luke uses a … Read More

Luke 10:21

December 18, 2013Daily Reading

21 At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said,“I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.

Luke 9:1 Encouragement

December 17, 2013Pastor's Blog

Luke 9:1 Jesus GAVE the power and authority to the Twelve Disciples to cast out demons and heal the sick. Authority doesn’t mean that we ask, authority means that we command! We don’t ask for demons to flee or sickness to leave, we command it! The same power that was given to the disciples has … Read More