Posts from July 2025

If I want to experience the power of the Holy Spirit in my life, there must be a definite and complete surrender of my will to the will of God. Simply put, I cannot do God’s will until I stop doing mine. This idea runs contrary to the entirety of human existence and experience. We are accustomed to having our own dreams, desires, wishes, plans, etc. We know that the only way we can achieve them is through the power…

The next step in death to self is meekness. Unfortunately, we once again do not even know what this means! Meekness is often confused with weakness or getting run over; it does not bring to mind conceptions of strength, masculinity, or power. However, meekness requires power. It is properly defined as power under control. A horse that could easily toss you or trample you to death, allows you to ride it. This says nothing about the power, rights, or strength…

We all know that God calls us to humility. However, most of us cannot even give a definition of humility. How can we attain that which we cannot even define? What does it mean to be humble? Pride is simply an inflated view of self; I view myself as being more than what I am in reality. In contrast, humility is an accurate view of self, a view that refuses to obscure who I truly am from others. How then…

If we are truly going to walk in the power of the Holy Spirit, we must change the way we view our relationship with God. We have a few paradigms that are common in Christianity; like rose colored glasses they affect how we see the world and interpret the Bible. We are accustomed to thinking in terms of right vs. wrong, truth vs. lie, sin vs. righteousness, etc. We are not accustomed to thinking in terms of pleasing vs. grieving…