Posts from June 2025

If I desire the Holy Spirit to fill me, there is only one way. It is not necessarily that I need more of Him; I need less of me. It is only in an emptying of myself that I am filled by the Spirit. This death to self is an absolute necessity if I desire to see the power of God in my life. It is important that we begin by looking at what the Scripture means by the self…

Whenever we speak about the Holy Spirit, many different ideas come to mind. Speaking in tongues, emotional experiences, goose bumps, feelings, etc. are all often associated with the working of the Holy Spirit. If we are going to see the power of the Holy Spirit, what is it exactly that we are going to see? What are we looking for? Most Christians today are looking for some type of religious experience. Whenever they have this experience, they call it the…

We are accustomed to only think of the work of the Holy Spirit as power for ministry within the church. However, the Scripture is abundantly clear that the Holy Spirit empowers people to walk with Christ everywhere. Perhaps one of the most unique signs of a movement of the Spirit of God is found in Malachi 4:5-6: “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes. And he will turn the…

As a father of ten children, I read a lot to my children. When they are young, they like me to read little kids’ books, many of which are designed to teach children lessons about life. Many of these nursery rhymes and folk-tales have tremendous application to the local church, but perhaps none is greater than “The Little Red Hen.” In this story, the little red hen finds a grain of wheat. Instead of eating it right away, she decides…

If Christians need power, where does this power come from? The simple answer is the Holy Spirit. God chose to give us His power in the person of the Holy Spirit. This process is called the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. The word baptize means “to dye” meaning that every fiber of our being is fully immersed into and changed by the Holy Spirit. The baptism of the Holy Spirit is in all four Gospels, and it is prominent in…