“Light had come into the world in the form of Jesus, God’s beloved Son, filled with the Holy Spirit. EXPECTATIONS, birthed from trust in God and our own needs, CHANGE, quite often, BY REVELATION.”
Tag: Luke 3
A Little Less and A Little More
“John spoke of what would benefit everyone if everyone thought of themselves A BIT LESS and consider others A BIT MORE. By this, valleys will be filled and mountains and hills made low. “
Not the Same Way
“The season of Advent tells us afresh every year that God comes, but the season DOESN’T TELL US HE COMES THE SAME WAY ALL THE TIME.”
The Same Holy Spirit
“With repentance and baptism in Jesus’s name, we are awakened to the Holy Spirit, the presence that is upon us, fills us and empowers us, will enable us to share the good news of Jesus in word and deed as Jesus and the early church did.”
Expectations Change
Luke 3: 15-17, 21-22 “The people were filled with expectations.” What would fill us with expectations of what might be? Our needs and our trust in God birth within us expectations. Father Ford and Father Walinski were on their way to a retreat when they were killed in an automobile accident. Upon arriving at the…
Out of the Blue, It Came
Luke 3: 1-6 Sometimes God comes to someone already in the wilderness. Luke gives his readers and listeners a background, a context of history. There are layers of authority in place, and the word of the Lord came to a man in the wilderness. This is how God came to the region around the Jordan….
Days of Elijah by Surprise
Our daughter, Anna, attended a church in Auburn, AL in February where she received what was believed to be a prophetic word from a guest preacher. In his word to her, he said she and the family could expect this spring to be full of supernatural surprises. Thursday was full of moments of discouragement. There…
The Lord Hasn’t Been Silent
Sometimes peace and comfort for my soul only comes to me when I write. For some, this may be true when they play their musical instrument or draw or paint or exercise or eat a cheese burger. I was told to write years ago by, who Bob Dylan called in his 60 Minute interview years…
What Are Ya Gonna Do?
“At key places and times, the opportunity was given to us to withdraw from the passion and settle into a conventional place of traditional ministry and be content because the risk-taking was too hard.”
Psalm 102 in The Message 