Eph.5:18 - Amp. - And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but ever be filled and stimulated with the [Holy] Spirit. We just finished our annual Mardi Gras Saturation services at Victory Fellowship with special guest Pastor Rick Shelton. This was one of the most rewarding weeks for me spiritually in …
FOUNTAIN IN YOUR SOUL
Eph.5:18,19 - And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord; Being drunk in the Spirit is not some new bizarre twist on Christianity forged in …
Deep Places
1Cor. 2:10 ¶ these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. We were created to know God and to glorify God by the pleasure and life He brings to us. We are blind to Him and His love (actually thinking we can see) …
STEP BY STEP
Gal. 5:25 ESV ¶ If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. I love the way this verse reads in the ESV translation of the New Testament. This verse describes living in the power of the Spirit to a step by step endeavor. It’s not being filled somewhere …
THE POWERS OF THE AGE TO COME
Heb. 6:5 who tasted God’s good word and the powers of the coming age, This passage has intrigued me for several years. The Message Bible brings out an interesting flavor in this verse, "once they’ve personally experienced the sheer goodness of God’s Word and the powers breaking in on us—". I love that, the powers …
PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT
Eph. 6:16-8 - In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one; and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. …
I BELIEVE IN THE RESURRECTION
“The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and …
ALL FILLED
Acts 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit... Why do we all need to be filled with the Holy Spirit? Actually, there are many answers to that question found in the Bible. The Holy Spirit fills us with boldness to testify about our faith. Stephen teaches us that we can look into …
BE BEING FILLED
Eph. 5:18,19 - And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit, addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, Ephesus was not much different from other port cities of the day, sexual immorality, religious …
FOOLISHNESS OF MAN
1 Cor. 2:14 But the natural, nonspiritual man does not accept or welcome or admit into his heart the gifts and teachings and revelations of the Spirit of God, for they are folly (meaningless nonsense) to him; and he is incapable of knowing them [of progressively recognizing, understanding, and becoming better acquainted with them] because …