November 13, 2018

November 13, 2018

Judy Hollaway

August 7
Running with Jesus  

Acts 2:21 "and it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

      The arrival of the Holy Spirit ushered in a new era. When He entered like prophesy said, He came into men, women, young, and old. Up to this time God primarily resided upon one person who would guide and lead the people or temple priest, now, anyone who called upon His name shall be saved! They were born again and the Holy Spirit came and dwelled within them personally!  Everyone can receive the Spirit of God.
       We will see how Peter will stand with boldness filled with the Spirit of God demonstrating this great change that came about by the indwelling Spirit of God!  We must start learning to pay attention to the Holy Spirit by hearing His voice and obeying His voice.  He was given to guide, teach, and comfort us as we learn to live the abundant life. Salvation didn't stop when we were saved, life was just beginning!  This new life is walking daily in the Spirit of God! God lit our fire the day we called on His name and now it is our job to place ourselves in an environment to keep our fire up and going! When we don't read the Word and obey It we put water on our fire or cover it up. How do we do that, by letting sin build up in our lives. When we cease to obey His Word even if it is just to forgive, hold back tithes and offerings, or not remember the Sabbath day, we allow our fire to grow dim. This will result in pushing Christ back in a corner in our hearts making it hard to hear His voice and running through life just got difficult. Praise God we can call on the name of the Lord and He can save us from the dark path we walked into and pull us back into the lightened path. Praise the Lord we can call on the Lord and find salvation and we can call on the name of the Lord to help us live our daily lives! We just have to call and He will come running to us! God is always chasing us down! He wants to run with us!
      After Pentecost He was back where He always wanted running with man and talking and fellowshipping! Isn't it an awesome thought the eternal creator longs for you!
           

Oh Daddy, Father, how precious You are to us. We just want to love on You today! We call on Your name. Some called for the first time this morning but some of us call on Your name constantly, we can't walk Daddy without You holding our hands. Don't let go we love You so much!

      Spend some time now just sitting and loving on God! Just say Jesus, Jesus, and sit alone, be still, and quiet for the next few minutes enjoying His presence calling on His name. He will go with you through anything you are dealing with today!
 

Tomorrow: Peter's greatest sermon, let's not miss it!