Jesus, Continued…

Monuments to God’s works are good when they serve as catalysts for continued faith. But when they become merely markers and memories, our admiration for them wearies God. He’s not just a God of the past; he’s a God mighty for his people in the present. His name is not “I was,” but “I am.” “Seek me now,” he says, “and live.”

God did not give us the Bible simply to read through, you see, but to pray through as well.

I believe the gospel is the most important and powerful means by which we experience the Spirit’s presence. Surprisingly, it is also the one most often overlooked (at least in our day). So let’s start with that one.

The gospel begins with our brokenness and inability, not our power and potential. Billy Graham once said that rarely is it someone’s sin that keeps them from heaven; usually, it is their good deeds. In the same way, it is our false sense of ability, not our inabilities, that keeps us from the power of the Spirit. Thinking that we can get along fine

It’s not new knowledge about God that we gain, per se. It’s often old knowledge becoming more real. Moses already knew God’s name. But in that moment, he felt it. His face glowed for days as a result.

In his written Word, the Spirit of God is always speaking and never silent.

It was a life-transforming realization for me: I find out what God is doing and join him in it, not do it for him. The Holy Spirit works through me; I do not work for him.

He prays they would understand something that is beyond all knowledge. Isn’t that a contradiction? Not at all. We arrive at certain kinds of “knowledge” not through the accumulation of more cognitive facts, but personal experience. There are two words for “knowledge” in Greek. Oida refers to facts, data, and cognitive pieces. Ginosko refers to an i

I believe everyone’s “life goals” should include a few of those Godsized things. If everything you do is explainable by natural giftings, then at your funeral people will likely give you credit for your accomplishments. But if God does things through you that are “impossible with men,” then at your funeral your friends are likely to give God the cr