Christ’s promise in John 14:12 to send the Holy Spirit to the disciples offers them further comfort because with the coming of the Holy Spirit comes power to live the Christ centered life. Though Jesus would no longer be visibly present with them, the Spirit would provide them with all the power they needed to extend the work He had begun. The reason that Jesus was going to send the Holy Spirit was to provide power for living. We attempt to often to live the Christian life in our own power, but the Christian life cannot be lived consistently without the power of God to enable the believer. We must be transformed out of darkness and into light! 2 Corinthians 5:17 reminds us that “If anyone is in Christ, they are a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” The ability to understand what it means to have a new relationship with Christ is found in the ministry of the Holy Spirit as He “guides us into all truth” (John 16:13). The wonder of the Christian life is found in the reality of God’s eternal presence with those who are His through the work … READ MORE

As we live our life before the world, we are to be salt and light, but what does our walk before the world include? Daniel had such a reputation for following God that his enemies attempted to entrap him through that relationship, and his King honored him by his relationship in Daniel 6. Proverbs 4:18 tells us that “the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.” Our reputation before the world is so very important in how we live. We are also told in James 1:22 to “Be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves” Obedience to the Word of God is another way we live our lives before the World. Obedience does not gain us salvation, it grows out of our salvation. If we love God we will be obedient to Him. Also out of our love for God, we serve Him out of our gratitude. 1 John 4:19 says “We love Him, because He first loved us.” Our service is not out of duty, but out of our love for Him. Our Testimony also, involves our stewardship of His gifts. 1 Peter … READ MORE

In John 13:1-17 Jesus challenged his disciples, by girding on a towel and washing their feet. He told them in verse 15 “I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you.” The key here is not the washing of the feet, but the willingness to be a servant to those who are around us. Servanthood, is the supreme act of humility, Jesus was saying not only by his words, but also by His actions, that what we do i9s as important as what we believe and how we act. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 reminds us, “What know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore, glorify God in your body, and in your spirit which are God’s.” As a follower of Jesus Christ, we are a living examples for others to be directed toward our Heavenly Father. We need to understand that our actions will truly display our beliefs. We are reminded in Proverbs 23:7, “As a man thinks in his heart, so is he: . . … READ MORE