by athargrave | May 16, 2016 | Devotional, Experiencing the Resurrected Christ
For the promise is to you and your children, and to all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call. Acts 2:39 Most people would say that self-interest is the greatest motivation. However, personal contribution to something bigger than one’s self is a close...
by athargrave | May 15, 2016 | Devotional, Experiencing the Resurrected Christ
And having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear. Acts 2:33 What God pours out, He intends others to see and hear. There is a simple truth: what is brought into the light grows. When people saw and heard...
by athargrave | May 14, 2016 | Devotional, Experiencing the Resurrected Christ
Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear. Acts 2:33 There is a paradox concerning the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. When Christ is exalted, He...
by athargrave | May 13, 2016 | Devotional, Experiencing the Resurrected Christ
When the day of Pentecost had fully come . . . they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. Acts 1:1, 4 Wouldn’t you like to have been a fly on the wall to experience this day with the disciples? It...
by athargrave | May 12, 2016 | Devotional, Experiencing the Resurrected Christ
Now when He spoke these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. Acts 1:9 What the disciples experienced on the morning of Pentecost was a new beginning. It was not only a new beginning for them, but it marked a new...
by athargrave | May 11, 2016 | Devotional, Experiencing the Resurrected Christ
And you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. Acts 1:8 It is easy to make this “power of the Holy Spirit” complicated and mystical. There is certainly mystery concerning the power of the Spirit. Dr. Stanley Hauerwas observes, “Mystery does not name...
