On Christmas, we hope that our loved ones will use the gifts we give them. We don't expect to see the items hidden in the basement, tucked away in a shed, or tossed in the trash. We expect to see our gifts on a mantle, or used and worn with appreciation. When God gifted us the Holy Spirit inside of us, he also provided spiritual gifts, and guess what? We're called to use them! In this text, Paul urges us to "fan into flames" God's gifts to us. Like Paul in prison, we must keep our eyes on the Kingdom and shake off the hindrances of our day.
After fleeing from God in disobedience, Jonah finds himself in the belly of a great fish... proving you can run but you can't hide!...
What do you do with the truth you know? The truth that dwells within you and spoke the world into existence cannot be confined...
The greatest gift of all is the gift of salvation. Justification occurs at the point of conversion when we are saved from the penalty...