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Hosting The Spirit All Week Long by Jentezen Franklin
"…be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs…" Ephesians 5:18-19 The car engine clicks off in the driveway, and the heavy silence of Monday morning rushes into the quiet vehicle. Sunday morning felt bright, full of lifted hands, soaring voices, and the unmistakable, warm current of God filling the room. It is easy to meet God when the lights are low, and the atmosphere is deliberately set for worship. But then the garage door opens, a stack of bills sits waiting on the kitchen counter, and the sink is already full of breakfast dishes from a rushed morning. The sacred glow of the weekend starts to fade against the bright glare of ordinary life, leaving behind a quiet wonder about where the presence went when the final song ended.
Who Was Luke? By Sarah Ivill
It's unlikely that students of Scripture are unfamiliar with Luke, the author of the gospel that bears his name, as well as its sequel, the book of Acts. However, although most readers are familiar with his gospel account, not as many are acquainted with the man himself. Therefore, it will be good for us to consider who Luke was, both to encourage us toward godly living and to fix our eyes on Jesus Christ, the Lord and Savior whom Luke exalts. Luke was a careful researcher. Though he was not an eyewitness of Jesus' life and ministry, "it seemed good to [him] also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account" so that others "may have certainty" of the faith (Luke 1:3–4).
What is Spiritual Agility? Hearing God vs. Following Your Own Plan by John Garfield
We all have dreams — a vision of a future self, and some plan we've sketched out to get there. Here's the strange part: the heritage Father has actually shown you can be prophetically correct and still feel impossibly distant. You know where you're going. You just can't seem to close the gap. Here's the irony of Spiritual Agility: the fastest way to that heritage was never just pursuing it harder yourself. It's deciding every morning to do what Father is doing today — to co-labor with Him. That's what spiritual agility actually is, and it comes out of real Council conversations: compelling Living Words that override your own ambition, and yet somehow propel you further into the very purpose Father wrote in your heart to begin with. Your dream come true turns out to be Father's dream come true as well.
