Articles Tagged “the Holy Spirit”

  • Sharing Your Burdens With God

    If God is for us, who can be against us? ROMANS 8:31 NKJV The Bible promises this: tough times are temporary but God’s love is not—God’s love endures forever. So what does that mean to…

  • The World's Biggest Loser

    Steve Arterburn At first thought, it may puzzle you, startle you, or even offend you to think of Jesus Christ as the world’s biggest loser. It should. But those reactions don’t make the claim untrue.…

  • Accepting Forgiveness

    Steve Arterburn Many of you struggle with a lingering sense of guilt, even after you’ve asked God to forgive you for your sin and you know in your mind that you’re forgiven. The truth is…

  • Always Remember

    Steve Arterburn   Have the benefits of your transformed life caused the memories of your previous lifestyle to fade? Do you remember what you once were before Jesus Christ and His Holy Spirit entered your…

  • Mining For Gold

    Steve Arterburn Everyone ever born has a human mother and father, right? Almost. There are three exceptions: Adam and Eve, our first parents, and Jesus Christ, who, as the Apostle’s Creed says, was conceived by…

  • The Gift Of The Spirit

    Steve Arterburn If you’re a Christian, it means the Holy Spirit is living in you. Sounds great ‘ but what does it mean? What does the Spirit do within you? Listen to what the Holy…

  • Fields Of Change

    Stephen Arterburn Men, character isn’t something that’s instantly created. It’s carved out. God’s deal goes like this: ‘Reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground’ (Hosea 10:12).   To God, our…

  • Lessons from the Desert

    Ed Grant Recently I escaped with a number of other pastors to the Cafa Franciscan Spiritual Retreat Center in Scottsdale, Arizona. We were there to learn how to be quiet with God. You might think…

  • Guilty or Not Guilty: 10 Steps to Guilt Free Living

    Steve Arterburn 1. Don’t ignore, but rather respond to the inner witness of the Holy Spirit. Guilt can be a merciless taskmaster that drives us far from God, or it can gently lead us back…

  • Receiving the Gift that Heals: Forgiveness

    Brad Stenberg – Read: Psalm 103:2-4; 8-13; Isaiah 44:22; 1 John 1:9 – We all wish there was a delete key for dealing with the past so we could forget the hurtful things we’ve done.…