Tim says:
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May 2010
This month we celebrate Pentecost, the giving of the Holy Spirit - just as Jesus promised. “You will receive power when the Holy Spirt comes upon you”. (Acts 1:8) Pentecost occurs at harvest time when obedient Jews would have brought the first-fruits of their crops, and flocks out of thankfulness to the Lord for his faithfulness. I think that God deliberately picks this time of year to symbolically remind us that the Holy Spirit coming upon us should make us fruitful. Can I ask you, how fruitful are you in your Christian life?
God has been faithful to you and has showered his blessings into your life. He has forgiven you all of your sins, and chosen never to remember them. He has adopted you into his family, guaranteed that one day he will come back for you & take you to be with him in Heaven…. for ever!.
As we wait, he provides the Holy Spirit to guide, and comfort through all of life’s difficulties; and to empower us to live a holy and “spiritual life." Don’t you think that you should come to God’s house regularly to vocally praise him for all he has done?
That you should be faithful to God, by living a life, and speaking words that demonstrate him to all you meet? Don’t you think that obeying God in baptism, tithing and humble service should be your highest life’s calling? That you should be producing fruit (character improvements and converts) ‘in keeping with repentance’? You may say: “Tim, that’s beyond me!” You’re right…. for that you need to be baptised (or drenched) with the Holy Spirit. The Spirit has come - are you in step with him, open to him & allowing him to work in you & through you to God’s glory?
