What Next?
Theme of the Week: What the Holy Spirit Does
Thursday, October 27, 2005
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Key Bible Verse: The Holy Spirit said to Philip, "Go over and walk beside the carriage" (Acts 8:29). Bonus Reading: Acts 8:26-39
Back in 1984, a young man in our church looked out a window of his home and saw a woman sitting in her den next door. She'd been his neighbor for some time, yet he'd never spoken to her about Christ. Resolving to change that, he rang her doorbell and convinced her of her need for Christ.
The next Sunday she came forward to announce her new faith, and asked if I'd talk to her husband about Christ. During my visit in their home, he also came to faith. That second Sunday he publicly acknowledged his conversion, and asked me to talk to their grown son, an attorney. The son, too, became a believer. On the third Sunday, he started down the aisle to announce his newfound joy in Christ. Rising from his seat, his father met him halfway. From their tears, witnessed by our entire congregation, sprang an era of utter revival.
Over the next eight weeks, many families found healing from dysfunction as they committed themselves to Christ. The church added more than 100 members. Attending church became a priority. Who'd dare miss a service whose very existence called the world to a new order of things?
—Calvin Miller in Loving God Up Close
My Response: I'll pray for a Spirit-driven awakening that I can be part of.
Thought to Apply: Where the Spirit is poured out on the church, it sweeps the believers along in a great river of obedience, praise, and mighty works.—RICHARD B. HAYS
Adapted from Loving God Up Close (Warner Faith, 2003) by permission.
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Father, I ask for Your Spirit to motivate and enable change in my life that makes me more like Jesus.
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