“Churchgoers all across the nation say the Holy Spirit has entered them. They claim that God has given them a supernatural ability to follow Christ, put their sin to death, and serve the church. Christians talk about being born again say that they they were dead but now have come to life. We have become hardened to those words, but they are powerful words that have significant meaning. Yet when those outside the church see no difference in our lives, they begin to question our integrity, out sanity, or even worse, our God. And can you blame them?” ChristianSpiritGivenNationsChristBornDifferencesChurchSinAbilityPowerfulOur LivesIntegrityHolyClaimsBlameSignificantHoly SpiritSanityBorn AgainHardenedPowerful Words Author:Francis Chan
“I will use treatment to help the sick according to my ability and judgment, but never with a view to injury and wrongdoing. Neither will I administer a poison to anybody when asked to do so, nor will I suggest such a course. Similarly, I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion. I will keep pure and holy both my life and my art.” GivingArtHelpingUseCoursesCausesAbilityViewsHolyPureJudgmentDoctorsSickPoisonAbortionInjuryTreatmentWrongdoing Author:Hippocrates
“The ability to diagnose an imminent heart attack has long been considered the holy grail of cardiovascular medicine.” HeartLongAbilityHolyMedicineHeart AttackHoly GrailCardiovascular Author:Eric Topol
“Because the Holy Spirit is God, we feel Him as He controls our circumstances and transforms our lives. When He does that, He uses us. He melts us in relationships. He molds us in the pursuit and the direction of His will. He fills us with power and the perseverance to keep at it. He uses as He controls our circumstances and transforms our lives. Ask the Spirit of God to use you, just as you are, with the gifts and abilities that He's given you. Secure in the confidence that God is in control of your life, you will be free to serve Him with joy and effectiveness.” FeelsDoeUseJoySpiritAsksGivenAbilityOur LivesCircumstancesHolyPerseverancePursuitSecureHoly SpiritEffectivenessMoldSpirit Of GodGod Is In ControlControl Of Your Life Author:Charles R. Swindoll
“Essential to our personal faith and development is the unmistakable knowledge that our Father and our Savior want us to succeed. They want us to return to Their presence. Because of Their love for us, They have given us resources to obtain comfort, direction, and strength for our journey home. I speak of prayer, the wonderful and sublime ability to communicate and share our concerns with the Father; the Holy Spirit, which will enlighten and comfort us; and the words of the prophets, both ancient and modern. These resources give us understanding and direction in dealing with our challenges.” WantGivingHomeSpiritFatherSpeakGivenUnderstandingChallengesPrayerAbilityWonderfulJourneyShareModernDevelopmentReturnHolyComfortSucceedEssentialsResourcesConcernAncientCommunicateHoly SpiritProphetSaviorSublimeWant UOur FatherEnlighteningAbility To CommunicateJourney Home Author:Dean M. Davies
“When the Holy Spirit comes to live within you, He will come with the ability to produce righteousness. Righteousness is the nature of God, which when imparted to the human spirit, produces the rightness of God in the human spirit. It gives man right standing with God; it gives him the ability to stand in the presence of God without a sense of guilt, inferiority or condemnation. It means rightness in God. The righteousness of God is wrought in you.” MenGivingHumansMeanSpiritAbilityProduceHolyStandingGuiltHoly SpiritRighteousnessWithin YouHuman SpiritInferiorityCondemnationPresence Of God Book:Seven Things The Holy Spirit Will Do For You Source: Seven Things The Holy Spirit Will Do For You
“So these are the kind of things that now when people are trying to move towards multiracial congregations that they're stressing. They're talking about these scriptures that say we ought to come together, and that at Pentecost, when that the Holy Spirit is said to have come upon the first Christians, they were given the ability to speak in different languages, and so that no matter who the people were, they could all worship together.” PeopleTryingFirstsKindSaidDifferentMatterChristianTogetherMovingSpiritSpeakLanguageGivenAbilityTalkingOughtHolyWorshipStressScriptureHoly SpiritCongregationMultiracialPentecostDifferent LanguagesAbility To Speak Author:Michael Emerson
“The true Indian sets no price upon either his property or his labor. His generosity is limited only by his strength and ability. He regards it as an honor to be selected for difficult or dangerous service and would think it shameful to ask for any reward, saying rather: "Let the person I serve express his thanks according to his own bringing up and his sense of honor. Each soul must meet the morning sun, the new sweet earth, and the Great Silence alone!. What is Silence? It is the Great Mystery! The Holy Silence is His voice!” ThinkingPersonsSoulEarthAsksDifficultVoiceAbilitySilenceMorningSunMysteryDangerousSweetHonorHolyLaborRegardPropertyRewardsThanksGenerosityIndianSilence IsShamefulSelectedMorning Sun Author:Charles Alexander Eastman
“Many people falsely believe that if you want to be holy, you are not allowed to enjoy life...Holiness brings us to life. It refines every human ability. Holiness doesn't dampen our emotions; it elevates them. Those who respond to God's call to holiness are the most joyful people in history. They have a richer, more abundant experience of life, and they love more deeply than most people can every imagine. They enjoy life, all of life.” PeopleIfsWantBelieveHumansEnjoyAbilityEmotionImagineHolyHolinessJoyfulEnjoy Life Author:Matthew Kelly
“Power. What do we mean? 'The ability to determine another man's luck.' ...how is it that some men attain mastery over others while the vast majority live and die as minions, as livestock? The answer is a holy trinity. First: God-given gifts of charisma. Second: the discipline to nurture these gifts to maturity, for though humanity's topsoil is fertile with talent, only one seed in ten thousand will ever flower -- for want of discipline. Third: the will to power.” MenWantFirstsMeanHumanityDiesGivenAbilityAnswersTalentFlowerDisciplineHolyThousandTenThirdsLuckMajorityDetermineSeedsMaturityMasteryNurtureAnother ManWill PowerCharismaFertileTrinityLivestockMinionsHoly TrinityTopsoil Author:David Mitchell
“Mockery of religion is one of the most essential things because to demystify supposedly 'holy text dictated by god' and show that they are man made and what you have to show [is] there internal inconsistencies and absurdities. One of the beginnings of human emancipation is the ability to laugh at authority... it is an indispensable thing people can call it blasphemy if they like, but if they call it that they have to assume there is something to be blasphemed - some divine work, well I don't accept the premise.” PeopleIfsMenHumansWellsMadeShowsAbilityAcceptingLaughingDivineHolyEssentialsAuthorityAssumingAtheistInternalsAbsurdityIndispensablePremisesMockeryEmancipationBlasphemyInconsistency Author:Christopher Hitchens