This Week on PowerToChange.com/Experience (September 11 2009)
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Be Filled with the Holy Spirit: The Spare Tire
Sometimes we treat Jesus like a ‘spare tire’. We take Him out of the trunk when we have a flat tire and run Him until the crisis is over but put Him back in the trunk afterward. Or we can treat Jesus like a hitchhiker. We let Him in the car with us but only let Him ride part of the way. Yet as our Lord and Savior, Jesus doesn’t want to remain a spare tire or a hitchhiker. He wants to drive the car. So we need to move over and confess this as sin and allow the Holy Spirit to empower us. Read more.
Take action: Do you know what the “fruit of the Spirit” are? Explore this topic in our online interactive study Discover the Fruit of the Spirit which examines and meditates on Galatians 5:22-23.
You said it: This week Vertrell shared on the Receiving Wisdom women’s devotional, saying “My dear friend Lizzie has been sending this email for months now and then I may breeze through them or just delete. But low and behold I read today all the way and I Thank God that I did.” Read the rest of the comments on Receiving Wisdom, and join the conversation on TheLife.com Devotional for Men and TheLife.com Devotional for Women, each updated daily!
Experience Blog: Have Better Faith Conversations
Most subjects are fair game for discussion at work, but talking about Christianity? It likely depends on your particular work environment, but in many places, talking about faith is a taboo topic. Doug Pollock wants to find answers to the question: “How can you bring God into the conversation without shutting the conversation down?” Read more
Devotional: Testifying Who God Is
Peter’s powerful statement of belief came when many people didn’t know what to make of Jesus. Some thought Jesus was Elijah or another of the prophets who had come back to life or perhaps even John the Baptist. Read more
Coming up next week: One of the topics of our upcoming online chats is “Why Does God Allow Disaster?” Join us in the chat room September 15th 2009 @ 4:00pm EST for this chat or see also our full chat calendar for other upcoming topics.
