I have been praying and begging for my life to be FULL of the Spirit that brought my Savior back from the dead. It's just amazing. If we really believe that the Holy Spirit is Jesus, and lives in us, then we can do anything that Jesus can do. With FAITH in that. That's where I have been struggling. Do I believe I can heal? Do I believe I can cast out demons? Do I believe I can sacrificially LOVE like Christ?
Then, I stumbled across the book Forgotten God by Francis Chan, which is about the Holy Spirit. I didn't even know that when I bought it... coincidence... probably not? And I read this illustration that I think is great...
"I then proceeded to tell her about he confusion I imagined a caterpillar must experience. For all its caterpillar life, it crawls around a small patch of dirt and up and down a few plants. Then one day it takes a nap. And then, what in the world must go through its head when it wakes up to discover it can fly? What happened to its dirty, plump, little worm body? What does it think when it sees its tiny new body and gorgeous wings?
As believers, we ought to experience this same kind of astonishment when the Holy Spirit enters our bodies. We should be stunned in disbelief over becoming a "new creation" with the Spirit living in us. As the caterpillar finds its new ability to fly, we should be thrilled over out Spirit-empowered ability to live differently and faithfully. Isn't this what the Scriptures speak of? Isn't this what we've all been longing for?
...Christ said it is better for us that the Spirit came, and I want to live like I know that is true. I don't want to keep crawling when I have the ability to fly."
-The Forgotten God
The other day I believed. We had 35 students sponsored in a mere 8 hours, and actually looking back, I posted that we needed these student's sponsored at 2:30 AM Texas time. So really, only about 4 hours of time that people were awake in America. How could I NOT believe the Spirit did that?
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