It is amazing what people do to have a good feeling. Substance abuse unfortunately is the first choice of many. It is a huge problem stalking many people trying to achieve some kind of high. This issue plagues many with empty results.
There is a solution to everyone’s need to be built up and feel good about themselves. It is a God solution. The Heavenly Father has provided to everyone born again something that supplies the ultimate in feel good results. It involves the gift of holy spirit that a person receives when they confessed Romans 10:9: “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.” To be saved is to be rescued from eternal death and filled with the eternal life spirit.
How can this new birth gift of holy spirit provide me a feel good high? There are too many ways this occurs. But let’s look at a few that really make a deep impression.
1. You would feel good if someone saved you from drowning right!? Well, how about being saved from eternal death to eternal life. Even better, yes!? (Romans 6:23: but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord).
2. Wouldn’t you feel good if you had access to the Creator of the Universe? You would be able to talk with Him and hear from Him. Utilizing the new birth spirit by speaking in tongues puts you in audience with God Almighty (I Cor. 14:2a: For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: …).
3. You are edified when you speak in tongues by the spirit of God (I Cor.14:4a: He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself).
What makes all the difference in the world is the gift of holy spirit living within a person. The feel good high is recognizing this spirit in you and using it. Speaking in tongues is what God has designed for every believer to use so they would feel good about connecting with the Heavenly Father; so they would feel good being assured of their new birth; so they would feel good about who they are in Christ.
There is a wonderful song by Larry Shicks called, “Holy Spirit High.” Some of the words declare the feel good high of holy spirit. “They got power, intercession, speaking mysteries, got excited, cause they got the best.” It goes on declaring, “Speak in tongues, praying in the spirit, it keeps me edified; I call it holy spirit high.”
God has the answer to the need to feel high. It is the gift of holy spirit being manifested in your life by operating the manifestation of speaking in tongues. This is so much better that any drug or other substances.
Speak in tongues much, that is the solution!
Agape,
Bob
Outside of the Covid pandemic the most disturbing subject our nation and world are wrestling with is equality.
Our nation tried to get it right in the beginning with legal documents declaring equality for all, but in practice we failed miserably. Through the years laws and constitutional amendments endeavored to correct the injustice, but again we still fall short.
There is a solution. One that could make a huge difference. It is recognizing God’s Word and applying it.
Galatians 3:28: There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Colossians 3:11: Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
A long-standing Christian couple (Mike and Jane Tomberlin) that have been and remain pillars of the Church in North Carolina said it best:
“The world is still trying to work out equality for all; but I know when I walk into a Bible-believing church, that it is the only place where the idea of equality reigns. Want equality? Find a church that believes the scripture, honors the ascended Christ and the in-dwelling of the holy spirit, and you are the closest you will ever get to a prejudice-free place on God’s earth.”
Agape,
Bob
As remarkable as it sounds, Jesus prayed for us 2,000 years ago as recorded in the Scriptures.
You and I must be very special to be a part of our Lord and Savior’s prayer time. Here it is in John 17:20:
“Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;”
This particular section of John, Chapter 17, to me is one of the most heart grabbing narratives in the Bible. Jesus is about to give Himself over to the authorities to be beaten unmercifully and then crucified. This dramatic section unfolds a story of love unmatched in any other writing done by man. Jesus prays for those he served and those who would believe on Him in the future. He desired that they all would be one in purpose with God’s ultimate plan of having a family. The prayer closes by Jesus declaring “…that the love wherewith Thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.”
The fruition of this request is evidenced in Romans 5:5 and in Colossians 1:27.
Romans 5:5:
… because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
Colossians 1:27:
To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
We are truly a blessed people beyond measure. Our response should be one of untiring love and thankfulness to our Heavenly Father and to His son Jesus Christ.
Agape,
Bob
What an election year this has been (and it seems not quite over yet!). As believers it is important for us to participate. By praying and voting our actions will be meaningful.
God’s Word indicates that He held elections and chose us! One thing every Christian needs to recognize and embrace is that they are the elect of God: “Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.” I Thessalonians1:4.
Yes, the Creator of the universe elected you and me. He voted for us! Perhaps many of us have gotten involved in political campaigns. Now that we know He chose us, why not be an activist for God.
Romans 8:31-33:
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.
Now the next question is: how are we to act as those elected by God?
Colossians 3:12-15:
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
Our world needs some sanity, something that is solid and makes us proud of who we are. As God’s elect we are blessed to represent our Heavenly Father in all that we do.
Agape,
Bob
New Christians soon discover from God’s Word that the key to receiving anything from God is believing:
Hebrews 11:6: But without faith it is impossible to please him:..
Mark 9:23: …all things are possible to him that believeth.
I Thessalonians 2:13: …but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
The act of believing connotes trusting, having confidence and being convinced. A natural man’s believing depends solely on what he can see by his five senses. When man becomes born again of God’s spirit, he now has to make the transition from believing worldly sources to believing the invisible God. This can be quite daunting to say the least.
But really, when a person becomes familiar with the ways of the Heavenly Father, believing in the power of God is not all that hard. God has given us a full exposure to His power via the gift of holy spirit. As we operate the nine manifestations of holy spirit, like speaking in tongues, we become more and more familiar with our capabilities. This in turn should give us the confidence to believe in operating more fully the power of God resident in us.
I Corinthians 2:4 and 5:
And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
When the believer operates the power of God with the spirit of God within, he gets familiar with the source. That is why I like speaking in tongues. It is a miracle every time I do it, yet I can do it all the time. This constant use of the spirit allows me to become more and more familiar with operating the power of God. I become more adept in doing the things of God, thereby I can believe.
Let’s realize this truth that we are demonstrating the spirit power by speaking in tongues. This should help give us the confidence and assurance that we can believe anything God says or what we read in God’s Word.
Agape,
Bob