Fasting is a means whereby the Holy Spirit indwells his people to do something for him, in his stead, and by his power.
In the early church, worship, prayer, and fasting were not the performative activities limited to a special occasion—they were a way of life.
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
We do not possess the power of God. The power of God possesses us.
When it comes to life’s challenges, your feelings will deceive you, so your faith must lead you.
We have a scant idea of how the prayers of God’s people figure into the extraordinary interventions of God.
Faith is unwavering confidence in God no matter what comes our way and no matter the response from God.
Persecution is the enemy’s best strategy to defeat God, and though it never works, it never ceases.
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
Bad things are happening to good Christians and God is taking those bad things and reincorporating them into glorious outcomes.
The Holy Spirit is growing a decentralized organization while leadership often grasps for a more centralized one.
The Word of God—all of it and especially the life of Jesus— must become our active memory.
