Spirit Filled

Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to His cross and crucified them there.  Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit’s leading in every part of our lives.  Galatians 5:24-25   (NLT)

As our team began meeting before the school year began, we sought the Lord for what He wanted us to be about: Experiencing the Spirit-Filled Life and Making Jesus Known!  We have been doing a lot of pondering and talking about what it means to live a life surrendered to the will of the Holy Spirit who lives in believers. What does it look like?  How do we do it?  

Tom is a new student with us this year.  He’s a grad student who has a relationship with Jesus and had been a part of a different campus ministry in his home state for his undergraduate years.  Although he is pretty shy, he joined one of our small group Bible studies right away.  Andrew is a part of that same small group, and had begun meeting with Tom one on one.  While meeting one day, they talked about what it is to live life directed by God’s Spirit.  “I am not living this way,” Tom earnestly confessed to Andrew. Tom was able to identify that he was not allowing or inviting the Holy Spirit to lead, but wanted to begin.  This led to a glorious moment of agreeing with what God was showing him and pursuing a life of walking with the Spirit.  

I cannot thank you enough for your prayers and giving.  This life change would not be possible without you. We must proclaim His truth and allow for His Spirit to do the rest in those who have ears to hear.  Praying and trusting for receptive ears to hear.

#Victorious

…overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.  And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love.                                                  Romans 8:37b-38.

One area that God has called me to proclaim in conjunction with the Gospel is our identity in the Lord Jesus.  As Patrice and I minister to this new crop of students as well as staff, there is an overwhelming struggle for us to believe in the truth that God has made us to be in Christ Jesus.  While battling sin is admirable, even that can take us away from understanding how to live out the truth in Christ.  We need to know and believe that He has already won the battle so we can sprint on to the next work that He has for us to do.  There is a battle to believe that we have worth and value. Thank you for fighting alongside us to allow students, faculty and staff to believe in their true worth, which affects their career choices, relationship and family choices, and  what they will live their lives for.