Category Archives: Spiritology

Bible lessons pertaining to the third person of the Godhead, the Holy Spirit.

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What is the Blessing Side of the Hand of God?

Podcast: Light on Life Season 6 Episode 46

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What is the Blessing Side of the Hand of God?

Proverbs 21:1 says the king’s heart is in the hand of God. That means all the kings, not just the good ones, not just the righteous ones. So, in last week’s podcast, we honed in on the phrase ‘the Hand of the Lord’. What does that mean, ‘the heart of the king is in the hand of God?’ The Bible speaks of the ‘hand of the Lord,’ the ‘finger of God,’ and the arm of the Lord. But here, in Proverbs twenty-one verse one, we have the hand of God, not arm or finger. We saw that the phrase ‘the hand of the Lord’ or the phrase ‘the hand of God’ occurs fifty-five times in the Bible. What is the Hand of God? Is it a good thing or a bad thing? Is it something you want to experience or something you don’t want to experience? And so, we looked at the negative side, the judgment side of the hand of the Lord. We saw it manifest in the case of Israel’s sin. We saw it visible in the New Testament of Ananias and Saphira, and we pretty much determined that we don’t want any of that ‘hand of the Lord’ in judgment business because our God is a consuming fire. There is a positive side to the hand of the Lord. There is a blessing side. As believers, we want all there is of the blessing which comes from the hand of God in our daily life. The heart of the king is in the hand of God. That’s what we are talking about in this week’s Light on Life.

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Why We Have Limited Manifestations of the Spirit

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Five Things that Will Prick Your Conscience

Podcast: Light on Life Season Four Episode Forty-Eight

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There Are Many Areas the Bible Points Out WHere the Spirit of God will Prick Your Conscience

The great attorney, orator, and statesman Daniel Webster was such an imposing figure in court that he once stared a witness out of the courtroom. Apparently, Webster knew the man was there to deliver false testimony, so he fixed his “dark, beetle-browed” eyes on the man and searched him. According to the story, later in the trial “Webster looked around again to see if [the witness] was ready for the inquisition. The witness felt for his hat and edged toward the door. A third time Webster looked on him, and the witness could sit no longer. He seized his chance and fled from the court and was nowhere to be found.” 1 That man ran out of the courthouse because his conscience was feeling guilty about the lie he was getting ready to tell. His spirit was trying to speak to the man. His conscience was trying to get him not to do it. Your conscience will do the same. It will try to lead you out of wrongdoing. Learning to listen to it is a part of growing up in God. Four Things that Will Prick Your Conscience, that’s this week’s Light on Life.

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The Warning Aspect Of The Inward Witness

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The Warning Aspect of the Inward Witness

In previous podcasts, we’ve looked at the conscience or the inward witness. We have seen that the conscience is the voice of your spirit. And, that the use of your conscience by the Spirit of God is the number one way that God will lead you in the everyday affairs of life. The conscience stays supple and sensitive by not overriding it. In today’s post, we take a look at the warning aspect of the inward witness.

[Tweet “There’s a negative side to the conscience, a warning side, a lack of peace side.”]

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Conscience and the Inward Witness: A Look at the Spirit Led Life

Podcast: Light on Life Season Four Episode Forty-Six

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Conscience and the Inward Witness: A Look at the Spirit Led Life

Here’s a story that illustrates many people’s view on the role of the conscience. “A man consulted a doctor, ‘I’ve been misbehaving, Doc, and my conscience is troubling me,’ he complained. ‘And, you want something that will strengthen your willpower?’ asked the doctor. ‘Well, no,” said the fellow. “I was thinking of something that would weaken my conscience.'” There’s more to the conscience than being a ‘right and wrong’ referee. But that’s what we’ve been taught: that the conscience’s only role is to gauge morality.  Conscience is the voice of your spirit. It’s how your spirit communicates with you. Conscience and the Inward Witness, that’s the focus of this week’s Light on Life.

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One Necessary Component You Need for Spiritual Growth in God

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Casting Crowns: Are Your Works Floor Worthy?

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Casting Crowns: Are Your Works Floor Worthy Before God's Throne?

The Bible speaks of crowns which believers are to receive in the life which is to come.  Charles Spurgeon said, “there are no crown-wearers in heaven who were not cross-bearers here below.” 1 In today’s post we take a brief look at the actions of some cross bearing crown wearers who are set before the Throne of God.

[Tweet “All of your work,  labor, and toil have only one true resting place, the floor before His Throne.”]

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How the Spirit Energizes By the Principle of Saturation

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The Spirit of God Energizes and Revives By the Principle of Saturation

In last week’s blog, we spoke of saturation rains which came to the drought-filled nation of Israel during a five year stretch from 1986 to 1991. Israel was accustomed to the former rain and no latter rains which brought abundant harvests to the land. During the drought, the population of Israel was swelling because of the Russian Jews who were returning from the collapse of communism. Strict water rations were enacted even to the point of regulating flushing toilets. The Israeli newspapers were reporting that the greatest threat to Israel was not all the Arab enemies of Israel but rather the severe drought. It was so severe that the water supply was next to nothing. Then, a miracle took place. It began to rain, and not just some shower. The rains came in buckets and sheets and it wouldn’t quit. It kept on raining. The Hebrew newspapers reported MIRACLE, MIRACLE, across the front pages. It rained from October to March, it never stopped. The former and the latter rains had come together. This is how God moves not only in the natural but also in the spiritual. He moves via the principle of saturation.

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How the Rain of God Bring Blessing to Man

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The Rain of God Bring Blessing to Man

Three farmers gather daily during a horrible drought. The men are down on their knees, praying the skies will open and pour forth much-needed rain. The heavens are silent, however, and the petitioners become discouraged. Nonetheless, they continue to pray every morning. One morning, a stranger asks the men what they are doing. They say, “We’re praying for rain.” The stranger looks at each of them and shakes his head. “I don’t think so.” The first farmer says, “We are down on our knees, pleading for rain. Look around; see the drought. We haven’t had rain in more than a year!” The stranger says their efforts won’t work. The second farmer says, “We need the rain; we aren’t asking only for ourselves, but for our families and livestock.” The stranger still isn’t impressed. “You’re wasting your time,” he says. The third farmer in anger says, “What would you do if you were in our shoes?” “You really want to know?” the stranger asks. “We really want to know!” the farmers say. “The future of our farmlands is at stake.” The stranger says, “I would have brought an umbrella!”1 God moves on the outside, that is in the natural, through the principle of saturation. In the Bible, it’s called the Former and the Latter Rain.

[Tweet “Ministering on the glory of God brought forth physical rain every time during a two-year stretch.”]

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How the Holy Spirit of God Moves In Your Heart

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How the Holy Spirit of God Moves In Your Heart

In 1 Corinthians 12:1, the Lord speaks of things pertaining to the Holy Spirit. Paul’s teaching is in reference to the fact that the Corinthians were apparently prophesying and pronouncing a curse upon Jesus. They were messing up the simple gift of prophecy. So Paul straightens them out by saying, Hey wait a minute, no one speaking by God’s Ho;y Spirit will ever defame Jesus. Believers of that generation needed to be admonished, taught and corrected when it came to working with this member of the Godhead. The situation is no different today. So, in today’s post, let us look at some ways that the Spirit of God moves.

[Tweet “With experience, you will begin to be able to discern the thoughts of the Spirit in your heart.”]

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#S4-032: Lessons on Spirit Living from Powerful Moves of God [Podcast]

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There are several lessons we can learn from powerful moves of God that will help us in our everyday lives.

It’s important that we learn the lessons of history. Not just natural history, but spiritual history. History of the moves of God. We’ve endeavored to go along this trail for several podcasts sprinkled throughout the course of this year speaking on the subject of revival. Today, we are going to look at two specific lessons we can learn about powerful revival type moves of God that will help us in our everyday lives.

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[Tweet “To every move of God, since the Creation, there is a God-ward side and a man-ward side.”]

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#S4-029: How God Uses Dreams to Direct His People [Encore Podcast]

Secrets to Hearing God

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God Can and Does Direct His Children Through Dreams

Dreams played an important part in the lives of God’s people. Of the 116 references to dreams listed in Young’s Concordance, 52 come in Genesis during the early patriarchal period and 29 in the Book of Daniel 1. The book of  Zechariah is about eight special dreams that God gave to the prophet Zechariah, so he can tell God’s people what they mean. The dreams are all about God’s people rebuilding the temple, staying away from sin, and loving God with all their hearts2 Are you open to the Lord speaking to you in this way?

This is Part Six of the Series ‘Secrets to Hearing God’. You can find Part 1 by clicking ‘Are You Listening?‘,’Part Two by clicking ‘Are You Waiting?‘, Part Three ‘Are You Sensitive‘, Part Four ‘What’s the Number One Way God Leads You?‘, and Part Five ‘Dreams and Visions.‘

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#S4-028: How God Communicates By Dreams And Visions [Encore Podcast]

Secrets to Hearing God

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God Can Communicate with You by Dreams and Visions

While on vacation, Bethany was speeding down a California freeway with three teenage friends. One of them, Jody, said she had dreamed the night before that they were in a serious wreck and that she, the only one with a fastened seatbelt on, had survived. Hearing that, everyone fastened their seat belts. Later, their car swerved into the grass median and rolled. The investigating officer looked at the car and said, “If you hadn’t had your seat belts on, the outcome would have been a lot different.” Where did Jody’s dream come from? 1. In this week’s podcast, we will take a look at some of the other ways God communicates through His use of dreams and visions.

This is Part Three of the Series Secrets to Hearing God. You can find Part One by clicking “Are You Listening? and Part Two by clicking “Are You Waiting?” Part Three ‘Are You Sensitive‘, and Part Four ‘What’s the Number One Way God Leads You?‘

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Secrets to Hearing God: The Number One Way God Leads You

Podcast: Light on Life Season Four Episode Forty-Seven

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Secrets to Hearing God: The Number One Way God Leads You

Many times people seek guidance from the Lord in ways He did not intend. An example is fleecing. It is scripturally incorrect for born-again believers to put out fleeces in order to determine God’s will. It’s always best for ‘new creation’ men to stay with God’s Word in these areas. In the pages of the Bible, the Lord Himself gave us clear instruction about how God leads New Testament children. In fact, He details for us the number one way God leads us in the affairs of life, the conscience.

This is Part Four of the Series Secrets to Hearing God. You can find Part One by clicking ‘Are You Listening?’ Part Two by clicking ‘Are You Waiting?‘ and Part Three ‘Are You Sensitive’

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One Necessary Component You Need for Spiritual Growth in God

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