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Lent 1 When the Image Moves the Heart

We are talking about charismata, (Gk.---pieces of grace) grace gifts. They are from above, from God. The best image for their focus is the Cross of Jesus. Think of them as the vertical beam. They are to be used gracefully, graciously and in grace. They are given to help us recover from the devastation of sin, its pride, fear and aloneness, that ravages the image of God. They give us spiritual identity, purpose and confidence. They are living qualities the Holy Spirit uses to restore the image… Continue

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Epiphany 15 Prophecy

Epiphany 15 Prophecy

Romans 12:

“6We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. If a man's gift is prophesying, let him use it in proportion to his faith. 7If it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach; 8if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is contributing to the needs of others, let him give generously; if it is leadership, let him govern diligently; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.”

Vs.6 establishes that a… Continue

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Epiphany 14 Getting It Together Spiritually

Epiphany 14 Getting It Together Spiritually

As we move into specific gifts we need just a bit more clarification about gifts and talents. Talents are natural capabilities and aptitudes with which we are born. They range from intellectual to physical. They are the means by which we function in the world and determine our occupations, interests and other personal activities. We may be mathematicians, athletes, businessmen, doctors, engineers, artists, musicians and so… Continue

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Epiphany 13 Opening the Treasury

Epiphany 13 Opening the Treasury

“God's various gifts are handed out everywhere; but they all originate in God's Spirit. God's various ministries are carried out everywhere; but they all originate in God's Spirit. God's various expressions of power are in action everywhere; but God himself is behind it all. Each person is given something to do that shows who God is: Everyone gets in on it, everyone benefits. All kinds of things are handed out by the Spirit, and to all kinds of people!… Continue

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Epiphany 12 When the Body Is the Body

Epiphany 12 When the Body Is the Body

Three extremely important themes make up the context for individual gifts to operate properly in context, the Holy Spirit, God’s love and interdependence. They energize the Body. Scripture is very clear on these three points as you read Paul’s cushioning passages surrounding his teaching on gifts. Observe how Paul directs his calling to the individual heart and to the collective hearts as a Body ‘belonging to one another.’ It means total… Continue

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Epiphany 11 How Important Are Spiritual Gifts?

Epiphany 11 How Important Are Spiritual Gifts?

A-one priority! Why? “Now you are the Body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it (1Cor.12:27).” Not only that but back in vs.12-13 “The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.” The idea of gifts is so… Continue

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Epiphany 10 Spiritual Gifts, the Means to An End

Let’s do a short review. Spiritual gifts are given for a purpose. They are the means to an end,”…to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ (Eph.4:12-13).”…

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Epiphany 9 Why Spiritual Gifts?

Romans 12 “¹Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. ²Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will (NIV).”…

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Epiphany 8 Spiritual Gifts, Leading the Procession

The best leader is the one who leads with Jesus THE leader in mind. Just how did He lead? “As the Father has sent me that is the way I send you,” He said. There are four basics to learn from Jesus.

First, after He called disciples He poured Himself into them. He held nothing back from them. His bearing was confident, determined, caring and patient. He was showing how the Spirit worked…

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Epiphany 7 Spiritual Gifts, Our Piece of the Action

“You are Christ's body—that's who you are! You must never forget this. Only as you accept your part of that body does your "part" mean anything. You're familiar with some of the parts that God has formed in his church, which is his "body": apostles, prophets, teachers, miracle workers, healers, helpers, organizers, those who pray in tongues. But it's obvious by now, isn't it, that Christ's church is a complete Body and not a gigantic, unidimensional Part? It's not all…

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Epiphany 6 Leadership in the Body of Christ

Epiphany 6 Leadership in the Body of Christ

The church is not like a corporation. Corporations are product-defined, institutionally organized with man-made principles and based on productivity for profit. In a corporation leaders are chosen in terms of the world’s profit making principles. CEO’s and board members are only as good as the profits they make. Many are self-promoting ‘go-getters’ with measurably high economic intelligence, earned degrees, desire to make money and eager to… Continue

Added by HKHaugan on January 28, 2010 at 10:30am — 3 Comments

Epiphany 5 Same Old? No, Same New

Epiphany 5 Same Old? No, Same New

Why do people watch ‘the news,’ read ‘news’papers, look for ‘new’ clothes, ‘new’ styles, anything new, novel, never seen or heard before. If you look at the ‘news’ industry what is its goal? Unfortunately it is based on what attracts people to watch. Tragedies, conflicts, celebrities and their escapades, fallen idols, crime and the exposure of base human nature seem to make up what is called ‘new.’ Its question---is it newsworthy, that is, worthy of… Continue

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Epiphany 4 Brand Spanking New

Epiphany 4 Brand Spanking New

There’s nothing like watching kids opening presents on Christmas morning. Presents galore and wrapping paper strewn around as new toys bring new squeals of joy and excitement. For grown-ups other kinds of new things make an appeal, like the smell of upholstery in a new car, the bouquet of flowers a husband brings his wife and the indescribable reaction at the birth of a baby. That last one greeted the world 2000 years ago, of all places, in a… Continue

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Epiphany 3 Paul's Epiphany

Epiphany 3 Paul’s Epiphany

Logic, heart and action, they are the sequence that makes us human. We think, we decide and we act. This is the process for all human behavior. It is this humanity Paul saw exposed in himself as saturated with sin. But in Jesus it was God-planted perfection. What gave him that insight was the Word, particularly the 10th Commandment that said, ‘Thou shalt not covet.’

But before that we need to remember Paul was Saul. He was consumed in getting his… Continue

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Epiphany 2 Every Next Moment

Epiphany 2 Every Next Moment

Robert Redford played in a movie back in 1972 called The Candidate. In it he was a man who was able to speak his mind honestly and publicly. A local political party picked him up and made him a candidate. He was immediately booked with speaking engagements.

But, the party also engaged a consultant to groom him. As he moved on in meeting after meeting the consultant began to tell him what to do and say. The grooming was so thorough that the… Continue

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Epiphany 1 Epiphany Today

Epiphany 1 Epiphany Today

‘Oh, now I see.’ ‘I never thought about it like that before.’ ‘Everything looks different now.’ These and others like it are expressions that are epiphanies, a new way to look at something, a new idea that touches your heart and your mind. There is a new understanding and motivation proceeding from it. To me that is what makes the Bible so amazing. You can’t read it without having an epiphany.

If you carry this thought back into the early history… Continue

Added by HKHaugan on January 7, 2010 at 7:13am — No Comments

Christmas 8 Spiritual Machinery

Christmas 8 Spiritual Machinery

Recapturing, reshaping and reorienting the mind, heart and spirit is a lifetime project. The appearance of Jesus on the world scene is the unfolding of God’s plan of recovery. In Him we see this project unfold. Jesus was conceived and born by the Holy Spirit, lived and acted by the Spirit and, when He died, was raised by the Spirit. He set this as a pattern for us when He said that we must be born again by the Spirit and live in the context of… Continue

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Christmas 7 Reshaping the Spirit

Christmas 7 Reshaping the Spirit

Of course I’m talking about our spirits, the reshaping of the soul within us, allowing God to fill us with His Holy Spirit and restoring us to the full image of Him He intended in Creation. With the mind centered in Scripture, the heart trusting in the presence of the Lord Jesus, the Lord provides faith for the new born spiritual self to come out from under the cover of sin and fear within to be the light of Christ in the world. That light is the Holy… Continue

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Christmas 6 Reshaping the Heart

Christmas 6 Reshaping the Heart

To reshape the heart we have to recognize it starts with the mind. As Paul said, “…transformed by the renewal of your mind.” The mind is where we believe, where we analyze on the basis of what we believe. What we believe determines how we arrange our thoughts about life, God, people and existence. The mind is a reservoir of ideas, concepts and principles we choose to diagnose our experience. The stuff of life is processed by the mind and conclusions… Continue

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Christmas 5 Reshaping the Mind

Christmas 5 Reshaping the Mind

“Are you out of your mind? - Where is your mind? - Keep your mind on what you’re doing. - My mind can’t handle it. - He’s playing mind games. - They’re trying to get into my head. - I can’t get my mind around that. - He’s got a screw loose somewhere. - He’s not playing with a full deck. - His elevator doesn’t go to the top floor.” All of these are common expressions recognizing the importance of how we think.

The first part of God’s recovery… Continue

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