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Pentecost 36 Water Anyone?

Pentecost 36 Water Anyone?

Ezek.47:1-2 Now he brought me back to the entrance to the Temple. I saw water pouring out from under the Temple porch to the east (the Temple faced east). The water poured from the south side of the Temple, south of the altar. He then took me out through the north gate and led me around the outside to the gate complex on the east. The water was gushing from under the south front of the Temple.

3-5 He walked to the east with a measuring tape and… Continue

Added by HKHaugan on July 25, 2009 at 8:06am — No Comments

Pentecost 35 The Flavor to Savor When the Light is Right

Pentecost 35 The Flavor to Savor When the Light is Right

"Let me tell you why you are here. You're here to be salt-seasoning that brings out the God-flavors of this earth. If you lose your saltiness, how will people taste godliness? You've lost your usefulness and will end up in the garbage (Matt.5:13 The Message Bible).”

Last time we talked about Jesus telling us we are the light of the world. This time we are told we are the salt of the earth. God is not asking us to do… Continue

Added by HKHaugan on July 22, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Pentecost 34 Time to Turn the Lights On

Pentecost 34 Time to Turn on the Lights

Matt.5:14 You are the light of the world.

Last Sunday, here in Banner Elk, I heard a great sermon about Jesus healing the blind man. While it was wonderful, faithful and biblically nuanced and really had people saying many amen’s, it was not the content but the effect of the sermon that got me. Another light was turned on and it touched my heart. I love to be taught. I thirst for good teaching not so much for the different points but… Continue

Added by HKHaugan on July 21, 2009 at 10:25am — No Comments

Pentecost 33 The Fuel We Run On

Pentecost 33 The Fuel We Run On

One time we started back from the mountains and had filled up on the way. When we got to that point where I-26 meets I-95 the engine started sputtering so we pulled over. We prayed and a bit later the engine started. But a few miles on it started sputtering again. We were able to get to a small town named St.George. We got it to a station and it stopped completely. What the mechanic discovered was water in the gas but the interesting thing is that was… Continue

Added by HKHaugan on July 20, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

Pentecost 32 The Cross, God's Heart For Us

Pentecost 32 The Cross, God's Heart For Us

1500 years before Jesus came, that’s when scholars believe Moses wrote Genesis. Genesis contains the roots of God’s plan to recover mankind. It logs us in to the origin of everything, the universe, mankind’s beginning, the fall of man from God and the seed stories of God’s plan for man’s recovery. One in particular sets the stage for the Cross of Christ, our redemption and salvation through it. It is that heart-moving story of God testing… Continue

Added by HKHaugan on July 18, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Pentecost 31 The Final Question

Pentecost 31 The Final Question

Two little boys are playing when one grabs a toy from the other. The one little boy hits the other and takes the toy back. His mother says, “Give the toy back and tell him you’re sorry. Go ahead, tell him.” The little boy is still mad. He curls up his lip and says defiantly he won’t. Again his mother says, “Tell him or you’ll get a spanking.” Half looking at the boy he hit, his lips curled in a snarl, he says very reluctantly, “I’m sorry.” What does… Continue

Added by HKHaugan on July 17, 2009 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Pentecost 30 The Atonement---Why Friday Was 'Good' and Not Bad

Pentecost 30 The Atonement---Why Friday Was ‘Good’ and Not Bad

Have you ever felt the need to atone for something you’ve done? What atone means is to make up for something that shouldn’t have been done, something that has brought with it a sense of guilt. We want to atone, make up, for past mistakes. This mistake prone nature we have is due to sin and its inevitable consequence, guilt, which we inherited from the initial act of disobedience Adam and Eve committed. It is not unusual… Continue

Added by HKHaugan on July 16, 2009 at 9:05am — No Comments

Pentecost 29 About Invitations

Pentecost 29 About Invitations

Message Bible---Rom.8:9-11 “ But if God himself has taken up residence in your life, you can hardly be thinking more of yourself than of him. Anyone, of course, who has not welcomed this invisible but clearly present God, the Spirit of Christ, won't know what we're talking about. But for you who welcome him, in whom he dwells—even though you still experience all the limitations of sin—you yourself experience life on God's terms. It stands to reason,… Continue

Added by HKHaugan on July 15, 2009 at 10:04am — No Comments

Pentecost 28 When Words Make a Difference

Pentecost 28 When Words Make a Difference

Psalm 29

3 The voice of the LORD is over the waters;

the God of glory thunders,

the LORD thunders over the mighty waters.

4 The voice of the LORD is powerful;

the voice of the LORD is majestic.

5 The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars;

the LORD breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.

6 He makes Lebanon skip like a calf,

Sirion [b] like a young wild ox.

7 The voice of the LORD… Continue

Added by HKHaugan on July 13, 2009 at 11:18am — No Comments

Pentecost 27 Grace at Work Through the Holy Spirit

Pentecost 27 Grace at Work Through the Holy Spirit

If you’ll notice we have been riding under the banner of Pentecost. This is the 27th article minted in the Spirit in Pentecost. Paul states Jesus’ gifting beautifully, “And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are… Continue

Added by HKHaugan on July 9, 2009 at 9:30pm — 1 Comment

Pentecost 26 Why Jesus Said, "Let the dead bury the dead."

Pentecost 26 Why Jesus Said, “Let the dead bury the dead (Mat.8:22).”

In the last two columns we spent the majority of the time lifting up the person of Jesus suggesting His perfection makes Him the sole proprietor of truth. If there is any one single process clarifying that fact it is the death and Resurrection of Jesus. When the Perfect One submitted to suffering and death on the Cross and then rose from the dead He proved that not only He but all who believed in Him would overcome… Continue

Added by HKHaugan on July 9, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Pentecost 25 When Truth Is What Matters

Pentecost 25 When Truth Is What Matters

Before we get into that brief saying of Jesus in Matt.8 more needs to be said about Him. When Jesus proclaimed He was the way, the truth and the life (John 14:6) He was saying He has everything to satisfy the deepest longings of the mind and heart. When Scripture notes that He grew in wisdom and stature with God and man it meant what He already was in perfection enabled Him to develop His humanity perfectly from infancy to manhood. That was the… Continue

Added by HKHaugan on July 8, 2009 at 1:31pm — No Comments

Pentecost 24 What the Spirit of Truth Reveals

Pentecost 24 What the Spirit of Truth Reveals

Matt.8:22 “Follow me, and let the dead bury the dead,” is one of a number of sayings Jesus gives as He passes along. They are brief and, if not seen in context, appear obscure, left to the reader’s personal interpretation. But they are not just random sayings to be pondered without connection. Jesus is not a guru who relishes ambiguity as a means of getting us to look within as though we are the source of our own personal truth. Jesus… Continue

Added by HKHaugan on July 7, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

Pentecost 23 The Devil's Hand Has Scrawny Fingers

Pentecost 23 The Devil’s Hand Has Scrawny Fingers

We live in a world where each day we travel on a highway of anxiety. Every curve has the banked turn of fear and offers only question marks after the turn. Media exploit the atmosphere and purposefully increase the tension so profits do the same. Keep the public seemingly informed, divided and emotionally upset. Anxiety is the media’s ‘Aladdin’s lamp.’ A finger rubs the lamp.

Another finger strokes and politics categorizes… Continue

Added by HKHaugan on July 6, 2009 at 2:24pm — No Comments

Pentecost 22 Time for the Spirit of Prophecy and Return to God's Real Plan

Pentecost 22 Time for the Spirit of Prophecy and Return to God’s Real Plan

Jer.2:7-8 "I brought you to a garden land

where you could eat lush fruit.

But you barged in and polluted my land,

trashed and defiled my dear land.

The priests never thought to ask, 'Where's God?'

The religion experts knew nothing of me.

The rulers defied me.

The prophets preached god Baal

And chased empty god-dreams and silly god-schemes.”

I am willing to say… Continue

Added by HKHaugan on July 4, 2009 at 4:24pm — No Comments

Prayer for the 4th

Lord, you have given us the beauty of a land that is unequaled anywhere. Within it you placed resources that have enabled the birth and development of a whole civilization. At the core of this magnificent gift you placed a faith in the hearts of those early settlers. They built a foundation for everyone who came after them. The very nature of the documents you led them to write speaks to the power of your Word that gave them birth. We give you praise and thanks this day for the graciousness of… Continue

Added by HKHaugan on July 4, 2009 at 9:33am — No Comments

Pentecost 19 The Unseen Wrestling Match

Pentecost 19 The Unseen Wrestling Match

Eph.6:12 “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.”

Years ago there was a movie called “The Invasion of the Body Snatchers.” It was about seedpods that traveled across the universe arriving on earth. Each pod carried the copy of an existing earth person. When that person fell… Continue

Added by HKHaugan on July 2, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

Pentecost 20 Jesus and What Makes Him Different from Sinners

Pentecost 20 Jesus and What Makes Him Different from Sinners

Jesus is the only person who never had to say, “Oh, now I see.” He saw already through the Spirit. He is always ready to let us have that insight through His Spirit if we are willing to receive it.

Jesus is the only person who never wondered where or who He came from. He knew completely. Further, He knew when and why He came and what it would take to complete His Father’s will.

Jesus was the only person who never… Continue

Added by HKHaugan on June 27, 2009 at 7:30am — No Comments

Pentecost 18 "Oh, Now I See!"

Pentecost 18 “Oh, Now I See!”

What does it take to solve a math problem? I remember when I was first taking algebra and the teacher would write equations on the board. I would sit there and wonder what in the world it was about and how to follow the steps he was giving me. One in particular, plus or minus b-squared, times the square root of so and so, got me. I’d ask classmates how they did it. I’d do the steps taught and it worked but I really didn’t get it regardless of how many… Continue

Added by HKHaugan on June 26, 2009 at 10:43am — No Comments

Pentecost 17 More on Why Gifts Are Given

Pentecost 17 More on Why Gifts Are Given

Eph.4 “It was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers.”

1Cor.12 “For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, and to another the effecting of miracles, and to another prophecy, and to another the… Continue

Added by HKHaugan on June 24, 2009 at 7:00am — No Comments