Title: The Church Soaring with Spiritual Vitality
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▒▒▒ Acts 1:8
Today our church celebrates its 32nd anniversary. As we celebrate our 32nd anniversary, for the past week, I have been thinking, "Shouldn't our church be a church that glorifies Jesus without bringing him down?"
Even though we say we believe, there are many times when we think of the things of the world as bigger things. I live my life thinking that work is a big job, my boss is a big person, and people who have an influence on me are more important. Even if believing in Jesus is considered a small thing, when you become faithful in small things, you will receive the power of the Holy Spirit from Almighty God again.
In order for the church to take off again, as 1 Peter 4:1 says, it must put on the armor with the heart of Christ. You must have the heart of Jesus. As in Ephesians, we must not use the things of the world as armor, but we must put on the belt of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, the shield of faith, the helmet of salvation, and the full armor of the Spirit with the sword of the Holy Spirit. We, Hanshin Church, should be a church that wears clothes with the Holy Spirit and fills our hearts with the Lord's heart. There is nothing else to do for that. “Lord, I want your heart to be my heart. I want to live with the heart of the Lord.” Such earnest prayer will fill our church with spiritual vitality, and you will experience the power of God ascending with wings of eagles.
We also believe that when we cast off our sins, put down what we believed in the world, and look to the Lord, the grace of heaven given by the Holy Spirit will fully come upon us. I pray in the name of the Lord that all the members of Hanshin will fly like an eagle with the power of the Holy Spirit and glorify God.
2009-06-12 22:16:15