Rev. Dave Wilkinson
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Original post at http://soundbitesministry.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-impulse-of-spirit.html
"Jesus came and told His disciples, 'I have been given complete authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commandments I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.'" (Matthew 28: 18-20 NLT)Christ had given the apostles a world-wide commission, embracing all the nations; but intellectually they did not understand what He meant. They found that out as they followed the impulse of the Spirit. -- Roland Allen in Pentecost and the World#3222
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Original post at http://soundbitesministry.blogspot.com/2013/05/spirit-power.html
"After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly." (Acts 4:31)When the Holy Spirit came at Pentecost, it wasn't dynamite, it was a dynamo! Dynamite makes a loud noise, kicks up a lot of dust, and it's over. A dynamo is a continual source of power. It builds and builds and builds, and the power never stops flowing. -- Ken Hutcherson#3221
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Original post at http://soundbitesministry.blogspot.com/2013/05/faith-and-doubt.html
Sometimes doubt can do good in us. It can motivate us to study and learn. It can purify false beliefs that have crept into our faith. It can humble our arrogance. It can give us patience and compassion with other doubters. It can remind us of how much truth matters. Martin Luther, who was the champion of the importance of faith but wrestled with doubt himself, insisted that pride -- not doubt -- is the opposite of faith.-- John Ortberg in Faith & Doubt#3220
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Original post at http://soundbitesministry.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-tuning-fork-of-marriage.html
Consider a tuning fork. It delivers a true pitch by two tines vibrating together. Muffle either side, even a little, and the note disappears. Neither tine individually produces the sweet, pure note. Only when both tines vibrate is the correct pitch heard. -- Richard P. Hansen, "Unsolved Mysteries," in Leadership#3219
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Original post at http://soundbitesministry.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-darkness-of-disconnection.html
"This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live." (Deuteronomy 30:19 NIV)Feelings of disconnection can be most painful when we also feel separated from God… Often the feeling of disconnection persists and we are obliged simply to wait. But such waiting is a necessary component of the crisis, a time during which we are further stripped of illusions about who God is, as well as who God is not…The opportunity that accompanies the darkness of disconnection is freedom to search for meaning unhindered by attachments that once constrained us. From an unfettered stance that allows us to look over the whole of our life with newfound clarity, we have the capacity to choose goals, tasks, and relationships that are healthy and free of illusion. Perhaps it is only now that we can understand the commandment to "choose life."-- Judy Cannato in Weavings Journal, Jan/Feb 2001, published by The Upper Room, Nashville, TN. Used with permission.#3218
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Original post at http://soundbitesministry.blogspot.com/2013/05/something-my-mother-taught-me.html
When I was little, my Mother used to sew a great deal. I would sit at her knee and look up from the floor and ask what she was doing. She informed me that she was embroidering. As from the underside I watched her work within the boundaries of the little round hoop that she held in her hand, I complained to her that it sure looked messy from where I sat. She would smile at me, look down and gently say, "Son, you go about your playing for a while, and when I am finished with my embroidering, I will put you on my knee and let you see it from my side."I would wonder why she was using some dark threads along with the bright ones and why they seemed so jumbled from my view. A few minutes would pass and then I would hear Mother's voice say, "Son, come and sit on my knee." This I did, only to be surprised and thrilled to see a beautiful flower. I could not believe it, because from underneath it looked so messy. Then Mother would say to me, "My son, from underneath it did look messy and jumbled, but you did not realize that there was a plan on the top. It was a design, I was only following it. Now look at it from my side and you will see what I was doing."Many times through the years I have looked up to heaven and said, "Father, what are You doing?" He has answered, "I am embroidering your life." I would say, "But it looks like a mess to me. It seems so jumbled. The threads seem so dark. Why can't they all be bright?"The Father seems to tell me, "My child, you go about your business of doing My business, and one day I will bring you to Heaven and put you on My knee and you will see the plan from My side." -- Author Unknown#3217
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