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Why a Merry Heart?

It has been said that a merry heart does good like a medicine, but what is a merry heart? The heart that I am referring to is more than the muscle inside your chest that is pumping blood throughout your body even as you are reading this. While that heart is vital to our physical well-being, it is our other “heart” that affects and impacts the lives of those around us. The heart, in this case, is often defined as the place where a person’s will, emotions, and desires reside. Those are pretty significant parts of who we are, and wouldn’t it be great if it were a happy place?

The Work of the Holy Spirit IV

In this fourth installment of our series on the work of the Holy Spirit, we need to remember this underlying truth as we are studying this topic: God doesn’t give us things. He only gives us more of himself. The focus of this series has been how the Holy Spirit functions within the Body of Christ. We have talked about how functioning is not about doing certain things. It’s about being what you were created to be. Functioning is an organism’s natural activity. It’s an innate t

The Work of the Holy Spirit III

This is the third installment and in a five-part series on the work of the Holy Spirit. As we begin, let’s review a little bit about what we have learned so far. In the first two parts, we learned that the gifts of the Holy Spirit aren’t exactly the kind of gifts that we are accustomed to. They’re not the kind of gifts or presents that we give and receive at Christmas, holidays, and birthdays. Instead of being “gifts,” they are actually functions of the Holy Spirit. Functions

The Work of the Holy Spirit II

This is the second installment in our series about the work of the Holy Spirit. In the first post, we talked about who the Holy Spirit is and learned more about his purpose within the Body of Christ. We also discovered that the phrase “Gifts of the Holy Spirit” can be a little misleading. Gifts of the Holy Spirit When we think about gifts, we generally think about birthday gifts, Christmas gifts, graduation gifts, and wedding gifts. These kinds of gifts are things that are gi

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