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The Weight of Glory

This is the title of one of the most amazing addresses C.S. Lewis ever gave. If you have not read it, here is a little taste:

The New Testament has lots to say about self-denial, but not self-denial as an end in itself. We are told to deny ourselves and take up our crosses in order that we may follow Christ; and nearly every description of what we shall ultimately find if we do so contains an appeal to desire. If there lurks in most modern minds the notion that to desire our own good and earnestly to hope for the enjoyment of it is a bad thing, I submit that this notion has crept in from Kant and the Stoics and is no part of the Christian faith.

Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures , fooling about with drink and sex and ambition  when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.

The Holy Spirit

We are going to jump into a study on the Holy Spirit tonight. Here is a little more material for those of you that would like to study a bit more of what the Word of God says about the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit is a person and is given personal attributes: Jn. 14:26; 15:26; Acts 15:28; Rom. 8:26; 1 Cor. 12:11; 1 Tim. 4:1; Rev. 22:17

The Holy Spirit is seen in personal relation to the Father and Son: Mt. 28:19; 1 Cor.12:4-6; 2 Cor. 13:14; 1 Peter 1:1-2

The Holy Spirit is given divine names: Acts 5:4; 28:5; Rom. 8:9; Heb. 10:15-16

The Holy Spirit has divine attributes: 1 Cor. 2:10; 12:4-6; Heb. 9:14

The Holy Spirit accomplishes divine works: Mt. 12:18; Lk. 4:18; Jn. 14:16; 1 Cor. 12:2-11; 2 Thess. 2:13; 1 Peter 1:12 

From these and other passages we see the doctrine of the Trinity. Though the word trinity is not used in the Scripture itself–we use the word to describe the truth that is displayed throughout the Word of God–God is Three in One–Father, Son, and Spirit.

Surrender All

Here is John Wesley’s covenant prayer to God:

I am no longer my own, but yours.
Put me to what you  will, rank me with whom you will.
Put me to doing, put me to suffering.
Let me be employed for you or laid aside for you,
Exalted for you or brought low for you.

Let me be full, let me be empty.
Let me have all things, let me have nothing.
I freely and heartily yeild all things to your pleasure and disposal

And now, O glorious and blessed God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
You are mine, and I am thine.

So be it. And the covenant which I have made on earth,
Let it be ratified in heaven.
Amen.

Jump Shot – Kenny Sailors

Enjoy this video of Kenny Sailors, the man who invented the jump shot.

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