Floppy Puppy
Posted by Sam Rhodes on Friday, December 10, 2010
Acts 7:51, "You men who are stiff-necked and uncircumcised in the heart and ears are always resisting the Holy Spirit; you are doing just as your fathers did." In Steven's amazing message he is telling the Pharisee's, that they resist the Holy Spirit and as a result they repeat the mistakes of the past. The only way we can escape the pattern of making the same mistakes over and over is thru the power of the Holy Spirit.
I was playing with our new puppy Sunny the other day and all was fine until i decided to try and take her her bone. She went from floppy puppy to stiff, resistant, firm puppy. Her neck got stiff just as Steven said in regard to the Pharisee's, because she didnt want me to take her bone away. When the Spirit comes to us, He requires a releasing or removal of something, (usually our will), so the Spirit may impart life and healing, were there was death and disease.
The reason we often resist the Holy Spirit is we dont want to let go of something, so the Holy Spirit may free us from the past and the patterns of sinful behavior. That the Spirit may gift us and complete us! If you are stuck in a pattern of behavior and repeating the past over and over; its because you are resisting the Holy Spirit, for fear of what might be removed from you. I have seen this in my own life and continue to battle this, the only hope of being free is to surrender to the Holy Spirit, trust me you have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
Love you all, Pastor Sam.
I was playing with our new puppy Sunny the other day and all was fine until i decided to try and take her her bone. She went from floppy puppy to stiff, resistant, firm puppy. Her neck got stiff just as Steven said in regard to the Pharisee's, because she didnt want me to take her bone away. When the Spirit comes to us, He requires a releasing or removal of something, (usually our will), so the Spirit may impart life and healing, were there was death and disease.
The reason we often resist the Holy Spirit is we dont want to let go of something, so the Holy Spirit may free us from the past and the patterns of sinful behavior. That the Spirit may gift us and complete us! If you are stuck in a pattern of behavior and repeating the past over and over; its because you are resisting the Holy Spirit, for fear of what might be removed from you. I have seen this in my own life and continue to battle this, the only hope of being free is to surrender to the Holy Spirit, trust me you have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
Love you all, Pastor Sam.
