Posts with the tag “ministry”

“And He gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds, and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.” - Ephesians 4:11-13  God has blessed all of His children with spirit...  Read More

 “As soon as Jesus came up out of the water, He saw heaven open up. The Holy Spirit came down on Him like a dove.” - Mark 1:10   As we continue to talk about the Holy Spirit, “the forgotten God,” as Francis Chan says, we want to understand the purpose. What are we trying to accomplish by better understanding the Holy Spirit? When you better understand the Spirit, you experience for yourself the pe...  Read More

“He must become greater and greater, and I must become less and less.” - John 3:30   John the Baptist, who baptizes Jesus, had a ministry that dated back to even before Jesus’ ministry. In John 3, we find that there are disciples of John who expressed some concern that people were following Jesus and being baptized by Him, rather than by John.   Because John’s ministry had begun earlier and he had...  Read More