The Holy Spirit and Everyday Miracles

The Holy Spirit & Everyday Miracles The church-planting team we worked with in Mexico shared some recent, everyday-miracle stories that are worth passing along.  But, rather than just pass these off as something that happens “over there” in other places, I want to look at our own belief system around the Holy Spirit. First, the stories from Mexico shared by our friend Rhonda: Our first outreach in Teposcolula brought two new families to Christ and we encountered many who were interested in learning more about the gospel… During the medical outreach the Holy Spirit showed up with a wonderful ministry of deliverance and healing as Words of hope were given to many. We saw God do some fun stuff, like provide the perfect eye drops that a man needed (that I knew I did NOT pack) which he could not afford for his glaucoma. He cried. Many cried. We cried. God cares… Emanuel, a new believer was baptized 2 weeks ago in the bath tub in our clinic.  Afterwards he shared with us a perfect description of how he could see himself getting involved in taking the gospel to the pueblos, making disciples, and empowering others to do the same!! Wow. He grasped the heart of multiplying churches all on his own.  That is the Holy Spirit!  It was not taught by any of us! Do We Really Believe in the Spirit's Activity in Our Own Everyday Life? Bruce Wilkinson, in his book "You Were Born for This," encourages us to embrace the truth of the Spirit’s presence and power in our everyday life: Ministry without the Spirit of God is merely our best efforts. Ministry with the Spirit of God is the stuff of miracles… The Holy Spirit is real, personal, and knowable, and I am invited to understand who He is and how He works, including in the area of everyday miracles. The Spirit is available equally to all who know Christ, and God may have a miracle agenda for me today that will require my partnering with the Spirit. I am challenged, myself, by these thoughts as I reflect on the fact that I do not need to be on mission in Africa to partner with the Spirit in real ways and to expect his miraculous involvement in my life.   Blessings, Roger & Brooks Appleseed Ministry

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