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God Created You

Words fail me when I ponder on God’s creative nature.  One need only glance at nature and experience His artistic genius.  From the beginning of what we call time, God has created what I like to call signs that point back to Him. I love to listen to people share their experiences, differences, cultures and even [...]

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Reasons and Requirements for the Spirit-filled Life

Thank for joining us over the past few months as we looked in depth at Dr. James O. Davis’ article “Turning Eyes to Ears.” Join us for the conclusion for that article. REASONS FOR THE SPIRIT-FILLED LIFE (EPH 5:16) Obedience “Be filled with the Holy Spirit.” If you are not filled with the Holy Spirit, you are disobeying [...]

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Turning Eyes to Ears: The Anointing of the Holy Spirit Part 4

THE PRIORITIES OF THE ANOINTING (EPH 5:16-22; 6:5, 12) Imagine a man who has his first automobile.  The car is brand new.  He shows it to his friends.  He shows off the color, the interior, the radio—all of the car.  However, the man does not realize there is an engine in the car, so everywhere he [...]

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Turning Eyes to Ears: The Anointing of the Holy Spirit Part 3

THE PURPOSE OF THE ANOINTING Jesus said the purpose of the anointing of the Spirit is for the message (to preach the gospel–Lk. 3:18, 22) and for the ministry (to the poor…to the captives…to the blind…and to those who are downtrodden–Lk. 3:18).  God desires for your message and ministry to be anointed by the Holy Spirit.  [...]

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Turning Eyes to Ears: The Anointing of the Holy Spirit Part 2

THE PICTURE OF THE ANOINTING During the baptism of Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon Him.  The “Dove” is a symbol of: Peace (Ge 8:11):  Noah, the dove, and olive branch Purity (Mt 10:16):  Jesus instructed His disciples to be as harmless as doves. Passion (Eze 7:16):  The cooing [...]

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Turning Eyes to Ears: The Anointing of the Holy Spirit Part 1

Over the past several months, we have been looking at the article by Dr. James O. Davis, Turning Eyes to Ears. Last month, we began to look at the role of the Holy Spirit. There are two more areas to cover: the first is the anointing of the Holy Spirit and the second is the [...]

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The Intersection: Pastor Les Lamb at Oshawa Community Church

“The Intersection” is a new series where we talk with pastors that are at intersecting faith, culture and technology. Our desire is to pass along not only what they are doing but how they are doing it – so that you can see if it would work for you. I met Pastor Les a few years [...]

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Continuing to Look “Turning Eyes to Ears”

Over the last few months, we have been going through this article by Dr. James O. Davis. Last month, we looked at what makes up the substance of a sermon. As we progress along that thought, Dr. Davis takes a closer look at the role of the Holy Spirit in all of this. The unseen spiritual [...]

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True customer service…

“I need you to know again Ginny that you guys have been outstanding in your dealing with us. You are cordial, warm, humorous, more companies should send their employees to work with you guys for a week to see how true customer service is supposed to be. It would be a greater world!” Eladio Villanueva, Administrative Pastor [...]

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Turning Eyes to Ears Part 2 Continued

Another aspect of the substance of a sermon is the idea of verbal persuasion. Dr. James O. Davis expands on this idea: The verbal persuasion of the sermonizer will be greatly determined by the choice of words and phrases. Emotive words drive the theme of the message home. The communicator must be enthusiastic about the message. Since [...]

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