PRAYse Report, January 2015

Xul-Ha, Quintana Roo, Mexico Tuesday, January 6, 2015 Dear Faithful Pastors, Friends, and Members of the Lord’s Churches, New Year Greetings to you in the name of our glorious Lord who teaches us to number our days and to redeem  the time because the days are evil! We...

One is Your Master – Matthew 23:8-10

The Lord Jesus was in one of the courtyards of the temple in Jerusalem. This was one of the last days of His life and ministry before His crucifixion coming up on Wednesday. After verbally sparing & defeating the Sadducees, He had just done the same again with...

Apostles and Authors – Hebrews 3:1-2a

The word “apostle” is a (translation; transfiguration; transliteration; transmigration) from Hebrew. Translitratn The literal meaning of the word is (apologist; apostate; he who is sent; messenger). Sent / messenger An “angelos” could be an...

The Personality of the Holy Spirit – John 14:23-31

 Assuming that we meet four times a week, how many times is that during the course of a year? Over a fifteen year period, about how many messages would we share together? After a length of time and a number of lessons and messages, there has to be a certain amount of...

The Deity of the Holy Spirit – II Peter 1:21

 What was the theme for our last Sunday School class? (The Personality of the Holy Spirit.) I mentioned a man named Arius, who, back in the third century said that the One Whom we call the “Holy Spirit” was nothing but the creative power of God. So Arius...

The Typology of the Holy Spirit – Ephesians 1:13-14

 When the executive tells his secretary to type something, what does he mean? When the botanist refers to a particular type of spruce tree, what does he mean? What does it mean to typecast something? To what does the theologian refer when he speaks of a type? The...

The Holy Spirit in Creation – Genesis 1:1-2

 When I say that the “Oldfields” will be going to a family reunion in August, who would you expect to be going? Does that include the Kjeldgaards? The term “Oldfields” refers to a specific unit made up of several individuals. When the whole...