The Spirit-Filled Life · Week 3 · Thursday For the Common Good He always figured he did not really have a gift. He is not a speaker. He cannot command a room or play an instrument or stand up and…
For the Common Good
When You Have No Words
The Spirit-Filled Life · Week 3 · Wednesday When You Have No Words It was two in the morning and he had run out of prayers. One of his kids was in a dark and heavy season, the kind that…
The Yoke Breaks
The Spirit-Filled Life · Week 3 · Tuesday The Yoke Breaks He had been trying to beat it on willpower for fifteen years, and losing the whole time. For him it was the temper. The flash of anger that comes…
Led, Not Driven
The Spirit-Filled Life · Week 3 · Monday Led, Not Driven Everyone expected him to say yes. He almost did. It was a good thing on the table, a bigger role with more responsibility, the kind of opportunity that makes…
Anointed
The Spirit-Filled Life · Week 3 · Sunday Anointed The word is “anointed,” and almost all of us assume it belongs to somebody else. Kings get anointed. Prophets get anointed. The person on the stage with the microphone and the…
You Can’t Fill Yourself
The Spirit-Filled Life · Week 2 · Saturday Recap You Can’t Fill Yourself This week we watched five people stop trying to be the spring. Five Empty Cups A man running on empty who called the water table weakness, right…
Rivers
The Spirit-Filled Life · Week 2 · Friday Rivers For most of his life his faith was a private thing. Just him and God, nobody else’s business. He was saved. He believed it down to the ground. He prayed, in…
The Thirst Returns
The Spirit-Filled Life · Week 2 · Thursday The Thirst Returns She had been coasting so long she had forgotten she was ever thirsty. Her faith was fine. Comfortable. She went to church most weeks, believed the right things, said…
Open Hands
The Spirit-Filled Life · Week 2 · Wednesday Open Hands For years his prayer life was basically a shrug. If God wanted him to have more, God would hand it over. He was open to it. Sort of. Open, but…
Broken Cisterns
The Spirit-Filled Life · Week 2 · Tuesday Broken Cisterns Every night he fills the same cup, and every morning it is empty again. The day wrings him out, so the evening has a shape to it. The couch, the…