Great Spirit

work in partnership for the ownership of the soul. The textbook discusses several unique resources such as the power of the Holy Spirit, and the authority of God that derives from being a Christian counselor working in collaboration with God’s presence. In other words, the Christian counselor is a partnership between God, the client, and the counselor. The Holy Spirit is an authoritative person that abides in individuals and takes dwelling in the body of the believer. The book The New Christian…

Tragical History of Doctor Faustus is a wicked tale about a brilliant sixteenth-century scholar, who in the pursuit of knowledge and power, condemns himself to eternal damnation. At the beginning of the play, Faustus commits blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, which in Matthew 12:31 states, “will not be forgiven.” Furthermore, Faustus offers to give his soul to Lucifer if he agrees to meet Faustus’ demands. Although based on Scriptures and Faustus’ friends if he had repented, he would have been…

like Rea's statement that, "Christians can be very different from one another, across cultures and across centuries. Yet in every culture the Christians hold core beliefs common." I think this speaks of something greater working through man (the Holy Spirit). He even could have went a step further I believe he could have added social economic status and still you would see these same common beliefs. As a Christian I have looked at key moments in my life that my faith was strengthened or my view…

As I dove into what scripture was telling me, I asked the Holy Spirit to guide me. I came upon verse after verse throughout the New Testament, which mentioned that it is God who works in us and through us, not by our own merit. It is with verses like 2 Corinthians 3:5, “It is not that we think we are qualified to do anything on our own. Our qualification comes from God” and 1 Corinthians 2:3-5, “I came to you in weakness—with great fear and trembling. My message and my preaching were not with…

Out of Darkness II When Jesus encountered the powers of darkness oppressing a person, the oppressing spirits would often speak or identify themselves, recognizing the presence of His authority over them. St. Mark writes an eye witness report of spirits speaking out of a man from Gerasenes and the extra human strength they exerted through him. The man was drawn toward Jesus in his humanness, and, at the same time being, repelled away from Jesus because of the oppression of darkness at work…

with bitterness, envy, and malice that fuels and burns from an angry spirit. Our devotional today seems like it is a very simple solution to a problematic society that projects its anger toward all and has taken several innocent lives to the grave. There are a lot of angry people in this world. I believe this passage of scripture calls for a change of heart that comes by way of a changed nature and is performed by the Holy Spirit. When I returned from Vietnam, my heart was filled with so…

“A leader has to watch every word he or she says and quickly learns that you can’t go through life without a few critics, some well deserved” (pg. 5), this quote as some of the beginning words from MacDonald truly shows that a leader has responsibilities to uphold to. I found it interesting that he showed these responsibilities are not only external, but internal as well. Many do not realize the internal battles that leaders in ministry go through, and in order for leaders to handle a situation…

nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.” I believe that the soul and the spirit are in the a way similar but also different, I feel like the body is separate from the soul and the spirit because we can control our body and we cannot really control our spirit. I believe that the spirit and soul are similar in a way because they both are what make us who we are, but I feel the spirit is what God puts into us, and our soul is just who we are as a person. I also believe that…

Holy Spirit! Do you ever feel like God is telling you something? Something like “You should invite your friend to church this week.” Or “You should go talk to that kid over there, they are having a hard day and need a friend.” When you hear or feel that, that is the Holy Spirit guiding you. God has a plan for us, but we don 't always know his plan. He tells us in our Bibles or sometimes when we pray, but we also have the Holy Spirit to help us know what God’s will is for us. The Holy Spirit also…

several circumstances. Last but not least the subordination of the components of the body that Dallas describe is a very good reminder of how our “operating system” must operate. Proper Subordination comes when we allow the following path: God –> Spirit –> Soul –> Body. Improper Subordination will…