River Depths 9

Spoiler alert: The Bible uses the masculine pronouns, He and Him when referring to the Holy Spirit so He is definitely, not a woman. However, when God created man, He made man in His image, and out of Adam, He created woman. So, God has both masculine and feminine attributes. Today, I want to speak to you about some surprising feminine aspects that are attributed to the Holy Spirit in scripture.   Do you ever read a passage of scripture and think, “What’s with that?” I do, and this is one of those passages. Acts 1: 3 To whom also He showed himself alive after His passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the Kingdom of God:  4 And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, He said, “You have heard from Me.”  5 For John truly baptized with water; but you shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence...  8 But y

  Let’s take a look at the Greek word “pharmekeia”. It is where we get the word “pharmacy”. One of the definitions many Christians give to pharmekeia is medicine or drugs, but that definition misses the full meaning of the word. The actual meaning is “sorcery”, in which magic potions or drugs are often used to cast spells. Demonic influences and even manifestations fuel sorcery. This is how the devil rules, by fear and intimidation. He will pervert anything to get his way. Drugs and medicines are tools and like many tools, they can be used for good or for evil. Magic potions and drugs are just some of the tools the devil uses. Some say, well, they aren’t “natural”, therefore they aren’t godly. What is natural? If you define it as “man-made” rather than something that God made, then bread isn’t “natural”. People take ingredients that God created. They alter them by stripping away parts of the grain (flour) and the vegetables or animals (oil or fats). Then they are combined with salt,

  Your mind is like the earth. If you walk a path once, in a few minutes, there will be very little evidence of where you have been, but if you walk it over and over and over again, pretty soon there will be a definite path. And if you walk it enough, it will become a rut that you can get stuck in when it rains. Our thoughts do the same thing to our brains. That is why the Bible says: Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—His good, pleasing, and perfect will. Romans 12:2 Whenever a thought that is contrary to what the Word says comes across our mind, we must immediately choose another path. Refuse the thoughts of the enemy and choose the truth. Walk in His paths, where the mud washes off when it rains instead of trapping you in the muck. It takes determination. Sometimes, when you've been down that path and gotten stuck so many times, the demons grab hold o

  Many years ago, I found myself obsessed with turning my entire backyard into gardens. For most of my life, I had never been into gardening, but now I found myself out there 8-10 hours a day, I just couldn’t stop. As I dug and weeded and created paths between the garden beds, I started to feel a bit guilty. I asked God, “Why am I so obsessed with this? Wouldn’t my time be better spent on the streets giving out tracts or going door-to-door praying for people?” And God answered me, “Don’t you know that your life is more spiritual than physical? What you are doing is prophetic acts. As you dig the new gardens, you are preparing the hearts of people. As you plant, you are planting the Word. As you weed, you are weeding out sin. As you create the paths, you are making ways for Me to reach souls.” From that day on, I saw my gardening as a prayer. I collected bricks from all over the world and prayed for everyone who came to mind as I worked.   Your work can and should be a prayer. Noah

*All word meanings and scriptures are taken from https://www.blueletterbible.org/ Act 2:16-18 KJV] 16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; 17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy , and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: 18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit, and they shall prophecy : In this verse, and in all of the examples of dreams in the Bible, dreams and visions are strongly linked to prophecy. God often uses them to communicate with us. Let's look at how these words are related.   Prophesy : Greek - prophēteuō, prof-ate-yoo'-o   *to prophesy, to be a prophet, speak forth by divine inspirations, to predict *to prophesy *with the idea of foretelling future events pertaining esp. to the kingdom of God *to utter forth, declare, a thing which can only

My friend, Karen challenged me to speak about the seven colors of the rainbow and the seven Spirits of God. I’ve been swimming in this for a month now. I found a couple of websites that make these correlations. http://www.nhccministries.com/uploads/2/3/1/9/23197588/7_spiritsian_c..pdf The Spirit of the Lord is red: mandates us for position.  The Spirit of Wisdom is orange: equips us for position.  Spirit of Understanding is yellow: authorizes us for position.  Spirit of Counsel is green; prepares us for position.  Spirit of Might is blue: reveals us for position.  Spirit of Knowledge is indigo: empowers us for position.  And the Spirit of the Fear of the Lord is violet, or purple: brings accountability for position.   The following website agrees with the above and gives a nice illustration using a menorah.   7 Colors of the Rainbow and the 7 Spirits of God ‣ (tdr-thedreamroom.com) "ISAIAH 11:1-2 THERE SHALL COME FORTH A ROD FROM THE STEM OF JESSE, AND A BRANCH SHALL GROW OUT