Steve Fry Podcast

When we participate in God's life we live in and live from His rest. This is what living in rest means… Christ is enough. In this message Steve unpacks the different manifestations of the Holy Spirit & how we operate in those manifestations from a place of rest.

A church that desires the Spirit's manifestations will stay healthy if it has a greater desire for the Spirit's fruit. In the early Pentecostal Outpouring we became a 'power' culture rather than a 'witness' culture. God has called us more to participation in his life than a partnership with his power.

To experience resurrection power is to see pain as an invitation to God's Presence. Resurrection power is falling into God's arms by falling into the pain, without resolving the it, trusting God to raise you above the pain. It is at the point of embracing your pain that you discover God!

The fruit of the Spirit is not only what He produces, but even more so who He is. When our focus is on the Lordship of Christ, we will possess a deep desire that Christ is exalted in a body of believers, and a deep hunger for the fruit of The Spirit. The message of God's love will capture your attention; but the message of God's Lordship will transform your life.

What the Holy Spirit initiates will always result in a heightened awareness of the Lordship of Jesus Christ. To be a 'spiritual' is to walk in the 'fruit-gifts': the full range of life in the Spirit, both His fruits, gifts, and manifestations.

When it comes to your giftings, the biggest discovery is not discovering your gift; it is discovering how your gift fits with others. The shared spiritual experience described in 1 Corinthians 12-14 is meant for groups large enough for the manifestations of The Spirit to be expressed and small enough for everyone to participate.

For Christ, emptying Himself looked like being a servant. Serving is what freedom looks like. Taking the form of a servant is far more than merely acts of service or "serving people"… To take the form of a servant meant that the entire system of thinking shaped by "becoming" was nullified by Christ. Serving people daily becomes a key part of complete surrender.

We cultivate Christ-Culture when we 'see' each other primarily as members of His Body. Christ is not disappointed with His Body members, so we don't have to be either.

The blessings of encouragement, comfort, and access to the power of the Spirit are not the result of conditions we have to meet, but the source of life we already have.

A Christ-community is not just a group that wants to exalt Jesus; it is being a group that experiences Christ by participating in the Holy Spirit's gifts together and exhibits Christ by partnering in our God assigned gifts.