Together #forSalem

What’s the deal with spiritual gifts! What are they? How does it work? Like, does each Christian get their own Jesus-super-power? It might actually be better than that!

Jesus’ solution to the brokenness we experience daily both around us and in us is a community that is filled with the Holy Spirit. But what does that even mean? And how can it actually happen?

There is something beautiful and powerful that happens when we realize God created us as unique individuals. But the Holy Spirit wasn’t given just so individuals could experience God on their own. The Holy Spirit is creating a community whose unity is as unique as the individuals who form it.

Suffering is a primary part of what it means to be human. No matter what we do to avoid it, ignore it, or overcome it… suffering is always right beside us. So, where is God in our pain? And even more, what can we do about it?

When we don’t feel the Holy Spirit like we think we are supposed to it can create a lot of anxiety. Can we ever actually KNOW that the Holy Spirit is in us? Can we lose the Holy Spirit?

Religious people seem to love rules. Why is that? Jesus gives us something so much better than a new set of do’s and don’ts. He gives us the Holy Spirit of God.

There is something broken in humanity. From the beginning, Christians have seen the answer in the Trinity of God… and being born again by the Holy Spirit to be able to become who we were originally created to be.

We often go through life simply hoping our routines and comforts aren’t shaken too much. But this only creates, at best, a purposeless and mundane life. But Jesus promised something so much better. We can know the true purpose of our lives. It all starts with knowing the true purpose of the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit is the most important and most misunderstood part of following Jesus. So who or what is the Holy Spirit? What difference can the Holy Spirit really make in our lives?

Happy New Year!