Forgiven By God

Have you ever watched the wind blow? Of course we can't see the wind blow, but we know it is blowing by the trees and the grass moving. The same is true for the Holy Spirit. We can't see the Holy Spirit but we know He's blowing in our lives by how we are moving. If we are moving closer to God and doing the work God has for us, then the Holy Spirit is blowing into our lives. The Holy Spirit is the wind that moves Christians. He gently pushes us to step out and move closer to God. The Holy Spirit is our leader, our comforter, and our helper. He will guide us as we try to make it through life. He will help us know what our next move should be. He will also help us grow closer to God. The Holy Spirit will give us boldness and the words to say as we tell others about Jesus. He is a great friend to have. Ask God today to have the Holy Spirit come into your life.

Have you ever felt alone in your Christian walk? Does it ever feel like you are the only one serving God? Does it feel like even God doesn't want anything to do with you? Elijah did. (Read 1st Kings 19.) Elijah even threw himself a pity party because he thought God had left him alone to fight all of his battles. We may chuckle when we read about Elijah and think why would he think that way. God had anointed Him to do great things. Why would he be down and depressed feeling like things were hopeless? Then we face a trial of our own and we start to realize how Elijah could feel the way he felt. You see as Christians we have been anointed by God. As soon as we were saved the Holy Spirit came to reside in us, to give us comfort and be with us throughout all our trials. When we get down and feel like we are all alone, we need to remember that God sent the Comforter (Holy Spirit) to us. We just have to ask Him to comfort us and be with us through the trial. Elijah thought he was all ...