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| Blessings - Helping To Retain Them | Read Article | (Back to List) |
| Should spiritual blessings automatically fade? Should they result in guilt? This article leads us to the Scriptural view of what blessing is for, what rightly to expect and how to avoid misunderstanding. | ||
| But I Can't Pray Aloud! Pastoral Insights | Read Article | (Back to List) |
| A common source of wrong guilt-feelings. The article provides a clear and sympathetic explanation, teaching and guidance both for those who can and those who can't. It does much to dissolve any unnecessary 'divide'. | ||
| Evangelism - the Spiritual Key | Read Article | (Back to List) |
| This article should be read in conjunction with the article Spiritual Warfare and the Ordinary Christian. It deals with the usually ignored New Testament view that the eyes of the unbelievers have been 'blinded' [2 Cor.4:4], and the New Testament solution. | ||
| From Gloom to Glory | Read Article | (Back to List) |
| A 7-day cycle of notes and prayers, originally written to be used for a local church in which the light of Christ seemed to be burning low, but applicable to many situations. The article looks at how the spiritual health of a church can be affected when we use it for our own purposes, and not for God's. | ||
| Growing Daily in the Holy Spirit | Read Article | (Back to List) |
| 'But daily increase in the Holy Spirit more and more'. This is the Church's prayer for Christians, yet rarely is any guidance given about how to do it. Here it is at last! | ||
| 'Resting in the Spirit': Questions & Answers | Read Article | (Back to List) |
| Sometimes folk collapse temporarily when prayed over. It worries some and excites others. It should do neither. This question-and-answer article includes all the Biblical material and the conclusions reached in John Richards' standard work on the subject. | ||
| Spirit of Christmas | Read Article | (Back to List) |
| This longer article is arranged in six major sections that might be used as a series of six - or twelve - daily readings during Christmastide. It contains down-to-earth reflections on Luke's six stories. Each story has been freshly translated, is 'self-contained' and ideal for reading to a wider public than the regular churchgoer. | ||
| Tears - Gift of the Holy Spirit? | Read Article | (Back to List) |
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Many people in their spiritual lives experience the Gift of Tears, but are unaware that such a thing exists, and are
probably distressed that their experience of blessing seems not to conform with other Christians'. This article is
probably the only readily available guidance on the subject. It examines tears in Scripture; places the gift firmly within the context of the renewing work of the Holy Spirit today; sheds light on its role, and gives guidance to those who have it. |
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| Tongues - All You Need to Know & More | Read Article | (Back to List) |
| This article provides a balanced and Biblical look at 'speaking in tongues' which will increase the understanding both of those who practice it and those who do not, and gives ample guidance about it. | ||
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