Abundant Life

Teaching: Salvation is Permanent for Christians in this Administration of God’s Grace (Eph. 3:2 & 9) – Part Two

Karen

Every Sunday I provide videos and valuable links to the Truth or Tradition teachings. We’ve been following the Truth or Tradition teachings for many years now and they have truly blessed our family. We have found peace and happiness through our beliefs and we walk confidently for God. My hope, by passing on this information to you, is that what you find here, or on the Truth or Tradition website, will guide you to a better, more blessed and abundant life.

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Painful Memories

Karen

I stared.

“Wow. That house is small. And old … and ugly,” my friend said.

I swallowed.

“Are you ready?”

I shivered.

We walked up the stairs and across the porch, being careful to avoid the rotting planks.

The door creaked as we pushed it open.

I heard rustling from deep within the bowels of the dark house.

“Rats,” my buddy whispered.

I shuddered.

My buddy walked through the door. “Ready?”

I whimpered.

My tormentor grabbed my shirt and yanked me forward; I tripped over my feet.

The chair dominated the small room.

“Weird,” said my friend. “Why does that chair have barbed wire?”

I fainted.

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Life-condensed

Fridays Are Our Late Days

Karen

It’s 6:47 a.m. and I’ve been busy updating school websites. I usually update them after I get home from work every evening, but last night, I was dead. SO dead, in fact, that I went to bed at 8:30.

TOLD YOU I GO TO BED AT 8:30!!

I just couldn’t keep my eyes open. This job just sucks the mental energy right out of me. And I’m still not complaining, if I have to work, I’d rather work at a job that keeps me on my toes rather than twiddling my thumbs.

You know, I haven’t read a book since starting this job?!? I’ve just been too tired to concentrate on anything other than staring at a TV screen and zoning out. Even the thought of putting out the effort to read makes me tired …

The girls at work assure me that all of this mental energy will even out … eventually. I’m hoping it happens before my 50th birthday.

Seriously.

Hopefully, I can blog a bit this weekend. The bathrooms are nearly finished. “We” will finish them this weekend. I hope. I’m SICK TO DEATH of this project, but still, we are very pleased with the way things have turned out. We’ve had a little contractor trouble, but really not enough to blog about – it’s just been annoying and OH SO VERY SLOW. At any rate, we’re nearly done and we can move on to other things … like enjoying the fruits of our labor.

Fridays are relaxed around here. Everyone gets to sleep in an extra 30, (er, 45) minutes. Jazz doesn’t have to be at school until 8:20 (as opposed to 7:50) and I actually have a few moments to enjoy the morning before taking my shower, running a kid to school, coming back to fine tune my beauty (HAHAHAHA), throwing some sort of lunch into a WalMart bag (I’m fancy like that) and zipping to work. Dude actually followed me to work the other day, he was on his way to class. It feels weird to have your child follow you in a separate car to go do his separate thing without you or your husband. Just wait, it’ll happen to you someday.

I’ve enjoyed my morning. (Well okay. I enjoyed catching some emails up). Now it’s time to make myself beautiful (HAHAHAHA) and head to work.

IT’S FRIDAY, YA’LL!!!!

February is nearly over. Does that freak anyone else out?!?

Abundant Life

Audio Teaching: The Giver and the Gift: A Study of the Holy Spirit

Karen

by John Schoenheit
The doctrine of the Trinity teaches that “the Holy Spirit” is the Third Person in the Godhead. This has led to people misreading and misunderstanding many Scriptures about the wonderful gift of God, the holy spirit. This teaching, “The Giver and the Gift,” shows that because God is holy and God is spirit, one of the names for God is “the Holy Spirit.” Similarly, God is a solid foundation and place of shelter so one of His names is “the Rock” (Ps. 28:1). No one thinks there is another God called “Rock,” so everyone knows that is just another name for God, and people should understand the same thing about God when He is called “the Holy Spirit.” When God gave gifts to mankind, one of the gifts He gave was the gift of His very nature, which is holy and spirit, and therefore called “holy spirit.”

Because both God the Giver and the gift God gives have the same name, they are often confused. After differentiating between the Giver and the gift, this teaching shows that the holy spirit God gave in Old Testament times was different from the gift of holy spirit He gives to Christians. The gift is still holy and still spirit, so the name is the same, but a study of its characteristics shows that it is a different gift. If we are going to understand the Bible, and what God has done for us as Christians, it is vital that we understand what the Bible says about the Holy Spirit, both the Giver and the gift.

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Related Topics: The Trinity, Holy Spirit, Speaking in Tongues, Sealed in Christ (permanently)

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