BRIAN BUSBY IS PREACHING SUNDAY WHILE I AM OUT FOR MY KNEE REPLACEMENT.
Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart
Jude 1:20-21, “But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.”
God’s love is made up of the Spirit’s transmission.
The Spirit transmits all that is in this love–God’s choice and His plan, Christ’s redemption, resurrection, ascension, and intercession.
Now we can have the reality of this love in our experience.
We can have “the good” of it by the Holy Spirit.
The participial phrase “praying in the Holy Spirit” modifies “keep yourselves in the love of God.”
So the way we keep ourselves in the love of God is by praying in the Holy Spirit.
When we pray in the Holy Spirit, we enter the realm of the poured-out love of God.
This is how we keep our hearts in the unconditional love of God.
It is so easy for a day to go by–you go to work and come home.
Maybe you have been burdened down with all the cares of life and have had no prayer and fellowship with the Lord.
You feel somewhat beaten down.
And you feel like God does not love or care about you that much.
You do not have the present enjoyment of His love in your sensation.
But Jude tells us, “Keep yourselves in the love of God.”
Take some initiative now.
Do not go away from the love, but keep yourself in it.
He tells you how–“praying in the Holy Spirit.”
It is not praying just from your mind, but praying in the Holy Spirit.
That means you use your spirit to pray, fellowship, talk, call out, cry out, and sing.
This activates your spirit and brings you into the realm of the Holy Spirit.
Sometimes there is a breaking-through period, but the principle is that we can keep ourselves in the love of God.
This is God’s unconditional love toward us through the Spirit’s transmission.
As we see the composition of God’s love, we discover that it is not just a shallow, superficial feeling in God.
This love is eternal.
This love can never be defeated or frustrated, because it met the devil, it met sin, it met every obstacle, and it overcame.
It overcame through death, through resurrection, and through ascension.
And now this love is transmitted into us by the Holy Spirit.
Until Tomorrow
With A Shepherd’s Love,
Pastor Jackson
TUESDAY’S PRAYER REQUESTS
Marlon Cook
Jim Mabe
Mike & Paula Ferus – Covid
June Cronan
Amy Garner
Amy Garner’s Mom & Dad
Ashely Burn’s Sisters
Brandon’s Dad
Charlene Palmer
Coly/Connor – Allison’s G’sons
Dan Haines
Darlene Thaxton
Darlene Wiggins
David Burnette
David Harrison
Denise Hulsey – Jordan’s G’mother
Donnie Butler’s Dad
Doris Loyd
Dr. and Mrs. Davis
Easton Fielder
Eric Ward
Erik Magnusson
Freddie May’s Mom
George & Linda Alexander
James Burnette
James Garner’s Friend
Jillian Gray
Jodi Bateman
John Austin
John McClain
June Cronan
June Cronan’s Sister
Karen Slane
Kim McClain’s Mother
Lamar Knight
Larry Barker
Lee Cronan
Lillanna Magnusson’s Mom
Linda Alexander
Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah
Linda Hodges’ Sister
Lonzo Christin
Lori Blount’s Mother
Mary Sims
Marynell Ford
Maureen Brown
Michael Stanley
Pastor & Mrs. Driskell
Ricky Gipson – Ashley’s Brother
Ricky Stubbs
Rose Fuller
Roseleigh Osborn
Sandra Graham
Scott Lanier
Soso Nzolo – 17 Yr. Old South African Pastor’s Daughter
Jayne Hammond
Terrell Loyd
Tom Witcher