So we must listen carefully!!

This morning I was reading, reflecting and praying about some personal things in life, my family's future in Mexico City (see Steve Van Diest for more info on that) and our summer in Long Beach. I came across some really convicting, challenging and encouraging all at the same time things in Hebrews 2.

• So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it.
• What makes us think that we can escape if we are indifferent to this great salvation that was announced by the Lord Jesus himself?
• God verified the message by signs and wonders and various miracles and by giving gifts of the Holy Spirit whenever he chose to do so.

Some good questions to reflect upon are this:

• What truth has God been speaking to you? How is you listening to God going? Are we listening and obeying?
• How are you experiencing the salvation of God? What difference is it making in your life? Does it fully impact you daily, hourly, minute by minute?
• Are you in a position daily to receive the gifts the Holy Spirit is giving? Have you prepared your heart, soul and mind to see God move around you; signs and wonders?
• Begin praying that God will make His Gospel clear to you; not just the facts but the deep penetration of the truth in how it changes us daily. Pray to the Lord that you'll be an obedient listener to what God is revealing to you. Pray that God will impact you daily so you can be a powerful testimony of God's grace in you today, tomorrow, next semester and in the summer to come in Long Beach.

God is moving! The Holy Spirit in each one of us is the same as it was in the 1st century church as it is today. Seek God, allow His grace to touch you, listen and respond.

I'm so anxious to see God touch the lives of thousands living in different little pockets of Long Beach. Begin praying that God will open up new spiritual movements in the many diverse areas of Long Beach. Begin praying for wisdom on what place God will have you take part in the expansion of His Kingdom in Long Beach. Begin praying that we'll be unified in the Spirit, common in purpose and devoted to love.

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