HANGING WITH THE PROPHETS

by | Jan 14, 2013 | George Runyan

1 Samuel 10:10 – The Spirit of God came upon him mightily, so that he prophesied among them. Saul was sent by his father to find some lost donkeys. Saul sought to find the Prophet Samuel to see if he could help in finding the donkeys. Instead Saul encountered the Word...

THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME

by | Jan 13, 2013 | George Runyan

Luke 4:18 – The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me because He Anointed Me to preach the Gospel. It is one thing to be born of the Spirit and entirely another to be anointed of the Spirit. Jesus was both born of the Spirit and thirty years later anointed to preach the good...

LED BY THE SPIRIT

by | Jan 12, 2013 | George Runyan

Luke 4:1-2 – Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from Jordan and was led around by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by the devil. Jesus had to be temped, as it was written, “One who has been tempted in all things as we are” (Hebrews...

RECEIVING THE DOVE OF HEAVEN

by | Jan 11, 2013 | George Runyan

Luke 3:21-22 – Jesus was also baptized, and while He was praying, heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in bodily form like a dove. Jesus is the perfect man before God and sets the pattern for all of us. Thirty years before His baptism, Jesus was...

GO AND WAIT FOR THE PROMISE OF MY FATHER

by | Jan 10, 2013 | George Runyan

Luke 24:49 – Behold, I am sending forth the promise of My Father upon you; but you are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high. Everything the Lord does, He does with purpose and in the context of His own timing. The disciples had experienced...