Paul and Liz are joined by Colin Millar, seeJesus's European Coordinator, to talk about how the Spirit and Jesus work together, and how that working union energizes faith and prayer.
"The post-resurrection incarnate person of Jesus walks into that room with the disciples and he says ,'Peace be with you.' He breathes on them, and says, 'Receive the Holy Spirit.' That is something that he never did before the resurrection in his incarnate body. We see him praying at his baptism, and as he prayed, he received the Spirit from the Father to empower him to go out and to do his public ministry. So, like us, he had to pray to receive the Spirit before the resurrection. But after the resurrection he has the fullness of the Spirit given to him by the Father; a working union. And so now he can walk up to the disciples and breathe on them and breathe the very fullness of the Spirit into them. It’s a beautiful little preview of what he did for the whole church at Pentecost!"
"My faith grew because he's not just out there running the universe. He's actually down here in all of this mess…""There’s a relational reality which I think often we lose when we just leave Jesus up there at the right hand of the Father. He's distant. He's far away. He's not really down here in my life with me. When I began to understand these truths about how Jesus and the Spirit work together, suddenly, I got excited again. My faith grew because he's not just out there running the universe. He's actually down here in all of this mess or whatever is going on in my life all the time, and so suddenly, prayer becomes personal and real. As I pray and I talk to him, I'm participating in his resurrection life and the coming of his kingdom and he will do things. So now I look around and watch for little signs of resurrection."
[A PRAYING CHURCH] 5. Leading Prayer
[A PRAYING CHURCH] 4. Discovering the Drivetrain
[A PRAYING CHURCH] 3. Jesus as the House of Prayer
[A PRAYING CHURCH] 2. House of Prayer
[A PRAYING CHURCH] 1. The Beating Heart of the Church
[JOY] 4. Informed Imagination – Interview with Ian Nagata
[JOY] 3. The Soul is Not Disabled - Interview with Jill Miller and Felicia Grandinette
[JOY] 2. Entering the Story - Interview with Robert Row
[JOY] 1. Making Christmas Happen - Interview with Laura McCaulley
[LEADERSHIP] 4. Leadership and Prayer
[LEADERSHIP] 3. The Leadership Community
[LEADERSHIP] 2. The Leader as Gardener
[LEADERSHIP] 1. The Disappearing Leader
[J-CURVE COMMUNITY] 7. The Fog of Love
[J-CURVE COMMUNITY] 6. Spiritual Persons
[J-CURVE COMMUNITY] 5. Powered by the Holy Spirit
[J-CURVE COMMUNITY] 4. Embodying Jesus vs Cheap Grace
[J-CURVE COMMUNITY] 3. Power in a Jesus Community
[J-CURVE COMMUNITY] 2. Paul Confronts Tribalism
[J-CURVE COMMUNITY] 1. A Walk into Corinth
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