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The Holy Spirit depicted as a dove, surrounded...

Guests that stay too long often end up like fish —  it stinks.  But there is a guest who will reside with you forever.  In fact, He will even help your remodeling project!

Moving to Houston we looked for a new house.  We found a structurally sound residence but it needed extensive remodeling.  We first had to live somewhere else before we could make it our permanent dwelling.

The Bible tells us that God does just the opposite with us.  The moment we believe in Christ as our Savior the Holy Spirit indwells us.  We become a new residence through whom God will do his work.  But he doesn’t wait until after the remodeling is done, He indwells us to bring life transformation to our mortal bodies.  It is the Spirit of God, the same spirit that raised Jesus from the dead, who now lives in you.  A new resident with new life indwelling a new house—even you.

Don’t worry — He will not ever seem to be staying too long.  You will continue to make room for Him — and it never stinks.

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The Conversion and Early Ministry of Paul

After Paul’s dramatic conversion (Acts 9) he is forced to leave Damascus.  He spends three years (studying and preparing for his ministry?) in Arabia (Gal 1:17).  He then returns to Damascus (Acts 9:21-25; 2 Cor 11) and ministers the word.  He travels to Jerusalem to meet some of the elders of the church (Gal 1:16-17) and settles in his home town, Tarsus.  Recognizing the great need in Syrian Antioch for an able teacher such as Paul, Barnabas travels to Tarsus and convinces Paul to return with him to Antioch.  There Paul spends approximately 11 years (derived from the “14 years later” i.e., since his conversion, Gal 2:1) preaching and teaching before returning

English: Ananias restoring the sight of Saint Paul

English: Ananias restoring the sight of Saint Paul

again to Jerusalem during a time of famine there (Gal 2:1-10; Acts 11).  He returns to his new home in Antioch.

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