Breath Of God

So he answered and said to me: "This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: 'Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' Says the LORD of hosts.  Zech 4:6

Have you ever wondered just what spirit is?

I could say a lot about this but for now I just want to say that the Hebrew word is Ruach and in Greek it is pneuma.

Both refer to wind, air, breath, mental disposition, attitude, emotion, mind.

We all have spirit but the important thing is that we have the right spirit.

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Jesus said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great commandment.  And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”  Matthew 22:37-40

The command to “Love the Lord” appears at least fifteen times throughout the Word of God.  And Jesus calls it the first and greatest commandment.  And He says that ...

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Where did I come from?  Why am I here?  Where am I going? 

Am I just some cosmic accident; the result of evolutionary randomness?

Am I, as the existentialist says, just an empty bubble floating on a sea of nothingness.

Or am I more than that.

Today, in this enlightened age, many still look for answers to those questions in Science and Philosophy.

But neither Science nor Philosophy has proven themselves to be up to the task.

In fact, the more we learn from them, the more com...

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Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God. Your sins have been your downfall!  take words with you and return to the LORD. Say to him: "Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously, that we may offer the fruit of our lips.”  Hosea 14:1-2

Ever since man looked up into the heavens and pondered the God who made them, he has been looking for ways to gain divine favor through the presentation of lavish gifts.

Carnal man has always supposed that God seeks after the same things that man seeks a...

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