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Greetings Lake Deaton Friends and Family,
“You know well enough how the wind blows this way and that way. You hear it rustling through the trees, but you have no idea where it comes from or where it’s headed next. That’s the way it is with everyone ‘born from above’ by the wind of God, the Spirit of God.”
~John 3:8
When I was young, I struggled with the idea of God being three personalities (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) while also being ONE. I could not get my mind around that idea, especially the idea of the Holy Spirit. Over time I began to get a better grasp on this core belief of the Christian faith and even came to the place where I experienced the Holy Spirit working within my community.
While I attended language school in San Jose, Costa Rica, a few friends, and I began to pray for revival. For God to come and re-enliven us as we prepared to enter into the mission field. We prayed daily for this to happen, and things started to take place around our Missionary Language School, Instituto de Lengua Española. And then one day as we were gathered for our weekly chapel, what felt like a wind came into our building and people started to stand to confess sin, or share testimony, or sing praises to God.
I’ll share more about the story this weekend, but for now let me tell you that one of the amazing things about this multi day experience was that every time a fresh wave of the Holy Spirit was about to happen, we would feel the wind blow into the room. When Jesus talks about the Holy Spirit blowing in the above text, I have always viewed it as a metaphor, and still do. But I am amazed that God uses metaphors, in real life, to reveal Himself to His people.
This weekend we will celebrate Pentecost and as we do this, we will begin a sermon series on the Holy Spirit. I hope you will be able to be part of this series as I believe God has something for us to grow us in Him. See you this weekend!
Blessings,
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