{"id":4547,"date":"2024-07-03T20:35:35","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T20:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/?p=4547"},"modified":"2024-07-03T20:35:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T20:35:38","slug":"the-same-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wow\/word_of_the_week_post\/the-same-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"The Same Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>\u201cBut if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.\u201d Romans 8:11<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This verse tells us many things, but one thing we can see immediately is that one of the ministries of the Holy Spirit is to \u201c<em>quicken our human bodies<\/em>.\u201d In terms of our focus this month, which is \u201cThe Image of God in You,\u201d I want to focus on what takes place in our mortal bodies when we engage the ministries of the Holy Spirit. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Greek word, <em>quicken<\/em> is a compound of two Greek words; <em>zoe<\/em>, which is often referred to as the Life and nature of God, and <em>poieo<\/em> which means \u201cto do.\u201d Together this word means <em>to make alive with life! <\/em>It carries the idea of <em>revitalization, rejuvenation<\/em>, or to <em>refresh with NEW life!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How does this happen? Is this something that the Holy Spirit does independent of our knowledge or cooperation? No. The Holy Spirit never forces His will or His way on us. One avenue we open for the Holy Spirit is through praying in tongues. I Corinthians 14:4 says, that when we pray in an unknown tongue, we <em>edify<\/em> ourselves, which means we are re-energized. Jude 1:20 says that we \u201c<em>build ourselves up on our most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Praying in tongues opens many avenues to the Holy Spirit. Think about this: The Apostle Paul prayed in tongues more than anyone. He also received more revelation than anyone else! Paul knew how to access the Holy Spirit\u2019s ministries of quickening in many ways \u2013 including the life-giving ministry of quickening our mortal bodies in the areas of divine healing and supernatural strength and endurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Image of God becomes a powerful reality when we speak the language of the Spirit. He is the One who cooperates with us to quicken our bodies with new life and refreshing strength for each day! He is the <em>Same Spirit<\/em> who raised Jesus up from the dead \u2013 and He lives in YOU!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With Love,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pastor Tom<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-121981f9c81132008858f3bc2b88154a\"><strong>Kingdom Business<\/strong> <strong>is Eternal<\/strong>, as are the rewards that come from God. If this ministry has been a blessing to you, please consider partnering with us in prayer, as the Lord leads you, or in financial support. Please visit our website at <a href=\"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\">www.testamentoflove.org<\/a> to learn more about this ministry! <em>Luke 6:38<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBut if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.\u201d Romans 8:11 This verse tells us many things, but one thing we can see immediately is that one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4548,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-word_of_the_week_post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4547"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4549,"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4547\/revisions\/4549"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}