I used to live in an apartment close to downtown Fort Wayne. My roommate and I would frequently hold Bible studies with our friends in our small living room. One of our favorite things to do after the study was to engage in a rousing game of Bible Trivia. So in the spirit of random Biblical facts, I’d like to pose a question: Who was the first person mentioned in Scripture that was said to be filled with the Holy Spirit? It’s an interesting question that has an even more interesting answer. The man’s name is Bezalel.
Most of us have probably never heard a sermon preached about Bezalel; in fact most of us probably don’t even recognize his name. He wasn’t a great prophet or a mighty judge. He wasn’t a grand king or one of David’s Mighty Men. He wasn’t a High Priest or one of the Patriarch of our faith. Bezalel was an artist. Click to continue »
The woman written of in the gospels who anointed our Savior was just an ordinary woman. However, her expression of love is legendary.
Once a month we invite a praise team from another local church to lead a night of worship at come2go. A couple weeks ago we had a group in from a Lutheran church. About half way through the evening, two little girls went right in front of the stage and began dancing, laughing & enjoying the music while the rest of the people in attendance looked on and smiled at the adorable scene.
After High School I enrolled in a Discipleship Training School in Ensenada, Mexico, which was offered through a mission organization called YWAM. It was a spiritually significant time for me as I was encountering God in personal ways that I never had before. It was a time of intense spiritual surgery…God being the doctor and me being the patient of course.