Aptiva

The follower of the carpenter called Paul tells us, in his letter to the Phillippians Phil 4:11-13 Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to be content with whatever I have.  12 I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little.  13 For I can do everything through Christ, c  who gives me strength.  Ancient followers of Jesus understood long ago the need for Spiritual disciplines to train the body, mind and spirit. These disciplines are now becoming more understood and applied to the generation of Christ followers. Gone is the format of acting in a certain way due to duty or history. Replaced by the call, to comprehend and apply the relationship with the Holy Spirt as He always desires us to. This call to contentment can only be acted upon if we as followers truly believe this a goal able to be reached. We need to consider the word "co

The Carpenter tells us that with his resurrection the comforter can come, in fact, it is recorded that in John 20:19  "That Sunday evening the disciples were meeting behind locked doors because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Suddenly, Jesus was standing there among them! “Peace be with you,” he said. As he spoke, he showed them the wounds in his hands and his side. They were filled with joy when they saw the Lord! Again he said, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you.” Then he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone’s sins, they are forgiven. If you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.” Yet despite this event, we also acknowledge that the Holy Spirit reveals Himself in power during the day of Pentecost. From here we see that He reveals Himself to the Samaritans (Acts 8), and then to the Gentiles (Acts 10).It can be argued this staged process was necessary to convince a people (the Jewish nation and