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Read Titus 3:4-7 But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on...

Read Acts 2:1-2 When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Respond What is the Spirit of God doing? What does...

Read John 20:21-23 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.” And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if...

Read John 3:4-6 Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God....

Each Sunday during Lent is a respite from the other days of the week: a day to remind us that even as we think more on Christ's suffering, his temptation, his betrayal, and his death we must never forget about the resurrection. As we spend time at church and with our...

Read John 1:32-33 And John bore witness: “I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. I myself did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who...

Read Ezekiel 37:1-6 The hand of the Lord came upon me and brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones. Then He caused me to pass by them all around, and behold, there were very many in the open valley;...

Read Genesis 1:1-2 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Respond What is the Spirit of God doing? What...

Today marks Ash Wednesday, when the vast majority of Western Christians will celebrate the start of Lent. Many of us have preconceived notions about Lent. Fasting, suffering, temptation, darkness, gloom, a depressing color scheme...it doesn't score too high on the...