SAT BY THE WELL

SAT BY THE WELL Due to a secularized church education, many believers fail to understand the work and ministry of the Holy Spirit and how believers are genuinely led by Him. The general idea is that being led is when you are active in church and do a lot of ministries, when you memorize Scripture, teach in bible studies, disciple, and share the Gospel. These are all good and needful, but you can do all of them without being genuinely led. In fact, you may seem to be doing nothing churchy but are actually led by the Holy Spirit.  For one, the absence of the supernatural moves of the Holy Spirit in your life and ministry is one sign you are not led. You can very well do things in the ministry and achieve success and be recognized for it while doing everything in the ways of men and the world (supported by lots of bible verses), and yet go entirely undetected of all its carnality because religion done seriously looks spiritual, as if "led" by the Holy Spirit. As if everything is...

SAT BY THE WELL AN INTRODUCTION The real tragedy in church today is that almost no one knows how to be genuinely led by the Holy Spirit. We're just fond of using the term, or claiming we're led by God, to probably justify what we do in church and get rid of guilt, but what we do today is a far cry from what Jesus and the apostles did. We look and sound more like a corporate bank or an LGU than a Jesus ministry. Yet we claim to be led. So, I thought of doing a short series on being radically led by the Holy Spirit. I hope people serious about Jesus would see these series of articles, especially those left behind after the rapture.  Photo by Ksenia Kudelkina on Unsplash . What They Think Being "Led" Is: Attending church faithfully Listening to sermons Being an active choir or worship team member Formal look Voice quality Lively singing Emotional prayer or worship Memory verses As long as you pray and read the bible Evangelism and church planting Try asking long-time ch...