How Does the Holy Spirit Help Me in My Everyday Life?

By Barbara Rainey | August 2, 2021 | 24 Comments

What should I make for dinner? I don’t know if I can solve another conflict between my kids. It’s so endless … How I wish I could stop their sibling rivalry for good! It’s so frustrating … Oh shoot … I forgot to throw the sheets in the dryer before I left to go to […]

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How Does the Holy Spirit Speak Personally to Me?

By Barbara Rainey | July 26, 2021 | 19 Comments

Keeping my two grandsons recently, ages 4 and 2 1/2, has reminded me of the perpetual dilemma I faced with my own children: Who started the fight and how can I possibly know the whole truth? You’ve been there too, haven’t you? Was it an accident that the younger one hit the older one? Is […]

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Can the Holy Spirit Help Me Love Someone When I Don’t Feel Like It?

By Barbara Rainey | June 8, 2020 | 13 Comments

    Years ago we had neighbors with children about the ages of our middle kids. They didn’t come over to play very often, but when they did I insisted they play outside in the backyard. One of them seemed like an angry kid. This child used a few bad words, sometimes played rough, and found […]

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How Do I Become Friends with the Holy Spirit? Summer Blog Club Week 1

By Barbara Rainey | June 1, 2020 | 22 Comments

  Miraculous true stories of people led by God’s Spirit have been told for generations. Pastors, medical missionaries, and believing men and women manning mission outposts experienced intimate friendship with God. Reading about their adventures generations later called my heart to desire His Spirit’s work in me, too.  I went into full time mission work. […]

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Do You Know the Wonder of the Spirit’s Illumination?

By Barbara Rainey | June 24, 2019 | 2 Comments

Keeping my two grandsons recently, ages 4 and 2 1/2, has reminded me of the perpetual dilemma I faced with my own children. Who started the fight and how can I possibly know the whole truth? You’ve been there too haven’t you? I caught the older grandson in a lie once already. He’s clearly past […]

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