How is it that a church grows with a growth which is from God? How is it that those in a ā€ˇlocal church can be so blessed that the results of their efforts and their numbers are ā€ˇmultiplied? We are given the answer to these questions here in this verse. It comes by the ā€ˇworking of the Holy Spirit. When He is pleased with what He sees going on in the lives of the ā€ˇmembership of that church, then He grants the blessings of spiritual prosperity. This is ā€ˇsomething which I believe that we ought to strive to see taking place in our midst. For if each ā€ˇof us individually, and all of us corporately have a very real interactive relationship of ā€ˇfellowship with God the Father, and with our Lord Jesus by means of the working of the Holy ā€ˇSpirit, then I believe that we will see these blessings being bestowed upon us in greater ā€ˇmeasure. The question is ā€“ Are we walking in the comfort of the Holy Spirit? What does it ā€ˇmean to walk in the comfort of the Holy Spirit? This verse gives us 3 descriptions of what it ā€ˇmeans. 1st ā€“ To walk in the comfort of the Holy Spirit it means that the members of the ā€ˇchurch are experiencing peace. 2nd ā€“ To walk in the comfort of the Holy Spirit means that the ā€ˇmembers of the church are being built up and edified. And 3rd ā€“ It means that the members ā€ˇof the church are walking in the fear of the Lord. May the Lord help us today to grasp how ā€ˇgreatly beneficial it is for our church to know the comforts which the Holy Spirit alone can ā€ˇbring to us, so that we might be multiplied. ā€ˇ
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Pastor Paul Rendall was born in November of 1951, and grew up in Davenport, Iowa. He went to college at Drake University and the University of Iowa where he received a B.A. degree in Social Work and History in 1974. Paul searched for truth in all the wrong places in college, but...
