Pointed Ponder: Holy Spirit To Peoples

God bestows the gift of the Holy Spirit along with repentance leading to eternal life to those in all nations, peoples, and races who believe in Jesus Christ sincerely.

Acts 11:16-18

16 And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’ 17 If then God gave the same gift to them as he gave to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God’s way?” 18 When they heard these things they fell silent. And they glorified God, saying, “Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life.”

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Pointed Ponder: God’s Will in Challengrs

Pray that you respond to situations in ways leading to life, and that any grief you experience draws you closer to Jesus.

2 Corinthians 7:10

10 For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.

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