Mary Ann's Blog: Kingdom Seekers

 Don't Let a Grudge be the Judge~ Mary Ann Wray Definition: Grudge: a persistent feeling of ill will or resentment resulting from a past insult or injury. "She held a grudge against her former boss". Synonyms: grievance, resentment, bitterness, rancor, dissatisfaction, disgruntlement, bad feelings, hard feelings, ill feelings, ill will, animosity, antipathy, antagonism, enmity, chip on one’s shoulder Today, through a certain post on social media, I realized I had been holding a grudge against someone from way back in the past whom I felt didn’t treat me and my family justly. For this reason, and the fact that it is a means of ministry for me, I appreciate Social Media even though it can be abused like anything else. When the Holy Spirit convicted me of this I realized that I have had a problem in this area and seek victory over it in Jesus’ name. You see, holding a grudge against someone can come about for several reasons. One is that they did ...

PRESENT DAY PENTECOST THE EVERLASTING PROMISE OF THE FATHER By Mary Ann Wray “ God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of it. Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.” Acts 2: 32-33 There were actually seven instances where groups of Christians received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit: 5 of which identify the Holy Spirit Baptism with the evidence of speaking in other tongues. It is noted that this is a completely separate and distinct experience from Repentance from sin and the Born Again Experience i.e., salvation by accepting Christ’s atoning work as the only way to the Father (John 14: 6). The first account happened on the Day of Pentecost, Acts 2:2-21 and there were six other instances as follows: Peter preaching in Jerusalem before the Sanhedrin Acts 4: 31; Philip preaching to Christians in Samaria: Acts 8: 5-16; Peter and John continuing the rev...