Thánh Thần nói

The Power of the Spirit

In and through Jesus,
we come to know God as a powerless God,
who becomes dependent on us.
But it is precisely in this powerlessness
that God's power reveals itself.
This is not the power that controls, dictates, and commands.
It is the power that heals, reconciles, and unites.
It is the power of the Spirit.
When Jesus appeared,
people wanted to be close to him and touch him
because "power came out of him" (Luke 6:19).

It is this power of the divine Spirit
that Jesus wants to give us.

The Spirit indeed empowers us
and allows us to be healing presences.
When we are filled with that Spirit,
we cannot be other than healers.

The Fruit of the Spirit

How does the Spirit of God manifest itself through us?
Often we think that to witness
means to speak up in defense of God.
This idea can make us very self-conscious.
We wonder where and how we can make God the topic of our conversations
and how to convince our families, friends, neighbors, and colleagues
of God's presence in their lives.
But this explicit missionary endeavour
often comes from an insecure heart and,
therefore, easily creates divisions.

The way God's Spirit manifests itself most convincingly is through its fruits:
"love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trustfulness, gentleness and self-control"
(Galatians 5:22).
These fruits speak for themselves.
It is therefore always better to raise the question "How can I grow in the Spirit?"
than the question "How can I make others believe in the Spirit?"

“Không phải chính các con nói, 
nhưng là Thánh Thần của Cha các con nói trong các con.” 
(Mt 10, 20)