Sunday’s Blessing – 05/31/2026 – Holy Trinity Sunday – More of the “Ordinary” Ministry of the Holy Spirit

Sunday’s Blessing – 05/31/2026 – Holy Trinity Sunday – More of the “Ordinary” Ministry of the Holy Spirit

Last year I posted a brief explanation or what Ordinary Time means in the liturgical calendar (Sunday’s Blessing – 07/13/2025 – Ordinary Time). If you missed it, you can find it on the blog for some background. Now that Easter is officially over, we enter back into Ordinary Time. Today is the ninth week of Ordinary Time, also called The Holy Trinity Sunday. Now that the Holy Spirit has been formally introduced to mankind at Pentecost, we have now experienced each member of the Trinity. Even though the Holy Spirit was at work in the lives of humans from the beginning (even Creation) those prior to Pentecost simply attributed His influence as “the Spirit of God would come on them.”

The first biblical mention of the “Holy Spirit” is found in Psalm 51:11:

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me.

Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit. Psalm 51:10-12 (ESV)

It’s no surprise to me that this would come from David, a man after God’s own heart. I’m not sure if David was aware of all three aspects of the Holy Trinity, but He knew God’s spirit would be holy. Gensis 1:2 mentions, “the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.” However, if it was common knowledge there was a Holy Trinity I’m not sure Jesus would have taken time to prepare His followers for the arrival of the Holy Spirit. As has been mentioned in earlier posts, Jesus told them, “When He ascended back to the Father, ‘another comforter just like me’ would be sent to them.” Jesus continued just before He ascended, saying:

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth. Acts 1:8 (ESV) 

Even if the followers of Jesus did not understand it all, they were at least told the Holy Spirit was coming and what purpose He would serve. His primary purpose would to baptize us into Christ and empower us to be witnesses of God in the earth by telling everyone about the work Jesus completed to provide for our salvation and demonstrate the nature of the Father though our lives.

One of my top posts on this blog has been, and continues to be, “Weapons for the Believer 5.1 – The Gifts of the Holy Spirit - Faith” from May 29, 2016. It has over twenty-six thousand views. I believe this speaks to the hunger we have for something real. Faith is the most real thing we can ever find in God. By discovering the Holy Spirit has already been sent, and by acknowledging His indwelling presence in the Believer, He will bring us into the truth of all God has prepared for us.

Today’s Blessing:

May you know the salvation provided through Jesus

May you experience being overwhelmed (baptism) into Christ

May you know all that the Father has prepared for your complete life

And may you be willing to share that experience with others

May this life become “ordinary” for you

Not trivial or trite

But the life that you choose to live every day

Not something you have to strive for

Sunday’s Blessing – 05/24/2026 – Pentecost Sunday: The Holy Spirit Coming with Power and the Birthday of the Church

Sunday’s Blessing – 05/24/2026 – Pentecost Sunday: The Holy Spirit Coming with Power and the Birthday of the Church

I love celebrating birthdays. I’m not sure when that started, but I remember as a child my birthday was the one day where it was all about me. Being the youngest of five, very few days (at least from my perspective) were about me. My siblings probably have a different opinion. My mom would always prepare the same cake every year. It was a four-tier yellow cake with chocolate icing. The “birthday boy” would always get the top tier which was about the size of a cupcake.

There was usually a party with the neighborhood kids in attendance. Since my birthday is in August, the festivities were usually held outside in the front yard. I try to keep track of birthdays of those around me: work, church, friends, etc. Now that social media can’t let you forget, it’s a little easier.

But how often have we celebrated the birthday of the Church? We mark the birth of Christ with Advent (Christmas), the death of Christ with Easter, and much is said about the return of Christ at the second coming. But I can’t recall any mention of the birthday of the Church. Pentecost was mostly cubby-holed into a doctrinal discussion about tongues. Since most evangelicals avoid the topic Pentecost was also pushed aside as irrelevant. This is very sad. This event is one that Jesus spent a lot of time publicizing and anticipating right up to the moment He ascended to heaven. The sending of the Holy Spirit is a critical part of God’s plan to redeem mankind. Yet we sweep it under the rug and diminish the role the Holy Spirit plays in the life of the Believer.

Regardless of your religious tradition, if you claim to be a follower of Jesus, then you need to understand all that has been provided to you in the Holy Spirit. Maybe I will share more specific in the coming weeks as we enter into what is referred to as “Ordinary Time” by the liturgical church. There is nothing “ordinary” about any day we get to fellowship with our Creator, emulate our Savior, and live our life with the indwelling Holy Spirit.

Today’s Blessing:

Receive the promise given to Mary for yourself, for the Christian has the same promise:

And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God. Luke 1:35 (ESV)

Instead of a “baby” being born it will be the rebirth of your spirit by the Holy Spirit, making you a Son/Daughter of God.

Instead of “overshadowing” you, the Holy Spirit will dwell IN you.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. 2 Corinthians 5:17-20 (ESV)

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Acts 1:8 (ESV)

Sunday’s Blessing – 05/10/2026 – 6th Sunday of Easter – The Spirit – Focus on the Promise of the Holy Spirit

Sunday’s Blessing – 05/10/2026 – 6th Sunday of Easter – The Spirit – Focus on the Promise of the Holy Spirit

One of the least emphasized steps in our salvation, at least in my experience, is the promise of the Holy Spirit. Jesus said He would send “another” comforter, just like Himself, who would live “in” us to lead, empower, and comfort us. That was the greatest promise Jesus ever gave, in my opinion. Yes, having sins forgiven is a wonderful thing. But without the presence of God in our lives, what good is it to be forgiven?

What Jesus did by coming to earth was to provide our complete salvation. He became the perfect sacrifice (required by the Law of Moses) on the cross in order to once-for-all pay the penalty for all of our sin – past, present, and future – in order to make us able to stand in the presence of God. He was raised from the dead which conquered hell and the grave, taking back the keys of the kingdom of earth which satan stole from Adam.

But that is not the end of the story. His words on the cross, “It is finished,” did not mean everything for our redemption had been completed. I believe Jesus spoke of His job in this deal of living a perfect life, being led by the Father. This “fulfilled all righteousness”. His work was far from over! Once the Father raised Jesus from the dead, described in the most powerful verse in the Bible, Ephesians 1:19, there were still significant steps to complete in order to provide salvation to mankind.

This Thursday, May 14, is Ascension Day, when Jesus returned to Heaven in sight of many witnesses to take His place in Heaven at the right hand of the Father. From there, He began His new ministry of interceding on our behalf to the Father. But it still wasn’t over. Jesus then fulfilled His promise to send the Holy Spirit to abide “in” Believers. This happened a few weeks after the ascension, on the day of Pentecost.

Let’s continue to be mindful of all Jesus did to provide us the means of being reconciled to our Creator so we could have fellowship with Him forever.

Today’s blessing:

May you know the fulness of living with the Holy Spirit inside you

To comfort, teach, lead, and empower you to be witnesses of all God has done

To give us the ability to pray even when we cannot find words

To hear God’s voice when all there is around us is a din of noise

May you learn to walk in the path illuminated by the Holy Spirit

Which will lead into all truth

Which will accomplish the plans and purposes God has for you

Which will keep you in perfect peace as your mind and heart is fixed on Him