With Patti Brunner. When stress attacks the weak, the needy, it takes the intercession of others to bring the light of dawn into the situation. Wherever you are in the world there is a need greater than your own. Compared to most of the world, America is not poor. But poverty of spirit does not use financial wealth or “need” as its barometer and measure. The fruit of Christianity is a desire to take care of the needs of others. “Untold riches” is not based on money but on the Word of God. Managing the taking care of the needy is a responsibility of the Church leaders and that sometimes it is an overwhelming task.
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TOS068 Pentecost History –Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
TOS068 Pentecost History -Past, Present & Future For audio TOS068: Pentecost – Truth of the Spirit (podcast) | Listen Notes
TOS068 Pentecost History -Past, Present & Future
TOS068 Patti Brunner found some news she wants to share, some history that started on the First Pentecost and through a prompting by the Holy Spirit, continues today. She discovered history written, and she listened to those who received the Holy Spirit and shared what was given. Today what she received, she shares with you
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TOS067 Lenten Logos VII – The Kingdom For audio TOS067: Lenten Logos VII – Kingdom – Truth of the Spirit (podcast) | Listen Notes
Final episode of the Lenten Logos series on Truth of the Spirit with Patti Brunner. Jesus came upon the earth to restore you to the heavenly kingdom. Jesus came to give freedom to the captives—even those who have created their own prison and those who are oblivious to the fact that they are not free in their lives. The difficulty with living your life in the world is that you were created for eternity. The world can never satisfy in the ‘long run’. You worry and say, ‘What are we to eat?’ or ‘What are we to drink?’ or ‘What are we to wear?” Jesus tells us, “Seek ye first The Kingdom of God and all this will be given unto you.”
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Praying: Different hearts speak to the Lord in various ways. Some pour out their heart to God, others speak the prayers they memorized as a child. Prayer is talking to God or asking others to talk to God for us. Over the years my relationship with the Lord has expanded as He has taught me many things about prayer. As we use our freewill to ask help for ourselves and others, we are following the command of Jesus to proclaim the Kingdom of God and the barriers caused by pain, by ignorance, by pride, by sin are broken.
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TOS065 Lenten Logos V – Divine Mercy For audio TOS065: Lenten Logos V – Divine Mercy – Truth of the Spirit (podcast) | Listen Notes
God’s Divine Mercy knows no bounds. We compare Divine Mercy to an ocean of grace, but the depths of the oceans only hint at the magnitude. God’s mercy provides the Way for us. It is narrow but it is not boring and it is not constrictive. Our God delights in our use of imagination and designed freewill for the fullness of life. How do we find God’s Divine Mercy? Seek the grace and the joy of the day—for this is the day the Lord has made! It is uniquely designed for us and for this moment in history. Call upon the name of Jesus and your prayers will be heard.
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TOS064 Lenten Logos IV – Light vs Dark For audio TOS064: Lenten Logos IV – Light vs. Dark – Truth of the Spirit (podcast) | Listen Notes
There is a force in this land that hates God. If you love sin, the evil spirits are attracted to you like moths to a light bulb on a summer night. Satan preys on our longings and tempts us with imitations; he lies to us and uses things of the flesh and false spiritual things. Evil will try to penetrate, but when you are filled with the Most Holy Spirit, the evil cannot deceive you. One moment of truth destroys the darkness accumulated in a life time!
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TOS063 Lenten Logos III – Choosing Repentance For audio TOS063: Lenten Logos III – Choosing Repentance – Truth of the Spirit (podcast) | Listen Notes
Everyone wants to go to heaven when they die. Interior conversion and repentance is found by developing relationship with God. One of the deadly effects of sin is that we lose our awareness of sin. We, in our sinfulness, and those who sin against us may be acting out of habit. The more frequently we receive the sacrament of Reconciliation, the more we are aware of our sin. Join us on Truth of the Spirit with Patti Brunner on this episode of the season of Lent series, Lenten Logos III – Choosing Repentance.
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God pours a tremendous amount of grace upon us that we might live peaceful, happy lives, yet the flow of grace is pinched off by the effect of sin like placing a tourniquet on an artery. Barriers keep us from receiving the fullness of God’s grace. This is the Effect of Sin, the subject of part 2 of the Lenten Logos series on Truth of the Spirit. The complex effect of sin in the world causes pain. Every sin, every hurt, every rejection, every ugly word wounds us. We begin to build up protective layers, but unlike a pearl whose finished product is lovely, we are like an onion with layers that bring tears to our eyes.
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Join Patti Brunner and Truth of the Spirit to gain understanding of the Cross in this Lenten Logos series. A primary tool used to cultivate us during Lent is meditation on the Cross and the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ. The Way of the Cross makes evident that the life of Christ had a purpose more than that of a rabbi or a King. Jesus was those things, indeed, but his life had a much grander plan. As you walk the walk in your daily life, Christ walks with you. As you walk the walk of the Cross you are given the opportunity to walk with Him. Each passage, each stumble, each encounter along the way, points to the love Jesus shows to his Father for those whom the Father loves. We can take these moments and apply them to our own lives. We can apply them to the very history of mankind. For video, audio, and script please continue reading.
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TOS060 Basics of Faith VIII: Salvation For audio TOS060: Basics of Faith VIII – Basics of Salvation – Truth of the Spirit (podcast) | Listen Notes
Truth of the Spirit with Patti Brunner. With this episode we will wrap up the series on the Basics of Faith with the Basics of Salvation. Man was cast into darkness when sin entered the world. Over time mankind got ‘used to the dark’. Jesus became man to become the perfect sacrifice to redeem the prisoners and set them free. Through the sacrificial death of Jesus, sin was forgiven and man is restored through the Light of Christ. Salvation is a free gift purchased by the Blood of Jesus. We cannot earn it—we can only accept it—or reject it. From the first moment of the Resurrection nothing stood in the way of the outpouring of God’s love.
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