Today on Real Life Radio.

Because the Holy Spirit is teaching us that God has gifted each of us to minister in this body.

Or maybe you're visiting tonight and God is calling you to go back to your church wherever you might be from and to serve and to minister.

This is real life.

Welcome to Real Life Radio with Pastor Jack Hibbs.

I'm David Jay, thanking you for joining us today as we listen, learn, and are challenged by God's Word, the Bible.

Hey everybody, we got our first time ever actually devotional.

We have a 40-day devotional called Watching, Waiting, 40 days of walking you through

biblical passages that excite you and prepare you for the soon coming of Jesus Christ.

Watching Waiting is a 40-day devotional that's all tied to biblical prophecy.

Watching Waiting. It is our featured resource for this month and it's available for a gift of any amount at jack hibbs dot com slash real

radio jack hibbs dot com slash real radio on today's edition of real life radio Pastor Jack now continues his series called First Samuel

with a message called Church Growth 101, Part 2. Samuel of the Old Testament, of course, was the last

judge of Israel, and he was the first of its prophets. So here in Chapter 16 now we'll continue

to draw lessons from the story of David.

You see, when Samuel anointed David to be the king of Israel, the Spirit of the Lord came upon him.

To be filled with the Holy Spirit in strength and in power, it's our greatest purpose.

Church growth is not merely about numbers, but that the Holy Spirit is welcome in the body of Christ.

So today Pastor Jack teaches us that as true believers, the Holy Spirit was given to us to

equip us for ministry and to edify the church.

Serving others really should be our passion, no matter if it's digging ditches or mission

work or helping wherever we're called.

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