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Hosanna Moments

Hosanna Moments. www.kevinhinckley.com. You decide…. Richard Cracroft.

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Hosanna Moments

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  1. Hosanna Moments www.kevinhinckley.com

  2. You decide…

  3. Richard Cracroft Many of you know what I am talking about when I talk of "hosanna moments," those transcendent moments in our lives when, without warning, we are overwhelmed by a close encounter with eternity, a surprise of the spirit— those moments when, while engaged in the temporal rhythms of our daily and earth- encrusted lives, comfortably duped by familiar routines, we are suddenly brought face-to-face with the holy, swept by the Spirit of God into a transcendent reality, overwhelmed by undeniable evidence of a literal Father in Heaven who knows you and knows me and is somehow interested and involved in our lives. The "We'll-Sing-and-We'll-Shout" moment is that moment when our God, Brother-of-Jared-ing us, reaches his hand through the veil to startle our sensibilities, to reassure, to comfort, to guide, to prod, to change our course. Then our spirits soar, our souls are renewed, and we can never really be the same again.

  4. Hosanna Moment #1 Zacharias in the Temple His response: 18 And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years. Question: Why would anyone doubt in the face of an angel, during a hosanna moment?

  5. Hosanna Moment #2 Mary and Gabriel Mary’s Response: And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. Question: What role does submissiveness play during these moments?

  6. Hosanna Moment #3 Love Gratitude Hosanna Moments Action, growth Joseph and Gabriel Joseph’s Reaction Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife: Fear Inaction, Leading to lack of growth

  7. Bro. Cracroft Cont. In the plan of God, then, it is the Holy Spirit who unrolls the string that we pilgrims, wanderers, and strangers on earth follow hopefully through the long and hazardous journey back to God, who is our home. This innate longing for home is implanted in our souls by a wise Father; and it is recalled into our consciousness by the Spirit of God as a kind of homing signal that prompts each of us, at various points amidst our journeying, to look up, point to the distant stars, among which revolves Kolob, and cry out, like the homesick E.T., a fellow extraterrestrial, "Home!"

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