holy-spirit

The one surefire key to victory as a Christian in this fallen world is to be filled with the Holy Spirit__hat is, to be completely submitted to and empowered by him.

These are people who accept the fire of the Holy Spirit,' he said, 'the fire that is left behind but that is used by so few people to light their candles.

God can accomplish more through one message in the fulness of the Spirit than through hundreds given in the energy of the flesh.

The Holy Spirit does not intervene a posteriori within the framework of Christology, as a help in overcoming the distance between an objectively existing Christ and ourselves; he is the one who gives birth to Christ and to the whole activity of salvation, by anointing Him and making him Χ_ι__ὸ (Luke 4.13). If it is truly possible to confess Christ as the truth, this is only because of the Holy Spirit (I For. 12.3). And as a careful study of I Cor. 12 shows, for St. Paul the body of Christ is literally composed of the charismata of the Spirit (charisma = membership of the body). So we can say without risk of exaggeration that Christ exists only pneumatologically, whether in His distinct personal particularity or in His capacity as the body of the Church and the recapitulation of all things.

Unless you are led and directed by the Holy Spirit, you will never be truely successful in your ministry.

You need the Spirit of the Lord to come mightily upon you. When He is in charge, your troubles are in trouble.

We cannot effectively pursue holiness without the Word of God stored up in our minds where it can be used by the Holy Spirit to transform us. Jerry Bridges, The Discipline of Grace, 180

We say we want revival . . . but on our terms. We don__ pray this way, but this is what our hearts are saying to God: __ome Holy Spirit . . . but only if you promise in advance to do things the way we have always done them in our church._ __ome Holy Spirit . . . but only if I have some sort of prior guarantee that when you show up you won__ embarrass me._ __ome Holy Spirit . . . but only if your work of revival is one that I can still control, one that preserves intact the traditions with which I am comfortable._ __ome Holy Spirit . . . but only if your work of revival is neat and tidy and dignified and understandable and above all else socially acceptable._ __ome Holy Spirit . . . but only if you plan to change others; only if you make them to be like me; only if you convict their hearts so they will live and dress and talk like I do._ __ome Holy Spirit . . . but only if you let us preserve our distinctives and retain our differences from others whom we find offensive.

A platform without the Holy Spirit is like land without a spring. If we gain our Promise Land without Living Water, it will become desolate.

The author nicely encapsulates Paul's overarching intent in his letter to Corinth, to impress upon those in the church infatuated with the gifts of the Spirit a greater awestruck awareness of His presence in and among them. The author then illustrates thusly: if we have but a few coins, we may carry them lightly with little concern as to whether we lose them. But if we are aware that we carry a great sum, we will carry it with great care. How much more the Treasure of the Holy Spirit within the earthen vessel of our bodies?

And, yes we are much like kites when the image is one of spirituality and the winds of the Holy Spirit shaping, directing, instructing, and otherwise affecting our lives."~R. Alan Woods [2012]

I pray that the Holy Spirit puts His Words in my mouth, His movement in my heart and His direction in my path.

I despaired at the thought that my life might slip by without seeing God show himself mightily on our behalf.

Believers who come to know the Scripture in a living way, in both knowledge and Spirit, can in turn, use this Word to minister to people around them.

The Music blows wherever Music pleases, you hear it__ sound, but you cannot tell where the Music comes from or where the Music is going.

And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women (Acts 5:14)- So not only was there Holy Ghost boldness and Holy Ghost power and Holy Ghost conviction, but also Holy Ghost conversions.

As we mature in faith, our willingness is tested, expanded, and refined. We become more conscious of our limitations and turn to God. The necessity of God's grace becomes clearer as we become more attuned and accurate in our recognition of our dependence on God and less sure of anything that causes us to describe ourselves self-righteously. At times, when confronted by the less-than-ideal behavior of others, we may recognize that we are capable of similar actions and give thankds to God for helping us avoid unwelcome pitfalls. Scripture instructs us to be holy as God is holy, yet we increasingly realize the impossibility of holy behavior unless it is brought about by the Spirit's empowerment and our willing responsiveness and cooperation. Many people use spiritual direction as a window through which to notice and attend to their own expectations of willingness and willfulness.

The Holy Spirit will teach you, how to distinguish between right and wrong doctrines