Holy Spirit, My Precious Best Friend
Knowing The Holy Spirit, will change your life. It would change your prayer life, it would change the way you would read the word, the way you worship, it would change the way you evangelize. It would change the way you even resist temptation. Temptation would begin to lose its power over your life. When you begin to understand who the Holy Spirit is, and who the Holy Spirit is in YOU, and what He does. Your walk with God will change profoundly.
The Holy Spirit is not just a force or a feeling. He can be know as a friend. In fact, the Holy Spirit wants a friendship with you more than you want a friendship with him. (Romans 8:9) makes it perfectly clear that you receive the Holy Spirit at the very moment of salvation. The Holy Spirit is not a reward for holiness He’s your source for holiness.
When the Holy Spirit comes upon you, He dwells in fullness of power. The same Holy Spirit, (Romans 8:11) Who raised Christ from the dead dwells in you. The same Holy Spirit who was in the apostles, dwells in you. The same Holy Spirit who hovered above the face of the deep as the Father spoke words and caused all creation to come into existence. That same Holy Spirit dwells in you!
The Holy Spirit is a personal being (John 15:26) (Acts 8:29). He is the indwelling presence of God. He is God dwelling within you. He is the seal of your salvation. He is the one who teaches you a word as you read. Who inspires you to pray prayers that aliens with His (Romans 8:26). He is the one who causes you to evangelize with boldness. Peter denied Jesus 3 times yet when the Holy Spirit came upon him, He spoke a word and 3 thousand are added to the church.
The Holy Spirit works with you day in and day out, moment by moment. He does not leave you when you make a mistake, He’s not impatient. He faithfully abides with you, helping you, to draw closer to Jesus. Everything He does, points to Jesus. He glorifies Jesus, He magnifies Jesus, He highlights Jesus. That which is Spirit lead will always be Jesus centered.
The Holy Spirit is the one that produces the fruit in you life.
He helps you to pray (Zechariah 12:10)
He teaches you (John 14:26)
He’s your power unto holiness (Galatians 5:16)
He helps us to worship (John 4:24)
He convinces us that we belong to God (Romans 8:15)
He preforms the miraculous through us (Galatians 3:5)
He gives us faith (2 Corinthians 4:13)
He gives us boldness (Acts 2)
