Tuesday Bonus - Who is the Holy Spirit? Part 3

Here are more attributes of The Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit:

• Is the giver of Spiritual gifts – 1 Corinthians 12
• Is the way to Jesus – Romans 8:11
• Is the revealer of the deep things of God – 1 Corinthians 2:10-12
• Is our guarantee of Salvation – 2 Corinthians 1:21-22
• Is our freedom – 2 Corinthians 3:17 – where the Holy Spirit is there is freedom!
• Was present at creation – Genesis 1:2
• Calls us and qualifies us for ministry – Acts 13:1-2
• Hears, speaks, and he teaches. He guides us to truth. He glorifies Jesus. He brings all of Jesus’ words to our remembrance. He shows us things to come. 1 Corinthians 2:9-15
• Is our instructor, teaching us God’s ways – Nehemiah 9:20
• Is our sanctifier – 2 Thessalonians 2:13
• Fights for us – Isaiah 59:19

This list only begins to scratch the surface of who He is. Only an intimate relationship with the Holy Spirit will reveal to you how incredible He truly is and everything He has to offer you!

Tuesday - Who is The Holy Spirit? Part 2

Who is The Holy Spirit? Today we will answer more and reveal more about his nature and character.

He is the life of God that keeps us from being controlled by our sinful nature (Romans 8:9, 15). When we are controlled by the Holy Spirit we are not controlled by our sinful nature, so we do not walk in sin. Verse 15 promises that we are not fearful slaves, but rather God's children because of The Holy Spirit. Being controlled by the Holy Spirit is the greatest freedom you will ever enjoy!

The Spirit brings us mercy and makes us holy (Hebrews 10:29). In and of ourselves we cannot measure up to God's standard of morality and holiness, but through the power of The Holy Spirit we can. He makes us holy by convicting our hearts of wrong doing and giving us the power (Acts 1:8) to do right.

Finally He is the oil of anointing in our lives (1 Samuel 16:13). Isaiah 10:27 NKJV tells us that the anointing breaks the yoke. The Holy Spirit is the one who breaks bondages and chains that are upon our lives!

The Holy Spirit desires to have a deep and intimate relationship with you today!

Pray:

"God give me a desire to know the Holy Spirit like I know my friends. I want a deep and intimate relationship with you Holy Spirit."

There is so much more about Who the Holy Spirit is. Check back later today for a bullet pointed list of more about who the Holy Spirit is.

Monday - Who is The Holy Spirit?

This week we are going to read about, talk about then learn about next Sunday the topic of knowing the Holy Spirit. In order to do this we have to answer the question who is the Holy Spirit? Is he some mystic force that floats around giving us goose bumps when the music at church sounds good? No, the Holy Spirit is the third part of the trinity, God the Father, God the Son (Jesus), God the Holy Spirit. He is God! He is the Spirit of God. He is so much more!

The Holy Spirit is a person that presents himself as many different things, but know he is not a dove or a ghost or anything weird he is a person that comes in the form or other things. For instance Acts 1:8 tells us that He is power! When we have the Holy Spirit we have power.

Acts 2:3 tells us that He is fire! When we have the Holy Spirit we have a fire in us, that is passion. Also as a fire the Holy Spirit burns away sin and wickedness in our lives.

John 7:37-39 and Isaiah 44:3 tell us that He is living water. When we have the Holy Spirit we are refreshed and revived. He takes away weariness.

John 14:16, 26 and 15:26 tell us that He is the Comforter. The Holy Spirit brings us comfort and peace in the midst of any situation good or tragic.

John 16:13 tells us that He is the Spirit of Truth. The Holy Spirit is truth. He guides us to truth, showing us what is right and what is wrong. He brings truth to our lives, so that the deception we once believed an walked in must go.

The Holy Spirit is so important to our life in Christ. He presents himself in many more ways. We will continue to dive into it tomorrow. For today though pray:

"God reveal to me The Holy Spirit. Let me know Him for who He really is, not by my past thoughts or feelings about Him!"