If the information in this chapter about the Holy Spirit is new to you, find a Bible and read these passages: John 14:15-21 and John 16:12-15. With the same power that raised Jesus from the dead and brought the cosmos into being, the Holy Spirit will transform us into the image of Christ with ever-increasing glory—if only we will cast off all our self-sufficiency and surrender ourselves body and soul to this divine person, our best friend, the Holy Spirit. There were some pages where what the author was saying things about the Holy Spirit and scripture that the scripture itself isn’t saying. My prayer life changed instantly that nearly every night I wiould spend hours upon hours in fellowship with Him and worshiping Jesus. We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience, serve personalized ads or content, and analyze our traffic.

And to help him hear God’s voice to make good decisions and help him avoid danger at school, and for comfort and prace throughout the night.I love how this helps to lead your family into a time of listening to what Holy Spirit says or shows and the safety to express that. Jesus became one person with two natures, becoming exactly like us and retaining his divinity at the same time. Pause and think about this for a second: the Holy Spirit, present at creation with God the Father and God the Son, who is Himself fully God and is one with Jesus, desires a friend relationship with you. If you are a born-again believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, the best friend you will ever have on this earth is the Holy Spirit. The pronouncement from Jesus told us his Father would send a new Advocate in his place that we would not be alone.

Note, the determination of whether he was a true or false prophet was not made on this basis but on whether or not he led the people away from God. But over the years I’ve talked to Him more and more, asked Him to guide me and reveal Himself to me, shared my life with Him, and asked Him almost everything.The Holy Spirit leads us like a mother leads her little child, or like a person with sight leads a blind man. Not until he turned 40 when he realized that painting is a great way to preserve visually his prophetic insights which carry powerful messages that are life transforming. Moms know our children very well yet delight in listening to their faltering prayers to God, their questions … well, sometimes … and their exuberant tales of discovering and learning things we have known for decades. The Holy Spirit is to be to us what Jesus Himself was to the disciples when He was in the flesh here on Earth.

His unity and oneness is again evident in the very next verse: “So God created man in his own image … male and female he created them. Today’s blog post is an excerpt from my new ebook, Who Is the Holy Spirit: How You Can Hear From Him.Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. As someone who is a Spirit-filled believer, operates in the gifts of the spirit and attends a charismatic church I was saddened that I could not share this resource with my children due to the scriptural inaccuracies. Paying the ransom with the blood of Christ, 2) removal from the curse of the law, and 3) release from the bondage of sin into the freedom of grace. One of the ways he does this—one that is particularly meaningful to me as a woman, a mother, and a grandmother—is through is role as Friend. It is likely that your church and pastors are not teaching you the fundamentals of Gods Word that mandates you to be in fellowship for acts of worship.