Holy Spirit

Verse
For we who worship by the Spirit of God are the ones who are truly circumcised. We rely on what Christ Jesus has done for us. We put no confidence in human effort...

— Philippians 3:3 nlt

Thought
Our identity as God's children is defined by the presence of the Holy Spirit as we worship, not by our race or by a physical mark on our body. Those who have the Spirit are the children of God (John 3:3-7). We rely on the work of Christ and don't rely on our human attempts at...

 

Verse
It was the Lord's Day, and I was worshiping in the Spirit. Suddenly, I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet blast.

— Revelation 1:10 tniv

Thought
The Lord's Day, Sunday, the first day of the week, is special. Special because Jesus rose on that day. Special because it was the day on consecutive weeks after his resurrection that Jesus met and ate with his closest followers. Special because we gather with others and worship in the Spirit, tied together by the Holy Spirit...

 

Verse
Then I saw a Lamb that looked as if it had been slaughtered, but it was now standing between the throne and the four living beings and among the twenty-four elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the sevenfold Spirit of God that is sent out into every part of the earth.

— Revelation 5:6 nlt

Thought
God's presence is made available to all places on earth through the Holy Spirit. If we pause and think of the magnitude of this simple statement, we are...

 

Verse
From the throne came flashes of lightning and the rumble of thunder. And in front of the throne were seven torches with burning flames. This is the sevenfold Spirit of God.

— Revelation 4:5 nlt

Thought
Glory! If we read all of Revelation 4, we are given a picture of God's glorious presence. The description is awesome and really beyond imagining. The focus, however, is clear: God is worthy and holy to receive honor and power. He holds the future in his hands. He is ruler over...

 

Verse
This letter is from John to the seven churches in the province of Asia. Grace and peace to you from the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come; from the sevenfold Spirit before his throne; and from Jesus Christ. He is the faithful witness to these things, the first to rise from the dead, and the ruler of all the kings of the world. All glory to him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by shedding his blood for us.

— Revelation 1:4 nlt

Thought
Bible students...

 

Verse
Don't be misled: No one makes a fool of God. What a person plants, he will harvest. The person who plants selfishness, ignoring the needs of others — ignoring God! — harvests a crop of weeds. All he'll have to show for his life is weeds! But the one who plants in response to God, letting God's Spirit do the growth work in him, harvests a crop of real life, eternal life.

— Galatians 6:7-8 msg

Thought
While we must commit to follow Jesus as Lord, the power to bring growth in us...

 

Verse
He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant — not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

— 2 Corinthians 3:6 tniv

Thought
With the coming of Jesus and the outpouring of the Spirit, God brought his promised new covenant. This new covenant does not revolve around the giving of a law — of letters written on a page commanding certain behaviors — but it revolves around the purifying power of the Holy Spirit to transform us to be...

 

Verse
We follow this sequence in Scripture: The First Adam received life, the Last Adam is a life-giving Spirit.

— 1 Corinthians 15:45 msg

Thought
Adam needed God to breathe into him the breath of life. Jesus, the second Adam, triumphed over death and poured out the Spirit both at Pentecost (Acts 2) and also at our own conversion (Titus 3:3-7). Jesus breathed into us this new life! Jesus became our source of life, our freedom to find life, and our goal in life when he filled us with...

 

Verse
[God said through Ezekiel,] "I will put my Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I the LORD have spoken, and I have done it, declares the LORD."

— Ezekiel 37:14 tniv

Thought
The coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost (Acts 2) and in our own conversion (Acts 2:38-39; Titus 3:3-7), is a reminder that God promised to fill us with himself, his Holy Presence, the Spirit. He keeps his word. And the gift of the Spirit is an...

 

Verse
Then He said to me, "Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they come to life."' So I prophesied as He commanded me, and the He said to me, "Prophesy to the breath. Prophesy, son of man. Tell the breath, 'GOD, the Master, says, Come from the four winds. Come, breath. Breathe on these slain bodies. Breathe life!'" So I prophesied, just as he commanded me. The...