The Holy Spirit is to be to us what Jesus Himself was to the disciples when He was in the flesh here on Earth. Jesus walked, talked, and fellowshiped with them; He guided, instructed, and protected them. He said, “I’m going away, but I’m sending Another to walk with you, befriend you, and be with you.” He is both classy and unifying. Sure, there are things that He does that will make you uncomfortable. But, in the church overall, there needs to be more reverence for the Holy Spirit. I prayed and paced – paced and prayed. Suddenly, the Spirit spoke to my heart, “I’m going to take care of this need. Just trust me.” Those words were comforting, but I didn’t have the faith, in that moment, to receive them. Do you find it hard to live the right kind of life? Do you want to be a better Christian? Your Helper is the Holy Spirit, or Spirit of holiness. Holy means “separated from sin and given to God.” The Holy Spirit shows us how terrible our sins are and helps us get rid of them. As we let Him have His way, He leads us closer to God and away from such sins as pride, selfishness, stubbornness, bad temper, prejudice, hatred, resentment, laziness, self-pity, rebelliousness, greed, and immoral thoughts or actions.

Persons who have been filled with the Spirit describe their experience this way: “It was a baptism of love. I suddenly had a great love for God and for His Word.” Those points are valid. But different people mean different things when they say such phrases. In fact, people often just really mean to say, “I’m going to get wild and you’re a religious bigot if you try to stop me.” We must note that, spiritually speaking, being free is not the equivalent of being loony. Two years after he received his undergraduate degree in theology from Canada, as riots broke out in Indonesia in May 1998, he decided to return to his homeland for the sake of preaching the Gospel. The Rose of Sharon Church he leads has become one of the fastest-growing churches with around 100,000 members found in numerous locations nationwide and beyond. To date, strong local churches have been planted throughout Asia, in Australia, Europe and the USA. Currently, he serves as the senior pastor of the church network and organization. His vision is to build 1000 strong local churches with 1,000,000 disciples of Christ. His heart’s burning desire is to see nations experience and encounter the love of Jesus Christ.

Holy Spirit, My best Friend

Peter 1:2. You were chosen according to the purpose of God the Father and were made a holy people by His Spirit. HE WILL TEACH YOU Romans 8:5,6. Those who live as the Spirit tells them to, have their minds controlled by what the Spirit wants. To be controlled by human nature results in death; to be controlled by the Spirit results in life and peace. The Holy Spirit But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit that lives in you.” - Romans 8:11 Do you think it was your idea to come to God? No. You were running from Him. If He had not run you down, you never would have been saved.

He fills us, giving us life, strength, hope, and freedom (Rom 8:2, 6, 13; Rom 15:13; Eph 5:18; 2 Cor 3:17). We must move from treating the Holy Spirit like a liability and move to depending upon Him as our source. Depend upon Him; He knows best how to build a church, how to raise disciples and how to win the lost. We don’t know better; He does. The Holy Spirit Intercedes For Us. “For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered” (Rom. 8:26). The Holy Spirit Comforts Us. “And I will pray the Father; and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever” (Jn. 14:16).Since then, I’ve grown in my trust of the Holy Spirit. And, dear reader, He wants you too to grow in this kind of trust. And in trusting Him, you will experience a greater level of friendship with Him than ever before. John 14:16,17. “I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, who will stay with you forever . . . The world cannot receive him, because it cannot see him or know him. But you know him, because he remains with you and is in you.”