My weekly Bible Study using the book Seeking Him (Experiencing The Joy Of Personal Revival) by Nancy Leigh DeMoss and Tim Grissom is down to the final 2 lessons. This week’s lesson is on the Holy Spirit. I wanted to share some of the material here.
Whether you realize it or not, the Holy Spirit is actively involved in every dimension of your Christian life, from before the point of your conversion until you get to heaven. We were never intended to live our lives apart from Him. In fact we cannot live the Christian life apart from Him!”
“Christian maturity cannot be attained by trying harder or doing more. God has not dangled the prospect of an abundant life before us then set us loose in a maze to try to find our way through. The Holy Spirit acts as our guide and our companion – the One sent from heaven to lead us home. He enables us to obey God, empowers us to become like Jesus, and fills us with supernatural power for work and for witness. We should, therefore, learn how to listen to Him, how to follow Him, how to rely on His power, and how to walk in His fullness.
I especially love the phrase…”the One sent from heaven to lead us home.” What a comforting thought that is for me. I like to have someone that I trust to lead me. I need help to get home. Praise God Almighty he has me covered from the start to the finish. That gives me lots of hope.
Here are a couple quotes from C.H. Spurgeon on the subject of the Holy Spirit:
“Blessed Spirit of the Lord, forgive us that we have done such despite to you, by our forgetfulness of you, by our proud self-sufficiency, by resisting your influences, and quenching your fire!”
“We must have the Holy Spirit’s power and presence, otherwise our religion will become a mockery before God, and a misery to ourselves.”
May we learn to rely on the One sent from heaven to help us here on Earth.
John 14: 15-17 (ESV)
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.”
Here are some great passages on the Holy Spirit. Check them out and be encouraged!
Ezekial 36:27, John 14:26; 16:13, Acts 1:8, Romans 5:5, Romans 8:26-27, Romans 15:13, 1 Corinthians 12:4-7, 11, Galatians 5:22-23
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
Amen!
Romans 8:26-27
26In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. 27And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.
That’s my favorite!
Great to reread those great truths!
In the last few weeks God has tested me . I failed in bringing the message I wanted to give with a violent word. I prayed and cried and regrouped. I mourn the loss of a good christian as he has been pulled into another world. I rewrote and explained how I stood for the rightiousness and grace of God and how we must obey HIS ways that HE has shown us in the Bible .
Reading the scriptors has helped me begin to heal and your sharing of your group has helped . Our Bible group has just finished for the summer/spring . I look forward to reading more from you …
caitrine
Catrine,
I’m glad you found something to help you in this post. The Bible is what grounds me and speaks the truth into an otherwise cloudy world. Hope you stay in his grace and truth and find peace each new day with God. Blessings!