John
16:12-15
“Oh, there is so much more I want to tell you, but you can’t understand it now. When the Holy Spirit, who is truth, comes, he shall guide you into all truth, for he will not be presenting his own ideas, but will be passing on to you what he has heard. He will tell you about the future. He shall praise me and bring me great honor by showing you my glory. All the Father’s glory is mine; this is what I mean when I say that he will show you my glory.
Food for thought!
When Jesus went back to heaven, the disciples didn't know what to do. They retired to their upper rooms and hid themselves. So the Holy Spirit came to change this.
Ac.2:1-13
“So when the day of Pentecost came round, they were all together in one place; and all of a sudden there came from heaven a sound like that of a violent, rushing wind and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. And tongues, like tongues of fire, appeared to them, which distributed themselves among them and settled on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and they began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them the power of utterance.”
This is the kind of work that the Holy Spirit does in the hearts of believers. When fear of trouble tends to freeze our faith and courage into silent submission to despair, the Holy Spirit warms us up and empowers us to go out there and make a difference. Many times we are like the disciples of Jesus: we have the message, we have the mission, we know what to say and do, we know the answers, we have the plan, sometimes even the money, but just don't make much happen, because we miss something.
This missing something is actually a missing Someone — namely, the Holy Spirit. Without Him, we operate in our own strength and only accomplish human-size results. The world is not moved by love or actions that are of human creation. And the church is not empowered to live differently from any other gathering of people without the Holy Spirit. But when we live in the power of the Spirit, the evidence in our lives is supernatural. We cannot but be different, and the world cannot help but notice us.
In other words, it seems that the Holy Spirit is all but missing from most of us; it is not enough to know or to have a message, or to have a theology; it is not enough to have a plan; it is not enough to have funds, it is very important to have the Holy Spirit. What moves us from inaction to action, what makes us take risks, go the extra mile, and do whatever it takes to achieve our goals, is called the Holy Spirit.
In other words, many of us haven't started to be our dreams, haven't began to realize our plans, not because we don't have the dreams, not because we don't have the plans, but because we don't have the Holy Spirit. Dreams and plans and money are not enough; we need the Holy Spirit. All people have dreams; many people have plans; some people have enough money; what all people need in order to make a difference in their lives and the lives of others is called Holy Spirit.
“When the Holy Spirit, who is truth, comes, he shall guide you into all truth.”
“Oh, there is so much more I want to tell you, but you can’t understand it now. When the Holy Spirit, who is truth, comes, he shall guide you into all truth, for he will not be presenting his own ideas, but will be passing on to you what he has heard. He will tell you about the future. He shall praise me and bring me great honor by showing you my glory. All the Father’s glory is mine; this is what I mean when I say that he will show you my glory.
Food for thought!
When Jesus went back to heaven, the disciples didn't know what to do. They retired to their upper rooms and hid themselves. So the Holy Spirit came to change this.
Ac.2:1-13
“So when the day of Pentecost came round, they were all together in one place; and all of a sudden there came from heaven a sound like that of a violent, rushing wind and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. And tongues, like tongues of fire, appeared to them, which distributed themselves among them and settled on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and they began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them the power of utterance.”
This is the kind of work that the Holy Spirit does in the hearts of believers. When fear of trouble tends to freeze our faith and courage into silent submission to despair, the Holy Spirit warms us up and empowers us to go out there and make a difference. Many times we are like the disciples of Jesus: we have the message, we have the mission, we know what to say and do, we know the answers, we have the plan, sometimes even the money, but just don't make much happen, because we miss something.
This missing something is actually a missing Someone — namely, the Holy Spirit. Without Him, we operate in our own strength and only accomplish human-size results. The world is not moved by love or actions that are of human creation. And the church is not empowered to live differently from any other gathering of people without the Holy Spirit. But when we live in the power of the Spirit, the evidence in our lives is supernatural. We cannot but be different, and the world cannot help but notice us.
In other words, it seems that the Holy Spirit is all but missing from most of us; it is not enough to know or to have a message, or to have a theology; it is not enough to have a plan; it is not enough to have funds, it is very important to have the Holy Spirit. What moves us from inaction to action, what makes us take risks, go the extra mile, and do whatever it takes to achieve our goals, is called the Holy Spirit.
In other words, many of us haven't started to be our dreams, haven't began to realize our plans, not because we don't have the dreams, not because we don't have the plans, but because we don't have the Holy Spirit. Dreams and plans and money are not enough; we need the Holy Spirit. All people have dreams; many people have plans; some people have enough money; what all people need in order to make a difference in their lives and the lives of others is called Holy Spirit.
“When the Holy Spirit, who is truth, comes, he shall guide you into all truth.”
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