I can usually sense that a leading is from the Holy Spirit when it calls me to humble myself, to serve somebody, to encourage somebody, or to give something away. Very rarely will the evil one lead us to do those kind of things.
Bill Hybels
Holy Spirit
Christian Quotes About The Holy Spirit…
Isaac the Syrian — When the Spirit has come to reside in someone…
When the Spirit has come to reside in someone, that person cannot stop praying; for the Spirit prays without ceasing in him. No matter if he is asleep or awake, prayer is going in his his heart all the time. He may be eating or drinking, he may be resting or working- the incense of prayer will ascend spontaneously from his heart. The slightest stirring of his heart is like a voice which sings in silence and in secret to the Invisible.
Isaac the Syrian
Unknown — As the minister stepped up to the pulpit…
As the minister stepped up to the pulpit he discovered to his chagrin that he had forgotten his sermon notes. As it was too late to send someone for them, he turned to the congregation and said, by way of apology, that this morning he should have to depend upon the Lord for what he might say, but that for the evening service, he would be better prepared.
Unknown
Augustus Toplady — The breathing I did yesterday…
The breathing I did yesterday will not keep me alive today- I must continue to breathe afresh every moment, or my life will cease. In like manner, yesterday’s grace and spiritual strength must be renewed, and the Holy Spirit must continue to breathe on my soul from moment to moment in order that I may continue to enjoy Him and to work the works He has assigned me.
Augustus Toplady
John Ortberg — How hard is it for God to get your attention…
How hard is it for God to get your attention? Do you regularly practice turning aside in your day? That is, taking a moment to listen to God- because God, through the Holy Spirit, really is speaking, because we know, every place is filled with the presence of God. There is not an inch of space, not a moment of time, that God does not inhabit.
John Ortberg
Hannah Witall Smith — Where the soul is full of peace and joy…
Where the soul is full of peace and joy, outward surroundings and circumstances are of comparatively little account.
Hannah Witall Smith
Henry Blackaby — Will God ever ask you to do something…
Will God ever ask you to do something you are not able to do? The answer is yes- all the time! It must be that way, for God’s glory and kingdom. If we function according to our ability alone, we get the glory; if we function according to the power of the Spirit within us, God gets the glory. He wants to reveal Himself to a watching world.
Henry Blackaby
Alexander MacLaren — He who has the Holy Spirit…
He who has the Holy Spirit in his heart and the Scripture in his hands has all he needs.
Alexander MacLaren
Roy Lessin — The Holy Spirit…
The Holy Spirit is the One who is poured out upon you like a healing balm- to sooth, to calm, and to comfort. He is the One who renews your strength, revives your spirit, refills your cup, restores your strength, and refreshes your spirit.
Roy Lessin
Catherine Marshall — When we allow the Holy Spirit to guide us…
When we allow the Holy Spirit to guide us, He will concern Himself with how we use our time and spend our money; with honesty and moral integrity and Christlike quality of character; with what is happening to our children; with the health of our relationship with other people and with our God. If our need is severe enough, the Holy Spirit will turn our lives upside down.
Catherine Marshall
Dwight L. Moody — How far away is heaven…
How far away is heaven? It is not so far as some imagine. It wasn’t very far for Daniel. It was not so far off that Elijah’s prayer, and those of others could not be heard there. Men full of the Spirit can look right into heaven.
Dwight L. Moody
Samuel Chadwick — Confusion and impotence are the inevitable results…
Confusion and impotence are the inevitable results when the wisdom and resources of the world are substituted for the presence and power of the Spirit.
Samuel Chadwick
Charles Spurgeon — It is remarkable that the Holy Spirit…
It is remarkable that the Holy Spirit has given us very few deathbed scenes in the book of God. We have very few in the Old Testament, fewer still in the New. And I take it that the reason may be, because the Holy Ghost would have us to take more account of how we live than how we die, for life is the main business. He who learns to die daily while he lives will find it no difficulty to breathe out his soul for the last time into the hands of his faithful Creator.
Charles Spurgeon
Bill Hybels — I can usually sense that a leading is from the Holy Spirit…
I can usually sense that a leading is from the Holy Spirit when it calls me to humble myself, serve somebody, encourage somebody or give something away. Very rarely will the evil one lead us to do those kinds of things.
Bill Hybels
The Lutheran Witness — God permits troubles to beset His children…
God permits troubles to beset His children, but He also refreshes them. He grants them respite when the heart is still and the soul joyous, and you will agree with me that such moments of the secret joy of the Spirit are far more precious than the highest pleasures this world can offer.
The Lutheran Witness
Jill Briscoe — You may have no family…
You may have no family, no food, no clothes, no future, no spouse, no health, or no children, yet be rich beyond your wildest dreams because you have the Holy Spirit in your life.
Jill Briscoe
Austin Farrer — The gift of the Holy Spirit…
The gift of the Holy Spirit closes the gap between the life of God and ours. When we allow the love of God to move in us we can no longer distinguish ours and his; he becomes us, he lives us. It is the first fruits of the Spirit, the beginning of our being made divine.
Austin Farrer
Dennis and Barbara Rainey — Pulling weeds and planting seeds…
Pulling weeds and planting seeds. That’s the story of life. We are individual lots on which either weeds of selfishness or fruit of the Holy Spirit grows and flourishes.
Dennis and Barbara Rainey
Alfred Tennyson — Speak to Him, thou, for He hears…
Speak to Him, thou, for He hears, and Spirit with Spirit can meet-
Closer is He than breathing, and nearer than hands and feet.
Alfred Tennyson
Julia Kellersberger — Do not prayre for more of the Holy Spirit…
Do not pray for more of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the Third Person of the Trinity and is not in pieces. Every child of God has all of Him, but does He have all of us?
Julia Kellersberger
Austin Farrer — The gift of the Holy Ghost…
The gift of the Holy Ghost closes the last gap between the life of God and ours. When we allow the love of God to move in us, we can no longer distinguish ours and his; he becomes us, he lives us. It is the first fruits of the spirit, the beginning of our being made divine.
Austin Farrer
Ralph Sockman — The service of the Holy Spirit…
The service of the Holy Spirit is that He helps us to distinguish pleasure from happiness and develop real joy. There are many experiences which give us temporary pleasure but do not add up to abiding satisfaction. Their thrills pass quickly, and sometimes leave a trail of regret and remorse. Some of our sense pleasures are like lightning flashes, while true joy is like the sunlight.
Ralph Sockman
Corrie Ten Boom — Trying to do the Lord’s work in your own strength…
Trying to do the Lord’s work in your own strength is the most confusing, exhausting, and tedious of all work. But when you are filled with the Holy Spirit, then the ministry of Jesus just flows out of you.
Corrie Ten Boom
Francis Frangipane — We can be assured that each step deeper…
We can be assured that each step deeper into the Lord’s Presence will reveal areas in our hearts which need to be cleansed. Do not be afraid. When the Spirit shows you areas of sin, it is not to condemn you, but to cleanse you.
Francis Frangipane
Frankfurt prayer — Lord, the Scripture says…
Lord, the Scripture says: “There is a time for silence and a time for speech.” Saviour, teach me the silence of humility, the silence of wisdom, the silence of love, the silence of perfection, the silence that speaks without words, the silence of faith. Lord, teach me to silence my own heart that I may listen to the gentle movement of the Holy Spirit within me and sense the depths which are of God.
Frankfurt prayer (Sixteenth century)
Louisa May Alcott — A very strange and solemn feeling…
A very strange and solemn feeling came over me as I stood there, with no sound but the rustle of the pines, no one near me, and the sun so glorious, as for me alone. It seemed as if I felt God as I never did before, and I prayed in my heart that I might keep that happy sense of nearness in my life.
Louisa May Alcott
Unknown — A group of clergymen…
A group of clergymen were discussing whether or not they ought to invite Dwight L. Moody to their city. The success of the famed evangelist was brought to the attention of the men. One unimpressed minister commented, “Does Mr. Moody have a monopoly on the holy Ghost?” Another man quietly replied, “No, but the Holy Ghost seems to have a monopoly on Mr. Moody.”
Unknown
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