Quotes about Spirit

If we live by the Spirit, we must also follow the Spirit. We must not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. Galatians 5:25—26

The imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit… is very valuable in God's eyes. 1 Peter 3:4

The Spirit is the One who gives life. The flesh doesn't help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life. John 6:63

You see, a person full of the Holy Spirit cannot be full of self. Pride never accompanies power in the fully yielded life.

We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, in order to know what has been freely given to us by God. 1 Corinthians 2:12

For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, 'Abba, Father

A joyful heart makes a face cheerful, but a sad heart produces a broken spirit. Proverbs 15:13

Often a spirit seizes him … and it throws him into convulsions… . I begged Your disciples to drive it out, but they couldn't. Luke 9:39—40

He began rebuilding me from the inside out so I could teach harder lessons but with a softer spirit.

If we do not possess the Spirit of Christ, no matter how hard we attempt to "yield" to God's control, we will not experience that alien ability in our feelings and responses. We will be capable of "good works" but not "God works." Only a believer perceives the difference. Remember, God doesn't think, speak, or act like us.

We are not obligated to the flesh to live according to the flesh. Romans 8:12

For the Lord has called you, like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit. Isaiah 54:6