Quotes about Holy Spirit
Prayer consists in the transformation of what we do in the name of Jesus to what Holy Spirit does in us as we follow Jesus.
- Eugene Peterson
Treating souls for whom Christ died as numbers or projects or resources seemed to me something like a sin against the Holy Spirit.
- Eugene Peterson
It is this fusion of God speaking to us (Scripture) and our speaking to him (prayer) that the Holy Spirit uses to form the life of Christ in us.
- Eugene Peterson
The Holy Spirit is in you and he wants out. He is in you as a river, not a lake.
- Bill Johnson
The promise of the Father, the coming of the Holy Spirit, reintroduces us to the original purpose for humanity—a people suited to carry the fullness of God on earth.
- Bill Johnson
Jesus made it possible for humanity to host the fullness of God on the earth. The Holy Spirit has empowered us to carry out this purpose.
- Bill Johnson
Being full of Holy Spirit is not evidenced in tongues; it is evidenced by being full.
- Bill Johnson
The same way that Jesus became flesh, the Holy Spirit becomes words, and when they are spoken, they bring life.
- Bill Johnson
The Holy Spirit eagerly reveals His mysteries to all who are truly hungry. He makes us hungry in the first place and reminds us that our hunger cannot be satisfied except by receiving the love of God. Take your current level of hunger and ask Him to increase it even as He satisfies it. He will do it.
- Bill Johnson
It's difficult to get the same fruit as the early Church when we value a book they didn't have more than the Holy Spirit they did have. To value the Scriptures above the Holy Spirit is idolatry. It's not "Father, Son, and Holy Bible." The Bible reveals God, but is itself not God.
- Bill Johnson
Because of the Holy Spirit living inside of me, I am able to do the very works that Jesus did. His experience is an example for what I should expect from my Christian life. Thank You, Lord, that I can do all things because of Your Presence living within me!
- Bill Johnson
Look forward to the day when the Church will declare, "Don't believe us unless we are doing the works that Jesus did!" I owe the world a Spirit-filled life, for I owe the world an encounter with God. Without the fullness of the Holy Spirit both in and upon me, I will not be a surrendered vessel for God to flow through.
- Bill Johnson