Quotes about Holy Spirit

If you are a Christian, two people live in your body - you and the Holy Spirit...And the Holy Spirit is not passive within you.

Every Catholic faced with a great need starts a novena. There is good precedent for this. The apostles stayed in the Cenacle for nine days after the Ascension of Jesus Christ, praying for the descent of the Holy Spirit. That was the first novena. Novenas are started nine days before the feast of some favorite saint or they can be made at any time.

If we desire the "hand of God" (i.e., his power) to return to our churches, we should focus less on the personalities and abilities of people, and more on Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit.

Instead of trying to bring men and women to Christ in the biblical way, we are consumed with the unbiblical concept of "church growth." The Bible does not say we should aim at numbers but rather urges us faithfully to proclaim God's message in the boldness of the Holy Spirit. This will build God's church God's way.

If we repeatedly read the Bible without the help of the Holy Spirit, it tends to reinforce our own prejudices and rock-hard doctrinal positions. We end up merely finding ammunition for what we already believe. We become so spiritually proud, so convinced of our own positions, that the Spirit is hindered in helping us to grow in the things of God.

there has never been a revival of religion so long as the order of service has been strictly followed. ...we are to be led by the Holy Spirit.

Spiritual accountability proved insufficient for Peter, because no outward teaching can compare to the inward power of the Holy Spirit.

One of the ways the Spirit glorifies Christ is to build up his body for the common good. That is how God strengthens his church. Since the church is a spiritual organism, it needs spiritual ministry to build it up. Spiritual ministry can only come by the Holy Spirit showing himself through human beings. His power flows through human vessels.

Only true faith in Jesus Christ as Savior, confirmed by the Holy Spirit living inside of us, makes us a new creation.

You and I have not been commanded to be successful as we tell others about Jesus. We have not been commanded to lead others to place their faith in Him. We are commanded simply to be faithful in declaring the truth. Praise God! The burden of responsibility belongs to the Holy Spirit when it comes to convincing others of the truth of their own sin and need for a Savior.

I realized that if I can grieve the Holy Spirit, it's because He loves me. The Holy Spirit loves me!

Communication is what the Holy Spirit excels in. When we don't know what to say, He does. When we don't know what to ask for, He does. When we don't know how to express the depths of our feelings, He does.