Quotes about Holy Spirit
Nearly 60% of Americans who regularly attend Christian church say there is no such thing as the Holy Spirit—they say the Holy Spirit is just a symbol of God's power or presence or purity.
— George Barna
what Jesus is saying is: 'I am setting you a hard task, and I am sending you out on a very difficult engagement. But I am going to send you someone, the parakl?tos, who will guide you as to what to do and enable you to do it.
— William Barclay
One of the first, and most important of those duties which are incumbent upon us, is fervent and united prayer. However the influence of the Holy Spirit may be set at nought, and run down by many, it will be found upon trial, that all means which we can use, without it, will be ineffectual. If a temple is raised for God in the heathen world, it will not be by might, nor by power, nor by the authority of the magistrate, or the eloquence of the orator; but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of Hosts.
— William Carey
The want of our religion is that there is too little personal dealing with God. Our faith stands more in the wisdom of men than in the power of God. There is no need so crying as that believers be taught how to meet with God, to tarry and to dwell with Him. This the Holy Spirit alone can do. But
— William Law
I don't want the world to define God for me. I want the Holy Spirit to reveal God to me.
— AW Tozer
Enrich your soul in the great goodness of God: The Father is your table, the Son is your food, and the Holy Spirit waits on you and then makes His dwelling in you.
— Catherine of Siena
The Spirit of God leads the people of God to submit to the Word of God.
— John Stott
Were I a preacher, I should preach above all other things, the practice of the Presence of God.... Those who have the gale of the Holy Spirit go forward, even in sleep.
— Brother Lawrence
The Church is where it is today because it has decided that the advertising agents know better than the Holy Spirit of God.
— Alistair Begg
God speaks through a variety of means. In the present God primarily speaks by the Holy Spirit, through the Bible, prayer, circumstances, and the church.
— Henry Blackaby
The child of God ought to confess his weakness that he does not know how to pray, and petition the Holy Spirit to teach him.
— Watchman Nee
The great distinction of a true Christian is the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. How careful should he be, lest anything in his thoughts or feelings would be offensive to the Divine Guest.
— Francis Schaeffer