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• The Holy Spirit, in the variety of his gifts, unites us and enables us to contribute to the building up of the Church in holiness. In this great work, each of us has a part to play; each of us, as a "living stone", is needed for the growth and the beauty of God's holy temple. Let us ask the Lord to help us to take an ever more active part in the Church's life and mission, guided by the Holy Spirit and with Jesus as our cornerstone.

  Pope Francis

  Jesus, Building Up, Play

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• Forgiveness is not a result of our efforts, but is a gift. It is a gift of the Holy Spirit who showers us with mercy and grace that pours forth unceasingly from the open heart of Christ crucified and risen.

  Pope Francis

  Heart, Effort, Grace

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• The temple in which the Lord Jesus delights most, is a broken and contrite heart, renewed by the Holy Spirit.

  J. C. Ryle

  Jesus, Heart, Broken

  J.C. Ryle (2015). “Bible Commentary - The Gospel of Luke”, p.389, Editora Dracaena

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• So many of us limit our praying because we are not reckless in our confidence in God. In the eyes of those who do not know God, it is madness to trust Him, but when we pray in the Holy Spirit we begin to realize the resources of God, that He is our perfect heavenly Father, and we are His children.

  Oswald Chambers

  Children, Father, Eye

  Oswald Chambers (2013). “If You Will Ask: Reflections on the Power of Prayer”, p.59, Discovery House

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• Through repentance the filth of our foul actions is washed away. After this, we participate in the Holy Spirit, not automatically, but according to the faith, humility and inner disposition of the repentance in which our soul is engaged. For this reason it is good to repent each day as the act of repentance is unending.

  Symeon the New Theologian

  Christian, Humility, Soul

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• Without the Holy Spirit, Christian discipleship would be inconceivable, even impossible. There can be no life without the life-giver, no understanding without the Spirit of truth, no fellowship without the unity of the Spirit, no Christlikeness of character apart from His fruit, and no effective witness without His power. As a body without breath is a corpse, so the church without the Spirit is dead.

  John Stott

  Christian, Character, Understanding

  John Stott (2014). “The Message of Acts”, p.27, InterVarsity Press

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• As ministers our greatest temptation is toward too many words.  They weaken our faith and make us lukewarm.  But silence is a sacred discipline, a guard of the Holy Spirit.

  Henri Nouwen

  Discipline, Silence, Temptation

  Henri J. M. Nouwen (2016). “The Spiritual Life: Eight Essential Titles by Henri Nouwen”, p.27, HarperCollins

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• The Holy Spirit never convicts (Christians) of your sins. He never comes to point out your faults…. It does not take a revelation from the Holy Spirit to see that you have failed. However, when you know that you’ve failed what you do need is for the Holy Spirit to convict you of your righteousness.

  Joseph Prince

  Christian, Faults, Doe

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• We need to learn that truth consists not in correct doctrine, but in correct doctrine plus the inward enlightenment of the Holy Spirit.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Enlightenment, Doctrine, Needs

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• For generations, the body of Christ has been defeated and put under a constant siege of condemnation from the accuser because they believe wrongly that the Holy Spirit convicts believers of their sins.

  Joseph Prince

  Believe, Siege, Body Of Christ

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• I had an overwhelming experience of the Lord's presence. I felt so powerfully overcome by the nearness of the Holy Spirit that I had to ask the Lord to draw back lest He kill me. It was so glorious that I couldn't stand more than a small portion of it.

  Mordecai Ham

  Overcoming, Spirit, Lord

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• If you feel you can't forgive, ask God to penetrate your unforgiveness with His love. When we have to do the impossible, God says that the way it happens is "not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit" (Zechariah 4:6). This means that certain things will not be accomplished by human strength, but only by the power of God. The Holy Spirit will enable us to forgive even the unforgivable.

  Stormie Omartian

  Mean, Forgiving, Might

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• When the New Testament speaks about the fullness of grace which we find in Christ, it does not mean only forgiveness, pardon and justification. Christ has done much more for us. He died for us, but he also lived for us. Now he has sent his own Spirit to us so that we might draw on his strength. He grew in grace, and when we draw on his power we shall likewise grow in grace.

  Sinclair B. Ferguson

  Mean, Grace, Doe

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• There is a very real danger of our putting our faith in our sermon rather than in the Spirit. Our faith should not be in the sermon, it should be in the Holy Spirit Himself.

  Martyn Lloyd-Jones

  Real, Spirit, Holy

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• We all tend to go to extremes; some rely only on their own preparation and look for nothing more; others, as I say, tend to despise preparation and trust to the unction, the anointing and the inspiration of the Spirit alone. But there must be no "either/or" here; it is always "both/and." These two things must go together.

  Martyn Lloyd-Jones

  Inspiration, Two, Preparation

  D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1972). “Preaching and Preachers”, p.305, Zondervan

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• Reading our Bible is actually fundamental, but there is more if we are going to walk in His truth. Even if we read the Bible, if we do not read it by the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Truth, we will not understand it correctly.

  Rick Joyner

  Reading, Fundamentals, Spirit

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• Prayer is your way, often the only way, to water the harvest. By prayer you can bring the Holy Spirit's blessing on any gospel effort anywhere in the world.

  Wesley L Duewel

  Prayer, Blessing, Water

  Wesley L. Duewel (1986). “Touch the World Through Prayer”, p.189, Zondervan

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• The Holy Spirit, out of compassion for our weakness, comes to us even when we are impure. And if He finds our intellect truly praying to Him, He enters it and puts to flight the whole array of thoughts and ideas circling within it, and He arouses it to a longing for spiritual prayer.

  Evagrius Ponticus

  Christian, Spiritual, Prayer

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• CHRISTMAS DAY Jesus came! - and came for me. Simple words! and yet expressing Depths of holy mystery, Depths of wondrous love and blessing. Holy Spirit, make me see All His coming means for me; Take the things of Christ, I pray, Show them to my heart today.

  Frances Ridley Havergal

  Jesus, Mean, Heart

  Frances Ridley Havergal, Maria Vernon Graham Havergal, Frances Anna Shaw (1888). “Poetical Works”

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• The priest comes. . not as an obscurantist, but wearing the intelligible vestments of living faith, divine but positive, ministering in Word and Sacrament that which is humanity's hope and salvation, the divine energy in which he lives with Christ in the Father through the Holy Spirit, identified but not accommodated to the world Christ seeks to save.

  Arthur Middleton

  Father, Humanity, Energy

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• Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the Word with boldness. Even when threatened with punishment, he said that he could not help but share the things he had seen and heard.

  David Jeremiah

  Punishment, Spirit, Helping

  David Jeremiah (2011). “Signs of Life: Back to the Basics of Authentic Christianity”, p.61, Thomas Nelson

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• He pours light into our minds, arouses our desire and gives us strength... As the soul is the life of the body, so the Holy Spirit is the life of our souls.

  Peter Damian

  Faith, Inspiration, Light

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• The Holy Spirit knows what a particular age's most pressing need is far better than men with their programs.

  Hans Urs von Balthasar

  Faith, Inspiration, Men

  Hans Urs von Balthasar (1987). “Truth is Symphonic: Aspects of Christian Pluralism”, p.97, Ignatius Press

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• Life is trying to teach us one thing: to see the Eck, Holy Spirit, in the eyes of all we meet. This means that those who have the enlightenment, or work themselves into it, have the ability to know that the Spirit of God is always with them. From then on they find peace and contentment and accept themselves without apology.

  Harold Klemp

  Spiritual, Mean, Eye

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• All the help that comes to us is form the Holy Spirit, whether it comes in a dream or through the help of a friend or doctor. The trick is the discrimination you need: to tell what's good for you and what's not good for you. This comes by listening to your heart.

  Harold Klemp

  Dream, Spiritual, Heart

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