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Blow Spirit Blow!
Contributed by Antonio Silveira on Nov 28, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: As we read the book of "Acts of the Apostles" we clearly understand how God changes unknown people in God's Ambassadors here on Earth. The Holy Spirit transforms tragedies in to blessings.
You cannot predict when the Holy Spirit is going to manifest the presence of the living God in your life, in a circumstance of your life or even in a Church. Some might say that if we pray long enough the wind of the Spirit will blow but I am here to tell you that this is not necessarily true since I have been in places where people pray for hours and God doesn't show up.
In the days of Jesus people questioned, "Can anything good come from Nazareth?" They knew that Jesus was called "The Nazarene", a city famous for bad things including high winds. The answer to the question is simple, yes something good can come up of a bad situation, a bad person, or even a bad City like Nazareth. Be pen to all the possibilities.
I have noticed that very frequently God will use people that religious people never thought about. The Holy Spirit anoints and blows in vessels that we don't approve or understand. God's anointing cannot be received by simple teaching. There is a price to pay and sometimes we think that a message about the Holy Spirit will bring the presence of God but let me tell you that the anointing has a high price.
If you want to be saved this isn't cost you anything – God paid the price!
If you want the anointing of the Holy Spirit the price is high – It will cost you everything!
One of the most intriguing and ironic things in the Old Testament is that there is an institution called "the house of the prophets" (or the School of Prophets). As we read the Bible we see that none of the Books of the Old Testament where written by anyone from that School of disciples of the Prophets.
• Was Elisha in that School? No, he was in a field with bulls and cows
• Where was Amos when God called him? Same thing as Elisha doing some agriculture working in a field.
• What about Osea? He was in a bakery making bread (and bagels).
• Where was Isaiah? He was a schoolteacher in Jerusalem.
• Jeremiah and Ezekiel where in the middle of the people
We should say to the Lord, "Holy Spirit I really don't know where are you coming from nor where you are going so make me sensitive to your presence so I will never become an obstacle on your way"
You can hide from the wind behind a wall but one day or another the wind can catch you. The Holy Spirit talks to us today and has words from the Lord for different areas of our life.
God speaks to us regarding
• Our family
• Our relationships
• Our business
• Our studies
• Our doubts
• Our heart
• Our ways...
4. YOU CAN'T TELL WHERE IT COMES FROM OR WHERE IT IS GOING BUT YOU CAN LISTEN TO HIS VOICE
The most important thing about our spiritual life is to be able to listen clearly to the Voice of God. You cannot see the wind but you can listen to the wind blowing whenever it finds an obstacle. Without an obstacle the wind is silent. Whenever you find an obstacle in your life God will blow in such a way that you can find Him.
5. HOW CAN I RECEIVE THE PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN MY LIFE?
