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  • The Spirit And The Bride Say Come

    Contributed by Kris Young on Feb 15, 2001
    based on 111 ratings
     | 6,118 views

    The parallel with God, The Throne, and the Waters that flow with the presence we can experience now.

    Introduction – 1. Fresh Water vs. City or Well Water. 2. Today, I am here to turn on the faucet to the Fresh Water. a. I can’t make you drink, but I can turn the faucet on. 3. This may shock many of you. There is a Holy Spirit! 4. Read Acts 19:1-6. 5. You see, God told us he would send the Holy ...read more

  • The Promise Of The Spirit - New Relationships Series

    Contributed by Chris Appleby on Feb 25, 2001
    based on 140 ratings
     | 14,321 views

    Jesus Promised the Holy Spirit to his disciples to come and bring them into a whole new relationship with himself and the father

    I was talking to someone this week about prayer and in the course of the conversation we got around to the subject of praying for ourselves. The trouble was, this person had great difficulty with the thought of praying for themselves, because there were so many more worthy people in the world to ...read more

  • Send Forth Your Spirit Series

    Contributed by William Baeta on Jun 1, 2001
    based on 40 ratings
     | 5,064 views

    “When the day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place… And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance” Acts 2:1-4.

    Theme: Send forth Your Spirit Text: Acts 2:1-11; Romans 8:8-17; John 14:15-17 Introduction: All this week the news has been about the 60th celebration of D-Day. Today all over Europe and America memorial services are being held to celebrate and remember what happened on that day 60 years ago when ...read more

  • Come, Holy Spirit, Come

    Contributed by Andrew Schroer on Jun 14, 2001
    based on 94 ratings
     | 9,814 views

    On this the Birthday of the Christian Church we pray that the Holy Spirit give us the strength and courage to witness to him in this unbelieving world.

    There is a tendency among mankind to honor the dead while persecuting the living. For centuries, even millennia, people have scorned, mocked, abused and killed those who are faithful to God’s Word. Many a prophet of the Old Testament was killed by his own countrymen for being a messenger of God’s ...read more

  • What Is The Baptism Of The Holy Spirit? Series

    Contributed by Eddie Snipes on Jul 17, 2001
    based on 388 ratings
     | 59,420 views

    What is the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and how is it different than being indwelled by the Holy Spirit? This study looks at how God transforms lives and ministries when we allow Him to pour His power into our lives.

    Baptism of the Holy Spirit One of the least understood principles of scripture is the infilling and baptism of the Holy Spirit. Many miss the greater blessing of experiencing God because they believe that salvation is the baptism and what you get is all there is. This is not what the Bible ...read more

  • Con Brio-With Spirit

    Contributed by Richard Jones on Mar 14, 2001
    based on 69 ratings
     | 2,687 views

    Has God called us to the normal mundane life, or has He called us to so much more?

    “Con Brio” Introduction: In his Letter to the Ephesians, the Apostle Paul writes: Look carefully then, how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, making the most of the time...Therefore, do not be foolish, but understand what the Will of the Lord is (Eph. 5:15,17). Regrettably, many ...read more

  • Worshiping God In Spirit And Truth Series

    Contributed by Scott Weber on Mar 23, 2001
    based on 379 ratings
     | 69,125 views

    Third in a series on worship - this message focuses on what it means to worship God in spirit and in truth

    That’s Why We Worship - John 4:4-24 "Worshiping God In Spirit And Truth" Intro: A few years ago the Chicago Tribune reported the story of a New Mexico woman who was frying tortillas when she noticed that the skillet burns on one of her tortillas resembled the face of Jesus. Excited, she showed it ...read more

  • The Spirit Who Changes Us Series

    Contributed by Joel Curry on Jan 15, 2002
    based on 75 ratings
     | 9,322 views

    Dramatic changes took place in the church at Corinth when the Corinthian Christians they allowed the Holy Spirit to do His work.

    As you will recall from earlier studies in our series about the books of First and Second Corinthians, Paul has had extensive dealings with the church at Corinth. He established the church around 52 A.D. when he first went to Corinth, and he lived in Corinth for a year and a half to help the ...read more

  • The Role Of The Holy Spirit In Preaching

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 13, 2001
    based on 54 ratings
     | 11,458 views

    The Role of the Holy Spirit in Preaching

    THE ROLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN PREACHING A. Jn. 16:13 tells us that the Holy Spirit will guide us into all truth. He will help illuminate, interpret, and reveal things about Christ to us and to our congregation. Help the people know that the Holy Spirit is the chief teacher! B. Jn. ...read more

  • Checking Your Spirit Gauge Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Aug 27, 2001
    based on 118 ratings
     | 20,911 views

    There are those who declare that you can tell if you have the Spirit by some miraculous behavior on your part. But, Paul writes that you need to gauge God’s Spirit in a different way.

    Two good old boys bought a couple of horses during the summer. But when winter came, they found it cost too much to board them. So they turned the horses loose in a pasture where there was plenty to eat. One said to the other: "How will we tell yours from mine when we pick them up?" "Oh ...read more

  • The Holy Spirit Is The Living Water Series

    Contributed by Jimmy Davis on Sep 19, 2001
    based on 70 ratings
     | 9,384 views

    Picture # 8 in series: The 14 Candid Snapshots of the Maturing Christian as found in the Gospel of John. The Holy Spirit of God is the Living Water which is a picture of the Holy Spirit of God working through and in the maturing Christian’s life.

    Picture # 8: The Living Water, The Holy Spirit (John 7:14-39). Key verses: 37-39 This 8th candid snapshot of the maturing Christian as found in the Gospel of John is the picture of Jesus as the Living Water. It’s a picture of the Holy Spirit of God working in the believer’s life. Anyone who ...read more

  • Sanctification-Us And The Holy Spirit

    Contributed by Joe Bedy on Oct 1, 2001
    based on 64 ratings
     | 4,688 views

    When we are baptized into Christ God sees us as Holy, then we spend our lives becoming what He has made us.

    Romans 6:15-23 So Far In the plan of salvation I have spoken about: 1.Grace and Faith 2. Repentance 3. Baptism 4. Holiness Tonight I will be speaking about sanctification another form of the word holy or consecrated. Two of the beads deal with Holiness, the white one is how God sees us and ...read more

  • Reflections From The Spirit Of Christmas

    Contributed by Wayne Burnett on Nov 9, 2001
    based on 212 ratings
     | 16,255 views

    PEOPLE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT GETTING INTO THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT. THIS MESSSAGE IS ABOUT LETTING THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS GET INTO YOU.

    REFLECTIONS FROM THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS MATT 2 & LUKE 2 I. THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS A. "Celebrate the spirit of Christmas" (words on a T-shirt). At this time of year you hear many people talking about getting into the Christmas spirit. What is the Christmas spirit? Can I even speak of the true ...read more

  • The Bible: Taught By The Holy Spirit

    Contributed by Frank Gallagher on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 77 ratings
     | 4,554 views

    All believers can learn God's Word equally by the Holy Spirit.

    The Bible: Taught By The Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 2:12-13) [HTML formatted version of this sermon is located at: http://members.aol.com/abidingitw/hstaught.html] Before we begin today, let’s take a moment to silently confess our sins to God. This insures that we have the filling, the control, ...read more

  • The Holy Spirit Working In You

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 41 ratings
     | 5,664 views

    The Holy Spirit is a work in the world and in His church (believers), but His work in each is different from the work in the other,

    Introductory Considerations 1. Tody is the day of Pentecost, the day on which we remember the events that marked the active beginning and work of the church of Jesus Christ. 2. What does that day of Pentecost make you think of? Is it the wind that blew into the room where the disciples were ...read more

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