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BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT I believe in the Holy Spirit, revealed in Scripture as personal and knowable; one being with the Father and the Son, and with them almighty, all-knowing, and ever present. Because I believe this, I will worship and welcome Him in all aspects and affairs of my life. His almightiness has been promised to instruct and teach me, and His constant presence has been promised to glorify the Lord Jesus in me and to bear witness to the Lord Jesus thorough me. I believe in the Holy Spirit of love, who baptizes believers into the Body of Christ and through whose presence God’s love is poured forth into our hearts. It is His convincing work that produces new life within, His indwelling that produces fruitfulness, and His guiding that directs obedience to the Father’s Word. Because I believe this, I entertain the Holy Spirit’s presence in my heart. As I began in the Spirit, so shall I walk in the newness of life by His working in me. I will respect and respond to Him as He continually teaches me to turn from sin, as He promotes true holiness within me, and as He develops His promised fruit in my character. I believe in the Holy Spirit of power, by whom the Father anointed Jesus’ ministry and with whom Jesus Himself baptizes all who will receive His enduement of ability. By this empowering, the works, which Christ did, we may do also, with expectation of even greater things through the gifts the Holy Spirit distributes through us who believe in the Lord Jesus. Because I believe this, I openly acknowledge my desire and express my request that Christ my Lord overflow my life with the promised Spirit from on high. Without presumption, I believe that I shall see the manifest fullness of Jesus’ love and power demonstrated through my life. I believe I will receive daily evidence of His grace and regular evidence of Christ’s miracle life as I employ the gifts the Holy Spirit affords. With the Spirit of these truths graciously available to me, I will bow in humble submission to His authority, grow in tender sensitivity to His love, and offer myself in surrender to the workings of His power. Supporting
Scriptures: 1 Corinthians 12:12-13; Romans 5:5; John 3:8; Galatians 5:22-25; Ephesians 4:30-32; 2 Corinthians 3:17-18; Galatians 3:3 Acts 10:38; Luke 24:49; Romans 8:1-17; John 1:33; Ephesians 3:16-19; 1 Corinthians 12:7-11 |