The Bible has a lot to say about the Spirit’s role in your life. The Spirit empowers you to love. He reveals the deep things of God. He enables you to declare “Jesus is Lord!” He distributes gifts to those who believe, unifies the Church, brings freedom, gives you access to the Father, strengthens you with power in your inner being, makes you righteous and holy, sets you apart as a child of God, and builds you into the person you’re meant to become. The Spirit produces the qualities of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control in your life and character. He empowers you to speak God’s good news to others, gives you the energy to accomplish things that matter, helps you understand and recall the teachings of Jesus, leads and directs you in serving God, comforts you, fills you with joy, fills you with hope, gives you discernment, compels you to act, pours the love of God into your heart, helps you in your weakness, prays for you when you don’t know how to pray, and pleads your case before God. He is your advocate, your helper, your defense attorney, a down payment on heaven, and the very presence and power of God living within you and promising to complete the work Jesus began in you on the day you believed!

 

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