Contributed by Tony Abram on Apr 16, 2008
The Spirit of God is always the spirit of liberty; the spirit that is not of God is the spirit of bondage, the spirit of oppression and depression. The Spirit of God convicts vividly and tensely, but He is always the Spirit of liberty. God who made the birds never made birdcages; it is men who make
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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"The Spirit of Christ is the spirit of missions, and the nearer we get to Him the more
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Contributed by Bill Butsko on Aug 18, 2006
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Stephen R. Adams wrote these words:
Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is peace;
Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is love;
There is comfort in life’s darkest hour,
There is light and
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Christian Church
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more
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SYMBOL OF THE SPIRIT
Jim Cymbala: "The Bible has other symbols for the Holy Spirit besides water. One is wind, which in the original Greek in the New Testament is the same word as breath. Wind helps us to visualize the invisible and mysterious movement of the Spirit" (John 3: 8).
[Cymbala, Jim
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
There was a lady who died in 1916 named Hetty Green. She has been called “America’s greatest miser.” When she died in 1916, her estate was valued at $100 million.
But she was so miserly that she ate cold oatmeal in order to save the expense of heating the water.
When her son had a severe leg
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
CHRIST AND THE SPIRIT
Luke's Gospel places an huge emphasis on the Holy Spirit. As the the third century Bible teacher St. Origen puts it:
"Christ is born; the Spirit is his forerunner.
Christ is baptised; the Spirit bears him witness.
Christ is tempted; the Spirit leads him
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Anglican
Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Apr 13, 2011
BATHED IN THE SPIRIT
I remember when I had my cancer surgery in 1979. Susan and I had a pact that when I came out from the anesthesia, no matter how bad the news, she would tell me the truth about my prognosis. When I woke up from the anesthesia, I turned to her from my bed and whispered hoarsely,
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Denomination:
Baptist
THE SPIRIT IS A LIGHT
If there was no light, we would all be as blind people, we could see no colours, all would be dark inside. We wouldn’t be able to read this Bible if there was no light.
You see the Christian life is like a journey. And God has given us a road map, which is the Bible. Now
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Baptist
Contributed by Sean Harder on May 10, 2011
THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW
I knew a woman who stopped for a few drinks every night after work to let traffic die down, then drove home, about a 45 minute drive in lower mainland traffic. She would say, "I'm fine, I've never had an accident and there are never any roadblocks on my route home. It's not
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Contributed by Charles Jones on Jun 30, 2012
THE SPIRIT OF POVERTY
If:
You justify your lack and make excuses.
You are afraid to give under the direction of the Holy Spirit.
You govern your finances with a lack of trust and don't believe God is your source.
Your are suspicious that those around you may take your money.
When things
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Brian La Croix on Jul 6, 2008
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FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
The fruit is singular, not plural.
The most common teaching is that there are nine fruits of the Spirit. But that’s not the case. It’s one “fruit,” and that fruit has those characteristics.
For instance, take an apple. It’s one apple, but it has many characteristics: red,
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Bruce Ball on Jul 6, 2009
SEALED BY THE SPIRIT
How many of you have ever canned food? When I was a child, we lived on a farm in the Appalachia Mountains of Virginia, and my parents canned all kinds of food. If they just put it in the jar without sealing it, the outside air would get in it and ruin the food. By sealing it,
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*other
WORDS IN THE SPIRIT
When I was asked to be the preacher for the North Little Rock Ministerial Alliance Community Thanksgiving Service, I was floored. I didn't think that anybody thought that much about me. I was honored by the gesture, but the moment I said "yes," my nerves got the best of me. I
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Methodist
Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 6, 2012
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DEPRESSIONS OF SPIRIT
One Sunday morning in 1866, the famous preacher C. H. Spurgeon shocked 5,000 listeners from the pulpit of London's Metropolitan Tabernacle he announced, "I am the subject of depressions of spirit so fearful that I hope none of you ever gets to such extremes of wretchedness as
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Aug 29, 2002
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IN THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT
As a young man, Oswald Chambers, who wrote the materials that became My Utmost For His Highest, battled a persistent sense of barrenness in his Christian life.
He finally wrote: I was getting desperate.
I knew no one who had what I wanted; in fact I did not know what
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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THE SPIRIT SHINES ON THE SAVIOR
The Holy Spirit’s distinctive role is to fulfill what we may call a floodlight ministry in relation to the Lord Jesus Christ. When floodlighting is well done, the floodlights are placed so that you do not see them; in fact, you are not supposed to see where the
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Baptist
Contributed by Steve Stewart on Apr 5, 2004
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A NEW SPIRIT AND OPPORTUNITY
A few years ago a young girl by the name of Sofi was born in Siberia, a bitterly cold and desolate area of Russia. A difficult place to be a child but Sofi’s life was going to be even rougher than most. She was an orphan. Then suddenly at the age of 2 she was adopted,
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Denomination:
Baptist