Can We Talk About It? Pt 5 The Holy Spirit
Pastor Ray Keasler
November 17, 2024

: a wind, breath, a violent exhalation, blast of breath.

: a current of air, blast of breath, a strong breeze

John 6:63 NIV
63 …the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life.

Wind is

John 14:17 NIV
17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.

Wind is

John 3:8 NIV
8 The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

Wind is

Acts 1:8 NIV
8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you;…

The Holy Spirit descended upon me in a manner that seemed to go through me, body and soul. I could feel the impression like a wave of electricity, going through and through me.
Indeed it seemed to come in waves and waves of liquid love; for I could not express it in any other way. It seemed like the very breath of God.

               Charles Finney

Wind is

2 Corinthians 3:17-18 NLT
17 For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is , there is freedom.
18 …And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image.

John 20:22 NIV
22 And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

Acts 1:4-5 NIV
4 On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about.
5 For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”

Acts 2:12-16 NIV
12 Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?”
13 Some, however, made fun of them and said, “They have had too much wine.”
14 Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: “Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say.
15 These people are not drunk, as you suppose. It’s only nine in the morning!
16 No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

Acts 2:38-39 NIV
38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
39 The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.”

1 Let go of

and

James 1:17 NIV
17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

2 Ask God to

me all that He for me.

Ezekiel 47:3-5 NIV
3 As the man went eastward with a measuring line in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits and then led me through water that was ankle-deep.
4 He measured off another thousand cubits and led me through water that was knee-deep. He measured off another thousand and led me through water that was up to the waist.
5 He measured off another thousand, but now it was a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen and was deep enough to swim in—a river that no one could cross.

Ezekiel 47:9 NIV
9 Swarms of living creatures will live wherever the river flows.
There will be large numbers of fish, because this water flows there and makes the salt water fresh; so where the river flows everything will live.

3 Pursue an

with the Holy Spirit.

2 Corinthians 13:14 NIV
14 May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

2** Corinthians 13:14** MSG
14 The amazing grace of the Master, Jesus Christ, the extravagant love of God, the intimate friendship of the Holy Spirit, be with all of you.

He will

me.

John 16:8 NIV
8 When he comes, he will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin

1 Corinthians 12:3 NIV
3 No one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

He will

me.

John 16:13 NIV
13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.

Isaiah 30:21 NIV
21 Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”

He will be my

John 14:16 CSB - (Christian Standard Bible)
16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another counselor to help you and be with you forever—