The Holy Spirit

For those of you wondering who/what the Holy Spirit is, the Holy Spirit is a part of the Holy Trinity – there is God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. It is a hard concept to grasp, three people yet at the same time only one divine person. The Holy Spirit is sent as a gift to those who believe in Jesus (Luke 11:13) and He is sent by God to comfort us (John 14:16). The purpose of the Holy Spirit is to give us power to be a witness about Jesus (Luke 24:49; Acts 1:8). The Holy Spirit lives in those who believe (Luke 3:16) and He leads us (Luke 4:1). The Holy Spirit also gives gifts such as faith, wisdom, knowledge, the ability to speak in an unknown language, and the ability to heal (Luke 12:7-11). To some of you this may sound really strange, but that’s okay. It’s what I believe.

This week I was preparing for the Bible Study that I am leading and I felt God show me that He wanted me to go deeper into the concept of the Holy Spirit. However, this week I have been plagued with sickness. It started with a heat rash that covered my whole body and then before the heat rash went away I began to have digestive issues, but I refused to let that stop me. Instead, the rain one day and a power outage the next caused the Bible Study to be cancelled this week. I believe that Satan was trying to stop us from talking about the Holy Spirit. But he could not stop us completely. Pastor Neit also felt God prompting him to speak on the Holy Spirit this morning at church and so he scrapped his old sermon and was obedient. It was beautiful to see so many young people worship God this morning, the Holy Spirit was there. My stomach was starting to act up during worship and so I placed one hand on my stomach and the other I lifted to Jesus... and today has been the first day in 5 that my food has stayed in my stomach! Jesus healed me! Thank you for all your prayers. I believe God is doing something amazing at my church and that Satan is trying to stop it... but he will not succeed.