D.L.

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Learn – Inspiration – Vision – Encounter

I grew up going to church, the Pentecostal Methodist Church in Valparaiso. That was my dad’s church, where his grandfather was the Minister.
My granny took me to church and spent many Sundays in Sunday School, where I learned the basics of the Christian Faith.
There, I learned how the Holy Spirit touched people emotionally and physically. This did not bother me, yet I was so intrigued to know more about the Holy Spirit and how He can make Himself known when we surrender to Him.
The Holy Spirit speaks; when he does, it is always from the Father and the Son. This is what Jesus said:

“When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.” (John 16,13 ESV).

He guides us into all the truth of the Scriptures, he speaks from what he hears what the Father and the Son say, his authority comes from being one of the Trinity, and at his very core, the Holy Spirit is prophetic; he will tell us the things that are to come. We see this in the book of Acts, when Paul, through a vision, was prevented by the Holy Spirit from going to Asia. In Acts, we read that

“When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them to.” (Acts 16,7 NIV11-GKE)

Instead, it led them to Macedonia. This happens today and has happened to me in my pastoral work. The Spirit led me to visit people, to talk to people when I did not plan it or even when I was not meant to. He leads when we are open to him.
To desire the Holy Spirit is something that the Father and the Son are most pleased about.

“If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”(Luke11:13CSB17).