The Bible says that God has not given to us a spirit of fear (2 Tim. 1:7). Fear never comes from God. There is a certain kind of fear of the Lord, but this is a different kind of fear. It's a respect. A respect for authority. This is the fear of the Lord the Bible speaks of. But there is another kind of fear we are going to discuss. This is the kind of fear that makes one afraid, and this kind of fear is not of or from God.

You will find in life that one of the tactics that the evil one, the devil uses, is fear. You see, God is faith. The devil is fear. There are contrasts here. Opposites.

Jesus came to deliver us from the Devil and from all of His bondage, including fear. This is why 2 Timothy 1:7 specifically says that God has not given us a spirit of fear, but rather of love, of power, and of a sound mind. See the contrast here between the Kingdom of Love and Light and the Kingdom of Darkness?

The Devil seeks to instill fear into God's Children. This gives the Devil power over someone. That which you fear has the ability to control you. But God has not given us the Spirit of fear, He's given us the Holy Spirit which is able to deliver us from all our sins and fears! This is the power of the Holy Spirit in a believer's life. We need fear no more! Perfect love, the perfect love of God in Jesus Christ, the perfect love which is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit (Romans 5:5) casts out all fear! (1 John 4:18)

1 John 4:18 "There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love."

The Devil would love to do nothing except torment to the Children of God. Listen to what Job said after the Adversary had wrecked his life.

Job 3:25 "For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me."

This fear gave Satan access into Job's life. But when we are perfected in the love of God and filled with the Holy Spirit, the spirit of fear, which is not of God but of the Adversary, has no more place in our lives! We are delivered and set free. Glory to God for what He has done, and for what He has wrought in our lives! God Bless.

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The nine fruits of the Spirit are:
Love
Joy
Peace
Patience
Kindness
Goodness
Faithfulness
Gentleness/meekness
Temperance/self control

These fruits are produced in us by the Holy Spirit as we walk in Him. These fruits are not of ourselves but of the inner work of the Holy Spirit in our lives. This is why they are the fruit of the Spirit and not the flesh.

John 15:4 "Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me."

The only thing we are capable of producing are the works of the flesh (Gal.5:19-21).

Galatians 5:19-21 "Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Those practicing the works of the flesh (natural man) can not inherit the kingdom of God, which is peace, joy and righteousness (righteous living) through the Holy Ghost (Romans 14:17).

But as we walk in Him and put on the new man created in Christ, we become victorious over the work of the flesh and the old lifestyle formerly known. We enter into the glorious kingdom as we are delivered from past sin and struggles and as we are transformed to be more like Him. This is the inner working of the Holy Spirit in the believers life (2 Cor. 3:18).

The ways of the Spirit filled life are contrary to the work of the flesh (Galatians 5:17). Galatians 5:16 says that as we walk by the Spirit, we will not fulfil the desires of our flesh! The Spirit will deliver us from any of old ways and will produce the blessed fruit of Jesus Christ in us (the term Christian means "Christ in them"). This is all the doing on His part, and none of our own. If we remain in Him, we shall bear this blessed fruit, and our old ways shall be put away. Just as a tree or a plant produces fruit naturally, so do we as we remain in Him. We shall put off the old man and put on the new man created in Christ Jesus (Col. 3:9-10). For we are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus unto His glory! Amen.

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God Bless!

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The power of the Holy Spirit is able to deliver us from all sin, all fear, all doubt, all worry, all depression, all anxiety, etc. etc. You must yield to this Spirit and let it fill you with the fulness of all that God is (Eph. 5:18)!

Luke 24:49 "And behold, I am sending forth the promise of My Father upon you; but you are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high."

Acts 1:7 "You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you"


How long shall we wait for this gift? We shall receive it now! For it has already been purchased with a most precious price, the Blood of our Lord (more precious than silver or gold 1 Pet. 1:18-19).

Acts 2:2-4 "And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them tongues as of fire distributing themselves, and they rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance.

For the Spirit is given without measure to the Sons of God (John 3:34).

Romans 8:15 "For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father"

Luke 11:13 "How much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?"

1 John 3:18 "Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth."

How shall we know when we can love perfectly in truth? When the Spirit of Him who is love has filled us to the full. This is a heavenly love, a Divine love that can only come from Him who is love. Him who knew no sin but became sin to redeem those whom He would call His own (2 Cor. 5:21)!

1 John 4:7 "Love is of God"

We know that we are of God because of the love we have for on another. When we are born of God our love should steadily increase day by day. Again, this is the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives as believers. Remember, as we abide in Him, we become more and more like Him, and He is love (1 John 4:8)!

Allow the power of the Holy Spirit to transform you just as it did to the Apostles two thousand years ago. Allow it to transform you into a Spirit filled believer full of the Lord Jesus Christ, His faith and His love! God Bless!

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Jesus said to His Disciples before His death that He was going away but that He would send a Comforter, One like Him to lead us and guide us until He returns (see Saved From the Wrath to Come). (John 14:26, 16:7)

John 16:7 "But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you."

Another translation for the Holy Spirit is "the Helper" as seen above. Jesus said that He would give us the Holy Spirit in order to help us. You see, the Holy Spirit represents the prescence of Jesus Christ in our lives. Jesus said that He is a helper just like Himself.

John 14:26 "I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever"

The Holy Spirit is here to help us, to comfort us.

John 16:13 "But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come."

The Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit speaks to us the Truth and teaches us about the Son.

John 15:26 "When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, that is the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify about Me"

So how else does the Spirit of God help us? Why else do we need the Holy Spirit? Well, the Holy Spirit works in our lives to transform us into the image of God, the likeness of Christ.

2 Corinthians 3:18 "But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord."

The Spirit in us changes us to be more Christ like! It also helps with our infirmities and guides us in prayer. (See Power of the Holy Spirit in Prayer)

Romans 8:26 "Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered."

The Spirit also works its manifestations (gifts) through us.

1 Corinthians 12:4 "Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit.

These gifts/manifestations are:

• Word of Wisdom
• Word of Knowledge

1 Cor. 12:8 "For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit;"

• Supernatural faith
• Healing

1 Corinthians 12:9 "To another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit"

• Gift of Miracles
• Discerning of Spirits
• Prophecy
• Tongues
• Interpretation

1 Corinthians 12:10 "And to another the effecting of miracles, and to another prophecy, and to another the distinguishing of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues."

1 Corinthians 12:11 "But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills."

The Spirit also produces the Fruit of Christ in us. These are:

Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness (Meekness), Self Control. (Galations 5:22)

And this is only tapping into part of what the Holy Spirit does for us!

As you can see, the Holy Spirit, the blessed Comforter that the Lord Jesus sent to us and that indwells us as believers is a glorious and wonderful thing and of great importance and value in our lives as Believers in Him. He has given it to us for a purpose and we should learn to lean upon and rely upon the comforter and helper that is inside each and every one of us drawing us closer to Him! Thank you for your time! God Bless!

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God has not forgotten nor forsaken His creation. When sin entered into God's creation, the fellowship with God and man was broken. A Saviour was needed! You see, before the fall of man (Genesis chapters 2-3), man enjoyed fellowship with God. When this fellowship was severed, something was needed.

God always provides a solution to all of our problems. He is our great Fixer! God has given the Holy Spirit, both in the Old Testament and now, that we might be able to fellowship with Him. He has not forgotten us!

God does care, and with the presence of His Spirit, the life of God is closer to us than even our very breath. Jesus Christ came to fulfill all what we couldn't do on our own (Matt. 5:17), for He was the perfect sinless one, and the only one who had the ability to walk perfectly in this life. Not you or me, but Him.

Because He walked perfectly in this life, He satisfied all the requirements of a righteous life, living perfectly in union with the Father (John 17:21). When we accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour, we are baptised in the Holy Spirit and given an entrance into the Kingdom of God ("Peace, Joy and Righteousness in the Holy Spirit" Rom. 14:17). We are immediately identified with the Lord Jesus Christ, His life becomes our own (Rom. 6:3-4).

Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? Romans 6:3

We have been identified with His life and death! We are given a new identity, a new righteousness that can only be found in the Only Begotten Son of the Father, all by His working and effort, none of our own (John 4:38). God has not forgotten us but He has given us a great gift in His Son, that through His Holy Spirit we may know that He is here for us always, and will never leave us nor forsake us for His great name's sake!(Hebrews 13:5)

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Ask God to open the eyes of your heart. Ask Him to give you a vision of what is true, what is real in life. Sometimes what we see is not always the truth of what is really there. The Bible says,

"We walk by faith and not by sight" (2 Cor. 5:7)

In order to see what is really there, we must trust in God and rely upon the Holy Spirit that is in us. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Truth. It teaches us all things. It shows us things to come. It reveals to us what is really there. It shows us the reality of who God truly is, and It brings glory to the Son.

We need to rely upon this Spirit in our hearts. That is how we will walk by faith and not by what we see. This is the true walk of faith and the life of Jesus.

God bless.

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Jesus is the electricity of our lives. He is the Divine spark that lights us up, causing us to be Divine Lights of God in a darkened world.

Matt. 5:14 "You are the light of the world".

God, through His Son and through the Holy Spirit gives us that Divine light so that we might shine forth as the lights that He has truly called us to be. Without that Divine light, we cannot shine, and no where near as bright. The more of the light of Jesus that we have, the brighter we shall shine into the world.

Have you ever been without electricity? It can be a difficult time. There is a lot missing when the lights go out. That's how God our Father is to us. He is that electricity that allows us to shine and to keep going, even in a world that truly has no light. Whenever we are cut off from this source, we may begin to become drained. But as soon as we "plug" back in, we are ready to go and filled again with that Holy Spirit and with the love that is Jesus Christ. Truly God is the electricity of our lives, and through Him and His Son we shall shine forth as lights in this darkened world.

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The Glory of the Lord God Almighty is found in our blessed Saviour Jesus Christ. Just as the "Shekinah" Glory of the Lord came upon the Children of Israel in their wanderings in the wilderness, so does this very Glory come upon our hearts and minds as we open up to the promptings and leadings of the Holy Spirit of God.

Because this is the very presence of God Himself, the Bible makes it known that we are now the Temples of God, and the Holy Spirit is dwelling in us as believers, for we are that very same Temple that housed the Presence of the Lord over 2000 years ago (which was a type of the Church and the individual believer today). (1 Cor. 6:19)

The Holy Spirit in our hearts is the Prescense of God (the "Shekinah Glory") in the Tabernacle and later the Temple of God (located in Jerusalem)(1 Cor. 3:16). Our hearts, or our innermost beings represent the Holy of Holies, the place where God resided and only the High Priest was allowed to enter into on a yearly basis to make atonement for the sins of the people. But when Jesus died on the cross, the veil that separated man and God, the veil that kept anyone from entering the Holy of Holies, was literally torn in two (Matt. 27:51). A way had been paved for us to come directly to God through the death of our Saviour the Messiah!

Now the Holy Spirit comes into our hearts and makes atonement for our sins, purifying us and cleansing us, making us more like Him. This is the place that we come to God, in our very hearts. This is why David was a man after God's own heart! You see, we have the very presence, the very Glory of God in our midst, literally in our hearts, leading us and guiding us just as it did the Children of Israel in the Wilderness (cloud by day, fire by night) and healing us just as Jesus Christ healed 2000 years ago, and still today.

This is a wonderful gift and not to be taken too lightly. That's why the Apostle Paul says

1 Cor. 6:19 "What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you"

Just as the Temple in the Old Covenant had three areas, the Outer, the Inner and the Holy of Holies (the place where God resided), so do we also have these similar areas with the Holy of Holies being our very own hearts and the presence of God living through us in these most Holy Places.

So we are the Temple, and the glory of the Lord dwells in us, causing us to shine the light of Jesus Christ into a darkened world, that all may know God and come to glorify Him for who He is. What a wonderful God we truly have! Amen! God bless!

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Through the Holy Spirit of God that was given on the day of Pentecost, we are able not only to fellowship with the Father and the Son, but we are also able to partake of the Divine Nature. What does this mean? Well, the power of the Holy Spirit transforms us, making us more like our Maker, more like Jesus Christ.

So how do we know when we are partaking of this Divine Nature? Well, for one, just like the Apostle Paul and the Disciples of Jesus, you too will be transformed from the inside out. This is the power and the working of the Holy Spirit in us. Call it a renovation process if you will, but the Holy Spirit has that kind of power to change our lowly bodies and hearts to be more like His.

Addictions are broken, chains are thrown down, fears vanish, and love comes to replace all! This is the power of the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the sufferings that He went through for us. After He suffered and died, He was raised to new life and has presented us with the blessed gift of the Holy Spirit. This Spirit is so powerful, that it is able to change even the lowliest of sinners into holy men. This is because the gift is from above, and not of ourselves. It's not our own power but His! Even the Apostle Paul found this out when he wrote,

Romans 7:24-25 "Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death? 25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!."

Paul knew that there was nothing good in himself, in his flesh (Rom. 7:18), but He also knew that God had given Him a power far greater than Paul's own self to conquer all the sin in Paul's own life. Paul, one of the holiest men in the Bible, started out as one of the chiefest sinners (1 Tim. 1:15)! But, he became a partaker of the Divine Nature, and it changed his life forever! Who shall deliver us from these bodies of death? Praise be to God who has done it through our Lord Jesus Christ and the power of His Spirit. God Bless.

1 Tim. 1:15 NASB"It is a trustworthy statement, deserving full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, among whom I am foremost of all."

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Why does God choose to communicate to us through the Bible? Well, actually, the Bible isn't the only way that God has chosen to communicate to us. Hebrews 1:2 says that in various ways and times God has spoken to us. Sometimes God speaks to us through Words on a page, sometimes through His Holy Spirit (which makes these same words come alive), sometimes through people (the prophets are the example used in Hebrews 1:2), sometimes even through the television or radio(God is not limited!).

God speaks to us all throughout the day through all different means around us. The question is, do we desire to hear? God is anxious and willing to speak to us and fellowship with us, we only need open our hearts and ears to Him. God loves us so much that He even sent His only Begotten Son to die for us and also to fellowship with us.

So how does the Bible tie into this all? The Bible is God's Word and speaks of God's Only Begotten Son. Jesus is the Word of God made flesh, and when we look to Him we are transformed into His Glory by the Spirit of God that has been given to us. There is no need to be alone when you have the Spirit of God upon you. Just open up your ears and your heart and listen to what the Father has to say to His child (that's you!). He eagerly desires to communicate with us and to let us know of His love and care for us! So let Him in. Don't fear but come to Him with open arms and He will embrace you for the rest of your life & in the one to come. Believe in Him and upon His Son and you will see tremendous changes in your life for the better! So look to Jesus, and you truly will be healed from the inside out! God bless.

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The Bible says that God has not given us a spirit of fear, (but of power, love, and a sound mind). Any kind of spirit of fear is from the adversary and is a direct attack against a child of God. Any place that we are not trusting God is an open door for the Adversary to enter our lives. With the Adversary (the devil) also comes fear.

How do we get rid of this fear?
We get rid of fear by trusting in God. The Psalmist says:

Psalm 34:4 "I sought the Lord, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears."

When we seek the Lord and put our trust in Him, the Adversary can not touch us, and we are delivered from all of the power of darkness, from all of our fears and doubts. When we are filled with the Spirit of God, we are also filled with faith!

Acts 11:24 "For he [Barnabas] was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord."

Acts 6:5 "And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost"

When we trust in God, we are delivered from our fears! God is faithful to do it. God is as True and as Good as His Word says that He is! Just trust Him and put your faith in Him. He will take you to new heights, and you will truly soar on the wings of eagles, you will walk and not grow weary, you will run and not faint. For the Lord shall be your strength and hope, and in Him we shall put our trust. Blessed and true is His name! God bless. Amen!

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When the Spirit of God comes, we are filled with power from on High. This is the same power that the Son of God received at his baptism. This is the same baptism of power that came upon the Apostles on that blessed day in the Upper Room. Look to Jesus for that power from on High. When the Power comes, multitudes are healed. Jesus could not go anywhere without healing, except where unbelief residing, because He was power from on High, and where there was faith, this healing Power was strong and could not be stopped.
It flowed from within and healed all that were touched, even to the point that death could no longer hold those down. They met this Power from on High, and it changed them. No one can meet Jesus and not be changed by Him. He is the life changer. He is the carpenter, the repairer, the fixer of all that is broken, or never worked to begin with. Let His healing power and virtue flow through you, and you too will be changed. God Bless.

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Who or what is God you ask? Well, I'm going to tell you. The Bible says that God is the God of love. And not only is He the God of all love, He also is Himself love. So what does that mean?

Well, God not only loves, but He is love. Sit back with me a second, let's try to understand this. First of all, the Bible says that we can't even comprehend the things of God without the Spirit of God. Why? Because we are carnal beings and God is a spiritual being, or spirit (John 4:24).

It's not possible for flesh and blood to see the Kingdom of God, so these things must be revealed unto us spiritually, and what better way for that than through God's own spirit?

1 Cor. 2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

It's the Spirit of God that teaches us of God's love. It's the Spirit that teaches us about His characteristics and who He truly is. Why? Because it is beyond even our own finite comprehension. God is infinite and so is His love since that is what He is.

Another way that God has shown us His love is by the giving of His Son. He came to heal and deliver mankind, to show mankind that He had not forsaken nor forgotten His own creation. This love of God in Christ surpasses all knowledge and we shall never be separated from it. You have God's word on that!

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After Jesus ascended into heaven, the book of Acts records the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples and followers of Christ. This was the same Holy Spirit given to King David:

Psalm 143:10 NIV: "may your good Spirit lead me"

and the same outpouring that the Prophet Joel foresaw by the same Spirit:

Joel 2:28-30 KJV 28: And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

29: And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.

30: And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

This prophecy of the outpouring of the Spirit given to the Prophet Joel was fulfilled on the day of Pentecost, exactly fifty days after the Lord Jesus was raised from the grave (pente means fifty), and exactly ten days after His ascension. This leaves exactly forty days in which our Lord met with the Disciples, showed Himself to the five hundred, and spoke on the things of the Kingdom.

1 Cor. 15:6 KJV "After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep."

Acts 1:2-5 KJV "Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
3To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
4And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.
5For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. "

After the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, the Disciples each spoke in tongues for the first time, each in a native language as the Holy Spirit gave utterance, such so that those around could hear and understand.

Acts 2:3-8, 11 KJV "And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
4And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
5And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.
6Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
7And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?
8And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? []
11Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God."

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