- The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, so you are not free to carry out your good intentions.
- I didn’t know he was the one, but when God sent me to baptize with water, he told me, ‘The one on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’
- For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you have been called to one glorious hope for the future.
- Don’t you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in you?
- Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God.
May your gracious Spirit lead me forward
on a firm footing. - The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit.
You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God. - May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
- And I will put my Spirit in you so that you will follow my decrees and be careful to obey my regulations.
- Keep watch and pray, so that you will not give in to temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak!
- Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them. And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other languages, as the Holy Spirit gave them this ability.
- And do not bring sorrow to God’s Holy Spirit by the way you live. Remember, he has identified you as his own, guaranteeing that you will be saved on the day of redemption.
- Jesus replied, “I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit.”
- “As I began to speak,” Peter continued, “the Holy Spirit fell on them, just as he fell on us at the beginning.”
- Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan River. He was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where he was tempted by the devil for forty days. Jesus ate nothing all that time and became very hungry.
- Then Jesus shouted, “Father, I entrust my spirit into your hands!” And with those words he breathed his last.
- This is what the Lord says to Zerubbabel: It is not by force nor by strength, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
- Dear friends, do not believe everyone who claims to speak by the Spirit. You must test them to see if the spirit they have comes from God. For there are many false prophets in the world.
- For I know that as you pray for me and the Spirit of Jesus Christ helps me, this will lead to my deliverance.
- Never be lazy, but work hard and serve the Lord enthusiastically.
- When Jesus had tasted it, he said, “It is finished!” Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
- We are witnesses of these things and so is the Holy Spirit, who is given by God to those who obey him.
- Can anyone object to their being baptized, now that they have received the Holy Spirit just as we did?
- Pride ends in humiliation,
while humility brings honor. - But I will send you the Advocate—the Spirit of truth. He will come to you from the Father and will testify all about me.
- Until at last the Spirit is poured out
on us from heaven.
Then the wilderness will become a fertile field,
and the fertile field will yield bountiful crops.
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