There are those who have a life they never live. They have come to Christ and thanked Him only for what He did, but do not live in the power of who He is.
– Ian Thomas –
Holy Spirit
Indwelling Holy Spirit – Henri Nouwen
Without Pentecost the Christ-event—the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus—remains imprisoned in history as something to remember, think about and reflect on. The Spirit of Jesus comes to dwell within us, so that we can become living Christs [Christians] here and now.
– Henri Nouwen –
Do we have Holy Spirit power? – Leonard Ravenhill
But have we Holy Spirit power—power that restricts the devil’s power, pulls down strongholds and obtains promises? Daring delinquents will be damned if they are not delivered from the devil’s dominion. What has hell to fear other than a God-anointed, prayer-powered church?
– Leonard Ravenhill –
A demonstration of God – Duncan Campbell
The average man is not going to be impressed by our publicity, our posters or our programs, but let there be a demonstration of the supernatural in the realm of religion, and at once man is arrested.
– Duncan Campbell –
The Gift of Pentecost – Samuel Chadwick
I owe everything to the gift of Pentecost. For fifty days the facts of the Gospel were complete, but no conversions were recorded. Pentecost registered three thousand souls. It is by fire that a holy passion is kindled in the soul whereby we live the life of God. The soul’s safety is in its heat. Truth without enthusiasm, morality without emotion, ritual without soul, make for a Church without power.
– Samuel Chadwick –
Do you believe in the Holy Spirit? – Charles Spurgeon
My brethren, do you believe in the Holy Ghost?… Have we such a reliance upon the Holy Ghost? Do we believe that, at this moment, He can clothe us with power, even as He did the apostles at Pentecost? Do we believe that, under our preaching, by His energy a thousand might be born in a day?
– Charles Spurgeon –
Blasts from Heaven – Smith Wigglesworth
Pentecost came with the sound of a mighty rushing wind, a violent blast from heaven! Heaven has not exhausted its blasts, but our danger is we are getting frightened of them.
– Smith Wigglesworth –
Power and Life – David Wilkerson
When you strip it of everything else, Pentecost stands for power and life. That’s what came into the church when the Holy Spirit came down on the day of Pentecost.
– David Wilkerson –
Living for self or for Christ? – Ian Thomas
To live “to and for yourself” is to “walk after the flesh”! To live “to and for Christ” is to “walk after the Spirit”!
– Ian Thomas –