THE IMPORTANCE OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT IN
YOUR CHRISTIAN LIFE
1.
to
witness for Christ
Acts 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you:
and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in
Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
2.
to serve
the Lord
Romans 7:6 But now we are delivered from the law, that
being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and
not in the oldness of the letter.
3.
to be
led by God
Romans 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God,
they are the sons of God.
4.
to
preach with effectiveness
1
Corinthians 2:3-5 And I was with you in weakness, and
in fear, and in much trembling. And my
speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in
demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power
of God.
5.
to
understand his/her riches in Christ
1
Corinthians 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.
6.
to
experience inner transformation
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.
7.
to enjoy
spiritual growth
Galatians 3:2-3 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the
Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Are ye so foolish? having begun in the
Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
8. to have victory over sin
Galatians 5:16
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of
the flesh.
9.
to bear
spiritual fruit
Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
10.
to
appropriate spiritual strength
Ephesians 3:16 That he would grant you, according
to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the
inner man.
11.
to pray
with power
Ephesians 6:18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication
in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication
for all saints.
12.
to
worship God acceptably
Philippians 3:3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in
the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
13.
to guard
the truths of God's Word
2
Timothy 1:14 That good thing which was committed
unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.
14.
to be
filled with joy, peace, and hope
Romans 15:13 Now the God of hope fill you with
all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power
of the Holy Ghost.
15.
to obey
the will of God
Philippians
2:12-13 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have
always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence,
work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his
good pleasure.