In 2016, I began writing a series of ministry books on various
subjects, which we published on Amazon, in both E-book and paperback. For the next few weeks, we will show an example of the contents in each of these 18 books. You
might find these books helpful in reminding you of godly concepts used
in following God. The E-books are priced at 99-cents each in USA.
Paperback books vary in prices according to the number of pages. Free
E-books are offered daily on selected books through Amazon. At the end
of this writing, you will find a link which takes you directly to Amazon
if you choose to order this book.
Joan Boney
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The Holy Spirit is described by Jesus as the Spirit of Truth, and The Comforter.
Jesus told His disciples what the role of the Holy Spirit would be.
Jesus said:
But the
Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, WHOM the Father will send in MY name, HE shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said
unto you. (Jn. 14:26)
Howbeit when
HE, the Spirit of truth, is come, HE will guide you
into all truth: for HE shall not speak of HIMSELF; but whatsoever HE
shall hear, that shall HE speak: and HE will shew you
things to come. (Jn. 16:13)
Four things
the Holy Spirit does for us:
- HE will teach us all
things
- HE will remind us of all
Jesus has said to us
- HE will guide us into all
truth
- HE will show us things to
come
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How
does the Holy Spirit do this?
Sometimes
HE will bring a thought to our minds, usually a gentle thought. Sometimes it almost gets past us it is so
gentle. Sometimes it does slip past us,
but when that happens I find HE repeats that thought again and often that same
thought will come to my mind over and over until I stop and pay attention to
that thought.
Sometimes God
will give us a dream showing us what to do or what not to do or what someone
else is doing.
Always the
Holy Spirit speaks what HE hears from the heart of God, never of HIMSELF.
Paul explains:
I Cor. 2 ... For what man knoweth the things of a man,
save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no
man, but the Spirit of God. 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.
Just as the spirit inside us knows what we are really thinking,
The Spirit of God knows the thoughts of God concerning us and those issues
which pertain to us on this present earth.
The Spirit of God often brings thoughts to us to show us the will of God
for us as we deal with the problems and the decisions of this present life.
When
we know the will of God as we are trying to decide what to do, we are greatly
helped and comforted ... This is the role of the Holy Spirit ... To help and to
comfort the believer as we live on this earth as children of God.
And the Holy Spirit is the truth on the issue.
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After
we are born again, we want to do what is right in the sight of God ... But what
is right? ... This is what the Holy Spirit shows us.
Examples:
I
was dealing with a very hostile woman. She
was angry with me and refused all apologies I offered to her. I went to her house to try to talk with
her. She would not answer her
door. I called her on the
telephone. She answered the phone
and told me she was not at all interested and hung up.
She
lived across the street from me.
A
few years later, I had ordered firewood and was
waiting outside my garage for the delivery truck. It happened that this woman was waiting in
her driveway for someone to pick her up.
When the delivery man driving the truck saw her, he thought that was
where he was supposed to deliver the wood so he pulled into her driveway. She was furious!
I thought
about writing her a note apologizing, but before doing this I prayed, and the
Holy Spirit reminded me of a scripture and by that scripture I
knew exactly what God wanted me to do in this matter.
(Mt. 15)
... Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind
lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
So I let her
alone, doing nothing.
Years later, I was
reading Romans 1 and the word "implacable"
stood out to me.
(Romans 1:31) ... And even as they did not like to retain God
in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate
mind, to do those things which are not convenient; Being
filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness,
maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil
things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenant breakers,
without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
When I looked
this word up in dictionary to see what it meant, and read the following
definition, the Holy Spirit reminded me of the irrational dealing of this
neighbor.
Implacable:
opposed to someone in a very angry or determined way that cannot be changed
The
Holy Spirit guided me into all truth about this issue so I would understand
what was happening and not be swept away of the evil in people in the end
times.
This woman
identifies herself as a Christian, faithfully attending a Methodist church, but
she refuses all reason and continues to go in a path of destruction as she
exhibits irrational hatred against another Christian.
It
is incredible!
But when we
hear from the Holy Spirit, as in this case, and know the truth from God's view, it is very helpful to us in
causing us to make correct choices in what to do and to endure the situation.
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In the above
example, the Holy Spirit guided me into all truth,
as Jesus said Holy Spirit would do. (Jn. 16:13)
First, Holy Spirit
drew my attention to that word "implacable", in Romans 1.
Then when I looked
up this word in dictionary and saw the meaning of this word, Holy Spirit
reminded me of this woman and the situation, showing me all truth. (Jn. 14:26)
This
is the way the Holy Spirit works inside the believer to help us and deliver us
in difficult times.
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