The Holy Spirit’s power can be ministered with class. There’s a beautiful, gentle air of Heavenly elegance about a move of God. He is not chaotically bizarre. The Holy Spirit took Jesus’ place on Earth. Jesus wants you to come to know the Holy Spirit—to love, trust, and believe the Holy Spirit who lives in your heart—to become personally acquainted with Him and give Him the royal place He deserves. If you are a born-again believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, the best friend you will ever have on this earth is the Holy Spirit. Jesus said, The Holy Spirit Intercedes For Us. “For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered” (Rom. 8:26).

Finally God sent His Son Jesus Christ to live among people and show them what God is really like. In Jesus’ teachings you learn about the wonderful love of God for all mankind. In Jesus’ life, you see this love in action. In His death and resurrection for you, you see the proof of God’s love. So we must understand this: The Holy Spirit did not come to make you senseless and silly; He came to make you spiritually sharp. He came to empower world evangelism. Someone asked a great man the secret of his success. He answered: “I had a friend.” He let everyone know that without the help of his friend his life would have been a failure. His friend had helped him, encouraged him, and stood by him. His friend loved him, had faith in him, and made his life worthwhile. Do you have a friend like that? You need one. The Holy Spirit Empowers Us. “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me” (Acts 1:8). Thank God for the power of the Holy Spirit, who energizes us!Now don’t misunderstand me. At my miracle services, whether you attend in person or watch via television, you’ll see people speaking in tongues, trembling under God’s power and even being slain in the Spirit (often even in the crowd, out of my sight). Believe me; I love the presence of the Holy Spirit, and I love when the glory of God manifests in tangible ways.

Dua tahun setelah lulus sarjana sekolah Alkitab, saat kerusuhan terjadi di Indonesia pada bulan Mei 1998, ia memutuskan untuk pulang ke tanah airnya demi memberitakan Injil. Gereja Mawar Sharon yang dipimpinnya telah berkembang menjadi salah satu gereja yang paling pesat pertumbuhannya dengan sekitar 100.000 anggota jemaat yang tersebar di berbagai lokasi di dalam dan luar negeri. Hari ini, gereja-gereja lokal yang kuat telah didirikan di seluruh Asia, Australia, Eropa dan Amerika Serikat. Saat ini, ia menjabat sebagai gembala senior organisasi dan jaringan gereja ini. Visinya adalah untuk mendirikan 1.000 gereja lokal yang kuat dengan 1 juta murid Kristus. Kerinduan hatinya yang menyala adalah untuk melihat bangsa-bangsa mengalami kasih Yesus Kristus. I don’t imagine that my response was entirely appropriate, but I guess I would, in this case, plead “Righteous Indignation”. I was forward when I asked, “And why on earth do you think the people shouldn’t hear about the Holy Spirit until they’re at the ‘next level’?” For all of you who are expecting miracles in your lives, this is how you can fellowship with the Holy Spirit, your best Friend: But what happened 2,000 years ago may seem far away. We get taken up with the problems of today—hunger, violence, crime, wars—and wonder if God really cares. We need to meet Him personally and find out for ourselves that He does love us. Maybe you would like your friend to be wiser, stronger, and better than you are. Then your friend would teach you, help you day by day, and answer your questions. He or she would help you with all of your problems. And the more time you would spend together, the more like your friend you would become—stronger, wiser, better than you are now.Much of what we do in life and in ministry requires no spiritual power. Much of what we start is founded upon the natural. So if we don’t need the Holy Spirit to start it, we don’t need the Holy Spirit to sustain it; and that’s not a good thing. Today, more than ever before in the history of the world, people are talking about the Holy Spirit and His work. They have discovered that He is a Person, not just an influence. He has brought new life and power into thousands of churches. And millions of people today are discovering what the early Christians meant when they talked about being “filled with the Holy Spirit.” John 15:26; 16:14. “The Helper will come—the Spirit, who reveals the truth about God and who comes from the Father. I will send him to you from the Father, and he will speak about me. He will give me glory, because he will take what I say and tell it to you.” HE WILL FILL YOUR LIFE WITH LOVE

So how does one go about the cultivation of this friendship? How can such a lofty idea become a present reality by means of practical application? How can we reduce this to everyday living? Though I am certain there are many more, I have discovered at least five keys, which I first wrote about in my book, “Carriers of the Glory”. But for the sake of this article’s length, I’ll go over just three keys. God the Father and the Son sent the Holy Spirit, “another Comforter,” to take the place of Jesus on this earth. He comes in Jesus’ name: “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you” (v. 26). The Holy Spirit made Calvary real to me. My heart was filled with gratitude to God. A great love for God welled up in me and burst from my lips in praise to Him.” But if those who shy away from the Holy Spirit need to learn dependency, then those who insist on hand stands and dog barking need to learn reverence.Who is the Holy Spirit? Is He still given today, not just in the era of the apostles? Is He equally significant like God the Father and God the Son, Jesus who died on the cross? Maybe, oftentimes we obscurely harbor questions regarding the Holy Spirit in our heart. The scripture above can answer all those questions. Jesus had once instructed His disciples that the Holy Spirit was so crucial for them that the Son of God had to leave for Him to come. The Holy Spirit is my most beloved Friend! Ephesians 1:16-19. I . . . ask the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, to give you the Spirit, who will make you wise and reveal God to you, so that you will know him. I ask that your minds may be open to see his light, so that you will know what is the hope to which he has called you, how rich are the wonderful blessings he promises his people, and how great is his power at work in us who believe. The Spirit of Christ I prayed and paced – paced and prayed. Suddenly, the Spirit spoke to my heart, “I’m going to take care of this need. Just trust me.” Those words were comforting, but I didn’t have the faith, in that moment, to receive them. Jesus promised to send another Helper. The word He used in Greek was Paraclete, which is sometimes translated Comforter. It means, “someone called alongside to help.” The other titles of the Paraclete show you what His powers and responsibilities are and how He will help you. He is called the Spirit of life, the Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost, the Spirit of truth, the Spirit of wisdom, the Spirit of Christ, and the Spirit of God. Whatever your problem may be, your Helper has the solution. The Spirit of Life