Pause and think about this for a second: the Holy Spirit, present at creation with God the Father and God the Son, who is Himself fully God and is one with Jesus, desires a friend relationship with you. This conference supplied childcare and youth camps for all the kids, so I was usually able to attend all the adult meetings.

If you are like me, amazed that the majestic God of the universe wants to be with me and is in fact with me and in me, give Him thanks for this incredible privilege. He is also the author of "Before 30," “Warrior For Revival,” "Holy Spirit, My Best Friend," and many other best-selling books. Christ’s death in our place, (a propositional prefix on this word means substitution also the same for Matt.

Nay, more; as an eminent Dominican theologian remarks, we have in a way a greater obligation to adore the Holy Spirit in our souls than to adore Jesus Christ on the altar, because if we fail to honor Jesus Christ on the altar, many others who enter the church will adore Him, so that He will not be abandoned and left alone. One summer all our kids got chicken pox; every two weeks another one or two developed the tell-tale rash.

And I will pray the Father; and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you (Jn. He knows the Holy Spirit bc we say prayers asking the Holy Spirit to help grow the fruits of the Spirit in him. In the first chapter of Genesis it is written, “Let Us make man in Our image, in Our likeness” (Genesis 1:26).And in 1 Peter 1:18,19 redemption is always through His blood, also in Col 1:14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins, from His death. He fills us, giving us life, strength, hope, and freedom (Rom 8:2, 6, 13; Rom 15:13; Eph 5:18; 2 Cor 3:17). It’s daily bread, but very often we just leave it out there on the ground like manna that was provided but never picked up. Moms know our children very well yet delight in listening to their faltering prayers to God, their questions … well, sometimes … and their exuberant tales of discovering and learning things we have known for decades. Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God?

Once the Holy Spirit seals you into the body of Christ and indwells you, He then carries you through life. Row boats, motor boats, fishing trawlers, riverboats, houseboats, battleships, and ocean liners—they all capture my imagination. My Friend, Holy Spirit was written to provide beautiful shared experiences between you, your child, and Holy Spirit. He knows what is coming in your day, and He has encouragement for you if you take the time to time in. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

I remember the very day that I met Him oh it was such a wonderful and emotional day … just like I said before this is personal but I ought to share it with you. Now, anyone can receive the benefit of redemption, the forgiveness of all sins, through faith in Christ alone.

As I got the book out and began reading it all of a sudden the atmosphere around me changed I started to cry I mean crying so deeply that I couldn’t control myself. My prayer life changed instantly that nearly every night I wiould spend hours upon hours in fellowship with Him and worshiping Jesus. Filled with lovely illustrations and overflowing with biblical truth, this book can be revisited time and time again to cultivate a thriving, lifelong relationship between your child and God. He seals you into the body of Christ: “Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: ‘The Lord knows those who are His’” (2 Tim. I asked, “ If the Holy Spirit dwells in and with me and other Christian mothers I know, how do I see Him work in my life, in my sometimes very little unexciting world?

Without the Holy Spirit, people can’t understand spiritual things: “But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned” (1 Cor. but until you settle in your heart that the blood of Jesus is enough to cleanse you from all unrighteousness, you won’t be able to have that boldness. Those who love the Holy Spirit find prayer so delightful that they cannot find sufficient time to pray.