Intimacy With The Holy Spirit

Intimacy
with the
Holy Spirit
Beginning with real life issues
Adding revelation from the Spirit and the Word
Experiencing transformation through the power
of the Holy Spirit
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Mark and Patti have been writing books together for nearly thirty years.
Sometimes Mark is the main author and researcher, and sometimes Patti is.
Whichever of them does the actual writing, they are both wholly involved
in each project, discussing, analyzing, adjusting, confirming, correcting
and editing. ey therefore consider all of their books as joint ventures,
and list themselves both as authors.
All Scripture quotations are taken from

ISBN 0-9721156-5-X
the New American Standard Updated
Version of the Bible unless otherwise
2003
noted. Emphasis added by the authors. Mark and Patti Virkler
Contents
Foreword: by Todd Bentley ....................................................... vi
Section One: Why Explore the Workings of the Holy

Spirit in Our Lives? ......................................... 1
Section Two: e Holy Spirit A Member of the Trinity

(Separate and distinct, yet part of ).............. 3
Section ree: How to Do Two-way Journaling ................... 9
Section Four: How to Biblically Meditate on the Verses

in is Booklet............................................... 15
Section Five: Scriptures on the Holy Spirit, Listed

Essentially in Biblical Order........................ 27
Section Six: Biblical Summary Concerning the Holy

Spirit ..............................................................199
Section Seven: Concluding Prayer .......................................209
Epilogue: Summary Statements ............................................215

Foreword
is brand new book, Intimacy with the Holy Spirit, is a book

that I wish I had had nine years ago. In this new revelatory handbook
for the Body of Christ, Mark Virkler has put together a compelling
teaching on the Holy Spirit that will truly bring you into a new en-
counter with His presence and power. Mark has done a tremendous
job of laying out for you Who the Holy Spirit is, while also modeling
how you can have fellowship with Him today. I strongly believe that
the secret to the power of God is found in knowing the person of
the Holy Spirit.
It was years ago in my own life and ministry, after receiving the
baptism of the Holy Ghost with evidence of speaking in tongues,
that I noticed there was still a hunger in my heart for more. I knew
there had to be more than just the power and the gifts. at was
when, through Benny Hinns book Good Morning, Holy Spirit, I
first began to welcome, in my own life, the friendship of the Holy
Spirit. In those first early months, as a brand new Christian, I would
spend 4 to 12 hours a day asking the kinds of questions that Mark
has laid out in this new book. Each day I would say, Holy Spirit, I
ask for Your presence. I want You to help me worship Jesus. I want
to know You more.
I would ask the Holy Spirit questions about the Bible, the func-
tion of miracles, and the anointing. I searched out and meditated
on every Scripture about the Holy Spirit in my quest to know Him
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more. I wanted to know Who the Holy Spirit was, what He did, and
every scriptural symbol that spoke of Him. ese hours each day
in the Holy Spirits presence and under His personal instruction
truly were, and remain, the key to the healings, miracles, signs and
wonders that my ministry is seeing around the world today.
Marks new book has sparked in me a new hunger to say once

again: Holy Spirit, I want to know You more. I know that as you
study the work and the person of the Holy Spirit laid out in the pages
of this book, and as you begin to ask the Holy Spirit questions, you,
too, are going to discover a new level of the manifest presence of
God in your life. e Bible will come alive; an unquenchable hunger
for more of God will arise in your heart, and you will experience an
overflow of miracles, signs and wonders. As the Church prepares for
the greatest revival to ever hit the earth, every Christian and every
student of the Word and Spirit needs to have an encounter with the
person of the Holy Spirit. is book provides an open door for you
to begin glorious communion with Gods Spirit today!
Todd Bentley
Evangelist & Revivalist
Fresh Fire Ministries
Section One
Why Explore the Workings of
the Holy Spirit in Our Lives?
e power of the Lord was present for Him to perform
healing. (Luke 5:17)
e provisions of God were made available to Jesus and are made
available to us through the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives. is
encompasses all gifts, including the power to heal, words of wis-
dom, words of knowledge, and knowing what God is doing at any
particular time. For you to learn to be sensitive to the Holy Spirit is
an extremely profitable pursuit.
Todd Bentley, a powerful healing evangelist, tells that God devel-
oped this ministry in his life by teaching him to become sensitive to
the Holy Spirit within him and training him to move in the power
of the Spirit. Todd describes spending hours a day for a period of
months, pouring over the Scriptures that speak of the workings of
the Holy Spirit in our lives. He dialogued with the Holy Spirit about
each verse and became excited about the fact that the Holy Spirit
would do these things in his life. Todd talked to the Holy Spirit
about these things and listened to His response while sensing the
Holy Spirits presence in the room.
As a result of Todd spending months alone developing a relation-
ship with the Holy Spirit, he can feel now the Holy Spirit enter the
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room during his healing crusades, and see exactly what He is doing,
and hear His voice as He describes who and what He is healing.
Todd Bentley is not the only leading minister who recommends
intimacy with the Holy Spirit. Benny Hinn, world-renowned healing
evangelist, encourages daily fellowship with Him in his book Good
Morning, Holy Spirit. His healing services all begin with a time of
intimate worship by the assembly, wooing the Holy Spirit to come
be present in a powerful healing anointing.
John Wimber, founder of the Vineyard network of churches,
teaches in his books that we need to invite the Holy Spirit to come
and perform healings. en we must watch for the manifestations
of His healing presence, and follow along with what we observe
Him doing.
Kathryn Kuhlman emphasized honoring the Holy Spirit in her
healing crusades. She even led parts of the worship, making sure
the Holy Spirits presence was there and that He was fully welcomed
into the meeting.
Peter Tan, a great teacher and pastor from Malaysia, has written
a powerful book on e Anointing of the Holy Spirit which draws
the individual into greater understanding of, and interaction with,
the Holy Spirit.
David Youngi Cho, pastor of the worlds largest church in Seoul,
Korea, also encouraged the experience of intimacy with the Holy
Spirit in his book on e Fourth Dimension.
e following Bible meditation is designed to help you grow in
intimacy with the Holy Spirit. Your goal is to become a friend of God
who is able to recognize His presence and receive His instructions,
especially as you minister divine healing to those in need.
So now lets explore this whole area of intimacy with the Holy
Spirit, and seek to deepen our own personal relationship with Him.
May this cause an increase of the release of the Holy Spirits power to
work through us as we minister the gift and grace of divine healing
to ourselves and to others.
Section Two
e Holy Spirit
A Member of the Trinity
(Separate and distinct, yet part of )
e Holy Spirit is part of the Godhead. Notice how God, Jesus
and the Holy Spirit are all mentioned as working together in the
following verses.
But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy
faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love
of God, waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus
Christ to eternal life. (Jude 20-21)
According to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the
sanctifying work of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and
be sprinkled with His blood. (1 Peter 1:2)
e grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God,
and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.
(2 Corinthians 13:14)
After being baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the
water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and He saw the
Spirit of God descending as a dove lighting on Him, and
behold, a voice out of the heavens said, is is My beloved
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Son, in whom I am well-pleased. (Matthew 3:16-17)

Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy
Spirit. (Matthew 28:19)
Summary: We are expected to hear and obey the voice of God (Ex.
15:26; Deut. 5:24-27; 28:1-2; 1 Jn. 1:3), have fellowship with Jesus (1
Cor. 1:9; 1 Jn. 1:3), and fellowship with the Holy Spirit (Jn. 16:13; 2
Cor. 13:14; Heb. 3:7; Rev. 2:7,11,17,29; 3:6,13,22).
e following section is from Dr. Wayne Grudem, then of Trin-

ity Evangelical Divinity School, in his book e Kingdom and the
Power (Regal, 1993), pp. 88-90:
Doesnt the Bible teach that the Holy Spirit will never
call attention to himself, but will always direct our atten-
tion to Christ? en how can it be right to place so much
emphasis on the work of the Holy Spirit today?
is objection is based on trying to force a false alterna-
tive, one not supported by Scripture. Of course the Holy
Spirit does glorify Jesus (Jn. 16:14) and bear witness of Jesus
(Jn. 15:26; Acts 5:32; 1 Jn. 4:2). But this does not mean that
he does not make his own actions and words known! e
Bible has hundreds of verses talking about the work of the
Holy Spirit, making his work known, and the Bible is itself
spoken or inspired by the Holy Spirit! Matthew 28:19, make
disciples...baptizing them in the name of the Father and of
the Son and of the Holy Spirit, suggests that the Holy Spirit
is to be given equal honor with the Father and the Son in
the Church.
Moreover, the Holy Spirit frequently made himself known
by some phenomenon or event that indicated his activity,
both in the Old Testament and in the New Testament. is
was true when the Holy Spirit came upon the 70 elders with
Moses and they prophesied (Num. 11:25-26), or when the
Holy Spirit came upon the judges to enable them to do great
works of power (Jdg. 14:6,19; 15:14, etc.): people could see
the effect of the Holy Spirit coming on someone in these
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cases. is was also true when the Holy Spirit came mightily
upon Saul and he prophesied with a band of prophets (1 Sam.
10:6,10), and it was frequently true when he empowered the
Old Testament prophets to give public prophecies.
e Holy Spirit also made himself known or evident in
a visible way when he descended as a dove on Jesus (Jn. 1:
32), or came as a sound of a rushing wind and with visible
tongues of fire on the disciples at Pentecost (Acts 2:2-4).
In addition, when people had the Holy Spirit poured out
on them and began to speak in tongues or praise God in a
remarkable and spontaneous way (see Acts 2:4; 10:44-46;
19:6), the Holy Spirit certainly made his presence known
as well. And Jesus promised that the Holy Spirit within
us would be so powerful he would be like a river of living
water flowing out from our inmost beings (see John 7:38-
39); certainly that simile suggests a kind of presence that
people would be aware of, a presence that would somehow
be perceptible.
In the Church and in the lives of individual believers, the
Holy Spirit does not entirely conceal his work, but makes
himself known in various ways. In Acts 13:1-2, it is the Holy
Spirit who gives direction in response to fasting and wor-
ship. Acts 15:28 suggests that the apostles and elders of the
Jerusalem church sought the Spirit in their decisions to find
out what seemed good to the Holy Spirit.
e Spirit also bears witness with our spirit that we are
children of God (Rom. 8:16), and cries, Abba, Father (Gal.
4:6). He provides a guarantee or a down payment of our
future fellowship with him in heaven (2 Cor. 1:22; 5:5), and
reveals his desires to us so that we can be led by those de-
sires and follow them (Rom. 8:4-16; Gal. 5:16-25). He gives
gifts that manifest his presence (1 Cor. 12:7-11). And from
time to time he works miraculous signs and wonders and
miracles that strongly attest to the presence of God in the
preaching of the gospel (Heb. 2:4; compare 1 Cor. 2:4; Rom.
15:19; 1 ess. 1:5).
It seems more accurate, therefore, to say that although
the Holy Spirit does glorify Jesus, he also frequently calls
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attention to his work and gives recognizable evidences that

make his presence known. Indeed, it seems that one of his
primary purposes in the new covenant age is to manifest the
presence of God, to give indications that make the presence
of God known. And when the Holy Spirit works in various
ways that can be perceived by believers and unbelievers,
this encourages peoples faith that God is near and that he
is working to fulfill his purposes in the Church and to bring
blessing to his people.
Journaling by Mark Virkler with God the Father

about addressing the Holy Spirit:
Lord, am I to ask the Holy Spirit for the things He gives, or am I
to ask You or Jesus?
Mark, you can ask any of the three of Us. We are one, and
your messages all come to Me (the Father), and I respond to
them by sending you the right and proper things for your
life at that time.
It is good not to grieve the Holy Spirit, so to address Him
and call forth His gifts to you during special times is good for
it honors Him and releases Him, His presence and His gifts.
One way of grieving Him is to ignore Him. So to speak with
Him is good and profitable. I would have My children do it
more than they are. I am revealing My Spirit in a greater way
to My world. Acknowledging Him is good and is important.
I am not offended when you acknowledge Him. Indeed I
am honored that you have honored Him. So do it often. Do
it constantly. It can only bring good to your life.
Lord, what about those that say it is wrong to address the Holy
Spirit?
Mark, leave them to Me, saith the Lord of Hosts. I shall

deal with them.
Yes, Lord. ank You, Lord. (End of journal entry.)

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Journaling with Jesus on another day:

Mark, I do come in power and I do come in authority. My
power, My authority, My love, My healing, and My com-
passion can all be felt experiences. For I am an experience,
and you can feel each and every part of Me. You can feel
My power flowing through you, and it does feel in many
ways similar to the electrical power you are used to feeling
in the natural world. It does have heat, frequency and can
be seen as light. is is surely biblical. I use multiple words
for power in My Holy Bible and there are many recorded
responses to it.
Mark, there are many principles which provide for the
experiences of light, power, heat and trembling:
v My presence is My person.
v My anointing is My power.
v Both can be felt experiences.
v Both can be seen experiences.
Do not fear or turn away. Press on into My presence.
Mark, there is no caution in My Word about building a
relationship with the Holy Spirit. He is one of Us. He is joined
to Us. You can dialogue with Him as easily as you dialogue
with Me, and as easily as you dialogue with the Father. We
are not jealous when your attention is given to Another.
Each of Us celebrates the Other. Each of Us perform differ-
ent functions. You are to explore Scripture to discover Our
different functions, and then you are free to communicate
with Us concerning Our specific functions. Is that not what
one does in all of life? Why would it be any different with
the three of Us?
Taste and see that the Lord is good. (End of journal en-
try.)
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Possible responses to the presence of God and the

power of the Holy Spirit
(Borrowed with permission from Dr. Gary Greig):
1. Shaking or trembling (Ex. 19:16; Ps. 2:11; 96:9; 114:7; 119:
120; 1 Chron. 16:30; Ezra 9:4; Isa. 66:5; Jer. 5:22; 23:9; Dan.
10:10-11; Matt. 28:4; Acts 7:32; Heb. 12:21).
2. Falling over -resting or being slain in the Spirit (1 Kgs.
8:11; Ezek. 1:28; 3:23; Dan. 8:17-18; 10:9; Matt. 28:4; Jn. 18:6;
Acts 9:4; 26:14; 1 Cor. 14:25; Rev. 1:17).
3. Intoxicated state of mind (Acts 2:4,13,15; Eph. 5:18; cf. 1
Sam. 1:12-17; 19:23f.).
4. Bodily writhing and distortion under the influence of a
demon (Mk. 1:21-26; 9:26; Lk. 8:28).
5. Laughing, shouting, or sobbing (Gen. 17:1,3,17; Ezra 3:
12,13; Neh. 8:9; 12:43; Ps. 126:2).
6. Prolonged exuberant praise (Lk. 1:46-55,64,68-79; 5:25;
17:15; Acts 3:8-10).
7. Feeling heat, energy (Mk. 5:30; cf. Col. 1:29 energeia/
dunamis), deep peace (Rom. 15:13; 1 Cor. 14:33), etc.
8. Visible radiance (Acts 2:3; 6:15 and 7:55; 2 Cor. 3:18 and
Ex. 34:29).
9. Trance-like state (Acts 10:10ff.; 22:17ff.).
10. Groaning or inarticulate sounds (Rom. 8:26).
Section ree
How to Do
Two-way Journaling
e age in which we live is so married to rationalism and cogni-
tive, analytical thought that we almost mock when we hear of one
actually claiming to be able to hear the voice of God. However, we
do not scoff, for several reasons. First, men and women throughout
the Bible heard Gods voice. Also, there are some highly effective and
reputable men and women of God alive today who demonstrate that
they hear Gods voice. Finally, there is a deep hunger within us all to
commune with God, and hear Him speak within our hearts.
As a born-again, Bible-believing Christian, I struggled unsuccess-
fully for years to hear Gods voice. I prayed, fasted, studied my Bible
and listened for a voice within, all to no avail. ere was no inner
voice that I could hear! en God set me aside for a year to study,
read, and experiment in the area of learning to hear His voice. Dur-
ing that time, the Lord taught me four keys that opened the door
to two-way prayer. I have discovered that not only do they work
for me, but they have worked for many thousands of believers who
have been taught to use them, bringing tremendous intimacy to their
Christian experience and transforming their very way of living. is
will happen to you also as you seek God, utilizing the following four
keys. ey are all found in Habakkuk 2:1,2. I encourage you to read
this passage before going on.
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Key #1 Gods voice in our hearts sounds like a

flow of spontaneous thoughts. erefore, when I
tune to God, I tune to spontaneity.
e Bible says that the Lord answered me and said...(Hab. 2:2).
Habakkuk knew the sound of Gods voice. Elijah described it as
a still, small voice (I Kings 19:12). I had always listened for an in-
ner audible voice, and surely God can and does speak that way at
times. However, I have found that for most of us, most of the time,
Gods inner voice comes to us as spontaneous thoughts, visions,
feelings, or impressions. For example, havent each of us had the
experience of driving down the road and having a thought come to
us to pray for a certain person? We generally acknowledge this to be
the voice of God calling us to pray for that individual. My question
to you is, What did Gods voice sound like as you drove in your car?
Was it an inner, audible voice, or was it a spontaneous thought that
lit upon your mind? Most of you would say that Gods voice came
to you as a spontaneous thought.
So I thought to myself, Maybe when I listen for Gods voice, I
should be listening for a flow of spontaneous thoughts. Maybe spirit-
level communication is received as spontaneous thoughts, impres-
sions, feelings, and visions. rough experimentation and feedback
from thousands of others, I am now convinced that this is so.
e Bible confirms this in many ways. e definition of paga,
the Hebrew word for intercession, is a chance encounter or an
accidental intersecting. When God lays people on our hearts for
intercession, He does it through paga, a chance-encounter thought,
accidentally intersecting our thought processes. erefore, when I
tune to God, I tune to chance-encounter thoughts or spontaneous
thoughts. When I am poised quietly before God in prayer, I have
found that the flow of spontaneous thoughts that comes is quite
definitely from God.
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Key #2 I must learn to still my own thoughts and

emotions, so that I can sense Gods flow of thoughts
and emotions within me.
Habakkuk said, I will stand on my guard post and station myself
on the rampart... (Hab. 2:1). Habakkuk knew that in order to hear
Gods quiet, inner, spontaneous thoughts, he had to first go to a
quiet place and still his own thoughts and emotions. Psalm 46:10
encourages us to be still, and know that He is God. ere is a deep
inner knowing (spontaneous flow) in our spirits that each of us can
experience when we quiet our flesh and our minds.
I have found several simple ways to quiet myself so that I can more
readily pick up Gods spontaneous flow. Loving God through a quiet
worship song is a most effective means for me (note II Kings 3:15).
It is as I become still (thoughts, will, and emotions) and am poised
before God that the divine flow is realized. erefore, after I worship
quietly and then become still, I open myself for that spontaneous
flow. If thoughts come to me of things I have forgotten to do, I write
them down and then dismiss them. If thoughts of guilt or unworthi-
ness come to my mind, I repent thoroughly, receive the washing of
the blood of the Lamb, and put on His robe of righteousness, seeing
myself spotless before the presence of God (Is. 61:10; Col. 1:22).
As I fix my gaze upon Jesus (Heb. 12:2), becoming quiet in His
presence, and sharing with Him what is on my heart, I find that
two-way dialogue begins to flow. Spontaneous thoughts flow from
the throne of God to me, and I find that I am actually conversing
with the King of Kings.
It is very important that you become still and properly focused if
you are going to receive the pure word of God. If you are not still, you
will simply be receiving your own thoughts. If you are not properly
focused on Jesus, you will receive an impure flow, because the intui-
tive flow comes out of that upon which you have fixed your eyes.
erefore, if you fix your eyes upon Jesus, the intuitive flow comes
from Jesus. If you fix your gaze upon some desire of your heart, the
intuitive flow comes out of that desire of your heart. To have a pure
flow you must first of all become still, and secondly, you must care-
fully fix your eyes upon Jesus. Again I will say, quietly worshiping
the King, and then receiving out of the stillness that follows quite
easily accomplish this.
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Key #3 As I pray, I fix the eyes of my heart upon

Jesus, seeing in the spirit the dreams and visions of
Almighty God.
We have already alluded to this principle in the previous para-
graphs; however, we need to develop it a bit further. Habakkuk said,
I will keep watch to see, and God said, Record the vision (Hab. 2:
1,2). It is very interesting that Habakkuk was going to actually start
looking for vision as he prayed. He was going to open the eyes of
his heart, and look into the spirit world to see what God wanted to
show him. is is an intriguing idea.
I had never thought of opening the eyes of my heart and looking
for vision. However, the more I thought of it, the more I realized this
was exactly what God intends for me to do. He gave me eyes in my
heart. ey are to be used to see in the spirit world the vision and
movement of Almighty God. I believe there is an active spirit world
functioning all around me. is world is full of angels, demons, the
Holy Spirit, the omnipresent God, and His omnipresent Son, Jesus.
ere is no reason for me not to see it, other than my rational cul-
ture, which tells me not to believe it is even there and provides no
instruction on how to become open to seeing this spirit world.
e most obvious prerequisite to seeing is that we need to look.
Daniel was seeing a vision in his mind and he said, I was looking...I
kept looking...I kept looking (Dan. 7:2,9,13). Now as I pray, I look
for Jesus present with me, and I watch Him as He speaks to me,
doing and saying the things that are on His heart. Many Christians
will find that if they will only look, they will see. Jesus is Emmanuel,
God with us (Matt. 1:23). It is as simple as that. You will see a spon-
taneous inner vision in a manner similar to receiving spontaneous
inner thoughts. You can see Christ present with you in a comfort-
able setting, because Christ is present with you in a comfortable
setting. Actually, you will probably discover that inner vision comes
so easily you will have a tendency to reject it, thinking that it is just
you. (Doubt is satans most effective weapon against the Church.)
However, if you will persist in recording these visions, your doubt
will soon be overcome by faith as you recognize that the content of
them could only be birthed in Almighty God.
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God continually revealed Himself to His covenant people using

dream and vision. He did so from Genesis to Revelation and said
that, since the Holy Spirit was poured out in Acts 2, we should expect
to receive a continuing flow of dreams and visions (Acts 2:1-4,17).
Jesus, our perfect Example, demonstrated this ability of living out
of ongoing contact with Almighty God. He said that He did nothing
on His own initiative, but only that which He saw the Father doing,
and heard the Father saying (Jn. 5:19,20,30). What an incredible
way to live!
Is it actually possible for us to live out of the divine initiative as
Jesus did? A major purpose of Jesus death and resurrection was
that the veil be torn from top to bottom, giving us access into the
immediate presence of God, and we are commanded to draw near
(Lk. 23:45; Heb. l0: 19-22). erefore, even though what I am de-
scribing seems a bit unusual to a rational twentieth-century culture,
it is demonstrated and described as being a central biblical teaching
and experience. It is time to restore to the Church all that belongs
to the Church.
Because of their intensely rational nature and existence in an
overly-rational culture, some will need more assistance and un-
derstanding of these truths before they can move into them. ey
will find this help in the book Communion With God by the same
authors.
Key #4 Journaling, the writing out of our prayers

and Gods answers, provides a great new freedom in
hearing Gods voice.
God told Habakkuk to record the vision and inscribe it on
tablets...(Hab. 2:2). It had never crossed my mind to write out my
prayers and Gods answers as Habakkuk did at Gods command. If
you begin to search Scripture for this idea, you will find hundreds
of chapters demonstrating it (Psalms, many of the prophets, Revela-
tion). Why then hadnt I ever thought of it?
I called the process journaling, and I began experimenting with
it. I discovered it to be a fabulous facilitator to clearly discerning
Gods inner, spontaneous flow, because as I journaled I was able
to write in faith for long periods of time, simply believing it was
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God. I did not have to test it as I was receiving it (which jams ones
receiver), because I knew that when the flow was over I could go
back and test and examine it carefully, making sure that it lined
up with Scripture.
You will be amazed when you attempt journaling. Doubt may
hinder you at first, but throw it off, reminding yourself that it is a
biblical concept, and that God is present, speaking to His children.
Dont take yourself too seriously. When you do, you become tense
and get in the way of the Holy Spirits movement. It is when we cease
our labors and enter His rest that God is free to flow (Heb. 4:10).
erefore, put a smile on your face, sit back comfortably, get out
your pen and paper, and turn your attention toward God in praise
and worship, seeking His face. As you write out your question to
God and become still, fixing your gaze on Jesus, Who is present
with you, you will suddenly have a very good thought in response
to your question. Dont doubt it, simply write it down. Later, as you
read your journaling, you, too, will be blessed to discover that you
are indeed dialoguing with God.
Some final notes. e safeguards which you should establish as
you journal are as follows: 1) You should have received Jesus Christ as
your personal Lord and Savior (see Appendix A); 2) You should read
through at least the New Testament (preferably, the entire Bible);
and 3) You should be submitted to solid, spiritual people who can
provide covering for your journaling.
Finally, all major directional moves which come through journaling
should be submitted before being acted upon.
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Section Four
How to Biblically Meditate
on the Verses in is Booklet
Following are some of the activities of the Holy Spirit as listed in
Scripture. ese are things He can and does do in relation to us,
especially as we seek Him and ask Him to meet us in these ways.
v Write a journal entry after each of these verses, asking the
Holy Spirit to speak to you about your experience of the
truth being taught in the verse.
v As you journal, ask the Holy Spirit to provide to you the
grace being discussed in the verse.
v Record the resulting experience.
As I did this exercise, I was seeking greater intimacy and sensitiv-
ity to the Holy Spirit, and a greater release of words of revelation
and healing power, which I subsequently received. Take your time
to get to know the Holy Spirit personally and intimately as you
journal through these Scriptures. Re-read your journal entries
from the previous day as a way of deepening what God has spoken
to you. When you have finished this booklet, go back and re-read
all journaling entries as a review, and make a list of any key actions
God wants you to take away from this meditation on the Holy Spirit.
Review this list of actions once a week for a few months, until you
have internalized them.
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We sense the Spirits voice as spontaneous thoughts and His

feelings as spontaneous emotions which we receive as we look
to Him. ere are many biblical images of the Holy Spirit which
we can use when we look to Him.
Following are some Scriptural images of the Holy Spirit we can
hold in our imaginations as we approach Him. Remember, we are
commanded to use our imaginations to picture the things God has
revealed to us in His Word.
O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers,
keep this forever in the imagination of the thoughts of
the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee.
(1 Chronicles 29:18 KJV)
So picturing the Holy Spirit in one of the following ways is a good
jumping off place for you to begin fellowshipping with Him.
e Holy Spirit can be seen as:

A River (Jn. 7:38-39)
A Poured Out Blessing (Isa. 44:3-4) and Oil of Blessing Poured
Out (1 Sam. 16:13; Ps. 133:1-3)
Fire (Isa. 4:4)
e Illuminator (1 Cor. 2:10-11; Eph. 1:17ff.)
Wind (Jn. 3:8)
Tongues as of Fire (Acts 2:3-4)
A Dove (Mk. 1:10)
Gods Radiant Glory (2 Cor. 3:8,18; 1 Pet. 4:14)
A Descended Cloud of Glory (Num. 11:25; 2 Chron. 5:14)
Names given to the Holy Spirit: Helper, Holy Spirit (Jn. 14:26);
Spirit of Truth (Jn. 15:26); Spirit of the Lord (Acts 5:3,9); Spirit, Spirit
of God and Spirit of Christ (Rom. 8:9). Please look up each of these
verses and ask the Holy Spirit to talk with you concerning how He
reveals Himself to you through each of His names.
Stop reading now! Look up each of the above verses, holding

them in the imagination of your heart so you become comfortable
seeing the Holy Spirit in each of these ways. As you are holding each
picture in the imagination of your heart, ask the Holy Spirit to speak
to you about experiencing Him in this particular way. Record what
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He says in a separate journal. Below is Mark Virklers journaling on

the above verses. Once you have done your own journaling, then
go on to read Marks journaling.
e Holy Spirit can be seen as:

A River (John 7:38-39)
Jesus, may I speak with the Holy Spirit about this verse?
Mark, why dont you start by speaking to Me.
Okay. Jesus, what would You like to say to me concerning this?
Mark, I am the Author and Giver of Life. It is belief in Me

that releases the river of the Holy Spirit. e river is available
to those who have come to Me, who have given their lives to
Me, who have chosen to follow Me. e Holy Spirit follows
My lead, He goes where I have gone. He fills that which I have
opened to Him. One comes first to Me and then I introduce
him to the power and the presence of My Holy Spirit. I take
the lead, and the Spirit follows My lead.
Once you have joined your heart to Me, then I open you up
to the wonderful river of God the river of the Holy Spirit.
You will then experience Him flowing and surging within
you. It is because I have opened the door of your heart to
His wonderful presence. Now go and talk with Him about
His presence in your heart.
Holy Spirit, what would You speak to me concerning Your pres-

ence in my heart?
Well, Mark, you have felt Me many times. I am the surge

of laughter and joy which you experience within. I make
your heart merry. I release the pressures you are carrying
and give you merriment of heart and soul. When you have
felt that, you have felt Me. I am the river of life within you,
splashing and surging along, which you experience when
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your eyes are fixed on Me or upon the Lord Jesus Christ.

As you see Us, you feel Us. You feel Our presence within
you. You feel the surge of life, the energy, the vitality, the
empowering that makes you more than you are, more than
you were when you stood alone.
You become full of life, of My life pulsating within you.
at is pure energy. at is My energy, My pulse of life which
you feel within. It is Gods energy being sent through Me to
you. When you feel this energy, you are feeling Me. When
you sense this energy, you are sensing Me. For behold I have
spoken and behold it is to be accepted. is is Me speaking
to you, Mark. Do not doubt in your heart, but believe it is
I. Have I not been with you all your Christian life? Have I
not spoken to you often, and you heard? Why would you
doubt now? Believe in Me. Believe that all that is spoken is
true within you. Believe in My words to you, My son. Only
believe.
Holy Spirit, I am sorry for my unbelief. I repent of it and cast it

aside. I come to You and I believe.
ank you, My son. Now we can go on.

Mark, My pulse of life is within you forever. You have
felt it throughout most of your life, for you have sought
Me most of your life. at is what keeps one young and
vibrantyou have not seemed to age like some others. It is
because you have hungered for and sought Me, My divine
creativity, My life, My spark. You have sought Me hungrily
all of your Christian life, and I have met you, and thus I have
kept you young.
You have cleansed your heart of angers and sins and
other things which would have become blocks to My free
flow within you. us My flow has continued within you,
effortlessly pulsating as a raging river through you, even as
it is now, as you forge ahead to build a new highway which
others may walk upon. at is the raging of My river within
you. at drive to find, to discover, to be all you can be. at
is the forging of My river within you.
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So rest assured that you have walked and lived in My river

most all of your life. at is what has brought you to this
place. at is what will take you on. It is the raging and re-
lease of My river within your heart and your soul. So come
to Me. Come to Me often, My son. Come and we shall talk
and you shall get to know Me more intimately than you have
ever known Me in the past. Come, saith the Lord of Hosts.
(I speak the words the Father gives Me to speak, thus it is
the Lord of Hosts talking through Me.)
ank You, Holy Spirit. I shall come.
Now go, My son.
Later
Mark, you will note that you can feel Me as a river, as a flow,
as energy, as excitement, as life, as pulse. ese are all Me,
My presence, My life within you. ese are some of the ways
you can sense Me. ese are ways you have sensed Me.
So, Holy Spirit, it has actually been Your voice I have been hearing
and dialoguing with, rather than Jesus voice?
Well, Mark, we both do have Our own voices. Sometimes it

has been Me and sometimes it has been Jesus and sometimes
it has been the Father. You have just never been specific in
the past or looked for Our three voices. You have only looked
for Jesus voice, so you have on most occasions considered it
to be His voice, even though from time to time, it has been
Mine and/or the Fathers.
at has been fine with Us, as We are not jealous of One
Anothers popularity. However, you are at a point in your
life where you are going to begin to distinguish Our voices,
One from Another, and enter more deeply into dialogue and
experience of each of the three of Us. is will be a wonderful
deepening of your walk with Us. So come often and enjoy
the path which has been set before you. Come. e Father,
the Son and the Spirit say, Come.
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Lord, how can I recognize each of Your three voices?
Well, Mark, obviously it will depend on Whom you have

come to. If you come to the Father, it will be the Fathers
voice. If you come to the Son, it will be the Sons voice, and
if you come to the Holy Spirit, it will be the Spirits voice.
So you will ask, To Whom have I come? Upon Whom am
I fixing my eyes? Of Whom am I asking the question, or
dialoguing with?
ere are also distinctives in the sound of Our voices.
e Fathers voice is distinct in that He speaks with awe-
some authority, for all things originate with Him. e Son
shows the compassion and mercy of God, and so His voice
rings with compassion and mercy. e Holy Spirits voice is
distinct in that it rings with intimacy, as He is the One Who
grants you access before the throne room of God. He is the
One Who is joined directly to your spirit.
So you will find this difference in texture to Our three
voices. As you look for these characteristics, you will find
them, and as you fix your eyes on each of Us, you will dis-
cover Our individual voices. And yes, We can speak as a
combined voice, even as We are doing now, for now it is
the three of Us speaking as One. is, too, is possible, as
the three of Us are One.
Wow, Lord, that is amazing.
No more amazing than the fact that you can speak for
your whole being. In addition, your body can speak with
pain or health, your soul with joy or grief, and your spirit
with passion or lethargy, or you can speak for them all or for
any one of them. You, too, are three parts, each of which can
speak, or you can speak for any or all three of the parts. e
same is true of Us. We can speak as One, or We can speak
individually as any of Our three parts.
Well, that picture makes perfect sense to me. ank You for help-
ing me see in a clear vision that is meaningful to me.
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You are welcome, My son
Lord, is there more You want to say?
Yes, enter into My presence with worship. Come before

My courts with praise.
Yes, Lord. (After worship I received the following.)
A Poured Out Blessing (Isaiah 44:3-4) and Oil of Blessing Poured

Out (1 Samuel 16:13; Psalm 133:1-3)
Mark, I am the poured out blessing of the Father upon you
and your family and your offspring and your lands, and upon
all that you put your hand to do. When your ways honor
the Father, He pours out His blessing upon you. at is Me
which is being poured out upon you. at is why My gifts
are selective. ey are selected by the Father and poured
out through Me.
You receive in response to your heart. ose whose hearts
are totally His, receive mightily from the throne. ose
whose hearts are selectively His, receive selectively from
the throne. So Christianity is not about the mind, but about
the heart, even as you have been preaching. It is not about
what you know, but about the condition of ones heart. at
is what thrills the Father. at is what causes My blessing
to be poured out upon you, My son. So come to the Father
with a pure heart, with a whole heart, and receive grace in
time of need.
Holy Spirit, what is Your poured out blessing like?
It is like oil that is poured out upon you and your life. It
fills every nook and cranny. It flows down from your head
to your feet, for it comes from heaven and is poured out
over you. It is rich and fine and has a divine fragrance to it.
is fragrance is perceived by ones spiritual senses, and is
attractive, drawing good things your way and repulsing evil
things. It is the aroma of My Spirit which is felt and sensed,
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and yes, even smelled by those whose senses are tuned to

such things. All peoples spirits smell and sense My presence,
and some peoples souls do, depending on how well they have
trained themselves to sense My spiritual realm.
So I am a magnet that attracts good things to you and
repulses evil things. Even as an earthly magnet both attracts
and repels, so the magnet of My Spirit both attracts and
repels. It attracts the good in life and repels the evil. us
calamities hit one and miss another. ere are many reasons
for this, but this is one of those reasons.
Mark, even as oil causes everything to work together
smoothly and takes the friction out of things, so the oil of
My presence causes relationships to be at peace and for life
to become smooth and more free of friction. Yes, there will
be times of tribulation, I have said that, but there will also
be times of blessing and prosperity. I have also spoken that.
And the oil of My presence brings forth times of prosperity
and blessing. ese times also flow down upon ones life.
So walk in holiness, and expect My blessing. Expect the oil
of My anointing upon your every act. Expect a poured out
blessing, for that is My Fathers will concerning you. Walk
in holiness and purity of heart and mind, and these things
shall be yours. And yes, you can feel this flow, this bless-
ing, this oil. ere is an inner flow of My river within you.
ere is an outer flow of My blessing upon you, and there
is a healing flow of My oil down over you which makes all
things right and restores all things. Accept and sense and
receive these things.
Yes, Lord. ank You, Lord.
Fire (Acts 2:3-4)

Mark, you can see Me as fire. You can also experience
Me as fire in a multitude of ways. I am the fire that purifies
your heart, your soul and your spirit. I am the fire that burns
impurities out of your life. I am the fire that burns sickness
and infirmity out of your life and restores your health. I am
the heat you feel in your hands as you lay them upon those
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that are sick. I am ablaze with glory and many have seen
Me when they have seen the Father, for I am the fire that
surrounds the throne in heaven. I can be seen as that fire,
or as the fire that rests upon the heads of those whom are
filled by Me.
You can look and you will see, for I am there. I can be felt
as the heat which flows through your hands, and as the pas-
sion of God which strips away sin in your life. us you can
see Me and feel Me and even touch Me as the fiery passion
for God which lives in your heart. at, too, is Me, saith the
Holy Spirit. at, too, is Me. So come to Me and sense Me
and feel Me, saith the Spirit of God.
e Illuminator (1 Corinthians 2:10-11; Ephesians 1:17ff.)

Mark, you have experienced Me much as the Illuminator
of your heart and soul and mind. You have sought for divine
revelation, and tuned to My flow, and I have illuminated
your heart and mind with My thoughts and My words. As
a Spirit-anointed teacher, this has been a strong gift within
you. You know how to do this and you have done it often.
You feel My words within your spirit. You feel when the
right word is fitted and when the wrong word is there. You
feel peace or unrest.
You feel when truth is arrived at and you also feel when it is
not arrived at. You feel the peace and unrest of the Spirit, and
the flow of My thoughts and insights and pictures within you.
I reveal the Father to you, and you receive and understand.
Your spirit is fine-tuned to these sensations, because through
practice you have had your spiritual senses trained. All My
children can tune their spiritual senses through practice.
You, too, can practice sensing Me in the ways you have not
in the past, and you, too, can become skilled in sensing Me
in a multitude of ways.
Wind (John 3:8)

Mark, as a Spirit, I move freely, unhindered by any body.
Yes, in a sense I move like the wind, flowing throughout the
earth, accomplishing the purposes of Almighty God. I come
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in response to prayer. I meet Gods children and release

divine provision into their lives. I move quickly, quietly and
easily throughout the earth doing the will of the Father.
You can call upon Me to come to you and to meet your
needs, and the Father will hear the prayer and will send Me to
you. I will be the breath of fresh air you receive when you feel
you are desperate. I am the life that replaces the death, the
warmth that replaces the cold, the wholeness that replaces
the brokenness. I am the life your soul hungers for, so when
you are in despair, come to Me, saith the Lord of Hosts, and
I will send My Spirit to minister to you like the wind.
A Dove (Mark 1:10)

Mark, I am the dove of Gods presence which descends
upon you from the Father. When He is pleased with you
and your actions, He sends Me to descend and light upon
you. I bring with Me a divine presence and a divine author-
ity which can be sensed by your spirit and others spirits.
You will feel this, and others will feel it. Even as Jesus spoke
with authority, so you speak with authority, for you speak
the things the Father has taught you. us you have His
authority and My presence.
You will feel My presence as life, energy, wisdom, anoint-
ing, power and again I say, energy. For I bring energy and
I bring power. So look for Me to light upon you with these
things, for these are the gifts of the Father unto you.
ank You, Father and Holy Spirit.
Gods Radiant Glory (2 Corinthians 3:8,18; 1 Peter 4:14)

Mark, My Spirit of Glory does rest upon you and you
do sense it and you do radiate it. ere is a shine upon the
face of the one who has been in the Fathers presence. at
shine is the radiant glory I give to you as I rest upon you
and fill you.
Since I am light and energy and power, there is a radi-
ant glow about Me and about those who have been in My
presence. You have that glow, as do all My children who
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have been in My presence. is glow becomes brighter and

brighter as one spends more and more time in My presence,
and dimmer and dimmer as one spends less and less time
in My presence. So come to Me and enjoy Me and worship
in spirit and in truth for such releases the radiance of My
glory.
Yes, Holy Spirit.
A Descended Cloud of Glory (Numbers 11:25; 2 Chronicles 5:14)

Mark, the cloud of My presence can be seen and felt and
touched (in the spiritual realm). I come as a wind, in a cloud
which is the glory of the Most High God. I bring His glory to
earth so people can feel and sense and touch it. Where His
glory is, His power and His presence are. In His presence is
all one needs for life, health and happiness.
My glory is a spiritual substance. It has weight and area
and mass. It can be felt with the senses of your spirit. It is
a most cherished experience. It comes where there is wor-
ship, love and gratitude toward one another and toward the
Father. So the gift of My presence is not a head thing at all, it
is a spiritual experience which is the result of God honoring
a worshipping heart.
So again, you see, Christianity is all about the heart and
not the head. And again you see how distorted it has become
as a western religion. I have called you to come back to Me
and to lead others back to Me. So come, My son, and let us
enjoy life together.
Section Five
Scriptures on the Holy Spirit,
Listed Essentially in Biblical Order
How to complete the following pages of two-way

journaling:
Begin each of your journal entries by prayerfully reading the
Scripture on the top of the page. Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal
to you the answer to the Meditation Question(s), drawing upon
Spirit-led reasoning, and record them. Finally, fix your eyes on the
Holy Spirit and complete the two-way journaling exercises.
Fix your eyes on the Holy Spirit by seeing Him as He is pictured
in one of the emblems discussed in the above section. We can see
the Holy Spirit in action by tuning to spontaneous pictures which
we receive as we look to Him and ask Him to show us Himself
and what He is doing.
As you complete the two-way journaling, tune to spontane-
ous thoughts, spontaneous feelings, and spontaneous pictures,
and write down what you are receiving. Do your journaling
on each page where blank space is provided, or on your com-
puter. For those who wish to do this journaling on their com-
puters, an electronic version of this book is available from
www.cwgministries.org.
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Maintain an ongoing relationship with your spiritual advi-

sors! Be sure to submit your journaling to your spiritual advi-
sors on a regular basis for confirmation or adjustment. In the
multitude of counselors there is safety, and every fact is to be
confirmed by two or three witnesses (Prov. 11:14; 2 Cor. 13:1).
List below the names of the people to whom you will be submit-
ting your journal entries from this book. You can email your
journaling to them, or telephone and read it to them, or copy and
mail it to them. Just make sure to do one of these.
Name of Spiritual Advisor #1 ________________________________

E-mail Address _______________________

E-mail Address _______________________

E-mail Address _______________________
Now, lets begin.

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Scripture: e earth was formless and void, and darkness was

over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over
the surface of the waters. en God said, Let there be light; and
there was light. (Genesis 1:2-3)
Meditation Questions: What does the Holy Spirit do? What is

the result of the moving of the Spirit of God, and the spoken word
of God?
Two-way Journaling Response: Holy Spirit, what do You want to

say to me concerning this verse and/or this experience in my own
life?
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Scripture: en the LORD said, My Spirit shall not strive with

man forever, because he also is flesh; nevertheless his days shall be
one hundred and twenty years. (Genesis 6:3)
Meditation Question: What does the Holy Sprit do?

life?
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Scripture: en Pharaoh said to his servants, Can we find a man

like this, in whom is a divine spirit? So Pharaoh said to Joseph,
Since God has informed you of all this, there is no one so discern-
ing and wise as you are. You shall be over my house, and accord-
ing to your command all my people shall do homage; only in the
throne I will be greater than you. (Genesis 41:38-40)
Meditation Questions: What can the Holy Spirit do? What can
the results be?

life?
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Scripture: You shall speak to all the skillful persons whom I have
endowed with the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aarons gar-
ments to consecrate him, that he may minister as priest to MeI
have filled him with the Spirit of God in wisdom, in understand-
ing, in knowledge, and in all kinds of craftsmanship. And He has
filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding and
in knowledge and in all craftsmanship. (Exodus 28:3; 31:3; 35:31)
Meditation Question: What effects can the filling of the Holy

Spirit cause within us?

life?
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Scripture: en I will come down and speak with you there, and
I will take of the Spirit who is upon you, and will put Him upon
them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, so
that you will not bear it all alone. en the LORD came down
in the cloud and spoke to him; and He took of the Spirit who was
upon him and placed Him upon the seventy elders. And when the
Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied. But they did not do it
again. (Numbers 11:17,25)
Meditation Questions: In the Old Covenant, what happened to

the anointing of the Spirit which was upon one individual? What
was the result?

life?
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Scripture: And Balaam lifted up his eyes and saw Israel camping
tribe by tribe; and the Spirit of God came upon him. He took up his
discourse and said, e oracle of Balaam the son of Beor, And the
oracle of the man whose eye is opened; e oracle of him who hears
the words of God, Who sees the vision of the Almighty, Falling
down, yet having his eyes uncovered. (Numbers 24:2-4)
Meditation Questions: What relationship did the Holy Spirit

have with Balaam? What were the results?

life?
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Scripture: So the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon; and he

blew a trumpet, and the Abiezrites were called together to follow
him. (Judges 6:34)
Meditation Questions: What can the Holy Spirit cause one to

do? What can be the result?

life?
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Scripture: en God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and

the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously
with Abimelech. (Judges 9:23)
Meditation Questions: In addition to God sending His Holy

Spirit upon a person, what else can God send upon people? What
can be the result?

life?
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Scripture: And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him in Mah-
aneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol. (Judges 13:25)
Meditation Question: What can the Spirit of the Lord do?

life?
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Scripture: e Spirit of the LORD came upon him mightily, so that

he tore him as one tears a young goat though he had nothing in his
hand; but he did not tell his father or mother what he had done
en the Spirit of the LORD came upon him mightily, and he went
down to Ashkelon and killed thirty of them and took their spoil
and gave the changes of clothes to those who told the riddle. And
his anger burned, and he went up to his fathers house When
he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him. And the
Spirit of the LORD came upon him mightily so that the ropes that
were on his arms were as flax that is burned with fire, and his
bonds dropped from his hands. (Judges 14:6,19; 15:14)
Meditation Question: When the Spirit comes upon a person,

what can happen?

life?
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Scripture: en the Spirit of the LORD will come upon you might-
ily, and you shall prophesy with them and be changed into another
manWhen they came to the hill there, behold, a group of proph-
ets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him mightily, so that
he prophesied among them. (1 Samuel 10:6,10)
Meditation Question: What things can happen when the Holy

Spirit comes upon you?

life?
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Scripture: en Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in

the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily
upon David from that day forward. And Samuel arose and went to
Ramah. (1 Samuel 16:13)
Meditation Question: What can happen when one is anointed by

another?

life?
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Scripture: Now the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and
an evil spirit from the LORD terrorized him. (1 Samuel 16:14)
Meditation Question: What can happen to a person?

life?
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Scripture: Sauls servants then said to him, Behold now, an evil

spirit from God is terrorizing you. Let our lord now command your
servants who are before you. Let them seek a man who is a skillful
player on the harp; and it shall come about when the evil spirit
from God is on you, that he shall play the harp with his hand, and
you will be well. So it came about whenever the evil spirit from
God came to Saul, David would take the harp and play it with his
hand; and Saul would be refreshed and be well, and the evil spirit
would depart from him. (1 Samuel 16:15-16,23)
Meditation Question: What can anointed music accomplish?

life?
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Scripture: en Saul sent messengers to take David, but when

they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, with Samuel
standing and presiding over them, the Spirit of God came upon the
messengers of Saul; and they also prophesied. (1 Samuel 19:20)
Meditation Questions: Can the Spirit come upon a group? If so,

what could the result be?

life?
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Scripture: He proceeded there to Naioth in Ramah; and the Spirit

of God came upon him also, so that he went along prophesying
continually until he came to Naioth in Ramah. (1 Samuel 19:23)
Meditation Question: When the Spirit comes upon a person,

what can happen?

life?
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Scripture: e Spirit of the LORD spoke by me, And His word was
on my tongue. (2 Samuel 23:2)
Meditation Question: What can happen when the Spirit comes

upon a person?

life?
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Scripture: en a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD

and said, I will entice him. e LORD said to him, How? And he
said, I will go out and be a deceiving spirit in the mouth of all his
prophets. en He said, You are to entice him and also prevail.
Go and do so. Now therefore, behold, the LORD has put a deceiv-
ing spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets; and the LORD
has proclaimed disaster against you. (1 Kings 22:21-23)
Meditation Question: What can God send from heaven?

life?
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Scripture: When they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, Ask
what I shall do for you before I am taken from you. And Elisha
said, Please, let a double portion of your spirit be upon me. Now
when the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho opposite him saw
him, they said, e spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha. And they came
to meet him and bowed themselves to the ground before him. (2
Kings 2:9,15)
Meditation Question: Can a person receive the anointing which

rests upon another?

life?
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Scripture: Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a

rumor and return to his own land. And I will make him fall by the
sword in his own land. (2 Kings 19:7)
Meditation Question: What can God send?

life?
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Scripture: Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee

from Your presence? (Psalm 139:7)
Meditation Question: What is everything filled with?

life?
50 I H S
Scripture: e Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him, e spirit of

wisdom and understanding, e spirit of counsel and strength, e
spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD. (Isaiah 11:2)
Meditation Question: When the Spirit of the Lord rests upon us,
what can He provide us with?

life?
S F: S H S 51
Scripture: Until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high,

And the wilderness becomes a fertile field, And the fertile field is
considered as a forestFor I will pour out water on the thirsty
land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out My Spirit on
your offspring and My blessing on your descendants. (Isaiah 32:15;
44:3)
Meditation Question: What can happen to the Holy Spirit?

life?
52 I H S
Scripture: Behold, My Servant, whom I uphold; My chosen one

in whom My soul delights. I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will
bring forth justice to the nations. (Isaiah 42:1)
Meditation Questions: What can God do? What can be the

results?

life?
S F: S H S 53
Scripture: As for Me, this is My covenant with them, says the

LORD: My Spirit which is upon you, and My words which I have
put in your mouth shall not depart from your mouth, nor from
the mouth of your offspring, nor from the mouth of your offsprings
offspring, says the LORD, from now and forever. (Isaiah 59:21)
Meditation Question: To how many generations can an anoint-

ing of the Holy Spirit continue?

life?
54 I H S
Scripture: e Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, Because the

LORD has anointed me To bring good news to the afflicted; He has
sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to cap-
tives And freedom to prisoners. (Isaiah 61:1)
Meditation Question: What can the anointing of the Holy Spirit

empower you to do?

life?
S F: S H S 55
Scripture: But they rebelled And grieved His Holy Spirit; erefore
He turned Himself to become their enemy, He fought against them.
(Isaiah 63:10)
Meditation Questions: What is one way the Holy Spirit can be

grieved? What then can happen?

life?
56 I H S
Scripture: en His people remembered the days of old, of Moses.

Where is He who brought them up out of the sea with the shep-
herds of His flock? Where is He who put His Holy Spirit in the
midst of them? (Isaiah 63:11)
Meditation Question: Where can the Holy Spirit be located?

life?
S F: S H S 57
Scripture: As the cattle which go down into the valley, e Spirit

of the LORD gave them rest. So You led Your people, To make for
Yourself a glorious name. (Isaiah 63:14)
Meditation Question: What can the Spirit of the Lord do?

life?
58 I H S
Scripture: So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away; and I went

embittered in the rage of my spirit, and the hand of the LORD was
strong on me. (Ezekiel 3:14)
Meditation Question: What can the Holy Spirit do?

life?
S F: S H S 59
Scripture: e Spirit then entered me and made me stand on my

feet, and He spoke with me and said to me, Go, shut yourself up in
your house. (Ezekiel 3:24)

life?
60 I H S
Scripture: He stretched out the form of a hand and caught me by

a lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and
heaven and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the
entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the seat of the
idol of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy, was locatedMore-
over, the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of
the LORDS house which faced eastward. And behold, there were
twenty-five men at the entrance of the gate, and among them I saw
Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the
people. (Ezekiel 8:3; 11:1)

life?
S F: S H S 61
Scripture: en the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and He said
to me, Say, us says the LORD, So you think, house of Israel, for
I know your thoughts. (Ezekiel 11:5)
Meditation Questions: What can the Holy Spirit do? What can
He make happen?

life?
62 I H S
Scripture: And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me in a vision

by the Spirit of God to the exiles in Chaldea. So the vision that I
had seen left me. (Ezekiel 11:24)

life?
S F: S H S 63
Scripture: I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk
in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances
I will put My Spirit within you and you will come to life, and I will
place you on your own land. en you will know that I, the LORD,
have spoken and done it, declares the LORD. (Ezekiel 36:27; 37:14)
Meditation Questions: Where can the Holy Spirit be placed?

What can this cause us to do?

life?
64 I H S
Scripture: I will not hide My face from them any longer, for I will
have poured out My Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the Lord
GOD. (Ezekiel 39:29)
Meditation Question: When God quits hiding His face from a

group, what might He do?

life?
S F: S H S 65
Scripture: And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the

inner court; and behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house.
(Ezekiel 43:5)
Meditation Question: What can the Holy Spirit allow us to see?

life?
66 I H S
Scripture: But finally Daniel came in before me, whose name is

Belteshazzar according to the name of my god, and in whom is
a spirit of the holy gods; and I related the dream to him, saying,
is is the dream which I, King Nebuchadnezzar, have seen.
Now you, Belteshazzar, tell me its interpretation, inasmuch as
none of the wise men of my kingdom is able to make known to me
the interpretation; but you are able, for a spirit of the holy gods
is in you ere is a man in your kingdom in whom is a spirit of
the holy gods; and in the days of your father, illumination, insight
and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him. And
King Nebuchadnezzar, your father, your father the king, appointed
him chief of the magicians, conjurers, Chaldeans and diviners.
is was because an extraordinary spirit, knowledge and insight,
interpretation of dreams, explanation of enigmas and solving of
difficult problems were found in this Daniel, whom the king named
Belteshazzar. Let Daniel now be summoned and he will declare the
interpretation. Now I have heard about you that a spirit of the
gods is in you, and that illumination, insight and extraordinary
wisdom have been found in you. (Daniel 4:8,18; 5:11-12,14)
Meditation Question: What can the Holy Spirit within us do and

give to us?

life?
S F: S H S 67
Scripture: It will come about after this at I will pour out My

Spirit on all mankind; And your sons and daughters will prophesy,
Your old men will dream dreams, Your young men will see visions.
Even on the male and female servants I will pour out My Spirit in
those days. (Joel 2:28-29)
Meditation Question: When the Holy Spirit is poured out upon

us, what can He provide for us?

life?
68 I H S
Scripture: On the other hand I am filled with power - With the

Spirit of the LORD - And with justice and courage To make known
to Jacob his rebellious act, Even to Israel his sin. (Micah 3:8)
Meditation Question: What can the fullness of the Spirit provide

for us?

life?
S F: S H S 69
Scripture: As for the promise which I made you when you came
out of Egypt, My Spirit is abiding in your midst; do not fear! (Hag-
gai 2:5)
Meditation Question: If the Spirit is abiding in our midst, what

can we be free from?

life?
70 I H S
Scripture: en he said to me, is is the word of the LORD to

Zerubbabel saying, Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,
says the LORD of hosts. (Zechariah 4:6)
Meditation Questions: Where should our confidence be placed?

Where should it not be placed?

life?
S F: S H S 71
Scripture: After being baptized, Jesus came up immediately from

the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the
Spirit of God descending as a dove and lighting on Him. (Matthew
3:16)
Meditation Questions: What can the Holy Spirit do? What form
can He take?

life?
72 I H S
Scripture: en Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness

to be tempted by the devil. (Matthew 4:1)

life?
S F: S H S 73
Scripture: Behold, My Servant Whom I have chosen; My Beloved

in Whom My soul is well-pleased; I will put My Spirit upon Him,
and He shall proclaim justice to the Gentiles. (Matthew 12:18)
Meditation Questions: Where can the Holy Spirit be placed?

What can this cause us to do?

life?
74 I H S
Scripture: But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the
kingdom of God has come upon you. (Matthew 12:28)
Meditation Questions: What can the Holy Spirit empower us to

do? When we do this, what is being revealed?

life?
S F: S H S 75
Scripture: But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, is man
casts out demons only by Beelzebul the ruler of the demons. (Mat-
thew 12:23-24)
erefore I say to you, any sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven

people, but blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven.
Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven
him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be
forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come. (Matthew 12:
31-32)
But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has for-
giveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin. (Mark 3:29)
And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will
be forgiven him; but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, it
will not be forgiven him. (Luke 12:10)
Meditation Questions: What sin shall not be forgiven? What is

this sin?

life?
76 I H S
Scripture: I baptized you with water; but He will baptize you with
the Holy Spirit. (Mark 1:8)
Meditation Question: With Whom can we be baptized?

life?
S F: S H S 77
Scripture: When they arrest you and hand you over, do not worry
beforehand about what you are to say, but say whatever is given
you in that hour; for it is not you who speak, but it is the Holy
Spirit. (Mark 13:11)

life?
78 I H S
Scripture: For he will be great in the sight of the Lord; and he will
drink no wine or liquor, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit
while yet in his mothers womb. (Luke 1:15)
Meditation Question: What can happen to us in our mothers

womb?

life?
S F: S H S 79
Scripture: And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy
Spirit, and prophesied. (Luke 1:67)
Meditation Question: What can being full of the Holy Spirit

cause us to do?

life?
80 I H S
Scripture: And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that
he would not see death before he had seen the Lords Christ. (Luke
2:26)
Meditation Question: Who can reveal the future to us?

life?
S F: S H S 81
Scripture: Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan
and was led around by the Spirit in the wilderness. (Luke 4:1)
Meditation Question: Who can lead us?

life?
82 I H S
Scripture: And Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit,

and news about Him spread through all the surrounding district.
(Luke 4:14)
Meditation Questions: Jesus went into the wilderness full of

the Holy Spirit, and returned from the wilderness with what new
relationship with the Holy Spirit? What immediately began taking
place in His ministry from this point on?

life?
S F: S H S 83
Scripture: e Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He anointed

Me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim
release to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free
those who are oppressed. (Luke 4:18)
Meditation Question: After Jesus was empowered by the Holy

Spirit, what was He able to do?

life?
84 I H S
Scripture: And amazement came upon them all, and they began
talking with one another saying, What is this message? For with
authority and power He commands the unclean spirits and they
come out. (Luke 4:36)
Meditation Question: After Jesus was empowered by the Holy

Spirit, what was He able to do?

life?
S F: S H S 85
Scripture: At that very time He rejoiced greatly in the Holy Spirit,

and said, I praise You, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that
You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and
have revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, for this way was well-
pleasing in Your sight. (Luke 10:21)
Meditation Question: What can you do in the Holy Spirit?

life?
86 I H S
Scripture: For the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour
what you ought to say. (Luke 12:12)
Meditation Question: What can the Holy Spirit do for us?

life?
S F: S H S 87
Scripture: For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for
He gives the Spirit without measure. (John 3:34)
Meditation Question: How does God give the Spirit?

life?
88 I H S
Scripture: It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing;
the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life. (John 6:
63)
Meditation Questions: What do the words we speak from the

Holy Spirit produce? What do the words we speak from ourselves
produce?

life?
S F: S H S 89
Scripture: But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who be-
lieved in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given,
because Jesus was not yet glorified. (John 7:39)
Meditation Question: At what point in history was the Holy

Spirit given to believers in a new way?

life?
90 I H S
Scripture: I will ask the Father, and He will give you another
Helper, that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth,
whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or
know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will
be in you. (John 14:16-17)
Meditation Questions: Jesus asked the Father to give us the Holy

Spirit Who would provide us with what? Who cannot receive
Him? What was the Holy Spirits relationship with the disciples
as they walked with Jesus? What new relationship would the Holy
Spirit have with believers after Jesus left?

life?
S F: S H S 91
Scripture: 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 that I said to you. (John 14:26)
Meditation Question: What two things will the Holy Spirit do

for us?

life?
92 I H S
Scripture: When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from
the Father, that is the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father,
He will testify about Me. (John 15:26)
Meditation Question: Whom will the Holy Spirit testify of?

life?
S F: S H S 93
Scripture: But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide
you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative,
but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you
what is to come. (John 16:13)
Meditation Question: From where does the Holy Spirit get His
words?

life?
94 I H S
Scripture: And when He had said this, He breathed on them and

said to them, Receive the Holy Spirit. (John 20:22)
Meditation Question: What did the disciples receive?

life?
S F: S H S 95
Scripture: For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized
with the Holy Spirit not many days from now. (Acts 1:5)
Meditation Question: With Whom can we be baptized?

life?
96 I H S
Scripture: But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has
come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem,
and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the
earth. (Acts 1:8)
Meditation Questions: What new relationship does the Holy

Spirit have with believers? When He comes in this way, what does
it produce in our lives?

life?
S F: S H S 97
Scripture: And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began
to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utter-
ance. (Acts 2:4)
Meditation Question: What gift can the Holy Spirit give to a

person?

life?
98 I H S
Scripture: And it shall be in the last days, God says, at I will

pour forth of My Spirit on all mankind; and your sons and your
daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams. (Acts 2:17)
Meditation Question: When the Holy Spirit is poured out upon

us, what are we able to do?

life?
S F: S H S 99
Scripture: Even on My bondslaves, both men and women, I will in

those days pour forth of My Spirit, and they shall prophesy. (Acts 2:
18)
Meditation Question: Is prophecy for men or women or both?

life?
100 I H S
Scripture: Peter said to them, Repent, and each of you be bap-

tized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins;
and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. (Acts 2:38)
Meditation Question: What is a pre-requisite to receiving the

Holy Spirit?

life?
S F: S H S 101
Scripture: en Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them,

Rulers and elders of the people. (Acts 4:8)
Meditation Question: What can move us to anointed speech?

life?
102 I H S
Scripture: And when they had prayed, the place where they had
gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the
Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with boldness.
(Acts 4:31)
Meditation Question: What can the fullness of the Holy Spirit

do for us?

life?
S F: S H S 103
Scripture: And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy

Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him. (Acts 5:32)
Meditation Question: To whom is the Holy Spirit given?

life?
104 I H S
Scripture: But they were unable to cope with the wisdom and the
Spirit with which he was speaking. (Acts 6:10)
Meditation Question: What can the Holy Spirit give to us?

life?
S F: S H S 105
Scripture: You men who are stiff-necked and uncircumcised in

heart and ears are always resisting the Holy Spirit; you are doing
just as your fathers did. (Acts 7:51)
Meditation Questions: What do some people do to the Holy

Spirit? What kinds of people do this?

life?
106 I H S
Scripture: But being full of the Holy Spirit, he gazed intently into
heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right
hand of God. (Acts 7:55)
Meditation Question: What can the Holy Spirit give to us?

life?
S F: S H S 107
Scripture: Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Sa-

maria had received the word of God, they sent them Peter and
John, who came down and prayed for them that they might receive
the Holy Spirit. For He had not yet fallen upon any of them; they
had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. en they
began laying their hands on them, and they were receiving the Holy
Spirit. Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was bestowed through
the laying on of the apostles hands, he offered them money. (Acts 8:
14-18)
Meditation Question: What is one way for people to receive the

baptism in the Holy Spirit? Note: Since the Spirit came upon them
(rather than in them), and the result was something that could be
seen by others, (i.e., probably the gift of speaking in tongues) they
are most likely talking about receiving the baptism of the Holy
Spirit, rather than the indwelling of the Holy Spirit as received at
salvation.

life?
108 I H S
Scripture: en the Spirit said to Philip, Go up and join this

chariot. (Acts 8:29)
Meditation Question: What is the Holy Spirit doing?

life?
S F: S H S 109
Scripture: When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the
Lord snatched Philip away; and the eunuch no longer saw him, but
went on his way rejoicing. (Acts 8:39)
Meditation Question: What is the Holy Spirit doing here?

life?
110 I H S
Scripture: So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Sa-
maria enjoyed peace, being built up; and going on in the fear of the
Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it continued to increase.
(Acts 9:31)
Meditation Question: What does the Holy Spirit provide?

life?
S F: S H S 111
Scripture: You know of Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him

with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went about doing
good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was
with Him. (Acts 10:38)
Meditation Questions: What can the Holy Spirit do to us? What

can be the result?

life?
112 I H S
Scripture: While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy
Spirit fell upon all those who were listening to the message. (Acts
10:44)
Meditation Questions: What can the Holy Spirit do? When

might He do it?

life?
S F: S H S 113
Scripture: One of them named Agabus stood up and began to in-

dicate by the Spirit that there would certainly be a great famine all
over the world. And this took place in the reign of Claudius. (Acts
11:28)
Meditation Question: What can the Holy Spirit do through us?

life?
114 I H S
Scripture: While they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the
Holy Spirit said, Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work
to which I have called them. (Acts 13:2)
e Holy Spirit solemnly testifies to me in every city, saying that

bonds and afflictions await me. (Acts 20:23)
Meditation Question: What can the Holy Spirit do through us?

life?
S F: S H S 115
Scripture: So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to
Seleucia and from there they sailed to Cyprus. (Acts 13:4)

life?
116 I H S
Scripture: And the disciples were continually filled with joy and
with the Holy Spirit. (Acts 13:52)
Meditation Questions: How often should we receive the filling of

the Holy Spirit? What is one result of this fullness?

life?
S F: S H S 117
Scripture: For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay

upon you no greater burden than these essentials. (Acts 15:28).
Meditation Question: Who should be a part of our decision-

making process?

life?
118 I H S
Scripture: ey passed through the Phrygian and Galatian region,

having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.
(Acts 16:6)
And after they came to Mysia, they were trying to go into Bithyn-
ia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them. (Acts 16:7)
After looking up the disciples, we stayed there seven days; and

they kept telling Paul through the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem.
(Acts 21:4)
And coming to us, he took Pauls belt and bound his own feet and
hands, and said, is is what the Holy Spirit says: In this way the
Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver
him into the hands of the Gentiles. (Acts 21:11)

life?
S F: S H S 119
Scripture: And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy
Spirit came on them, and they began speaking with tongues and
prophesying. (Acts 19:6)
Meditation Question: How can the baptism in the Holy Spirit be

imparted?

life?
120 I H S
Scripture: Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among
which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the
church of God which He purchased with His own blood. (Acts 20:
28)

life?
S F: S H S 121
Scripture: For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection,

nor an angel, nor a spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.
(Acts 23:8)
Meditation Question: What will be the various beliefs of reli-

gious leaders concerning the Holy Spirit?

life?
122 I H S
Scripture: But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision

is that which is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter; and his
praise is not from men, but from God. (Romans 2:29)

life?
S F: S H S 123
Scripture: And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God
has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who
was given to us. (Romans 5:5)

life?
124 I H S
Scripture: For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set
you free from the law of sin and of deathSo that the requirement
of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to
the flesh but according to the Spirit. (Romans 8:2,4)
Meditation Question: e Holy Spirit can release the energy of

Christ Jesus to us. What can this power accomplish within us?

life?
S F: S H S 125
Scripture: For those who are according to the flesh set their minds
on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit,
the things of the Spirit. (Romans 8:5)
Meditation Question: If I want to live out of the energizing

power of the Holy Spirit within me, where must I set my focus?

life?
126 I H S
Scripture: For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set
on the Spirit is life and peace. (Romans 8:6)
Meditation Questions: If I focus my attention on my flesh, what

is the result? If I focus my attention on the indwelling power of
the Holy Spirit, what is the result?

life?
S F: S H S 127
Scripture: However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if
indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not
have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him. If Christ is in
you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive
because of righteousness. (Romans 8:9-10)
Meditation Questions: Christians have the Spirit of God dwell-

ing within them. What three names are given to this indwelling
Spirit? What is the significance of this as you address the Holy
Spirit?

life?
128 I H S
Scripture: If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of

sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness. (Romans 8:10)
Meditation Questions: What dichotomy does the Spirit produce

within you? us what step must you take daily and moment by
moment in order to live a Spirit-anointed life?

life?
S F: S H S 129
Scripture: But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead
dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also
give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in
you. So then, brethren, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to
live according to the flesh for if you are living according to the flesh,
you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds
of the body, you will live. (Romans 8:11-13)
Meditation Questions: What effect can the Holy Spirit have

upon our mortal bodies? How is this done? Have you ever experi-
enced it? Describe the steps you took and the experience you had.
Note that doing this right and consistently results in a life and
death situation for you.

life?
130 I H S
Scripture: For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are
sons of God. For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading
to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by
which we cry out, Abba! Father! e Spirit Himself testifies [bears
witness] with our spirit that we are children of God. (Romans 8:
14-16)
Meditation Questions: What is Gods definition of a son of

God? Is this different from your definition? If so, what needs to
change for you to come into alignment with Gods definition?

life?
S F: S H S 131
Scripture: And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first
fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, wait-
ing eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body.
(Romans 8:23)
Meditation Question: What do we have?

life?
132 I H S
Scripture: In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for
we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself
intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. (Romans 8:26)
Meditation Questions: What does the Spirit help us do generally

and specifically? How?

life?
S F: S H S 133
Scripture: For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but
righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. (Romans 14:17)
Meditation Question: What does the Holy Spirit birth within us?

life?
134 I H S
Scripture: Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and
peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of
the Holy Spirit. (Romans 15:13)
Meditation Question: What does the Holy Spirit birth within us?

life?
S F: S H S 135
Scripture: To be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, min-

istering as a priest the gospel of God, so that my offering of the
Gentiles may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
(Romans 15:16)
Meditation Question: What does the Holy Spirit do?

life?
136 I H S
Scripture: in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the

Spirit. (Romans 15:19)
Meditation Question: What can the power of the Holy Spirit

provide for us?

life?
S F: S H S 137
Scripture: Now I urge you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ and
by the love of the Spirit. (Romans 15:30)
Meditation Question: What can the Holy Spirit provide within

us?

life?
138 I H S
Scripture: And my message and my preaching were not in per-

suasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of
power, so that your faith would not rest on the wisdom of men, but
on the power of God. (1 Corinthians 2:4-5)
Meditation Questions: How can we choose to minister the gos-

pel? What will be the result?

life?
S F: S H S 139
Scripture: But just as it is written, ings which eye has not seen
and ear has not heard, and which have not entered the heart of
man, all that God has prepared for those who love Him. For to us
God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all
things, even the depths of God. (1 Corinthians 2:9-11)
Meditation Question: What does the Holy Spirit do within us?

life?
140 I H S
Scripture: For who among men knows the thoughts of a man ex-
cept the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so the thoughts of
God no one knows except the Spirit of God. Now we have received,
not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that
we may know the things freely given to us by God, which things we
also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those
taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual
words. (1 Corinthians 2:11-13)
Meditation Questions: What does the Holy Spirit know? What

does the Holy Spirit reveal to us? What do we teach?

life?
S F: S H S 141
Scripture: But a natural man does not accept the things of the
Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot under-
stand them, because they are spiritually appraised. (1 Corinthians
2:14)
Meditation Questions: What is the unspiritual mans reaction to

the things of the Holy Spirit? Why?

life?
142 I H S
Scripture: But he who is spiritual appraises all things, yet he him-

self is appraised by no one. (1 Corinthians 2:15)
Meditation Questions: What is the spiritual mans reaction to

the things of the Holy Spirit? What is the spiritual mans reaction
to being evaluated by an unspiritual person?

life?
S F: S H S 143
Scripture: And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual

men, but as to men of flesh, as to infants in Christ. (1 Corinthians
3:1)
Meditation Question: If we are not tuned to the Holy Spirit,

what is the result in our lives?

life?
144 I H S
Scripture: Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that
the Spirit of God dwells in you? (1 Corinthians 3:16)
Meditation Questions: What does the Holy Spirit do? What does
that make us?

life?
S F: S H S 145
Scripture: But in my opinion she is happier if she remains as she

is; and I think that I also have the Spirit of God. (1 Corinthians 7:
40)
Meditation Question: Whom should we be careful to have our

opinion be in agreement with?

life?
146 I H S
Scripture: No one can say, Jesus is Lord, except by the Holy

Spirit. (1 Corinthians 12:3)
Meditation Questions: Who grants the power to proclaim that

Jesus is Lord? Has the Holy Spirit given you this power?

life?
S F: S H S 147
Scripture: Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. (1
Corinthians 12:4)
Meditation Question: From Whom do all the various spiritual

gifts come?

life?
148 I H S
Scripture: But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit

for the common good. (1 Corinthians 12:7)
Meditation Question: Why does the Holy Spirit manifest Him-

self?

life?
S F: S H S 149
Scripture: For to one is given the word of wisdom through the

Spirit, and to another the word of knowledge according to the same
Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of
healing by the one Spirit, and to another the effecting of miracles,
and to another prophecy, and to another the distinguishing of
spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, and to another the
interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all
these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills.
(1 Corinthians 12:8-11)
Meditation Questions: What are the various ways the Holy

Spirit manifests Himself? Which of these manifestations have you
experienced?

life?
150 I H S
Scripture: But one and the same Spirit works all these things, dis-
tributing to each one individually just as He wills. (1 Corinthians
12:11)
Meditation Questions: Is it more than one Spirit Who distrib-

utes the gifts to you? Whose will is this distribution according to?

life?
S F: S H S 151
Scripture: For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body,
whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all
made to drink of one Spirit. (1 Corinthians 12:13)
Meditation Questions: Who baptized us into the body of Christ?

Of Whom have we all drunk?

life?
152 I H S
Scripture: Pursue love, yet desire earnestly spiritual gifts, but

especially that you may prophesy. (1 Corinthians 14:1)
Meditation Questions: What are we to pursue and earnestly

desire? Would you say that the governing heart motivation for the
operation of the gifts of the Holy Spirit is an attitude of love?

life?
S F: S H S 153
Scripture: For one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men
but to God; for no one understands, but in his spirit he speaks mys-
teries. (1 Corinthians 14:2)
Meditation Questions: To whom are you speaking when you
speak in tongues? What part of you is speaking?

life?
154 I H S
Scripture: So also you, since you are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek
to abound for the edification of the church. (1 Corinthians 14:12)
Meditation Questions: Are we to seek to operate spiritual gifts?

What is to be our goal in the operation of the gifts of the Holy
Spirit?

life?
S F: S H S 155
Scripture: For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind

is unfruitful. (1 Corinthians 14:14)
Meditation Question: What part of you is praying when you pray

in tongues?

life?
156 I H S
Scripture: What is the outcome then? I will pray with the spirit
and I will pray with the mind also; I will sing with the spirit and
I will sing with the mind also. Otherwise if you bless in the spirit
only, how will the one who fills the place of the ungifted say the
Amen at your giving of thanks, since he does not know what you
are saying? (1 Corinthians 14:15-16)
Meditation Questions: When the church is gathered, what is to

be the balance between praying and singing in our native tongue
and praying and singing in tongues? What is the purpose of this
balance?

life?
S F: S H S 157
Scripture: Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and

anointed us is God, who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in
our hearts as a pledge. (2 Corinthians 1:21-22)
Now He who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave
to us the Spirit as a pledge. (2 Corinthians 5:5)
Meditation Questions: Who has sealed us and given us the Spirit

as a pledge? Where in us did He place the Holy Spirit?

life?
158 I H S
Scripture: Such confidence we have through Christ toward God.

Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as
coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God, who also
made us adequate as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter
but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. But
if the ministry of death, in letters engraved on stones, came with
glory, so that the sons of Israel could not look intently at the face
of Moses because of the glory of his face, fading as it was, how will
the ministry of the Spirit fail to be even more with glory? For if the
ministry of condemnation has glory, much more does the ministry
of righteousness abound in glory. For indeed what had glory, in this
case has no glory because of the glory that surpasses it. For if that
which fades away was with glory, much more that which remains
is in glory. (2 Corinthians 3:4-11)
Meditation Questions: Are we to live out of ourselves? Who

makes us adequate? What did the Old Covenant center on? What
does the New Covenant center on? Which covenant has more
glory? How was the glory of the Old Covenant manifested? Would
we expect radiant light to be an even larger manifestation in the
New Covenant?

life?
S F: S H S 159
Scripture: Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the
Lord is, there is liberty. (2 Corinthians 3:17)
Meditation Questions: What does living in the Holy Spirit pro-

vide us?

life?
160 I H S
Scripture: But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror

the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image
from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit. (2 Corinthians
3:18)
Meditation Questions: What are we to look upon? As we reflect

what we are seeing, what happens to us?

life?
S F: S H S 161
Scripture: e grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God,
and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. (2 Corinthi-
ans 13:14)
Meditation Question: With (or in) Whom can we have fellow-

ship?

life?
162 I H S
Scripture: is is the only thing I want to find out from you: did
you receive the Spirit by the works of the Law, or by hearing with
faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now
being perfected by the flesh? So then, does He who provides you
with the Spirit and works miracles among you, do it by the works of
the Law, or by hearing with faith? (Galatians 3:2-3,5)
Meditation Questions: How do we receive the Holy Spirit? How

are we perfected in our Christian walk? How do we work mira-
cles?

life?
S F: S H S 163
Scripture: Even so Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to

him as righteousness. erefore, be sure that it is those who are of
faith who are sons of Abraham. e Scripture, foreseeing that God
would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand
to Abraham, saying, All the nations will be blessed in you. So then
those who are of faith are blessed with Abraham, the believer. For
as many as are of the works of the Law are under a curse; for it is
written, Cursed is everyone who does not abide by all things writ-
ten in the book of the Law, to perform them. Now that no one is
justified by the Law before God is evident; for, e righteous man
shall live by faith. However, the Law is not of faith; on the contrary,
He who practices them shall live by them. Christ redeemed us
from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us - for it is
written, Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree - in order that in
Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles,
so that we would receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
(Galatians 3:6-14)
Meditation Questions: How did Abraham, the Father of Faith,

receive his miracle? What makes us sons of Abraham? What
makes us blessed? What makes us cursed? How are we to live?
What is contrary to faith? How do we receive the Spirit?

life?
164 I H S
Scripture: Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of
His Son into our hearts, crying, Abba! Father! (Galatians 4:6)
Meditation Questions: What have we received because we are

sons of God? What is the result of this gift?

life?
S F: S H S 165
Scripture: But as at that time he who was born according to the

flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so it is
now also. (Galatians 4:29)
Meditation Question: What dynamic has continued for several

thousand years?

life?
166 I H S
Scripture: It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore

keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.
(Galatians 5:1)
Meditation Questions: What are we cautioned not to slip back

into? How easy is it for us to fall back into a works approach to
releasing the supernatural indwelling power of God?

life?
S F: S H S 167
Scripture: For we through the Spirit, by faith, are waiting for the
hope of righteousness. (Galatians 5:5)
Meditation Question: What releases the Holy Spirit?

life?
168 I H S
Scripture: But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out
the desire of the flesh. For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit,
and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one
another, so that you may not do the things that you please. (Gala-
tians 5:16-17)
Meditation Question: What is the effective way to overcome the

flesh?

life?
S F: S H S 169
Scripture: But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the
Law. (Galatians 5:18,25)
Meditation Question: What two lifestyles can you have?

life?
170 I H S
Scripture: But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience,
kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against
such things there is no law. Now those who belong to Christ Jesus
have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by
the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. Let us not become boastful,
challenging one another, envying one another. (Galatians 5:22-26)
Meditation Questions: What are the fruits of one who is living

by the Holy Spirit? What three inner experiences must we main-
tain in order to walk in this fruit?

life?
S F: S H S 171
Scripture: For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh
reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the
Spirit reap eternal life. (Galatians 6:8)
Meditation Questions: To what should we not sow? To what

should we sow?

life?
172 I H S
Scripture: In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth,

the gospel of your salvation--having also believed, you were sealed
in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise. (Ephesians 1:13)
Meditation Question: Who is the seal within us?

life?
S F: S H S 173
Scripture: at the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of

glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the
knowledge of Him. (Ephesians 1:17)
Meditation Question: What should we be constantly praying to

receive?

life?
174 I H S
Scripture: For through Him we both have our access in one Spirit
to the Father. (Ephesians 2:18)
Meditation Question: Who gives us access to the Father?

life?
S F: S H S 175
Scripture: In whom you also are being built together into a dwell-
ing of God in the Spirit. (Ephesians 2:22)
Meditation Question: Who builds us together as a dwelling place

of God?

life?
176 I H S
Scripture: Which in other generations was not made known to the

sons of men, as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles and
prophets in the Spirit. (Ephesians 3:5)
Meditation Question: Who reveals truth to us?

life?
S F: S H S 177
Scripture: at He would grant you, according to the riches of His

glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner
man. (Ephesians 3:16)
Meditation Questions: Who strengthens us with divine power?

Where does this strengthening take place?

life?
178 I H S
Scripture: Being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the

bond of peace. ere is one body and one Spirit, just as also you
were called in one hope of your calling. (Ephesians 4:3-4)
Meditation Question: What must we be diligent to do?

life?
S F: S H S 179
Scripture: Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers

to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious oil upon the head,
coming down upon the beard, even Aarons beard, coming down
upon the edge of his robes. It is like the dew of Hermon coming
down upon the mountains of Zion; for there the LORD command-
ed the blessing - life forever. (Psalm 133:1-3)
Meditation Question: What is the result of us dwelling together

in unity?

life?
180 I H S
Scripture: erefore, laying aside falsehood, SPEAK TRUTH

EACH ONE of you WITH HIS NEIGHBOR, for we are members
of one another. BE ANGRY, AND yet DO NOT SIN; do not let the
sun go down on your anger, and do not give the devil an opportu-
nity. He who steals must steal no longer; but rather he must labor,
performing with his own hands what is good, so that he will have
something to share with one who has need. Let no unwholesome
word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for
edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give
grace to those who hear. Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by
whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness
and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from
you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted,
forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.
(Ephesians 4:25-32, emphasis mine)
Meditation Questions: What are we to be careful not to do to

the Holy Spirit? From the context of the surrounding verses, what
are some of the key ways we may do that?

life?
S F: S H S 181
Scripture: And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation,
but be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and
hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your
heart to the Lord. (Ephesians 5:18)
Meditation Questions: What is held in contrast to getting

drunk? What are the similarities and differences of these experi-
ences? What is an evidence that one is filled with the Holy Spirit?

life?
182 I H S
Scripture: And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the
Spirit, which is the word of God. (Ephesians 6:17)
Meditation Question: What is the sword of the Holy Spirit?

life?
S F: S H S 183
Scripture: With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the
Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance
and petition for all the saints. (Ephesians 6:18)
Meditation Questions: How are all of our prayers to be? What

does that mean?

life?
184 I H S
Scripture: For we are the true circumcision, who worship in the

Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the
flesh. (Philippians 3:3)
Meditation Questions: What do true believers put no confidence

in? What does that mean?

life?
S F: S H S 185
Scripture: For this reason also, since the day we heard of it, we
have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled
with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and under-
standing. (Colossians 1:9)
Meditation Questions: Is spiritual wisdom different from our

own wisdom? If so, how? What does this mean we should be
relying on when we are praying for healing for ourselves or for
another?

life?
186 I H S
Scripture: For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but
also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. (1
essalonians 1:5)
Meditation Questions: What is supposed to be coupled with the

presentation of the gospel story? How does this affect what we do
as we share the gospel?

life?
S F: S H S 187
Scripture: See that no one repays another with evil for evil, but
always seek after that which is good for one another and for all
people. Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give
thanks; for this is Gods will for you in Christ Jesus. Do not quench
the Spirit; do not despise prophetic utterances. But examine every-
thing carefully; hold fast to that which is good; abstain from every
form of evil. (1 essalonians 5:15-22)
Meditation Questions: What are we commanded to not do to

the Holy Spirit? From the context, what would you say are some
ways of doing that?

life?
188 I H S
Scripture: He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have

done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing
of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit. (Titus 3:5)
Meditation Question: What does the Holy Spirit do within us?

life?
S F: S H S 189
Scripture: God also testifying with them, both by signs and won-
ders and by various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit accord-
ing to His own will. (Hebrews 2:4)
Meditation Question: How does God testify among us?

life?
190 I H S
Scripture: erefore, just as the Holy Spirit says, Today if you

hear His voice. (Hebrews 3:7)
Meditation Question: What is the Holy Spirit asking us to do?

life?
S F: S H S 191
Scripture: For in the case of those who have once been enlightened
and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers
of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the
powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, it is impos-
sible to renew them again to repentance, since they again crucify to
themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame. (Hebrews
6:4-6)
Meditation Questions: What sin is unforgivable? Why?

life?
192 I H S
Scripture: But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most

holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit. (Jude 20)
Meditation Questions: What are we to do to build ourselves up?

What does it mean to do this?

life?
S F: S H S 193
Scripture: I was in the Spirit on the Lords day, and I heard behind
me a loud voice like the sound of a trumpet. (Revelation 1:10)
Meditation Questions: What can we be in? What does that

mean?

life?
194 I H S
Scripture: He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to
the churches. (Revelation 2:7,11,17,29; 3:6,13,22)
Meditation Question: What are we called to do?

life?
S F: S H S 195
Scripture: Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne

was standing in heaven, and One sitting on the throne. (Revela-
tion 4:2)
Meditation Question: Where is it possible to be? Describe your

experience of this.

life?
196 I H S
Scripture: And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and

high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming
down out of heaven from God. (Revelation 21:10)
Meditation Question: What is it possible to have happen to you?

Describe your experience of this.

life?
S F: S H S 197
Scripture: e Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let the one
who hears say, Come. And let the one who is thirsty come; let the
one who wishes take the water of life without cost. (Revelation 22:
17)
Meditation Question: What does the Spirit invite us to do?

life?
Section Six
Biblical Summary
Concerning the Holy Spirit
Names given to the Holy Spirit: Helper, Holy Spirit (Jn. 14:26);
Spirit of Truth (Jn. 15:26); Spirit of the Lord (Acts 5:3,9); Spirit, Spirit
of God, Spirit of Christ (Rom. 8:9).
Symbols or emblems given to the Holy Spirit:

A River (Jn. 7:38-39)
A Poured Out Blessing (Isa. 44:3-4) and Oil of Blessing Poured
Out (1 Sam. 16:13; Ps. 133:1-3)
Fire (Isa. 4:4)
e Illuminator (1 Cor. 2:10-11; Eph. 1:17ff.)
Wind (Jn. 3:8)
Tongues as of Fire (Acts 2:3-4)
A Dove (Mk. 1:10)
Gods Radiant Glory (2 Cor. 3:8,18; 1 Pet. 4:14)
A Descended Cloud of Glory (Num. 11:25; 2 Chron. 5:14)
Possible responses to the presence of God and the power of the

Holy Spirit (Borrowed with permission from Dr. Gary Greig):
1. Shaking or trembling (Ex. 19:16; Ps. 2:11; 96:9; 114:7; 119:
120; 1 Chron. 16:30; Ezra 9:4; Isa. 66:5; Jer. 5:22; 23:9; Dan.
10:10-11; Matt. 28:4; Acts 7:32; Heb. 12:21).
200 I H S
2. Falling over -resting or being slain in the Spirit (1 Kgs.

8:11; Ezek. 1:28; 3:23; Dan. 8:17-18; 10:9; Matt. 28:4; Jn. 18:6;
Acts 9:4; 26:14; 1 Cor. 14:25; Rev. 1:17).
3. Intoxicated state of mind (Acts 2:4,13,15; Eph. 5:18; cf. 1
Sam. 1:12-17; 19:23f.).
4. Bodily writhing and distortion under the influence of a
demon (Mk. 1:21-26; 9:26; Lk. 8:28).
5. Laughing, shouting, or sobbing (Gen. 17:1,3,17; Ezra 3:
12,13; Neh. 8:9; 12:43; Ps. 126:2).
6. Prolonged exuberant praise (Lk. 1:46-55,64,68-79; 5:25;
17:15; Acts 3:8-10).
7. Feeling heat, energy (Mk. 5:30; cf. Col. 1:29 energeia/
dunamis), deep peace (Rom. 15:13; 1 Cor. 14:33), etc.
8. Visible radiance (Acts 2:3; 6:15 and 7:55; 2 Cor. 3:18 and
Ex. 34:29).
9. Trance-like state (Acts 10:10ff.; 22:17ff.).
10. Groaning or inarticulate sounds (Rom. 8:26).
Prerequisites to receiving the Holy Spirit: e gift of the Holy

Spirit can be received after one has repented and been baptized in
the name of Jesus Christ (Acts 2:38). God gives the Holy Spirit to
those who obey Him (Acts 5:32).
Ways of receiving the Holy Spirit: He may come upon us during

water baptism (Matt. 3:16). Because we are His children, God has
sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, Abba! Father
(Gal. 4:6). e baptism in the Holy Spirit and the gifts of tongues
and prophecy may be imparted through the laying on of hands (Acts
8:14-18; 19:6). He may fall upon a group while the Word is being
preached (Acts 10:44). We receive the Holy Spirit by hearing with
faith (Gal. 3:2,14; 5:5). When we are anointed with oil, the Spirit may
come mightily upon us from that day forward (1 Sam. 16:13). e
anointing upon us may be imparted to others (Num. 11:17,25) and
even enlarged when passed to another (2 Kgs. 2:9,15).
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Relating to the Holy Spirit: e Holy Spirit speaks with us,

encouraging us to hear the voice of the Father (Heb. 3:7). We are
to be in the spirit (Rev. 1:10). We are to hear the voice of the Spirit
(Rev. 2:7,11,17,29; 3:6,13,22). When in the Spirit, we can see visions
of heaven and dialogue with angels (Rev. 4:2 Rev. 21). While in
the Holy Spirit, we can be carried by the Spirit to places and can
be shown things (Rev. 21:10). e Spirit and the bride say, Come
(Rev. 22:17).
Positions of the Holy Spirit in relationship to mankind: In (1

Cor. 3:16), upon (Acts 1:8; Num. 24:2-4), filling (Acts 13:52), upon
a group (1 Sam. 19:20), poured out (Isa. 32:15; 44:3).
Effects of the Spirit being in us: Makes us careful to observe

Gods ordinances and brings us to life (Ezek. 36:27; 37:14). Enables
us to interpret dreams (Dan. 4:8,18; 5:11,12,14). e Holy Spirit
builds us into a dwelling of God (Eph. 2:22) and we are considered
a temple of God (1 Cor. 3:16).
Effects of the Spirit filling us: Produces wisdom, understand-

ing, knowledge, and skill in all kinds of craftsmanship (Ex. 28:3;
31:3; 35:31). Produces power, justice, courage (Mic. 3:8). We can
be filled with the Holy Spirit while yet in our mothers womb (Lk.
1:15). Allows us to prophesy (Lk. 1:67), speak in tongues (Acts 2:
4) and speak the word of God with boldness (Acts 4:31). e Holy
Spirit can allow us to see the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the
right hand of God (Acts 7:55). e filling of the Holy Spirit is to be
continuous, and it results in a life of joy (Acts 13:52). We are to be
filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns
and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with our hearts to
the Lord (Eph. 5:18-19).
Effects of the Spirit being upon us: Allows us to experience vi-

sions, prophecy and dreams (Joel 2:28-29; Num. 24:2-4; 1 Sam. 19:
23); puts Gods word on our tongues (2 Sam. 23:2); grants divine au-
thority (Jdg. 6:34); gives physical power (Jdg. 14:6,19; 15:14). We are
changed into another man when the Holy Spirit is upon us (1 Sam.
10:6,10). e Holy Spirit manifests Himself as the Spirit of wisdom
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and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of

knowledge and the fear of the Lord (Isa. 11:2). He anoints us to bring
forth justice to the nations (Isa. 42:1). We can be anointed to bring
good news to the afflicted, be sent to bind up the brokenhearted, to
proclaim liberty to captives and freedom to prisoners, and to comfort
all who mourn (Isa. 61:1). He commissions and empowers us for
ministry (Matt. 12:18) and to witness about Christ (Acts 1:8).
e Holy Spirit can come upon a group: causing the group to

prophesy (1 Sam. 19:20). He can be in the midst of a group of people
(Isa. 63:11). He can give a group rest (Isa. 63:14). When the Spirit is
upon a group, they need not fear (Hag. 2:5). Our confidence should
always be in the Holy Spirit and not in our strength (Zech. 4:6).
e Holy Spirit can be poured out: upon the land making it

fruitful, and upon your descendents blessing them (Isa. 32:15; 44:3;
59:21). When God quits hiding His face from a group, He will pour
out His Spirit upon the group (Ezek. 39:29).
e Holy Spirit can be grieved: He strives with man (Gen. 6:3).

Falsehoods, stealing, unresolved anger, and unwholesome words
grieve the Holy Spirit of God (Eph. 4:25-32). Despising prophetic
utterances, not rejoicing always, not praying without ceasing, not
giving thanks in everything, repaying another with evil for evil and
not seeking after that which is good for one another and for all people
are ways of grieving the Holy Spirit (1 ess. 5:15-22). Stiff-necked
people resist the Holy Spirit (Acts 7:51). Some people, including
some religious leaders, do not believe in the Holy Spirit (Acts 23:
8). ose who are not born of the Spirit will persecute those born
according to the Spirit (Gal. 4:29).
Results of grieving the Holy Spirit: God will fight against you
(Isa. 63:10), making room for evil spirits to come (1 Sam. 16:14),
which can cause conflict between people (Jdg. 9:23), terrorize a
person (1 Sam. 16:14), deceive and entice a person (1 Kgs. 22:21-
23), and stir up rumors to make a person take a specific course of
action (2 Kgs. 19:7).
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Anointed music: can cause evil spirits to depart (1 Sam. 16:15-

16,23), and bring the Holy Spirit.
e Unpardonable Sin is a sin against the Holy Spirit: Whoever

speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either
in this age or in the age to come (Matt. 12:31-32). If we experience
the Holy Spirit and His power and then fall away, it is impossible to
renew us again to repentance (Heb. 6:4-6).
Activities and Truths Concerning the Holy Spirit:
Is given without measure: God gives the Spirit without measure

(Jn. 3:34).
Is instrumental in our salvation: We can be filled with the Holy

Spirit while yet in our mothers womb (Lk. 1:15). e power to
confess Jesus as Lord is given by the Spirit (1 Cor. 12:3). e Holy
Spirit in our hearts cries, Abba! Father (Gal. 4:6). We are a temple
of God (1 Cor. 3:16). e Holy Spirit gives us access to the Father
(Eph. 2:18). Part of our salvation experience is being renewed by the
Holy Spirit (Titus 3:5). e Spirit makes us careful to observe Gods
ordinances and brings us to life (Ezek. 36:27; 37:14). e Holy Spirit
builds us into a dwelling of God (Eph. 2:22)
Is the down payment: We have the first fruits of the Spirit now
(Rom. 8:23). God sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a
pledge (2 Cor. 1:21-22; 2 Cor. 5:5; Eph. 1:13-14).
Releases divine creativity: Produces wisdom, understanding,

knowledge, and skill in all kinds of craftsmanship (Ex. 28:3; 31:3;
35:31). He can hover over a place and, when coupled with the spo-
ken command from God, can create (Gen. 1:2-3). e Holy Spirit
is everywhere (Ps. 139:5-12).
Stirs the heart: He can stir a person (Jdg. 13:25) and produce
power, justice, and courage (Mic. 3:8).
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Leads us: Being led by the Spirit is what God says makes us His
sons (Rom. 8:14-16). He can lead us into the wilderness to be tempted
by the devil (Matt. 4:1; Lk. 4:1). He can instruct us as to what to do
(Acts 8:29). e Holy Spirit can direct our path (Acts 13:4). e Holy
Spirit can forbid us to go in a certain direction (Acts 16:6-7; 21:4)
and He can warn us (Acts 21:11).
Speaks to us: We are to hear the voice of the Spirit (Rev. 2:

7,11,17,29; 3:6,13,22). He can speak to us (Ezek. 3:24; 11:5). e
Holy Spirit hears from the Father (Jn. 16:13) and testifies about Jesus
(Jn. 15:26). e Holy Spirit speaks with us, encouraging us to hear
the voice of the Father (Heb. 3:7).
Shows us things: Allows us to experience visions, prophecy and

dreams (Joel 2:28-29; Num. 24:2-4; 1 Sam. 19:23). Enables us to in-
terpret dreams (Dan. 4:8,18; 5:11-12,14). He can lift us up and take
us away, embittered in the rage of our spirits (Ezek. 3:14). He can
lift us up between earth and heaven and grant us visions and take
us places and show us things (Ezek. 8:3; 11:1,24). He can show us
the glory of the Lord, which can fill a house (Ezek. 43:5). e Holy
Spirit can allow us to see the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the
right hand of God (Acts 7:55). When in the Spirit we can see visions
of heaven and dialogue with angels (Rev. 4:2 Rev. 21). While in
the Holy Spirit, we can be carried by the Spirit to places and can be
shown things (Rev. 21:10).
Gives us the words to speak: He can bring things to our remem-

brance (Jn. 14:26). He puts Gods word on our tongues (2 Sam. 23:
2). He can give us the words to say if we are arrested (Mk. 13:11; Lk.
12:11-12). Words spoken from the Holy Spirit give life, and words
from self profit nothing (Jn. 6:63). e Holy Spirit empowers us to
prophesy (Lk. 1:67), speak in tongues (Acts 2:4) and speak the word
of God with boldness (Acts 4:31).
Guides our decision-making: e Holy Spirit is to guide us in

our decision-making processes (Acts 15:28). e Holy Spirit mani-
fests Himself as the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit
of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the
Lord (Isa. 11:2).
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Empowers us: Obedience to the leading of the Holy Spirit can

produce an empowering by the Holy Spirit (Lk. 4:1,14). e empow-
ering of the Holy Spirit can anoint us to fulfill our call and mission
in life. It can anoint us to preach, cast out demons and heal the sick
(Lk. 4:18,36; Matt. 12:28). God can anoint us with the Holy Spirit
and with power, and we can go about doing good and healing all
who are oppressed by the devil (Acts 10:38). We do miracles by the
hearing with faith (Gal. 3:2-3,5). He grants divine authority (Jdg. 6:
34) and physical power (Jdg. 14:6,19; 15:14), and we are changed
into another man (1 Sam. 10:6,10)
Grants gifts: All gifts come from one and the same Holy Spirit (1
Cor. 12:4). e Holy Spirit manifests Himself for one reason the
common good (1 Cor. 12:7). e ways the Holy Spirit manifests
Himself are as follows: to one is given the word of wisdom through
the Spirit, and to another the word of knowledge according to the
same Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts
of healing by the one Spirit, and to another the effecting of miracles,
and to another prophecy, and to another the distinguishing of spirits,
to another various kinds of tongues, and to another the interpreta-
tion of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things,
distributing to each one individually just as He wills (1 Cor. 12:8-11).
e Holy Spirit has the ability to choose which gifts He distributes
to which individual (1 Cor. 12:11).
e heart motivation behind the operation of the gifts: is love

(1 Cor. 14:1). We are to seek to operate the gifts of the Holy Spirit
with a heart motivation to build up the church (1 Cor. 14:12). When
we gather, we are to pray and sing in tongues as part of the service
(1 Cor. 14:14-15).
Authenticates our preaching: Signs and wonders are provided

through the power of the Spirit (Rom. 15:19). Our preaching is to be
a demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith would
not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God (1 Cor. 2:
4-5). Our preaching is not to be in word only, but also in power and
in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction (1 ess. 1:5). e way
God testifies amongst us is by signs and wonders and by various
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miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit according to His own will
(Heb. 2:4). We are to take up the sword of the Spirit, which is what
God is speaking (Eph. 6:17).
Brings the Kingdom: e Kingdom of God is about realities the

Holy Spirit brings to our lives - righteousness and peace, joy and
hope in the Holy Spirit (Rom. 14:17; 15:19).
Predicts the future: e Holy Spirit can predict the future (Lk.
2:26; Acts 11:28; 20:23; Jn. 16:13).
We are to abide in the Spirit: We are to be in the Spirit (Rev. 1:

10). e Spirit of truth can abide with and in us (Jn. 14:16-17). Each
of us is to have fellowship in the Holy Spirit (2 Cor. 13:14). e fill-
ing of the Holy Spirit is to be continuous, and it results in a life of
joy (Acts 13:52). We are to be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one
another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and mak-
ing melody with our hearts to the Lord (Eph. 5:18-19).
e effect of praying in tongues: When we pray in tongues, our

spirits are talking to God and our minds do not understand (1 Cor.
14:14).
Emotions and the Spirit: We can rejoice in the Holy Spirit. He

can comfort us (Acts 9:31). e fruit of the Holy Spirit in our lives
is love, joy, and peace (Gal. 5:22-23).
Gives us great wisdom: e Holy Spirit can give us great wisdom

(Acts 6:10). God reveals the depths of His wisdom to us by the
Holy Spirit. ere is no other way to receive this (1 Cor. 2:9-11).
e thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God, and
He reveals them to us. We are taught by the Spirit (1 Cor. 2:11-13).
We are to pray for God to give us a spirit of wisdom and of revela-
tion in the knowledge of Him (Eph. 1:17). We receive revelations
from God through the Holy Spirit (Eph. 3:3-5). We are to pray to
be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and
understanding (Col. 1:9).
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Translates us: He can translate us from one place to another

(Acts 8:39).
Commissions us into ministry: He commissions us into ministry

(Acts 13:2). He establishes us in our offices in the body of Christ
(Acts 20:28). He anoints us to bring forth justice to the nations (Isa.
42:1). We can be anointed to bring good news to the afflicted, be sent
to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to captives and
freedom to prisoners (Isa. 61:1). He commissions and empowers us
for ministry (Matt. 12:18) and to witness about Christ (Acts 1:8).
Sanctifies our ministries: He sanctifies our ministries (Rom. 15:

16).
Empowers us to overcome sin: We are not adequate in ourselves.

We are only adequate through the working of the Holy Spirit (2 Cor.
3:4-6). Our confidence should always be in the Holy Spirit and not
in our strength (Zech. 4:6). When we walk according to the power
of the indwelling Holy Spirit, we are set free from the power of sin
(Rom. 8:2,4). is occurs as long as we keep our attention focused
on the Holy Spirit (Rom. 8:5). If we focus off the Holy Spirit, we
enter death (Rom. 8:6-8). He helps us in our weaknesses (Rom. 8:
26). If we walk by the Spirit we will not carry out the desires of the
flesh (Gal. 5:16-17). e Holy Spirit within transforms us into the
glory of the Lord, while we look at the glory of the Lord (2 Cor. 3:
18). e Holy Spirit gives us liberty (2 Cor. 3:17). If you are led by
the Spirit, you are not under the Law (Gal. 5:18,25). We are to sow
to the Spirit and from the Spirit receive eternal life (Gal. 6:8). e
Holy Spirit strengthens us with power in our inner man (Eph. 3:16).
We are to build ourselves up on our most holy faith, praying in the
Holy Spirit (Jude 20). All prayer is to be in the Spirit (Eph. 6:18). We
worship in the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no
confidence in the flesh (Phil. 3:3).
Heals our hearts: He can circumcise our hearts (Rom. 2:29). e

Holy Spirit is the means by which the love of God is poured out
within our hearts (Rom. 5:5). We are to be diligent to preserve the
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unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace as there is only one body
and one Spirit (Eph. 4:3-4). Where there is unity, God commands
the blessing -- life forever (Ps. 133:1-3).
Transforms our heart attitudes: e fruit of the Spirit is love,

joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,
self-control; against such things there is no law. If we live by the
Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. (Gal. 5:22-26).
Conflicts with the natural man: But a natural man does not
accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to
him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually
appraised. But he who is spiritual appraises all things, yet he himself
is appraised by no one (1 Cor. 2:14-15).
e final statement in the Bible on the Spirit:

e Spirit and the bride say, Come (Rev. 22:17).
Section Seven
Concluding Prayer
My Prayer: Holy Spirit, Come!
Holy Spirit, I come to You. I choose to walk in obedience and
faith, as these are Your requirements for receiving Your abiding
presence. You flow freely when I live in love and unity with others
and when I seek to build others up. I choose to be diligent to main-
tain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. I will let people
lay hands upon me to receive Your indwelling and anointing. Holy
Spirit, I come to You.
Holy Spirit, come. You drew me unto salvation. You grant me

intimacy with God. You make me a temple of God. Holy Spirit, I
seek all Your works in my life. Please indwell me, fill me, flow out
from me and pour Yourself out upon me. I consciously welcomed
You into my heart at the point of my salvation. I was baptized by You
at the point of time I yielded my outer faculties from self control to
Your control and asked for and sought Your empowering. You renew
me each and every morning. Your daily filling requires a constant
yielding of my heart and soul to You, which I choose to do. I desire
for You to flow out through me. Empower me from within. I desire
that You be poured out upon me. rough Your various workings,
You give me victory over sin as well as victory over sickness, disease
and the devil. Truly Your power sets the captives free. Holy Spirit,
come.
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Holy Spirit, I will not grieve You. I will not grieve You through
my words; through grumbling, careless words, angry or unbeliev-
ing words. is causes You to fight against me, and opens the door
for evil spirits to enter. ey produce conflict between others and
me, as well as fear, deception, enticement, and false rumors. I will
only love, and speak words edifying for the need of the moment.
I choose to believe in Your in-working power in my life. I will not
speak against You or disregard You. I will play anointed music to
provide an inviting resting place for You to dwell. I abide in You
and You abide in me. I am careful to walk in unity with others in
the body of Christ, as You flow where there is unity. Holy Spirit, I
will not grieve you.
Holy Spirit, I see You. You are the Dove that rested upon Jesus.
You are the wind that blows. You are the breath of life within me.
You are the river that flows out through my heart. You are the fire of
God that rests upon my head and that purifies me. You are the light
that shines in my mind, anointing my reasoning. You are the oil of
blessing that is poured out upon me. You are the cloud of Glory that
descends from heaven. ank You, Holy Spirit, that I can see You.
Holy Spirit, You show me things. You disclose the Father to me

as I listen to Your voice and live tuned to Your thoughts, pictures
and emotions. You grant me visions of heaven and draw me into
dialogue with angels. You grant me dreams and the ability to inter-
pret them. When I ask You to show me things, Your pictures light
upon the eyes of my heart, and I find myself seeing those things
You have chosen to reveal to me. ank You, Holy Spirit, for the
effortlessness through which Your revelation comes to me. Holy
Spirit, come show me things.
Holy Spirit, give me Your thoughts. I will let You illuminate my

mind with revelation through spontaneous thoughts. I will tune away
from my own calculated reasoning, fix my eyes upon You and tune
to Your indwelling, flowing river. I sense Your words as spontane-
ous thoughts which light upon my heart and mind as I am in Your
presence. ank You, Holy Spirit, that I can hear from You.
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Holy Spirit, tell me whats on the heart of God. You encourage

me to hear the voice of the Father. He reveals the depths of His wis-
dom to You and You then speak it into my spirit. So I am taught by
You, Holy Spirit. I pray continuously for a flow of divine revelation
from You, Holy Spirit. You make me wise and understanding. You
grant me words of wisdom, and knowledge. Holy Spirit, fill me with
Your will, wisdom and understanding. Holy Spirit, come.
Holy Spirit, I feel You. I feel Your presence, Your lightness and
Your peace when I am in Your will. I sense unrest when I am not
in step with You. Holy Spirit, I desire to follow the leading of Your
peace. Holy Spirit, let me always feel You.
Holy Spirit, You release within me Gods emotions. I rejoice in

You, Holy Spirit, and You comfort me. You fill my heart with joyful
melodies, singing and laughter. You give me a reverence toward God
and hatred toward the things He hates. You give me Gods compas-
sion toward the lost and the hurting. You give me an inner desire
to obey Gods laws. Your presence within me is the down payment
of what I shall experience in heaven. Holy Spirit, let me feel Gods
emotions.
Holy Spirit, You guide me. You give me knowledge so I know the
future. You tell me what to do. You direct my steps. You warn me of
wrong paths and danger ahead. Holy Spirit, lead me, I pray.
Holy Spirit, You anoint my tongue. Give me the words to speak

when I stand before kings. Put Gods anointed words on my tongue
all the time, especially in difficult situations. Grant me the ability to
prophesy, to speak and sing in tongues, and to speak with a power
and boldness that comes directly from you. When I pray in tongues,
my spirit is speaking with God and my mind is out of the way. Holy
Spirit, anoint my tongue.
Holy Spirit, You anoint my mind. When You anoint my mind, I

have the mind of Christ. So I worship in the Spirit and put no con-
fidence in the flesh. You anoint me with a divine flow of thoughts
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as I yield my mind to you. You anoint my reasoning, allowing me

to reason along with Almighty God. I choose to yield my mental
faculties to You, Holy Spirit, and allow the flow of Your thoughts
and pictures to guide my reasoning process, rather than me guiding
my reasoning process. For apart from You, I am nothing, but with
You, I am all things. I shall meditate in my heart. Holy Spirit, come
anoint my mind.
Holy Spirit, You anoint my heart. You stir up my heart, and

impress me to do things. You bring things to my remembrance. You
lead me each step I take. Come, Holy Spirit, and anoint my heart.
Holy Spirit, You anoint my hands. You anoint my hands with

Your power, to heal the sick and to cast out demons. You anoint
my hands with skill in all kinds of craftsmanship. When I yield my
hands to You and ask for and receive Your flow and Your anointing,
I am amazed at what my hands can do. I can feel Your power and
heat, energy and tingling in my hands. ank You, Holy Spirit. Holy
Spirit, come anoint my hands.
Holy Spirit, You make me creative. You gift me with divine

creativity. You make all my words life-giving. Holy Spirit, I yield to
Your creativity.
Holy Spirit, You release Your personality to me. You radiate

Your attributes to flow out through my heart. ere is love, joy, peace,
patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control,
as long as I live tuned to You. Holy Spirit, I come.
Holy Spirit, You release in me the power to be holy. I am not

adequate in myself. My only adequacy is through the working of
the Holy Spirit. You make me strong. I am confident of Your power
within me rather than my own strength. I realize my whole life comes
about as a result of Your working. When I am weak, I ask You to
meet me, and You do, transforming me from weakness to strength.
I put my confidence in You and not in myself. I keep my attention
fixed on You, Holy Spirit, and Your life in, through and upon me. I
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worship in the Spirit and put no confidence in the flesh. You cut evil,
weakness and pain out of my heart and give me a new heart and a
new spirit. Holy Spirit, be the Holy One within me.
Holy Spirit, You release the power of God to me. You make
me bold, powerful, just and courageous. You cause me to act with
Your power and authority! You manifest Yourself through the gift
of faith, gifts of healings, the ability to do creative miracles and to
discern the presence of evil spirits and to cast them out. As Your
power is displayed, Your kingdom comes forth in that place. I expect
to walk in Your supernatural power and gifts. Holy Spirit, empower
me, I pray.
Holy Spirit, let Your words flow through me in anointed

preaching. I tune to Your flow as I prepare and as I preach and teach.
I speak that which You are speaking, not my own words. When I do
this, what I say is authenticated by Your divine power. Holy Spirit,
come and anoint my words.
Holy Spirit, come authenticate this preaching with Your power.

You do not want my preaching to be in word only, but a demonstra-
tion of Your power. You authenticate the preaching of Your words
with signs and wonders such as the casting out of demons, healing
the sick and setting free those who are oppressed by the devil. I do
these miracles by hearing what You are saying and then stepping out
in faith and acting in obedience to Your words. Holy Spirit, come
authenticate the release of Your words.
Holy Spirit, You sanctify me for my lifes work. You commis-

sion me, watch over my lifes mission and guide and empower me
to complete my lifes destiny. You bless me and my descendents.
Holy Spirit, come.
Holy Spirit, You take me away. You carry me to places and show
me things. You grant me access before the throne of the Father. You
let me see the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of the
Father. You let me see cities and peoples and needs that are a great
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distance from where I live. You are not bound by time and space,
and when I am in You, neither am I. I choose to live seeing, hearing
and sensing You. Holy Spirit, You are my life. Your ways are better
than mine, Your thoughts are better than my thoughts, Your wisdom
is better than my wisdom, and Your power is far greater than mine.
us I say, Come, Holy Spirit, come! And again I say, Come.
Epilogue
Summary Statements
Review this booklet and make a list of key things God wants you
to take away from this meditation on the Holy Spirit. List them on
the following pages and review them weekly until they are internal-
ized.
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Key things God has taught me through this meditation:

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Key experiences I have had during this meditation:

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Key actions I am to take as a result of this meditation:

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Summary journaling:
Lord, what do You want me to take away from this meditation?
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you are required to fully integrate the life-changing principles. Nothing
is left to chance. You will learn what you are supposed to learn and
your life will be transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit.
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When you meditate on revelation truths in the context of a

Christian Leadership University course, you are required to fully
integrate the life-changing principles. Nothing is left to chance.
You will learn what you are supposed to learn and your life will be
transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit. Following are suggest-
ed CLU courses which deepen intimacy with the Holy Spirit. Each
course costs approximately $300 and can be paid in three monthly
installments. (Prices vary and are subject to change without notice.)
A full 30-day money-back guarantee is available allowing you to
return the course in resalable condition if you are not completely
satisfied that meditating on the assigned materials and following the
course instructions are deepening your walk with God.
You should invest about one hour a day for 12 weeks to complete
each course below. You will be assigned an instructor who is avail-
able to you by internet, phone and regular mail. Certain required
assignments will be submitted to your instructor for grading.
REN103 Communion with God (3 credits) is is a thoroughly

practical course on discerning Gods voice. Biblical techniques of
vision and journaling will be combined to help you discern and
clarify the spontaneous thoughts that come from God. (Key verses:
Habakkuk 2:1-4) You will learn to commune (converse) with God
through the fellowship of the Holy Spirit and discover that this com-
munion flows both ways. You will discover that on a daily basis you
can record in a journal what God is saying to you. You will learn to
become still, fix your eyes on Jesus, tune to spontaneity and write,
thus capturing His voice within your heart! Course materials include
Communion With God, Dialogue With God, an extended cassette
series by Mark Virkler, and an extensive course syllabus.
REN204 Naturally Supernatural (3 credits) is course unfolds the
revelation truth of Galatians 2:20, that it is not you who lives, but
Christ Who lives in you. Once you move from self-consciousness
to Christ-consciousness, many of your problems disappear in the
light of His glory. Course materials include Naturally Supernatural,
e Great Mystery Christ Within, Abide in Christ, two cassettes
by Mark Virkler, and an extensive course syllabus.
COU202 Counseled By God (3 credits) is course builds upon

Communion With God, teaching you how to journal through the
main emotional issues that trouble you (anger, fear, guilt, condemna-
tion, accusation, inferiority, etc.). By doing this, the Lord becomes
your counselor as He speaks into your heart, healing the wounds
that are there. Course materials include Counseled by God Textbook,
Counseled by God Study Guide, From the Fathers Heart, an extended
cassette series by Mark Virkler, and an extensive course syllabus.
COU301 Prayers at Heal the Heart (4 credits) is course

teaches a series of seven specific prayers that will break bondages
within your heart caused by spiritual forces. ese prayers include
breaking generational sins and curses; severing ungodly soul ties;
removing negative beliefs and inner vows; healing traumatic scenes;
and casting out demonic energy that has connected itself to these
inner wounds of the heart and soul. e entire healing process is
sealed by doing an intensive meditation on biblical passages that
bear on the issues being healed so God can grant you illumined
insight from His Word. Course materials include Prayers that Heal
the Heart book, Prayers that Heal the Heart cassettes, Breaking Un-
healthy Soul Ties, You Can Be Emotionally Free! Blessing or Curse,
Pigs in the Parlor, Dialoguing with God booklet, and an extensive
course syllabus. (is is a more expensive course because it is four
credits and includes extra texts.)
REN310 Wisdom rough Dream Interpretation (3 credits) e

Bible declares that God counsels us at night through our dreams (Ps.
16:7). e dreams in the Bible illustrate this principle, and all of us
can learn to hear from God during the two hours of dream life we
have each night. In this course, you will examine all 50 dreams of
the Bible seeing how God interprets the symbolism and speaks to
His children through their dreams. Course materials include Biblical
Research Concerning Dreams and Visions, Dream Interpretation,
Christian Dream Interpretation cassettes, and an extensive course
syllabus.
REN206 Increasing the Anointing (3 credits) It is only as we min-

ister in the anointing of the Holy Spirit that we can effectively touch
the hearts of others. is practical course trains you how to sense the
Holy Spirit Who lives within you, how to get to know Him as a Per-
son, and how to release His power to heal a hurting people. Course
materials include Sense Your Spirit, Good Morning Holy Spirit, e
Anointing of the Holy Spirit, and an extensive course syllabus.
REN207 Healing Anointing (3 credits) Because Jesus has poured

out His Spirit upon us, we can be ministers of His salvation - healing
for the spirit, soul, and body - by the anointing that rests upon us.
is practical course will give you keys to flowing in that anointing of
God. Course materials include e Healing Anointing, Power Healing,
Gods Remedy for Rejection, and an extensive course syllabus.
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Lamad Curriculum requires

All Scripture quotations are taken from

Section One: Why Explore the Workings of the Holy

Section Two: e Holy Spirit A Member of the Trinity

Section ree: How to Do Two-way Journaling ................... 9

Section Four: How to Biblically Meditate on the Verses

Section Five: Scriptures on the Holy Spirit, Listed

Section Six: Biblical Summary Concerning the Holy

Section Seven: Concluding Prayer .......................................209

Epilogue: Summary Statements ............................................215

is brand new book, Intimacy with the Holy Spirit, is a book

Marks new book has sparked in me a new hunger to say once

Son, in whom I am well-pleased. (Matthew 3:16-17)

e following section is from Dr. Wayne Grudem, then of Trin-

attention to his work and gives recognizable evidences that

Journaling by Mark Virkler with God the Father

Mark, leave them to Me, saith the Lord of Hosts. I shall

Yes, Lord. ank You, Lord. (End of journal entry.)

Journaling with Jesus on another day:

Possible responses to the presence of God and the

Key #1 Gods voice in our hearts sounds like a

Key #2 I must learn to still my own thoughts and

Key #3 As I pray, I fix the eyes of my heart upon

God continually revealed Himself to His covenant people using

Key #4 Journaling, the writing out of our prayers

We sense the Spirits voice as spontaneous thoughts and His

e Holy Spirit can be seen as:

Stop reading now! Look up each of the above verses, holding

He says in a separate journal. Below is Mark Virklers journaling on

e Holy Spirit can be seen as:

Mark, why dont you start by speaking to Me.

Okay. Jesus, what would You like to say to me concerning this?

Mark, I am the Author and Giver of Life. It is belief in Me

Holy Spirit, what would You speak to me concerning Your pres-

Well, Mark, you have felt Me many times. I am the surge

your eyes are fixed on Me or upon the Lord Jesus Christ.

Holy Spirit, I am sorry for my unbelief. I repent of it and cast it

ank you, My son. Now we can go on.

So rest assured that you have walked and lived in My river

ank You, Holy Spirit. I shall come.

Now go, My son.

Well, Mark, we both do have Our own voices. Sometimes it

Lord, how can I recognize each of Your three voices?

Well, Mark, obviously it will depend on Whom you have

Wow, Lord, that is amazing.

You are welcome, My son

Lord, is there more You want to say?

Yes, enter into My presence with worship. Come before

Yes, Lord. (After worship I received the following.)

A Poured Out Blessing (Isaiah 44:3-4) and Oil of Blessing Poured

Holy Spirit, what is Your poured out blessing like?

and yes, even smelled by those whose senses are tuned to

Yes, Lord. ank You, Lord.

Fire (Acts 2:3-4)

e Illuminator (1 Corinthians 2:10-11; Ephesians 1:17ff.)

Wind (John 3:8)

in response to prayer. I meet Gods children and release

A Dove (Mark 1:10)

ank You, Father and Holy Spirit.

Gods Radiant Glory (2 Corinthians 3:8,18; 1 Peter 4:14)

have been in My presence. is glow becomes brighter and

Yes, Holy Spirit.