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Edwin Elisha James is an Evangelist whose commitment to preach wherever the Lord leads him has fructified in bringing hundreds of souls to the Lord - a dream and a desire that he has harboured for the longest time!

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

The Holy Spirit


Various personal activities of the Holy Spirit from:

He moves (impels)

2 Peter 1:21  

For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

He forbids (prohibits)

Acts 16:6  

Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia.

He restrains (holds back)

Acts 16:6  

6 Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia.

7 When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them to.

He speaks (utters words)

Acts 8:29  

The Spirit told Philip, “Go to that chariot and stay near it.”

He lifts up a standard (defends)

Isaiah 59:19  

From the west, men will fear the name of the LORD, and from the rising of the sun, they will revere his glory. For he will come like a pent-up flood that the breath of the LORD drives along.

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