Knowing The Holy Spirit Personally

Week 1

Ruach

The Holy Spirit in The Old Testament

My desire is that from today’s study of the Spirit you will clearly see the need you have for the Holy Spirit and have a stronger desire for Him.  You need the Holy Spirit’s power to open seas of impossibility that stand before you.  You need his breath to blow the quail of his provision into your camp.  You need the wind of God to blow upon the valley of dry bones in your life to bring dead hopes, dreams and situations to life.

You need the water of the Spirit to quench your spiritual thirst.  You need the water of the Spirit to bring cleansing, purity, life and flourishing.  You need the fire of the Spirit to refine your heart like pure gold to attain true wealth.  You need the Oil of the Spirit to feed you, light your lamp for direction and heal you that you may heal others.

You need the Spirit to work creative miracles for you, to reveal God’s will and truth to you, to equip you with skill, strength and give you all you need for leadership.  Would you agree with me that you and I desperately need and depend upon the Holy Spirit?  Hopefully after today will will see that more clearly and desire it more strongly.

Ruach Feb2021 pdf

Ruach

“Ruach, ruach,
Holy wind of God, blow on me.
Touch the fading embers, breathe on me.
Fan into a flame all that You’ve placed in me.
Let the fire burn more powerfully.
Ruach, Ruach,
Holy wind of God,
Holy wind of God, breathe on me.”

Sunday Service Holy Spirit worship playlist:

Michael Emmett

“Brian Emmett was a career criminal in south London – a drug smuggler and gangster and contemporary of the notorious Kray twins, who he knew well.

Brian had a son called Michael, who joined ‘the family business’ at a young age. Father and son worked together as international drug smugglers. Their activities were very successful until, one night, they were arrested as part of a massive police operation involving twelve armed officers and sixty regulars in a small Devon fishing port, where a hoard of four metric tonnes of cannabis with a street value of £13 million was being landed.

At the time, it was the largest ever known importation of cannabis to the UK and they were each sentenced to twelve and a half years.

In 1994, Brian and Michael heard about Alpha while in Exeter Prison and decided to give it a try. They were filled with the Holy Spirit and their lives were completely transformed.

As father and son continued to serve their sentences, they were regularly transferred from prison to prison throughout England as is the normal practice. On arrival in each one, they introduced Alpha and more and more prisoners experienced the love of God for the first time.”

From Nicky Gumbel Bible in a Year Youversion Bible Devotion.