Spirit Of God...
...Comforter And Helper.

The Spirit of God lives in the hearts of those...

...who surrender their lives to Him.

If you haven't read "The Surrender" yet...

...click on this link...

...and see what it's all about: "The Surrender"

Did you know...

...that...

...as a believer...

..and...

...therefore...

...a child of God...

...you are the temple of the...

...Holy Spirit?

Check out the first Scripture verse...

...listed below.

As a believer...

...you have been bought ...

...with a price.

You've been bought by the...

...matchless blood...

...of...

...Jesus.

He died for you...

...so you could live...

...with Him...

...forever. See "Jesus: The Son of God"

And...

...that life with Him...

...begins the moment...

...you "surrender."

You Become A New Creation See "The Disciple"

As a new creation...

...you are made ready...

...for your new life...

...with...

...Jesus.

That's when He comes to...

...live in you...

...by His...

...Holy Spirit.

That's what we were...

...originally...

...created for!

This is where...

...power...

...for living...

...comes from.

The Comforter...

...is...

...God...

...within...

...you!

This is the power you need...

...to...

...conquer...

...and...

...overcome.

Read and understand...

...my friend.

This...

...is...

...powerful.

Blessings to you!

-- Pilgrim

*************************************** 1 Corinthians 6:19 (NCV)

19 You should know that your body is a temple for the Holy Spirit who is in you. You have received the [Comforter] from God. So you do not belong to yourselves, 20 because you were bought by God for a price...

Romans 5:5 (NCV)

5 And this hope will never disappoint us, because God has poured out his love to fill our hearts. He gave us his love through the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to us.

John 14:16-17 (NCV)

16 I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper to be with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it does not see him or know him. But you know him, because he lives with you and he will be in you.

John 16:7-9 (NCV)

7 But I tell you the truth, it is better for you that I go away. When I go away, I will send the Helper to you. If I do not go away, the Helper will not come. 8

When the Helper comes, he will prove to the people of the world the truth about sin, about being right with God, and about judgment. 9 He will prove to them that sin is not believing in me.

Matthew 3:11 (NCV)

11 “I baptize you with water to show that your hearts and lives have changed. But there is one coming after me who is greater than I am, whose sandals I am not good enough to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

John 7:37-39 (NCV)

37 On the last and most important day of the feast Jesus stood up and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. 38 If anyone believes in me, rivers of living water will flow out from that person’s heart, as the Scripture says.” 39 Jesus was talking about the Holy Spirit. The [Comforter] had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been raised to glory.

Luke 11:13 (NCV)

13 Even though you are bad, you know how to give good things to your children. How much more your heavenly Father will give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

Joel 2:28 (NCV)

28 “After this,

I will pour out my Spirit on all kinds of people.

Your sons and daughters will prophesy,

your old men will dream dreams,

and your young men will see visions.

Acts 1:4-5 (NCV)

4 Once when he was eating with them, he told them not to leave Jerusalem. He said, “Wait here to receive the promise from the Father which I told you about. 5 John baptized people with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”

Acts 1:8 (NCV)

8 But when the Holy Spirit comes to you, you will receive power. You will be my witnesses—in Jerusalem, in all of Judea, in Samaria, and in every part of the world.”

Acts 2:4 (NCV)

4 They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak different languages by the power the [Comforter] was giving them.

Acts 2:38 (NCV)

38 Peter said to them, “Change your hearts and lives and be baptized, each one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 4:31 (NCV)

31 After they had prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke God’s word without fear.

Ephesians 5:18 (NCV)

18 Do not be drunk with wine, which will ruin you, but be filled with the Spirit.

Acts 8:14-17 (NCV)

14 When the apostles who were still in Jerusalem heard that the people of Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them. 15 When Peter and John arrived, they prayed that the Samaritan believers might receive the Holy Spirit. 16 These people had been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus, but the [Comforter] had not yet come upon any of them. 17 Then, when the two apostles began laying their hands on the people, they received the [Comforter].

Acts 10:44-46 (NCV)

44 While Peter was still saying this, the [Comforter] came down on all those who were listening. 45 The Jewish believers who came with Peter were amazed that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been given even to the nations. 46 These believers heard them speaking in different languages and praising God...

Acts 19:1-6 (NCV)

Paul in Ephesus

1 While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul was visiting some places on the way to Ephesus. There he found some followers 2 and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?”

They said, “We have never even heard of a Holy Spirit.”

3 So he asked, “What kind of baptism did you have?”

They said, “It was the baptism that John taught.”

4 Paul said, “John’s baptism was a baptism of changed hearts and lives. He told people to believe in the one who would come after him, and that one is Jesus.”

5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6 Then Paul laid his hands on them, and the [Comforter] came upon them. They began speaking different languages and prophesying.

John 14:26-27 (NCV)

26 But the Helper will teach you everything and will cause you to remember all that I told you. This Helper is the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name.

27 “I leave you peace; my peace I give you. I do not give it to you as the world does. So don’t let your hearts be troubled or afraid.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (NCV)

19 You should know that your body is a temple for the Holy Spirit who is in you. You have received the [Comforter] from God. So you do not belong to yourselves, 20 because you were bought by God for a price...

1 John 4:13-17 (NCV)

13 We know that we live in God and he lives in us, because he gave us his Spirit. 14 We have seen and can testify that the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God has God living inside, and that person lives in God. 16 And so we know the love that God has for us, and we trust that love.

God is love. Those who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. 17 This is how love is made perfect in us: that we can be without fear on the day God judges us, because in this world we are like him.

John 15:15-16 (NCV)

15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know what his master is doing. But I call you friends, because I have made known to you everything I heard from my Father. 16 You did not choose me; I chose you. And I gave you this work: to go and produce fruit, fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you anything you ask for in my name.

Revelation 3:20 (NCV)

20 Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in and eat with you, and you will eat with me.

James 4:8 (NCV)

8 Come near to God, and God will come near to you. You sinners, clean sin out of your lives. You who are trying to follow God and the world at the same time, make your thinking pure.

2 Chronicles 16:9 (NCV)

9 The Lord searches all the earth for people who have given themselves completely to him. He wants to make them strong.

1 Peter 1:3-5 (NCV)

We Have a Living Hope

3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. In God’s great mercy he has caused us to be born again into a living hope, because Jesus Christ rose from the dead. 4 Now we hope for the blessings God has for his children. These blessings, which cannot be destroyed or be spoiled or lose their beauty, are kept in heaven for you. 5 God’s power protects you through your faith until salvation is shown to you at the end of time.

John 10:26-30 (NCV)

26 But you don’t believe, because you are not my sheep. 27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never die, and no one can steal them out of my hand. 29 My Father gave my sheep to me. He is greater than all, and no person can steal my sheep out of my Father’s hand. 30 The Father and I are one.”

John 6:37-40 (NCV)

37 The Father gives me the people who are mine. Every one of them will come to me, and I will always accept them. 38 I came down from heaven to do what God wants me to do, not what I want to do. 39 Here is what the One who sent me wants me to do: I must not lose even one whom God gave me, but I must raise them all on the last day. 40 Those who see the Son and believe in him have eternal life, and I will raise them on the last day. This is what my Father wants.”

Philippians 4:13 (NCV)

13 I can do all things through Christ, because he gives me strength.

John 15:7-8 (NCV)

7 If you remain in me and follow my teachings, you can ask anything you want, and it will be given to you. 8 You should produce much fruit and show that you are my followers, which brings glory to my Father.

2 Peter 1:3-4 (NCV)

God Has Given Us Blessings

3 Jesus has the power of God, by which he has given us everything we need to live and to serve God. We have these things because we know him. Jesus called us by his glory and goodness. 4 Through these he gave us the very great and precious promises. With these gifts you can share in God’s nature, and the world will not ruin you with its evil desires.

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*** All Scripture is taken from...

The Everyday Bible : New Century Version.

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