They’re essential tools God gave the church to reach the world. The greatest gift is the Spirit Himself, and from intimacy with Him flow miracles, healings, prophecy, and joy, all meant to build up the body in love. Even Paul, correcting the Corinthians, urged them to earnestly desire the gifts, reminding us that they’re meant to be stepping stones into the beauty of the Spirit, not stumbling blocks.

We now have the mind of Christ. Jesus promised the Spirit without measure, guiding us into truth and helping us discern all things, turning the Christian life into a highlight reel of God’s presence. To know His voice, we start with Scripture, listen in prayer, and walk in community, aligning our lives with the truth that His sheep hear His voice.

The Spirit brings all things of God to us. Fruit, gifts, transformation, and more.

The Holy Spirit wants all of us - our sin, our control, and our religion. Through Him, those things can be given over, not by practical means, but spiritual.

When abuses of spiritual gifts abound, it's all too easy to being skeptical and offended about the use of them. Would it not be so for us - the Lord has designed these gifts to unite us to Him and draw people in love.

Before Jesus began his ministry, he receives a baptism of the Spirit and Paul tells us to find men full of the Spirit and wisdom. Let's ask more of God, expect Him to move, and when we doubt, repent!

The love we have with Jesus is our greatest love, and when He gave us His Spirit, He gave us the gift of always having this first love. Our church exists because of this first love!

Walking through parts of the New Testament to see how we ought to view the Holy Spirit, we see how primary it is in our lives. Instead of Jesus staying here on Earth, we get transformation through the Spirit.

Jesus left us in order that he can send us His Spirit. Now the Holy Spirit doesn't just have a job description to reveal Jesus to us - it completely changes how we experience God and affect the world.

Jesus died and rose from the grave so that he could send the Holy Spirit to us. It's obvious in our world and to our world the difference between light and dark - which side will we partner with? God knows it's been enough of evil; do we?