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• A true and safe leader is likely to be one who has no desire to lead, but is forced into a position by the inward pressure of the Holy Spirit and the press of [circumstances]... The man who is ambitious to lead is disqualified as a leader. The true leader will have no desire to lord it over God's heritage, but will be humble, gentle, self-sacrificing and altogether ready to follow when the Spirit chooses another to lead.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Humble, Sacrifice, Men

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• None shall be saved by Christ but those only who work out their own salvation while God is working in them by His truth and His Holy Spirit. We cannot do without God; and God will not do without us.

  Matthew Henry

  Work Out, Spirit, Christ

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 528), 1895.

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• This it is that gives a majesty so pure and touching to the historic figure of Christ; self-abandonment to God, uttermost surrender, without reserve or stipulation, to the guidance of the Holy Spirit from the Soul of souls; pause in no darkness; hesitation in no perplexity, recoil in no extremity of anguish, but a gentle unfaltering hold of the invisible Hand, of the Only Holy and All Good--these are the features that have made Jesus of Nazareth the dearest and most sacred image to the heart of so many ages.

  James Martineau

  Jesus, Heart, Invisible Hand

  James Martineau (1905). “A Martineau year book: Extracts from sermons”

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• I think Catholicism took root very quickly in Ireland because it's a very superstitious religion, the holy ghost, the holy spirit, it has a goddess, very visual, the music.

  Conor McPherson

  Thinking, Roots, Spirit

  "Interview: Conor McPherson and Ciarán Hinds of ‘The Eclipse’". Interview with Nell Minow, moviemom.com. March 25, 2010.

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• Faith, Hope & Love. Faith is directed towards God, love towards others (both within the Christian fellowship and beyond it) and hope towards the future, in particular, the glorious coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Similarly, faith rests of the past; love works in the present; hope looks to the future. Every Christian without exception is a believer, a lover and a hoper. Faith, hope and love are three sure evidences of regeneration by the Holy Spirit.

  John Stott

  Christian, Jesus, Past

  John Stott (2014). “The Message of Thessalonians”, p.18, SPCK

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• The way in which I know Christianity is true is first and foremost is the basis of the witness of the Holy Spirit in my heart. And this gives me self-authenticating means of knowing Christianity is true wholly apart from the evidence. And therefore, even if in some historically contingent circumstances the evidence that I have available to me should turn against Christianity, I do not think that controverts the witness of the Holy Spirit.

  William Lane Craig

  Mean, Heart, Thinking

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• Any tear shed in sharing the heartbeat of God, any tear shed through Christlike loving empathy with our fellowmen, any tear born of the yearning constraint of the Holy Spirit is a tear by which we serve the Lord. Nothing pleases Christ more than for us to share with Him His burden for the world and its people. Nothing so weds us to the heart of Christ as our tears shed as we intercede for lost ones with Him. Then truly we become people after God's own heart. Then we begin to know what it is to be Christ's prayer partners.

  Wesley L Duewel

  Prayer, Heart, Lost Ones

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• I must ask the Lord to direct the Holy Spirit within me to drain the life out of sin and in prayer.

  J. I. Packer

  Prayer, Spirit, Sin

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• If anyone does not in accord with the Holy Fathers acknowledge the holy and ever virgin and immaculate Mary was really and truly the Mother of God, inasmuch as she, in the fullness of time,and without seed, conceived by the Holy Spirit, God in the Word Himself, who before all time was born of God the Father, and without loss of integrity brought Him forth, and after His birth preserved her virginity inviolate, let him be condemned.

  Pope Martin I

  Mother, Religious, Father

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• Of all persecuted sects, the Baptists stand forth as most prominent, simply and only because they aim at a more complete and thorough reform than any others ever attempted. They teach that Christ's kingdom is not of this world; that the church is not a national, political, or provincial establishment; but a congregation of holy men, separated from the world by the receiving of the Holy Spirit.

  John Quincy Adams

  Men, Political, Church

  John Quincy Adams (1876). “Babtists, the Only Thorough Religious Reformers”, p.21

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• The animals possess a soul and men must love and feel solidarity with our smaller brethren. All animals are fruit of the creative action of the Holy Spirit and merit respect and they are as near to God as men are.

  Pope John Paul II

  Animal, Men, Creative

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• The Holy Spirit helps us to view others with fresh eyes, seeing them always as brothers and sisters in Jesus, to be respected and loved.

  Pope Francis

  Jesus, Brother, Eye

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• Holy Spirit, take the Word of truth as we find it in the Scriptures and bring it home to our lives.

  Alistair Begg

  Home, Scripture, Spirit

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• Let us never give in to pessimism, to that bitterness that the devil offers us every day. Do not give in to pessimism and discouragement. We have the firm certainty that the Holy Spirit gives the Church with His mighty breath, the courage to persevere and also to seek new methods of evangelization, to bring the Gospel to the ends of the earth.

  Pope Francis

  Christian, Religious, Courage

  "Vatican denies claim that Pope Francis failed to protect Argentina priests" By Laura Smith-Spark, Hada Messia, www.cnn.com. March 15, 2013.

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• A person full of the Holy Spirit cannot be full of self. Pride never accompanies power in the fully yielded life.

  Beth Moore

  Pride, Self, Spirit

  Beth Moore (2014). “Portraits of Devotion”, p.322, B&H Publishing Group

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• If you have truly been born again, it was the Holy Spirit who convicted you of sin and drew you into a relationship with Jesus.

  T. B. Joshua

  Jesus, Spirit, Sin

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• God is Spirit - without the Holy Spirit you cannot relate to Him.

  T. B. Joshua

  Spirit, Holy, Relate

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• Relax in the precious arms of the Holy Spirit.

  T. B. Joshua

  Relax, Arms, Spirit

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• As we grow in the knowledge of God's holiness, even though we are growing in the practice of holiness, it seems the gap between our knowledge and our practice always gets wider. This is the Holy Spirit's way of drawing us to more and more holiness.

  Jerry Bridges

  Practice, Drawing, Growing

  Jerry Bridges (2016). “The Pursuit of Holiness”, p.83, NavPress

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• Jesus is a personal symbol of the Holy Spirit. Having been totally healed by the Holy Spirit, Jesus became one with him. Every thought, action, and deed of Jesus was guided by the Holy Spirit instead of ego.

  Marianne Williamson

  Jesus, Ego, Deeds

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• The institution of marriage works better when there's a spiritual connection. If you're marrying just for the sake of the woman, then you may lose interest in each other very soon. When we marry in the interest of the Holy Spirit with the intention of serving God and humanity, then it gives a much larger perspective.

  A. R. Rahman

  Spiritual, Giving, Perspective

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• I still enjoy watching a batter successfully cross home plate, but nothing thrills me more than seeing the Holy Spirit at work in hearts as the Gospel is carried into stadiums, across the airwaves, and around the world.

  Billy Graham

  Home, Heart, World

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• The Holy Spirit can cast out the evil spirit of the fear of man. He can make the coward brave.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Men, Evil, Brave

  Charles Spurgeon (2011). “All of Grace (Authentic Original Classic): An urgent Word with Those Who Are Seeking Salvation by the Lord Jesus Christ”, p.55, Destiny Image Publishers

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• Keep to the ancient way and custom of the Church, established and confirmed by so many Saints under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. And live a new life. Pray, and get others to pray, that God not abandon His Church, but reform it as He pleases, and as He sees best for us, and more to His honor and glory.

  Angela Merici

  Inspiration, Honor, Church

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• I am often criticized, or at least questions are raised, about what appears to be the absence of the Holy Spirit in my work.

  Stanley Hauerwas

  Spirit, Absence, Holy

  Stanley Hauerwas (2015). “The Work of Theology”, p.32, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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