Holy Spirit Quotes - Page 7

• How little chance the Holy Ghost has nowadays. The churches and missionary societies have so bound Him in red tape that they practically ask Him to sit in a corner while they do the work themselves.

  Charles Studd

  Christian, Church, Tape

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• Without a doubt, one of the things which keeps us from attaining perfection is our tongue. When one has reached the point of no longer committing faults in speech, he has surely reached perfection, as was said by the Holy Spirit. The worst defect in talking is talking too much. Hence, in speech be brief and virtuous, brief and gentle, brief and simple, brief and charitable, brief and amiable.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Simple, Attachment, Talking

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• The truth is that the glory of God is the person and presence of God- The glory is the Holy Spirit .

  Benny Hinn

  Spirit, Truth Is, Glory

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• The Holy Spirit was not sent so we can have bless ups in our churches but so the world can be changed.

  Mike Pilavachi

  Church, World, Spirit

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• The presence of the Holy Spirit isthe keystone of all our hopes.

  John Nelson Darby

  Inspirational, God, Faith

  "Collected Writings by John Nelson Darby Volume One: Ecclesiastical".

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• When Eve was brought unto Adam, he became filled with the Holy Spirit, and gave her the most sanctified, the most glorious of appellations. He called, her Eva--that is to say, the Mother of All. He did not style her wife, but simply mother--mother of all living creatures. In this consists the glory and the most precious ornament of woman.

  Martin Luther

  Mother, Wife, Style

  Martin Luther, Jules Michelet (1846). “The Life of Luther”, p.262

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• The 'religious spirit,' it's demonic, and it attempts to substitute a demonic power or a fleshly power for the power of the Holy Spirit. And the 'religious spirit' is more concerned with what we look like than what we really are.

  Jack Deere

  Religious, Looks, Spirit

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• If we approach with faith, we too will see Jesus... for the Eucharistic table takes the place of the crib. Here the Body of the Lord is present, wrapped not in swaddling clothes but in the rays of the Holy Spirit.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Faith, Jesus, Inspiration

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• Many people feel so pressured by the expectations of others that it causes them to be frustrated, miserable and confused about what they should do. But there is a way to live a simple, joy-filled, peaceful life, and the key is learning how to be led by the Holy Spirit, not the traditions or expectations of man.

  Joyce Meyer

  Confused, Simple, Men

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• Whatever the Holy Spirit prompts a true Christian to do for the glory of God, He allures him to do in a modest way, and with a disposition of indescribable tenderness.

  Charles Seymour Robinson

  Christian, Way, Spirit

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p.321, 1895.

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• Expand Thy wings, celestial Dove, brood o'er our nature's night; on our disordered spirits move, and let there now be light.

  Charles Wesley

  Moving, Night, Light

  Charles Wesley (2014). “Wesley's Hymns and the Methodist Sunday-School Hymn-Book”, p.964, Ravenio Books

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• The Holy Spirit says: You are it. You are God's plan. In a thirsty world, people need to be refreshed. It is a broken world, and people need to be healed. Now get out there and do it!

  John Ortberg

  People, Broken, Needs

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• Know that once we have received Jesus, we can't continue to live our old sinful lifestyle. Now that we have His Holy Spirit living in us, guiding us, and transforming us, we have no excuse.

  Stormie Omartian

  Jesus, Spirit, No Excuses

  FaceBook post by Stormie Omartian from Dec 06, 2014

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• Every problem contains a solution. The key is self-discipline and surrender of the mental habits to the Holy Spirit.

  Harold Klemp

  Keys, Self, Discipline

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• There is no use in running before you are sent; there is no use in attempting to do God's work without God's power. A man working without this unction, a man working without this anointing, a man working without the Holy Ghost upon him, is losing time after all.

  Dwight L. Moody

  Running, Men, Use

  Dwight L Moody (2013). “Secret Power”, p.32, Lulu Press, Inc

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• This is a beautiful time, this last age, the age of the Holy Spirit... He is crying to every soul that is walled: Open to Me, My spouse, My sister. And once inside, He is calling again: Come to Me here in this secret place. Oh, hear Him tonight crying all over the world a last desperate summons of love to a dying race.

  Jessica Powers

  Beautiful, Faith, Inspiration

  Jessica Powers (2015). “The Selected Poetry of Jessica Powers”, p.57, ICS Publications

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• A general rule for the good use of time is to accustom oneself to live in a continual dependence on the Spirit of God.

  Francois Fenelon

  Use, Spirit, Holy

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• If from one burning lamp someone lights another, then another from that one, and so on in succession, he has light continuously. In the same way, through the Apostles ordaining their successors, and these successors ordaining others, and so on, the grace of the Holy Spirit is handed down through all generations and enlightens all who obey their spiritual shepherds and teachers.

  Gregory Palamas

  Christian, Spiritual, Teacher

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• In trouble we are prone to forget all that we have heard and read that makes for our comfort. Now what is the reason that a man comes to think of that which otherwise he should never have called to mind? The Holy Spirit brings it to his remembrance; He is a Comforter, bringing to mind useful things at such times when we have most need of them.

  Richard Sibbes

  Men, Thinking, Remembrance

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• There is only one purpose of pentecost; that is to effectively evangelize lost souls.

  T.L. Osborn

  Soul, Purpose, Spirit

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• The Holy Spirit has his own personality .He therefore moves in at will when we least expect it, and sometimes when we are least deserving of it.

  R. T. Kendall

  Moving, Personality, Spirit

  R. T. Kendall (2016). “The Anointing”, p.21, Charisma Media

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• Virtues are formed by prayer. Prayer preserves temperance. Prayer suppresses anger. Prayer prevents emotions of pride and envy. Prayer draws into the soul the Holy Spirit, and raises man to Heaven.

  Ephrem the Syrian

  Prayer, Pride, Men

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• A religion without the Holy Ghost, though it had all the ordinances and all the doctrines of the New Testament, would certainly not be Christianity.

  William Arthur Ward

  Doctrine, Spirit, Ghost

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• What [others] most need is to see in you a reflection of what God is like and of the transforming power of the Gospel. Your life can create hunger and thirst for God in others' lives and can be a powerful instrument in the hand of the Holy Spirit to draw their hearts to Christ.

  Nancy Leigh DeMoss

  Powerful, Heart, Reflection

  Nancy Leigh DeMoss (2008). “Holiness: The Heart God Purifies”, p.57, Moody Publishers

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• We can not effectively serve God without the Holy Spirit.

  Derek Prince

  Spirit, Holy, Serving God

  Derek Prince (2003). “Holy Spirit In You”, p.9, Whitaker House

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