🌊 1. God Breathed Over the Waters — Creation’s First Stirring “And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.” (Genesis 1:2, KJV) This is no static beginning. It is a scene pregnant with possibility. […]
“But Peter said, ‘Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land?’” — Acts 5:3 Few stories in the New Testament shock us like the fall of Ananias and Sapphira. In a moment that stunned the early church,
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“How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has outraged the Spirit of grace?” — Hebrews 10:29 To insult someone is to scorn their character, ignore their worth,
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“But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.” — Isaiah 63:10, KJV The Holy Spirit is not indifferent to our behavior. He is not a silent observer who floats above us. He is personally involved, emotionally invested, and intimately present. That’s why
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“Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.” — Matthew 12:31, ESV Of all the warnings in Scripture, none is more sobering than this one. Jesus said there is a sin that “shall not be forgiven.” Not in this world. Not
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“Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.” — 1 Corinthians 3:16–17, ESV There is perhaps no pain more wounding to the Holy Spirit than when those in
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“Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you.” — 1 Timothy 4:14, ESV “Do not despise prophecies, but test everything; hold fast what is good.” — 1 Thessalonians 5:20–21, ESV The Holy Spirit is not just present in your life—He
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“You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you… If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who
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“Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?” — 1 Corinthians 3:16, ESV When you trusted Christ for salvation, the Holy Spirit didn’t simply visit—He moved in. In fact, ✨ All of God Lives Within You When we speak of the Holy Spirit living in the believer,
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🔥 Extinguished or Ablaze? Quenching or Fueling the Flame “Do not quench the Spirit.” — 1 Thessalonians 5:19 There’s a fire inside every believer—a flame kindled by the Holy Spirit the moment you were born again. That fire is meant to grow brighter, not dimmer. It is meant to spread, not sputter. Yet, Scripture gives
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