A Storehouse of Power Within you!

Your life is more trhan a "lifeless religion" when the Holy Spirit is unleashed from within you. So the question may be asked, "What does the Holy Spirit do?" Here's a short list for you to consider.

1. He convicts us of sin.
John 16:8-9 The Message
When he comes, he'll expose the error of the godless world's view of sin, righteousness, and judgment: He'll show them that their refusal to believe in me is their basic sin;

2. He teaches and guides us to the Truth!
John 16:13-1413 The Message
But when the Friend comes, the Spirit of the Truth, he will take you by the hand and guide you into all the truth there is. He won't draw attention to himself, but will make sense out of what is about to happen and, indeed, out of all that I have done and said.

3. He comforts us!
John 14:17 16 The Message
I will talk to the Father, and he'll provide you another Friend so that you will always have someone with you. 17 This Friend is the Spirit of Truth. The godless world can't take him in because it doesn't have eyes to see him, doesn't know what to look for. But you know him already because he has been staying with you, and will even be in you!

4. He prays for us!
Rom 8:26 The Message
Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God's Spirit is right alongside helping us along. If we don't know how or what to pray, it doesn't matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans.

5. He gives us Spiritual gifts.
1 Cor 12:7-8 The New Living Translation
A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other.

6. He Leads us through life.
Acts 16:6-10 NIV
Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia. When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them to. 8 So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas. During the night Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and begging him, "Come over to Macedonia and help us." After Paul had seen the vision, we got ready at once to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.