Come Holy Spirit [Click to download]

John 15:26 - 16:11

Are we prepared to chase after God and allow him to so work in us that we will be changed? That is why the Holy Spirit came, and if he is to be any good to us we must let him have his way. 

 

God’s Love for us [Click to download]

1 John 4:9-10

The very nature and character of God is that of love.  All our understanding of the Trinity is that the trinity is a community of love and that it is the longing of God that we enter into that love and express that love in our relationships both as a church and in our commitment to the world. 

 

Salvation through Jesus Christ – Michael Daunauda [Click to download]

Ephesians 2:8-9

• Jesus died for you

• Through Jesus you have freedom and Salvation

• Live for Christ and share the Good news so that others may accept this freedom.

 

New Life in Christ Talk 3 – Gillian Miskell [Click to download]

John 10:10

By way of personal example, the speaker shows the life changing effects of the action, power  of the Holy Spirit in their life. "I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly" (Jn 10:10b).

 

The Fruit of the Spirit [Click to download]

Galatians 5:22-25

As we grow in Christ, we will grow increasingly to perceive the leading and direction of the Holy Spirit in our lives. When he commands us, through the Bible, to do something, we do it. When we feel within us the inability to love, or be joyful, or have peace, or show patience, or be kind or good, or faithful, or self-controlled, we're to give ourselves over to the Holy Spirit and allow him to produce those things in us. We're to march to the Holy Spirit's drum-beat. And as we do, we discover that along the way, he is progressively and increasingly producing his fruit in us

 

Receiving God's Gifts -  Bp Richard Ellena [Click to download]

Luke 11:1-13

"For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one knocks, the door will be opened. . . . how much more will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?" (Lk 11:10, 13b)

 

Empowerment by the Holy Spirit – Cathy Brown [Click to download]

John 7:37

When we are baptized in the Holy Spirit we experience Christ in a different and often more intimate way. The Bible, our prayer and our walk with Jesus become more alive. The fruit of the Spirit will grow in new and very specific ways. The gifts of the Spirit are experienced to equip us to serve God in new and specific ways. Cathy speaks how this was worked out in her life.

 

Transformation [Click to download]

Romans 12:1-2

As a new creation, we are transformed through the power of the Holy Spirit.  Now the extent of our transformation is not only the work of the Holy Spirit but also requires our cooperation. The Spirit of God works or “fellowships” with our spirit, making intercession and helping us in our weakness.