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[Jesus:] "I tell you the truth, all sin and blasphemy can be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven. This is a sin with eternal consequences." He told them this because they were saying, "He's possessed by an evil spirit." —Mark 3:28-30 NLT Key Thought What...

The Spirit then compelled Jesus to go into the wilderness, where he was tempted by Satan for forty days. He was out among the wild animals, and angels took care of him. —Mark 1:12-13 NLT Key Thought Jesus' time in the wilderness was not an accident. It was not an afterthought. Jesus was...

The moment [Jesus] came out of the water, he saw the sky split open and God's Spirit, looking like a dove, come down on him. —Mark 1:10 MESSAGE Key Thought Winning the Super Bowl, winning the World Cup, winning Wimbledon, winning the British Open, winning the Daytona 500, and winning the...

[John the Baptizer:] "I baptize you with water, but [Jesus] will baptize you with the Holy Spirit." —Mark 1:8 NIV Key Thought Jesus was and is directly involved in sending the Holy Spirit to his followers. He did it when initiating the dawn of the church with the coming of the Spirit that...

Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. —Psalm 51:11 NIV Key Thought This desperate cry for God's forgiveness is from King David to God in David's deep sorrow for his sin with Bathsheba. The king before David, Saul, had blatantly disobeyed God and sought to...

Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood before the people and said, "This is what God says: Why do you disobey the LORD's commands and keep yourselves from prospering? You have abandoned the LORD, and now he has abandoned you!" —2 Chronicles 24:20 NLT...

"Where is the one who led [the Israelites] through the bottom of the sea? They were like fine stallions racing through the desert, never stumbling. As with cattle going down into a peaceful valley, the Spirit of the Lord gave them rest. You led your people, Lord, and gained a magnificent...

Then [the LORD's people] remembered the old days, the days of Moses, God's servant: "Where is he who brought the shepherds of his flock up and out of the sea? And what happened to the One who set his Holy Spirit within them?" —Isaiah 63:11 MESSAGE Key Thought In their rebellion against God...

[God] said, "Without question these are my people, children who would never betray me." So he became their Savior. In all their troubles, he was troubled, too. He didn't send someone else to help them. He did it himself, in person. Out of his own love and pity he redeemed them. He rescued them...

The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners. —Isaiah 61:1 NIV Key Thought God's servants in every...

"As for me," God says, "this is my covenant with [the Israelites]: My Spirit that I've placed upon you and the words that I've given you to speak, they're not going to leave your mouths nor the mouths of your children nor the mouths of your grandchildren. You will keep repeating these words and...

"What sorrow awaits my rebellious children," says the LORD. "You make plans that are contrary to mine. You make alliances not directed by my Spirit, thus piling up your sins." —Isaiah 30:1 NLT Key Thought In the time of Isaiah, God's people were in a very difficult predicament politically and...

Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit. —Galatians 6:8 NLT Key Thought We have to make a choice. There are only two possibilities: Either...

Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted. —Galatians 6:1 NIV Key Thought Spiritual people are those who live under the influence of the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:25). They...

Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit's leading in every part of our lives. —Galatians 5:25 NLT Key Thought We are given new life — born again into a new kind of life (John 3:3-7; Titus 3:3-7) in Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit. Since the Spirit is the...

But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! —Galatians 5:22-23 NLT Key Thought We don't have the personal power to produce holiness through our...

So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won't be doing what your sinful nature craves. —Galatians 5:16 NLT Key Thought What has the most influence in my life? Who guides my steps? What determines the values by which I live? Whose voice and whose words are most important to...

For through the Spirit we eagerly await by faith the righteousness for which we hope. —Galatians 5:5 NIV Key Thought Waiting is hard. Waiting for something or someone special is incredibly hard. Waiting for our transformation to be like Jesus, full of righteousness and grace, is impossibly...

In the days of Hagar and Sarah, the child who came from faithless connivance (Ishmael) harassed the child who came — empowered by the Spirit — from the faithful promise (Isaac). Isn't it clear that the harassment you are now experiencing from the Jerusalem heretics follows that old pattern...

Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, "Abba, Father." —Galatians 4:6 NIV Key Thought We have been adopted by God — we are children of the One who paints every sunset! To help us celebrate this incredible blessing, God has sent the...