holy fire

Then the Angel showed [John] Water-of-Life River, crystal bright. It flowed from the Throne of God and the Lamb, right down the middle of the street. The Tree of Life was planted on each side of the River, producing twelve kinds of fruit, a ripe fruit each month. The leaves of the Tree are for...

[God] said to [John]: "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life." —Revelation 21:6 NIV Key Thought Jesus' promise early in his ministry about the Spirit bringing us refreshment (John...

On the last day, the climax of the festival, Jesus stood and shouted to the crowds, "Anyone who is thirsty may come to me! Anyone who believes in me may come and drink! For the Scriptures declare, 'Rivers of living water will flow from his heart.'" (When he said "living water," he was speaking...

And [an angel] carried me [John] away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. —Revelation 21:10 NIV Key Thought The Holy Spirit brings hope. There is the hope for current circumstances that the Spirit brings...

Through the power of the Holy Spirit who lives within us, carefully guard the precious truth that has been entrusted to you. —2 Timothy 1:14 NLT Key Thought We are not left on our strength alone to guard the truth entrusted to us. We have the Holy Spirit who lives within us. The Spirit is our...

And Jesus Christ was revealed as God's Son by his baptism in water and by shedding his blood on the cross — not by water only, but by water and blood. And the Spirit, who is truth, confirms it with his testimony. —1 John 5:6 NLT Key Thought Jesus was "God with us" (Matthew 1:23) every step of...

But we come from God and belong to God. Anyone who knows God understands us and listens. The person who has nothing to do with God will, of course, not listen to us. This is another test for telling the Spirit of Truth from the spirit of deception. —1 John 4:6 MESSAGE Key Thought How do you...

With Christ as my witness, I speak with utter truthfulness. My conscience and the Holy Spirit confirm it. —Romans 9:1 NLT Key Thought As we have seen over the last several days, our assurance of the truth about the message of Jesus is the Holy Spirit. In his letter to the Roman Christians...

In Jesus name, evil agents carry your message to your sender and release arrows you brought to lives. I curse the curse you sent against every life and send them back to their sender. Let the heavens send judgement against every strange covenant of darkness, in Jesus name. O Lord, make us an...

At this I [John] fell at [the angel's] feet to worship him. But he said to me, "Don't do that! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers and sisters who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For it is the Spirit of prophecy who bears testimony to Jesus." —Revelation 19:10 NIV...

[Jesus said,] "When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own but will tell you what he has heard. He will tell you about the future." —John 16:13 NLT Key Thought Father, Son, and Holy Spirit work in harmony as the one, true, living God. Jesus...

[Jesus said,] "But I will send you the Advocate — the Spirit of truth. He will come to you from the Father and will testify all about me." —John 15:26 NLT Key Thought When someone suggests that things are "all about me," we are usually put off by the arrogance. Not so with Jesus. Jesus is the...

My dear friends, don't believe everything you hear. Carefully weigh and examine what people tell you. Not everyone who talks about God comes from God. There are a lot of lying preachers loose in the world. Here's how you test for the genuine Spirit of God. Everyone who confesses openly his faith...

Then the angel carried me [John] away in the Spirit into a wilderness. There I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. —Revelation 17:3 NIV Key Thought The Spirit carries John away in a vision to see the ghastly, awful...

As [Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch] rode along, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "Look! There's some water! Why can't I be baptized?" He ordered the carriage to stop, and they went down into the water, and Philip baptized him. When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the...

So you received the message with joy from the Holy Spirit in spite of the severe suffering it brought you. In this way, you imitated both us and the Lord. —1 Thessalonians 1:6 NLT Key Thought How can a convicting message, a message that calls us to turn our lives around (1 Thessalonians...

But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. —Galatians 5:22-23a NLT Key Thought Even in life's darkest hours, the Holy Spirit, our Comforter, can bring the light of God's joy and...

And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit. —Acts 13:52 NIV Key Thought Soup and sandwich. Love and marriage. Horse and carriage. These things go together according to a couple of old songs. But there are two things that go together far better than any of these. No, I am...

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. —Romans 15:13 NIV Key Thought Rather than having much commentary on this beautiful blessing, let's share the joy of this blessing and the confidence of...

For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of what we eat or drink, but of living a life of goodness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. If you serve Christ with this attitude, you will please God, and others will approve of you, too. —Romans 14:17-18 NLT Key Thought While we enjoy our...