Pentecost: A Spirit For All Seasons

As we continued our Pentecost series today, I was personally reminded that God's Holy Spirit is present in our lives to effect God's grace in our individual needs and challenge us each to go deeper in our spiritual relationship with God through all experiences of life.

The opening statement captured my attention: "We focus a lot of attention on God and Jesus, and rightfully so, but sometimes I wonder if we short change the 3rd Person of the Trinity - the Holy Spirit - at work within us and through us."

In focussing on the various roles of the Spirit, we explored the following imageries.

"A Spirit For All Seasons"
1. The Spirit as WIND ~ a powerful, life-changing force (Jn 3:8)
2. The Spirit as BREATH ~ a life-infusing force (Ez 37)
3. The Spirit as DOVE ~ a life-affirming force
4. The Spirit as FIRE ~ a life-renewing force (Mt 3:11)
5. The Spirit as WATER ~ a life-refreshing force (Is 44:3, Jn 7)

Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me

Break me, melt me, mould me, fill me