Johannine Writings Major Prophets Having grown up in Oklahoma, my family members were all well aware of the power of the wind. If you get a strong, gut feeling not to get on a plane, and you then decide to heed that warning and hours later that plane ends up crashing, then you know that gut warning was coming in direct from the Holy Spirit since you do not have the ability to see into the future like He can. What you dont know is that your dog has just knocked them underneath your bed. The wind can also be very powerful. As you can see, there can be an infinite number of situations where the Holy Spirit will tell you not to keep going in that specific direction. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point Recognizing that I have experienced some of the 8 ways bring utter joy to my heart. WebThe wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit. John 20:22 Verse Concepts And when He had said this, He breathed on them and *said to them, Receive the Holy Spirit. And when you see this particular Scripture verse, you will see the meaning of the verse and how it will answer the particular problem or dilemma you may be dealing with. Poetical Books Individual instructors or editors may still require the use of URLs. Scripture also says that faith comes from hearing and seeing what God does through His Word and physical manifestations like healing. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point General Epistles If you would like to see a good, detailed explanation on what this gift is all about and how God can use it with you,it is our part 3 of our series on the Gifts of the Holy Spirit called,The Gift of Prophecy. The Old Testament The reason He does this with me is so the dream is basically right in my face right as I am starting to come out of that deep sleep. Today I personally ask You to blow Your wind upon me, upon my church, and upon the mission organizations I support so they will all be moved by the Spirit and supernaturally empowered to do the work of the ministry! Wisdom Literature And if any of His ways are not going to change, then these 8 different ways that He has used in the past to supernaturally communicate to His people will still apply to all of us in this day and age. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken and done it, declares the Lord., The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit.. When this sound from Heaven came, it was loud so loud that the writer used the word rushing to describe what Jesus disciples heard that day in the room where they gathered. One of the ways that you can tell when you are receiving a closed vision from the Holy Spirit is how it will come in on you. Every word you wrote can not be more clear on how it all works. I know many of you have had these kinds of experiences with the Holy Spirit. I declare this by faith in Jesus name! It is interesting to notice that this power not only filled the people but it also filled the house. Luke-Acts WebWhen the Holy Spirit was given, it came as a mighty rushing wind. Biblically the wind is always used for the spirit of God as it moves across the earth or falls upon men. Sometimes we would see huge trees that the wind had ripped up from their roots. This can manifest in a variety of ways, such as peace about a decision, a sense of urgency about a particular WebThe wind of the Holy Spirit feels even better, for it is much greater. Just as you can hear the wind but cant tell where it comes from or where it is going, so you cant explain how people are born of the Spirit. It is now up to each Christian as to whether or not they will want to learn how to do all of this with the Holy Spirit. Tell God that He has a solid, green light from you to open up this realm if it will be His perfect will to do so at your present level of spiritual development with Him. One of the most popular is praying in tongues. WebWhen the Holy Spirit was given, it came as a mighty rushing wind. What should I do? Then He said to me, Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, Thus says the Lord God, Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they come to life. So I prophesied as He commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they came to life and stood on their feet, an exceedingly great army. Historical Books It is invisible. The wind is unexplainable. The apostle Paul gives us additional revelation when he says that his conscience was also bearing witness in the Holy Spirit. After you start to receive these kinds of inner knowings from the Holy Spirit, you will soon learn how to discern when one is really coming in from Him, or when one is just coming in from your own natural imagination and emotions. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. Now I will list the 8 different ways that the Holy Spirit will lead us and communicate to us in this life. But if the dream is coming in direct from the Holy Spirit, then the dream will not fade away on you. When you really study each of the 8 ways that the Holy Spirit will use to communicate to us in this life, every single one of these ways is a supernatural type of communication. WebYour wind is blowing across this lonely land We are your messengers, Your touch is in our hands Use us Lord Jesus to care for our friends Help us to love them, it's your great command O Wind of the Spirit, fill the sails of my soul Send us on Lord, let your wind blow! In the same way, Gods Spirit is invisible. There may be information in there that will help you in your walk with the Lord, and the Holy Spirit may want you to buy the book so you can add it to your storehouse of knowledge in the Lord. For example, sometimes, a persons love for their family and friends consists of strong emotions. WebFeeling the wind of the Holy Spirit refers to the sensation of being led by the Holy Spirit or having a sense of direction in life. A quickening from the Holy Spirit is when He willjumpsomething at you. What the Holy Spirit will do is transmit the interpretation of that verse through the inner knowing. . It is one thing to know that God and Jesus are up in heaven, but it is quite another thing to realize that God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit can all supernaturally communicate to any one of us at any time They should want to do so. Think how much it would impact the world if there were no wind. In other words, the Holy Spirit was bearing a good witness for Paul in his conscience, which I believe is part of our human spirit. This issupernatural enlightenment and illuminationthat the Holy Spirit can give you on many of the verses in the Bible. Emotions can and will deceive us, and we can work ourselves up into an emotional frenzy that is purely from the flesh and not of the Holy Spirit. This means when the Spirit was poured out, it was no quiet affair. Electrical sparks would spit fiercely into the air from where electrical lines had been severed, so we would drive around them or look for alternative routes until electric crews arrived to repair the fallen lines. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. We are completely cut off.read more.Therefore prophesy and say to them, Thus says the Lord God, Behold, I will open your graves and cause you to come up out of your graves, My people; and I will bring you into the land of Israel. The Old Testament You will feel the wind at your back to move in that certain direction. The Holy Spirit will transmit the knowledge He wants you to have on something as astrong, inner knowing. Then you will know that I, the. A) Open Vision an open vision is when you receive a vision with your eyes wide open. In the same way the Holy Spirit does what He wills. These cookies do not store any personal information. Here is the next verse that will completely set the stage for you on these next three ways the Holy Spirit will use to communicate something specific to us: And it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions; and also on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days. (Joel 2:28-29). . He works in His unique way and there is nobody, in heaven or on earth, who can tell Him what to do. At times, it is used for a fresh breeze that would blow at the end of a very hot day. We do not know where it comes from or where it is going. Again, I know some pastors are afraid to open up this supernatural realm to their flocks, but when God the Father puts these kinds of specific verses in the Bible, then I can only come to the conclusion that God wants all of us to learn how to do this with the Holy Spirit. B) Closed Vision the second kind of vision you can receive from the Holy Spirit is what is called a closed vision. Verse 2 continues, A sound from heaven. The phrase from heaven is from the Greek words ek tou ourano. The gift of prophecyis when you receive a direct word from the Lord. Can you think of a time when you did everything naturally that could be done, but you still lacked the power to do the work of the ministry? I personally have only had about 10 dreams from the Lord over a 20 year period. Jack Hayford, in his excellent book, Hayfords Bible Handbook, defines a witness or witnessing as the following: Giving evidence, attesting, confirming, confessing, bearing record, speaking well of, giving a good report, testifying, affirming what one has seen or heard, presenting the gospel with evidence. Therefore Gods Spirit can be described as Gods stormy wind or Gods fierce breathing. In addition to the Holy Spirit leading you to go in a certain direction, He can also do just the exact opposite. Several people were killed in the accident. You will be in the bookstore browsing all of the books in there when all of a sudden a particular book will jump off the shelf at you. WebWe would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Different Ministries of the Holy Spirit Why the comparison? For instance, say you have been meditating on a particular Scripture verse, but you just cannot seem to get the correct interpretation on what it may mean or how it can apply to your life. This is why it is so important for each and every Christian to spend as much quality time as they can in loading up their mind with the Word. We read of the prophet Isaiah asking the following question. The word suddenly was translated from the Greek word aphno, which carries with it the idea that something took them off-guard and by surprise. God, by nature is Spirit. Again, after you have received quite a few of these quickenings from the Holy Spirit, you can easily learn to sense and discern when it really is the Holy Spirit doing this for you. If you do, then the Holy Spirit can bring back up to your remembrance certain Scripture verses when you may need them because you have already done your part by getting the Bible versesin you.. Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness. After you have received quite a few of these leadings from the Holy Spirit, you can then become quite adept at being able to tell when a leading is coming in directly from Him or when it is coming in from your own natural desires and emotions. This verse tells us that the Holy Spirit forbid them from going to Asia and Bithynia. Minor Prophets Mankind has difficulty controlling or harnessing the wind; God Almighty controls and channels wind, an invisible medium, making it an ideal symbol for God's Holy Spirit, having both powerful and gentle propertiesas a still small voice of a gentle breeze. I'm not scared there's a lot going on ..I can see ghosts everywhere, pictures forming in glass / much more supernatural things i never saw in my life before. However, these closed visions can come in on much smaller matters as well. WebA book to teach kids to respond to the Holy Spirit. In certain contexts the word can be translated as wind while at other times the word is translated spirit. The context must decide. WebThe wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. Without wind, we would be hundreds of years behind where we presently are in history. Minor Prophets New American Standard Bible Copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. The Gospels This realm is basically for the real seekers, for the people who will want more of God and who will not be afraid to tread into these kinds of deeper waters with Him. But he has brought me in his world now just in the last few days . When you receive this inner knowing about something specific, you will not hear an audible voice or hear any type of inner words coming up on you. As we indicated, the same word is used for both wind and breath. When it comes to feeling the presence of the Holy Spirit, there are many ways to do it. If that is what you are picking up when thinking about moving in a certain direction, then that is the Holy Spirits way of telling you to let it go and not to move in that certain direction. Also, do not go looking for these quickenings to occur. In this same mysterious way so is the way of everyone who is born by wind, breath, and Spirit. We also need the wind of God to transform our lives. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, (Hebrew/Greek Search by English Definition), * 'Number Delimiters' only apply to 'Paragraph Order', Search verses, phrases, and topics (e.g. However, if God does not want you to move in that certain direction, then you will feel or sense no leading at all from the Holy Spirit. In this same mysterious way so is the way of everyone who is born by wind, breath, and Spirit. We also need the wind of God to transform our lives. Some people will then heed that check and not get on the plane. The same is true of the Spirit of God. Blue Letter Bible study tools make reading, searching and studying the Bible easy and rewarding. Like the wind, the invisible Holy Spirit works in ways which are unseen to the human eye. I confess that I am a ready recipient, and I am receiving a fresh infilling of this divine wind to empower me for Gods service. WebThe wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit. John 20:22 Verse Concepts And when He had said this, He breathed on them and *said to them, Receive the Holy Spirit. Major Prophets This is a gift of grace and not an emotional feeling. Jesus said, after all, that experiencing the Spirit is something like a mysterious encounter with the wind ( John 3:8 ). All of a sudden you receive supernatural illumination, supernatural enlightenment on what a Scripture verse may mean. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point A closed vision is when you receive avision in your minds eye. As we explained to you in our article titled, The 9 Gifts of the Holy Spirit, one of the 9 gifts from the Holy Spirit is the gift of prophecy. Poetical Books I do not consider myself an expert on dreams. John 3:16, Jesus faith love), The Whole Bible And then all of a sudden it will come in very quickly and very suddenly. And what exactly is a good witness when we do receive one of these from the Holy Spirit? The Old Testament Email / username or password was incorrect! Editors note: This excerpt is adapted from J. D. Greears new book Jesus, Continued . If God gave some of His people dreams back in the OT and NT, and we now have the above verse from Joel where God is telling us that once the Holy Spirit has been poured out on all flesh, that dreams from the Lord will become quite common, then you know this is one of the supernatural ways that the Lord will want to use with some of us from time to time. Jesus said that he would be with us always, so we can A verification email has been sent to the address you provided. For example, if there were no winds, exploration never would have occurred. Then Luke compared this sound from Heaven to a rushing, mighty wind. The word rushing was translated from the Greek word pheromones, the present-passive participle of phero, which means to be carried, borne, or driven and agrees with the idea of something borne or driven downward very loudly. Energy is produced by wind and when the Holy Spirit moves in this manner, He supplies supernatural energy. When that loud boom exploded overhead in the room where they were gathered, the power of God came upon 120 disciples, and they became an empowered, mighty force in the earth as a result. This gives us further insight into the character and work of Gods Holy Spirit. 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