The Holy Spirit (Page 3)
The Choice
On 19th May, Andrew continued our series on the Holy Spirit. He spoke from Galatians chapter 5 and explained how we can, and should, choose to be led by the Spirit in order to be free.
We are what we believe
Over the next few weeks we will be learning more about the Holy Spirit. On 12th May Andrew introduced this series. He reminded us about the importance of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit came to the first disciples and he spoke about the importance of the Holy Spirit in the lives of believers today.
The gifts and fruit of the Holy Spirit
To finish this series on the Holy Spirit, Andrew led a Bible study on the remarkable transformation in the disciples in the days after Pentecost through an outpouring of the gifts and fruit of the Holy Spirit.
Pentecost!
Sunday 20th May, Pentecost Sunday. We met round the communion table and the first part of this recording is the time of prayer which followed. Andrew’s talk starts around 10 minutes in. He spoke on the significance of the harvest celebration of Shavuot (which we now call Pentecost) in the Jewish calendar, and how the harvest of the Holy Spirit on that first…
Holy Spirit – fire from God
Andrew concluded our short series on the person and the character of the Holy Spirit by looking at the image of fire from God. Next week, Pentecost…
Holy Spirit – Living Water
On 29th April Chris Justice continued our short series looking at the Holy Spirit, speaking on the metaphor of the Holy Spirit as living water.
Holy Spirit – breath of God
Reading from Acts chapter 1, Andrew spoke about the time between Resurrection Sunday and Pentecost, which is the time for preparing for the coming of the Holy Spirit. He went onto talk about the imagery of the Holy Spirit as the breath of God.
The Temple of the Holy Spirit
Due to technical challenges the sermon on 15th April was not recorded. In its place, here are some notes of the topics which Andrew covered. Andrew started by reminding us of the “Mission shaped church” series we have been following since January. In summary we had covered the following points: there is a disconnect between church and the everyday culture…