| The Holy Spirit is not an optional extra in my Christian life. He is a divine necessity. — Anne Graham Lotz, Jesus In Me  One Thing I Know for Certain by Anne Graham Lotz, author of Jesus In Me: Experiencing the Holy Spirit as a Constant Companion 
 When I was a girl growing up, I don't remember being taught about the Holy Spirit. And I was raised in a committed Christian home where my parents loved Jesus, obeyed Jesus, served Jesus, where God the Father was worshiped in reverence and fear, but I just don't remember being taught about the Holy Spirit. When I went to church— and I went to church every Sunday— the Holy Spirit was referred to as the Holy Ghost, but He was only mentioned in benedictions, weddings, and baptisms.
You know, I didn't feel comfortable with a ghost…
And so I had neglected the Holy Spirit for a long time. It wasn't until I was a young adult studying the Scriptures for myself that I came to understand more fully who He is.
Maybe you, too, are confused about the Holy Spirit? Maybe you don't know about Him at all. Maybe things you've heard about Him are off-putting to you.
I have heard the Holy Spirit spoken of as an "it," a feeling, a dove, a flame of fire, a ghost, an emotion, or even an ecstatic experience.
He is referred to as the third Person of the Trinity, as though He is the least of the Trinity, or a postscript to the more significant Father and Son. All of which is inaccurate.
While the Holy Spirit may be symbolized by a dove or flame of fire, while His presence may be accompanied by an emotion or feeling or ecstatic experience, He Himself is distinctly separate from those things.
The Holy Spirit is not a thing but a Person.
So at the outset of our exploration of who the Holy Spirit is, keep in mind that He is a living Person who has a mind, a will, and emotions. He is referred to as the third Person of the Trinity not because He is the least, but because He is the third Person to be more fully revealed in Scripture.
One thing I know for certain: The Holy Spirit is not an optional extra in my Christian life. He is a divine necessity.
I think it's worth our while to get to know Him as the Bible reveals who He is.
Do you want to know Him more?
My prayer for you is that God Himself will draw near to you and you will experience the constant companionship of the Holy Spirit in a fresh new way. And as a result, you will come to love Him even more. The Holy Spirit is wonderful. He is our Helper. He is our Comforter. He is our Counselor. He is our Strengthener. Our Standby. Our Advocate. Our Intercessor. He is another Jesus . . . Jesus living in us.
I can't wait for you to get to know Him better. Written for FaithGateway by Anne Graham Lotz, author of Jesus in Me.
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Have you lost touch with the wonder of those three words?
The notion that Jesus can literally be inside of us should startle us with the extent of the intimacy we can have with Jesus, and astonish us with the depth of connection he offers.
And it's all possible because of the Holy Spirit.
In Jesus In Me, revered evangelist and Bible teacher Anne Graham Lotz guides us to a deeper relationship with the Holy Spirit, who is Jesus without skin.
In this practical study that is a true Bible study, Anne starts with a workshop on how to get to know the Holy Spirit by listening to him when we're studying the Bible. Then, we apply the skills of asking and listening as we work through five Bible studies per week on selected Scriptures about the Holy Spirit.
Through eight sessions, we will discover why the Holy Spirit is not an optional extra in the Christian life. Instead:
Discover how you can better love and rely on the Holy Spirit—and embrace how much He loves you.
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