God, The Holy Spirit, and Jesus: My Life, My Joy, My Comfort
by
Book Cover & Preview Text
Chapter one: I made room for Him in my life:
All Christians know that the Holy Spirit is what Jesus left behind as a Comforter on this earth after He died on the cross for our sins. God’s grace was shown even as His beloved son hung on the cross for our transgressions and sins against Him in the fact that God left His spirit (the Holy Spirit) to dwell within each of us. The Bible teaches us that when we receive the Holy Spirit we are able to speak in “tongues.” Meaning we are able to communicate directly with God in a language only known to those that have been chosen by God to receive this gift; also this gives us a personal relationship with God in words that sometimes only He understands. God sent Jesus as a messenger to spread the word of God, but also to leave the Comforter for all Christians to continue their relationship with God and Jesus once Jesus departed the earth and ascended to Heaven. The only way to know the Holy Spirit is to have accepted Jesus in your heart as your Lord and Savior. Jesus was our key, as He hung on the cross, bruised and beaten, to us accepting and knowing the Holy Spirit. For those that feel sympathy in your heart at the vision of Jesus hanging on the cross with no one willing or able to help Him, feeling the pain as the nails pierced His hands and feet, as the strips he bore burned with pain, you know the Holy Spirit because He has touched your heart and anchored your heart to Jesus. No one could have endured this torture without crying and screaming in pain without the comfort of the Holy Spirit and the power of God surrounding and protecting them. The only words spoken by Jesus were of concern for others. He never yelled or cursed those that mistreated Him, but He asked His Father to forgive them. He never raised His voice except to speak to His Father in Heaven through the Holy Spirit. No one understood His words, so they mocked Him. After He cried out as a second time, He gave up the Holy Ghost and at that moment everyone there saw that He was the Son of God. Jesus often talked of the Comforter that would come after He was risen and seated at the right hand of God to comfort those that believed on Him, so it’s natural that each child that is born is born with the Holy Spirit within them, but God doesn’t force the Holy Spirit upon us as adults. We have to make the choice to remain faithful in our relationship with God through all of the times in our lives. Good times as well as the tough times and we all know how hard it can be to keep our faith as we are tempted daily, but the true believer will turn to prayer in tempting times. We have to have faith in Jesus! A minister I watch daily on TV preached a sermon and said, “We don’t have to understand God to receive Him.” Those words opened my eyes because I was trying to figure God out, but there is nothing to figure out. God is God and no one can change that.
Formats
Book Details
About the Book
We are all taught guidelines to follow in life through the words of our loving parents, siblings, or other relatives that are involved with our upbringing and during my youth, the main focus of those guidelines were based on our following and belief in Jesus. Belief in Jesus has carried generations through hard times and struggles and saved many lost souls. We were all placed on this earth through the grace of God and His love and in the final end, God’s grace and love are the only sure things. This book is based on my relationship with God, the Holy Spirit, and Jesus and how I have improved my life by submitting to God’s will. This book details the things that God expects from us everyday of our lives in order to do His will and live prosperous lives through Jesus. The realization that Jesus exists in our lives everyday is obvious to me and my hope is that this book makes it evident to everyone that reads it.
About the Author
After years of trying to find myself, Jesus found me and showed me who I was. We are all children of God, but sometimes we lose focus on our relationship with the Lord. I have always known Jesus because I accepted Him as my Lord and Savior at a young age, but I didn’t appreciate Jesus because I thought I knew everything better than God. One humbling experience after another, I was still unable to see what Jesus was trying to tell me; that the path I had chosen wasn’t God’s chosen path for me. Thank God for His grace, mercy, glory, and for allowing Jesus to carry me at all times in my life and helping me to sustain through all of life’s trials. I didn’t know Jesus because I was living for this world and now that Jesus has cleared the pathway I am living for Him. I reflect on my life and the footprints poem comes to mind because I can see each time where Jesus held me, shielded me, or blessed me even though I only had faith the size of a mustard seed for a period of time. I finally learned that our faith is in our souls along with God’s grace and after years of knowing that I had an angel protecting me, Jesus revealed the truth to me. He had been carrying me through every moment in my life, waiting for me to take His hand and walk the path of righteousness. This is my testimony for God, The Holy Spirit, and Jesus as I am now walking on God’s chosen path for me. I’m a mother, wife, friend, daughter, sister, and aunt, but I am a proud child of God first and foremost.