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Images of the Holy Spirit

FIRE

He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. (Luke 3:16)

DOVE

So Jesus was baptized. And as soon as he came out of the water, the sky opened, and he saw the Spirit of God coming down on him like a dove. (Matthew 3:16)

POWER

The Son was sent to speak God’s message, and he has been given the full power of God’s Spirit. (John 3:34) The Spirit is the one who gives life! Human strength can do nothing. (John 6:63) The Holy Spirit will come upon you and give you power. Then you will tell everyone about me…everywhere in the world. (Acts 1:8)

BREATH

Then he breathed upon them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.” (John 20:22)

WIND

Only God’s Spirit gives new life. The Spirit is like the wind that blows wherever it wants to. You can hear the wind, but you don’t know where it came from or where it is going. (John 3:8)

LOVE

God has given us the Holy Spirit, who fills our hearts with his love. (Romans 5:5)

OIL

Samuel poured the oil on David’s head…At that moment, the Spirit of the Lord took control of David and stayed with him from then on. (1 Samuel 16:3)

WATER

On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and exclaimed, “Let anyone who thirsts come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as scripture says, ‘Rivers of living water will flow from within him.’” He said this in reference to the Spirit that those who came to believe in him were to receive. (John 7:37-39)

TRUTH

If you love me, you will do as I command. Then I will ask the Father to send you the Holy Spirit who will help you and always be with you. The Spirit will show you what is true. The people of the world cannot accept the Spirit, because they don’t see or know him. But you know the Spirit, who is with you and will keep on living in you. (John 14:15)

WITNESS

The Spirit will teach you everything and will remind you of what I said while I was with you. (John 14:26