Today we'll explore who the Holy Spirit is,

and what He means for knowing the heart of God,

richly in our daily lives.

The concept of God's Spirit is often seen as elusive,

but it's my hope today that we'll come to know him as a person just as we have Jesus.

The Spirit longs to have beautiful, deep friendship with you, and all it takes is opening our hearts to him.

Welcome to the First 15 Podcast. podcast.

Our verse for today comes from John 16, verse 13, where scripture says,

When the spirit of truth comes,

he will guide you into all the truth,

for he will not speak on his own authority,

but whatever he hears, he will speak,

and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

The Holy Spirit, dwelling inside of us as believers, is our gateway to the heart of God.

It's through Him that we can know the thoughts, emotions, and will of the Father. It's through Him that we grow in our revelation

of God through Scripture. And it's through Him that we encounter God's manifest presence.

In John 1613, Jesus says, when the Spirit of Truth comes, he'll guide you into all the truth,

for He will not speak on his own authority,

but whatever he hears he will speak,

and I'll declare to you the things that are to come.

In 1 Corinthians 2, 10 through 11 says,

The Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.

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