Spirit Rising Quotes

“If we repeatedly read the Bible without the help of the Holy Spirit, it tends to reinforce our own prejudices and rock-hard doctrinal positions. We end up merely finding ammunition for what we already believe. We become so spiritually proud, so convinced of our own positions, that the Spirit is hindered in helping us to grow in the things of God.”
― Jim Cymbala, Spirit Rising: Tapping into the Power of the Holy Spirit

“Our forebears back in the the camp meeting days used to say that if people left a meeting talking about what a wonderful sermon the preacher gave or how beautifully the singers sang, the meeting had failed. But if people went home saying things like "Isn't God good? He met me tonight in such a wonderful way," it was a good meeting. There was to be no sharing the stage with the Lord.”
― Jim Cymbala, Spirit Rising: Tapping into the Power of the Holy Spirit

“...there has never been a revival of religion so long as the order of service has been strictly followed.

...we are to be led by the Holy Spirit.”
― Jim Cymbala, Spirit Rising: Tapping into the Power of the Holy Spirit

“The Holy Spirit is a real person—the third and coequal member of the Trinity. Though he is often overlooked or perhaps even neglected by many twenty-first-century believers, he is just as divine as the Father and the Son (Acts 5:3–4). Consider these facts: He possesses a divine personality and personally chooses people for ministry assignments (Acts 13:2). He communicates with us (Rev. 2:7) and searches out the deep things of God to make them known to believers (1 Cor. 2:9–12). He is the one who makes Christ a living reality to the believer (Eph. 3:16–17) and in fact is called the Spirit of Christ (Rom. 8:9). He is coequal with both the Father and Son as part of the mystery of the triune God.”
― Jim Cymbala, Spirit Rising: Tapping into the Power of the Holy Spirit

“At its core, prayer is not about the words that are spoken. Rather, it’s about uplifting our hearts to a God who can be trusted. It’s not about religious-sounding phrases, since tears and groans often receive the strongest responses. It is primitive and heart-centered, which is what makes it so unacceptable to many refined, intellectually proud believers and churches. In its purest form, prayer has a raw fervency and faith that prevails with God and secures answers otherwise thought impossible.”
― Jim Cymbala, Spirit Rising: Tapping into the Power of the Holy Spirit

“It must be important to God, for he tells us that “without holiness no one will see the Lord” (Heb. 12:14). Holiness is not a list of dos and don’ts. Rather, it is Christlikeness.”
― Jim Cymbala, Spirit Rising: Tapping into the Power of the Holy Spirit

“One of the ways the Spirit glorifies Christ is to build up his body for the common good. That is how God strengthens his church. Since the church is a spiritual organism, it needs spiritual ministry to build it up. Spiritual ministry can only come by the Holy Spirit showing himself through human beings. His power flows through human vessels.”
― Jim Cymbala, Spirit Rising: Tapping into the Power of the Holy Spirit

“Only true faith in Jesus Christ as Savior, confirmed by the Holy Spirit living inside of us, makes us a new creation.”
― Jim Cymbala, Spirit Rising: Tapping into the Power of the Holy Spirit

“A basic sign of revival is that the wind is allowed to blow where it will.”
― Jim Cymbala, Spirit Rising: Tapping into the Power of the Holy Spirit

“As we open up our church meetings to God's power, they will not always follow a predetermined schedule or order. Who can outline what God might have in mind?”
― Jim Cymbala, Spirit Rising: Tapping into the Power of the Holy Spirit

“spiritual accountability proved insufficient for Peter, because no outward teaching can compare to the inward power of the Holy Spirit.”
― Jim Cymbala, Spirit Rising: Tapping into the Power of the Holy Spirit