Who Is The Holy Spirit and What Does He Do?

Dr. Tim Rivers | May 11th, 2025

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Turn to your neighbor and say, neighbor.

Neighbor.

Do you have...

Do you have...

The Holy Ghost?

The Holy Ghost?

Look at your other neighbor and say, other neighbor.

Other neighbor.

Do you have...

Do you have...

The Holy Ghost?

The Holy Ghost?

You may be seated. Some of y'all are like, Holy Ghost? I thought it was the Holy Spirit. It really depends on how you grew up. The way I grew up, it was the ghost. We didn't believe in any ghost but the Holy Ghost. How many would say that you grew up in a Spirit-filled church environment? This could mean Full Gospel, COGIC, Apostolic, Pentecostal, Charismatic, any of those that you would say, I grew up in a Spirit-filled church. How many would say that you didn't? You grew up in more Bible-based environment. I've noticed that the topic of the Holy Spirit, there are two different audiences. There's one audience that whenever you say Holy Spirit, they get nervous and they're nervous about what are we about to say and do. And I think oftentimes the reason why people get nervous about talking about the Holy Spirit is because they have some misconceptions surrounding the topic of the Holy Spirit or maybe they've seen some craziness. How many have ever seen some craziness?

I grew up in a Pentecostal church and I can tell you I have seen legit moves of God and I've seen legit moves of crazy. I've been in the place where I'm like, is this an actual mosh pit? What's going on? How many laps is this guy gonna run? I know he's tired. [laughter] I grew up in conferences... Anybody ever ran the aisles? Let me see your hand. Don't let me be out here... Y'all like ran the aisles. Yes. I remember being at a conference one time at a huge, huge convention center and I felt like, oh man, I got hit with the Holy Ghost. Let me go run. I got halfway around that thing and the Spirit left. I just had to walk. I had to do the walk of shame back to the front y'all.

I ain't conditioned for this. But the truth is the Holy Spirit we've got to talk about. And so there's much to be discussed about the Holy Spirit, but we will focus primarily on answering two questions today. One is, we're gonna answer the question, who is the Holy Spirit? And the second question that we will answer is, what does he do? So let's talk about the first question. Who is the Holy Spirit? Now, I want you to notice first and foremost that I said who and not it. And this is very important because your theology of Pneumatology... Pneumatology is the study of the spirit. Your understanding of the Holy Spirit is largely affected by how you view him. If you simply view the Holy Spirit as an it, the problem with that is oftentimes when we impersonalize the Holy Spirit, we just view him as something that comes and goes, is here, is not, is sporadic, especially in some environments, the Holy Spirit is only given credit when something happens. I got... Oh, I got hit with the Holy Ghost.

Almost as if the Holy Spirit just runs around with a zapper. And is like you, ooh. But to properly understand who the Holy Spirit is, we need to do a quick explanation of the Godhead. Now, I could take weeks explaining the Godhead and the nature and the essence of God, but I'm gonna attempt to try to explain the Godhead in simple terms in a way that you can understand, and then you can do some more study about it in your own time. But God, first of all, we've got to establish, exists as one God. The Scripture says, hear, o Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord. So we know that God is one, yet he has revealed himself in three distinct manifestations.

Also, you can use this word interchangeable, what we call persons. Now, he has revealed himself as Father, as Son, and as the Holy Spirit. The divine unity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is what we call the Godhead. So when we use the word Godhead, what we're referring to is the essence and nature of God. When we say manifestations or persons, it refers to the revelation of the Godhead as displayed by the three distinct manifestations as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Now, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are one, and yet the three are distinct. Now, here's an elementary example. It doesn't answer all the questions, but it's a good example. So H2O, there are several ways that you can experience H2O. You can experience H2O as ice in solid form, you can experience it as liquid in water form, and you can experience it as steam in steam form, smoke form. I was like, what's another word for steam?

Gas.

Gas. Thank you. Thank you, all you smart people in the room. Now, what you notice is all three are manifesting and revealing one essence, which is H2O. H2O is revealed now in solid form, liquid form, and gas form, right? Now, one thing you have to realize is when it expresses itself in either one of those things, simultaneously, it is not the other. So steam is not at the same time liquid. Liquid is not at the same time ice, and yet all three share in the essence and nature of what they are. So it's one, which is H2O, but it is revealed in three distinct manifestations. Now, think about God. God is one, yet he has revealed himself as Father, Son, and Spirit. You are also a good example of the Godhead.

You're like, what? Yes, you were created in the image and likeness of God. You are a tridimensional being, meaning that you are one individual, and yet you are made up of spirit, soul, and body. Spirit, soul, and body are not all the same, and yet they are the same in the fact that you are the individual who possesses all three. They are not separated from each other, and yet they reveal different manifestations of the one person that you are. So when we talk about the Holy Spirit, when we focus in on the manifestation, the personhood of the Holy Spirit, we have to look no further than the first chapter of the first book in the Bible. Let's look at Genesis 1:1. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. Here it goes.

And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Now, for those of you who study scripture, who wanna practice good hermeneutics, here's what you have to understand. Any time you see the word Spirit with a capital S, it is not referring to just any old spirit. It is particularly referring to the Holy Spirit. Now, the word spirit is the Hebrew word Ruach and the Greek word pneuma, and pneuma is where we get the word pneumatology, the study of the Holy Spirit, but it's also where we get the word pneumonia from. Pneumonia is, pneuma means breath, so when you have pneumonia, it is the restriction of breath. So when we talk about pneumatology, it's the study of the breath of God. The word Spirit then, is the word used from ancient times to describe and explain the experience of divine power working in, upon, and around individuals, and understood as the power and manifestation of God. Now, what you will see when you see the Holy Spirit moving in the Old Testament is that he primarily moves on individuals and on things. The Holy Spirit in the Old Testament, really, you can see him act in three different ways.

One, as the wind of God. You see this happening in creation, we just read that, Genesis 1:2. You also see him interacting when he separated the Red Sea. The Bible says that it was the wind of God that separated the Red Sea. You also see him moving as the breath of life. We see this in creation order, when God created Adam, and he breathed into man the breath of life, and man became a living soul. So even from the very creation, we see that any time the Holy Spirit is moving, he is bringing chaos into order. Any time you see the presence of the Holy Spirit, God himself breathing into something, it brings life and it brings order. Thirdly, you see him moving as the Spirit of ecstasy.

We use this term in theology to define how the power of God can overtake an individual who is human and then do supernatural works through them, such as Samson, such as Jephthah, Gideon, Othniel. You see God move in this kind of way. Now, in the New Testament, the Ruach, the Holy Spirit which moved on individuals, in the New Testament, we use the Greek word pneuma. So what we see happen from the Old Testament into the New is that the Holy Spirit who primarily moved sporadically on individuals, in the New Testament, he is moving permanently in individuals. So when we talk about the Holy Spirit in the New Testament, we're talking about the personal presence of God in the heart of every believer as God within us. He was with us and now he is made available in us. So let's answer the question, who is the Holy Spirit? He is God. He is God's personal presence in us, which then leads us to the second question. What does he do?

First of all, he seals our salvation. 1st Corinthians 12:13 says this, for in one Spirit we were all baptized in one body. Jews or Greeks, slaves or free, and all were made to drink of one Spirit. The first thing the Holy Spirit does for us is he seals our salvation. It is impossible, impossible to be saved without the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. The indwelling of the Holy Spirit is not some subsequential secondary experience. At the moment of salvation is the moment at which the Holy Spirit indwells the believer. Now, there is no salvation apart from being filled with the Holy Spirit. Now, some teach this as a secondary event, some kind of secondary experience. No, you have to do some gymnastics with theology to arrive at this point. Look at Acts 2:37.

Peter has just preached the gospel. He just let individuals know about the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. They're pricked in their hearts, and this is where we pick up in Acts 2:37, and it says this, and when they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, brothers, what shall we do? And Peter said to them, repent, means to turn away, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you might, later on, you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself. At the moment of salvation, when you repent of your sins, you acknowledge Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior by faith, the Holy Spirit at that point comes to dwell within you as a seal.

Now, some of you are wondering, what is a seal? Because in modern days, we don't really use seals. Some of y'all are probably like... We're not talking about that kind of seal. The seal, what's important, especially about theology, is when you see certain words, you have to go back and see what did they intend to communicate at the time when the passage was written. So, in ancient times, a seal was very important, but I wanna give you some scriptures to corroborate what it means for the Holy Spirit to be a seal. Ephesians 1:13. In him, you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it to the praise of his glory. 2nd Corinthians 1:20. For all the promises of God find their yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our amen to God for his glory, and it is God who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us, and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee. Ephesians 4:30. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

The Holy Spirit is given to every believer at the moment of salvation as a seal or guarantee of their salvation. Now, let me explain to you what a seal is. A seal, first of all, is a seal authenticates. What you have to understand is in the ancient seals, back in Bible times, was given to denote that the contents in the package were genuine and certified by the one who sealed it. When you receive the Holy Spirit, what God is doing is he is certifying your salvation. How do we know if somebody is truly saved? They are sealed with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is what authenticates your conversion. If you do not have the Holy Spirit, you have not truly been authenticated. And there are a lot of people who are fake Christians. They have the actions, but they don't have the seal. They profess the power, but deny God.

So number one, it seals. Number two, a seal denotes ownership. After the price of salvation paid by Jesus' blood, the title deed of ownership is receiving the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. When you go out to your car right now and you get to go in and somebody goes, hey, listen, that ain't your car. What's the first thing you're gonna do? Yes, it is. I got the keys. And then someone could say, that don't mean nothing to me. You could have stole them keys. I need proof that you own this car. Now, you got one or two options. Throw hands by the power of God. Right? Some of y'all were too happy. I wish somebody would today. [laughter] You could throw hands. You could call the authorities, or what you could do is go get your title, because what really certifies that that belongs to you is that the name is on the title. When you receive the Holy Spirit, what God does is he puts his name on you so that anything that tries to come against you knows that you have been owned, that you are marked as owned by God.

Here's another thing a seal does. A seal protects the contents. During Bible times, the Greco-Romans, in the Greco-Roman world, they would often seal official documents and send it to a recipient, and they would know if somebody opened it before the recipient received it. And what they were doing is they were protecting the contents of it so that anything that did not have authority could not break the seal. When you receive the gift of the Holy Spirit, anything that does not have authority can't touch you. No person, no demon, no angel, no situation, no sickness. When you have the Holy Spirit, if you don't have authority, you can't touch me. That's why I can go into certain places and not be worried about spirits. Everybody, I'm not scared. I got the seal. So number one, the Holy Spirit gives you a seal. He seals our salvation. Number two, the Holy Spirit gives gifts. What does he do? He gives gifts. When you get saved and you receive the gift of the Holy Spirit, that's what Peter said. The problem with most believers is they receive the gift of the Holy Spirit and never look inside. There are a lot of individuals who have received the gift of the... Just because you received a gift doesn't mean that you know what's in it.

And this is what God does. At the moment of salvation, you receive the gift of the Holy Spirit, and then what God says is everything you need in life is in the gift. Oh, y'all need... Okay, Stephanie, can you help me out? Thank you. This is what a lot of people's Christian experience is. They come, they give their life to Christ, and they receive the gift of the Holy Spirit, and their whole entire walk with God is, yes. I've got the gift of the Holy Spirit. And their entire Christian walk with God is simply them bragging about having the gift of the Spirit and never looking inside to see what do you actually have access to. Because this is what God says, "When you receive me, you receive everything that I have." That's the point of receiving a gift. So oftentimes, we will go through life, and then when stuff hits us we're like, oh God, I wish you would come through for me. And God's like, I'm giving you a gift. Have you opened it? Because if you actually ever get to check and see what you got when you receive the gift of the Holy Spirit, you realize when you're going through life and things are looking fuzzy and you need clarity, you're asking everybody else.

Hey Jody, What do you think about him? Hey Bob, should I buy it or not? Should I take this job? And the Holy Spirit is like, yo, I got exactly what you need to clarify for you. Nope, that ain't real. That's not what I need. The Holy Spirit will give you clarity. What else I got? Because sometimes we walk in the dark and we're asking somebody to come rescue us, and the Holy Spirit is like, yo, if you just dig in here, I'll bring the light to you so that when you walk in darkness, you don't have to walk by yourself. You can just say, Holy Spirit, illuminate my path so that while everybody's walking in the dark, bumping into walls, you with the Holy Spirit, can navigate through life even when it's dark. I may just be preaching to myself, but sometimes God gives you...

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You've been bumping into closed doors, begging and asking God, God, open the door for me. God, send me someone who can let me in. God... And the Holy Spirit is like, I literally have keys for every door that you need to walk through. I'll give you keys to walk through joy. I'll give you keys to walk through peace. I'll walk... Has anybody ever received some keys through the Holy Spirit? They're like, how did you get that job? I got the keys, the keys, the keys. How did your marriage work out? I unlocked the door. Y'all thought I was just gonna do a message on... When I'm dealing with pests in my life. When things are biting me and things are taking my energy and leaving welts and fuzzing all over my head.

I just dig into it and I... You've been swatting away mosquitoes and pests in your life and the Holy Spirit is like, I'll give you power and all you got to do is touch it and I'll kill the very thing that's trying to mess with you. Has anybody ever had a zapper? What else do I have in here? This bag is endless. When I need direction, he's my compass. I need to quit asking people, hey, where is north? The Holy Spirit says, I'll tell you where north is. Just get in the bag, find out and I'll show you exactly where you need to go. But not only is it a compass, but it's also... When I need a call for help. When I need a direct line to God, I don't have to go through any kind of person. I don't have to go stand somewhere in line. I can simply call on the name of Jesus through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Come on now. What else?

Y'all are like, what else you got? My favorite. When I'm going through hell, when I'm going through trouble, when things are fighting me, I love that he's a comforter. When the world is cold, when I got to deal with craziness, he's my comforter. He keeps me warm. He keeps me protected. Stop letting people hug you. Let the Holy Ghost get on you. I wish somebody would take five seconds and just give God praise for every gift that you have ever had to use in your life. I may just be preaching to myself, but I just want to remind somebody, you have access to unlimited power through the gift of the Holy Spirit.

What does he do? Everything you need him to do. Some of us have relied too much on people, too much. Listen, I'm not saying get good advice. Run it through the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is literally like this, yo. The Holy Spirit is gentle. He's gentle. It's interesting that we're talking about the Holy Spirit on Mother's Day because it's an aspect of God that's gentle. Powerful, yet gentle. Only comes when invited. To be like, I want the Holy Ghost, have you invited him? Because when he comes, he comes with everything that you need. Some of y'all are dealing with situations unnecessarily because you have not invited the Holy Spirit into the circumstance. You've been trying to argue with your spouse with logic and reason, and I read this book, and I looked this up on Google, and my friend Candace told me. Yeah, well, my buddy Jim told me. Have you actually invited the Holy Spirit into your next discussion?

When you sit down to have a talk, have you said, hey, before we talk, let's invite the Holy Spirit into our conversation? Some of y'all are like, no, I got to get the flesh out first. [laughter] There's some things that I wanna say before he comes. [laughter] The Holy Spirit brings gifts. He also, you read about this in 1st Corinthians 12, he also brings gifts that are for the benefit of the church. 1 Corinthians 12:4-11, you can read this in your own time, but he brings the gift utterance of wisdom, utterance of knowledge, faith, gifts of healing, working of miracles, prophecy, the ability to distinguish between spirits, also called discernment, various kinds of tongues, interpretation of tongues. Throughout the Scripture, you will see manifestations of the Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit, through believers. Acts 2, you see them speaking in other tongues. In Acts 10, you see visions and dreams. 1st Corinthians 2, you see Rhema. Galatians 4, you see fruits of the Spirit. The Holy Spirit is not just to be a dormant presence in your life. He does something. He's not just there to seal your salvation. He wants to work through your life. You're like this, well, I'm scared. More scared than you are trying to do everything by yourself? What's the third thing he does? He sanctifies.

Ooh, I love this part. Because he's not just there to give you all of these gifts that are healing, but really what He's trying to do in your life, he wants to sanctify you. Now, sanctification, sanctify is not really a word that we use a lot in modern church, and yet is a very, very important part of your Christian walk. Because sanctification comes from two Latin words. It means sanctus, which means holy, and ficare, which means to make. So to be sanctified means to be made holy. Here's what happens in a believer's life, at the moment of salvation, when you give your life to Jesus, when you recognize him as Lord and Savior of your life, and you are indwelt with the Holy Spirit, at that moment, you are sealed. You're a guaranteed, right? That's what we call justification. Bam.

You've been justified at the moment of salvation. Now you have a period of time between your justification and your glorification, which is when you're going to go meet the Lord. What is that period of time? Because some people get justified, and they're hanging on for dear life. Jesus, come quickly. Listen, if the Lord just wanted to snatch you up right after salvation, when we baptize you, we just hold you over. That ain't what we do, by the way. But what happens between justification, the moment of salvation, and glorification, the moment where you go to meet the Lord, is a process that we call sanctification. What does that mean? It means to become holy. But what does it mean to become holy? In its truest form, to become holy means to become more obedient to Christ.

The longer you walk with Jesus, the more you should look like him. There are people who've been Christians for 25 years that look no different than the moment of their conversion. Same people, same speech, same thought pattern, same... But true sanctification means that as you walk with the Lord, you become more like him. "Be holy for I am holy." How are we sanctified? When the Holy Spirit sanctifies us, first of all, he convicts us of sin. John chapter 16, verse number 7 through 8 says, "Nevertheless, I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away." This is Jesus speaking. "For if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment."

How do you know that you have the Holy Spirit? One of the primary ways that the Holy Spirit shows up in your life is he convicts you of sin. I'm not saying you won't sin, but when you do sin, you know you're sinning. Because he that knows to do good and doesn't do it, to him it is sin. And to sin means to what? Disobey the divine law of God. So to sin means to miss the mark. Here's where I'm very concerned with modern Christianity. When individuals can do things that are opposed to the Law of God and not feel any conviction about it. That tells me one of two things. Either one, you don't have the Holy Spirit, or two, you have seared your conscience to the point to where sin doesn't matter and now you're in danger of becoming what we call a reprobate. It means being exposed to the grace of God, turning it away. Well, that just got heavy. But it's truth. One of the primary things the Holy Spirit does in your life is he convicts you of sin.

Again, it's not that you won't sin, but you'll feel a check every time you do. You're bothered. You feel like everybody knows. You ever done that? You done something in secret and you're like this... You're like, you alright? Yeah, what do you mean I'm alright? Yeah, I'm great. Yeah. He convicts you of sin. He also reveals to us the truth. John 16:13. Because it's not enough just to be convicted of sin, but we need to be led into the truth. When the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all 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. I love the Holy Spirit because the Holy Spirit is your cheat code. When was the last time you just said, before you go into an interview or a discussion or a meeting, you said, Holy Spirit, give me some insights about what I'm about to walk into. And he will do it. Can I give you a real life example? Can I give you a real life example?

Come on. Yeah.

Easter, we had a Friday night. We had Beyond for Good Friday. A worship experience. How many were there? It was phenomenal. We got another one coming up, by the way. It's gonna be great. So, Friday night is coming. You know, Easter is a big, is a really big deal because you got a lot of planning and all this stuff. And you're like, God, please don't let anything go wrong. So on Thursday, I had a friend of mine who's a pastor, and he walks with the Lord. He listens to the Holy Spirit. So he has a prayer meeting on Thursday morning, and he texts me right after. He goes, hey, I feel like I have a word for you from the Holy Spirit. We call this prophecy. And he says, I'm just gonna submit this to you, but this is what I feel like the Holy Spirit said, there's going to be a situation happen during this weekend, but don't get distracted by it because what I wanna do at Embassy City is gonna blow your mind. And I'm like this, the second part is great. Can we talk about the situation now?

Can you go back to the Lord, get some specifics so that I know how to prepare? But wasn't specific. It literally just said something's gonna happen, but don't let that bother you. Don't let that distract you. Okay, so I followed in my back pocket, right? I'm in the office with DeSante, and in walks, 10 minutes before starting on Friday, in walks Stephanie, and she says, hey, bad news. All the power went out in the back. All the LED screens don't work. And I'm like this, we're 10 minutes before starting, and all of that goes out. And those who were on the worship team, you know this happened. And I said this, I knew it. And they're looking at me like, oh, man, you know, like, I knew it. It wasn't that. It was like I knew it. I said, no, check this text out. And I showed them the text. And I said, here's the deal. I knew there was gonna be an opportunity for distraction. The Holy Spirit was my cheat code to get my Spirit right before I came on Friday. I said, Holy Spirit, whatever happens help me just to be chill.

And when I got there, I was like, I'm chill however long it takes. And guess what? This was the biggest, greatest weekend that Embassy City has ever experienced. He knows what he's talking about. Number three, he leads us. Romans 8:14, for all who are led by the Spirit are the sons of God, the children of God. Number four, final point, he empowers us. Acts 1:8, Jesus speaking to his disciples. He says, but you will receive power. It's the word dunamis. It's where we get the word dynamite from. You will receive power, authority when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. And you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth. Do you realize that when you have the presence of the Holy Spirit in your life, you have dynamite power dwelling within you? The problem with some individuals is they haven't ignited the dynamite in their life. How do you ignite it? Through prayer. Simply say, Lord, blow it up.

Whatever's in the way. You got to get through a situation, Holy Spirit, blow it up. I know everyone thought Holy Spirit activate. Here's the truth. The Holy Spirit is wonderful. Why? Because he is God. At the moment of salvation, your life has the potential to be rich. You don't have to do this on your own. You don't have to have just the package of the Holy Spirit and then still trying to do everything on your own. No, you have access to everything that he brings. The question is, are you taking advantage of the access? It's like going to Costco and getting the membership and never going to shop. I've actually done that. But the true benefit is not that you have the card. The benefit is that you get massive discounts in a store that is only reserved for those who have membership. [laughter [

You have access, membership access to all the things that are written in Scripture. The question is, are you going in and using what God has given you to enrich your life? Could you stand to your feet. If you would, close your eyes, bow your head, someone should just lift your hands. Just kind of open like you're going to receive. No gimmicks, no kind of weirdness. But right now, just in your own words, I want you to tell the Lord, Holy Spirit, open up all the gifts that are available to me. Whatever it is, Lord, whatever you wanna do in my life, I pray that you would give it, Lord. Help me to utilize the power of the Holy Spirit. As your hands are raised, we're gonna have a seal of moment. I just want them to go into a time of worship. And as they do, very short amount of time, I just want you to just remove any blockage that you have in your mind, which is really yourself. Get yourself out of the equation. Say, Holy Spirit, I've been trying to do it on my own. And right now, Lord, I just relinquish all control to you. My tongue, my thoughts, my life, my vision, everything belongs to you. Holy Spirit, lead me. So just keep your hands lifted.

Come rest on us. Come rest on us. As the Spirit was moving over the water, Spirit, come move over us. Come rest on us. Come rest on us. As the Spirit was moving over the water, Spirit, come move over us. Come rest on us. Come rest on us. As the Spirit was moving over the water, Spirit come move over us. Come rest on us. Come rest on us.

Lord, we just right now lift our hands in total surrender to you. I pray, God, that you would overtake us so that our steps are ordered by the Holy Spirit. I pray that our minds would be unleashed to receive Rhema, that our hearts would be open to receive revelation. I pray that every gift that is given, every fruit that is given, would be in operation and be manifested in our church. Whatever it is, Lord, I pray that you would give it to us. Give us words of knowledge. Give us words of wisdom. Let prophecy flow freely. Let us have the gift of prayer language. God, whatever it is that you have for us, I pray that we will receive it openly, not weird, not crazy, but normally, Lord. Do what only you can do. We give your name the praise, the glory, and the honor in Jesus' name.

Jesus.

And somebody shout amen.

Amen.