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Retreat 1 Resources: Holy Spirit
These resources explore the person and work of the Holy Spirit,
and what it means to live by the Spirit.
Online
Tony Evans, The Power of the Holy Spirit’s Names (Video Curriculum, Right Now Media)
The Holy Spirit plays the incredible role of both empowering the individual believer and the church—and as we study the Trinity’s third member, we gain a clearer understanding of our omnipotent triune God.
Jordan Gash, Outpouring: Unleashed with Holy Spirit Power (Video Curriculum, Right Now Media)
As you go through this 5-session group study, you will be transported to the first days of the Church of Jesus Christ and witness their ignition and unleashing in the power of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit, who was promised by Jesus, is not only for those first believers, but is promised to all who would call on the name of Jesus for salvation.
Christ In Youth, The Third Person: High School Edition and Middle School Edition (Video Curriculum, Right Now Media)
Designed to teach high school and middle school students about the person of the Holy Spirit.
Books
John Bevere, The Holy Spirit: An Introduction (Messenger International, 2013)
The Holy Spirit is not a thing but a person, and through this interactive book, Bevere invites you into a personal discovery of the most ignored and misunderstood person in the Church: the Holy Spirit.
Francis Chan, Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit (David C Cook, 2009)
While we have a familiarity with the Father and Son, the church often neglects to understand and interact with the Holy Spirit.
- Right Now Media: Holy Spirit, Session 3 in Who Is God? video series from Francis Chan.
- Right Now Media: Forgotten God Video Curriculum
Jim Cymbala, Fresh Power: Experiencing the Vast Resources of the Spirit of God (Zondervan, 2001)
Fresh faith is available to His church as God’s people desire the Holy Spirit’s constant infilling. This book talks about what it really means to be Spirit filled, both as individuals and as the church.
Just as we take breathing for granted, we can take the Holy Spirit for granted simply because we constantly depend on him. The work of God’s Spirit is far more ordinary and common that we realize, as he is at work in the mundane of everyday life.
Craig Keener, Gift and Giver: The Holy Spirit for Today (Baker Academic, 2020)
Looking at a theological understanding of the Holy Spirit, topics of spiritual gifts, the fruit of the Spirit, the Spirit’s power for evangelism, and hearing God’s voice are examined.
Scot McKnight, Open to the Spirit: God In Us, God With Us, God Transforming Us (Waterbrook, 2018)
McKnight explores the questions: Who exactly is the Holy Spirit? What does he do in our lives? How can we know him more deeply, and is it possible to tap into his power? Should we pray to the Holy Spirit? Is it possible to be aware of his promptings and speaking into our lives?
J.I. Packer, Keep In Step With the Spirit: Finding Fullness in Our Walk With God (Baker Books, 2005)
More than a theological study, this book – and the Spirit himself – is a rousing call to encourage believers to implement the Spirit’s directives in their lives.
Fred Sanders, The Holy Spirit: An Introduction (Crossway, 2023)
Through the Old and New Testaments, this teaches how to hold a proper understanding of the person and power of the Holy Spirit.
Gordon Smith, Welcome, Holy Spirit: A Theological and Experiential Introduction (IVP Academic, 2021)
How can we cultivate an understanding of the Holy Spirit that helps us experience the presence of the Spirit in worship, in witness, in joy and sorrow, in seasons of blessing and times of difficulty alike, all the while honoring the fullness of the Trinity?
It is important for Christians to pursue and implement the miraculous gifts of the Spirit without falling into fanatical excess, splitting the church in the process.
Let your roots grow down into him,
and let your lives be built on him.
Colossians 2:6
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