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A Fire Called Holy Bible in a Year: Exodus 31–33 Matthew 22:1–22 He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. Luke 3 Luke 3:–18 After several of drought, the wildfires of Southern California left some residents thinking of them as acts of God. This disturbing impression was reinforced when news sources began referring one as the Holy Fire. Many unfamiliar with the area didn’t realize it was a reference the Holy Jim Canyon region. But was Holy Jim? According local history, he was a nineteenth-century beekeeper so irreligious and cantankerous that neighbors tagged him with that ironic nickname. John the Baptist’s reference to a baptism of “the Holy Spirit and fire” also came with its own story and explanation (Luke 3. Looking back, he was likely thinking of the kind of Messiah and refining fire foreseen by the prophet Malachi (3:1–3; 4:1). But only after the Spirit of God came like wind and fire on the followers of Jesus did the words of Malachi and John come into focus (Acts 2:1–4). The fire John predicted wasn’t what was expected. As a true act of God, it came with boldness to proclaim a different kind of Messiah and holy flame. In the Spirit of Jesus, it exposed and consumed our futile human efforts—while making room for the love, joy, peace, patience, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control of the Holy Spirit (s Galatians 5:22–23). Those are the acts of God that He would like to work in us. Reflect & Pray How has your life been affected by the work of the Holy Spirit? What does it mean for you to pursue a holy—set apart—life before God? Father in heaven, please replace our fear of Your Holy Spirit with a love, joy, and peace that is as priceless as our stubborn ways are worthless. 
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I don't have a fear of God or the Holy Spirit, just a reverence and love. As Pat Harrison often says, "I love the Holy Ghost". Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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I don't have a fear of God or the Holy Spirit, just a reverence and love. As Pat Harrison often says, "I love the Holy Ghost".
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mrs joe yes I fear HIM. but not out of fear in the classic meaning. I fear HE will not see me worthy of HIS HOME. Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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My Mother always prayed to the Holy Spirit up to the day she died, aged 104!
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