Tag: Holy Spirit

‘Add to Playlist: the Sound of the Spirit’ looks at Pentecost through the lens of the popular Radio 4 music programme…

Paul tells us that God is not far from each one of us. Jesus tells us that the Spirit will be in you. And the Ezra Collective reminds us that you have been given feet for dancing.

May the breath of God find you in every valley where hope has grown thin. When the ground beneath you
feels scattered with dry bones and the silence seems deeper than prayer, may the quiet wind of the Spirit stir the dust of life again.

Com is with, fort is strength. Comforter, one who brings strength. Someone who would make them strong would come to them.

The Bible readings for May 2024 include Jesus telling us to love, his prayer for our safekeeping and then the coming of the Holy Spirit.

For Paul, an ideal community shows love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. He called these qualities the ‘fruit of the Spirit’. But did Paul mean that as an exclusive list – or are there ‘vegetables’ too?