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The Holy Spirit Changes People

Yesterday we talked about how the Holy Spirit empowers you. Today, let’s discuss how He is also at work in the people you talk to and engage with daily. 2 Peter 3 reminds us that God does not want anyone to perish. The Holy Spirit is at work in people, drawing them to Him, because He does not want anyone to perish, He desires connection.

Here is a great story of the Holy Spirit working in a man named John...

John had been chatting online with us and was negative about anything to do with God. We hadn’t heard from him in about a year. Out of the blue he messaged us with a question…

“Why does the Bible tell us not to murder? Animals kill. We are no different to any other creature — we live, we breed, we die. However, due to our curious intellectual capacity, we are much more efficient.”

After answering his question, we mentioned that it was great to hear from him as we hadn’t heard from him in a long time. His response was…

“Yeah, I happened to come across our conversation as I was reading through past messages, and I don’t know… I’ve always felt as if something is missing, like a part of me is not where it should be… it feels more intense now.”

The Holy Spirit is at work in John’s life. John is now continuing to explore more about God and faith, and we are praying that he will come to know Jesus for himself. We consider it an honour that God invites us to work with Him in changing John’s life. The Holy Spirit is softening John’s heart while He is using us to chat to him.

Are you available and ready to work with the Holy Spirit in seeing others meet Jesus?

Your greatest ability is your availability. Don’t give up on people, just give them the time when they need it, and remember that the Holy Spirit is working in them. Why not take a moment today to pray for a friend that doesn’t yet know Jesus.