RENNER RICK - DYNAMIC DUO THE: The Holy Spirit and You

T HE D YNAMIC Duo by Rick Renner
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Unless otherwise noted, all Scriptures quotations are from the King James Version of the Bible.

Scripture quotations marked AMP are from the Amplified Bible. Old Testament copyright 1965, 1987 by the Zondervan Corporation.
The Amplified New Testament copyright 1954, 1958, 1987 by the Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.

Scripture quotations marked NKJV are from the New King James Version of the Bible. Copyright 1979, 1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc., publishers. Used by permission.

Phonetic pronunciations for Greek words are from The New Strongs Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. Copyright 1984 by Thomas Nelson Inc., publishers. Used by permission.

Copyright 1994 by Rick Renner
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Library of Congress Catalog Number: 93-74605
International Standard Book Number: 978-0-88419-362-3
E-ISBN: 978-1-62998-200-7
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I lovingly dedicate this book to all those whom the Lord used to lead me to a fuller understanding of the Holy Spirit.

I am eternally grateful to my parents, Ronald and Erlita Renner, who taught me so well to make Jesus Christ the Lord of my life; to my aunt, Melita Davis, who prayed with me to receive a new touch of the Spirit in 1974; and to Kathryn Kuhlman, who demonstrated the communion of the Holy Spirit to me for the first time in that miracle service on the campus of Oral Roberts University.

To all of these, I dedicate this book. Thank you for allowing God to use you in such a significant way in my life.

T HE BOOK you hold in your hand right now holds the key to the mysteries of God, the power of God, the revelation of God's Word and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit.

It isn't so much what I have written in this book that will transform you, but about whom I have written. This book is about the Holy Spirit and you.

Most Christians live and die never knowing the fellowship and companionship of the Holy Spirit. They have heard about the Holy Spirit and may even know doctrinal answers regarding the Holy Spirit. But knowing about Him and personally knowing Him in daily fellowship are two very different things.

Before there was a New Testament for the early church to turn to for direction, guidance and answers, they relied completely on the Holy Spirit. In those primitive years the church had power, miracles, healings, mass evangelism, apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, teachers and the gifts of the Spirit in amazing abundance. We all look back to that early time in admiration, wishing we could relive it in our own generation.

Today we are privileged to have not only the Holy Spirit but also the Word of God. This is the very best. Why then do we not see the same power and glory that the early church experienced? Why do we not see the power of the resurrection flowing in our midst?

While there may be many answers to these questions, it is certain that we have come to lean upon our own understanding, our own intellectual abilities even upon the Bible to such an extent that often we do not even consult the Holy Spirit for His guidance in our lives. We assume that we already know what the Holy Spirit wants to do. Because we do not lean upon Him the way the early church did, we miss opportunity after opportunity to see His power released before us.

There is no substitute for the Bible, but neither is there a substitute for the supernatural work of the Holy Spirit in the church. Remove the supernatural work of the Spirit, and all that is left is orthodoxy and religious works. Religious works will never raise the dead, cast out demons, heal the sick, or turn cities and nations to Jesus Christ.

In my own life and ministry I continue to learn how imperative it is for us to have intimacy and moment-by-moment communication with the Holy Spirit, no matter how knowledgeable we are of God's Word. If I had not cultivated a rich, solid relationship with the Holy Spirit through many years of traveling the United States and teaching the Bible, I would have been extremely skeptical and may even have disobeyed Him when He called me to move my family to the former U.S.S.R.

For the past two years we have lived in Latvia and traveled throughout the former Soviet Union. There is no doubt in my mind or my family's that we would have perished many times without the help, guidance and comfort of the Holy Spirit. Furthermore, we have stood and watched in awe as His power has moved through our ministry to touch millions of people saving them, healing them, performing miracles and delivering them from Satan's bondage.

The Holy Spirit has manifested Himself in ways we had only dreamed of in years past. In the short span of time since we arrived, He has enabled us to reach more than 150 million souls through a weekly television program, establish a church in the city of Riga, launch a Bible school to train leaders for all the churches which are springing up in that part of the world, and hold crusades and meetings in the various regions to build up the new local bodies of believers.

The key for me has been to learn to work with God's Word and to flow with the Holy Spirit simultaneously. The Holy Spirit never leads us contrary to the Word of God but rather confirms and supports it, as He is the One who inspired it (2 Timothy 3:16),

With the Bible in our hands and hearts and with an open spiritual ear to hear what the Spirit is saying, we should never fail. No people and no generation have ever been so blessed as those of us who live in this glorious church age.

I'm happy that you have picked up this book today. I believe this will be the start of a marvelous new adventure and spiritual journey for you.

All for which you have dreamed, all for which your heart has yearned, is in front of you. Read this book with an open heart and ask the heavenly Father to reveal the work of the Holy Spirit to you. Your dreams are about to become reality.

Rick Renner
Jelgava, Latvia

G ETTING A CQUAINTED W ITH THE H OLY S PIRIT

"The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all."

2 Corinthians 13:14, NKJV

T HE T HIRD D IMENSION

M ANY YEARS ago, my heart began to search for a deeper walk with Christ. Surely there must be more to the Christian life than I was experiencing. It was as if there were a hole in the pit of my stomach, and I was yearning for God to fill it up with Himself. I searched here and there, looking for someone who could help me find this deeper place in God for which my heart longed.

I was raised as a Southern Baptist and had been saved at an early age. Living the Christian life was not new to me or my family. In my teenage years I ventured beyond our Southern Baptist church and was introduced to the power of the Holy Spirit in a marvelous way.

Yet now my heart longed for something deeper than an experience, something more lasting than an emotional high. I knew there had to be something more than what I had already discovered.