David Diga Hernandez - Encountering the Holy Spirit in Every Book of the Bible

Copyright 2018 David Hernandez

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DEDICATION

I dedicate this book to Pastor Benny Hinn, who is to me a mentor, a friend, and a father in the faith. Thank you, Pastor Benny, for the rich and unparalleled teachings that the Lord has anointed to lay a foundation for my understanding of the Person of the Holy Spirit. To Jesus belongs the glory. I will steward well the impartation that I have received. I will boldly and unapologetically preach the saving and healing Gospel of Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit.

With love and honor,

David Diga Hernandez

Would you believe that there are still many things concerning the Holy Spirit that I did not include in this book? He truly is the fountain that never runs dry, the eternal river of living water. I pray that you are hungering more than ever before for the presence of the Holy Spirit. I hope that a new level of understanding of, a deeper appreciation for, and a greater friendship with the Holy Spirit has been given to you.

Dear reader, all that you have read of the Holy Spirit in this book is yours for the asking! But you might be wondering how to keep track of all His benefits. Some might even feel a little overwhelmed by all that is available to them by the Holy Spirit. I know you dont want to miss a thing.

So let me give you the good news: all of the benefits from the Holy Spirit are received by simple faith. When you welcome the Holy Spirit, you welcome His presence, as well as all that He brings with Him and does. You dont have to toil for each and every blessing He offers. You just need to embrace Him. When you embrace Him, you get it all.

So how do you welcome the Holy Spirit? How do you involve Him in your life? Its so simple that it brings me joy to tell you: you welcome the Holy Spirit through time.

Time

Just spend time with Him, and all that He offers becomes yours. Were so busy and distracted that we neglect the simplicity of time with the Holy Spirit. Yet all He needs is your time, because as you spend time with Him, you become one who learns to surrender, to obey. He loves to spend time with you. He welcomes you. Do you welcome Him?

Prayer is the act of depending on the Holy Spirit.

So, dear reader, I encourage you to welcome the Holy Spirit through spending time with Him as often as you are able to. Let nothing come between you and that precious time in His presence. Speak to Him. Acknowledge Him. Listen for His voice.

In your ministry, in your home, in your life, welcome the Holy Spirit.

Can the Holy Spirit truly be found in every book of the Bible? The answer is yes! How could it be otherwise? How could the One who inspired every word written in both the Old and New Testaments not be found in the same?

I love the Holy Spirit, and I never tire of talking about Him. Ill never forget the day He touched my life. I was never to be the same again. I am forever ruined for anything less than the majesty of His presence. Im driven by a holy obsession with the Spirit. Since the moment He first befriended me, I have sought to be a better friend to Him; I have sought to know His mind, power, and nature. Hungry to know more about the Person of the Holy Spirit, I asked Him to teach me. I told Him, Teach me everything! I dont want to miss a thing about You!

I had been faithful to steward all of the beautiful revelations the Lord had given me beforerevelations concerning the Holy Spirit. I wrote them in books. I preached them in sermons. I taught them in lessons. I prayed them in prayers. I recorded them in both audio and video media. And the more I talked about the Holy Spirit, the more I realized that there was more to know. Sometimes, right in the middle of me preaching, the Holy Spirit would give me whispered instructions, spontaneous glimpses about His Person. Just when I thought that I had discovered all there was to discover about Him, I would find moremuch more. Dear reader, the well of revelation will never run dry. Theres that much to Him.

As I remained faithful to properly steward those revelations, the Lord poured even more into me. The more we use what He has given to us, the more He gives us to use. The Lord always gives us more as we steward His treasures well.

If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones. But if you are dishonest in little things, you wont be honest with greater responsibilities (Luke 16:10).

I began to see the Holy Spirit in places of the Bible I had never before seen Him. Especially in the books of the Bible that are historic in nature, I did not anticipate finding Him. Nonetheless, He was thereHe was there all along. True to His gentle and humble nature, He worked in subtle ways through mighty servants of God, faithfully nudging divine vessels across the plane of Gods perfect will.

I wondered how I could have missed Him before so many times. After all, I had read those passages. Internally, I asked the Holy Spirit, How did I miss You in the Scriptures so often? Why didnt You show me that You were there? I sensed this message in response: Because you never asked.

You see, the Holy Spirit does not make it His priority to testify of Himself. His primary message is the same as the Fatherstheir message is Jesus.