Beltway Weekend Services (audio)

The Holy Spirit – the true Spirit of Christmas – empowers the impossible (Luke 1:26-38). Just as the Holy Spirit participated in the supernatural creation of the world, the Holy Spirit also came upon the virgin Mary and supernaturally placed the incarnate Son of God (Jesus) into her womb (Genesis 1:1-2, 26-28; Luke 1:35). God accomplishes the impossible, the miraculous, through His Spirit. For followers of Jesus today, when we say yes to follow Him, we are utterly changed and begin to house the Spirit of God within us (1Corinthians 3:16). It is the Holy Spirit that produces in us the fruit of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, and self-control (Galatians 5:22-23). Not only this, but the Spirit of God helps us share the hope of Jesus with others (Acts 1:8). The Spirit guides us and empowers us to walk faithfully in difficult situations, to become how we were originally designed to be. And it is the Holy Spirit that enables us to be victorious over sin, to forgive those who have hurt