Holy Spirit!

For Saturday, October 10, 2026:

Mark 1:8 NLT: “John the Baptist announced: ‘I baptize you with water, but he (Jesus) will baptize you with the Holy Spirit!’”

During Jesus’ days, adults would make a commitment to follow the Lord. As an outward sign of an internal shift, they would be baptized by a believer, who would then lay on hands and convey the Holy Spirit to the new believer.

Later, Christians began baptizing infants. A great to-do was made of the water baptism, but regrettably, since the candidate was too young to understand, the Holy Spirit fell by the wayside. That’s something we as believers need to correct!

The Holy Spirit makes the Christian experience better, more complete. The Holy Spirit is the conduit connecting our natural world with God’s supernatural world. He helps with healing, raising the dead where appropriate, and casting out demons. Those are things that churches in the first century did regularly. In fact, one of their prime activities was casting out demons. That was considered normal Christianity!

Jesus told us to do these things and to make disciples of all nations. He never sends us on a mission without equipping us for the task. The Holy Spirit is a tool we need to fulfill Jesus’ requests. A pastor once told me, “The Holy Spirit is like your American Express card. Don’t leave home without it!”

Pastor Norton Lawellin

The Father’s House

Jesus In the City Fellowship

Truth & Freedom Church