Yup! That's the Holy Spirit!: Our Comforter

By Doug Hovda and Maureen Hovda

YUP! That's God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. Three books complete the Trilogy of the Trinity. Father God has shown us who He is, just by His creation. The life of Jesus Christ shows us how to live and share His story of salvation and eternal life. The Holy Spirit comes to believers on earth since the resurrection of Jesus opened a door for all. When we accept Jesus as our Savior and Lord, and ask Him for forgiveness of sin, then the Holy Spirit comes and dwells in our lives, teaching us through the Word of God, how to become whatever God has for us. Rejoice and be glad! Give the glory unto the Lord! Galatians 5:22-25, tells you how to live a radiant life. Live for Christ. Enjoy reading this paraphrased story of the Apostle Paul from the New Testament Book of ACTS.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jul 20, 2020
• ISBN: 9781984588579

Doug Hovda

Doug and Maureen were high school sweethearts at Robbinsdale High School in Robbinsdale, Minnesota. God called them while they were at Bible camp and fifteen years old. They began teaching children in Sunday School about Jesus and sharing the gospel at the downtown mission and through child evangelism. During college, they were married on August 24, 1957. They spent forty years sharing Jesus, teaching Bible study groups, and spending time at missions around the world. God then called them to Bolivia for three years. They are eighty-three and eighty-four years old and still are encouraging others through Hovda Ministries and Operation Harvest. Loving God, loving each other, and the stories never end. Enjoy their journal they wrote while in Bolivia. A wonderful read! Doug and Maureen live in Avon, Indiana

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YUP! THAT’S THE

HOLY SPIRIT!

OUR COMFORTER

DOUG & MAUREEN HOVDA

Copyright © 2020 by DOUG & MAUREEN HOVDA.

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CONTENTS

PROLOGUE

WHERE HE LEADS ME

MISSION STORY

CHAPTER 1

THE HOLY SPIRIT

A LAME MAN HEALED

ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA

IMPRISONED DISCIPLES FREED

THE COMFORTER HAS COME

MISSION STORY

CHAPTER 2

STEPHEN

STEPHEN’S SPEECH

STEPHEN’S CONCLUSION

STEPHEN IS MARTYRED

PETER AND JOHN

PHILIP AND THE ETHIOPIAN

BREATHE ON ME, BREATH OF GOD

MISSION STORY

CHAPTER 3

SAUL

CORNELIUS

PETER’S VISION

PETER MEETS CORNELIUS

CORNELIUS’ HOUSEHOLD

SPIRIT OF GOD DESCEND UPON MY HEART

MISSION STORY

CHAPTER 4

BARNABAS AND SAUL

VIOLENCE TOWARDS CHRISTIANS

I’D RATHER HAVE JESUS

MISSION STORY

CHAPTER 5

PAUL AND BARNABAS

ANTIOCH IN PISIDIA

BLESSING AND CONFLICT

ICONIUM

LYSTRA

STRENGTHENING THE CONVERTS

DIVISION OVER JOHN MARK

THE LOVE OF GOD

MISSION STORY

CHAPTER 6

TIMOTHY JOINS PAUL AND SILAS

PAUL AND SILAS IMPRISONED

PHILIPPIAN JAILER

PAUL REFUSES TO DEPART SECRETLY

THESSALONICA

PHILOSOPHERS AT ATHENS

MINISTERING AT CORINTH

MINISTRY OF APOLLOS

HE LEADETH ME

MISSION STORY

CHAPTER 7

PAUL AT EPHESUS

MIRACLES GLORIFY CHRIST

RIOT AT EPHESUS

JOURNEYS IN GREECE

MINISTERING AT TROAS

JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM

JERUSALEM

PAUL SHARES HIS LIFE STORY

STAND BY ME

MISSION STORY

CHAPTER 8

PAUL AT THE COUNCIL

THE PLOT AGAINST PAUL

PAUL AND FELIX THE GOVERNOR

ACCUSATIONS AND DEFENCE BEFORE FELIX

PAUL APPEALS TO CAESAR

PAUL BEFORE AGRIPPA

PAUL’S LIFE STORY

VOYAGE TO ROME

PAUL’S ADVICE IGNORED

THE TEMPEST

THE ISLAND

SHIPWRECKED

PAUL’S MINISTRY ON MALTA

ARRIVAL AT ROME

PAULS MINISTRY AT ROME

HOLY GHOST WITH LIGHT DIVINE

MISSION STORY

MY SAVIOR FIRST OF ALL

FINALE

WHEN THEY RING THE GOLDEN BELLS

DEDICATION

We dedicate this book to our heavenly Father

who created us, our Lord and Savior JESUS Christ

who died for us that we can live for Him, and the

Holy Spirit who dwells within us to guide us.

We also dedicate this book to our children

Karen and Paul, their spouses Michael and Jody

plus our God-given grandchildren: Megan, Tim,

Ben, Catherine, and Donovan.

Thank you once again to our daughter, Karen who worked tirelessly editing this book.

Thank you once again to our grandson, Benjamin, for the painting of the Eye of God, which is shown on the cover of this book.

Inside the back cover, you will find a map that shows the places where Paul walked and shared Jesus Christ wherever he went, prayed, and healed people.

Always be who you are, precious in His sight.

BEGINNING

THE CREATION

Written by James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938)

Words written 1922

(A Negro Sermon)

And God stepped out on space,

And He looked around and said,

"I’m lonely ---

I’ll make me a world."

And far as the eye of God could see

Darkness covered everything.

Blacker than a hundred midnights

Down in a cypress swamp.

Then God smiled and the light broke, And

the darkness rolled up on one side,

And the light stood shining on the other,

And God said, That’s good!

Then God reached out and took the light in

His hands until He made the sun

And He set that sun a-blazing in the heavens.

And the light that was left from making the sun

God gathered it up in a shining ball

And flung it against the darkness,

Spangling the night with the moon and stars.

Then down between the darkness and the light

He hurled the world.

Then God said, That’s good!

Then God himself stepped down ---

And the sun was on His right hand, And the moon was on

His left; The stars were clustered about His head,

And His earth was under His feet.

And God walked and where He trod

His footsteps hollowed the valleys out

And bulged the mountains up.

Then He stopped and looked and saw

That the earth was hot and barren, so

God stepped over to the edge of the world

And He spat out the seven seas,

He batted His eyes and the lightnings flashed.

He clapped His hands and the thunders rolled.

And the waters above the earth came down,

The cooling waters came down.

Then the green grass sprouted,

And the little red flowers blossomed,

The pine tree pointed his finger to the sky,

And the oak spread out his arms.

The lakes cuddled down

In the hallows of the ground,

And the rivers ran down to the sea.

And God smiled again,

And the rainbow appeared,

And curled itself around His shoulder.

Then God raised His arm and He waved

His hand over the sea and over the land,

And He said, Bring forth! Bring forth!

And quicker than God could drop His hand,

Fishes and fowls and beasts and birds

Swam the rivers and the seas,

Roamed the forests and the woods,

And split the air with their wings.

And God said, That’s good!

Then God walked around

And God looked around

On all that He had made.

He looked at His sun

He looked at His moon

He looked at His little stars,

He looked on His world

With all its living things,

And God said, I’m lonely still.

Then God sat down

On the side of a hill

where He could think

by a deep, wide river

He sat down.

With His head in His hands

God thought and thought,

Till He thought,

I’ll make me a man!

Up from the bed of the river

God scooped the clay.

And by the bank of the river

He kneeled Him down. And there:

The great God Almighty,

Who lit the sun

And fixed the sky,

Who flung the stars

To the most far corner of the night,

Who rounded the earth

In the middle of His hand,

The Great God,

like a mammy

Bending over her baby,

Kneeled down in the dust

Toiling over a lump of clay

Till He had shaped it

In His own image,

Then into it He blew

The breath of life.

And man became

A living soul!

Amen. Amen.

PROLOGUE

Apostle – one who is a teacher

Disciple – one who is a student, to become a teacher

Synagogue – a Jewish House of Worship

Temple – Ancient House of Worship in Jerusalem

Brethren – friends who accepted Christ

Pentecost – When the Holy Spirit descended 49 days after Easter Sunday

Jesus was with His disciples and apostles for many days, continually teaching them while they were walking through many cities sharing the need for spiritual cleansing with the people they met. They also spent many hours in the upper room learning from Jesus how to teach others. It would not be long before Jesus was going back to His