I saw the Holy Spirit flying as a golden dove
I was in the car I saw him in left side of wing mirror of car.
Matthew 3:16-17
King James Version
16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Acts 1:8
King James Version
8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
John 16:13
King James Version
13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
Acts 2:3-4
King James Version
3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Old thread, still going!
My answer to what happens when the Holy Spirit comes on you, I would have to say it depends on when and what's happening.
When I was born again the Holy Spirit was for sure there and His presence was thick!
When I got baptized in the Spirit the presence had a thick atmosphere and imagine peace in your spirit X 5 ! All the way into Joy and Love.
When 3 cop cars were searching for me unjustifiably I was praying my socks off to not go to jail and the Holy Spirit was my guide and kept telling me turn here turn left rest here for awhile, move quickly now and go right, all within an 8 block radius of my house. I have a bad back and couldn't walk far, I heard the Holy Spirit speak to me inside of me. I had zero problem hearing Him. It's like He turned up the volume louder than normal because it was all time sensitive and three cop cars were searching and knew I was on foot and wont make it far! So I had to stay moving for the most part. But the thing was, I don't remember feeling any presence of the Holy Spirit while He talked to me and told me which way to go. I had no presence, only voice. So that's curious to me a little bit.
The one time that God did speak to me in an audible voice was the strongest presence of the Lord that I had ever had. I did not see Him. I felt Him and He walked into the room from the far wall and the Atmosphere told me, God is here...(!!) And then He spoke and I instantly recognized the voice of Jesus. That amazed me big time because I can't recall ever meeting or talking with Jesus before.
Scripture says He knew us before we were in the womb, so no wonder I knew His voice! I just didn't know how because apparently we all get born with Amnesia. Now when Jesus walked through that wall into my family room. when Jesus walks into the room... Everyone knows it without a word being spoken.
I don't if that counts within the parameters of your question or not because you asked about the Holy Spirit.
The cool thing that I have noticed is that, After we're born again we are indwelt by the Holy Spirit, right? Ok, I can perceive His presence in me at any time, if I am not focused on the world somehow and turn inward, there He is. I am trying to work towards being mindful of Him at all times and not losing my focus or sight (Like Peter Did in the water!) He took his eyes off of Jesus and got distracted by the wind & waves.
I think if I or someone could become that disciplined to learn to be able to walk mindful of the Spirit at all times. I've even taken Him to work with me, like my best friend which sticks closer than a Brother. He helped me several times with my work! That's because I was treating Him as the lead Tech and I was HIS helper! It went very well!
One time on one of my very last service calls to fix a furnace (and it was Cold!) and a side job that I was doing and did not have the part in stock for it and had to go get it. On the way back to the Customers house, I was pondering how much to charge them. I understand that when we give someone a cup of water that it is like doing it for Jesus Himself is what scripture says. So I wanted to give the people a really good deal on it because, well, the Lord. But I also wanted to make a few bucks for myself to cover gas or something, right?
And I couldn't make up my mind. (I am to work as if I am working for the Lord Himself, right?) and I had invited the Lord to go to work with me on this service call, so I turned over and asked Him, Lord, how much should I charge them? 2/3 off? 3/4 off? And He answered me instantly, He said, don't charge them anything (They was poor, it's easy to tell as soon as you walk in the house) But that wasn't in my plan to make a few bucks at least and I found myself not in agreement with the Lord!! But before I could even voice a protest, He already knew my heart and said, Didn't you give your life to me? I said, yes Lord. And He said, Then it belongs to me and is my Business so don't charge them anything.
So it's hard to argue with the Lord (And Ill Advised!) so I know when to stand down! If I remember right the guy freaked because he was expecting about a $400 bill and I said, the Lord Loves you and He gave me 5 bucks to cover my gas, lol.
That's a good life lesson the Lord showed me there. Scripture says surrender your life to me and be my servant and I will be your God, and I must have been glossing over that before because that means something significant.
To surrender our lives unto the Lord means we stop making our own decisions! It is Written, Be led by the Spirit. Pray Unceasingly. Whoa. When you pray the Holy Spirit is there, just like if you start to read the bible Holy Spirit is there. So praying unceasingly is being led by the Spirit. So praying unceasingly is being led by the Spirit. Afterall, you don't invite your very vest friend to go somewhere with you, and then forget He is there and ignore Him.
The Lord told me one time that He wants all of His people to learn how to hear His still small voice inside of you. And then obey it instantly.
I can hear His still small voice inside of me. You keep inviting the Lord to go with you and talking to Him all day long for enough days that you will start hearing Him. Sometimes it's a scripture, sometimes it's words. If I aint careful sometimes I think that was my own thought, and I also noticed that the more secular entertainment that I watch makes it harder to hear His voice. Other times, I can't get away from the voice and He told me to not buy this and that in the grocery store! Dangit! That's in scripture too, David wrote in Psalms about it. If I go to heaven you are there, if I go to the mountain you are there, if I make my bed in sheol you are there!
So I'm working on purging secular videos out of my life. I went for a few days and only either read the word, and watched Teaching videos from Pastors and Teachers on you tube, then perhaps a faith based movie and just rotate doing those things so that I wind up meditating on the Kingdom of God for the entire day! Then the still small voice gets louder and easier to hear and differentiate.
Whoa, I was rambling on there. Sorry.
