In this forum we have discussed about the Holy Spirit gifts. In this post I thought it might be useful to look at how the Holy Spirit can help people in their daily lives as a Christian. The Holy Spirit is one of the 3 attributes of God the creator.
Jesus has said in the Bible he would send his followers after the resurrection a comforter, which is the Holy Spirit.(John 14:26) The Holy Spirit can perform different functions in the body to support a Christian in their faith journey. The Holy Spirit is often given to believers at Baptism.
These are the typical roles of the Holy Spirit-
The Holy Spirit has many roles, helper, intercessor, advocate, strengthener, standby, comforter, counsellor, baptiser and a sanctifier.
As this is a forum about neurodiversity and Autism I thought I would focus this post on how being baptised with the Holy Spirit at Baptism can support an autistic in their day to day life.
The Holy Spirit is the breath, wind, spirit of God.
“In Greek, the Holy Spirit is referred to as "Pneuma Hagion" (πνεῦμα ἅγιον), which translates to "Holy Spirit" or "Sacred Breath".
Here's a more detailed explanation:
πνεῦμα (pneuma): This Greek word means "breath," "wind," or "spirit".
ἅγιον (hagion): This Greek word means "holy," "holiness," or "holy one".
Paraclete: In the Gospel of John, Jesus refers to the Holy Spirit as the Advocate (or Paraclete) that the Father will send after he is gone. The word in the original Greek text is parakletos: para = "beside" kalein = "to call"
I have felt this breath and wind myself when in the church. It literally came by me and I remarked this is the breath and wind of the Holy Paraclete.
This breath I think this wind can help an autistic when being overwhelmed because it has certainly had this effect on me in my life as an autistic Christian. Perhaps it works for all Christians when in distress, but I can only write about my life. God can help you support and manage autism.
I also am diagnosed with anorexia and in hospital when extremely ill I have stopped breathing and I feel that breath may have helped to sustain me and support my life when I was expected to die.
Some autistics may struggle with expressing themselves in prayer. You can pray a simple Our Father as instructed by Jesus in Matthew 6, the Holy Spirit will intercede on your part and translate your inner thoughts to the creator in Heaven so you can pray and know your inner thoughts are being heard.
God’s Holy Spirit can speak to the Autistic Christians spirit and understand their needs. It has spoken to me in times of crisis simply which helped me as an autistic Christian.
I live alone and the Paraelete has a presence in my life and it has made me less alone in this world and strengthened itself my faith and caused me to hold on in difficult times.
Also, in my experience I feel it may have warned me of the presence of danger around me as well-like to go and take emergency medication as well or something life saving like to seek treatment.
As a Christian who has said previously on this forum stated that they love the Day of Pentecost in the Book of Acts 2:1-4 when the Holy Spirit descended on the disciples and they spoke in multiple languages. that is coming up soon in the calendar. Last year we wore red items to appreciate a symbol to the Holy Spirit at Church. I wrote about my experiences last year.
Jesus has said in the Bible he would send his followers after the resurrection a comforter, which is the Holy Spirit.(John 14:26) The Holy Spirit can perform different functions in the body to support a Christian in their faith journey. The Holy Spirit is often given to believers at Baptism.
These are the typical roles of the Holy Spirit-
The Holy Spirit has many roles, helper, intercessor, advocate, strengthener, standby, comforter, counsellor, baptiser and a sanctifier.
As this is a forum about neurodiversity and Autism I thought I would focus this post on how being baptised with the Holy Spirit at Baptism can support an autistic in their day to day life.
The Holy Spirit is the breath, wind, spirit of God.
“In Greek, the Holy Spirit is referred to as "Pneuma Hagion" (πνεῦμα ἅγιον), which translates to "Holy Spirit" or "Sacred Breath".
Here's a more detailed explanation:
πνεῦμα (pneuma): This Greek word means "breath," "wind," or "spirit".
ἅγιον (hagion): This Greek word means "holy," "holiness," or "holy one".
Paraclete: In the Gospel of John, Jesus refers to the Holy Spirit as the Advocate (or Paraclete) that the Father will send after he is gone. The word in the original Greek text is parakletos: para = "beside" kalein = "to call"
I have felt this breath and wind myself when in the church. It literally came by me and I remarked this is the breath and wind of the Holy Paraclete.
This breath I think this wind can help an autistic when being overwhelmed because it has certainly had this effect on me in my life as an autistic Christian. Perhaps it works for all Christians when in distress, but I can only write about my life. God can help you support and manage autism.
I also am diagnosed with anorexia and in hospital when extremely ill I have stopped breathing and I feel that breath may have helped to sustain me and support my life when I was expected to die.
Some autistics may struggle with expressing themselves in prayer. You can pray a simple Our Father as instructed by Jesus in Matthew 6, the Holy Spirit will intercede on your part and translate your inner thoughts to the creator in Heaven so you can pray and know your inner thoughts are being heard.
God’s Holy Spirit can speak to the Autistic Christians spirit and understand their needs. It has spoken to me in times of crisis simply which helped me as an autistic Christian.
I live alone and the Paraelete has a presence in my life and it has made me less alone in this world and strengthened itself my faith and caused me to hold on in difficult times.
Also, in my experience I feel it may have warned me of the presence of danger around me as well-like to go and take emergency medication as well or something life saving like to seek treatment.
As a Christian who has said previously on this forum stated that they love the Day of Pentecost in the Book of Acts 2:1-4 when the Holy Spirit descended on the disciples and they spoke in multiple languages. that is coming up soon in the calendar. Last year we wore red items to appreciate a symbol to the Holy Spirit at Church. I wrote about my experiences last year.
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