text: Alicia,
  
  Amen! Amen! and Amen! 
  
  Let's get back to basics like the one Jesus taught about His followers being guided and empowered by the Holy Spirit. How often do you hear any mention about the Holy Spirit as anything more than a nice spiritual theory that might be realized in the future? I've visited a number of SDA churches where the Holy Spirit is actively resisted while the prophecy-only-focused members in diminishing numbers were reassuring themselves they were doing God's work and being effective at proclaiming the Gospel to the world when the community around them didn't know they existed. How can we hope to do anything God told us to do if we're not obeying Him and embracing the Holy Spirit?