...And The Holy Spirit

Most of you (if not all) know what the Holy Trinity is: The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit. If you are a Christian than you know all about The Father (God) and The Son (Jesus Christ), but I think that there are a fair amount of Christians out there that do not know a lot about the third member of the Trinity...The Holy Spirit. I will tell you, that before last Saturday I did not know too much about the holy Spirit either. I knew that the it was part of the Trinity and that Jesus had sent it to Christians to be a "Helper", but other than that I did not know anything whatsoever about it's purpose or it's role in a Christian's life. That all changed last Saturday when I attended the Mission X Training Day at Metro Life Church in Orlando. The Training day was excellent, the teaching was amazing, the questions I had coming into it were all answered, and it was an awesome time of fellowship and worship. After the Training Day though, came Deluge (Metro's Youth Group meeting). Deluge was led by Jesse Phillips and his message was great, but it was what happened after the message that was the highlight for me. After the message was over and we were closing in worship Mr.Phillips came up and asked if anyone wanted to be baptized with the Holy Spirit. I went forward not really knowing what to expect, because I knew so little about the Holy Spirit and what it's purpose was. Thankfully Mr. Phillips separated the people who came forward into two groups-those who had already been baptized and wanted to be refreshed, and those who hadn't been baptized yet. While we were being prayed for Mr. Phillips all of the people who were being baptized for the first time to go to another room so that he could discuss it more in depth with us. So while we went into another room the rest of the people finished up the worship and concluded Deluge. When we got to the room we were a fairly small group of maybe 15 to 20 people (that includes the people who came to pray for those who were being baptized). Mr. Phillips started out by just giving us all a "rundown" of what being baptized with the Holy Spirit means and what will happen once we are. After that was done people began praying for all of us who had come forward to be baptized. What followed was by far the most amazing thing that has ever happened to me. People were praying, singing, prophesying, speaking in tongues, crying, and laughing. There was such a strong presence of the Holy Spirit there that night that you would have to have been there to understand what I mean. I don't mean to sounds cliche in saying this, but the way I felt that night was so amazing I wanted it never to end. I was filled with so much faith that night, faith, that I had never experienced before and it was amazing to feel. We were in that room for about an hour and a half just feeling the holy Spirit move amongst us in ways that would make even the most hardened atheist believe there is a God. I can't describe it any better than that, any words I try to use just don't seem to do it justice. I will say that it was the most amazing experience of my life and I will NEVER forget it. If you want to have an unforgettable experience I suggest you try getting baptized with the Holy Spirit :). Thanks for reading.