This book leads you in meditating on and journaling about several hundred verses that discuss the Holy Spirit. You will grow in intimacy with the indwelling Holy Spirit, and the anointing within you will increase! You will exclaim as the disciples did on the Emmaus Road: “Did not our heart burn within us…while He opened to us the Scriptures?” (Luke 24:32)! In addition to being led to journal through these verses, you will read numerous two-way journal entries from Mark Virkler, as well as a powerful five-page prayer at the conclusion of the book.

How is the "Intimacy With the Holy Spirit" workbook structured?

We begin by answering the questions:

• Why explore the working of the Holy Spirit in our lives?
• Who is the Holy Spirit?
• How do I do two-way journaling?
• What are the steps to meditating on a Scripture verse?

Then we provide you 170 pages of workbook where you meditate on 170 verses about the Holy Spirit.

• The verse is written across the top of the page,
• followed by meditation questions and a place for you to record your response, and then
• a two-way journaling question, and a place for you to record your response.

So for your morning devotions for several weeks or months, you prayerfully meditate through these 170 verses and record what God is speaking to you, all the time moving into a more intimate awareness of the working of the Holy Spirit within your heart and spirit!

People often ask us, "What are good journaling questions?" Well, this book gives you 170 pages of good journaling questions. Enjoy it as you hear the Holy Spirit reveal Himself to you through Scripture!

Part of the concluding prayer summary at the close of Intimacy With the Holy Spirit

“Holy Spirit, I come to You. I choose to walk in obedience and faith, as these are Your requirements for receiving Your abiding presence. You flow freely when I live in love and unity with others and when I seek to build others up. I choose to be diligent to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. I will let people lay hands upon me to receive Your indwelling and anointing. Holy Spirit, I come to You.

“Holy Spirit, come. You drew me unto salvation. You grant me intimacy with God. You make me a temple of God. Holy Spirit, I seek all Your works in my life. Please indwell me, fill me, flow out from me and pour Yourself out upon me. I consciously welcomed You into my heart at the point of my salvation. I was baptized by You at the point of time I yielded my outer faculties from self control to Your control and asked for and sought Your empowering. 

“You renew me each and every morning. Your daily filling requires a constant yielding of my heart and soul to You, which I choose to do. I desire for You to flow out through me. Empower me from within. I desire that You be poured out upon me. Through Your various workings, You give me victory over sin as well as victory over sickness, disease and the devil. Truly Your power sets the captives free. Holy Spirit, come.” (Four more pages of this prayer follow in the book.)

Perhaps nothing is more powerful than journaling through Scriptures. Make this book your daily devotional for a period of months. Journal about the Scriptures, letting the Holy Spirit grant fresh revelation and inspiration to your heart. Come alive and burn with the fire of God within.

Check out this blog, "Father, Son and Holy Bible???" which shows how the historical church has diminished the role of the Holy Spirit. Then, choose to give the Holy Spirit His rightful place in your life!

Take It to the Next Level

To ensure that this message transforms your life, we offer you four options. Any of these choices will assist you in internalizing this teaching, helping you to be a doer of the word and not a hearer only (James 1:22) and allowing you to produce a bountiful harvest in your life.

Opportunity 1 – Host a home or church group

This home group in Slovakia shows the excitement of learning to hear God's voice together!

We learn more quickly if we are surrounded by others who are seeking to master the same skill. Pray and ask God who you know who might want to grow in this truth also and open your home to them for 10-12 weekly sessions (or host a small group in your church). We provide several resources to help you present this powerfully and effectively in a group setting, including DVDs and application activities. Experience the joy of cultivating skills together with a group of friends! Discover how to create and post your group…

Opportunity 2 – Hire a Personal Spiritual Trainer to coach you

Coaching or discipling is the method Jesus used to train the twelve disciples.

When you team up with someone ahead of you in an area to mentor you, and you share your questions and steps of growth with them, receiving their counsel in return, you ascend more quickly into mastery in that area. We have trained coaches who have mastered this topic who will commit to working with you for a 90-day period.

• The name of this PST Training Module is: Increasing the Anointing
• Discover how to hire a PST for $1 a day to coach you in this training experience
• Click here for the steps to sign up for a Personal Spiritual Trainer module

Opportunity 3 – Take this as a college course from home

Earn college credit while being apprenticed to mastery in this area! This topic is available as a course which you can take from your home through the distance learning program offered at Christian Leadership University. You may enroll in this course as a lifelong learner or apply it toward an Associate, Bachelor, Master or Doctoral degree.

• The name of this CLU college course is: REN206 Increasing the Anointing
• Learn how you can take CLU courses from your home
• Click here for the steps to enroll in the corresponding CLU course

Opportunity 4 – Host a seminar for your community

Transform your church and region by hosting a weekend seminar with an anointed trainer, where an impartation is released by the Holy Spirit into your community. Mark Virkler and others are available to be scheduled.

• Discover how to host a weekend seminar with Mark Virkler
• Locate a Certified CWG Facilitator near you