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Seven gifts of the Holy Spirit

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"They are: wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord."  This is what I found when I Googled "character qualities of the Holy Spirit."  Yes, I am aware of the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5:22-23.  And those are just as true.   And there are many more writings that you will find on the topic of the Holy Spirit.  But for now, I want to write about these. When I talk with God, I talk with Jesus.  They are one and the same.  Jesus is God with a face on.  He came to earth as a human so that we could see God and know Him.  What a gift!  May we never take this for granted! Some people pray to the Holy Spirit.  Since God is a Triune God, it is the same as praying to God and Jesus. Jesus IS the Holy Spirit and vice versa.  It is not a part of who He is but who He is in total. I still can't fully understand this but maybe I'm not supposed to.   But I know that the Holy Spirit is the Comforter.  Jesus said so. "And I wil