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Living Life in the Spirit with Jenny Randle

Episode Summary

In this inspiring episode, Carol McLeod sits down with author and speaker Jenny Randle to discuss her new book, The Promised Presence, and the dynamic, ongoing work of the Holy Spirit. From her life on Amelia Island to her journey through faith and calling, Jenny shares candid insights about prayer, miracles, and the importance of living in community. Together, they explore how the story of the early church in Acts is still unfolding today, and how each of us is invited to take part. This conversation will stir your heart to pursue a deeper relationship and reliance on the Holy Spirit.

Episode Notes

This week, I’m joined by my dear friend, Jenny Randle. Jenny is a wife, mom, Bible teacher, author, and creative who is passionate about helping believers encounter the power of the Holy Spirit in everyday life. From her family’s move to Amelia Island, to her own health struggles, to writing her fifth book The Promised Presence, Jenny shares how God’s Spirit meets us in weakness, sustains us in hardship, and empowers us to live as witnesses of Jesus. You’ll be encouraged, challenged, and inspired to lean in closer to the Spirit’s work in your own journey.

Key Points

• Jenny’s story: raised Catholic, radically saved at 18, and shaped by a Pentecostal church.
• The turning point in her faith: learning that “nobody will save you except Jesus” during a health crisis.
• Her new book The Promised Presence—a Bible study through Luke and Acts exploring the power and authority of the Holy Spirit.
• How to contend for miracles, even when we don’t see them right away.
• Understanding continuationist theology: why Jenny believes the gifts of the Spirit are still active today.
• The baptism of the Holy Spirit: what it means and how it empowers believers to endure and witness.
• Seeing the Holy Spirit throughout Scripture—from Genesis to Revelation.
• Acts as “to be continued”—we are living out the next chapter of the early church.
• Jenny’s joy: beach walks with Jesus, parenting middle schoolers, and living present in creation.

Resources Mentioned

• Jenny Randle’s new book: The Promised Presence: An Introduction to the Holy Spirit’s Power and Authority
• Scripture references: Luke 24, Acts 1–2, Acts 1:8, Genesis 1:2, 1 Corinthians 13
• Jenny’s ministry work at the Holy Spirit Ministry Center