If you were to ask me the question, “do you believe in the Holy Spirit”, I’d respond with, “do the Cubs win the World Series”.  I see hardly any evidence of the Holy Spirit at work where I am (specifically inside of those in power) so (at the risk of committing the unpardonable sin of denying he Holy Spirit) I don’t believe in him/her/it.  However I do believe people like John Woolman who was a Quaker abolitionist that helped move the needle forward morally did possess the Holy Spirit.

I think the Holy Spirit primes more than prompts.  So much of what comes out of us, good or bad, is determined by what we are primed for.  And there are a lot of priming agents like music, circumstances, what we’re told off the record, etc..