The Four Winds of The Holy Spirit

As part of the sermon series on The Emblems of the Holy Spirit, Pastor Kong Hee preached on the winds of the Holy Spirit during the weekend services at City Harvest Church on 13 and 14 September 2025.

Image credits: City Harvest Church

The following are some notes taken during his sermon with adaptation for your edification :-

Breath gives life and is personal. Wind fills up your sail so you can move.

1.  The Wind Is Invisible Yet Real

"the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you." (John 14:17; NKJV)

The wind is is flowing constantly although invisible. 

Here are some insights on wind as gleaned from the internet :-

"Near the ground (0–10 m), buildings, trees, and terrain features would slow down the wind and create turbulence. This “roughness” reduces the average wind speed, so breezes feel weaker at ground level. 

As you move higher, friction has less effect, so wind flows more freely and speeds increase. Meteorologists often measure winds at 10 metres as a standard reference height, because it’s just high enough to reduce surface effects but low enough to be practical."

If you are wiling to go higher (in your pursuit of God; seeking first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness), you can feel the wind of the Holy Spirit.

"So he answered and said to me: “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ Says the Lord of hosts. ‘Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain! And he shall bring forth the capstone with shouts of “Grace, grace to it!” ’ ” (Zechariah 4:6; NKJV)

With the Holy Spirit, your mountains can be flattened into plains!

2. The Wind Is Constant In Movement

"The wind goes toward the south, and turns around to the north; the wind whirls about continually, and comes again on its circuit." (Ecclesiastes 1:6; NKJV)

Wind is basically air moving from high pressure to low pressure. But instead of flowing straight, the Earth’s rotation and other forces direct and re-direct it constantly in circuits, oscillations between poles as well as endless patterns, on and on it goes.

"As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds His people from this time forth and forever." (Psalm 125:2; NKJV)

"For I,’ says the Lord, ‘will be a wall of fire all around her, and I will be the glory in her midst.’ ” (Zechariah 2:5; NKJV)

The Holy Spirit surrounds and protects us.

3. The Wind Is Mysterious In Working

"The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” (John 3:8; NKJV)

The Holy Spirit is Sovereign. We learn to surrender to the Holy Spirit.

4. The Wind Is Powerful In Action

"When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance." (Acts 2:1-4; NKJV)

Here are the four winds of the Holy Spirit:

a) The East wind of Discipline 

"Then behold, seven thin heads, blighted by the east wind, sprang up after them." (Genesis 41:6; NKJV)

"So Moses stretched out his rod over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind on the land all that day and all that night. When it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts." (Exodus 10:13; NKJV)

"As when You break the ships of Tarshish with an east wind." (Psalm 48:7; NKJV)

"Your oarsmen brought you into many waters, but the east wind broke you in the midst of the seas." (Ezekiel 27:26; NKJV)

"And it happened, when the sun arose, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah’s head, so that he grew faint. Then he wished death for himself, and said, “It is better for me to die than to live.” (Jonah 4:8; NKJV)

"Though he is fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come; the wind of the Lord shall come up from the wilderness. Then his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up. He shall plunder the treasury of every desirable prize." (Hosea 13:15; NKJV)

"My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing." (James 1:2; NKJV)

Hardship trains us to have mountain-moving faith.

b) The West wind of Deliverance

"And the Lord turned a very strong west wind, which took the locusts away and blew them into the Red Sea. There remained not one locust in all the territory of Egypt." (Exodus 10:19; NKJV)

c) The North wind of Awakening 

"From the chamber of the south comes the whirlwind, and cold from the scattering winds of the north." (Job 37:9; NKJV)

"The north wind brings forth rain," (Proverbs 25:23a; NKJV)

"Awake, O north wind, And come, O south! Blow upon my garden, That its spices may flow out. Let my beloved come to his garden And eat its pleasant fruits." (Song of Solomon 4:16; NKJV)

d) The South wind of Transformation

"Awake, O north wind, And come, O south! Blow upon my garden, That its spices may flow out. Let my beloved come to his garden And eat its pleasant fruits." (Song of Solomon 4:16; NKJV)

You can't pick and choose. Surrender to the winds of the Holy Spirit.

God wants you to harness the wind like a windmill. Allow Him to make all things serve His purpose.

A kite cannot fly on its own. The key is surrender to the wind.

Surrender to the wind of the Holy Spirit and go higher, deeper and further in Christ Jesus.

"Also He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.” ’ ” So I prophesied as He commanded me, and breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army." (Ezekiel 37:9-10; NKJV)

It takes all four winds to bring revival. You can create the conditions for the winds of the Holy Spirit to move. Heat up your prayer fervently.

Click here for Kong Hee: Wind – Emblems of The Holy Spirit (Part 6) and fast forward to 58:00 to hear the sermon.