Holy Spirit Helps Our Faith (319)

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Once again, I would like to welcome you to the

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Quality Christian Living Podcast. I am your host,

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David Friend. We're in our series entitled, The

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Holy Spirit. I don't know how you can have anything

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more powerful than speaking about the Holy Spirit,

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so I believe the Lord has drawn us to that. And

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today we're going to talk about the Holy Spirit

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and how he brings faith into our life. So we're

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going to look at these areas today. How does

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the Holy Spirit increase our faith? Is it possible

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to become a Christian without the Holy Spirit?

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And why are faith and the Holy Spirit inseparable?

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One last thing we need to get into and that is

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this question of is faith possible without the

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Holy Spirit? So there's a lot to cover. We're

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going to get into a lot of ground, but I believe

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the Lord's got something very special intended.

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So I pray that you'll be blessed. So let's pray

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now for this podcast. Heavenly Father, we love

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you so much. I thank you for who you are and

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I thank you for the gift of your Holy Spirit

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who lives and dwells in all believers. So I pray

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now that the Holy Spirit would come forth and

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take control. I surrender this podcast to him.

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I ask that he would guide and direct my thoughts,

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my comments. I'm going to make a pretty bold

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statement to start this thing off and that is

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this. This could be one of the most powerful,

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best podcast that you have ever listened to.

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Now, why can I say that? How can I say that?

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Is that boasting? No, it's not. Is it pride?

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No, it's not. The reason I said that is because

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the power of the Holy Spirit can take us to new

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levels that we've never seen before. My answer

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to that statement about being the best podcast

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is simply this. This podcast can change lives

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if I yield. to the leading of the Holy Spirit

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and if you yield yourself and your thought and

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your mind to the Holy Spirit, we will have a

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connection that only God can put together. So

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that's why I made that statement to God be all

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the glory and God be all the honor and praise

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and I take no credit for anything that takes

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place in this podcast because it's only by you.

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It's not by might or by power, but it's by your

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spirit that things really great and glorious

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happen. So let's move on. The Bible gives us

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a great example of how the Holy Spirit can do

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great things. In the book of Zechariah in chapter

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4 verse 6 in the New Living Translation, we read

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about Zerubbabel who was trying to rebuild the

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temple in Jerusalem. The Spirit of God gave these

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words in Zechariah, it was written down, 4, 6,

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in the New Living Translation. So he said unto

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me, this is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel,

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not by might nor by power, but by my spirit says

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the Lord Almighty. You see, we really can't accomplish

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anything compared to what God can accomplish.

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God's ways in the book of Isaiah chapter 55,

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it says his ways are greater than his thoughts

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are greater. They're higher than ours. Everything

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he does is far greater than anything we can ever

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imagine or think. However, when he said that,

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That's talking about people who operate in the

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flesh compared to what he operates. But however,

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when we operate by being led by the Spirit of

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God, the Holy Spirit, then we have the power

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of God operating in us, that we can do great

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and mighty things, not in our own power, not

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in our own ability, but in the power and strength

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of our Lord. And the anointing that the Holy

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Spirit comes down, great things happen. pray

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for these podcasts when we get started for the

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300 this is my 319th now in a little over three

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and a half years God's blessed it every time

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we start there's one thing that I've always asked

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the Holy Spirit to help me to do and that is

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to remember to bring him into it and ask him

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to take control to take charge to run whatever

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we're doing because when he's in control great

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things happen and that's how we have to look

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at the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit is the

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one that brings power to our life he's the one

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that that increases the faith in our life and

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and helps us to be able to accomplish things

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far greater than what we are and who we are.

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That's why we need the working and the leading

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and the power of the Holy Spirit in our life.

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I tell you, that'd make a good sermon right there.

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I could kind of package some of that up and go

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preach someplace. All right, these words that

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I'm talking about... about the Holy Spirit are

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not our thoughts and not our actions. But when

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the Holy Spirit speaks and gives us something,

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we've got to yield to His thoughts and take His

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actions. And when we are led by the Holy Spirit,

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great things will happen. I hope everyone who's

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listening in really understands that when we

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are led by the Holy Spirit, we are literally

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being led by God Himself. God, through Jesus,

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sent the Holy Spirit to come to earth to be our

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help, our comforter, and to be with us and to

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get us through every challenge that we face in

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our life. So, let me just pray. I just feel like

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this particular podcast might be filled with

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prayers because the Holy Spirit is, I believe,

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is working in a very special way. Heavenly Father,

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I need to pray against... any self -credit in

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this and that the Holy Spirit comes to anoint

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this podcast and that He receive all glory and

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all praise and all honor for what He's about

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to do. I pray that I will yield to the Holy Spirit

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for direction in anything I say or do in answering

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the questions that we may have as we go through

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this podcast and how the Holy Spirit brings forth

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faith and how He helps us to have greater faith

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by His encouragement, by His comfort in the things

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that He does in our life. I pray that we will

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not take control but we will allow the Holy Spirit

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to take control and lead the words that are being

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said today and lead the thoughts and minds the

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way people are going to receive what's said today.

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And I pray that the thoughts of those who are

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listening in today will be blessed in Jesus'

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name. They'll be encouraged in Jesus' name. They'll

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receive power that they maybe never have experienced

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before. The anointing of God will come down upon

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them now and they will be filled with your power

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and your understanding and your clarity and guidance

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and direction. As we go through this podcast,

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Father, I pray that the Holy Spirit would help

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people to sort out decisions they're trying to

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make and questions in their mind about the Word

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of God or about the Holy Spirit that they'll

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be answered in power today and answered by the

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leading and guiding of the Holy Spirit as we

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read the scriptures and as we speak about the

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power and how the Holy Spirit helps to bring

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faith into our lives. So Lord, I pray that you

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would bless it now that you'd receive glory for

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everything that's going to take place today and

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I thank you Lord for redirecting my thoughts

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and for helping those who are seeking clarity

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of the working and the power of the Holy Spirit

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and I pray that the Holy Spirit will help me

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to answer any questions that might come into

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my mind as they're led and anointed by the Holy

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Spirit and he brings whatever he brings forth

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I want to bring that forth to those who are listening

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in today and I ask for all these things and I

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give you all the glory and praise for it in Jesus

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name I pray amen Well, there's a wonderful scripture

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that I think I should read right now to kind

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of keep this podcast going in the direction I

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believe the Lord wants. It's found in Ephesians

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chapter 2 and verse 8. It says, for by grace

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you have been saved through faith. And this is

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not your own doing. It is the gift of God. Well,

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God's Word is filled with hundreds and hundreds

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and hundreds of examples of gifts and promises

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that he has for followers of Jesus Christ. And

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one of those gifts is the Spirit of God, the

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Holy Spirit who comes to dwell inside of each

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and every believer. And it's only by God's grace

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that this happens. And it's only by God's grace

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that we're saved. It's not through faith that

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we're saved. We're saved through the grace of

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God. And then the faith comes into us being led

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by the Holy Spirit to help us receive the Word

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of God. You know, a lot of people say, well,

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how do I lead someone to Jesus? Well, I don't

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think you can lead people to Jesus. You can...

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pray for them, because I do that all the time,

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you can tell them what they need to say and all

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that, but bottom line, the Holy Spirit is the

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only way that a person can receive the faith

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they need to receive Jesus Christ as Lord and

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Savior. And so... We've got to rely on the Holy

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Spirit for every aspect of our life, the work

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that we do, our marriages, our family, or anything

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that we take part of in our church, any activities

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that we do. We need to be led by the power of

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the Holy Spirit because God gave us the Holy

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Spirit to strengthen us. He gave us the Holy

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Spirit to take us into new realms and new areas

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that we can't even imagine or even think. That's

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how glorious it is to be led by the power of

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the Holy Spirit. So the goal of this whole podcast,

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this whole new series on the Holy Spirit is really

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to help people understand what it means to be

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led by the power of God, what it means to walk

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in the Spirit, what it means to, not that we're

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going to live perfect, not that we're going to

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have all the answers when this is all done, but

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we serve the one who has all the answers. The

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one who has all the answers actually is living

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and dwelling in each and every believer, and

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so all we have to do is call upon him and ask

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the Holy Spirit to reveal himself and to let

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us know what we should say and where we should

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go. I think that should even start in our life

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when we get up in the morning. I get up and I

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have my coffee and after I have a little breakfast

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I have a dedication and a devotional that I read

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and scriptures I read and I pray for certain

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people in the church that the Lord has put up

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on my heart. Just a number of things I do. It's

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probably a process of about... 20 or 30 minutes.

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It's something that means a lot to me. But as

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I do that, I don't even like to get into that

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unless I ask the Holy Spirit to help me and guide

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me and lead me and direct who I'm praying for

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and how much I should pray. And then when I go

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out to get in my car, I don't want to drive out

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of the driveway until I ask the Holy Spirit to

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guide the path, the direction I'm going to take.

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And sometimes I'll be driving down the road and

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all of a sudden I feel the... really the presence

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of the Lord. It's nothing spooky or anything.

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It's just simply this wonderful guidance. And

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they'll say, take a different route to work.

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And I'm going like, OK, I'm not sure I know why,

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but maybe take a different path to a place that

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I'm going to go to instead of going down the

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same street. Maybe turn on a different street

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and move. And every time that happens, something

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is revealed to me. I'll drive by somebody's house

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that I haven't seen in a long time. And I'll

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think, oh, that's right. They live there. I need

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to call them. That's the Holy Spirit helping

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me. to remind me that I need to listen to Him.

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And as I drive by that person's house, I need

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to write it down and remind myself to call that

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person. And I believe the Lord can do that with

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our life and can guide us and direct us. And

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it doesn't happen every time that I drive out

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of the driveway, but there are many times that

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all of a sudden I'll take a turn and go a different

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direction, maybe on my way to something. And

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sure enough, I'll find something in that road

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that I'm on that reminds me of something I need

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to do or I forgot to do. or something that I

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should reactivate in my life. And so it's just

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something that's so wonderful. It's simple, it's

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easy, there's not a lot of pressure, there's

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nothing spooky about it. It's just simply the

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power of God who wants to guide and direct our

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lives. And I'm so thankful when the Lord wakes

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me up, is kind of how I like to call it, he reminds

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me of something that I should do that I haven't

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done, and I thank the Lord for that. Now as we

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move on, the Holy Spirit brings truth. Now we

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know that because the Word of God tells us that.

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We also know it in our own spirit when we receive

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Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior because we have

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the Holy Spirit come to dwell in us and we certainly

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have more clarity on what is truth and what is

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false. What truth, what real truth is and what

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false things are and we know what, we even identify

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sin, what's sin and what's not sin. and it's

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clearer for us because we have the Holy Spirit

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dwelling inside of us. So the Holy Spirit brings

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truth to us. The Holy Spirit convicts us of sin

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and our need to receive forgiveness. There's

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not a person out there that's received Jesus

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Christ as Lord and Savior that hasn't sinned

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afterwards. You're not perfect and flawless.

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You do things or say things or act in ways that

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we shouldn't act. And I believe the Holy Spirit

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is inside of us and helps us and reminds us.

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Now, you need to call that person back and apologize

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or tell them I'm sorry. I said that because that's

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something that needs to be cleared up, and the

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Holy Spirit gives us that. You know, a lot of

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people say, well, I don't hear from the Holy

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Spirit. I don't know what he's speaking to me

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and whatever, and I have to disagree with that.

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I think any follower of Jesus Christ... often

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has the Holy Spirit speaking to them. Now, it's

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not an audible voice. I've never heard the voice

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of God, an audible voice of God, but I believe

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the Holy Spirit speaks to me and I hear from

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what God wants in me in my life by Him speaking

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to me, like telling me that I need to do this

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or I need to call someone or I need to go back

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and clarify something or I need to apologize

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to someone or I need to call someone that I haven't

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talked to in a long time just to let them know

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that God loves them and God cares for them. That's

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the working of the Holy Spirit and He's working

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in each and every one of us and He is speaking

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to us that way and encouraging us to take action

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in one way or another. The Holy Spirit is drawing

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us in a way that only God can do it. You see,

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we have faith to receive Jesus as our Lord and

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Savior, but the only reason we do have that is

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because the Holy Spirit is the one who draws

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us. The Bible tells us very clearly that no one

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comes to know Jesus Christ unless the Holy Spirit

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draws them. That's the work that He has to do.

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So I can lead people to, like they say, I can

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lead a horse to water. but you can't make them

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drink? Well, I can lead people to Jesus, but

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they have to drink of the Holy Spirit and receive

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that refreshment from the Holy Spirit to sacrifice

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self and die to self and receive Jesus Christ

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as Lord and Savior. Now, it is not possible to

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become a Christian without the Holy Spirit. I

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mean, it is. It's not possible, because the Word

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of God tells us that, and I think that's a very

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important point we need to understand. And that's

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one of the ways that faith and the Holy Spirit

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work together, because without the Holy Spirit,

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we wouldn't never be able to receive Jesus Christ

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as our Lord and Savior. Now following really

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are a few scriptures showing how the Holy Spirit

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helps our faith, how He encourages us and blesses

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us so that we will have greater faith. Now I've

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played back a couple little areas in here to

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listen to my voice. I do that from time to time

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just to see that it's clear and it's being received

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properly and I notice... that I sound a little

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either nasal at times and I'm having a little

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bit of a respiratory thing here. It's just a

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little allergy thing. So I'm not sick. I don't

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have a cold or anything. But my voice has changed

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a little bit. And I just think because I was

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outside this morning and something flying around

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in the air decided to mess me up. So let's take

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authority over that. Father, I pray that you

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would clear up my throat, clear up my speaking,

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and remove this thing that's trying to mess up

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my podcast today and the clarity of it. So I

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pray you would and I receive that in Jesus' name.

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Amen. All right, let's move on. Romans chapter

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8 and verse 26 has a wonderful scripture. It's

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in New Living Translation. The Holy Spirit helps

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us in our weaknesses. Well, that's a wonderful

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statement. That alone shows you how he helps

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us to have greater faith. You know, it's basically

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saying that the Holy Spirit will come in and

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help us no matter what we're going through, whatever

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challenges we have, whether we have a physical

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problem, whether we're having a financial problem,

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whether we're having an issue. in our marriage

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or with raising our children or whatever it might

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be, the Holy Spirit wants to come in and help

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us and guide and direct us. And so when you read

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Romans 8 26, that applies to every area of our

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life. The Holy Spirit helps us in our weaknesses.

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So whenever we are weak in some area, we become

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strong in Christ because our weakness is overtaken

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and overpowered by the power and leading of the

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Holy Spirit to help us to accomplish what we

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need to accomplish and to help us have the faith

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for our healing or have the faith for a child

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or challenges that we're going through. It's

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only by faith that we can live up to so many

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of the scriptures that we read. When the Apostle

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Paul wrote Philippians chapter 4 verse 6 and

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he says, to be anxious for nothing but everything

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through prayer, petitions with thanksgiving,

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let your requests made known to God. It says,

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in the peace of God that passeth us all understand,

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will guard our hearts and mind in Christ Jesus.

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When He wrote that, He was being led of the Holy

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Spirit. When we read that, if we're not being

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led of the Holy Spirit, we just won't receive

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that. We'll just go right back and being anxious

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and worrying and all those kinds of things. But

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when we receive that and we allow those words

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to strengthen our heart, our body, soul, and

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spirit, then we can then have the power through

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the Holy Spirit to rise above those conditions

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and those challenges that we're facing. And that

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is the... with the way the Holy Spirit works

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in us by us relying upon Him. All right, here's

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another scripture, John chapter 16 and verse

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13. Jesus said these words in the New Living

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Translation, when the Spirit of truth comes,

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He will guide you into all truth. Well, I mentioned

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a little bit about that earlier in the podcast,

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but what I'm referring to here is that when the

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Spirit of truth comes, that means you know if

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you're seeking for truth, the Holy Spirit will

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bring only truth to you. He doesn't bring lies.

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He doesn't bring falsehoods. He doesn't... try

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and make things look different than what they

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really are, the Holy Spirit brings truth to us.

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Now the devil is the liar, the thief, the one

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who comes to kill, to steal, and destroy. But

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then Jesus said, and he said it in John 10, 10,

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but I've come to give you life and give it to

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you more abundantly. And when we live that abundant

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life, we're being led to the Holy Spirit. Abundant

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living is... Holy Spirit -led living. And a lot

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of people think abundant living is how much money

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you have in the bank. No, that can be a little

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tiny piece of it, but true abundant living is

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being led by the Holy Spirit and operating in

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the divine will of God. Now, you ought to write

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that down, I believe. That's something we need

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to repeat in our own heart and mind each and

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every day. That's how God wants to work in our

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life and wants to bring the power of the Holy

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Spirit to operate in each and every believer.

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Now, in addition to that scripture in John, the

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Bible says in John 16, 13 also, the Bible says

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that the Holy Spirit will tell you, quite frankly,

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about the future. He's telling you what's going

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to happen. And you say, You're kidding me. You

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mean he can tell what's going to happen in the

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future? Well, let's put it this way. The Holy

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Spirit knows what's going to happen in the future.

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And he warns us to protect us about what we're

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going to face in the future. He tells us to eat

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better so we'll be healthier in the future. He

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tells us to pray and seek the Lord so we'll be

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led of God in the future. He tells us that we

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should be peacemakers and settle disputes quickly

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because he knows that in the future that'll be

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a blessing to you. So the Holy Spirit is God

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in the Godhead. God the Father, God the Son,

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God the Holy Spirit, all one. God, the Holy Spirit

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knows what's going to happen in the future and

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he's trying to help us and prepare us so that

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we'll be able to know how to deal with things

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properly in the future. I think maybe sometimes

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we don't realize the power that he has that he

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really knows what's going to be taking place.

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Let me give you an example of how I've experienced

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the Holy Spirit helping me for something in the

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future. A doctor once diagnosed me with a need

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for surgery. and it was in my back. And it was

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not a life or death situation, but it was a very

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serious one that it could affect my ability to

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even walk. And it was something that the doctor

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needed to talk to me about and said, well, the

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only way this is going to be cleared up is if

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you just go and have this surgery and we got

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you scheduled. Matter of fact, tomorrow we can

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take you in. And I was at the hospital and he

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said, you know, that's what I want to do. And

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I just looked at him and I said, I don't think

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so. And my wife was with me, and she said, I

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don't think so either. And I said, I think, Doctor,

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what we need is a little time to pray and seek

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the Lord and make sure that we have His wisdom,

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His guidance. See, I believe that was the Holy

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Spirit telling me. Maybe you're going to have

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surgery, maybe you're not, but not now. Why don't

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you just do what the word says, go to the Lord

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first and ask for help? So I told the doctor

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that, and he said, we know this is serious. If

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this thing doesn't clear up, you could have a

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serious problem in your life. And I said, no,

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we understand that, but let us have some time.

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That's the Holy Spirit telling me to stop. Now,

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there's some times when someone tells you to

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do something, you go right into it, and sometimes

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it works out well, and other times it doesn't.

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In this particular case, I knew that it was better

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not to have surgery than to have surgery in this

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case. So therefore, we prayed, we sought the

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Lord for it, and then we told him, is there anything

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we can do in the meantime? And he said, well,

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I could put you on some antibiotics to help you.

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And I said, OK, let's do that. So he put me on

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the antibiotics, and over a period of a couple

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of months, everything cleared up. And finally,

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the doctor looked at me and said, basically,

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it's all cleared up. There's nothing there. He

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said, I'm amazed, he said, because the antibiotics

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I gave you was just to keep it from getting worse.

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It wasn't really intended that everything would

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clear up and there would be no problem. I didn't

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think the infection would. ever be removed without

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surgery. He said, but that's happened and it's

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cleared and it's healed and the Holy Spirit's

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the one that gets the credit for that because

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he told us to stop and to pray and seek the Lord

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and see what he wants us to do. And the surgeon

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then basically said, well, I have to agree with

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you. You made the right decision. And we just

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give God all the glory and praise for it. Never

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had to have the surgery and I believe in Jesus'

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name will not have to ever have it. You see,

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looking back on that story, I even know that

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the The Holy Spirit knew what was going to happen.

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He knew the future because He's God and the person

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of the Holy Spirit. And He knew what was going

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to happen. If I listened and obeyed to His voice,

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then He had a wonderful plan for me. Here's another

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scripture that has to do with this topic. Romans

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chapter 8 verse 27 in the New Living Translation.

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The Father who knows our hearts knows what the

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Spirit is saying. For the Spirit pleads for us

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believers in harmony with God's own will. You

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know, that scripture is one that I could use

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to do an entire podcast on because it just simply

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tells us so much about how the Father and the

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Holy Spirit work together for us to live in God's

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will and how the Holy Spirit wants to guide us

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as we move into the future. He knows what's out

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there and He wants to help and lead us so that

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we may the right decisions, we make the right

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choices, we take the right, the correct actions,

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and we know we'll do that if we're being led

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by the Spirit of God. The Father, it says, knows.

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our hearts, all the hearts of everyone, he says,

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and he knows what the Spirit is saying, for the

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Spirit pleads for us. The Holy Spirit is for

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us, to the Father, in harmony with God's will.

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So when we're being led by the Spirit of God,

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this is just so important. When we're being led

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by the Spirit of God, we know that we are doing

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the divine will of God. And that's why, which

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we'll cover in future podcasts on this, about

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the Holy Spirit and the gifts of the Spirit and

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many of the power gifts like tongues, interpretation

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of tongues and prophecy and those things. When

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we pray in the Spirit of God, we're praying according

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to the will of God. That's a gift that we can

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receive, and I'll cover that in upcoming podcasts

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on this series. And I've covered it in past podcasts

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dealing with the Holy Spirit. But we've got to

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understand that the Holy Spirit works with us.

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He's on our side. He's our advocate. He's the

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one that represents us. He's the one that pleads

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for us. He's the one that defends us. He's the

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one that helps us. He's the one that leads us

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in making the right decisions and the right choices.

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So we've got to submit to him and yield to him.

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And when we do that, when we do that, we will

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be in the divine will of God in our life. And

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there's nothing more important after you become

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followers of Jesus Christ than is to operate

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in the divine will of Almighty God. You know,

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as I mentioned earlier in the podcast, and I'm

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getting ready to close this podcast up, the Holy

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Spirit draws us to Jesus, right? The only way

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we can become a follower of Jesus Christ is if

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the Holy Spirit draws us, and then by faith we

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receive him only because of God's grace that

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all that takes place. The Holy Spirit and our

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faith in Jesus work together. You hear that?

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Holy Spirit and our faith in Jesus Christ, they

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work together. And when they work together, we

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live a great life, we live an abundant life,

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we live an overcoming life, we live a life filled,

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quite frankly, with the joy of the Lord and we

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can handle all the challenges that we face. That's

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how Paul was able to write these amazing scriptures

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that he wrote while being in prison and being

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nearly beat to death and starved to death. He

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still had such an anointing on his life that

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he was able to rise above all those circumstances

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and he didn't allow what he was going through

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to him of what he was going to, what he was going

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to receive from the Lord. Jesus said in John

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chapter 14 verse 6 in the New International Version,

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I am the way and the truth and the life. No one

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comes to the Father except through me. He gave

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us instructions. He was led by the Holy Spirit

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to say those words. John was led by the Holy

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Spirit to hear those words. I'm being led by

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the Holy Spirit to repeat those words and you're

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being led by the Holy Spirit to receive those

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words to know. that Jesus is the way, the truth,

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and the life, and that no one comes to the Father

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except through Him. The only way to know Jesus

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Christ as our Lord and Savior is to be touched

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by the Holy Spirit, to be drawn into the power

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of the Holy Spirit, to lead us, and to receive

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the faith that we need to receive Jesus Christ

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as our Lord and Savior. Now, in future podcasts,

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we will see how the Holy Spirit brings abundance

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to our life. We're going to see how the Holy

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Spirit blesses our finances. We're going to look

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into how the Holy Spirit brings strength into

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our life. From this podcast, we've learned a

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lot. We've learned that the Holy Spirit guides

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and directs us that we couldn't become a Christian

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without the Holy Spirit. We've learned how the

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Holy Spirit helps to increase our faith by lifting

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us up and comforting us and making us feel comfortable

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in the fact that we can continue to pray and

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continue to believe and continue to continue

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to trust God for the answers that we need in

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our prayers. We've learned that it is possible

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to be... be Spirit -filled and be led of the

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Holy Spirit. And we also know that it is impossible

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to be born into the Kingdom of God and become

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a follower of Jesus Christ without the leading

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and the anointing of the Holy Spirit. We've learned

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that why our faith and the Holy Spirit are inseparable,

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we need them together, and we've learned that

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the Holy Spirit is our Comforter. He's ready,

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willing, and able to meet every need, every challenge

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that we face on earth. Well, I hope this has

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been a blessing to you. There's so much more

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that I can say, but I'll be saying these things

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in upcoming podcasts because I really believe

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as we go through this I'm discovering that the

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Lord has a number of areas that we can address

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and a number of ways that we can discuss what

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it is to experience the Holy Spirit in our life.

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So my next podcast coming up is entitled Walk

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in the Spirit. We're going to talk about how

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it is possible to walk in the Holy Spirit while

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we still live in an ungodly environment or an

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ungodly world. We'll discover how the power in

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us is greater than the sin that is in the world.

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And we will look at the scriptures that lead

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us into walking in the Spirit. And we'll understand

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how to hear the leading of the Holy Spirit and

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a whole lot more. There's a lot of things we

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can cover, but these are things that the Lord

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has put above my heart to discuss in the next

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podcast, the upcoming podcast. So I hope that

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you'll let your friends and family and neighbors

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know that we're continuing this series. I'm seeing

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a lot of interest in this series indeed. number

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of downloads that are coming in, and I just thank

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God for that. So with that, I'm just going to

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close in prayer. Heavenly Father. I thank you

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for this podcast. I thank you for those who've

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tuned in to listen to it. They're tuning in because

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they want to know more about the Holy Spirit.

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They want to understand it. Some probably have

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a great understanding, Lord, but for those who

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are listening in, whether they have great knowledge

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or teaching and understanding or whether they

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have very little, I know the Holy Spirit can

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teach all of us something new today. And so I

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pray that those who are listening in, whatever

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they receive today, they'll put it to practice

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in their life. If they learn how to wait upon

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the still quiet voice of the Holy Spirit, then

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that's a great success, if they learn how to

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trust God's Word for the answers, if they learn

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how to understand that they're seeking truth,

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that the Holy Spirit will lead them to truth,

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and that the Holy Spirit will help them in their

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weaknesses and their challenges, I pray blessing

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upon them. I thank you for this time and I'll

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be careful to give you praise for the great results

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we're going to hear. In Jesus' name I pray, amen.

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If you'd like to know more about quality Christian

00:27:17.099 --> 00:27:19.539
living, I'd invite you to go to my webpage at

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davidcfriendauthor .com and when you get there,

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right on the front page, there's a link to all

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the podcasts that we've done. This has been podcast

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number 319. So obviously there's been a lot of

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podcasts done. We've talked about topics such

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as finances. We've talked about topics such as

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having faith for miracles and operating in the

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gifts of the spirit and just a plethora of topics.

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So hope that'll be of interest to you. If you

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would like to subscribe sometime to our podcast,

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you can do that by going to cpnshows .com or

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wherever you listen to your podcast. So with

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that, I'm going to close out with this little

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blessing I have for you. May the Lord bless you

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and keep you. May his face shine upon you. May

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he be gracious to you and give you peace. May

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you prosper and be in good health, even as your

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soul prospers. So until next time, may God richly

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bless you. May you walk in the power of the Holy

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Spirit and the anointing of the Holy Spirit.

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And may he guide and lead all your thoughts.

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all your actions and all your steps. May the

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Lord just bless you and fill you with His power.

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Thank you once again for listening to the Quality

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Christian Living Podcast. I have been your host,

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David Friend. Thank you for listening in.