Holy Spirit Our Helper (318)

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Welcome to the Quality Christian Living Podcast.

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I am your host, David Friend. Today we're continuing

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our series on the Holy Spirit. And today's title

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is, Holy Spirit, Our Helper. Now, when I think

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about the Holy Spirit, I think about how every

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moment of our life can be led by Him. Even though

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we will make mistakes, even though we'll say

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things or do things that we probably shouldn't

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do, bottom line, He is with us every single moment

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of every single day. And so we're going to talk

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about a number of things about how the Holy Spirit

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wants to work with us. us and how we can submit

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to him and yield to him and that he wants to

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be our helper. He's just waiting inside of us.

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Those of us who are followers of Jesus Christ,

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the Holy Spirit comes to dwell in each and every

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one of us. He's just there waiting to do whatever

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he can do to help us and to bless us. So today

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we're going to talk about what did Jesus mean

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when he told his disciples that he would send

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a helper and how does the Holy Spirit really

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help Christians. We're going to talk about how

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we are able to ask for help and we'll discover

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the types of help that we can receive. So with

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that, let's pray and ask for the guidance and

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direction of the Holy Spirit. Heavenly Father,

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I thank you once again for this opportunity.

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I pray that you would bless it and anoint it

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and I invite the Holy Spirit to come in now and

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take control, take charge of everything that

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takes place today. I pray your blessing would

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be upon this podcast today and ask the Holy Spirit

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to guide my thoughts and guide those and help

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those who are listening in today that they would

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receive something very special today from you.

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So Lord, bless this podcast, anoint it I ask

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and I'll be careful to give you the praise and

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glory for what's about to take place. For I ask

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these things in Jesus name I pray. Amen. Well

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it's always a joy to speak on this podcast. It's

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hard for me to imagine that this is podcast number

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318. We started this about three and a half years

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ago and it's just such a blessing to be involved

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with this and to see how it's touching people.

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quite frankly around the world. I am just amazed

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and I look at the number of countries who downloaded

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and are listening in and it reminds me when the

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Holy Spirit directed me to teach on a subject

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on faith for miracles. I started this subject

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that later on became a book that I wrote but

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I started this subject and in my podcast and

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right after I started a week or so into it all

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of a sudden Russia attacked the Ukraine and I

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thought Lord just bless those people and help

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them and I went to look at see what's happening

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in my download you know, around the world, where

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they go, because this is on the internet, and

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all of a sudden I noticed a large increase in

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people tuning in and listening in from the Ukraine,

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and what an amazing blessing that was, and I

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just thank the Lord for that. See, that's how

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the Holy Spirit works. He gets us prepared, He

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sets us up, He plans things for us, then He just

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wants us to submit ourselves to Him and be led

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by the Holy Spirit to do what He wants us to

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do. So let's continue now into today's podcast

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entitled, Holy Spirit, Our Helper. There's a

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number of scriptures can use to describe how

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he's the helper, but I want to start with a scripture

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that addresses my topic today very specifically,

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and it's found in the New King James Version.

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I don't use that very often, but I really like

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this translation for this particular scripture.

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It's found in John chapter 14 and verse 16. Jesus

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is speaking now to his disciples and telling

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them that he's going to be with his father. So

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let's start in verse number 16. Jesus said these

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words, and I will pray the Father. He's seeking

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God. He's seeking his Father. He's here, God

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on earth, but he's seeking his Father and praying.

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Boy, if that doesn't tell us the importance of

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prayer, I don't know what else would. And then

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he says, and he will give. You, another helper,

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he's telling these people that, that there'll

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be another helper when he leaves, that he may

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abide with you forever. Verse 17, the spirit

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of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because

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it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know

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him. for he dwells within you and will be in

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you. And then verse 18 says, I will not leave

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you as orphans, I will come to you. Now that

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scripture tells me so much about what Jesus wanted

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the Holy Spirit to do. He says that He is the

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Spirit of Truth. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit

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of Truth. Now, if we're looking for truth and

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getting the truth to answers, well, we have that

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option. If you're really seeking for truth, you

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need to find Jesus. And then when you find Jesus,

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the Holy Spirit comes to live and dwell in us.

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So we have the Spirit of Truth dwelling in us.

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Now, some people might say, well, I have a rough

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time maybe being truthful all the time. Does

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that mean I don't have the Holy Spirit? No. If

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you've given your heart to Jesus Christ, you've

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surrendered your life to Jesus Christ, you have

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the Spirit of Truth living in you, that doesn't

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mean you're going to become a perfect person,

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that you're going to do everything right all

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the time. You're going to make mistakes. But

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what's wonderful about the Holy Spirit dwelling

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in us is that when we make a mistake, He helps

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us. He points it out. He encourages us to ask

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for forgiveness and to move on and to not dwell

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and beat ourselves up just because we made a

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mistake. So the Spirit of Truth is inside of

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us to help us live a life of truth. And it says,

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whom the world cannot receive because they don't

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know Him. They've not given our life to Jesus

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Christ. They don't understand the Holy That's

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why when I do podcasts on the Holy Spirit, I

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get an increase in so many people who want to

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listen to what I have to say and what the Holy

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Spirit has to say about the teaching of the Holy

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Spirit and that we're drawn to the Holy Spirit

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because He dwells inside each and every one of

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us. Jesus says, He says, they don't know Him

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and that's sad and we don't say, oh, they don't

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know Him and that's just too bad. No, not at

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all. We should never, ever, ever feel. upset

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with people who don't know Jesus, we should encourage

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them to know Christ, encourage them to seek the

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things of God and to get into the Word of God

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and bless them and reach out to them and never

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give up on them. You know, I've known of young

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men and women in our church who were on fire

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for the Lord and excited about the things of

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God. And then they got sidetracked in college

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or through other individuals and dread them into

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a life or kind of entice them to go into a life

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that was really not the type of life a Christian

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should live. And we can't give up on those folks.

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We can't give up on our loved ones who are struggling

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with challenges in their life. We need to pray

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for them and believe that the Holy Spirit who

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is still around them and influencing them and

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touching them can help them to draw them out

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of the life that they know is incorrect and get

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them back to a right relationship with God and

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only the Holy Spirit can do that because only

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the Holy Spirit draws people from sin from out

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of the darkness and into the light and that's

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kind of what Jesus was talking about when he

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was talking to his followers and telling them

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that the people who don't know him don't have

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the Holy Spirit dwelling inside of them but that

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the Holy Spirit still wants to draw them and

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pull them to a right relationship and he said

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that the Holy Spirit would there be there to

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help those who are followers of Jesus Christ

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that he would be their comforter and he would

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be the one that would be there and that Jesus

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said when I'm gone I'm not gonna leave you as

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orphans I'm not gonna leave you alone I will

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come to you again he says but while I'm gone

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the Holy Spirit he's saying is going to be here

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to help us and walk with us and we we need to

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know that as Christians you know we all go through

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trials in our life we all go through challenges

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where we're wondering why did this happen how

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come that happened whatever it might be but as

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a follower of Jesus Christ we have the Holy Spirit

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dwelling inside of us we need to stop and just

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ask for him to help, ask for him to come into

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our lives and help us to get through a challenge

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and that he would encourage us and bless us.

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And as we go through these podcasts, we're going

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to talk about different situations where the

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Holy Spirit has helped me and helped other individuals

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and drawn them into a proper relationship with

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the Lord Jesus Christ. You know, Jesus was confirming

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to all of his followers that he would not leave

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them or forsake them and he was comforting them

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and letting them know about the promise of the

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Holy Spirit. So if you're going through something

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right now and you're maybe challenged going through

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a difficult time, it might be a sickness, it

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might be a marital issue, it might be a work

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issue, it might be financial, I don't know what

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it is, but whatever you're going through right

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now, let me encourage you about the promise of

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the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is there to

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help and guide and direct and I just pray that

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you'd reach out to him now and yield to him and

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ask for his presence and his power in your life.

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You see, the Holy Spirit came to Jesus when he

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was baptized in water. Jesus was moving into

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his full -time ministry and the Holy Spirit came

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upon him and filled him. We read about it in

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the book of Matthew chapter 3 verse 16 in the

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New International Version. Listen to what these

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words say. As soon as Jesus was baptized, he

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went up out of the water. At that moment, heaven

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was opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending

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like a dove and the lighting on him which means

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descending upon him and coming upon him and that

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was the beginning of his full ministry. Oh, we

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know prior to that he was speaking in the synagogues

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and he was still God's Son, and He was Jesus,

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He was God in the flesh. But now when the Holy

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Spirit came, He brought a new level of revelation

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and life and understanding into Jesus' heart

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and mind. You see, when the Holy Spirit came

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to Jesus, He confirmed the identity of Jesus,

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and God confirmed how pleased He was with Jesus

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Christ. And that's what the Holy Spirit does

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for us when He comes into our life. When we become

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followers of Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit descends

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upon us. and we are blessed with our spiritual

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helper for life. So no matter what you're going

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through right now, he's there to help you. So

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let me just pray for you. I just feel right now

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I should... take a moment and pray father for

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those out there who need a touch from the holy

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spirit i pray now that they would press into

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this podcast and listen to your voice and that

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the holy spirit would reveal to them that he's

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there to comfort them and to help them and to

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be with them and to direct their lives strengthen

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them lord and encourage each and every person

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who need help is seeking and wanting help from

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the holy spirit i pray a blessing will come upon

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them and they would be filled with the power

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of the holy spirit and filled with the peace

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of their heart and mind for i ask that now in

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Jesus name I pray. Amen. You know it's so important

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that we understand that the Holy Spirit is available.

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to us and for us 24 -7. That's 24 hours a day,

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7 days a week, 365 days a year. That's every

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hour of every day. Now, what does it mean to

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us? What really does that mean to us when we

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think about the Holy Spirit being available to

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us to help us and be our helper? Well, we are

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able to ask the Holy Spirit for help, for guidance,

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for comfort, for wisdom, but we must yield our

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body. That's so important. The key word there

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is yield. We must yield our body, soul, and spirit

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to Him. We must dismiss all the thoughts around

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us and just seek Him. And I know sometimes that's

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hard, that's difficult when you're going through

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something. But let me just tell you, when you're

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going through something, please don't let that

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interfere with what you're going to. See, the

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Apostle Paul said he calls forth those things

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that are not as though that they are, which means

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that in the middle of a trial, in the middle

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of difficult times, circumstances, we're in.

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We've got to get above that and get away from

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that. And it's not easy. I understand that. I

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know what it's like to be diagnosed with cancers.

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I know what it's like to be diagnosed that you

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have an incurable disease and told maybe you

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only have a few months to live. These are things

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that I've experienced in my own life. And yeah,

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there's a moment where you just say, wow, that's

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pretty powerful. But then you've got to... Allow

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the Holy Spirit to come and give us that comfort

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and help us I remember and I know I've said this

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in other podcasts and forgive me for saying it

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again But when I was diagnosed with incurable

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cancer and given maybe only six months to live

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It was the Holy Spirit not me It was the Holy

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Spirit who instantly told me to look at the doctor

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and say you mean you're trying to scare me with

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heaven You see that's a Holy Spirit response,

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please forgive me for using it again But I just

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think it's so important that we've got to understand

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that we go through trials and circumstances But

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it's the Holy Spirit that will remind us of the

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promises of God and what God wants to take us

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true to what he wants to lead us into the life

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that he wants us to have and deliver us from

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whatever we're going through and Receive that

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and walk in the power and the glory of the Holy

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Spirit when we yield to the Holy Spirit Totally

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in body soul and spirit we get the attention

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of God. There's no question about it. We must

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stop talking how we will handle the issues of

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life and begin to seek God's will and His purpose

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and His promises for us. Let's stop and yield

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to the Holy Spirit. Matter of fact, let's do

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that right now. Heavenly Father, we yield to

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You. We submit to You. Whatever we're going through,

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whatever challenges we face, we surrender to

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the Holy Spirit's leading and guidance and You

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will help us just like You helped the Apostle

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Paul when he was in prison and he wrote these

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amazing scriptures, these powerful scriptures

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that give us life and hope today. Lord, He did

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that through the power and the anointing of the

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Holy Spirit, and that same Spirit now dwells

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in each and every one of us, and we believe for

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it and claim it in Jesus' name. Amen. Wow. I

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sure hope that you're feeling the presence of

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the Holy Spirit now and experiencing that comfort

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and peace that can only come from God. You see,

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because when we become followers of Jesus Christ,

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the Holy Spirit comes into us, once again, and

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confirms that God is pleased with us. That's

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kind of an important thing to think of. That's

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what he did with Jesus when Jesus was baptized

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by John the Baptist and he was confirming that

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he was pleased with Jesus. And so therefore when

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you become a follower of Jesus Christ, God becomes

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pleased with you, pleased with your decision

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and confirming that he's happy with you and he

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wants to live with you and guide you and direct

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your life and he sent the Holy Spirit there to

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do that and to help us. We are God's favorite

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creation people. Remember that? When Jesus...

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working with God and the Holy Spirit and they

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were basically up in heaven and working over

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the earth and creating the earth. He looked down

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and God would say, now that was good and this

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is good and that's good. That's how he feels

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about you. God looks at you and says, That's

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good because my spirit dwells inside of them

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and he's pleased with you and we are his favorite

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creation. Oh, he created the mountains and the

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oceans and all this good stuff, the sky and the

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sun and the seas and all these things, glorious

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and whatever, but his favorite creation was man

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and man and woman were created in the image of

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God. The Holy Spirit comes into us to prove God's

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love for us. Let me repeat that. That's just

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something I think that just got a little bit

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of a chill when I said that. The Holy Spirit

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comes into us to prove God's love for us. Sometimes

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we just need somebody to prove that they love

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us, right? Well, the Holy Spirit is inside of

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us and that proves God's love for us each and

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every day of our life. Those Holy Spirit has

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multiple job assignments. He's got a lot of assignments

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to do in our lives. We will study all of these

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as in the next weeks and the months that we go

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through as we're going through this new podcast

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series on the Holy Spirit. I have so many topics

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I can't wait to get into and talk to you about

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how the Holy Spirit reveals God's promises. The

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Holy Spirit brings a financial blessing into

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our life. If we'll let Him, the Holy Spirit gives

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us an abundant life, an overcoming life. The

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Holy Spirit will lead us into new realms of faith

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and trust in God. He wants to give us gifts of

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the Spirit and the power of the Spirit and the

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fruit of the Spirit and so there's so many things

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to talk about. There could be hundreds of topics

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talking about the Holy Spirit. We won't probably

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do them all, but We will do as many as we feel

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led to do as the Holy Spirit leads us through

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this series on the Holy Spirit. We will study,

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you know, for weeks and weeks and even months.

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I believe God's got a great plan for that. But

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let me just give you a little brief list right

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now. Just a few things that the Holy Spirit has

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in His job description. You know, when you go

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work for someone, they give you a list of things

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you're supposed to do. You need to do this, you're

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supposed to do that. And when we're raising our

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kids, we teach our kids that they're supposed

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to do chores around the house and make their

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bed and clean their room. out the trash and all

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those kind of things. Well, those are all things

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that the Holy Spirit has a humongous amount of

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assignments, if you will, and a job description

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that is without end. He will be our Helper, and

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that's predominantly what this particular podcast

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is about today, talking about the Holy Spirit,

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the Helper. He'll be our Comforter. That means

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in the midst of whatever trial we face, He's

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right there to comfort us, and He lives inside

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of us. He's the Teacher of Truth. So when you

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say And you wonder, is that truthful or not?

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It's the Holy Spirit that catches us and says,

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yeah, that's not exactly right. You should restate

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that or tell people that's not what you meant

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or make the correct statement. Because any time

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that we say something that's maybe not as truthful

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as it should be, the Spirit of Truth who dwells

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inside of us is ready and willing and able to

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help us correct that and stay and speak the truth.

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The Holy Spirit provides wisdom for decision

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-making. Now that's something we'll get into

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extensively. through this podcast and that is

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and these series of podcasts I should say because

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we're always fighting decisions we're always

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wondering about what decisions to make and should

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we do that or should we do this or should we

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buy a car or should we buy a new one or a used

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one or should I if you're single should I date

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that person or not and you when you're married

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and you have kids and stuff do I should we buy

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a house or should we rent a house it's constantly

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should we what should we do the Holy Spirit provides

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wisdom and a lot of people say well how how does

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that happen how does he give me wisdom well sometimes

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when we pray about something. Let me give an

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example. You want to buy a new house. And so

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you're thinking about it and you're praying about

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it and say, Lord, direct me and guide me. And

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if you're married, you have a spouse, you're

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praying together and believing for it. And if

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you have children, you're asking them to be in

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agreement with you and teach our kids to rely

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on the Holy Spirit. We should teach our kids

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to go to the Holy Spirit for decisions. And all

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of a sudden, the house that you're looking at

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buying, the deal goes through or should say falls

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through. It doesn't happen. And you're not approved

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for your loan or the buyer doesn't want to sell

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you the house for that price or whatever it might

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be. Let me just tell you, when you've sought

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the Holy Spirit and that happens to you, you've

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heard from the Holy Spirit and the answer is

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no or not now. And many times we think, well,

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I asked for that and I prayed for that and I

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wanted God to do that and how come I didn't get

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it? Well, it's possibly that it's no or it's

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not now and that's the Holy Spirit working in

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us. We've got to understand when that happens

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that we just give credit to the Lord. And if

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there's doubting questions in your mind about

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whether you ought to do a certain thing or make

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a decision or buy a house or buy a car or get

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married or whatever it might be and there's confusion

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and doubt, that's the Holy Spirit working in

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us because God is the God of. everything opposite

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of confusion. God is the author of hope and peace

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and truth and light and purpose and anytime that

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we're in the midst of confusion and doubt that

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doesn't come from the Lord. The confusion comes

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from really the Holy Spirit telling us stay away

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from that, don't do that, run from that situation

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and when we listen to that still quiet voice

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of the Holy Spirit we've got to receive that

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and sometimes if we don't receive it and we push

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through and we do something we put ourselves

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into all kinds of trial and trouble. Let me give

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you an example in my own life. My wife and I

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owned a real estate development company and we

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built a lot of very fancy custom homes and did

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some office buildings and things. And I remember

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at times we would go to do a project and we would

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probably say, Lord, we want to do this project.

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It looks good. It meets all the requirements,

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all of our due diligence that we've done to check

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it out. And so we want to go ahead and do it.

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And it falls through. And so then there have

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been times and unfortunately a couple of times

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we just kind of pushed through even though there

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was doubt and confusion and made the thing happen

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and in both cases that happened we built a project

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that we should never have built. The Lord was

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warning us and trying to help us and the Holy

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Spirit was trying to keep us away from that but

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we pushed into it ourselves and we said well

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I know what I should do and we did and we made

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a huge mistake and it went on for years that

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this thing was a problem but then the Lord helped

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us to clean the whole thing up and move on and

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get rid of those properties. So even if you're

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If you're a Christian and you're in business

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or if you're a Christian and you have children

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at home or you're just working for somebody,

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when you're praying about something and there's

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confusion and doubt and questions, remember,

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I believe the Holy Spirit is helping us and telling

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us to be cautious, not to proceed, to slow down

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and not do it and wait until you hear that still

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quiet voice that brings forth peace and comfort

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and guidance and direction. I hope that helps.

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That's an old story of something that happened

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to me many, many years ago when I had a real

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estate development company. Use that from time

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to time to help people in making the right decision,

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and don't push through on your own. You don't

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want to make decisions that are of our own will,

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because it'll come back to hurt us. Do you know,

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or did you know I should say, that the Holy Spirit

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prays for us, that He tries to direct our thoughts

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and actions. He warns us of sin and spiritual

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danger. He brings also love and joy and peace

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and patience and goodness and kindness and gentleness

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and self -control. You know, as I prayed about

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what to address in these podcasts, The Holy Spirit,

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I believe, has directed me and given me thoughts

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about focusing on his thoughts and that my decisions

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should be based upon God's will and God's plan

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and how we go through this podcast. So we've

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got a lot of topics to cover, but I don't want

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to do any of them unless I feel led of the Holy

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Spirit to speak on them. Now, as we can see,

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the Holy Spirit is our helper. When Jesus was...

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Leaving his followers, he was focused on giving

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them hope and comfort. His words to his disciples

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apply to every person here on earth today. Those

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people who repent and ask for forgiveness of

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their sins and receive Jesus Christ as their

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Lord and Savior. If you've not done that, I pray

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that you would do that and bow your head and

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close your eyes and say, Father, I'm sorry for

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the sins I've committed. I ask you to forgive

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me and cleanse me and receive me as your child.

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In Jesus' name, I pray. If we repent to God sincerely,

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the Holy Spirit will come and dwell inside us.

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of each and every one of us. I'll be talking

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more about that also in upcoming podcasts. So

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as I get ready to close this podcast out, because

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we're kind of getting to the end of it, I want

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to close out with a few thoughts. Let me give

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you some of the list of ways that we can ask

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the Holy Spirit for help. First of all, when

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we want to ask Him for help, we should start

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off by thanking the Lord for who He is. The Bible

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says to enter into His course with thanksgiving

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and praise. And I believe when we pray, we need

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to thank the Lord for who He is, not for just

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for what He gives, but for who He is. in number

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two. Daily prayer in our life and reading verses

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in the Bible on the Holy Spirit will help us

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understand who he is and how he wants to work

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in our lives. Number three, read John 14 26,

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but when the father sends the advocate as my

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representative, that is the Holy Spirit, he will

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teach you everything and will remind you of everything

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I have told you. Jesus was giving comfort to

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his followers. And number four, in Romans 10

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17, so faith comes from hearing and hearing through

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the word of God. Once again, Reminder, when you

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want to approach the Holy Spirit, get the Word

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of God in you. Get as much of the Word of God

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in you as you possibly can and listen to it and

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live by it. Number five, invite the Holy Spirit

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into every part of our life. Our health, our

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physical issues, our mental issues, our family

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issues, our marriage, our finances, whatever

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it might be, invite him to be a part of all of

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it. Our work, if you're going to school, invite

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him there. And number six, use just three words

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any time that we need help from the Holy Spirit,

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come Holy Spirit. Three words can open up the

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windows of heaven and pour out a blessing that

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we won't even be able to contain. So let them

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be a part of your daily life. Come Holy Spirit.

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Well, I hope this has been a blessing to you.

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I've enjoyed doing this podcast. There's so much

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to cover and so little time, but that's why the

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beauty of podcasts is that we don't just do it

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one time and we're done. We'll go on and on and

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on. And we're gonna continue our teaching in

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this area. And our next podcast is entitled,

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Holy Spirit brings faith. So we're going to get

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into the understanding of how faith and the Holy

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Spirit work together. Without faith, we wouldn't

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have the Holy Spirit. Without the Holy Spirit,

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we wouldn't have faith. So we're going to talk

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about that and see how the Lord directs us. But

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I just hope that's been a blessing to you and

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that you've received something special from today's

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podcast because I have thoroughly enjoyed bringing

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this to you. Before I close out though, I'd like

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to give you a couple thoughts about what we're

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going to talk about in the next podcast entitled

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Holy Spirit Brings Faith. Let me just give you

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these things to think about. before you'll listen

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to the next podcast. How does the Holy Spirit

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increase our faith? Is it possible to become

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a Christian without the Holy Spirit? And where

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does the Bible show us that our faith comes from

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the Holy Spirit? And why are faith and the Holy

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Spirit inseparable? And is faith possible without...

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understanding of the Holy Spirit. So I just believe

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those are all things we're going to get into

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and cover and I believe the Lord's got something

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very special intended for all of that and I pray

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that you'd let your friends and family members

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know as we're continuing this series on the Holy

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Spirit. If you'd like to know more though about

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the Quality Christian Living podcast because

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that's what the overall title of our podcast

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is and that's something the Lord put upon my

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heart many years ago. My wife and I taught a

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Sunday school class called Quality Christian

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Living and the class grew from like 20 or 30

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people up to over 600 people on our roster and

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we had well over 300 without fail every single

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week and it was amazing how God blessed that

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and used it and so when I started this podcast

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I told my wife I said you know we had that class

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for many years because I truly believe in Christians

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living a quality life not just getting by but

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living that quality life that abundant life that

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Jesus promised in John chapter 10 verse 10 and

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so we called this the quality Christian living

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podcast so if you'd like to know more about it

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you can go to my web page at David C friend author

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And if you go there and pull up that front page,

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you'll see a link to all the podcasts we've done.

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Now this has been podcast number 318, so obviously

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we've done a lot of podcasts. There are a series

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in there on faith, on miracles, on finances,

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on... what it means to have spiritual prosperity.

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There's podcast series dealing with help for

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veterans. There's quite a few podcasts dealing

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with really miracles in faith and things that

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will help us live that overcoming life. So hope

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there'll be a blessing to you. In addition to

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that, if you'd like to scroll down to the next

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page, you'll see a list of books that I've written

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that are on Amazon. Two for veterans, one dealing

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with generosity, what's in it for us. Another

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one dealing with having faith to receive everything

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from what we call nothing. Another book dealing

00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:50.880
with how to live financially out of debt and

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how to experience the joy of debt -free living.

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And then my most recent one, Faith for Miracles.

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So these are all books that have been written

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to help Christians live a quality life. So with

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that, I hope you might enjoy those. In addition

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:04.599
to that, if you have interest in subscribing

00:26:04.599 --> 00:26:08.980
to my podcast, you can do that by going to cpnshows

00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:12.500
.com or wherever you listen to your podcast well

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it has been a joy for me to be with you today

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and to bring this podcast to you in closing I'd

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like to just say a little blessing over you may

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the Lord bless you and keep you may his face

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shine upon you may he be gracious to you and

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give you peace may you prosper and be in good

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health even as your soul prospers so until next

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time may God richly bless you. And for those

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of you who are listening in to hear more about

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the Holy Spirit and how you want to have more

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of Him in your life and have Him being active

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in your life, I want you to continue to listen

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in to us every week. I'll be bringing a new podcast

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every Monday. And it's something I believe that

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the Lord has ordained and has given me guidance

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and direction on and where to take this. And

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I'm just really excited about it because so many

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people don't understand how the Holy Spirit works

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and they want to know more. I mean, I've never

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found anybody that didn't want to know more.

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about the working and the leading and the guidance

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and the comfort of the Holy Spirit. So with that,

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I'm just gonna close out. Thank you once again

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for listening to the Quality Christian Living

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podcast. This has been podcast number 318 entitled,

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Holy Spirit, Our Helper. This has been Quality

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Christian Living. I am your host, David Friend.

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Thank you for listening in. See you next time.