Holy Spirit Power (324)

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Welcome to the Quality Christian Living Podcast.

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I am your host David Friend. This is podcast

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number 324 entitled Holy Spirit Power. We're

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in a series dealing with the Holy Spirit. Today

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we're going to talk about how I believe that

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many Christians are not aware of the power of

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the Holy Spirit. We may not be able to... comprehend

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how the Holy Spirit brings us power to overcome

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evil and darkness and addictions and fear. And

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we're going to look at the promise that Jesus

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gave of the Holy Spirit was more than to just

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help us feel a little better. We'll see how the

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Holy Spirit brings omnipotent power. But before

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we get started, let's just pray. Heavenly Father,

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I thank you again for who you are. I thank you

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for this podcast. I thank you for those who are

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listening in today and I invite the Holy Spirit

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to come in and take control. I yield to you.

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I submit to you. I surrender all that I've done

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to prepare. I pray your anointing would come

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down a very special way and touch those who are

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listening in today. As we get into the topic

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of Holy Spirit power, I pray that you would help

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us to read the scriptures and to understand them

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and that they would be come to life in each and

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every one of the scriptures. Father, thank you

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once again for being here and thank you for bringing

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those who are listening in today, Lord, that

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you would fulfill whatever need they have, whatever

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they're desiring to receive, that you would bless

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it, that you would multiply it, and Father, that

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you would do what only you can do and would give

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you praise for it. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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Well, I believe that the best way to start this

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podcast is to read the words that Jesus spoke

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to his disciples. We find it in the book of Acts

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chapter 1 and verse 8, but you will receive power.

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I'm gonna repeat that. But you will receive power

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when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you

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will be my witnesses telling people about me

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everywhere. See, right off, right at the very

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beginning, Jesus wanted them to understand the

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Holy Spirit was coming to bring power into their

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life. And a lot of people, I don't think, understand

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that that that power is available to us when

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we receive Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior

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and we accept Him into our life and we... totally

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turn ourselves around and ask for forgiveness

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of our sins, say, Father, I'm sorry for the sins

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I've committed. I pray that you'd forgive me

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and cleanse me from all unrighteousness. I receive

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Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. When we're

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sincere, as soon as that happens, the power of

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the Holy Spirit comes and dwells inside of us

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and takes over. And Jesus spoke about that. And

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he says, when the Holy Spirit comes upon you,

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you're going to receive power. So you've received

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that power. So everyone listening in today, before

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we go any farther into this, you need to accept

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the fact that you have the power of the Holy

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Spirit living inside of you, dwelling inside

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of you, ready to help, available to help, willing

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and able to do what you would like to see take

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place in your life as you're led by Him and under

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your guidance and direction you're wanting to

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fulfill the will of God in your life and live

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the purpose that God has for you. So this is

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more than just a podcast to talk about power,

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it's to talk about the way that we can live and

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to understand that the Holy Spirit power is alive

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and well and that we'll be witnesses. That means

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we're gonna our faith with other people. That

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power comes upon us and it says primarily so

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that we will be witnesses telling people about

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Jesus Christ everywhere that we go. That's one

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of the reasons that power is there primarily.

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But there's a lot more to this and we're gonna

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get into that in this podcast and other podcasts

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to come. Now, when Jesus was talking about, this

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is when Jesus used the word power in a very definite,

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direct way and the Holy Spirit. They put them

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together. Jesus was emphasizing their need to

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have power. We know that we need to have power

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because the devil goes around like a roaring

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lion seeking whom he may devour But Jesus said

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Jesus said he's come and he's given come to give

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us life and give it to us more abundantly The

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only way that we can live the abundant life is

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through the power and the anointing of the Holy

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Spirit That's alive and well and each and every

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one of us Jesus knew the unlimited power that

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the Holy Spirit would bring to his followers

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would be life -changing Radically life -changing

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and would give them power to overcome the challenge

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that they face in each and every day. Now, we

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then, after we read this scripture in Acts chapter

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1 and verse 8, we should run over to Acts chapter

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2 and verses 1 through 4. Now, I'm not going

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to read word by word this scripture and read

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you all four verses, but I want to kind of paraphrase

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it. I'm very careful when I say the word paraphrase

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because it's not my opinion. It's what I believe

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the Holy Spirit wants me to share with you about

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what this is telling you. Basically, these scriptures

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are telling us that the Holy Spirit came down

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on the day of Pentecost. where the disciples

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were praying, now He came to them. Isn't that

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wonderful? They were praying, they were seeking

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God, they want the power of God to come upon

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them, and the Holy Spirit came to them as they

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were praying, as they were worshiping and praying

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and seeking the face of God. It says that the

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Holy Spirit basically came down as a mighty wind.

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Boy, you know, picture that, try and imagine

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that. The power of the Holy Spirit came into

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that room and like a mighty wind to take control

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and take authority. It says, and flames settled

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on everyone, They were all filled with the Holy

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Spirit and began to speak in other languages.

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So this is telling us that this event was just

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radical. It was incredible. This, in my opinion,

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is the, not just my opinion, but many theologians

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believe that this is when the Church was established,

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when the power of the Holy Spirit came down and

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He anointed everyone. He filled them with His

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presence and His power and they began to speak

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in other languages and other tongues. At that

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time, He was probably distributing gifts to people.

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of faith and and gifts of healing and miracles

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and those things were coming down because the

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Holy Spirit was there to do what Jesus called

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him to do and this event didn't go away and end

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there and the power of the Holy Spirit is alive

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and well today on this planet. He's alive and

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well in each and every one of us and our churches

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need to feel the power and the presence of the

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Holy Spirit come upon them and experience that

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and know what it's like to pray in the Spirit

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and operate in the gifts of the Spirit and have

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the fruit of the Spirit in their life and that's

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why I'm into this whole series on the Holy Spirit

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because I believe there's so much that we need

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to learn, that we need to teach, and the Holy

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Spirit needs to come alive and be active in our

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life, in every single believer's life. Now this

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event established the power of the Holy Spirit.

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That, the upper room, that prayer time, when

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the power of the tongues interpretations and

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stuff came forward and all that was being manifested

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in that room, it really established the fact

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that the Holy Spirit had incredible power. Throughout

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the book of Acts, that we read about how the

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Holy Spirit filled the disciples with power.

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Now once again, it didn't stop right there. I

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know some people teach that, that that was it,

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that was over then. But see, that was the day

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of Pentecost. That was the day the Holy Spirit

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came down. And I believe that's the day that

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the church was established. And shortly after

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that, Peter became the preacher, the pastor,

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and he preached a sermon like nothing he's ever

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done before because the Holy Spirit led him when

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he spoke. And I'm not gonna get into that sermon

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that he did right now. Maybe in an additional

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podcast we might. But for right now, I want to

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stay focused on just what took place in the upper

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room and talk about the power of the Holy Spirit.

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See, today the Holy Spirit is the same, totally

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and completely. He's ready and willing to show

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us his power. Now this podcast must talk about

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the Holy Spirit through the biblical examples

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that I'm going to be using. I'm going to give

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you a bunch of scriptures in a moment and talk

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about how we can see the power of the Holy Spirit

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and how we can have that manifest in our own

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lives. As we go through this series of podcasts,

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on the Holy Spirit, we will cover the manifestations

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of the Holy Spirit through the gifts and the

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fruit of the Spirit. So stay with me and we'll

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explain all these in detail as we go through

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this wonderful series the Lord has put upon us

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to talk about, to learn more about the workings

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of the Holy Spirit in the lives of others and

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in our life. I realize now that some of you want

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to get to the power gifts right away and we will

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do that, but it's important that we understand

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and get a good working knowledge of how the Holy

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Spirit operates. This podcast will lay a foundation

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of the Holy Spirit's power, what it is, and how

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we can receive his power. Alright, so get ready

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as we continue on. The power of the Holy Spirit

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that dwells in Christians helps us to defeat

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the attacks of Satan. The Holy Spirit is a part

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of the Divine Godhead. Here is my definition

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of the Divine Godhead. It means God is one God

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that exists in three distinct persons, God the

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Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit,

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also known as the Trinity. Now we have one God

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in three persons and to some this is pretty basic

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stuff but to others this may bring clarity and

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help you to understand what the Trinity is and

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when we hear someone talk about the Triune God.

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Now I believe that the power of the Holy Spirit

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is also shown in the Bible as being omnipotent,

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having unlimited power, omnipresent which means

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everywhere all the time and omniscient all -knowing.

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Now that's really important for us to understand

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because sometimes people live their life as a

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Christian and they don't realize the power that

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dwells inside of them. They are taught sometimes

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that well let's not go there and the Holy Spirit

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came but you know maybe he's in us but on the

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other hand maybe he's not one doesn't want to

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do anything in us and doesn't want to give us

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any power and you hear these different teachings

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around I know I did for years until I went to

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a church that explained the power of the Holy

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Spirit and talked about how the Holy Spirit operates

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in so many ways and that there are gifts of the

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Spirit and there is the fruit of the Spirit and

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many things that can happen in our life that's

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available to us if we only seek God and draw

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closer to him. So when we think of the Holy Spirit,

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we must never refer to him as it. I've heard

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people say it, it, it. The Holy Spirit is a man.

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It's the person of God. It's part of the triune

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God. And so therefore we've got to understand

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and relate to his omnipotent power and his omnipresent

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power and his omniscient power. And when we do

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that, we realize what an incredible amount of

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power and authority that we have in the name

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of Jesus as the Holy Spirit operates in us. Now,

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let me give you an example of the Holy Spirit

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being omnipotent and having that omnipotent power.

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I believe it's found in 1 Corinthians chapter

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12, where it talks about the Holy Spirit decides

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who he gives the gifts of tongues and interpretation

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and the gifts of miracles and prophecy and healing

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and wisdom and knowledge and all that and in

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great faith matter of fact that great faith is

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going to be I believe as the Holy Spirit leads

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going to be my next podcast coming up talking

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about the Holy Spirit giving great faith but

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for now I want to we should understand that this

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is omnipotent power this is power that with great

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authority all authority and the Holy Spirit decides

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who he gives these gifts to that's a great example

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of his power and his working inside of each and

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every one of us an example of his omniscient

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knowledge, I believe is found when Jesus said

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in John chapter 14 and verse 26, he says, but

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when the father sends the advocate as my representative,

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that is the Holy Spirit, he will teach you everything

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and will remind you of everything I have told

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you. Now, look at that. Jesus is telling you

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now, wait a minute, who I'm sending you has great

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power and that he is your advocate. He's there

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to help you and to be with you and he's a representative

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that's going to come into you and he's going

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to teach you everything that's what you need

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to know and will remind you of what you've already

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learned. Now isn't that nice to know that our

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memory doesn't have to just be based upon our

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memory abilities, but we can have the Holy Spirit

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bring forth things that we've learned before

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and bring forth scriptures that we need for that

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moment. I think that's the most wonderful, one

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of the most wonderful things we have with the

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working the Holy Spirit in us is when we are

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talking to someone or sharing something with

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someone and the Holy Spirit reminds us of a scripture

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and you quote that scripture. You may not know

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what I call the address, the location of it,

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what the chapter and verse or book is, but you

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do know the scripture and you can say that scripture

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because the Holy Spirit will then bring it to

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you. He can give you the exact address of that

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scripture, whatever he wants to do, but all of

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a sudden you're speaking and then you know you'll

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go from just your speaking into Spirit -led speaking

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and he's giving you the right scripture for that

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person at the right time. or he gives you a prayer

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where you pray the right words at the right time.

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That is the omnipotent power of the Holy Spirit.

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That's his omniscient power that he's got and

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he has the ability to do that if we yield to

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him, if we surrender our will and our thoughts

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and our mind and our desires. That's why I never

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do a podcast without first inviting the Holy

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Spirit in to take control. I surrender what I've

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done, the thoughts that I've put in. I may have

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hours and hours of preparation to put a podcast

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together But that will be of no value unless

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the Holy Spirit comes in and he anoints it. He

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brings the anointing. The things that I'm speaking

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to you right now, I didn't write anything down,

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I didn't have any of this prepared, but the Holy

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Spirit now is directing me and helping me to

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get clarity to some people, especially when you're

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trying to share your faith or trying to witness.

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You should ask the Holy Spirit, we should all

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do this, ask the Holy Spirit, help me to witness,

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help me to have the right words to say and to

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remember the right scriptures to bring at the

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correct time a scripture that that will apply

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to that person's life. And when we do that and

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we're operating on the Holy Spirit, we're going

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to see great results. And I know that's what

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you're looking for. You want power to see great

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results in your walk with God. And that can come

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about if we surrender to the Holy Spirit and

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understand and realize the power that's living

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inside of us. Here's another scripture that's

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just so incredible to talk about the Holy Spirit

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found in the book of Romans, chapter eight and

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verse 26. The Holy Spirit helps us in our weaknesses.

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Now, a lot of people have a tendency to fight

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battles on their own. I've done it. I've had

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times I've fought battles on my own. I've done

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it my way and all those things. And when that

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happens, we're going to be so limited in our

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abilities, because our abilities are limited,

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but the Holy Spirit's abilities are without limits.

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There are no limits on what He can do and will

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do and is able to do. So He helps us in our weaknesses.

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When we are weak, then He is strong. He is powerful.

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He wants to come forth in great power and help

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us and guide us and direct us and help us to

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make the right decisions in our life. Alright,

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he knows our weaknesses therefore he will then

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apply his wisdom and his knowledge to us. An

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example of omnipresent Holy Spirit being everywhere

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at all at all times is that the Holy Spirit can

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draw the unsaved to salvation all over the world

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at the same time. Now there's billions and billions

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and billions of people. I've heard it's between

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seven and a half to eight billion people now

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that inhabit this earth. So let's think about

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this. Man talks about his great computers that

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he's developed and his ability to do this and

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his ability to have great memory banks and all

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this kind of stuff. Think about this. The Holy

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Spirit has the capacity to witness to all eight

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billion people on earth at the exact same time.

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He can share his thoughts. He can express himself

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to people in a way that is a still quiet voice.

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He can fill people with the Holy Spirit, with

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the evidence of speaking in another language.

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He can give interpretations. He can lead people

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to Jesus to accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and

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Savior. He can give the gifts of miracles and

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the gifts of great faith and the gifts of the

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fruit of the Spirit, love, joy, peace, patience,

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goodness, kindness, gentleness, and self -control.

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He can do all this at the same time throughout

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this entire world to all eight billion people

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if they're just open to receive from him. He's

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working on people who don't know Jesus, who've

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rejected Jesus, who are following other cults

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and other religions, and he can work through

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other people to share Christ with these people.

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That is the power of the Holy Spirit. That is

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the absolute omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent

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power of the Holy Spirit operating. And think

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about it, all of that is inside of us right now.

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Now, if that doesn't make you take a step back

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and stop and think, wow, the power of the Holy

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Spirit, that incredible power, is available to

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me in my life. And that's what I want to be sure

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that people catch in this podcast. Now, you know,

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some things, there's an old saying, I use it

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a lot, and that is that some things are taught

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and some things are caught. Well, I'm teaching,

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I guess you could say, but unless it is caught,

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unless it's received, in football, a pastor's

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thrown but it's got to be caught in order to

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complete the play well it's the same thing with

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what I'm talking about today. This has to be

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caught. You have to believe it. You have to receive

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it and move forward with it. And when we do that

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we can operate in the power of the Holy Spirit

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and we can have all these things take place in

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our life that we never thought were possible

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because they weren't possible in our own abilities

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and our own wisdom and our own guidance and direction,

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our own thought life, but they are possible in

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our life because of the unlimited power that

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the Holy Spirit has available for each and every

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one of us. Spirit can draw the unsaved to people

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all across the world all at the same time if

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they're just open to him. King David wrote something

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very powerful about the Holy Spirit in Psalm

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chapter 139 and verse 7. In the New Living Translation

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it says this, I can never escape from your spirit.

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I can never get away from your presence. David

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knew the Holy Spirit was everywhere. Now a lot

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of people say, well you know it's not the same

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spirit in the Old Testament as in the New Testament.

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Oh yes it is. During creation the Spirit of God

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hovered around the atmosphere and worked with

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God and they created what we see today. Jesus

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was there at the beginning when the earth was

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created. All of this was made available through

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the power of God and now God loves us so much

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that he wants to send the power of the Holy Spirit

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to work in each and every one of us. So those

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of you who are Christians, you know, Jesus Christ

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is your Lord and Savior, then you know that power

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is inside of you. This podcast series, this entire

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series on the Holy Spirit is designated to help

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Christians operate and live underneath the power

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and the anointing of the Holy Spirit and to teach

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those who are not aware of what the Holy Spirit

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can do and will do and is ready to do, that it's

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available to them if they'll just simply reach

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out, claim the promises in the scriptures, and

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learn to operate in the power of the Holy Spirit.

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You know, recently I did some recording of some

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little statements that were asked me, questions

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that were asked me about this series. And so

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I hope you look for that on Instagram, on there

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pretty much every day. And I'm answering some

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of these questions that people have and the very

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common questions that we have, quite frankly,

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when we are going through life each and every

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day. And so I hope that you might listen to those

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and tune into those on Instagram. And if you

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do that, you'll find maybe some additional teaching

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that might be helped to you and others who maybe

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are not followers of the Lord Jesus Christ. Now,

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when we think of Holy Spirit's power, we can

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receive comfort and we can receive anything that

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we need in our life. In Romans chapter 15 and

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verse 13, a New Living Translation says this,

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I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill

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you completely with joy and peace because you

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trust in Him. Then you will overflow with confident

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hope through the power of the Holy Spirit. Now

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a lot of people read that scripture and they

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see the promises and all that wonderful things

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that we trust in God and we can overflow and

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have confidence and all these kind of stuff and

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that God is our source of hope but sometimes

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we stop before the end of that scripture that

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says through the power of the Holy Spirit. So

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all of that can operate in our life if we'll

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surrender to the power of the Holy Spirit. Just

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let me give you just one more example of the

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Holy Spirit's power. We read about it in Ephesians

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chapter 6 and verse 11. It says put on all of

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God's armor so that you will be able to stand

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firm against the strategies of the devil. Now

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let me read to you a little bit more about what

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this means. This is found in the book of Ephesians

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chapter 6 and this first verse I gave you kind

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of sets us up for this to put on all of God's

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armor so that you'll be able to stand firm against

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all strategies of the devil. For we are not fighting

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against flesh and blood enemies, but against

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evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world

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against mighty powers in this dark world and

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against evil spirits. in the heavenly places.

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Verse 13, therefore put on every piece of God's

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armor so you will be able to resist the enemy

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in the time of evil. Then after the battle you

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will still be standing firm. Stand your ground,

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putting on the belt of truth and the body armor

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of God's righteousness. Verse 15, for shoes,

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Put on the peace that comes from the Good News

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so that you will be fully prepared. Verse 16.

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In addition to all of these, hold up the shield

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of faith to stop the fiery darts of the devil.

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Put on salvation. as your helmet and take the

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sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God.

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Verse 18, pray in the Spirit at all times and

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on every occasion stay alert and be persistent

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in your prayers for all believers everywhere.

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Now I wanted to close with that scripture because

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it gives us something that is crucial for us

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to apply to our lives when it comes to serving

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God and walking in the power and the anointing

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of the Holy Spirit. If we want power in our life

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we can get it from the greatest power that man

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has ever or will ever see and that's the power

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of God through the Holy Spirit operating in each

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and every one of us. So I hope that that'll be

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a blessing to you and I pray that we'll truly

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understand that the only way that we can put

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on and keep on the armor of God is through the

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power of the Holy Spirit. He brings that power

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to our lives. Let me pray for you as we close

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out this podcast. Heavenly Father, I know there

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are many you're listening in today who are really

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quite accomplished in their understanding of

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the Holy Spirit. They've studied it, they could

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teach on it and there are those those that maybe

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are uncertain as to what the Holy Spirit's all

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about, and some that know absolutely nothing

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about what the Holy Spirit wants to do in their

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life. So Lord, regardless of who that is, whatever

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condition they are in their understanding of

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the Holy Spirit, I pray blessing would be upon

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them, that you would expand each and every one

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of our knowledge and our understanding, that

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the Holy Spirit would operate in a very powerful

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way in each person listening in today. I thank

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you for this opportunity, and I'll be careful

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to give you praise for what's going to take place

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from it. And I ask the Holy Spirit, to move in

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a very, very special way, to draw people who

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don't know Jesus, that he would bring them into

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the kingdom, that they would surrender and submit

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to him and receive Jesus Christ as their Lord

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and Savior. And I pray for those who want to

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operate in the gifts of the Spirit, Lord, that

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they would seek you and not the gift, Father.

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Seek your guidance and direction, and then the

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power of God will come down upon them. Yes, it's

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okay, Lord, if they want to have gifts of miracle,

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if they want to have a certain gift, they can

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ask for that, but Lord, it's the Holy Spirit.

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The word tells us he's the only one that has

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the authority to put the gifts of the Spirit

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available to people to operate in their lives.

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So for those who are desiring the gifts, I pray,

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Lord, you would fill them to overflowing, that

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you'd pour out the gifts of wisdom and of knowledge

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and understanding, Father, that you would bless

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them, Father, to perform miracles and healings,

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Father, that they would have peace and the guidance

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from you in each and everything they do. Thank

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you God for this podcast. Thank you for those

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who are listening in. I pray a blessing upon

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them and I just give you praise for it. I pray

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you would anoint all the new podcasts that we're

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going to do on the series on the Holy Spirit

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and I ask for your blessing on the next... podcast

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entitled Holy Spirit Gift of Great Faith. I'll

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thank you for it in advance and give you praise

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for I ask these things in Jesus name I pray.

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

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you. I've certainly enjoyed doing this and continue

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to enjoy this series that we're in. If you'd

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like to know more about Quality Christian Living,

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that's the name of our podcast that we operate

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under, you can go to my webpage at davidcfriendauthor

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.com. And when you get there, on the front page

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you'll see a link to all my podcasts. So this

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was podcast number three. 324 we've been doing

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this for right almost four years now and so the

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God has blessed it with that we are being downloaded

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in countries all over the world I'm just amazed

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when I see the results of how many countries

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this has reached out to the latest I heard was

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somewhere around 140 141 or 42 countries who

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have actually been downloading these podcasts

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so I just thank God for that and I just pray

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that you'll continue to be with us as we go through

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this series on the Holy Spirit. If you also want

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to know more about the Equality Christian Living

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podcast, if you're on my webpage, when you hit

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the link, it'll take you to all the podcasts.

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And if you'll scroll down on my webpage, you'll

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go to a list of books that I've written. There's

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quite a few there. I think there's six that are

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listed currently on Amazon. There are books on

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faith, a new one, Faith for Miracles. There's

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a book on faith called Receive Everything from

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what we call Nothing. There's a book on finances

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on how to get out of debt and stay out of debt.

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There's a book dealing with the understanding

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of what generosity is all about and some books

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for veterans for their help. So a number there

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and there's a number that I'm working on now

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to continue to move forward. You see, Quality

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Christian Living is a podcast designed to offer

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a plethora of topics to help you understand what

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it is to live a quality Christian life, not just

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to get by, but to prosper, to flourish, to be

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more than overcomers and more than conquerors

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as believers in the Lord Jesus Christ. I hope

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that that has been and will continue to be a

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blessing to you. as you listen to Quality Christian

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Living. If you would like to subscribe to my

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podcast, you can do that by going to cpnshows

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.com or wherever you listen to your podcast.

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So before we close, I'd like to just maybe give

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you a couple of teasers, a couple of thoughts

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about what we're going to talk about in the next

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podcast coming up called Holy Spirit Gift of

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Great Faith. And so we're going to talk about

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how do we receive the gift of faith and which

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scriptures will help us to be the most effective

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in having greater faith. And does the Holy Spirit

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decide who receives a gift of faith or of great

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faith? Does the Holy Spirit have anything to

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do about whether a person has little faith or

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great faith, or does that have a lot to do with

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us? We're going to get into that. I think the

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Lord's given me something very special to share

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with you. And we will come to better understand,

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I believe, the difference between feelings and

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faith. A lot of people talk about how they feel.

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I'd like to talk about what I have faith for.

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And we'll get into that, but just a quick little

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item. When we talk about things and how we feel

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about things, feelings will desert you. Feelings

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will rise and fall, but our faith will never

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desert us. We have faith. We all are born with

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a measure of faith, and that faith can continue

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to grow and increase. And we're going to talk

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about that, how we can have great faith. And

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so I know that a lot of people out there want

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to have stronger faith and greater faith. Well,

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then let your friends and neighbors and your

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family members know about this podcast that's

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coming up. And I pray that God will richly bless

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you. them as they listen in from week to week.

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In upcoming podcasts we'll be talking about encouragement

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and advice dealing with the Holy Spirit in practical

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applications of the Holy Spirit in our life and

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how to understand the Holy Spirit and how we

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can have personal experiences and testimonies

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about the Holy Spirit operating and being in

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our life. So with all that I hope that you'll

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tune in to listen to them. Let me close with

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a blessing for you. I just pray that the Lord

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will bless you and keep you. May his face shine

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upon you may he be gracious to you and give you

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peace may you prosper and be in good health even

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as your soul prospers so until next time may

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God richly bless you may you receive the power

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and the infilling of the Holy Spirit in your

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life may you be filled with the gifts of the

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Spirit and operate in the fruit of the Spirit

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Father pray that each person listening in Lord

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would draw closer to you myself included Lord

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that we would seek you more and more each day

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that we would learn to walk in the spirit to

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live in the spirit and to operate in the gifts

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of the Spirit as they come forth. Thank you,

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Lord, for this now. And once again, I give you

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praise for who you are, what you've done in this

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podcast, and for I believe there were people

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that listened to this podcast, Lord, that gave

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their life to you. And I pray now that they would.

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Find a good church, open the word of God, and

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grow in their walk with you. Now bless each one,

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I pray, and I'll be careful to give you all the

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glory for it, in Jesus' name. Thank you once

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again for listening to the Quality Christian

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Living Podcast. I am your host, David Friend.

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May God richly bless all that you put your hand

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to.