How the Holy Spirit Blesses Us (341)

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Once again, I welcome you to the Quality Christian

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Living Podcast. I am your host, David Friend.

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Today's topic is how the Holy Spirit blesses

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us. List the number of ways that the Holy Spirit

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will bless Christians, and how can we know when

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the Holy Spirit is the one doing the blessings

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in our life? We'll also address why we must always

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give the Holy Spirit the credit for any good

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thing that takes place in our life, and that

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we must be in unity with the Holy Spirit in order

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to receive his blessings. But before we get into

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that, let's pray. Heavenly Father, I give you

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praise for who you are. I thank you, Lord, for

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bringing us together today, and for those who

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are listening in, I pray the Holy Spirit would

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bless them. and I now surrender everything to

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you Lord. I ask the Holy Spirit to come in and

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take control, guide the scriptures we read and

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the interpretation of those verses, how it applies

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to this particular podcast. I pray that you receive

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the glory and praise for what's about to take

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place. I thank you once again for who you are

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God and I thank you for the blessed gift of the

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Holy Spirit who gives us guidance and direction

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in everything that we do as long as we seek him.

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Bless this we pray now in Jesus name. Amen. Well

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I'm going to have a number of scriptures in today's

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podcast because I really was putting a podcast

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together and every time I had a thought a scripture

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would jump up in my mind and so I thought well

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let's just use as many as the Holy Spirit gives

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us and as time allows and let's just see where

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we go from here. So following is a list of Holy

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Spirit blessings. He comforts us. We see that

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in the book of John chapter 15 and verse 26.

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Just a powerful words of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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We will send you the Advocate, Jesus said. The

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Spirit of Truth. He will come to you from the

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Father and will testify all about me. You see,

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Jesus wanted them to understand where truth comes

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from, and the Spirit of God is the truth that

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we need in our life, and He is the one who comforts

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us. He's there inside, living and dwelling inside

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of every single born -again believer. Anyone

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who's given their life to Christ, if you've given

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your life to Jesus as for forgiveness of your

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sins, Jesus Christ then has sent to us the Holy

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Spirit into each and every one of us so that

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we'll have that power ready and available to

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us, but we must seek that. We must ask him for

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help, ask for guidance and direction, and he

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will give us comfort in the midst of some of

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the most difficult things that I've seen in my

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life. With cancer diagnosis that was going to

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take my life, the Holy Spirit gave me comfort.

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Financial issues when we had our business and

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the economy really dropped terribly and our business

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was in trouble, the Holy Spirit comforted my

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wife and I. We were at peace in the middle of

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some very difficult times. In the church when

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we were building and we faced some financial

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challenges, the Holy Spirit once again came and

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gave comfort. He'll do the same for every one

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of us if we just simply trust in Him, lean upon

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Him, ask for His guidance, His direction. And

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Jesus said that He will send, He says, you the

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Advocate. That means someone that's on our side,

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the Spirit of Truth. And He will come to you

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from the Father and will testify about me. So

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how can it get any better? than that. So that's

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the first scripture, I think, that helps us to

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understand how the Holy Spirit blesses believers.

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He gives us help when we make decisions. When

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we're trying to make a decision, He's the one

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that gives us help. We seek Him when we buy something.

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We seek Him when we're thinking about buying

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a car or a house. We seek Him when we're thinking

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if we're single and we're dating someone, or

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if we're dating someone and we're getting serious

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about them, we seek Him about marriage. We seek

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Him in every area of our life. If we're having

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trouble with our health, we seek Him. If we're

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having a problem, With the food that we eat,

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we seek him. If we have a problem with drinking

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or anything that is in or is hurting our body,

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we seek him and he will help us and he's always

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there to help us in making the right decisions

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about what we should do, what we should say,

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who we should say it to, how we should say it,

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and the source, maybe a scripture would come

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to mind because the Holy Spirit reminds us of

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scriptures. We'll talk about that, I believe,

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later in the podcast today. So our decisions

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that we make for every part of our life, the

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Holy Spirit wants to help us. us and guide us.

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Three, he tells us what is true and what is false.

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In John chapter 16 and verse 13, Jesus is talking

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to his disciples because he's leaving them to

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go to heaven. He's comforting them with telling

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about the Holy Spirit, but he gets into this

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one particular area, it's kind of a call to a

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time where sadness, he's telling that sadness

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will return to joy, the sadness of him leaving

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that when the Holy Spirit comes that they'll

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receive joy. But in John chapter 16 and verses

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13, Jesus is telling his disciples, he's telling

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them how to find truth. So verse 13 says this,

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when the spirit of truth comes, he will guide

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you into all truth. He will not speak on his

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own, but will tell you what he has heard. He

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will tell you about the future. Verse 14, he

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will bring me glory by telling you whatever he

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receives from me. In verse 15, all that belongs

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to the father is mine. This is why I said, the

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spirit will tell you. whatever he receives from

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me. So we're hearing direct revelation of truth

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from the Holy Spirit. That's why we must seek

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him, must ask him for help, seek his guidance,

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pray and read the Holy Spirit inspired Word of

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God. That's where we'll find truth. Matter of

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fact, I've always been taught over the years

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as being a Christian and listening to some great

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teachers, if anyone is really looking for truth,

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eventually they have to find Jesus because Jesus

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is the only truth that's out there. And so we

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have that. That truth is living inside of us.

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So that's how we can be directed to understand

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the difference. between what's true and what's

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false in life. One of the greatest blessings

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that the Holy Spirit can give us is that he draws

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us to become Christians. That's got to be the

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greatest gift that he gives us, is that he then

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comes upon us and speaks to our inner spirit

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and our own spirit and our body, soul and spirit

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to draw us into a relationship with Jesus Christ.

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That's why I believe so strongly in praying for

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people who are unsaved that the Holy Spirit would

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speak to them and would reveal to them the truth,

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would reveal to them that they need Jesus. They

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need to submit their lives and their cares and

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their concerns of life and submit them to the

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Lord Jesus Christ. So that's the greatest gift

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that we can receive from him. Another gift or

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blessing that he has is that he reminds us of

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scriptures when we need them. There's a wonderful

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scripture found in John chapter 14 and verse

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26 that describes that. These are the words of

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Jesus again found in the New Living Translation.

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But when the Father sends the Advocate, that's

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the Holy Spirit, as my representative, that is

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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. You know, it's so important that we understand

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that the Holy Spirit is working inside of us

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to help us, not to beat us up, not to make us

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feel pressure and anxiety, but just the opposite,

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to bring peace and joy and love and patience

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and all the things that He offers to us through

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

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goodness, kindness, gentleness, and self -control.

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Those are things that the Holy Spirit brings

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us and we've got to understand that he is our

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source of all the peace and all the joy and all

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the blessings that are made available by God

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the Father. And since I mentioned peace, why

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don't we just look for it in the Word of God

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and see where it talks about how the Holy Spirit

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brings these things to us. It's found in Galatians

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chapter 5 verses 22 through 23. They're called

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the fruit of the Spirit. Paul's writing here

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and he says, but the Holy Spirit produces This

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kind of fruit in our lives, love, joy, peace,

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patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,

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and self -control. There is no law against these

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things. So see, that's just a bunch of blessings,

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right? That's just a bulk of blessings that God

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wants to place upon us and they all come from

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the Holy Spirit. So therefore, if you're looking

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for, well, how can he bless you? Then just pull

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these scriptures out and start reading them and

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start believing them and allow them to permeate

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your life and just fill your heart and your body,

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soul and spirit with the love of Christ and the

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power of the Holy Spirit. Under the direction

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of God the Father, the Holy Spirit brings us

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blessings. Listen to Paul speaking in the book

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of Ephesians in chapter 1 and verse 3. Listen

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to this very carefully and see where the Holy

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Spirit is speaking to you in an area that you

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might need help with in your life. All praise

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to God. First of all, if we want to be blessed

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by the Holy Spirit, we're going to have to give

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all praise to God. It says the Father of our

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Lord Jesus Christ who has blessed us with every

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spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because

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we are united with Christ. Look at that. Every

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blessing. Listen to that. I'm kind of getting

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excited. You can probably tell that. But listen

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to this scripture once again. We're talking about

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how the Holy Spirit blesses us and here God gives

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this direction to Paul who is being anointed

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by the Holy Spirit to write these words down.

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He said, all praise to God. That's when we're

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struggling with something, start off by praying.

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See, it's the praises that we give to God that

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take away the fear and the anxiety and all the

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stuff, the worry, the things that come into our

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life. So all praise to God, the Father of our

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Lord Jesus Christ who has blessed us. Listen

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to that. Has blessed us, not will or someday

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might, but has blessed us with every spiritual

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blessing in the heavenly realms because we are

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united with Christ. So all of that blessing is

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available to us if we look at the Bible. learn

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to live and walk in the Spirit because there's

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two ways that we walk here on earth. One is in

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the Spirit and one's in the flesh. And I know

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most of us go in and out of it. We're for a while

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maybe just doing our own things. It may not be

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bad things, but we've got our own mind set on

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what we're going to do, the direction we're going

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to go, the decision we're going to make. So we

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do all those things. And then we wake up, fortunately,

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spiritually and realize that we need to stop

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thinking that way and we need to walk in the

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Spirit. When we walk in the Spirit, then that

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opens up the promises that I just read in Ephesians

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chapter 1 and verse 3. Every spiritual blessing

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in the heavenly realms because we are united

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with Christ and we're united with Christ and

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then he in turn Christ sends the Holy Spirit

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to earth to fill us, to dwell in us, to give

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us the opportunity to receive all the blessings

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of the heavenlies. You know, that's such a powerful

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scripture. That ought to be a podcast someday.

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Well, I'll have to think about that one. Alright,

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he is always ready to help us. That's something

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that a lot of people struggle with understanding.

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Let's talk about that for a second. There's a

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couple of Psalms, I think, that really deal with

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this. It's Psalm 46 .1 that I like so much. God

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is our refuge and strength. Always, listen to

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that, always ready, which means He's there, ready

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to help us. Always ready to help in times of

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trouble. You see, we have access to that always

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ready and help of God the Father because of the

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indwelling of the Holy Spirit inside of us. So

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the Holy Spirit then helps us connect with that

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strength, with that hope. Here's another Psalm

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I think that's really wonderful dealing with.

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always ready to help us. It's found in Psalm

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chapter 1 and verse 1. Listen to this, Oh the

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joys of those who do not follow the advice of

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the wicked or stand around the sinners or join

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in with mockers for they delight in the law of

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the Lord meditating on it day and night. You

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see, we've got to meditate on God's Word because

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God's Word was inspired by the Holy Spirit. The

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Holy Spirit lives and dwells in us. The Holy

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Spirit inside of us is so deeply wanting us to

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devour the Word of God, to read the Word of God,

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to study the Word of God, to take it into our

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heart and mind, to every time we read a scripture,

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allow it to speak to us because it's personal.

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The scriptures are very personal. You say, well,

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how can it be personal when it was written thousands

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of years ago? No, the point of it is that God

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is the same yesterday, today, and forever. So

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when he said in Psalms, oh, the joys of those

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who do not follow the advice of the wicked, that

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advice goes for followers of the Lord Jesus Christ

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all the way through their life and into eternity.

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So therefore, we can receive peace through the

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Holy Spirit and have a relationship with God

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the Father and through His Word receive the help

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and strength that we need. The Holy Spirit loves

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us so much and He blesses us so much. that listen

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to this, He convicts us of sin. Now that bothers

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some of you, but in reality, I am so thankful

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when I get convicted of something that I did

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wrong or made a mistake or made an error, I know

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it's the Holy Spirit that's helping me. I welcome

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conviction from the Holy Spirit. Matter of fact,

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I welcome God to correct me because not you,

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I don't want to hear from you and be corrected.

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I don't want to be corrected by my spouse. I

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want God though to correct me because when He

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corrects me, it's for my good. And so it all

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benefit. One translation says, it's for my good

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and then I'll profit from it. And so the bottom

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line of it is is that I love the conviction of

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the Holy Spirit in my life and it's just such

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a wonderful thing. Jesus talked about it in John

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chapter 16 and verse 8. Listen to this, he's

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talking to the disciples, he's saying basically,

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if I don't go then the Holy Spirit won't come

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so therefore it's better for you if I go. And

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in verse 8 of chapter 16 in John, Jesus says

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these words, and when he comes, he's talking

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about the Holy Spirit, he will convict the world

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of its sin and of God's righteousness and of

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the coming judgment. Now you see, that's a blessing.

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It's a blessing to be convicted that we have

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sin in our life. Now don't take this wrong. Matter

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of fact, I receive that because I believe that.

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I know that I need the convicting power of the

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Holy Spirit to guide me and I know that it's

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a blessing. I believe that. I know the Holy Spirit

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has told me sometimes when I've come home from

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church or from just a day's work and activities

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and all of a sudden He'll put in my mind that

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I had a conversation with someone today and I

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need to call them and apologize that it just

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didn't go the way it should have gone and I'll

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call the person and say, hey, I just want to

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let you know I really enjoyed meeting you today

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and talking to you or whatever it was, in -person

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conversation or on the phone, whatever it was

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and just tell them I'm just sorry because I think

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I may have sounded a little gruff or I may have

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sounded a little stern but really that was my

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intention and the person will always say something

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like, oh no, you were not at all. Matter of fact,

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I received that but the Holy Spirit told me to

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go back to that person and convicted me that

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I need to be sure that that person understood

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what I was saying and understood that I still

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love them and I care for them. So the Holy Spirit's

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conviction is something we can't live without

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and I pray that you'll receive that in Jesus'

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name. Okay, let's continue on. I'm really enjoying

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these scriptures. I hope that you are because

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that's really the basis of everything that we

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teach. It better be based upon the Word of God.

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Listen to this, 1 Corinthians chapter 6 verse

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19 in the New International Version. Now we're

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talking about the Blessings of the Holy Spirit

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come to us, and how do we receive them? Where

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do they come from? Do you not know that your

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bodies are the temples of the Holy Spirit? Paul's

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saying these words, led course by the Holy Spirit.

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Who is in you whom you have received? from God,

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you are not your own." Wow! Our bodies are the

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temple of the Holy Spirit and so therefore Paul's

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giving them direction. I think he was firm on

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this and told them, do you not know? He says,

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you've got to understand this and we all need

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to understand that in order to receive the blessings

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that the Holy Spirit has intended for each and

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every follower of the Lord Jesus Christ. Listen

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to this one. Paul's speaking again in the book

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of Acts chapter 1 and verse 8 in the New Living

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Translation, but you will receive power. All

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right, here we go. There's another blessing from

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the Lord. When the Holy Spirit comes upon you

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and you will be my witnesses, telling people

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about me everywhere. And of course, he says,

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which everything was in those days, Jerusalem,

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throughout Judea and Samaria, and the ends of

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the earth. Now that includes the rest of us.

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The ends of the earth. Yeah, we are the ends

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of the earth. We are the rest of the earth here

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in America. And those of you listening around

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the world, because this podcast goes around the

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world. And someone told me the other day that

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we've... I've had over 140 countries now who

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have downloaded these podcasts. So truly, the

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Word of God gets around the world. And this scripture

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tells me, and it really helps me to understand

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that the blessings of the Holy Spirit come, first

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of all, because the Holy Spirit lives and dwells

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inside of us, and that we'll receive power when

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the Holy Spirit comes upon you, which means we

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have power operating in us. You ever stop and

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think that... The Holy Spirit is actually identified

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as God the Holy Spirit. Remember, it's God the

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

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And it's a triune God, and a God who is there

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to help us in heaven. And when Jesus walked on

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this earth, and now the Holy Spirit who is here

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on this earth abiding in followers of the Lord

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Jesus Christ, and he wants to bless us with power.

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Power to overcome challenges. Power to overcome

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doubt and fear. Power to overcome making bad

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decisions. power to overcome setbacks, maybe

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physical or emotional or financial, whatever

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it might be. We have the power in us to overcome

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anything because of our relationship with the

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Lord Jesus Christ and the indwelling of the Holy

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Spirit. Now Acts chapter 2 verse 38, the New

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International Version again, listen to this,

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repent and be baptized every one of you in the

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name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your

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sins and you will receive the gift of the Holy

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Spirit. Here we go, we got saved, we got baptized

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in water, and now we've received the gift of

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the Holy Spirit. I can't think of a better blessing

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than that after our salvation is the gift of

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the Holy Spirit. Listen to Isaiah chapter 11

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and verse 2 here in the New International Version,

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and we're reading now the Old Testament now.

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The Spirit of the Lord, that's the Holy Spirit,

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will rest on Him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,

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the Spirit of counsel and of a might, the Spirit

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of the knowledge and the fear of the Lord. Look

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at all the blessings in that scripture. These

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are all Holy Spirit blessings that are inside

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of us, available to us. The Spirit of the Lord

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will rest on him, okay? Listen to this. Wisdom

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and understanding. Does anybody out there like

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to have at times a little more wisdom, a little

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more understanding? I know I do. There's times

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I go into meetings and conversations with people

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or counseling couples and I say, Heavenly Father,

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Holy Spirit, help me. I ask for wisdom and understanding.

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I pray that you'll give me the right words to

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speak. anoint my time with these people before

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I ever get to see the people. I've got to get

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myself ready and prepared in the Spirit, not

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in the flesh, but in the Spirit to be able to

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be of help to them, to have the wisdom and understanding.

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And the Spirit of counsel, I ask for that. That

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the Holy Spirit will help me with that. And the

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power of the Holy Spirit, the knowledge of the

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Holy Spirit, and having the fear of God to put

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the trust that we have, we place it in God. And

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when we do that, I'm telling you, we can take

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on any challenge that ever faces us. You can

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counsel someone who's gone through the same problems

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that you've had, because the Holy Spirit will

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give you wisdom, understanding, and give you

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the counsel that you need. All right, let's move

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on now. Romans chapter 8 and verse 26, another

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powerful scripture. And the Holy Spirit helps

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us in our weaknesses. There's another blessing.

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That means the Holy Spirit can help us with anything,

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no matter what it is. And a lot of people will

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come to me for counsel, and they'll say, Pastor,

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I'm just not really sure how to deal with this.

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I don't know how to address this. And I'll ask

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them, well, what does the Word of God say? Or,

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how are you dealing with it in your prayer time?

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Have you asked the Holy Spirit to give you guidance

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and direction? And usually, most of the time,

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they're saying, well, not like I should. Well,

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we've got to seek God as we should, because He

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will help us in our weaknesses. At the beginning

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of this podcast, I made a list of things that

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we were going to cover and about the number of

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ways the Holy Spirit blesses us. Well, we've

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already given you a ton of those and how can

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we know that it's the Holy Spirit helping us

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and maybe it's not something of our own flesh.

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We've just discussed that and how we must always

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give the Holy Spirit credit for any good thing

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that happens into our life. We've discussed that

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even the last podcast before this. We discussed

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that in quite detail and that we must be... willing

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to invite the Holy Spirit into our conversations

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and every decision that we need to make in life.

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And then here we are as getting towards the end

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of this podcast, and we read one simple scripture

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that says the Holy Spirit helps us in our weaknesses.

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Doesn't that kind of... cover everything? Isn't

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it true that the Holy Spirit will help us in

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every single case that we have? Those are the

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blessings of the Holy Spirit. And then in Luke

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chapter 24 and verse 19 in the New Living Translation

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it says this, And now I will send the Holy Spirit,

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just as my Father promised, but stay here in

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the city until the Holy Spirit comes and fills

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you with power from heaven. That's what Jesus

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told his disciples. The Holy Spirit in us has

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filled us. with power from heaven. Another great

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blessing. Let me just pray for you right now.

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I believe this is a moment to kind of bring this

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podcast to an end, but I want to pray for you.

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I'm going to tell you about what's coming up

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in a moment on next week's podcast. The Lord's

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giving me something I think that'll be helpful.

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We're going to talk about the Holy Spirit and

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power or the Holy Spirit and strength. I'm not

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sure which one we're going to get into right

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now, but one of those two we'll be doing in our

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next podcast because this particular scripture

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inspired me to think about the Holy Spirit. power.

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What does that mean when we just read that and

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fills you with power from heaven? That means

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all power over everything. But let's pray for

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you right now first and ask the Holy Spirit to

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help us all and to bless you and to receive the

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blessings of the Holy Spirit. Heavenly Father,

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for those who are listening in, whatever they're

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going through, I pray now the Holy Spirit would

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give them power to deal with it. The Holy Spirit

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would strengthen them in their weakness. The

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Holy Spirit would bring them into truth when

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they're wondering what's true and what's false

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in their life. I pray that you would anoint them

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and an overflowing power anointing of the Holy

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Spirit so they'll have wisdom and understanding

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and being able to not only to deal with their

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own challenges but be able to offer counsel and

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words of comfort to those around them. Heavenly

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Father I ask that the Holy Spirit would move

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in a very special way in each and every one of

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our lives that we would never be casual about

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inviting the Holy Spirit to be with us in our

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prayer time even when we get in our car that

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we would invite him to be with us. Lord I Thank

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you. I thank you so much for this series. This

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series has opened up my eyes to a realm of podcasting

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that I haven't done before and that is to just

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totally, completely yield every single podcast

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inside and out to the guidance and the direction

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of the leading of the Holy Spirit. And I pray

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now that each and every one of us would take

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from this podcast today an understanding that

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the Holy Spirit wants to bless us. He's there

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to bless us and even convicting us of Sin is

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a blessing, so Father, that we receive that now.

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And I pray that strength and power would come

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upon those who are listening in. I pray that

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they would receive the fruit of the Spirit, which

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is love, joy, peace, patience, goodness, kindness,

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gentleness, faithfulness, and self -control.

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Father, those gifts, Father, would flow through

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each and every person who's listening in today.

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And Lord, may we invite someone in our community,

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Lord, a family member, a friend, or someone we

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work with, to receive these teachings on the

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Holy Spirit that their lives would be dramatically

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changed. I thank you, Lord, for your goodness,

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your faithfulness. I thank you for those who

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are listening in each and every week and each

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and every month and all throughout the years,

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Father. I pray they be blessed, that they prosper,

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Father, and be blessed spiritually, financially,

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physically, emotionally, Lord. And we'll give

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you praise for it and all the glory. In Jesus'

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name I pray. Amen. Well, I hope this has been

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a blessing to you. I can't think of a single

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podcast that I've ever done that I've enjoyed

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more than this one. And it started out so differently

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because as I was preparing it, I asked the Holy

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Spirit, what should I do? How should I go about

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this particular topic that you put on my heart?

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And it was just, read my word, read my word,

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read my word. And as I went through, I discovered

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all of these scriptures. I don't know, we used

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probably 16 or 18 scriptures or more in this

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particular podcast. And I truly believe that

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it was led by you and that these scriptures will

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come to life in each and every one of us, and

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I just thank you for it. Now if all of you who

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are listening would like to know more about Quality

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Christian Living, that's the overall name of

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our podcast. We're on a series now on the Holy

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Spirit. But if you'd like to know more about

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Quality Christian Living, you can go to my webpage

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at davidcfriendauthor .com. And when you get

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there, the front page will pop up and it will

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have a link to the podcast. Now this is podcast

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number 341, so obviously there's been a bunch

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of them done, and there's topics about faith

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and miracles and gifts of the Spirit, and finance,

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just a plethora of topics that I hope will be

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a blessing to you, and free of charge, go through

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and listen to all of them once or as often as

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you'd like, and refer people to them, because

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I believe there's a lot of teachings there that

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have been beneficial to people. I get comments

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all the time from people telling me how they've

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been touched and blessed, and that's just the

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Holy Spirit doing the work that He does in each

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and every one of us. After you've looked through

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all the podcasts we've done, I would like you

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to scroll down maybe another page on my web page.

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Just go down to the next page. and you'll see

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a list of books that I've written, a number of

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them dealing with finances, topics on generosity,

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topics on having greater faith and how to walk

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in faith, live in faith, and how to receive everything

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from what other people call as nothing. And there's

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even a couple of books I've written for veterans

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to give them some help, which has been well received

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by a lot of people. So I served in the military,

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the United States Army, and I thought I should

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write and give them something to look at. So

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some of you may find those helpful, to those

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that you love, especially if they're struggling

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with physical problems through their service

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or post -traumatic stress disorder. It's called

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PTSD, and it's something that can create terribly

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emotional challenges in people's lives who served

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in the military or elsewhere. So I hope that'll

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be a blessing to you. If you'd like to subscribe

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to my podcast, you can do that by going to cpnshows

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.com or wherever you listen to your podcasts.

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Well, once again, I thank you so much for listening

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in. If you enjoyed this episode, I would like

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to ask you to just take a moment to rate it and

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review the podcast. It really helps us to reach

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out to more people. You can leave a review on

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Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Charisma Podcast

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Network, or give us a star on rating on Spotify.

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However, you choose to do that to support. We

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certainly appreciate you and are very thankful

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for that. I thought I should just take a moment

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and talk about the upcoming podcast we're going

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to be doing. Honestly, I don't know at this point

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whether it's going to be the Holy Spirit and

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power or the Holy Spirit giving us emotional

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strength. So I just know it's going to be something

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on the Holy Spirit. So I just am praying about

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that and need to know guidance and direction

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there. But I really don't, I do want to take

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a moment and talk about that one scripture, Luke

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chapter 24 in verse 19. When the word of God

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tells us, and now I will send the Holy Spirit

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just as my father promised, but stay here in

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the city until the Holy Spirit comes and fills

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you with power. from heaven. If you've not received

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the baptism of the Holy Spirit with the evidence

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of praying in a heavenly language, then I would

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encourage you to heed that scripture where it

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says, stay here in the city and wait upon the

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Holy Spirit to fill you. If you're a follower

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of Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit is inside of

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you. But then there's another option, opportunity

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to draw closer to the Lord and have greater power

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in your prayer time, and that's through the gifts

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of the gift of your prayer language, having a

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time of prayer when you pray in ways that you're

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not aware of and you pray about things that there's

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needs and you pray the divine will of God. So

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I would encourage you, if you've not received

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the baptism of the Holy Spirit with the evidence

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of praying in the heavenly language and that

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you would receive your prayer language, I pray

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that you would do that and just take a moment.

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So Father, bless those who desire that anointing

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and desire to have that gift in their life. I

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pray you would bless them now and keep them,

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Father. And I just thank you for it, Lord. you

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praise for it. In Jesus name I pray. Well I want

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to close with a blessing for you. I pray that

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the Lord will bless you and keep you and may

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his face shine upon you. May he be gracious to

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you and give you peace. May you prosper and be

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in good health even as your soul prospers. So

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until next time may God richly bless you. May

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you walk in the power and the anointing of the

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Holy Spirit. May you receive the blessings of

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the Holy Spirit in your life. Thank you once

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again for listening to Quality Christian Living.

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I'm your host David Friend, I pray God's richest

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blessing on all that you do.