Post on 23-Dec-2015
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DRAW NEAR: BECOME PARTNERS
WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT.
Acts 1:11- “Men of Galilee, why do you
stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into
Heaven, will come back in the same way you
have seen Him go into Heaven.”
John 14:15-18-“If you love me, you will obey
what I command. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another
Counselor to be with
you forever--the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor
knows him. But you know
him, for he lives with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to
you.”
2 Corinthians 13:14- “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of
God, and the partnership of the Holy Spirit be with
you all.”
I. THE PURPOSE OF OUR PARTNERSHIP
WITH THE SPIRIT
A. The work of the Spirit in this partnership is to
change us into the image of Jesus.
Galatians 5:22-23- “But the fruit of the Spirit is
love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.”
B. The work of the Spirit in this partnership is to
provide us with everything we need to do the work
that God has assigned to us.
Matthew 28:18-20- “Then Jesus came to them and
said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has
been given to me.
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy
Spirit, and teaching them
to obey everything I havecommanded you. And surely I am with you
always, to the very end of the age.”
II. THE SPIRIT AND YOU BOTH HAVE ROLES TO
FULFILL.
A. OUR PART- 1. We are to depend fully
on Him. 2. We are to trust in Him
fully for guidance and strength.
3. We are to yield to Him so that He may remove
sin from our life.4. We are to yield to Him so that He can radiate the
beauty of Jesus in our every word and action.
5. We are to work with Him to glorify Christ in our world by completing the
work that He started when He was on earth.
6. We do these things by praying on a regular basis
so that we will have opportunity to come into His presence and allow
Him to work in our lives.
7. We do these things by reading the Word of God and asking the Spirit to
teach us what we need for the day in order to live a life that glorifies Jesus
Christ!
B. HIS PART:
1. He will be our partner who is always there to
help us in any situation.
2. He will reveal the wisdom of God to us so we can understand about Him, about us and about our world. We can learn
the divine outlook on all of life.
3. He will reveal the will of God to us so that we
can know exactly what the purpose of our life is!
4. He will reveal the ways of God to us.
5. He is ready and able to do all of these.
P A R T N E R S
Wilbur and Orville Wright
Richard and Maurice McDonald
Bill Gates and Paul Allen
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield
None of these can come close to what you and your partner, the Holy
Spirit, can accomplish!