THIRD P3RSON Part 4: The Benefits Of The Holy Spirit

2 Corinthians 13:14 MSG
14 The amazing grace of the Master, Jesus Christ, the extravagant love of God, the intimate friendship of the Holy Spirit, be with all of you.

The Holy Spirit wants to be your intimate friend

The Holy Spirit still speaks to people today.

God doesn’t have a speaking problem
We have a hearing problem

The Holy Spirit is Invisible, Unpredictable, & Powerful

Ephesians 5:18 NIV
18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit,

If I’m filled with the Spirit, what will happen?
BENEFITS

We don’t take advantage of the BENEFITS

Get as much of the Holy Spirit as you can!

So what are the benefits of being filled with the Holy Spirit?

Receive Refreshing

Isaiah 63:14 NIV
14 like cattle that go down to the plain, they were given rest by the Spirit of the Lord. This is how you guided your people to make for yourself a glorious name.

Receive Refreshing
Overcome Weakness

Romans 8:26-27 NIV
26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. 27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.

Receive Refreshing
Overcome Weakness
Walk in Freedom

Romans 8:9 BSB
9 You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.

2 Corinthians 3:17 NIV
17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

Receive Refreshing
Overcome Weakness
Walk in Freedom
Operate in Strength

1 Corinthians 2:4-5 NIV
4 My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, 5 so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power.

Receive Refreshing
Overcome Weakness
Walk in Freedom
Operate in Strength
Make a Difference

Luke 4:18-19 NIV
18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, 19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”