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Hello treasured women! Today I want to start off with a question. My question is

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do you understand the role of the Holy Spirit in your daily life? I know that

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might sound silly but I grew up in the church and until about 10 years ago I

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would not have been able to answer that question. However now that I have more of

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an understanding of God's ways I'm able to answer that question and I want to

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share that answer with you because partnering with the Holy Spirit will

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change everything in your life and that includes how you are leading others.

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You are probably aware that the American Church is divided on their beliefs of

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the Holy Spirit. Some Christians state that the gifts of the Spirit were only

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for the immediate disciples of Jesus. However others can clearly testify that

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the Holy Spirit is still active and working in the lives of people today. Of

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course our Bible does state that God is the same yesterday and today and

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tomorrow so to me it doesn't make sense that he would take away the power of his

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Holy Spirit from his children. I want us to look closely at Scripture today. We're

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gonna start in John 7 verses 37 through 39. Now on the last and most important

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day of the feast Jesus stood and called out in a loud voice,

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If anyone is thirsty let him come to me and drink. He who believes in me, who

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adheres to, trusts in, and relies on me, as the Scripture has said, from his

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innermost being will flow continually rivers of living water. But he was

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speaking of the Holy Spirit whom those believed in him as Savior were to

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receive afterward. The Spirit had not yet been given because Jesus was not yet

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glorified, raised to honor. Praise God. Part of the work that Jesus did on the

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cross as we can see in the Scripture was so that he could give each and every one

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of us the gift of the Holy Spirit. Just like his one act grants us salvation,

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his one act also gave us the Holy Spirit. God doesn't give part-time gifts. Think

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about it. He created the rainbow as a promise to Noah and all of us that he

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would never flood the entire earth again. And today we still see rainbows. Paul was

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emphatic about raising up disciples and not spreading the gospel only, but also

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doing God's work. God's work includes the power of the Holy Spirit. Jesus came to

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demonstrate how his followers are supposed to live. When he started doing

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miracles, he wasn't making it known yet that he was the Messiah. So all of this

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is to say that once you accept Jesus into your heart, you are given the Holy

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Spirit as a gift. God's gifts are to equip his children to do work, every

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single one of them. Flowing in God's ways means to flow with God in partnership,

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and there's no other way to flow with God outside of the Holy Spirit. The Holy

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Spirit gives us access to Jesus and God the Father. In the Amplified Translation,

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it describes the Holy Spirit in John 14 as this, He is the helper, the comforter,

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the advocate, the intercessor, the counselor, the strengthener, the standby.

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Literally everything that we need is inside us because of God's Holy Spirit.

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And I'm gonna say that again, everything that you need is within you because the

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Holy Spirit lives inside you. And if I read this entire verse, it says, but the

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helper, the comforter, the advocate, the intercessor, the counselor, the

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strengthener, the standby, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my

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name, in my place, to represent me and

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on my behalf, he will teach you all things and he will help you remember

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everything that I have told you. When we look at this scripture in context,

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because we don't want to pick and choose what to believe and how to believe it

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out of our Bible, we see that this is Jesus speaking to the disciples.

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And in verse 15, Jesus says, if you really love me, you will keep and obey my

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commandments. And then he starts to speak about the Holy Spirit. Here is additional

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proof that the Holy Spirit is active for today, because Jesus is reminding his

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disciples in the same sentence, in the same teaching, that in addition to the

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Old Testament commandments, that they now must follow and understand what they

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will have access to once Jesus is crucified. We can't separate and

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compartmentalize scripture. Just as we call ourselves Christian, we know that we

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still have to obey the Ten Commandments, which means that we also need to partner

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with the Holy Spirit. God's ways are God's ways. It's not for man to decide

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when to obey God's principles, and then at some point when enough time has passed

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in history, that we no longer need to obey those rules anymore. Even as I say

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that, it sounds ridiculous. And I hope it sounds ridiculous to you, because it

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really is ridiculous. God is truth. God is love. God's Word endures forever and

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ever. And so it's time that we take a stand together to strengthen one another

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and start to partner with Holy Spirit to see a greater outpouring of God's ways

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on this earth. It starts with you, and it starts with me. Once you learn to partner

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with the Holy Spirit, He will start talking to you and guiding you in how to

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deal with certain situations, and how to discipline others, and how to celebrate

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others. And it completely takes the stress off of you, because you're just

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listening and you're getting all that you need. Leadership with the Holy Spirit

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is so different, because it's not about what should you do, it's all about what

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does God want you to do. And that is the key to godly leadership. I want you to

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take a stand with me today. I want you to make your first declaration, maybe the

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first ever, in the comments right below. You don't have to fully understand how

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to proceed right at this moment by partnering with the Holy Spirit, but you

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can start the journey by proclaiming that you will, every single day, walk

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seeking out God and all of His ways, regardless of what others may think

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about it. Do that today. Take the step that will change your life.

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Blessings to you. I pray that you feel a stirring inside you that is the Holy

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Spirit, and I pray that you hunger and thirst for the more of Jesus. Thanks for

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listening today. God bless you on your leadership journey.