WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:13.400 Hey everybody, I'm Steve Holt and this is my wife Liz and we are talking about the Holy 2 00:00:13.400 --> 00:00:14.400 Spirit channel. 3 00:00:14.400 --> 00:00:21.520 This is episode 4 and Liz is going to be sharing from Acts 1-8 here and you know, it's interesting 4 00:00:21.520 --> 00:00:28.720 that you're going to be living your life based on some kind of a channel. 5 00:00:29.240 --> 00:00:34.840 I mean, either it's yourself or it's something spiritual or someone else. 6 00:00:34.840 --> 00:00:39.280 We all live for something and so kind of the basis of the thesis of what we're talking 7 00:00:39.280 --> 00:00:44.640 about here is this unique and supernatural opportunity we have to be filled with the 8 00:00:44.640 --> 00:00:45.640 Holy Spirit. 9 00:00:45.640 --> 00:00:51.080 We're calling it the Holy Spirit channel and we're using that term loosely kind of 10 00:00:51.080 --> 00:00:58.560 like a frequency, like FM frequency or AM frequency that you have an antenna for and 11 00:00:58.560 --> 00:01:03.800 we're all created, right Liz, with an antenna for the Holy Spirit through the power of 12 00:01:03.800 --> 00:01:05.800 the Holy Spirit when we get saved. 13 00:01:05.800 --> 00:01:08.840 So if you don't know the Lord, then you don't have a Holy Spirit channel yet. 14 00:01:08.840 --> 00:01:14.800 You've got your channel or whatever channel you're keyed in on. 15 00:01:14.800 --> 00:01:18.800 So this is for those who are believers and if you're listening and you're not a believer 16 00:01:18.800 --> 00:01:23.960 yet, you should probably just bow your head and invite Jesus into your life and begin 17 00:01:23.960 --> 00:01:26.840 to have the Holy Spirit to tune into. 18 00:01:26.840 --> 00:01:28.960 So Liz, why don't you take it from here. 19 00:01:28.960 --> 00:01:33.040 You're going to read from Acts 1-8 and tell us some stories. 20 00:01:33.040 --> 00:01:39.320 Well, yes, so I'm going to read Acts 1-8 just like you said, but you shall receive 21 00:01:39.320 --> 00:01:48.120 power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you and you shall be witnesses to me in Jerusalem 22 00:01:48.120 --> 00:01:52.620 and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth. 23 00:01:52.620 --> 00:01:58.700 So basically, the Holy Spirit is going to give us power and we are going to receive 24 00:01:58.700 --> 00:02:04.660 that power when we have committed ourselves to being witnesses. 25 00:02:04.660 --> 00:02:13.340 And in the Greek, the word witness is martos, which is the word we use for martyr. 26 00:02:13.340 --> 00:02:20.460 So it's when you've died to yourself and you're just there to minister for the Lord 27 00:02:20.460 --> 00:02:27.460 and to testify for Him of what you've seen, what you've heard, and what He's done in 28 00:02:27.460 --> 00:02:28.940 your life. 29 00:02:28.940 --> 00:02:37.540 So if you're not a martyr for Christ, a living martyr, you don't really need this power. 30 00:02:37.540 --> 00:02:44.820 And we're going to quench that power if our lives aren't for the reason that He came 31 00:02:44.820 --> 00:02:45.940 to this earth. 32 00:02:45.940 --> 00:02:52.940 So it's kind of a call to die to ourselves on a daily basis, take up our cross and follow 33 00:02:52.940 --> 00:02:58.320 Him and do the things, do the works that He's calling us to do. 34 00:02:58.320 --> 00:03:03.500 So I had a cool experience in Florida. 35 00:03:03.500 --> 00:03:15.500 I was walking down the street of a Florida street, because I was in Florida, and I saw 36 00:03:15.540 --> 00:03:20.540 a glory cloud over a group of teenagers. 37 00:03:20.540 --> 00:03:23.060 What's a glory cloud? 38 00:03:23.060 --> 00:03:30.060 There was just like a kind of a glow over these teenagers. 39 00:03:30.060 --> 00:03:33.060 So you sort of saw it in the spirit, right? 40 00:03:33.060 --> 00:03:34.060 Yes. 41 00:03:34.060 --> 00:03:35.060 It wasn't like mosquitoes. 42 00:03:35.060 --> 00:03:36.060 Right. 43 00:03:36.060 --> 00:03:37.060 Nope. 44 00:03:37.060 --> 00:03:38.060 No, it wasn't not mosquitoes. 45 00:03:38.060 --> 00:03:41.060 It was like really something you felt in your spirit, saw in your spirit. 46 00:03:41.180 --> 00:03:45.580 And I'd already committed myself to doing whatever God had for me that day. 47 00:03:45.580 --> 00:03:47.500 And I was praying before that. 48 00:03:47.500 --> 00:03:54.020 And I was going home to help my daughter at her Airbnb with her baby. 49 00:03:54.020 --> 00:03:56.340 So I just was available. 50 00:03:56.340 --> 00:04:01.100 And I saw this cloud over, it was a group of black teenagers. 51 00:04:01.100 --> 00:04:08.540 And I had become aware that in this town, there was some segregation going on where 52 00:04:08.580 --> 00:04:13.180 the black people didn't shop with the white people, and the white people didn't go to 53 00:04:13.180 --> 00:04:17.380 church with the black people, and just some things like that happening. 54 00:04:17.380 --> 00:04:23.740 Don't know how, why it was happening, but I just knew that I was available to do whatever. 55 00:04:23.740 --> 00:04:28.660 So I saw these teenagers, and I knew I was supposed to go talk to them. 56 00:04:28.660 --> 00:04:30.500 So I was... 57 00:04:30.500 --> 00:04:34.180 Because if God's showing us something, like why? 58 00:04:34.180 --> 00:04:36.640 And it was to be a witness right then. 59 00:04:36.680 --> 00:04:40.720 So I walked over to them, and I said, hey, how's it going? 60 00:04:40.720 --> 00:04:46.640 And they looked at me like, wow, here's a person we don't know in front of us. 61 00:04:46.640 --> 00:04:51.920 And I said, I just saw you all, and y'all look so beautiful, and I thought I'd just 62 00:04:51.920 --> 00:04:52.920 say hi. 63 00:04:52.920 --> 00:04:55.360 And they were still looking at me like, I don't understand this. 64 00:04:55.360 --> 00:04:57.160 And I thought, I'm going to get right down to it. 65 00:04:57.160 --> 00:05:00.040 I said, I'm a Jesus follower. 66 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:04.680 I just felt like I'm supposed to come up here and talk to you and two of the 67 00:05:04.680 --> 00:05:09.480 girls said, oh my goodness my dad's a pastor and then the another girl said 68 00:05:09.480 --> 00:05:14.800 and my aunt and uncle are pastors. I'm like oh my goodness we're all in the 69 00:05:14.800 --> 00:05:20.360 Jesus family that's so awesome and we started talking about that and how fun 70 00:05:20.360 --> 00:05:27.360 it was that we were all in the same family and then one of the girls said 71 00:05:27.360 --> 00:05:34.160 that her dad was coming to pick them up and I thought well he's probably 72 00:05:34.160 --> 00:05:39.960 wondering what is the strange lady doing talking to my friend my daughter 73 00:05:39.960 --> 00:05:45.280 and her friends so I said well now I got to go meet the dad because I want to 74 00:05:45.280 --> 00:05:54.440 assure him I'm just I'm not dangerous so so I went up to his car window and I 75 00:05:54.440 --> 00:06:00.240 shook his hand I said hi I'm Liz and I'm a Jesus follower and I hear you're 76 00:06:00.240 --> 00:06:06.040 a pastor and I just saw these beautiful girls and I noticed there was a glory 77 00:06:06.040 --> 00:06:14.840 cloud over them he said oh yep and I said yep and I said wow I I really want 78 00:06:14.840 --> 00:06:19.480 to pray about this glory cloud with you all and and so I found out all of their 79 00:06:19.480 --> 00:06:23.360 names and and I wrote them down because they were a couple of them were 80 00:06:23.360 --> 00:06:27.840 different and I hadn't really heard them before and one of them was the 81 00:06:27.840 --> 00:06:34.160 first one was Jamesia and the next one was Jasmine and the next one was 82 00:06:34.160 --> 00:06:40.960 Princess and the next one was Kimber and then the the dad was Larry so I wrote 83 00:06:40.960 --> 00:06:46.240 down all those names in my prayer book and I said okay let's pray and we were 84 00:06:46.240 --> 00:06:53.040 in the middle of the street and this man trusted me I couldn't believe it 85 00:06:53.360 --> 00:06:57.440 because we were in traffic but there was no traffic God had slowed it down I put 86 00:06:57.440 --> 00:07:01.200 my hands on his car and we all bowed in prayer and we just prayed about the 87 00:07:01.200 --> 00:07:07.740 glory that was upon these girls and something God was doing and it was so 88 00:07:07.740 --> 00:07:11.920 cool because there was a lot of joy there was a lot of anticipation it was a 89 00:07:11.920 --> 00:07:17.520 God setup and I was so thrilled like thank you Lord that we I got to do this 90 00:07:17.520 --> 00:07:23.760 and so they took off and left and then I went to see my daughter and her baby 91 00:07:23.760 --> 00:07:30.120 and that was it for the day and then a couple days later you and I went to a 92 00:07:30.120 --> 00:07:35.660 hotel because their house was small so we thought we got to give them some 93 00:07:35.660 --> 00:07:42.800 relief and we moved to this nearby hotel that was on another street and when I 94 00:07:42.960 --> 00:07:47.560 was there I saw this lady working there and she kind of had this look of 95 00:07:47.560 --> 00:07:55.960 heaviness upon her I could just see it and I talked to her I said hi and got to 96 00:07:55.960 --> 00:08:00.320 know her and found out she's a believer and so just thought I'm gonna pray for 97 00:08:00.320 --> 00:08:07.040 her I don't know what's going on and then you and I were eating breakfast at 98 00:08:07.040 --> 00:08:12.040 a table and I just felt the Holy Spirit say oh I have a message for her and it's 99 00:08:12.040 --> 00:08:19.080 about that that God had a wonderful plan but she needs to start believing so 100 00:08:19.080 --> 00:08:27.800 I just said to you I said I have a message for this lady over here and you 101 00:08:27.800 --> 00:08:34.360 said okay and I left and I talked to her and right away I said you know I have a 102 00:08:34.360 --> 00:08:38.280 message from the Lord this is the only thing I said and she said let me hear it 103 00:08:38.280 --> 00:08:44.200 like she wanted to hear it I said okay so I shared it she goes wow my aunt told 104 00:08:44.200 --> 00:08:50.160 me that a month ago the same thing the same thing I said well I guess God wants 105 00:08:50.160 --> 00:08:54.080 you to hear it twice because he's trying to emphasize it to you she said wow 106 00:08:54.080 --> 00:09:00.640 yep I said well tell me about your life like what is going on in your life like 107 00:09:00.640 --> 00:09:07.160 who are you what and and so she shared that she had three daughters and her 108 00:09:07.160 --> 00:09:14.440 oldest was 15 and for some reason we got into names and I said what's her 109 00:09:14.440 --> 00:09:21.880 name and she said Jamesia and I looked at her and I said like that's not 110 00:09:21.880 --> 00:09:32.000 exactly no no I was and I was Susan it's Jamesia I was actually stunned I said 111 00:09:32.000 --> 00:09:38.240 are you kidding me I said does she have friends named Jasmine princess and 112 00:09:38.240 --> 00:09:44.160 Kimber and she said yes those are her friends and I opened my prayer book 113 00:09:44.160 --> 00:09:48.520 because I had it with me I said look at all those names are written in my prayer 114 00:09:48.520 --> 00:09:52.840 book and I've been praying for them for a couple days I met your daughter on the 115 00:09:52.840 --> 00:09:59.680 street and she looked at me like what and what is happening here and I I was 116 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:06.720 that too. Yeah. Like what on earth? And only, I would never have even stopped to talk to those 117 00:10:06.720 --> 00:10:14.480 girls if I hadn't seen the glory cloud. And you know, you just never know what God has in store. 118 00:10:14.480 --> 00:10:21.280 You take the first step, and a lot of times our first step with the Holy Spirit is a lot of risk. 119 00:10:21.920 --> 00:10:29.120 Like it doesn't actually make sense. Like why, now why would I go talk to these girls when they're 120 00:10:29.120 --> 00:10:36.800 busy eating ice cream on the bench? But the Holy Spirit said, yes, do it. And I think it was because 121 00:10:36.800 --> 00:10:45.760 that mama who had some challenges, she needed to see the glory of God. And so we just never know 122 00:10:45.760 --> 00:10:51.120 what our first step of obedience is going to bring. And we have to be willing to take it 123 00:10:51.120 --> 00:10:56.800 because we're not living for ourselves. And I do love that phrase from our old pastor, 124 00:10:56.800 --> 00:11:02.320 John Wimber, who said, I'm a fool for Christ, whose fool are you? Because we're all living for 125 00:11:02.320 --> 00:11:08.880 someone and for something. And I want to live for the power of the Holy Spirit and the harvest 126 00:11:08.880 --> 00:11:13.360 that is plentiful. I want to do what God tells me to do. That means I have to have my antenna ready 127 00:11:14.320 --> 00:11:21.200 to see and hear what he's saying. And we can't make it up because it could be I was just supposed 128 00:11:21.200 --> 00:11:27.200 to go home, but I had a little commercial break I was supposed to do on the way home. 129 00:11:27.200 --> 00:11:39.440 So I was at Wholehearted Men and I felt like I had this word for this disheveled looking guy. 130 00:11:40.400 --> 00:11:46.720 He looks homeless. I think he is homeless actually. But I didn't give it. So I didn't say 131 00:11:46.720 --> 00:11:52.240 anything because I just got busy with what I was going to do. And then I saw him at church 132 00:11:52.240 --> 00:11:58.080 on Sunday. This is probably three weeks ago. And same guy, he's dressed the same way, probably only 133 00:11:58.080 --> 00:12:04.960 has one or two changes of clothes, kind of dirty, disheveled, bearded looking guy, hair kind of 134 00:12:05.520 --> 00:12:10.720 coming out of his knit hat. But this time I went up to him and I said, I think I've got a word for 135 00:12:10.720 --> 00:12:18.640 you. And I'll come back and I'll give you that word. Well, then tons of people got in the way. 136 00:12:18.640 --> 00:12:25.200 I never got back to him, but he called the church. And so I met with him today and he said, 137 00:12:25.200 --> 00:12:31.840 what was that word? And I, before the meeting, they told me I had a meeting with this guy, 138 00:12:32.640 --> 00:12:38.640 but I did not recognize the name. So, but when I saw him in the lobby coming into my office, 139 00:12:38.640 --> 00:12:44.000 I went, oh, then it all came back to, I knew what I had. So I gave him that word. And it was, 140 00:12:44.000 --> 00:12:51.760 it was a pretty powerful word for him. So it was that God was going to heal his brain. 141 00:12:52.720 --> 00:12:57.600 And the way he was going to heal his brain was through memorizing scripture. 142 00:12:59.440 --> 00:13:03.440 Well, then he comes in, I haven't given the word yet. So I haven't given the word at all. 143 00:13:04.720 --> 00:13:08.320 He sits down, he says, I don't know what you had for me, but you said you had a word for me. 144 00:13:08.880 --> 00:13:13.440 And then he just began to tell me about all the brain issues he's had. 145 00:13:14.560 --> 00:13:20.080 So I was like, oh my goodness, this is like perfect for him. So then I gave him that word 146 00:13:20.080 --> 00:13:23.280 and I prayed over him and we'll see what happened. We'll see what God does. 147 00:13:23.280 --> 00:13:26.640 Same with you. You know, we don't know what's going to happen, but I know. 148 00:13:27.440 --> 00:13:33.760 So the Holy Spirit channel is really about tuning in. Right. And you never know what he's going to 149 00:13:33.760 --> 00:13:41.680 say. It's kind of exciting. It's a big adventure. If you make yourself men and women open to 150 00:13:41.680 --> 00:13:47.440 hearing the voice of God through the Holy Spirit, you have the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit will 151 00:13:47.440 --> 00:13:55.600 speak to you. He will. And he'll give you inside information from the King that you should not 152 00:13:56.240 --> 00:14:02.320 naturally be able to know. And then he'll orchestrate circumstances because you're available. 153 00:14:03.040 --> 00:14:08.800 So the more you're available to the Lord, then the more God's going to give you people 154 00:14:08.800 --> 00:14:14.640 who need you, who are available to the Lord to give them a word for them. 155 00:14:14.640 --> 00:14:21.520 That's what happened with that young lady and with this guy. Pretty exciting. 156 00:14:21.520 --> 00:14:22.400 It is exciting. 157 00:14:23.040 --> 00:14:26.880 So Acts 1.8, you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. You shall 158 00:14:26.880 --> 00:14:30.640 be witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, remotest parts of the earth. 159 00:14:30.640 --> 00:14:36.000 That's available to all of you. You can all tune into the Holy Spirit channel. Start asking God, 160 00:14:36.000 --> 00:14:42.880 say, Lord, use me today. I think it's a day by day thing. It's a day by day prayer. Use me and 161 00:14:42.880 --> 00:14:49.280 make me willing to step out by faith with what you tell me to do. And then when you're going 162 00:14:49.280 --> 00:14:54.640 through your day, don't be just focused on your activities that you're doing, but kind of look 163 00:14:54.640 --> 00:14:59.840 around and start looking around and maybe be a little less. 164 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:08.140 busy, and you might be surprised what that feeling or that sense is about someone that 165 00:15:08.140 --> 00:15:14.440 you're in a room with, in a line with, or even a thought that comes to you of someone 166 00:15:14.440 --> 00:15:16.360 you need to contact. 167 00:15:16.360 --> 00:15:18.480 But that's another aspect of the Holy Spirit channel. 168 00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:20.440 So hopefully that's helpful to you. 169 00:15:20.440 --> 00:15:25.560 In our next episode, we're going to be talking about dreams and visions and how God speaks 170 00:15:25.560 --> 00:15:27.920 even when we're asleep at night. 171 00:15:27.920 --> 00:15:28.920 So God bless you guys. 172 00:15:28.920 --> 00:15:29.640 Thanks for tuning in. 173 00:15:30.000 --> 00:15:30.640 Amen.