Breathe Again: Receiving the Life-Giving Holy Spirit

God doesn't want to just calm you down. He wants to fill you up. He doesn't want to just help you get through this life. He wants to help you live it with power and with joy and with purpose. You're not just meant to try to get through the day. You're meant to live, to shine through the day, to blaze with the glory of God. [00:53:30] (23 seconds)  #LiveWithPurpose

Functioning means you're surviving. Flourishing means you're fully alive. And hopefully that's what we're striving for. Amen. Without the Holy Spirit, you can have activity without anointing. You can have motion without momentum. And you can have structure without spirit. And I think that's where we find much of the church of Jesus Christ today. Lifeless. Needing to be revived. [00:57:26] (36 seconds)  #FlourishNotJustSurvive

Guys, the same vessel that would have been motionless moments before all of a sudden was on the move and was filled with purpose. Guys, we didn't create wind, we simply caught it. And let me tell you, from experience, when you catch the wind, you have to hold on, because the wind's going to carry you somewhere. [01:01:01] (25 seconds)  #CatchTheWind

Knowing the message is not enough. You need the power to live it, to allow it to transform you, and to proclaim it. The Greek word for power here, he says you will receive power, the Greek word for power, many of you know, is the Greek word dunamis. And it means, it's where we get the word dynamite, and it means explosive, miraculous, life-altering power of God. [01:04:22] (25 seconds)  #DunamisPower

The Holy Spirit is the current that makes you, as his instrument, as his tool, that makes you useful. The energy that transforms potential in your life into purpose. [01:08:15] (15 seconds)  #SpiritTransformsPotential

When you let the Holy Spirit fill you, you don't have to strive and strive and strive. You step into the flow. He gives you boldness to pray and clarity to lead and power to do what you never could have done alone. [01:10:41] (16 seconds)  #FlowWithTheSpirit

The Spirit of life, the Spirit fills your life. He doesn't just break chains. He removes your desire to wear them anymore. You decide. He doesn't just break chains when he fills your life. He removes the desire to wear them. That's where we shake it off. We begin to shake those chains off that he's already broken. [01:13:09] (24 seconds)  #ShakeOffChains

The same Holy Spirit who was hovering over the waters in the chaos of Genesis chapter one is still the same Spirit that draws us out of confusion and chaos today. He's not hiding God's will from you. He's guiding you right on into it. You gotta trust him. [01:25:17] (18 seconds)  #TrustTheSpirit

The Spirit doesn't just point to truth. He walks you there. He's not just your comforter in pain. He's your compass in uncertainty. When you follow his leading, confusion turns into confidence and wandering turns into walking in purpose. [01:25:55] (16 seconds)  #SpiritLeadsToPurpose