The Holy Spirit: Advocate, Guide, and Gift

``This is what the Holy Spirit does. It guides us. It directs us. It convicts us in honesty to grow closer to God, and it helps us remove the sin away from us. You know, you see what happens. If there's sin in our lives, you're only gonna grow as close to God as the sin you allow in your life. [00:39:43] (22 seconds)  #HolySpiritGuides

They would never do that on purpose, but it's just there's a moment where you hope they would be there or do something and they don't, and it's just circumstantial. Well, it's in these moments where the Holy Spirit teaches us he is with us, that the Holy Spirit's presence is with us, that in a moment when you feel alone, you're not alone. When it's good times or bad times, the holy spirit is standing with us and is in us and is supporting us. [00:34:49] (31 seconds)  #HolySpiritWithUs

You'll be in a conversation. You'll be mid conversation with somebody, and you'll literally feel like the Lord is telling you to say something or do something. He'll speak to us about an upcoming event. If you're really, really praying about something that a decision you gotta make or a conversation you need to have that's weeks away or months away, if you spend the time praying and listening, he will speak. [00:40:38] (21 seconds)  #PrayListenHeSpeaks

And it keeps us out of trouble also if you listen. You ever been in a moment in a situation and you feel we would call it a gut feeling and we're like, I gotta get out of here? It's not a gut feeling. If you're a follower of Jesus, it's the holy spirit saying, leave. Get out of town. Get out of the situation. Run. [00:40:59] (23 seconds)  #HolySpiritWarns

And here's the cool thing. The Holy Spirit will also give you the right word at the right time with for the right person. You know, when you bump into somebody and you just feel like they're discouraged, there's something going on in their life. Maybe you don't even know what's going on in your life, but you just feel like, man, I just wanna encourage them today. [00:44:56] (23 seconds)  #RightWordRightTime

And so you tell them a good word. You tell them you encourage them. You tell them you love him. You you care for him, or you even be bold enough to say, hey. I know you don't believe yet, but could I pray for you? I believe in a god who intercedes. And when you do that, the holy spirit will give you the right thing to say in the right moment for that exact person. [00:45:18] (22 seconds)  #HolySpiritGivesWords

Now here's the coolest thing about the Holy Spirit when it comes to that context. It takes the pressure off. Because if you don't have to worry about what you gotta say, if you don't have to worry about how to articulate your faith, if you don't have to worry about the things that are gonna happen because the Holy Spirit's gonna do it if you ask and trust, then it should make life so much less anxiety ridden. [00:45:47] (27 seconds)  #HolySpiritRelievesAnxiety

The battle's mine. I've won, so you've won. That same spirit that Jesus walks in and comes in is the same spirit that's in you this morning if you choose to follow Christ. We have a spirit of power as a follower of Jesus. We can pray for healings. We can pray for miracles. We can pray and ask God to be our advocate in these moments, and you need to know he really will. [00:49:36] (32 seconds)  #SpiritOfPower

Now the beautiful part of Jesus is he allows us to be able to remove the sin for free. He died for it. We just must ask. We just gotta own it even though it makes us feel ashamed in a moment. He leads us away to sin away from sin and closer to him. And if we listen, if we really listen to the Holy Spirit, he will guide us in all areas of our life. [00:40:04] (31 seconds)  #GraceRemovesSin

And one of the the greatest pictures my favorite picture in the book of Revelation is when Jesus comes back. It says that Jesus comes back. He's on a white horse, and it says that he has a cape that's dipped in blood. And I love that because what he's saying is I'm coming, and I'm the victor. I've already fought the battle. That's what the blood is. I've already fought the butt the battle. [00:49:10] (26 seconds)  #JesusTheVictor

The Bible talks about the holy spirit being represented with oil all the time. And so when a person is anointed with oil, it's asking God to bless you in the moment, that the holy spirit would be new and fresh on you. So maybe you need a fresh chapter in your life. Maybe you need help with a situation in your life. Maybe you need healing on something in your life. [00:52:32] (22 seconds)  #FreshAnointing

And I would say in the same time, when you're a believer and you get put on the spot because somebody asks you about your faith, don't worry about what you're gonna say because the bible says the holy spirit will speak through you. It's like when we share our faith, so much of the time, all of a sudden, I'll get a verse that pops into my mind or I'll pray for somebody and we'll say, man, that prayer was I felt like exactly what I needed to hear in the moment. [00:42:35] (29 seconds)  #TrustSpiritToSpeak

What it is is the holy spirit of God that's in you or prompting you that you're supposed to take action on something. So it has nothing to do with the the preacher. It has nothing to do with even the words. It has everything to do with the fact that you have the Holy Spirit in you or you have the Holy Spirit prompting you if you haven't quite followed Jesus yet, and he wants you to move on something. [00:43:20] (24 seconds)  #SpiritPromptsAction

I even gotta remember this. Sometimes I'll overthink things. I got a really important meeting, or I gotta do this thing, or I gotta talk to this person, and began to think it has to do with the words that I say, and I gotta I gotta read this book to make sure I'm ready. But what if I trust God as well and trust that if my intentions are pure, my heart is honest, then the Holy Spirit is gonna work through me. [00:46:13] (26 seconds)  #TrustGodNotOverthink

I I don't know about you. I am a highly, highly competitive person. I love sports. I loved growing up in every single high school or college league. I remember those championship games. I remember losing them, but I also acutely remember winning them. Everybody loves to win. Everybody loves to be a winner. And you need to know there are sides in this world. There is a winning side, and there is a losing side, spiritually speaking. Jesus has won. Satan has lost. [00:47:53] (41 seconds)  #WeAreOnTheWinningSide

Some people really connect with the presence of God when they're serving somebody or serving at the church or maybe even giving, like acts of when you're when you're giving your tithe of the offering, I've experienced that a lot where I just feel like there's something substantial about it. Feel like that's the presence of God. Or some people will say they experience the presence of God in solitude. When you turn everything off and stop listening to what the world is saying, all of a sudden, you feel the presence of God. [00:35:50] (28 seconds)  #PresenceInService

It's this, like, moment where I I try and remind our people, we're not we don't we don't believe in this mystic religion that was and, like, is not active now. The holy spirit God is as active today as he was then. We just live in a day where we're so tangibly physical with everything we're doing. Well, sometimes sometimes we forget what god is doing. [00:50:08] (29 seconds)  #HolySpiritIsActiveToday

The Holy Spirit will give you courage to say the right thing when sometimes it costs you. You know, somebody will ask you, hey. What'd you do this weekend? And you're like, oh, man. We Friday, I went to we went out to dinner. Saturday, we went to a sports game, and then we're here today. And you you skip the fact where you have, like, I went to church on Sunday, we talked about this. It takes courage. [00:43:44] (22 seconds)  #CourageToShareFaith

I I would say in the same time, when you're a believer and you get put on the spot because somebody asks you about your faith, don't worry about what you're gonna say because the bible says the holy spirit will speak through you. It's like when we share our faith, so much of the time, all of a sudden, I'll get a verse that pops into my mind or I'll pray for somebody and we'll say, man, that prayer was I felt like exactly what I needed to hear in the moment. [00:42:35] (29 seconds)  #WordsOnCueFromSpirit

What it is is the holy spirit of God that's in you or prompting you that you're supposed to take action on something. So it has nothing to do with the the preacher. It has nothing to do with even the words. It has everything to do with the fact that you have the Holy Spirit in you or you have the Holy Spirit prompting you if you haven't quite followed Jesus yet, and he wants you to move on something. [00:43:20] (24 seconds)  #SpiritNotPreacher