Every day I am allowing Christ to overcome my pride, self-importance and self-reliance.

(2 Cor. 10:5. “Take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.”)

Allowing Christ’s will to overcome my will.

This Message was given by Pastor Clark Cothern on Feb 9th 2020 at Living Water Community Church

Message Notes Feb. 9, 2020

Every day I am allowing Christ to overcome my old nature.

Colossians 3:9-11; 2 Corinthians 5:17; John 14:15-17

Paul gives us a picture of a ________________.

(See Isaiah 64:6 and 2 Cor. 5:17)

Jesus made a promise to his disciples. (John 14:15-17)

Why doesn’t the world receive the Holy Spirit? Why don’t people recognize Him?

(Matt. 18:3, NASB)

Jesus plainly said why he had come. (Luke 19:10, NLT)

This happens through _________________. And the Holy Spirit is provided by God so that the ________ will recognize that what Jesus had taught is true.

This term “converted” means to turn completely around and face in a completely new direction.

God’s Holy Spirit doesn’t replace your personhood. It’s not so much a “_____________” of who you are, but a “________________” of who you are.

A conversion of thought comes when you understand a ___________ you’ve been missing.

God’s Holy Spirit (John 16:8):

1. Convicts of ______.

2. Reveals God’s ________________.

3. Warns of coming ______________.

If you want to live securely as God’s child:

1. You can’t allow yourself to be led by your ______________. (1 John 3:7)

2. You can’t allow yourself to be led by friends who aren’t led by _____. (Ex. 23:2; Rom. 12:2)

Here’s what you cando to be led by God’s Holy Spirit:

1. You have to ________ to be ______. (Psalm 40:8)

2. You have to let God change the way you _________. (Rom. 12:2)

3. You have to be _______________ to do what God ________. (John 7:17)

4. You need to look to God’s _________. (Psalm 119:105)

One pastor said, “When you open your ________ God opens His __________.”