Belief is the beginning of the life of the supernatural!

BELIEVE – IN JESUS (Relationship with God)

BELIEVE – IN EACH OTHER (Church)

BELIEVE – IN YOURSELF (Gifts)

Over the following sessions: Power, Presence, and Gifts

THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL:

COMFORT YOU

John 14:16 KJV

 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever…

 COUNSEL YOU

John 16:13

 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth.

Isaiah 30:21

 “Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, ‘This is the way; walk in it.'”

 CONVICT YOU

John 16:8

 When (the Spirit) comes, he will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment.

The HOLY Spirit (THE HABITS OF HOLINESS)

The Greek word for holy is hagios: different, likeness or nature with the Lord, different from the world, set apart, other/otherness, special to the Lord. 

Because of Christ, this is who we are: You are holy. You have been set apart. 

Helps You Remember Who You Are

He reminds you daily:

This is what God says about you:

 You are a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17).

 You are His masterpiece (Ephesians 2:10).

 You are precious in His eyes (Isaiah 43:4).

 He loves you with an everlasting love (Jeremiah 31:3).

 You are His son / You are His daughter (2 Corinthians 6:18).

He calls you His friend (John 15:15).

 Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19).

He chose you (1 Peter 2:9).

 Many are His thoughts about you (Psalm 139:17).

 He has incredible plans for your life (Jeremiah 29:11).

 With Him you are more than a conqueror (Romans 8:37).

Nothing can separate you from His love (Romans 8:35-39). 

2. Helps You Chose Obedience

BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT = OBEDIENCE TO HIS COMFORT, HIS COUNSEL, AND HIS CONVICTION

John 14:15-17

“Loving me empowers you to obey my commands. And I will ask the Father and he will give you another Savior, the Holy Spirit of Truth, who will be to you a friend just like me—and he will never leave you. The world won’t receive him because they can’t see him or know him. But you know him intimately because he remains with you and will live inside you.

Galatians 5:16-17

So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want.

Galatians 5:25

Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit’s leading in every part of our lives.

Eliminate temptations today so you don’t have to resist them tomorrow. 

3. Holds You To Your Repentance (True Identity)

First Adam:

Life prompted by the Spirit

Form given by the Word – Identity

Life Given by the Spirit – Purpose – First Adam Failed

Second Adam

Luke 3:21-23

When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.”

Spirit anoints

Word confirms

Spirit Leads

Luke 4:1-2

Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry.

Jesus baptized.

Walking through temptations with the Holy Spirit brings a supernatural resolve to overcome.

Walking through temptations with the Holy Spirit brings a supernatural, Word-based resolve to overcome.

Luke 4:14-19

Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside.

He was teaching in their synagogues, and everyone praised him.

He

A Song of Praise

Poetic praise by King David  – A Translation Mashup

Go ahead, all you redeemed ones, do it! It’s time to sing and shout for joy! Good people, cheer God! Right-living people sound best when praising; it is fitting for the pure to praise him so praise Him with all you have.Use guitars to reinforce your Hallelujahs as you as you lift your praises loaded with thanksgiving.! Play his praise on a grand piano! Compose your own new song to him; give him a trumpet fanfare. Sing and make joyous music with all that you’ve got inside.Sing to him a new song; live with excellence, with joy, with the anointing, and with the skills he gives you. Your life is an instrument of praise so sing and shout with passion; make a spectacular sound of joy—If our lives are the instrument then God’s Word is the sheet music. For God’s Word is something to sing about! The words of the Lord, His melody, are true, and all his works, His rhythms, are dependable.The Lord loves what is righteous and just; He loves it when everything fits, when his world is in plumb-line truth. Anywhere and everywhere you can find his faithful, unfailing love! The Earth is drenched in God’s affectionate satisfaction.All he had to do was speak by his Spirit-Wind command and He created the heavenlies. The skies were made by His command; He breathed the word and the stars popped out.He gathers the waters of the sea as in a bottle; He puts the deeps in storage places. Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.For when he spoke, the world began! It appeared at his command.God takes the wind out of pretense, he shoots down the world’s power-schemes. With his breath He scatters the schemes of nations who oppose Him; they will never succeed.His destiny-plan for the earth stands sure. His forever-plan remains in place and will never fail.Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord; happy are the people He has chosen for his own!The Lord looks down from heaven and sees all of us humans.From His dwelling place He looks [intently] upon all the inhabitants of the earth–He has shaped each person in turn; and so He knows everything we do and think.A king does not win because of his powerful army; a soldier does not triumph because of his strength.War horses are useless for victory; So don’t count on them to give you victory—for all its strength, it cannot save you.God’s eye is on those who respect him, the ones who trust in his constant love, those who wait for Him and hope in His mercy and constant love.He looks upon them so that in a moments notice He can deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine. He’s ever ready to come to their rescue in bad times; in lean times he keeps their body and soul together.The Lord alone is our radiant hope and we trust in Him with all our hearts. His wraparound presence will strengthen us.In Him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in His holy name. And as we trust, we rejoice with an uncontained joy that flows from Him!Let your love and steadfast kindness overshadow us continually, oh Lord, for we trust and we wait upon you and you alone!

Verses are taken from the New Living Translation, The Message, The Passion Translation, The Good News Bible, The Amplified Classic and the Jubilee Bible – with some editing license to blend them together.

Join us for a closer look at Pastor Craig Smee’s message ‘The Power Grid’!

The POWER GRID

1 Thessalonians 2:13

And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe.

God is at work. Jesus is doing the work, but God needs us to believe. He wants to see His intentions become a reality in our lives, BUT He will never force His will.

Psalms 33:12 (NLT)

 What joy for the nation whose God is the Lord, whose people he has chosen as his inheritance.

We chose Him, and He desires us in the exact same moment.

Our choice of the light is the moment the Word longs for. 

Our belief in the Word IS our moment of light. Nothing supernatural can happen to us without us seeing the supernatural wonder of the Father.

The Purpose of the Holy Spirit

John 15:26 (TPT)

 “And I will send you the Divine Encourager from the very presence of my Father. He will come to you, the Spirit of Truth, emanating from the Father, and he will speak to you about me.

Belief is the beginning of the life of the supernatural!

He baptizes us in Jesus (introduces – makes believe possible)

Jesus baptizes us into Holy Spirit (introduces us to the supernatural)

The baptism of the Holy Spirit (the moment you admit that you cannot believe in Jesus on your own in a way that fully expresses all the Word means and achieves).

It’s not about your salvation it’s about your supernatural impact in a natural world that desperately needs God!

BELIEF IN JESUS (Relationship with God)

BELIEF IN EACH OTHER (Church)

BELIEF IN YOURSELF (Gifts)

John 14:15-17

“Loving me empowers you to obey my commands. And I will ask the Father and he will give you another Savior, the Holy Spirit of Truth, who will be to you a friend just like me—and he will never leave you. The world won’t receive him because they can’t see him or know him. But you know him intimately because he remains with you and will live inside you.

Our current dispensation is not at the foot of the cross. We live in a supernatural period set aside for us to become the complete revelation of Jesus to the world.

Jesus is the complete revelation of God to man.

The Holy Spirit enables the church to become the full expression of Jesus to the world.

Spirit enables the intentions of the Father and the reality of the Word (supernatural) to become His full expression in the natural.

The Process of the Holy Spirit

Creation – Spirit ->Word ->Spirit

Genesis 1:2-3

The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

Genesis 2:7

Then the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nostrils, and the man became a living person.

Genesis 3:8

When the cool evening breezes were blowing, the man and his wife heard the Lord God walking about in the garden.

New Creation – Spirit ->Word ->Spirit

Isaiah 30:21

“Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, ‘This is the way; walk in it.'”

John 1:14 NLT

So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son.

John 16:7 NLT

But it is actually best for you that I go away, because if I don’t, the Counselor won’t come. If I do go away, he will come because I will send him to you.

Counselor: parakletos (par-ak’-lay-tos); an intercessor, consoler, advocate, comforter, helper. 

Stepping into a life with the Holy Spirit is a comfort as it draws you into His glorious light.

WHY ARE MANY LIVING A SPIRIT-LESS LIFE? 

SOME AREN’T AWARE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

Acts 19:1-3

While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and arr

Despite the cold weather, we still had a chance to celebrate baptisms, receive a good Word, and worship our King!

Day 22 | Verse 22

Remember to read the whole chapter of Psalm 33 before continuing on your verse by verse reading. 

Psalm 33:22 TPT

Let your love and steadfast kindness overshadow us continually, for we trust and we wait upon you!

Also Read: Psalms 103:17

After going on this amazing journey, the Psalmist almost signs off with a greeting of intent to the Father. He ends it by saying when all is said and done, we can worship we can walk in Joy but the glimpse of the supernatural is fleeting while we are serving here in the natural. The ebb and flow of joy and peace are sometimes uncontrollable and so have mercy on us God. We are going to do all we can to walk out this Psalm but our efforts are going to need a supernatural top-up. We are going to need your grace, we are going to have to have some tough conversations but we will never lose our hope because it is your Grace and it is your mercy that we have by means of faith in You. In Jesus and in the Holy Spirit. We have come to expect nothing else from you but goodness and grace and love. And that is our everlasting encouragement because our expectation will never be disappointed by you!

Day 21 | Verse 21

Remember to read the whole chapter of Psalm 33 before continuing on your verse by verse reading. 

Psalm 33:21 TPT

As we trust, we rejoice with an uncontained joy flowing from Yahweh!

We rejoice not in our rebellion or even our excused sin, not in what we were able to get away within the moment, not in ourselves or in our boastings, because all rejoicing in ourselves does not end well, but in the Lord, “in His Essential Word” in Christ Jesus, in His person, His righteousness, and His salvation. This joy is heart joy, inward joy, real joy, joy in the wonder. It is unspeakable and full of glory. This is what the psalmist calls upon the redeemed to do. Rid themselves of fleeting happiness that they can not trust in or rely on and find the inner joy, a gift from the Holy Spirit trusting in His holiness and power. And from that trust discover Godly unending joy, expressing their faith in the midst of difficulty in the form of Joy. And so the call to action, the reason for the opening of this chapter is answered. How do we express our worship? Through the trust in God and the expression of our joy in being loved by Him.

Day 20 | Verse 20

Remember to read the whole chapter of Psalm 33 before continuing on your verse by verse reading. 

Psalm 33:20 TPTThe Lord alone is our radiant hope and we trust in him with all our hearts. His wraparound presence will strengthen us.

Psalm 33 started with an activation of the redeemed ones, the holy ones, the chosen ones. Whenever the chapter uses the plural and not the singular, it is rallying those included in that initial activation. This verse is an expression of a group of people. It’s an expression of the Church. The Church expressed her expectation, faith, and joy. The Church makes this expression of expectation by simply waiting on Him. Pacing eagerly, excitedly knowing that her time with Him has come, having trusted in Him with everything she has, she awaits His imminent embrace and eternal presence with Him. The very expectation of Him, the very expression of who He is amongst us, is our strength. We gain strength through the expectation of Jesus in every aspect of our lives. We do not tire from waiting on Him. Knowing He is here and coming again all at the same time sustains us and forms us into a group that can not be stopped even by death and the gates of Hell.

Day 19 | Verse 19

Remember to read the whole chapter of Psalm 33 before continuing on your verse by verse reading. 

Psalm 33:19 TPT

God will deliver them from death, even the certain death of famine, with no one to help.

Hey – have you heard – we live forever. This verse has definite natural connotations but it is speaking way behind just the duration we have on this planet and way beyond the food we eat to sustain our bodies.

We worship a God who, through His Word has placed eternity in our hearts. Through His Word, he sustains a spiritual realm that will sustain us for eternity. So this verse should not only encourage us in understanding that He will sustain us physically, but that His sustenance is carrying us at a much higher level. The body dies, but the soul does not. It is not even ever at the risk of death. Those that fear the Lord and hope in His mercy are not exempt from difficulties and lack in the physical realm, and at the same time they can expect to be delivered and preserved by God miraculously in the physical arena, but those that fear the Lord have an understanding of His magnitude and plan that goes way beyond the physical. For if it didn’t they would not be fearfully inspired as what God is doing would be comprehensible. Those who fear the Lord are quickened in conversation about His magnitude, they live spiritually, are not living in a Word famine, but are deeply nourished with the Word and are preserved by Him for all eternity.

Day 18 | Verse 18

Remember to read the whole chapter of Psalm 33 before continuing on your verse by verse reading. 

Psalm 33:18 TPTThe eyes of the Lord are upon even the weakest worshipers who love him—those who wait in hope and expectation for the strong, steady love of God.

This verse describes a phrase that has confused many believers. Fear of the Lord. Fearing the Lord is not dread of His wrath, a distrust of His grace, or assuming that God has only sinister plans and selfish views. To have a love for Him and wait in hope for His strength and steady love, and at the same time fear Him means that we run away from the things that we KNOW offend Him. We hate evil and we depart from it. Those who fear Him serve and worship Him. They give Him honor for the provisions and necessities of life. They love the grace He has bestowed upon them and have their minds blown by the fact that He looks upon us with delight and pleasure. This is especially shown in their appreciation for His mercy and fear-inspiring plan of personal salvation through Jesus. Through Jesus God has focussed on you, and that focus that presence feels pretty fear-inspiring to us but it is His delight to know you and provide for you.