This is our last session. It has been such a beautiful journey. The Holy Spirit has been our guide every step of the way. He has personally revealed Himself to each of us. This is not the end of our study but just the beginning. The glory of His Presence has shined and we will never be the same. One thing is for sure, we know we are not alone in this new-creation life.

Please listen to this audio of this last session. At the end we get to hear members of the class share their experiences in Holy Spirit School.

As our worship leader, Shana, shared, “This is ‘grad’ night. We are ‘grad’-ually moving more and more into His image.” Amen.

So this session is a summary. It is a jarful of statements made during Holy Spirit School that stood out to me. As the sessions unfolded, we realized His voice would highlight certain truths to certain people in specific ways. He is a personal counsellor and comfort. Here are the ones that hit me in my TRUTH center!

The Holy Spirit’s name is Ruach Hakadesh (BREATH HOLY). The Word of God came forth through the Breath, from the Heart of the Father. This is Elohim, the Trinity, the three-fold Godhead: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit is the well-spring of LIFE in Heaven and on Earth.

We know God and His works of love through the life of Jesus Christ. We know God’s heart through the Holy Spirit.

It is the Holy Spirit who removes the calluses from your heart so that you can love God with ALL of your heart.

The Spirit of Holiness brings holiness to your inner man and perfect rest to your soul.

Jesus said, “My Father will give you the Holy Spirit. He will never leave you. You will know Him intimately because He remains in you and will LIVE WITHIN YOU” (John 14:16-17).

Our job is to remain tender and teachable under His influence.

Your heart (your believing center) was made to cling to truth. The deceiver brings a lie that your heart perceives as truth. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Truth. He unveils to us God’s perfect truth and cleans our heart of lies.

The Holy Spirit has full dominion in the realm of the Spirit. The realm of the Spirit is the Kingdom of God realm. The Holy Spirit counsels us regarding living in this new reality. He connects us to Heaven’s realities here on earth. He alone is the way we are in two places at once.

“God unveils these profound realities to us by the Spirit.” 1 Corinthians 2:10-14

The Holy Spirit is able to be our greatest influence. He influences the “knowing” part of our being. He dwells in the “knowing” place.

“I know I am going to Heaven” was made real because of the Holy Spirit. He will release the power of the Word of God into the “knowing” part of your heart. He unlocks the mysteries of God and freedom is the result.

The deeper the influence of the Holy Spirit on your life (primarily your thought-life) the more you look like Jesus.

The Holy Spirit helps us remember our new reality. The Truth of God is our new reality. It is a superior reality…what we see, hear, or feel in the natural realm is an inferior reality.

Our job is focus and mindset. Our focus is to yield to the Holy Spirit and let Him expand the reality of the Kingdom Realm within us…the natural realm WILL shift.

When we experience the Holy Spirit there is evidence in the natural realm. This is called the fruit of the Holy Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.

Drink deeply the Truth of Jesus Christ. A river is the result. The river is the Holy Spirit (John 7:37-38) flowing into and out of you. The river is His joy and delight that flows into His dwelling places (Psalm 46:4).

The Holy Spirit is always moving and always increasing.

The fruit of the spirit are not elements of good character or good works. The fruit of the spirit are a result of being filled with the influence of the Holy Spirit. This is similar to a tree that pulls life from the roots and soaks in life from above; the life-source is flowing to the branches and the result is good fruit.

Remember the beautiful revelation of the infinity symbol and the covenant between God and Jesus Christ, His Son. In John 17:21, Jesus speaks to the Father, “I pray that they might be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.” (The infinity symbol is the letter 8 on its side). The Holy Spirit is the movement maintaining the reality of this eternal Truth…continuously alive, moving, breathing, life eternal. We are found at the center, at the crossing… inside the covenant between the Father and the Son. Perfect balance. Perfect Unity. Perfect Security. Perfect Life. This is “where we live, and move, and have our being (Acts 17:28). Stay synchronized to His breath.

Do sin, sickness, weakness, or wounds hinder our relationship with the Holy Spirit? No, it is the opposite according to 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 which speaks, “His power finds its full expression in our weakness. Our weakness becomes a portal to His power.” Our Savior also says, “My glory is revealed through their surrendered lives” (John 17:10). He does not say His glory is revealed in your perfect life. Surrender your weaknesses (and your strengths) and the glory will be revealed.

God’s anointing oil is able to carry away our burdens. The Holy Spirit flows with God’s anointing. The Holy Spirit is the oil. Jesus was and is soaked in His oil. When He went to the cross , He was crushed and pressed. The oil flowed. Now we can be filled.

“God Himself has anointed you. He is constantly strengthening you in your union with Christ. He has identified you as His by placing the Holy Spirit in your hearts.” 2 Corinthians 1:21

The oil has a scent that identifies you. The scent is Truth. The scent is Jesus Christ.

The oil ignites the flame. Fellowship with the Holy Spirit ignites the holy flame. The flame identifies us to others and to Jesus (The parable of the 10 maidens). This is not for a church or denomination…this is a personal choice.

“To KNOW Him through your deepening intimacy with Him” is God’s definition of wealth (Ephesians 1:17). The riches of the Spirit are the greatest riches and they are only discovered through a life of prayer and awareness of His Presence within you. These riches meet every need. These riches are to know Him, hear Him, trust Him, commune with Him, and become like Him.

You are the Holy temple of God. You are His mobile sanctuary. You carry Heaven’s realities.. You carry His Words, His Voice, and the Power of God. You are the keeper of the Holy Fire.

The Holy Spirit is not unveiling your sin. He is revealing your true identity. He is unveiling the riches of an inheritance already deposited in you. He comforts us with this reality.

The Holy Spirit is the Secret Place of Psalm 91. The irony is there are no secrets here. No matter what happens in your life on earth you have the ability to retreat to the full knowledge of God in the Secret Place.

We expand the Secret Place atmosphere by praying in the Spirit. Praying in the Spirit is an access point to the deeper places of His anointing.

“The Holy Spirit inside you searches the deep things of God and makes them known to you.” 1 Corinthians 2:10

The overcoming, triumphant power of God flows in the Blood of Jesus. The Anointing is the burden removing, yoke destroying power of God. The Anointing flows in the Blood. The Anointing flows in you, freeing you from every wound.

“All who come to Jesus join their life with His- we know and have proof that He continually lives and flourishes in us by the Spirit He has given us” (1 John 3:24).

The Holy Spirit reveals to us the power of the Blood that we have access to as a believer in Jesus.

By the baptism of the Holy Spirit, we are submerged in the knowledge of God. We are submerged in His voice. He lovingly defines us. He calls us chosen, child, forgiven, beloved, and always eternally united to Him. He tells us who God is. He doesn’t counsel us to remove our sin, Jesus did that. He doesn’t counsel us to get in right standing with God, Jesus did that too. He DOES counsel us in our true identity with Jesus.

The Holy Spirit takes up residence in you for your sake. Then you are clothed with power for the sake of others.

We are like the clay jars that were filled with a miracle at the wedding feast at Cana. We received the water of the Word and believed. When we believed a powerful transformation took place and God’s best filled us. We were transformed from a jar that focused on our own purification…a jar found empty…to a new, holy vessel, filled and continuously purified by the Blood of Jesus. This was a miracle we were unable to perform for ourselves.

He saved the best for last!

The Holy Spirit is the One who leads us in this new holy vessel.

“Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? For God’s temple is holy and you are that holy temple.” 1 Corinthians 3:16

Christianity is not a belief system, it is the miracle of God LIVING inside of man!

You are either diminishing or growing in the fire of God. To grow in the fire is to allow the fullness of God to invade our hearts.

The Holy Spirit leads us in the ongoing process of sanctification. Sanctification is a process of exchanging your values for His values.

He is the One who keeps you. You do not keep yourself.

You are mentoring to others how valuable His Presence is to you.

Your life is not on display, His Presence is.

His Presence is more important than people…but it is people who are precious to His Presence.

It is time to minister from the throne room of His love.

Every answer you need is found in a fresh baptism of His love. Love and Time are the essential keys to living a life led by the Spirit. Be continuously soaked in love and spend your time with Him.

Connection is our focus. The power flow is His and breakthrough is the result.

“The only thing that really matters is living by the transforming power of the new creation life.” Galatians 6:15

How to live the new creation life: “The grace of Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit.” 2 Corinthians 13:14

The Holy Spirit is speaking to us: “I can make this easy.”

Every revelation is given by the Holy Spirit. The only thing that brings lasting peace and joy is an identity transformed by revelation light.

And the scripture most repeated in this study:

“Now is the time to be made new by every revelation that has been given to you. Be transformed as you embrace the glorious Christ-within as your new life and live in union with Him! For God has recreated you all over again in His perfect righteousness, and now you belong to Him in the realm of true holiness.” Ephesians 4:23-24 TPT

You belong to Him in the realm of the Holy Spirit.

Blessings and a heartfelt thank you for joining me,

Pastor Teresa Hoffman

( There is more to come…stay tuned.)

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The only thing that qualifies me to teach on the Holy Spirit is spending time with the Holy Spirit. There is no scholarly study that takes the place of experiencing Him in intimate fellowship. This is the only qualification He desires.

This week’s session began on Sunday with these words shared with the congregation by Pastor John Dunn, “It is time for us to walk in this Truth, it is not just a time to talk about it.”

The Truth is released by the Holy Spirit. When we allow the transformation of our mind-set by the Holy Spirit everything changes and we experience His reality.

Experience: “The law of the Spirit in Christ Jesus has set us free from the law of sin and death (Romans 8:2).” In the NLT translation it reads, “The power of the LIFE giving Spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death.” The MSG translation adds another depth of understanding with this phrase, “A NEW power is in operation.” And in verse 4 of the TPT it reads, “So NOW every righteous requirement of the law can be fulfilled through the Anointed One living His LIFE in us. And we are free to live, not according to the flesh, but by the dynamic power of the Holy Spirit!”

NOW is the time.

“The mind-set of the Spirit finds life and peace.” Romans 8:6b

What is going on in your world right now? Life and peace?

“Now is the time to be made new by every revelation given to you (Ephesians 4:23) .” By whom? By the Anointed One living His life within you…not your own effort.

Everything you have learned about the Holy Spirit is poised to come alive when you experience Him.

Jesus said, “This is eternal life (Now, not the sweet by and by), to KNOW and EXPERIENCE the Father and the Son (John 17:3) Now is the time to LIVE.

(Listen to the audio of my testimony of a prophetic vision before 2020)

Now is the time to be the kind of believer who is Holy Spirit led.

All of us who live in the world are experiencing heartache, frustration, loss, confusion, disappointment etc. You are not alone in troubles. But we have a choice. We can set our mind on Him. We can experience the battle WITH Him.

The disciples and Jesus had a conversation (Matthew 16:15-19) and it went like this: “What are the people saying about Me?-Jesus.

They replied, “Some are convinced You are John the Baptizer, others Elijah reincarnated, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets…” Jesus pressed, “But you…Who do you say that I AM?” Peter: “You are the Anointed One, the Son of the Living God!”

Jesus: “You are favored and highly privileged! You didn’t discover this on your own, but My Father in heaven has supernaturally revealed this to you!”

Peter had a choice to listen to half-truths from the world or listen to the Holy Spirit. We can only know the Truth through revelation given to us by the Living God. This is the Kingdom of God realm in our lives; revelation is expanding the borders inside of us. Peter had shifted into the Kingdom of God realm by this revelation. This is where the Holy Spirit-led believer lives and operates. He is speaking His identity right now to you. He is speaking your identity in Him right now, as well. It’s time to listen.

“Unless you drastically change your way of thinking…(read that again)…and become teachable and learn about Heaven’s Kingdom realm with the wide-eyed wonder of a child, you will never be able to enter in (Matthew 18:2).”—Jesus

The realm is here now. It is a present reality. It is not just a future hope. The Kingdom Realm of God is expanding within you (Luke 17:21) as you choose to be influenced by the Holy Spirit.

Jesus taught us the Kingdom Realm is a treasure to be found.

“The Kingdom of Heaven is like hidden treasure in a field which a man found and hid. For the joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.” Matthew 13:44

EFFORT. FOCUS. PURSUIT. PLAN TO PURCHASE. MAKE A PAYMENT.

The Kingdom of God (Fun fact: Matthew likes the term “Heaven” because he still wants to take the Jewish position and refrain from writing “God”) is made of gems of Truth.

“You can’t even see the treasures of the Kingdom Realm unless you are born-again (John 3:3).”—Jesus. We have a super power! Sight. Why would we put on the goggles of this world’s viewpoint?

My favorite Kingdom realm scripture is Colossians 3:2 TPT: “Feast on all the treasures of the heavenly realm and fill your thoughts with heavenly realities, and not with the distractions of the natural realm.” Our thoughts eat! When you are nourished with heavenly realities you are filled and satisfied. You were re-born for this food. These delicious truths feed our soul and restore it. Remember Jesus’ words in Revelations 3:20, “I will come and dine with you.”

WITH

Our new life is lived WITH Him. In any difficulty and any triumph you battle WITH Him. Our greatest enemy in this world is a lie of “separation” from God. When you believed in Jesus you entwined your life WITH His. We battle WITH Him. Focus on Him not the evil report. The Lord highlighted this to me in prayer one morning. I wrote these statements down and He said to focus on the word WITH. He said it is an acronym. And then He spoke:

The W means: You are washed clean. In the battle, focus on the fact you are cleansed perfectly. You are washed, cleansed, set apart, and declared righteous (1 Corinthians 6:11). You are now the righteousness of God in Jesus Christ and declared flawless in His eyes (Romans 5:1, 2 Corinthians 5:21). The blood of Jesus Christ continually cleanses you from all sin (1 John 1:7). When you KNOW this, you have boldness in the battle. The first thing the enemy will try to convince you of is this: you are a disgrace to God. It weakens your stance. But if you know you are washed clean and perfectly justified to stand with Him, the battle turns to victory.

The I means: Focus on the Identity of Jesus. When Jesus was in the garden before His crucifixion, the guards came asking for Him and He said, “I AM HE!” And everyone fell back under the power of those Words. There is supernatural power that flows through absolutely pure virtue. Look to Jesus and access that virtue. 1 John 3:3 declares a powerful reality for the believer, “All who focus on Him will be purifying themselves just as Jesus is pure.” We have the false idea that if we focus on ourselves to perfect our walk with Him we will please God and He will reward us with victory. The truth tells us to focus on Him and it will straighten out everything else and place us in the center of victory. Jesus is authority. Jesus is peace. Look at Him in the battle.

The T means: We are Together WITH Him. Matthew 11:28 is the “T” experience with our Savior: “Come to Me all who are burdened and I will give you rest. Take My yoke (“T”) upon you and learn of Me. I am humble and gentle and will bring rest to your soul.” This is experiencing the covenant between you and God ratified by Jesus Christ. Remember you are never on your own.

“If God is for me, who can stand against me? (Romans 8:31)

The H means: Place the eyes of your heart on Heaven. See yourself in your eternal Home. See the continuous Hallelujah! See yourself seated with Jesus in the “It is finished” place. No more battles. All are won. “Every tear gone, death no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away” (Revelations 21:4). The place of perfect rest. Rest there with your focus. God “sees the end from the beginning” and so can you because you are made in His image.

“You are made complete in your union with Christ.” Colossians 2:10

Jesus said, “Apart from Me you can do nothing.” A powerful Truth for you and I.

Now read these Truths with the revelation of WITH:

* Fill your thought WITH heavenly realities. (Colossians 3:2)

* You have died WITH Christ. You have been raised WITH Christ. You are seated WITH Christ. (Ephesians 2:6)

* Supernatural strength floods your inner man WITH explosive power. (Ephesians 4:16)

* The Holy Spirit dwells WITH you and will be in you. He will be WITH you forever. (John 14:16-17)

* “I (Jesus) will be WITH you always until the end of the age.” Matthew 28:20

The battle is WITH Him, my friend. You are not in a position of “performance”. You are ingrafted into His LIFE. We journey with Him.

“And we KNOW that Jesus lives and flourishes in us because of the Holy Spirit He has given us.” (1 John 3:24) There is a God created union flourishing within you.

Your remedy for every issue is found in KNOWING God and when you experience Him, the Kingdom Realm will take your life by force. Hallelujah!

“Now is the time for us to progress beyond the basic message of Christ (going to Heaven) and advance into perfection!” (Hebrews 6:1)

Let’s go!

Blessings,

Pastor Teresa

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The Holy Spirit is bringing us into victory one revelation at a time.

“Behold I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him. I will dine with him and he with Me.” Revelation 3:20

Dine with Me.

Remember last week we read 2 Corinthians 13:14? “The grace of Jesus, the LOVE of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit.” This is where we dine.

Jesus said, “I am the bread of Life”.

“The bread of life is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world… I AM the Bread of Life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and He who believes in Me will never thirst.” John 6:35

Jesus is our spiritual nourishment. And Jesus is the Word of God.

“The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory…full of grace and truth.” John 1:14

The Word of Life is our bread of truth.

This new creation life can only be sustained by God’s Word.

This is the reality: Low Word level, low faith level. Low faith level, low power level. Low power level, low identity. Lack of identity leads to defeat.

The Word of God is Jesus in print. We cannot follow Jesus by feelings.

Here is the most amazing truth: It is only by the gift of the Holy Spirit we can, not just read the Word, but “eat” His Words.

“I found your words and I ate them. Your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart, for I am called by Your Name.” Jeremiah 15:16

He found God’s Word and THEN he ate them. Revelation is the bridge that connects finding His Word on the page and then making them a part of your being.

Have you ever heard the saying, “You are what you eat”? The word of God will feed you with new-creation IDENTITY. This is of utmost importance.

The Pasture

“I am the DOOR. If anyone enters by Me, he or she will be saved. They will go in and go out and find pasture. The thief does not come but for to kill, steal, and destroy. but I have come that they may have life and have it more abundantly.” John 10: 9-10

The Passion Translation: “I am the Gateway. To enter through Me is to experience life, freedom, and satisfaction.”

The Word of God IS our PASTURE. Pasture is nourishment.

I was always curious why Jesus said we go in and out, but it is the Word of God we go in and out of and find nourishment.

The Holy Spirit, our Shepherd given by Jesus and the Father for us to live out His Promises on earth, is the One who guides us and leads us to the good places we can find nourishment in the Word of God. He shows us and reminds us... He sheds light on the good hills of grass.

“The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures; beside still waters. He restores my soul.” Psalm 23:1-3

When we sit down with the Holy Spirit in the Word of God, He brings revelation light and we can eat. Our soul is restored. Our “in Christ” identity is strengthened. We sit and “eat” and go and share with others. Then we sit again and “eat”. The result is restoration.

Obedience releases the anointing flowing through the Holy Spirit. Obedience can only be achieved by “knowing” who we are and who He is. Obedience IS position under the truth of God. We can only “know” the TRUTH through consuming God’s Word. We can only consume the Word of God by the Holy Spirit. This is a beautiful, circular, blessing.

Revelation

Revelation is not from the paper, ink, and page of the Word of God. This is called LOGOS in the Greek. LOGOS is the word without personal revelation. Revelation comes through the RHEMA of the word of God. Rhema is the breath of our Creator coming through His Words. The whole universe is held together right now through the breath of God. This is a powerful mystery unlocked by the Holy Spirit living inside of you.

Rhema WORD is a timely and personal understanding of what is written. It is the power of God that opens the eyes of our understanding. It will change, in one moment, how you see your world. One Word from God changes everything! The Kingdom of God that Jesus called us to live in on the earth is a reality only understood by revelation. It is a reality that expands inside you one revelation at a time.

The Holy Spirit is bringing us into total victory one revelation at a time!

“ I pray that the light of God will illuminate the eyes of your imagination, flooding you with light, until you experience the full revelation of the hope of His calling—that is the wealth of God’s glorious inheritances that He finds in us His holy ones!” Ephesians 1:17 TPT

If you find it is easier to doubt the miraculous than believe…it’s time to get out of the sheep pen! The freedom of the pasture awaits! Let the Good Shepherd lead you into the nourishment of RHEMA in green pastures….hill after hill after hill……

What does it feel like to be in the sheep pen:

1)Being knee deep in worldly sentiment (or shall we say excrement) produced by people and their opinions. It undermines the joy and freedom we have in Jesus.

2)Staying close to a false shepherd who binds people to him/herself and only listening to his/her experience of the pasture…. but in reality they stay in the pen of their “good” teachings.

3)Listening to “sheep screens” that teach a culture that feeds us with lies of who we are. They are designed to deaden our believing heart and cut off the influence of the Holy Spirit.

4)Beware of offence. In the pen, offence is inevitable. All you can see in there are sheep and the wolves who creep close. Offence blocks our heart from the HOLY Spirit’s influence and we stop hungering for the pasture…God’s Word.

5)Watch being shepherded by your own feelings. Our feelings speak about an inferior reality. They will lead us astray. Feelings are not bad. They aren’t even an enemy of our faith. But always let the good Shepherd lead you, even while you feel the anger, the sadness, the frustration… Feeling are genetically altered truth…like GMO food, it is not healthy to be nourished by them.

The revelation light of God is a superior reality. Pursue it.

The only thing on this earth that brings lasting joy is identity transformed by revelation light from the Holy Spirit.

When we have a new revelation of our identity in Christ, God’s power is naturally released through us into the world. We all desire the “greater works” Jesus said we would walk in. These greater works come by revelation poured out from RHEMA words.

The WORD of God must not rest in our intellect. It needs to go into the center of our being. It needs to change our DNA.

Lets look at this promise: “Let the weak say I am strong!” Joel 3:10

We read this scripture while going through a difficulty and, intellectually, we say “I am strong!” Inside, we don’t feel any different.

But if we close our eyes and remember how we have experienced the strength of God in other seasons. If we remember when we saw the revelation of the power of God while “eating” His word. If we live in the revelation of how much God loves us. Something rises up. A new reality. A supernatural hope! And we experience spiritual warfare. The battle is turning. “I AM STRONG in the power of His might!”

The warfare of the sword of the WORD of God is effective when it comes from our “knowing”. If I know there is an arsenal behind me, I will battle differently.

It is time to come to grips with this reality: The same power that raised Jesus dead body from the grave dwells in you! Romans 8:11

The same power that said “LIGHT BE!”

The same power that created everything living.

The same power that conceived Jesus Christ.

The same power that empowered every work of Jesus during His time on earth.

The same power that brought His sin-mauled body back to life.

The same power that conceived the scriptures.

The same power that conceived the church.

Now tell me again what He can’t do in your life?

His power is His grace, His grace is His sufficiency. His sufficiency is your remedy. If you are a true believer, you are called to operate in His power for everything, not your own.

Eat the Word and you will have eyes to see His power everywhere.

Blessings,

Pastor Teresa

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Before we dig into this rich study on the Holy Spirit, our Helper, let’s get an alignment. Our bodies need one, our cars need one…it is also important for our soul to get a spiritual alignment.

#1 Let’s start at the top….righteousness.

“Our faith in Jesus transfers God’s righteousness to us and now He declares us flawless in his eyes. This means we can now enjoy true and lasting peace with God, all because of what our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One, has done for us. Our faith guarantees us permanent access into this marvelous kindness that has given us a perfect relationship with God.” Romans 5:1

Any lie that speaks otherwise…any crooked thing that brings condemnation over you is released with this truth. Alignment with Jesus is freedom.

#2 Your life is no longer yours to save. You are reborn by the Spirit. What the natural man has to do, you do not. Take a deep relaxing breath with that one.

#3 Your new reality is partnership with God. We now get to partner with His gift of holiness. We are released from needing to earn it.

#4 You are a new creation. You do not receive by self-effort and sweat. You are reborn to receive everything by faith.

#5 You are not under the burden of your plan. Remember, we get to listen to receive His beautiful plan. Shrug off the burden of performing your plan.

#6 You are not a product of your environment or your choices. As a believer in Jesus Christ you have inherited a new position. You now stand in the place of inheritance ready to produce spiritual fruit or product. Freedom to be all God made you to be.

#7 Grace and Mercy are abundantly available for adjustment. You do not need punishment for adjustment.

#8 Money is not your master. It is your servant. You have a new set of treasures and values. His Presence and His Person is the most valuable treasure in His Kingdom. And you can receive all you want.

All of heaven is powered by His Presence. And His Presence dwells in you. You have no need to seek abundance in this world…it is found in you…where His Presence resides.

“The only thing that really matters is living by the transforming power of this new creation life.” Galatians 6:15

The only thing that matters.

Live by the power. Be transformed into the image of Jesus. The Holy Spirit is essential because we cannot do this without Him. Jesus told us in Acts 1:8 to wait for the power. This means the Holy Spirit is absolutely necessary to live the new creation life He made possible.

“May the grace of Jesus, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you!” 1 Corinthians 13:14

This wasn’t a nice way for Paul to close a powerful ministry letter. This was the culmination of what is essential to the new-creation life. 1) The grace of Jesus. 2) The LOVE of God. 3) The FELLOWSHIP of the Holy Spirit. We cannot function properly as a follower of Jesus without the Holy Spirit. Jesus couldn’t do what He did on this earth without Him…that means we can’t either.

“What has been conceived in her (Mary) is from the Holy Spirit.” Matthew 1:20

Everything He is, everything we are in Christ Jesus, is brought to life by the Holy Spirit.

The church as a whole has grieved the Holy Spirit. The church has been ok with a broken relationship with the Holy Spirit. The church has seen the powerful Person of the Holy Spirit as an assistant who comes and goes…sadly, even a hall monitor to the principal…

1 Corinthians 6:19 states the truth. We are the temple of the Holy Spirit. He dwells inside us and He never leaves.

We have seen a church that takes the Holy Spirit for granted. Some have used Him for advancing their personal importance. Some have distrusted Him, or worse, walked the dark line of attributing His manifestations to the enemy.

Some have harnessed Him by giving Him permission to move, or not. The church has grieved Him most by ignoring Him and exalting man-made doctrines that divide the body of Christ.

But, mercifully, “He overwhelms our failures with generous grace” (James 1:5). A wave of mercy and grace is about to overwhelm His church. Amen!

How is the Holy Spirit different than Jesus and the Father? Jesus and the Father are seated in the throne room. They release a river of grace and love without end. The Holy Spirit is with you. He is ministering deep within you a “present restoration'“. He is the One who reveals Jesus in His glory to you. He reveals the Father in His authority to you. He is the One who is transforming you to become more like Jesus. We live a life of fellowship with Him in every detail.

The Holy Spirit puts you in perfect contact with the Word made flesh. He puts you in contact with the Promise living in the natural realm, the God who is available, and His mighty power.

Jesus called Him our “Helper” three times and then told us to wait for Him before we were to do the works of being a Christ Follower.

1)“He will give you another Helper to be with you forever.” John 14:16

2)“The Helper will teach you all things and help you remember everything I have told you.” John 14:26

3)“When the Helper comes, whom I will send from the Father, that is the Spirit of Truth, who comes from the Father, He will testify and bear witness about Me.” John 15:26

The word “Helper” in Greek is Parakletos which means “to come alongside” and “to speak” in a permanent position. This word for the Holy Spirit has also been translated as Advocate, Comforter, Intercessor, Counsellor, Strengthener, Stand-by, and Friend.

The Helper releases you from the responsibility to help yourself.

In Aramaic, the language Jesus spoke to His disciples in, the word for Helper He used might have been NACHAM. Which means comfort when there is sorrow. It is a word used in Psalm 23 when it reads “Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, His rod and staff, comfort (nacham) me.”

The church has not pursued the Helper because they are trying to follow Jesus on their own. But Jesus made it very clear we were to fellowship with the Holy Spirit and receive His Power to follow Jesus. We need Him. We cannot be a believer in this world without Him.

I think we are afraid of ourselves. We see ourselves as the enemy. We fight against our own weaknesses. We are angry with our choices and angry with our own heart. Doing this, we have separated ourselves from our Savior…the beauty of perfection. “You love me so much and I keep messing up” will be our “broken record” prayer until we let the Holy Spirit into every area of our life. Then we will experience the oneness that Jesus prayed for in John 17.

When we value our relationship with the Holy Spirit, He advocates (a legal helper) for us against that critical spirit that condemns our heart. When we listen to the Holy Spirit, He shows us who we really are…flawless in His sight. He makes us well. He builds Shalom connection (nothing missing, nothing broken) in our soul. Life and Peace begin to reign in all areas of our lives. Restoration process begins to unfold and the world can see what a good God He is. The fruit begins to flow.

He is telling you today, “I can make this easy.”

Blessings,

Pastor Teresa

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“The One whom God sent speaks the words of God…for God gives the Spirit without limit.” “He must increase. I must decrease.”— John the Baptist, John 3:34 and John 3:30

When we decrease and the Spirit increases in our lives, there is breakthrough. We are re-born to be filled with the fullness of the Holy Spirit.

All power flows through connection.

It is the transformative power of the Holy Spirit in you that results in breakthrough.

The same power that transformed darkness to light and death to life is transforming you from the inside out.

Connection looks like John 15:5.

“I am the Vine, you are the branches. As you live in union with Me as your source, fruit will be produced…but separated from Me you are powerless… Let My love continuously nourish your hearts.” -Jesus (John 15:5,9)

Jesus is teaching us that connection is our job. The power is His. Breakthrough is the result.

The connection is the vine (or life-giving trunk of a tree) connected to the branches. Every vein of connection is determined by our believing heart. Believing the words of Jesus open up the flow of life. Not believing shuts off the flow.

“Lord, our desire is to increase the connection.”

The passions, desires, opinions, fears etc. of the old man (or old way of living before you were reborn in the Spirit) have made connections. When we renew our mind to God’s truth those old connections begin to die.

“Be not conformed to the world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” (Romans 12:2)

When we pursue our relationship with the Holy Spirit and experience the goodness of God, in Him, connections are strengthened that flow with life-power.

The self-life is a force within our soul that is in conflict with the Holy Spirit. These are desires that hinder spiritual growth. They can be selfishness, greed, fighting, worldly sexuality, self-indulgence etc. but it can also be a "disguised” self-life. This looks like an uncontrollable desire to put someone in their place disguising itself as justice or discernment. It can also look like an old pattern of anxiety that masquerades as personality or it can be taking your life into your own hands disguising itself as responsibility.

By yielding to the Spirit we can overcome the influence of the destructive self-life and we can experience the fullness of the Spirit’s fruit.

As you yield to the dynamic life and power of the Holy Spirit, you will abandon the cravings of your self-life.

“When your self-life craves the things that offend the Holy Spirit you hinder him from living free within you ! And the Holy Spirit’s intense cravings hinder your self-life from dominating you! So then, the two incompatible and conflicting forces within you are your self-life of the flesh and the new creation life of the Spirit.

But when you yield to the life of the Spirit, you will no longer be living under the law, but soaring above it !

The behavior of the self-life is obvious: Sexual immorality, lustful thoughts, pornography, chasing after things instead of God, manipulating others, hatred of those who get in your way, senseless arguments, resentment when others are favored, temper tantrums, angry quarrels, only thinking of yourself, being in love with your own opinions, being envious of the blessings of others, murder, uncontrolled addictions, wild parties, and all other similar behavior. Haven’t I already warned you that those who use their “freedom” for these things will not inherit the kingdom realm of God!

Keep in mind that we who belong to Jesus Christ have already experienced crucifixion. For everything connected with our self-life was put to death on the cross and crucified with Messiah.

If the Spirit is the source of our life, we must also allow the Spirit to direct every aspect of our lives. Galatians 5:16-25 TPT

The fruit of the Spirit follows this and is listed as Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness Faithfulness, Gentleness, and Self-Control.

The fruit, that is such a beautiful expression of God’s power flowing in our lives, is not something a believer can produce on their own. The fruit are a manifestation of God’s love flowing FREELY through you. The connection is strong when the fruit is seen (and experienced) by others.

The fruit of the Spirit are a unified expression of God’s character taking over your life.

God could have made us glow, or look very different than the world when we were born again but instead He gave us partnership. The fruit of the Spirit make us different than the world.

The Fruit of Self-Control

The fruit of self-control is a work of God’s transformation, not a work of our own. It can look like something we do in our own power because it is called SELF control but it is no different than the others. Self-effort is not self control. All of the fruit are a product of faith and self-control is not excluded. The Passion translation calls it “strength of spirit”. My friend Tabitha Bigbee calls it “the power to choose”.

In reality, self-control frees us from ourselves.

It is the Holy Spirit’s ability to see me. He gives me His perspective. He shows me why I do the things I do.

Without the Holy Spirit we only know ourselves by our impulses, our opinions, our desires, fears and pain.

The mind of the world is designed to enslave us. The mind of the Spirit brings freedom! (2 Corinthians 3:17) Freedom IS His fruit!

“When you agree with the world, you agree with the enemy.”

“ If you are not pressing into the Holy Spirit, the world is pressing into you.”

-Pastor John Dunn, Christian Faith Campus

Pressure affects the flow.

Be “connection” aware, my friend. Put on the goggles of Romans 14:17 and look at your life through them. Is this joy, peace, and righteousness identity? Is it freedom and victory?

Are you connected to the Word or the world? What kind of produce is flowing? Take your body as an example. If you do NOT believe the Holy Spirit can manifest in your body but an infirmity can, it is time to renew your mind to the Word of God with 1 Peter 2:24 and 1 Corinthians 6:19-20.

Are you connected to religion? Connection to religion is not connection to the life flow of the Word of God. The Holy Spirit flows in grace and not religious laws. Self-effort to stay in God’s favor is a religious spirit. Middle-man leadership (needing a more holy person to hear from God for you) is religion. Pride, condemnation, frustration with God, service without love, criticisms of others, self- focused Christianity…are fruits of a religious connection. Fear of not being good enough in God’s sight is a religious connection. There is no power in a religious connection. Be “connection” aware.

The Holy Spirit has been given to you to transform you to bring God glory…it is not up to us to transform ourselves.

Our believing hearts determine the status of our John 15:5 connection. Connection is our part. Transformation and breakthrough are His.

Even a little lie can permeate your belief system and disrupt perfect connection. Increase belief. Decrease unbelief.

Until next week,

Pastor Teresa

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So happy you are here. This bible study on who the Holy Spirit is and how we are led by Him is changing all of us. We are being transformed from the inside out!

The relationship we have with the Holy Spirit is the most important relationship we have, as a believer living on earth. Through knowing Him, listening to Him, being loved by Him, and learning our identity through His lens of perfect truth, the burdens of life are being lifted.

The manifestations of the Holy Spirit are simply experiencing the supernatural within the natural. His manifestations are big and small, loud, and quiet, and many of them have yet to be experienced by the church as a whole. There is no limit to what God can do. Anytime you surrender to Him, you will experience a manifestation of the Holy Spirit. He is ready to reveal Himself when we lay down ourselves. Anytime you surrender to God you’re going to experience a manifestation of His goodness, His presence, and His power.

“I will pour out My Spirit upon all people. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams and your young men will see visions. In those days I will pour out My Spirit upon every servant, men and women alike.”

Joel 2:28-29

Since the Holy Spirit was released from Heaven into the church in Acts chapter two, this prophetic promise has been upon us. On that day the Holy Spirit manifested Himself in wind, fire, on the tongues of the followers of Jesus (language given), and prophecy. Prophecy sees time, humanity, and plans for the earth from the seat of the Almighty. His manifestations in the natural realm are wonderful! The only one who should be afraid of them is the enemy of God because He can’t understand them.

“I will sprinkle purifying water over you. You will be cleansed from all the filth of your past. I will wash you clean from all your impurities and your idols. I will give you a new, tender heart and put a NEW SPIRIT in you. I will remove your hard heart of stone and give you a soft, obedient, responsive heart instead. I will put My Holy Spirit in you to EMPOWER you to KEEP My laws and live by them. You will live in the land (the promise land)…You will be My people and I will be your God. I will save you from everything impure within you…” Ezekiel 36:25-29

Wow. This is the new creation life. Our heart was transformed. It was supernaturally softened when we made Jesus Lord of our life. Jesus baptized us with His perfect Love. He said in John 7:38,

“Do you not know you are in the last days? All of you thirsty ones come to Me and drink. Believe in Me so that rivers of Living Water will burst out from within you, flowing from your innermost being, just like the scripture says. Jesus was prophesying about the Holy Spirit that the believers were being prepared to receive…”

You have been sprinkled with a perfectly pure Living Water. You are now cleansed.

Jesus also said in John 3:5-6,

“Most assuredly I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God.”

The water cleansed, the Spirit took up residence. The Spirit changes everything in a believer. And the believer should still be experiencing transformation by the Spirit everyday.

Surrender is active in a tender, soft, obedient, responsive heart. When we live our life-center here, we stay in a position to be filled and led by the Holy Spirit. And He will manifest His Presence, His Power, and His Person.

Manifestations of the Holy Spirit are outward expressions of the inward workings of the Holy Spirit. They fill us with fresh supply, fresh anointing, fresh power for ministering the love of Jesus to the world.

You were an outward seeking human and now you are an inward-led child of God.

Manifestations are seen by the human eye, heard by the human ear, felt by the human heart. They are tangible experiences. Some examples are: tears flowing in His Presence, heat felt throughout the body, shaking, enjoyable muscle weakness, overwhelming peace felt in the mind and body, words that flow in another language/ spiritual language, one is released into an instant nap-state, caught up in a dream-like vision, feathers falling without a natural source, gold-dust on hands when praying, singing from the spirit realm(angels), instant heart-trauma removed, and so much more. They are gifts from the Holy Spirit that often cannot be explained in natural realm ways.

Every gift of the Holy Spirit is a manifestation. Look at the list of His gifts in 1 Corinthians 12: 7-13. They include wisdom, knowledge, special faith, healings, miracles, prophecy, discerning of spirits, tongues, interpretation of tongues.

Gifts are gifts. We don’t seek gifts, we seek the Giver of gifts. We never put our desires on the manifestations, we put them on our Savior. We stay in His Presence and offer Him our lives…He dispenses the gifts as He chooses. Spiritually hungry people do not put demands on God.

The gifts also do not define a Christian or determine if they are filled with the Spirit. Believing in Jesus defines us as believers and when we believed we were given the Holy Spirit.

We hunger for more of Him and He always gives us His bread.

We do not have the power to control manifestations but we have the power to cut them off with our “no”. Manifestations of the Holy Spirit never cause us to lose control of ourselves. It is a beautiful orchestration of your will and His.

Our focus is His love. The gifts flow from this love. They can come and go, flow and stop…chasing gifts or pretending is simply rude.

The manifestations have a purpose. They build up the church. 1 Corinthians 14:12 says “we must strive to excel in spiritual gifts for the building up of the church.” Steward the gifts you receive. Never doubt it was a beautiful and kind gift from the Holy Spirit. When we receive from Him, we are filled with Living Water and we share it with people. His true manifestations in you will bring others to Jesus.

Remember from last week’s session:

“The Presence of God is more important than people, but it is people who are precious to His Presence.”

The manifestations of the Holy Spirit are precious and should never be feared. When you are authentic He brings you into His “possible”.

(Listen to the recording about the gift of tongues.)

The prayer that moves us, moves Him. Our prayer today is “Teach us to drink deeply, Lord!”

You are important to this world, and to heaven. We are carriers of the Presence of God. Jesus cleansed us so the Living God could make us His residence. If His Presence wasn’t housed in an earthly body, it would cause any sin-filled human to fall dead…You carry His Presence so others can see His glory and ask Him into their heart to live forever. What a privilege.

Thank you for reading. Listen to the recording next time you have an hour. :)

Blessings,

Pastor Teresa

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You and I are carriers of the Presence of God. Let that sink in.

We cultivate and are cultivated by His Presence. This means the Presence of the Holy Spirit inside of you becomes the center focus of your life. We KEEP Him the center of our life.

“Keep My word. My Father will love you. We will come and make you Our dwelling place.” -John 14:23

His Presence surrounds and fills His word. His voice is at the center of His Presence. The Holy Spirit, His Presence, gives you full access to the mind of God…the Almighty.

Everything we are as believers is sourced in His Presence. His Presence is the CENTER of His Kingdom…on earth and in heaven. As we make His Presence our focus, we are an example to everyone around us of how to live in His Presence. When you walk into a room you are mentoring how to live in God’s Presence and His peace. Salvation IS the gift of His person and His Presence.

Our desire as believers is to be known simply as a carrier of His powerful Presence.

We follow Jesus and He was constantly aware of the Father through the Presence of the Holy Spirit.

The Kingdom of God is not outward Christian culture. It is not rules, regulations and behaviors. Read Romans 14:17. The Kingdom of God is IN the Holy Spirit. In His Presence is a perfect revelation of Jesus’ gift of righteousness, His peace and His joy. This is the only atmosphere. Everything else is not of Him.

Our job is to know Him more and more deeply.

Christians who live in ignorance of the life of the Holy Spirit have too much of the world inside of them. The world knows the man, Jesus. Believers know His voice.

Your life is not on display…His Presence is.

Difficulties and storms do not hinder His Presence in us. His glory is made known to others when we go through difficulties choosing to yield to Him.

Are you more aware of the problem you face than His Presence within you?

Our earthly human reasoning and problem solving will cut off access to the Mind of the Spirit available to us. We are not a double-minded man tossed up and down by circumstances. We have one mind and that mind is the mind of the Spirit. It is life and peace (Romans 8:6). Halleluiah!

Who is your source, where is your answer, what is your provision… what is true!

Everything needed for life and a good, holy life has already been deposited within you (2 Peter 1:3)! The power source is full and ready for application! You carry the source! Now all you need to do is get in position and connect. Obedience to His Words (and they are all good) is position. Obedience releases the anointing. The anointing is a powerful river of “God Possible” for your life.

His Presence is more important than people…but it is people who are precious to His Presence. (Read that again)

His Presence is greater than your short-comings and theirs. When His Presence takes over, hearts are healed, bodies are healed, relationships are healed, identity is healed…His heart is toward His children. Our focus is on Him. When we focus on people we see their faults or our own…

His Presence takes over in an atmosphere of praise.

Breakthrough

It is the Spirit that causes breakthrough into your freedom, not you. Your job is to get in position for the flood of breakthrough.

“I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland…so my people will be refreshed.” Isaiah 43:19.

Just before breakthrough, you are in faithful expectation. You are there waiting in the dry riverbed waiting for the flood…His flood comes and carries you into your breakthrough. Carrying you into freedom from fear, addiction, sin, old patterns of unbelief, infirmity, bitterness…He is the force that changes the landscape of your life. Your breakthrough is His to demonstrate.

Position has a cost. Are you willing to pay it? It will cost you self-discipline to shift mind-sets. We start with really asking ourselves what we are hungry for. I am not talking about food, I am talking about your desires.

“I have bread you know nothing about. My nutrients come from God’s will and completing it.” —Jesus, John 4:32

Learn to hunger for what Jesus is hungry for.

When we eat from the world, we become ill. When we enjoy God’s love as our nourishment, it makes us well.

The mind-set of the Holy Spirit is strengthened by revelation of His Presence living inside of you. The “cost” is to stop old patterns of unbelief. Build up inner strength through believing and listening to His voice as He unfolds every truth. Patterns, strongholds, habits are washed away when we pay the cost of position.

It is time to breakthrough into the throne room of His love and never leave. It is time to minister to others from our position within His throne room. He has chosen to place Himself inside of you…His throne room within. There is a river flowing from that throne room right now.

Please listen to this session. There is so much more than can be put down here in a synopsis. He is speaking to us in our own hearts for today.

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Blessings,

Pastor Teresa

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The Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Truth, transforms us into a shining light reflecting JESUS.

Jesus said, “ No one would think of lighting a lamp and then hiding it in the basement…a lamp belongs on a lampstand where all who enter may see its light. The eyes of your spirit allow revelation light to enter your being. When your heart is open light floods in. When your heart is hard and closed the light cannot penetrate and darkness takes its place.

Open your heart and consider My words. Watch out that you do not mistake your opinions for revelation light! If your spirit burns with light, fully illuminated with no trace of darkness, you will be a shining lamp reflecting rays of truth by the way you live!” Luke 11:33-36 TPT

There is glory inside of you greater than all the prophets. It is the glory of His Presence abiding in you. The Holy Spirit is transforming you out of all darkness into the fullness of God’s Light.

We are made in the image of God. See Genesis 1:26-27. He made us in His reflection, His likeness. We are a reflection of our Father. We have the attributes of His character. It is similar to a flashlight being shone into a mirror and being blinded by the reflection of it. The same light in Him is what we were made of. Then deception from the enemy of God brought separation and darkness. The light was dimmed.

But God sent Jesus… Read Romans 8: 28-30. God’s gift of righteousness restored us to our original purpose.

What is your life reflecting?

You were born-again to reflect the perfect image of Jesus Christ, the Light of the world.

The purpose of your body is to reflect the body of Jesus, your soul is to reflect the mind of the Spirit, and your spirit is to reflect the perfect love of the Father.

Who are we made in the image of? The answer is in 1 John 4:14-17 (This scripture will change your life!) God is love.

Everything works in this new creation life in the atmosphere of His love. Separate from Love, it does not work. Like a machine without oil, it dries up, stops moving, and looks dead.

Every answer you need right now is found in a fresh baptism of His love. Where there is perfect love, fear has nothing to cling to.

The Love of God takes care of any offence because you will never change a person, but God’s love can.

It takes care of defining your purpose for life and identity because in a baptism of God’s love, every voice is silenced except the Holy Spirit telling who you are.

It takes care of isolation and loneliness because in the center of God’s love is the person, Jesus Christ.

It takes care of your call to follow Jesus because love becomes the perfect law.

Romans 5:5, “The love of God is poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.”

This is the beautiful, transforming work of the Holy Spirit!

So why are we anxious, worn-out, angry and in pain? We need a fresh baptism of His love to reveal the glory that is already in us…the light that dissolves darkness. 1 John 4:16 clearly says, “Those who are living in love, are living in God.”

You were designed and re-born to be energized with the power of love. Read Ephesians 3:18-19 TPT( Again, you will be forever changed with this truth!)

Love and Time

It is almost too simple. Love and Time are the solution to whatever dry spot you are in. Time is a God-given commodity that you are in charge of managing. If you spend it on the Holy Spirit YOU WILL REFLECT GOD BRIGHTLY and have living water to spare.

Turn away from busy-ness, anxiety, anger, and every other distraction of this natural realm (Colossians 3:2) and set your heart of Him. Time with Him transforms us into what we were made to be…His reflection.

“We become like mirrors who brightly reflect the Lord Jesus”—2 Corinthians 3:16.

Practical tips for time in His Presence:

Start with thanksgiving. Thank Him for all He has done in your life. This will quiet all the distractions and bring you, focused, into His atmosphere. Ask for a fresh baptism of His love. Be immersed in the love of God. Read His words, with the partnership of the Holy Spirit, to fill your tank with knowledge of who He is and who you are. Return those beautiful promises to Him in prayer. Cast all your worries on His throne. All of them. Trust Him with your life. Release all the frustrations and bitterness. Forgive others. With a fresh peace, listen to Him and be led. Respond with a soft, teachable heart. Intercede for others so you train your heart to not always look inward but outward for service.

Love and Time: If you spend time under His influence and receive His outpouring of love, you will be a reflection of His image in this world. You WILL be a light. You will be living in your God given purpose.

Blessings,

Pastor Teresa

Thank you for listening and I pray a blessing over your life in the name of Jesus.

We only have 5 more sessions left! Stay tuned. Five more Thursdays of learning about the Holy Spirit. Hallelujah!

Jesus said, “Everything I have taught you is so that the peace which is in Me will be in you and will give you great confidence as you rest in Me. In this world you will have trouble [tribulation, sufferings, difficulties, sorrows, trials] but take heart [be courageous, be of good cheer] I have overcome the world!” John 16:33

Number one TRUTH here is, no matter what you are going through, no matter what storm is ravaging against your heart, no matter what words have been spoken over you, His peace has been given to you. A peace that is REALITY whether you feel it or not.

Jesus also said, “Do not let your heart be troubled.” John 14:1

Trouble will come, but we are told by our Savior to not let it get into our heart.

How? Obedience releases the anointing. The anointing brings us perfect comfort. The anointing is released by the Holy Spirit.

“I will pray to the Father and He will give you another Comforter that He may live with you forever. The Spirit of Truth, whom you know. He will never leave you…you know Him intimately because He remains in you and will live inside you.” John 14:16-17

Obedience is just position. Position yourself -your believing- under the Truth. What is your believing heart in agreement with? What have you attached to your believing center? Jesus wants your agreement with His truth. The Holy Spirit is the One who unveils every truth within you.

The etymology of comfort might help you understand the beautiful role of the powerful Person of the Holy Spirit. COM means “with” and FORT (fortis) means “strength”. His comfort positions us “in courage” allowing us to be courageous in the midst of trouble. We often think of comfort as a mother holding her troubled child, and He does this, but He also forms a fortress around you of truth to keep the gift of peace ruling the atmosphere of your heart.

If you are finding yourself suffering from the same battles the world is suffering it might be time for a deeper dive with the Holy Spirit. He is an expert at comforting us in the deep places. There is suffering in anger, rejection, sin, seeking the glory of men, separation, grief, anxiety, pain, lack and persecution but we have an answer for all of these in the word of God. We have a fortress of promises that allow us to go through the trouble positioned under peace and release our suffering. Our position is important.

“He is the God of endless comfort. He always comes alongside us to comfort us.” --2 Corinthians 1:3-4

The Comforter brings us into an awareness of the fortress of truth we have available. His counsel brings us comfort and His comfort brings us perfect counsel. He fortifies us with truth. His truth brings us true well-being (think about Jesus in the boat asleep while the storm raged around Him).

Truth dissolves isolation.

Distress is silenced.

We are translated into a mind-set and an identity where what is true is more real than what is seen, felt, or heard.

Are difficulties, troubles, sorrows, sufferings etc. a sign of failure for a Christian? No…until we leave the world there will be these things. Jesus didn’t say we would fail, so experiencing these things are not failure. Does God bring trials and sufferings to teach us or get our attention? No…He bore our grief and sorrow (Isaiah 53:4) and that means God does not put them on us since Jesus did a perfect work.

Let’s look at John 16:33 again: “In the world you will have trials and tribulations.” Note it does not say, “In God”, it says “In the world…”. God is the source of all that is good…He never orchestrates difficulties. He is the perfect Orchestrator of redemption. He redeems the most challenging difficulties, turning them into a display of His goodness.

The result of your life-union with Him is He brings His glory on your difficulty and when He does, others will see it. He brings blessing on those who trust Him. When you trust Him in a trial, His glory shines and is evident.

“ Every detail of our lives is continually woven together to fit into God’s perfect plan of bringing good into our lives, for we are His lovers who have been called to fulfill His designed purpose.”- Romans 8:28

The Holy Spirit is the Comforter of our lives. He comes alongside us and teaches us our true God-purposed identity and shows us what has already been deposited within us because of our union with Jesus.

Trials

The purpose of any trial is to solve a legal dispute. When you are going through a trial TRUTH is being tested. It is not you, personally, who is on trial because according to Romans 8:1 “The case is closed…there is no condemnation for those who walk after the Spirit.” Trials will test what we have believed is TRUTH. The foundation of your faith is tested. Before the trouble came, you established your faith by choice. This is why it is so important to build your faith in the TRUTH everyday.

When we choose to believe every Word God spoke and solidly attach our agreement to it, God calls us “Chosen”. He loves when you choose life because He is life. When we do, His life fills us and surrounds us and now we are His.

When you are in the fog-like state of a storm, trial, or difficulty and there are voices of fear or old-identity thoughts, it is time to quiet it all with what is true.

To get there sometimes we need to “focus-up” with a few important points:

1) Confess any sin so that there is “no accusing conscience” adding to the fog. God forgives you and washes the slate clean every time you ask.

2) Scan your heart for doubt and unbelief (this is where fears live) and replace it with the promise of God.

3) Surrender: Surrender your ability to power through in your own strength and surrender to the Holy Spirit’s comfort and His counsel.

4) Speak Christ: Declare who you are in Him and let praise begin to flow freely. Praise always clears the fog.

Reminder to us all: Every believer has a precious well of faith within them. When someone is going through a trial or difficulty never judge or remark on the state of their well. It is not our job to make their well like ours or ours like theirs. The path we all walk is narrow because it is You and Jesus…not you, your people, your church, the church in total, and Jesus.

One Word from the Holy Spirit changes everything. One Word… and it is a Word tailored to you and building relationship with Him.

Next time you are in the car or travelling turn on this recording so you can hear what the Holy Spirit has for you in this moment. As He speaks during Holy Spirit school He might be speaking directly to you and I might have missed that personal Word in this synopsis.

You can find this on Spotify under “Holy Spirit School”.

Blessings to you, my friend. You are being transformed by His truth everyday.

Pastor Teresa

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“The church has been sleeping, but she is awake and putting on her armor now and marching triumphantly. But do not make a mistake, God cannot do a great work through you without doing a great work in you first.” —-Evan Roberts 1904

Unity is all about Jesus. Jesus in you and Jesus in me is perfect unity. If I see Jesus in you, I won’t put you down and judge you. Unity in the body of Christ is not agreement. True Unity is only realized in the spiritual and it only comes from our common Savior, Jesus. It is Jesus that makes us one.

As you take time to pursue Him in prayer, in the Word, and in an awareness of the Presence of the Holy Spirit, you are increasing unity in the body of Christ. When we let Jesus heal our heart, then we can be unified more perfectly as a church. When the body of Christ is unified, we march in unity and the whole world is taken in with the image of Jesus. So the little moments we have under the influence of the Holy Spirit are actually gigantic.

You no longer belong to the world. The thief and enemy has no claim on you.

“…Be transformed as you embrace the glorious Christ within as your new life and live in union with Him! For God has re-created you all over again in His perfect righteousness, and you now belong to Him in the realm of true holiness. So discard every form of dishonesty and lying so that you will be known as one who always speaks the truth, for we all belong to one another.” Ephesians 4:24-25 TPT

We don’t belong to the world. We belong to one another. What if we always saw Christ in one another. Would we judge, hate, argue with, be jealous of, curse, or mock Christ?

Unity conquers the works of darkness.

The work that the Holy Spirit is accomplishing within you is bringing all of us into unity. When He addresses any fear within you with the truth, you are set free from a self-focused life. This makes you free to love others.

When you make the choice to attach your believing heart to the truth (John 17:6), the Word of God begins to sanctify you and clean your heart (John 17:17). You are washed clean and made holy in God’s perfect purpose for you. The process of sanctification is happening right now in you, as you listen to the Holy Spirit, listen to the Word of God, listen to His counsel and comfort…Sanctification is a moving, breathing life-force in you. That force is the Holy Spirit. He is personally bringing you into a reality and experience of sanctification that sets you free.

The Holy Spirit is given to you. He is the One that keeps you. He keeps you holy and sanctified. You now live in His realm and His reality: the realm of holiness. He is keeping you holy. Re-read John 16:13.

When you became a believer in Jesus Christ, you were justified, and because of this, you are continually sanctified. Let’s clarify these very “Christian” terms. Justified, simply stated, means you are forgiven and Jesus’ righteousness (His holiness) is released over you. This is a complete work. It is finished. Sanctification on the other hand is a process led by the Holy Spirit. The truth continuously sanctifies us.

(Please listen to the recording concerning this very important point. Starting at 17:00-24:00)

By grace you have been saved by faith. Nothing you did could ever earn this salvation for it was the love gift from God that brought us to Christ (Ephesians 2:8). Your justification is a sealed deal. Adopted, done. Child of God, done. Forgiven, done.

Justified= Identity changed.

Sanctified= Identity experienced.

The Holy Spirit leads an ongoing process of sanctification which is an inward work seen by the world outwardly. As you yield to this work, you release the fear of not being good enough. You are led into union with Jesus and led out of union with the world. In addition, you are led out of union with consecrating yourself perfect and holy.

The new wineskin Jesus (Matthew 9:17) talks about is freedom in Christ. The new wineskin is your heart. Nothing is holding you back…nothing is impossible. It is answered prayer beyond your wildest imagination. It is the new heart of a believer, the new wineskin, where God Himself lives.

Self-condemnation, punishing yourself, judging yourself harshly, consecrating yourself with good works is old wine and it is not meant for the new wineskin.

Nature VS Nurture

When we became believers, we received a new nature. God beautifully brought the nature of Jesus and our God-given nature(Psalm 139) together into a new life. The Holy Spirit is the perfect-parenting influence to nurture us in our new identity. To nurture is to bring nourishment and He nourishes us with truth every moment when we let Him.

Please take a quiet moment in the car or when you are settling down for the evening and play this session. The Spirit was all over it!

I hope it blesses you.

Blessings,

Pastor Teresa

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