Holy Spirit

Holy Spirit Empower

July 9, 2017

Please turn in your Bible to Acts 1:4-5, 8

Do you believe in the power of the Holy Spirit?

“On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. 5 For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”

V 8: “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

Acts 1:4-5, 8

Power (Grk: doo-nam-is): a force or miracle working capacity.

HOLY SPIRIT GIVES YOU POWER TO…

1: Blaze with the good news

“My message and my preaching were not with wise and

persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power, 5so that

your faith might not rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power.” 1 Corinthians 2:4-5

26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. Romans 8:26

2: Boast about personal weakness

"My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me... For when I am weak, then I am strong. 2 Corinthians 12:9-10

3: Bank on hope

“Surely everyone goes around like a mere phantom; in vain they

rush about, heaping up wealth without knowing whose it will finally be.

7 “But now, Lord, what do I look for? My hope is in you. Psalm 39:6-7

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that

you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13

4: Bask in all the fullness of God

16 I pray that out of His glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge — that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Ephesians 3:16-19

How to be filled with the Holy Spirit? Appropriate the fullness according to…

-His Promise: Acts 1:8

-His Command: Ephesians 5:18

What is God’s Spirit speaking into your life today? How must you respond?