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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us.

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 The morning of January 3rd, 2023, Southwood's three pastors met in the lodge to pray for the

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 new year. Rain fell steadily outside and all of the sudden rain fell steadily inside as well.

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 Water poured through everywhere, pouring through ceiling tiles, down walls. There was standing

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 water in restrooms. It was all through the hallway, running into the main room. Later, we would learn

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 that a clogged drain on the roof of the lodge had caused the standing water to back up and get higher

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 and higher to the point that it began pouring in through the AC vents. That's never, you don't want

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 water in your AC vents like that. And it just kept coming and coming. I wish I had taken pictures

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 sooner in the process. Here's a brief video of the aftermath.

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 It's not supposed to rain in the bathroom.

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 This continued for quite some time. It was much worse earlier.

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 But what you would have seen had you been there that morning was three pastors totally overwhelmed,

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 utterly powerless to do anything to stop this water. We were running around with towels

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 and trash cans. That'll do it. That's going to fix it. Towels and trash cans, filling quickly. We were

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 texting. That's why I was on my phone there. Texting every deacon we knew. Calling our facility's

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 contractor, help! Somebody, somebody please come help. They gave us instructions. They told us where to look

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 on the roof. We got to the roof. But when they showed up, we were no drier than when it started.

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 We used all the towels, collected all the trash cans, found every mop we owned, but we could not

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 fix the problem. Thankfully, some people are less overwhelmed and more helpful in a flood than pastors.

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 Call someone else. The deacons helped us. Helped us fix the drain immediately and in time then repair

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 the ceiling and the walls and dry out the whole building and be able to carry on.

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 Maybe you can relate to feeling overwhelmed and powerless like us that day. Just think spiritually.

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 For a minute. We've been called to be ambassadors for Jesus, his witnesses in this world. To reflect his

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 perfect image. To see our city flourish. To teach our kids of him. To love our enemies like him. To experience

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 and express his grace in relationships that impact eternity. That your life and my life should be so

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 soaked in the glory of God that eternity is transformed. Anybody feeling overwhelmed yet? You got that?

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 Just imagine Jesus' disciples here in the upper room. He's sending them out to love one another.

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 To wash each other's feet just as he has done for them even though they're presently arguing.

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 They are to testify about him so that the world will know that the Father sent him to earth.

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 In fact, they are supposed to so abide in Christ, to abide in Christ so deeply that they will bear

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 fruit that lasts forever even though the world will hate them and try to kill them.

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 Oh, and by the way, I'm out, Jesus says.

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 I'm leaving you. How do you think they're feeling?

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 Powerless?

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 Y'all, Jesus has been the power of this ragtag bunch, right?

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 He is the leader. He is the teacher. He is the healer.

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 They are fishermen and tax collectors.

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 They don't do that kind of stuff. They're like pastors trying to stop a water leak.

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 But while he understands their sorrow, their overwhelmedness, their feeling powerless,

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 Jesus wants to fill them with confidence and hope.

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 How in the world is that possible if he's leaving?

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 He must have something astonishing to say.

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 Perhaps, I think, the most startling statement he ever makes to them is here the night before the cross.

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 John chapter 16, middle of verse 4.

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 Jesus says to them,

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 Just stop there for a second.

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 Put yourself in their shoes.

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 It is to your advantage that I go away, Jesus says.

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 Really?

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 Is that possible?

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 What are you saying, Jesus?

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 He'll explain.

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 For if I do not go away, the helper will not come to you.

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 But if I go, I will send him to you.

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 And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment.

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 Concerning sin because they do not believe in me.

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 Concerning righteousness because I go to the Father and you will see me no longer.

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 Concerning judgment because the ruler of this world is judged.

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 I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

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 When the spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth.

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 For he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears, he will speak.

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 And he will declare to you the things that are to come.

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 He will glorify me.

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 For he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

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 All that the Father has is mine.

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 Therefore, I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

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 Don't miss the power of a personal presence.

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 We are going to unpack this morning a bit the person of the Holy Spirit Jesus is promising.

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 But notice in this passage, Jesus doesn't give his powerless followers a long list of instructions,

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 things to do, follow these and fix the leak.

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 He doesn't give them a promise either that the circumstances will improve.

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 You know, people will stop hating you.

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 No.

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 The water will stop eventually.

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 No.

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 He gives them the power of a personal presence.

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 A helper who, like those Southwood deacons, would show up and do it with us and for us.

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 Information wasn't enough.

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 Change of circumstances was false hope.

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 But the incredible, I mean, really unbelievable promise is a person with us.

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 A helper, the word is.

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 Not a drill sergeant to yell orders at you.

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 Not on the other end, a complainer merely to bemoan with you how hard things are.

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 A helper, paraclete, directing, exhorting, calling you from alongside.

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 Tough and tender.

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 Calling you forward and crawling through the mess with you.

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 We need to take Jesus seriously even when he startles us.

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 He is repeating this idea enough now that we ought to know it's not hyperbole, okay?

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 He means something.

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 He's told his disciples that they will do even greater things than they have seen him do.

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 Really?

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 Is that possible?

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 He's telling them here it'll be better for them if he leaves and sends the helper.

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 Are you sure, Jesus?

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 Are we going to trust you on this one?

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 He will tell them that they'll receive power.

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 Where is their power going to come from?

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 When Holy Spirit comes upon them to be his witnesses around the world.

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 In fact, when Jesus identifies the good gift that his father will give to them, he tells them he doesn't even name himself.

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 What does he say?

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 The Spirit.

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 Maybe like me, you've thought since you were a kid that if you just lived when Jesus lived and when he was walking around here on the earth, that would do it for you.

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 You would have strong faith, right?

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 I would live passionately.

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 I would share the good news with everyone if I would just had Jesus here with me.

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 Jesus disagrees.

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 Look at the evidence of his disciples.

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 When Jesus is around with them, a few people believe, but many reject him.

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 His followers have little faith.

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 Jesus has to do most all of the miracles.

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 But then Jesus leaves.

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 The Holy Spirit shows up and bam!

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 3,000 trust Jesus after the first sermon and the numbers keep growing every day.

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 Peter, who just denied Jesus before a servant girl, now stands before the leaders of the community with the authority to take his life.

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 And he says, do what you have to do to me, but I will not and cannot stop speaking about Jesus.

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 The gospel goes to the Gentiles.

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 Demons are cast out.

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 And so many come to trust Jesus that churches are planted around the known world by the power of the Spirit.

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 Y'all, if we are going to be and to do what God has for Southwood, I believe he's telling us he's going to have to put some Pentecostal into some Presbyterians.

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 Okay?

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 And some of you aren't going to be very comfortable with that.

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 Not to mention your pastor.

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 Actually, it is very Presbyterian.

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 Or it used to be, and it should be, to say that our power is from Holy Spirit.

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 A person, right?

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 We set God in three persons.

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 Did we forget that there are more than two?

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 A real person, not a mere force.

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 Him, not it.

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 Fully God.

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 The third person of the Trinity.

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 We professed that earlier, right?

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 I believe in God the Father.

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 God the Son.

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 God the Holy Spirit.

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 We're going to see more of that here.

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 And Holy Spirit is not just telling us what to do.

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 He's not just sending us on mission.

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 He is joining us, paraclete, helper for us.

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 Let's see what Jesus tells us about this incredible power.

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 How could we possibly be better off now, Jesus, than we would have been then?

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 Well, if Jesus' physical presence was localized here, his whole life in an area smaller than Alabama,

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 the Spirit's presence is universalized everywhere.

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 I'll send him to y'all so you can bring my glory not merely to Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria,

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 but to the uttermost parts of the earth, Alabama included, but so much bigger.

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 The Spirit blows where he pleases like the wind.

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 Secondly, this powerful person is really present inside you.

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 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you?

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 He's going to be so powerfully connected within you

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 that you'll know Jesus in ways the disciples didn't know him to this point.

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 They saw him, heard him, walked around with him, but now he's going to live in them all the time.

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 How was it, remember, that he told them they would experience full joy just in this last chapter,

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 just a couple hours ago perhaps?

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 It would be his joy in them.

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 And they've heard that and now Jesus is leaving,

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 so it would be understandable that they would be sorrowful.

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 In fact, without an awareness of and reality of Holy Spirit,

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 without finding true life in him,

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 what hope is there of ever tasting this full joy?

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 But Holy Spirit is bringing the joy and love and peace and more of Jesus

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 into your heart to overflowing,

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 so that you will bear fruit that will last,

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 fruit of the Spirit.

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 And you thought you'd never change.

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 Not if that fruit-bearing Spirit lives within you.

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 You are full of power, child of God.

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 Full of power by his Spirit.

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 That joy from Jesus is just one example

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 of the other thing you have to notice about this incredible power.

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 Holy Spirit is Christ-centered.

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 Always focused on Jesus.

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 Always shining the spotlight on Jesus.

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 We as a church are committed to being Christ-centered.

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 Good news.

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 So is Holy Spirit.

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 He's into that.

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 Jesus has already been telling us this about the Spirit that he promises to send.

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 He said it several times in this one conversation with his disciples.

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 There are more in this passage.

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 But look back to chapter 14.

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 He's going to ask the Father who will give you another helper

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 to be with you forever.

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 This Spirit of truth.

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 He dwells with you and will be in you.

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 Notice verse 18.

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 Jesus says,

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 I will not leave you as orphans.

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 I will come to you.

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 He's also leaving,

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 but I will.

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 This is his Spirit in a real way.

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 And then down a few more verses in verse 26.

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 The helper, the Holy Spirit,

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 will teach you and bring to your remembrance

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 all that I have said to you.

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 Chapter 15.

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 When the helper comes,

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 he will bear witness about me.

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 Me.

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 Jesus says.

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 You see what he's doing?

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 He's bearing witness about Jesus.

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 Life with his Spirit will be life abiding in Jesus.

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 It is beautiful how the Trinity works together.

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 We're going to see that more.

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 But he's starting to see how this personal power

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 could incredibly position us even better

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 than Jesus himself being in the room this morning.

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 Have you thought about that before?

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 That Jesus actually decided this was better for you,

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 for us.

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 Do you live with that kind of confidence?

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 Like you would if Jesus was standing right here next to you?

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 I might preach without notes if I believed that was true.

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 Crazy.

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 You might share about Jesus with your neighbor.

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 You might serve the poor during fall break.

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 You might confess your sin to your grace group

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 or stay around for all of my long sermon

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 that I preach without notes.

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 We might all be in it together.

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 If we really believed the power that Jesus says we have.

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 Why do we need this incredible power?

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 Hopefully some of that answer is apparent already

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 as we feel powerless toward the glorious tasks

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 that we've been given.

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 But what I want us to think specifically here

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 is how Jesus tells us exactly how Christ-centered the Spirit is.

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 Verse 14, he says it very plainly.

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 He will glorify me.

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 Come back to the rest of the verse.

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 But y'all, what we all need

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 is for Jesus to be glorified in our hearts and lives.

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 Okay, that's at the core level.

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 That's what we need.

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 That word for glory that we've talked about

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 as having weight.

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 Not that what we need so much is new information about Jesus

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 or that what we really need is our circumstances to change.

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 No.

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 We need Jesus and his words and his realities

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 to be as significant to us as they really are,

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 to carry that kind of weight.

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 And this is the work of the Spirit in the hearts of people,

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 those who don't trust Jesus at all and those who do.

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 So back to verse 8.

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 People need Holy Spirit

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 because we have missed Jesus at a fundamental level.

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 Holy Spirit comes to help us see him the way we ought to.

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 When he comes,

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 he will convict the world

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 concerning sin and righteousness and judgment.

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 The way we often say this is that the Father

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 in his eternal love plans salvation

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 and he sends the Son

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 who accomplishes salvation in his life and death and resurrection

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 and then the Father and the Son send the Spirit

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 who applies that salvation to our hearts,

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 to you and to me.

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 Because without him,

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 we are blind to the reality of Jesus.

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 And so Holy Spirit comes to convict us

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 concerning sin

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 because we don't believe in Jesus.

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 That's actually our greatest sin.

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 Trusting ourselves rather than him.

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 So a huge role of Holy Spirit

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 is showing us how desperately

00:20:20.720 --> 00:20:22.819
 we all need Jesus.

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 He's always doing that.

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 Secondly, the helper convicts the world

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 concerning righteousness

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 because Jesus is going to the Father

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 and not being seen any longer.

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 This is Jesus' vindication

00:20:38.779 --> 00:20:42.019
 in his triumphant resurrection and ascension

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 so that true righteousness,

00:20:44.200 --> 00:20:45.279
 our righteousness,

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 if we believe in him,

00:20:46.819 --> 00:20:48.779
 as John Bunyan reminds us,

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 is where?

00:20:49.799 --> 00:20:51.299
 In heaven.

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 Before God.

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 We stand right with God

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 because of Jesus.

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 Jesus has been the one

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 as the righteous light of the world

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 exposing its darkness

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 because his glory is brilliant

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 in its purity.

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 It's one of the ways

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 Jesus has been helper.

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 But now he calls,

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 as we saw a minute ago,

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 the Spirit,

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 another helper,

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 meaning like him.

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 Holy Spirit will show the world

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 our insufficient righteousness

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 and the glory of Jesus' perfection.

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 Finally, we need the helper

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 to convict us concerning judgment

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 because the ruler of this world

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 is truly judged.

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 Look, actually,

00:21:40.660 --> 00:21:41.080
 what he's doing

00:21:41.080 --> 00:21:42.200
 is shining the spotlight

00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:43.400
 on Jesus again.

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 It's not Jesus

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 who was judged

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 and defeated on the cross

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 as it may have seemed,

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 but the ruler of this world

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 who was defeated

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 in the triumph of Jesus.

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 And when we look around

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 and we see the world hating us,

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 when we feel

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 that the forces of darkness

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 are stronger

00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:03.080
 than the forces of light

00:22:03.080 --> 00:22:03.600
 in the world,

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 Holy Spirit reminds us,

00:22:05.279 --> 00:22:06.960
 no, the light

00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:08.779
 is always stronger

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 than the dark.

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 You have power in you.

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 Greater is he in you

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 than he that is in the world.

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 Don't you give up

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 or give in.

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 Holy Spirit is with you.

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 That's been happening

00:22:22.700 --> 00:22:24.920
 since he came in Pentecost

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 in power.

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 These untrained,

00:22:28.240 --> 00:22:30.019
 ordinary followers of Jesus

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 by the power of the Spirit

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 preached sermons

00:22:33.379 --> 00:22:35.379
 and shared meals

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 and suffered martyrdom

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 and saw people

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 in generation after generation,

00:22:41.399 --> 00:22:42.759
 nation after nation,

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 bow the knee

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 to King Jesus

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 and find his joy

00:22:46.299 --> 00:22:47.299
 and love

00:22:47.299 --> 00:22:48.159
 and peace

00:22:48.159 --> 00:22:49.599
 to be true life,

00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:52.319
 to abide in him personally,

00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:53.899
 so that recent estimates

00:22:53.900 --> 00:22:56.300
 are that around 3 million people

00:22:56.300 --> 00:22:57.320
 are converting

00:22:57.320 --> 00:22:58.120
 to Christianity

00:22:58.120 --> 00:22:59.660
 every year

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 so that we're rushing

00:23:01.060 --> 00:23:03.280
 towards worldwide numbers

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 nearing 3 billion Christians.

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 You may see

00:23:09.420 --> 00:23:11.940
 your need of Jesus,

00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:14.780
 the glory of Jesus

00:23:14.780 --> 00:23:15.720
 right now

00:23:15.720 --> 00:23:17.480
 for the first time

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 and you can trust him

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 to save you

00:23:21.920 --> 00:23:23.060
 by the power

00:23:23.060 --> 00:23:24.500
 of his Spirit

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 and you're one

00:23:25.880 --> 00:23:27.580
 among billions

00:23:27.580 --> 00:23:29.039
 where he's doing

00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:30.560
 that incredible,

00:23:31.060 --> 00:23:32.759
 powerful work.

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 All very exciting.

00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:39.940
 I hope you're excited.

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:42.460
 But how do we plug in

00:23:42.460 --> 00:23:44.940
 to that incredible power?

00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:49.340
 Well, the beginning of that

00:23:49.339 --> 00:23:51.659
 is that Jesus

00:23:51.659 --> 00:23:52.799
 sends his Spirit

00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:53.799
 to us,

00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:54.399
 doesn't he?

00:23:55.139 --> 00:23:56.099
 So we are on

00:23:56.099 --> 00:23:57.359
 the receiving end,

00:23:57.740 --> 00:23:58.399
 palms up,

00:23:59.299 --> 00:24:01.139
 dependent posture.

00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:03.220
 We're receiving

00:24:03.220 --> 00:24:03.859
 the Spirit,

00:24:04.139 --> 00:24:06.279
 but what actually happens?

00:24:06.539 --> 00:24:06.899
 How?

00:24:07.199 --> 00:24:08.139
 How does that happen,

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 Pastor?

00:24:09.819 --> 00:24:10.459
 Listen,

00:24:10.579 --> 00:24:11.419
 as Jesus makes

00:24:11.419 --> 00:24:13.359
 a massive statement,

00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:15.000
 we can hardly

00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:15.919
 comprehend this,

00:24:16.019 --> 00:24:16.459
 but look back

00:24:16.459 --> 00:24:17.319
 at verse 14.

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 Holy Spirit

00:24:19.439 --> 00:24:20.500
 will take

00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:21.720
 what is mine

00:24:21.720 --> 00:24:23.639
 and declare it

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 to you.

00:24:25.839 --> 00:24:26.220
 Jesus,

00:24:26.379 --> 00:24:26.859
 to be clear,

00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:28.059
 verse 15 says,

00:24:28.419 --> 00:24:28.539
 listen,

00:24:28.919 --> 00:24:30.099
 all the Father

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 has is mine.

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 That's what I mean,

00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:34.220
 Jesus says,

00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:35.259
 by mine,

00:24:35.379 --> 00:24:36.519
 that the Holy Spirit

00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:37.919
 will declare to you.

00:24:38.299 --> 00:24:39.559
 Let me try to unpack that.

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 That's a lot.

00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:43.039
 John has told us

00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:43.599
 repeatedly

00:24:43.599 --> 00:24:44.759
 that Jesus

00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:45.940
 came in the flesh

00:24:45.940 --> 00:24:47.640
 to reveal God

00:24:47.640 --> 00:24:48.420
 to us.

00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:50.119
 The very glory

00:24:50.119 --> 00:24:51.039
 of God,

00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:52.799
 all that we need

00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:54.200
 to know about God

00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:55.240
 himself is shown

00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:56.539
 to us in Jesus,

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:56.879
 right?

00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:58.259
 That's good news.

00:24:58.700 --> 00:24:59.039
 And this,

00:24:59.119 --> 00:25:00.099
 this takes it further.

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:02.240
 Holy Spirit

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:03.079
 comes

00:25:03.079 --> 00:25:04.740
 to help us

00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:05.819
 get it

00:25:05.819 --> 00:25:07.740
 and keep it,

00:25:07.819 --> 00:25:08.859
 all of it.

00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:10.640
 There is the power,

00:25:10.640 --> 00:25:12.620
 all that the Father

00:25:12.620 --> 00:25:13.259
 has

00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:14.720
 in Jesus

00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:16.540
 and when we remember

00:25:16.540 --> 00:25:16.840
 then

00:25:16.840 --> 00:25:18.180
 and shape our lives

00:25:18.180 --> 00:25:19.340
 around the glorious

00:25:19.340 --> 00:25:20.120
 reality,

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:21.940
 the true weight,

00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:23.340
 the utter primacy

00:25:23.340 --> 00:25:23.900
 of God

00:25:23.900 --> 00:25:24.900
 so that nothing

00:25:24.900 --> 00:25:25.960
 even comes close

00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:27.160
 to competing with him,

00:25:27.440 --> 00:25:28.940
 we have power

00:25:28.940 --> 00:25:29.880
 that changes

00:25:29.880 --> 00:25:30.900
 everything.

00:25:31.700 --> 00:25:32.600
 The Father

00:25:32.600 --> 00:25:32.860
 has,

00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:34.340
 everything is his,

00:25:34.600 --> 00:25:35.460
 all that is his

00:25:35.460 --> 00:25:36.100
 is in Jesus

00:25:36.100 --> 00:25:37.220
 and the Holy Spirit

00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:38.080
 declares to us

00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:38.980
 everything

00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:41.179
 that Jesus needs

00:25:41.179 --> 00:25:42.240
 for us to know.

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:44.240
 Maybe you've heard

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:45.419
 that to live this way

00:25:45.419 --> 00:25:46.599
 we must preach

00:25:46.599 --> 00:25:47.299
 the gospel

00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:48.359
 to ourselves

00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:49.460
 every day

00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:51.679
 and that is so vital.

00:25:51.839 --> 00:25:53.359
 How needy we are

00:25:53.359 --> 00:25:54.720
 and how gloriously

00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:56.000
 our needs are met

00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:57.059
 in Jesus.

00:25:58.519 --> 00:25:59.259
 This verse

00:25:59.259 --> 00:26:00.319
 is the closest thing

00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:01.480
 I know in the whole Bible

00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:02.720
 to expressing

00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:03.699
 that heart.

00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:06.059
 Holy Spirit

00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:07.799
 takes the full

00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:09.419
 gospel goodness.

00:26:09.919 --> 00:26:11.159
 All the grace

00:26:11.159 --> 00:26:12.139
 of Jesus

00:26:12.139 --> 00:26:13.539
 is what you need

00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:14.339
 in every moment,

00:26:14.599 --> 00:26:15.460
 every situation,

00:26:15.659 --> 00:26:16.379
 every struggle,

00:26:16.579 --> 00:26:17.419
 every opportunity,

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:18.759
 every heartache,

00:26:18.859 --> 00:26:19.700
 every joy

00:26:19.700 --> 00:26:21.240
 and what does he do

00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:21.639
 with it?

00:26:21.859 --> 00:26:23.639
 He declares it

00:26:23.639 --> 00:26:24.440
 to you

00:26:24.440 --> 00:26:26.139
 over and over.

00:26:26.419 --> 00:26:27.480
 Not new information

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:28.019
 per se.

00:26:28.859 --> 00:26:30.680
 Things from the Father

00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:33.799
 that Jesus has said

00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:35.460
 and that he will say

00:26:35.460 --> 00:26:36.980
 through his apostles,

00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:39.960
 notice all the truth

00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:40.940
 from Jesus.

00:26:41.140 --> 00:26:42.339
 That means a specific

00:26:42.339 --> 00:26:43.460
 body of truth.

00:26:43.599 --> 00:26:45.360
 I am strongly suspect

00:26:45.360 --> 00:26:47.279
 referring to the New Testament

00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:48.319
 that these followers

00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:49.960
 of Jesus will write.

00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:51.200
 Okay?

00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:52.579
 That's what he's declaring

00:26:52.579 --> 00:26:53.220
 to us.

00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:55.360
 Jesus has been calling him

00:26:55.360 --> 00:26:57.579
 the Spirit of Truth.

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:58.980
 So who's he going

00:26:58.980 --> 00:26:59.839
 to tell you about?

00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:01.640
 Jesus,

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:02.940
 who is the way,

00:27:03.299 --> 00:27:04.279
 the truth,

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:05.680
 and the life.

00:27:05.879 --> 00:27:08.399
 He speaks all that truth

00:27:08.399 --> 00:27:09.920
 into your heart.

00:27:10.139 --> 00:27:10.819
 See, he's not just

00:27:10.819 --> 00:27:12.440
 a spotlight on Jesus,

00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:13.579
 as wonderful as that is.

00:27:13.799 --> 00:27:15.599
 He is a megaphone,

00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:16.059
 clearly,

00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:17.160
 for Jesus.

00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:18.619
 A megaphone,

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.440
 child of God,

00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:20.680
 from the inside

00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:21.680
 of your heart,

00:27:22.079 --> 00:27:23.259
 declaring above

00:27:23.259 --> 00:27:24.500
 the shouts of the world

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:25.879
 and the cries

00:27:25.879 --> 00:27:26.700
 of your pain

00:27:26.700 --> 00:27:28.000
 the truth

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:29.500
 about Jesus.

00:27:29.940 --> 00:27:31.160
 So you hear it.

00:27:31.160 --> 00:27:35.759
 so that when you look around

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:37.580
 and conclude

00:27:37.580 --> 00:27:39.220
 that your efforts

00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:40.180
 with your child

00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:41.720
 or your friend

00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:43.160
 are hopeless,

00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:46.420
 he declares to you

00:27:46.420 --> 00:27:47.900
 that greater is he

00:27:47.900 --> 00:27:48.860
 that is in you

00:27:48.860 --> 00:27:50.340
 than he that is in the world.

00:27:50.740 --> 00:27:52.620
 That faith is being certain

00:27:52.620 --> 00:27:53.980
 of what we do not see.

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:56.160
 That he who calls you

00:27:56.160 --> 00:27:56.920
 is faithful

00:27:56.920 --> 00:27:58.240
 and he will keep

00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:58.960
 his promises.

00:27:58.960 --> 00:27:59.920
 And he's saying,

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:01.400
 that's real power.

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:05.700
 When you're tempted

00:28:05.700 --> 00:28:07.140
 to behave inappropriately

00:28:07.140 --> 00:28:08.079
 with your girlfriend,

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:11.940
 to look at images

00:28:11.940 --> 00:28:13.200
 on the screen

00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:14.840
 that seem to offer life

00:28:14.840 --> 00:28:17.220
 and significance to you,

00:28:17.400 --> 00:28:18.819
 he declares to you

00:28:18.819 --> 00:28:20.360
 the truth of Jesus,

00:28:20.559 --> 00:28:21.940
 that she is to be treated

00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:23.539
 as though she is your sister

00:28:23.539 --> 00:28:25.220
 until she is your wife.

00:28:25.220 --> 00:28:28.140
 That if you look

00:28:28.140 --> 00:28:29.279
 at someone lustfully,

00:28:29.400 --> 00:28:30.860
 you're committing adultery.

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:32.120
 And at the end

00:28:32.120 --> 00:28:32.839
 of the pathway

00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:34.279
 that the adulterous woman

00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:35.600
 calls you to walk down

00:28:35.600 --> 00:28:36.279
 is death

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:37.460
 while wisdom offers

00:28:37.460 --> 00:28:38.339
 true life

00:28:38.339 --> 00:28:39.740
 and he declares that to you

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.900
 and that's real power.

00:28:44.900 --> 00:28:46.500
 When you deal with sadness

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:48.759
 and darkness

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:49.920
 and depression

00:28:49.920 --> 00:28:51.400
 and you begin to believe

00:28:51.400 --> 00:28:52.779
 it's never going to end,

00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:54.680
 he declares that the light

00:28:54.680 --> 00:28:55.339
 of Jesus

00:28:55.339 --> 00:28:56.920
 shines into the world

00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:58.740
 and will not be overcome

00:28:58.740 --> 00:29:00.000
 by darkness.

00:29:00.619 --> 00:29:01.799
 That even in the moments

00:29:01.799 --> 00:29:03.359
 when darkness seems

00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:05.319
 to be your closest friend,

00:29:05.619 --> 00:29:06.539
 God is working

00:29:06.539 --> 00:29:07.740
 for your good

00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:09.700
 and nothing separates you

00:29:09.700 --> 00:29:10.859
 from his love.

00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:11.879
 And as a result,

00:29:12.139 --> 00:29:12.859
 that one day

00:29:12.859 --> 00:29:14.099
 he will wipe away

00:29:14.099 --> 00:29:15.420
 every tear

00:29:15.420 --> 00:29:16.420
 from your eyes

00:29:16.420 --> 00:29:17.519
 and you will know

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:19.960
 his full joy.

00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:20.940
 And he says,

00:29:21.120 --> 00:29:22.920
 that's real power.

00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:26.860
 When you're afraid

00:29:26.860 --> 00:29:27.340
 of sharing

00:29:27.340 --> 00:29:28.360
 with your neighbor

00:29:28.360 --> 00:29:30.500
 or your family member

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:31.480
 about Jesus,

00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:33.400
 he declares to you

00:29:33.400 --> 00:29:34.400
 that God has given you

00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:35.799
 not a spirit of fear

00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:37.400
 but a spirit

00:29:37.400 --> 00:29:39.059
 of power

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:40.779
 and of love

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:42.340
 and of sound mind

00:29:42.340 --> 00:29:43.120
 that the spirit

00:29:43.120 --> 00:29:43.660
 that cries

00:29:43.660 --> 00:29:45.079
 Abba, Father,

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:46.960
 that you're accepted already,

00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:48.140
 that boldness

00:29:48.140 --> 00:29:49.320
 is the right thing

00:29:49.320 --> 00:29:50.120
 to pray for

00:29:50.120 --> 00:29:51.120
 because Jesus

00:29:51.120 --> 00:29:51.980
 is not ashamed

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:52.600
 to call you

00:29:52.600 --> 00:29:54.020
 brother or sister

00:29:54.020 --> 00:29:55.140
 so you need not

00:29:55.140 --> 00:29:55.940
 be ashamed

00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:56.740
 of him

00:29:56.740 --> 00:29:57.980
 and of his gospel

00:29:57.980 --> 00:29:59.160
 but to be full

00:29:59.160 --> 00:30:00.160
 of the spirit

00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:01.240
 and of power.

00:30:01.800 --> 00:30:02.800
 That's real power,

00:30:03.120 --> 00:30:03.660
 he says.

00:30:08.380 --> 00:30:09.120
 By the way,

00:30:09.160 --> 00:30:09.520
 those of you

00:30:09.520 --> 00:30:11.060
 ruthlessly eliminating hurry,

00:30:12.280 --> 00:30:12.780
 raise your hand,

00:30:12.820 --> 00:30:13.440
 you know who you are.

00:30:14.160 --> 00:30:14.660
 Yep, okay,

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:15.259
 some of you are about

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:16.300
 to go to a class about it.

00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:19.779
 this is why

00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:20.759
 you're doing that.

00:30:21.139 --> 00:30:22.299
 It's not so you can

00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:22.960
 feel better.

00:30:24.440 --> 00:30:25.579
 It's so you can

00:30:25.579 --> 00:30:26.460
 plug in

00:30:26.460 --> 00:30:27.859
 to this

00:30:27.859 --> 00:30:28.819
 power

00:30:28.819 --> 00:30:29.980
 so you can

00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:31.319
 open this word

00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:33.259
 and hear this spirit

00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:35.059
 declare this truth

00:30:35.059 --> 00:30:36.119
 and see

00:30:36.119 --> 00:30:37.240
 the glory

00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:38.079
 of Jesus

00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:39.639
 take its proper

00:30:39.639 --> 00:30:40.740
 place in your life,

00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:41.779
 carry the weight

00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:42.440
 it deserves

00:30:42.440 --> 00:30:44.259
 in your heart.

00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:46.099
 He promises

00:30:46.099 --> 00:30:46.859
 power, y'all

00:30:46.859 --> 00:30:47.900
 and we rush

00:30:47.900 --> 00:30:48.640
 through our scripture

00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:49.599
 reading without

00:30:49.599 --> 00:30:50.779
 stopping to listen

00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:51.619
 so that we can

00:30:51.619 --> 00:30:52.599
 go about our days

00:30:52.599 --> 00:30:54.200
 improving our lives

00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:54.859
 on our own

00:30:54.859 --> 00:30:55.400
 as though we

00:30:55.400 --> 00:30:56.700
 have that power

00:30:56.700 --> 00:30:57.579
 in ourselves.

00:30:58.440 --> 00:30:59.460
 So God gives us

00:30:59.460 --> 00:31:00.599
 a day every week

00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:02.359
 to reset our hearts,

00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:03.640
 to recharge

00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:04.519
 our batteries,

00:31:04.660 --> 00:31:05.400
 to plug into

00:31:05.400 --> 00:31:06.259
 true power

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:07.379
 and we give him

00:31:07.379 --> 00:31:08.500
 half of it

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:09.200
 mornings,

00:31:09.599 --> 00:31:10.259
 sometimes,

00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:11.660
 a bit late,

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:12.879
 a lot preoccupied,

00:31:12.880 --> 00:31:13.900
 but we gotta get

00:31:13.900 --> 00:31:14.260
 there to hear

00:31:14.260 --> 00:31:15.080
 a couple tips,

00:31:15.260 --> 00:31:15.420
 you know,

00:31:15.520 --> 00:31:16.620
 some practical

00:31:16.620 --> 00:31:17.620
 how-tos that will

00:31:17.620 --> 00:31:18.640
 be powerful enough

00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:19.660
 to change my life

00:31:19.660 --> 00:31:20.220
 this week

00:31:20.220 --> 00:31:21.360
 and make me

00:31:21.360 --> 00:31:22.380
 instantly a better

00:31:22.380 --> 00:31:23.340
 parent and a more

00:31:23.340 --> 00:31:24.260
 patient spouse

00:31:24.260 --> 00:31:25.040
 and a more

00:31:25.040 --> 00:31:26.120
 successful person

00:31:26.120 --> 00:31:27.220
 and all the time

00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:28.140
 we are missing

00:31:28.140 --> 00:31:30.200
 the true power.

00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:32.660
 We wonder

00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:33.160
 why we're

00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:35.340
 feeling so frantic

00:31:35.340 --> 00:31:37.640
 and so self-focused

00:31:37.640 --> 00:31:39.280
 and so powerless

00:31:39.280 --> 00:31:40.580
 some days.

00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:43.019
 Listen,

00:31:43.099 --> 00:31:43.639
 I wanna tell you

00:31:43.639 --> 00:31:44.000
 something

00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:46.199
 that is really

00:31:46.199 --> 00:31:46.839
 good news

00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:47.259
 but it won't

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:47.960
 sound like that

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.539
 at first.

00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:51.119
 This mission

00:31:51.119 --> 00:31:51.879
 Jesus gives

00:31:51.879 --> 00:31:52.659
 his followers

00:31:52.659 --> 00:31:55.539
 to see his glory

00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:56.500
 fill the earth,

00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:58.259
 to testify to him,

00:31:58.519 --> 00:31:59.039
 in case you didn't

00:31:59.039 --> 00:31:59.599
 notice earlier,

00:31:59.679 --> 00:32:00.299
 not only does the

00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:01.099
 spirit testify

00:32:01.099 --> 00:32:01.779
 about Jesus,

00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:02.439
 we do.

00:32:04.019 --> 00:32:04.960
 It's not getting

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:05.720
 any easier

00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:07.359
 in our day,

00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:08.159
 in our culture.

00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:09.400
 The water won't

00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:11.220
 stop flooding in

00:32:11.220 --> 00:32:13.380
 but you're not

00:32:13.380 --> 00:32:14.620
 going under.

00:32:14.900 --> 00:32:15.920
 He promises

00:32:15.920 --> 00:32:17.060
 the helper

00:32:17.060 --> 00:32:18.880
 is not leaving us.

00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:21.440
 We're not fighting

00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:22.400
 on our own.

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:25.060
 Did you get that?

00:32:25.460 --> 00:32:26.259
 You're not on your own.

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:26.840
 Southwood,

00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:27.820
 we know a lot

00:32:27.820 --> 00:32:29.980
 and we have a lot

00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:32.040
 but what we most

00:32:32.040 --> 00:32:33.259
 need is

00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:34.500
 Holy Spirit

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:35.540
 power.

00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:37.000
 Holy Spirit

00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:38.359
 is showing us

00:32:38.359 --> 00:32:39.339
 and our neighbors

00:32:39.339 --> 00:32:40.079
 the truth

00:32:40.079 --> 00:32:40.980
 about Jesus

00:32:40.980 --> 00:32:41.819
 whether it looks

00:32:41.819 --> 00:32:42.659
 like it or feels

00:32:42.659 --> 00:32:43.299
 like it to you

00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:43.759
 or not.

00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:45.799
 He is powerfully

00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:47.200
 drawing us to God

00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:48.659
 so that his glory

00:32:48.659 --> 00:32:49.879
 will fill the earth

00:32:49.879 --> 00:32:51.460
 so you receive

00:32:51.460 --> 00:32:52.799
 that power

00:32:52.799 --> 00:32:54.099
 to abide in Jesus

00:32:54.099 --> 00:32:55.379
 as you meet Jesus

00:32:55.379 --> 00:32:56.539
 in his word

00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:57.940
 and meditate on it.

00:32:58.180 --> 00:32:59.480
 As you meet Jesus

00:32:59.480 --> 00:33:00.639
 by his spirit

00:33:00.639 --> 00:33:01.619
 in the Lord's

00:33:01.619 --> 00:33:02.079
 supper

00:33:02.079 --> 00:33:03.500
 to empower you

00:33:03.500 --> 00:33:04.700
 for life with him.

00:33:04.700 --> 00:33:05.960
 as you meet Jesus

00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:07.039
 in his people

00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:08.059
 as you go to your

00:33:08.059 --> 00:33:08.960
 grace group

00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:10.640
 where he's present

00:33:10.640 --> 00:33:11.640
 by his spirit

00:33:11.640 --> 00:33:12.880
 living in them

00:33:12.880 --> 00:33:13.180
 right?

00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:14.279
 And you think

00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:15.380
 there's power

00:33:15.380 --> 00:33:16.400
 there's hope

00:33:16.400 --> 00:33:17.779
 there's joy for us

00:33:17.779 --> 00:33:19.200
 because the spirit

00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:19.819
 is here.

00:33:21.900 --> 00:33:23.539
 But in all those places

00:33:23.539 --> 00:33:25.759
 you get this

00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:27.140
 incredible power

00:33:27.140 --> 00:33:30.680
 by asking

00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:33.080
 by asking

00:33:33.080 --> 00:33:34.240
 by asking

00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:35.500
 your good father

00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:38.759
 you ask him

00:33:38.759 --> 00:33:40.600
 for a good gift

00:33:40.600 --> 00:33:43.480
 how much more

00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:45.220
 will he give you

00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:47.080
 the Holy Spirit

00:33:47.080 --> 00:33:49.480
 the best gift

00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:50.960
 because he has the power

00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:52.020
 to point you

00:33:52.020 --> 00:33:52.880
 to the son

00:33:52.880 --> 00:33:53.940
 who shows you

00:33:53.940 --> 00:33:54.700
 the father

00:33:54.700 --> 00:33:56.299
 so that you live

00:33:56.299 --> 00:33:57.460
 in relationship

00:33:57.460 --> 00:33:58.140
 with God

00:33:58.140 --> 00:33:59.420
 and the fullness

00:33:59.420 --> 00:34:00.740
 of his power.

00:34:02.160 --> 00:34:03.000
 You can ask

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:03.340
 anytime.

00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:05.500
 You can ask

00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:06.100
 this afternoon

00:34:06.100 --> 00:34:07.319
 you can ask

00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:08.079
 tomorrow morning

00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:09.079
 maybe you want

00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:09.480
 to start

00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:10.199
 every day

00:34:10.199 --> 00:34:11.119
 waking up

00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:12.440
 Holy Spirit

00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:14.079
 I need you

00:34:14.079 --> 00:34:15.340
 thank you

00:34:15.340 --> 00:34:16.260
 that you're with me

00:34:16.260 --> 00:34:17.019
 I need you

00:34:17.019 --> 00:34:17.840
 more and more

00:34:17.840 --> 00:34:19.119
 come fresh

00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:19.460
 we're gonna

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:20.199
 we're gonna ask

00:34:20.199 --> 00:34:20.780
 right now

00:34:20.780 --> 00:34:22.019
 if you'd like

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:23.599
 as our worship

00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:24.539
 team helps you

00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:25.179
 so that I don't

00:34:25.179 --> 00:34:26.119
 lead you in singing.

00:34:27.659 --> 00:34:28.719
 Whether the spirit

00:34:28.719 --> 00:34:29.460
 lives in you

00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:29.960
 already

00:34:29.960 --> 00:34:31.460
 or not

00:34:31.460 --> 00:34:32.880
 you can ask

00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:33.519
 the father

00:34:33.519 --> 00:34:35.039
 to send him

00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:35.599
 to you

00:34:35.599 --> 00:34:36.380
 right now

00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:38.159
 to guide you

00:34:38.159 --> 00:34:39.119
 into all truth

00:34:39.119 --> 00:34:40.739
 to help you

00:34:40.739 --> 00:34:41.679
 see the glory

00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:43.239
 of the father

00:34:43.239 --> 00:34:45.139
 in the grace

00:34:45.139 --> 00:34:46.360
 of his son.

00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:49.579
 For more information

00:34:49.579 --> 00:34:50.840
 visit us online

00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:51.920
 at southwood.org