The Spirit's Power
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โข What superpower do you want to have? Why?
โข Recall a time when someone fulfilled a promise to you that seemed impossible? What happened?
โข Has there been a time when you felt overwhelmed and someone made you feel that you were not alone? Please tell us about it.ย
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๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ, โ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ.โ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ, โ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐บ ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต.โ ๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐ฎ๐ฌ:๐ฎ๐ญโ๐ฎ๐ฎ
(Read also ๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐ญ๐ฐ:๐ญ๐ฒโ๐ญ๐ณ, ๐ฎ๐ฒ.)
God calls us to participate in His mission of reconciling the world to Himself. However, we cannot do this on our own. This is why, before He ascended to heaven, Jesus sent the Holy Spirit as assurance that we would never be alone, even in His physical absence. The Father sent Jesus, and then Jesus asked the Father to give us the Holy Spirit. Let us now look at how the Holy Spirit helps us uphold Godโs mission.
๐ญ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ.
โ๐๐ฏ๐ฅย ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ง, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ก๐ฅ๐๐ง, ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ง, ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ.โ ๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐ญ๐ฐ:๐ญ๐ฒโ๐ญ๐ณ
The mere presence of someone valuable to us is already meaningful. How much more, then, if their presence were permanent? Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to continuously abide in us and to help us fulfill Godโs mission. The Holy Spirit is our Helper not only as we are sent but also as we continue until the missionโs fulfillment. He is our advocate, comforter, and counselor forever. The Spirit strengthens and empowers us to do what we could never do on our own. Now that we know the Holy Spirit dwells in us, as individuals, and among us, as a church community, how should we respond when we are called to do what seems impossible?
๐ฎ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ด๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ต.
โ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐บ ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช.โ ๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐ญ๐ฐ:๐ฎ๐ฒ
(Read also ๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐ญ๐ฒ:๐ญ๐ฏ.)
There are times when we struggle to find the right words or to speak with boldness. But the Holy Spirit assures us of His presence, power, and wisdom. He reveals and guides us into all truth, helping us grow more deeply in our relationship with God. But His purpose is greater than the personal: He empowers us to say what God wants the world to know about Him and to glorify Him as we do so. What encouragement did Jesus give the disciples in Luke 12:11โ12?
๐ฏ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ.
โ๐๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ: ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ง ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ง ๐ ๐จ๐ฐ, ๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐๐จ, ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ซ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ก๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ช๐จ๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ช๐๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ . . .โย ๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐ญ๐ฒ:๐ณโ๐ด
(Read also ๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐ญ๐ฒ:๐ตโ๐ญ๐ญ.)
The Holy Spirit shows us the necessity of salvation from sin, the coming judgment, and the solutionโrighteousness from God. As believers, our responsibility is not to convert people but to preach the gospel. We are not required to be the most eloquent, intelligent, or talented to make Christ known to others. We can be confident that as we faithfully preach, it is the Holy Spirit who convicts people of their sin and makes them realize their need for a Savior. What does 1 Corinthians 2:4โ5 say about what should our faith rest on?
The Holy Spirit will be with us forever. We will never be alone in Godโs mission. Because we have the Holy Spirit, we have all that we will ever need.
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โข Think about the abiding presence of the Holy Spirit. How might this affect the way you respond to overwhelming situations?
โข Reflect on a time when you experienced the empowering of the Holy Spirit. How may you rely more on Him as you pursue Godโs mission?
โข How does the truth that it is the Spirit convicts sinners affect how we go about sharing the gospel? Commit to share your testimony and the gospel to this person and ask the Holy Spirit to help you make God's love known and felt by him or her.
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โข Thank God for giving us the Holy Spirit as our Helper. Praise Him for His abiding presence that empowers, comforts, and strengthens us.
โข Ask the Holy Spirit for grace to remain faithful in your little corner and for people in every nation to turn to God, fear Him, and follow Him.
โข Pray that you will rely not on yourself but on the Holy Spirit for the truth. Ask Him for wisdom and insight as you make Jesus known to others.ย