logging in or signing up Spirit Focus mineheadbaptist Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 43 Category: Spiritual/ Ins.. License: Some Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: March 10, 2011 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Spirit Focus: Spirit FocusSlide 2: Prayer The Bible Proclamation Holy SpiritSlide 3: “Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit” Ephesians 5:18Slide 4: We know the Holy Spirit is a person of the Godhead. Co-equal with the Father and the Son. We know that he is at work in the world today. We know that he indwells every believer. We know that he alone can give us the power that we need. We would like to know how to receive his power for daily living.Slide 5: God the Father God the Son God the Holy Spirit A A+ C+Slide 6: “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit” Acts 19:2 What does it mean to be filled with the Spirit?What does it mean to be filled with the Spirit?: What does it mean to be filled with the Spirit? “Are you filled with the Spirit?” Misconception 1. It is an emotional experience. Misconception 2. It is reserved for special Christians. “The grand thing the church wants in this time is God’s Holy Spirit.” CH SpurgeonFrom our reading: From our reading “Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.” NIV “Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, let the Holy Spirit fill and control you.” NLTFrom our reading: From our reading “Don’t drink too much wine. That cheapens your life. Drink the Spirit of God, huge draughts of him.” MessageFrom our reading: From our reading The contrast between wine and the Spirit. The point of comparison between wine and the Holy Spirit? Its about influence or control.From our reading: From our reading The contrast between wine and the Spirit. Wisdom for living. Understanding God’s will. A heart filled with praise. A heart filled with thanksgiving. An attitude of submission to God.From our reading: From our reading The command to be filled. Every Christian is to be filled with the Spirit all of the time.From our reading: From our reading It is for our “now”. An ongoing action not just a one off experience. “But ever be filled and stimulated with the (Holy) Spirit.” Amplified VersionFrom our reading: From our reading It is the action of God not us. Sense of the word is in the passive voice not active. Not saying “fill yourself” but rather “be filled.” 1. The Holy Spirit is ready and willing to fill us at any moment. 2. We must make ourselves available to him.From our reading: From our reading It is the action of God not us. “Let the Holy Spirit fill and control you.” NLTFrom our reading: From our reading It is a plural command. God intends and desires that all his children be filled with the Holy Spirit.From our reading: From our reading It is a plural command. Speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs v 19. Submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ v 21.From our reading: From our reading It is a plural command. When the Holy Spirit fills us one by one, our corporate life will be transformed.Keeping focused on the Spirit: Keeping focused on the Spirit The Issue of Control. It’s what happens when the Holy Spirit has the controlling interest in your life. “control by consent.” Being filled with the Holy Spirit doesn’t mean I have more of the Spirit; it means the Spirit has more of me.Keeping focused on the Spirit: Keeping focused on the Spirit The Issue of Cooperation. Am I going to cooperate with the Holy Spirit and let him lead me or I am going to keep on trying to do things my own way?Keeping focused on the Spirit: Keeping focused on the Spirit The issue of Contact. His power is always available . Sometimes we live out of contact with his power.Being filled: Being filled God’s moment-by-moment provision for vitality, strength, courage, boldness, victory and the abundant life.Being filled: Being filled Some Christians are so full of themselves, they have no room for the Holy Spirit. Some Christians have simply closed their heart to the work of the Holy Spirit.Being filled: Being filled We need two things - emptiness and openness. There must be a sense of need: “Lord, I’m empty and I need to be filled by your Spirit.” There must be a willingness: “Lord, I’m open to you. Let your Spirit fill me now.” You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
Spirit Focus mineheadbaptist Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 43 Category: Spiritual/ Ins.. License: Some Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: March 10, 2011 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Spirit Focus: Spirit FocusSlide 2: Prayer The Bible Proclamation Holy SpiritSlide 3: “Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit” Ephesians 5:18Slide 4: We know the Holy Spirit is a person of the Godhead. Co-equal with the Father and the Son. We know that he is at work in the world today. We know that he indwells every believer. We know that he alone can give us the power that we need. We would like to know how to receive his power for daily living.Slide 5: God the Father God the Son God the Holy Spirit A A+ C+Slide 6: “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit” Acts 19:2 What does it mean to be filled with the Spirit?What does it mean to be filled with the Spirit?: What does it mean to be filled with the Spirit? “Are you filled with the Spirit?” Misconception 1. It is an emotional experience. Misconception 2. It is reserved for special Christians. “The grand thing the church wants in this time is God’s Holy Spirit.” CH SpurgeonFrom our reading: From our reading “Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.” NIV “Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, let the Holy Spirit fill and control you.” NLTFrom our reading: From our reading “Don’t drink too much wine. That cheapens your life. Drink the Spirit of God, huge draughts of him.” MessageFrom our reading: From our reading The contrast between wine and the Spirit. The point of comparison between wine and the Holy Spirit? Its about influence or control.From our reading: From our reading The contrast between wine and the Spirit. Wisdom for living. Understanding God’s will. A heart filled with praise. A heart filled with thanksgiving. An attitude of submission to God.From our reading: From our reading The command to be filled. Every Christian is to be filled with the Spirit all of the time.From our reading: From our reading It is for our “now”. An ongoing action not just a one off experience. “But ever be filled and stimulated with the (Holy) Spirit.” Amplified VersionFrom our reading: From our reading It is the action of God not us. Sense of the word is in the passive voice not active. Not saying “fill yourself” but rather “be filled.” 1. The Holy Spirit is ready and willing to fill us at any moment. 2. We must make ourselves available to him.From our reading: From our reading It is the action of God not us. “Let the Holy Spirit fill and control you.” NLTFrom our reading: From our reading It is a plural command. God intends and desires that all his children be filled with the Holy Spirit.From our reading: From our reading It is a plural command. Speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs v 19. Submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ v 21.From our reading: From our reading It is a plural command. When the Holy Spirit fills us one by one, our corporate life will be transformed.Keeping focused on the Spirit: Keeping focused on the Spirit The Issue of Control. It’s what happens when the Holy Spirit has the controlling interest in your life. “control by consent.” Being filled with the Holy Spirit doesn’t mean I have more of the Spirit; it means the Spirit has more of me.Keeping focused on the Spirit: Keeping focused on the Spirit The Issue of Cooperation. Am I going to cooperate with the Holy Spirit and let him lead me or I am going to keep on trying to do things my own way?Keeping focused on the Spirit: Keeping focused on the Spirit The issue of Contact. His power is always available . Sometimes we live out of contact with his power.Being filled: Being filled God’s moment-by-moment provision for vitality, strength, courage, boldness, victory and the abundant life.Being filled: Being filled Some Christians are so full of themselves, they have no room for the Holy Spirit. Some Christians have simply closed their heart to the work of the Holy Spirit.Being filled: Being filled We need two things - emptiness and openness. There must be a sense of need: “Lord, I’m empty and I need to be filled by your Spirit.” There must be a willingness: “Lord, I’m open to you. Let your Spirit fill me now.”