Have you ever thought to yourself, This Christian life is not all it’s cracked up to be. If you feel disappointed with your spiritual life, it may be because you’re not relying on the Holy Spirit. In this message, Dr. Stanley explores the essential role that the third person of the Trinity plays in each believer’s life. Don’t miss out on the greatest Helper God gave us–Himself as the Holy Spirit.

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Dr. Charles Stanley: When you
trusted the Lord Jesus Christ as

your Savior, you probably
thought things were going to be

rather easy for you.

It just may be that
things got tougher for you,

and as a result, you
began to question God,

where He was, and why didn’t
He answer your prayers and why

didn’t He keep His Word.

Well, He has kept His Word.

God always keeps His Word.

He knows that all of us
will face situations and

circumstances in life
that it’s difficult for us.

We don’t know which way to turn.

This is why He said to His
disciples before He left, He was

going to send them Someone
that He called the Helper.

And this Helper would be with
them throughout their life.

This Helper is
called the Holy Spirit.

Because you see, God has made an
awesome deposit for everyone who

is willing to believe
Him, willing to trust Him.

The Bible talks about
God being God the Father,

God the Son, and
God the Holy Spirit,

the three Persons
of the Trinity,

and sometimes people
are confused with that.

So, I want to show you a brief
diagram just to give you an idea

that really they’re all one.

And if you’ll
notice, there is God.

There’s God the Father who is
the Creator and the sovereign

ruler of the universe.

God the Son,
Savior and our Lord.

God the Holy Spirit, our
Helper and our Empowerer.

All three Persons of the
Trinity make up the Godhead.

Imagine living with such assets
to your name and you never

drawing upon them.

That’s where a lot
of Christians are.

They know nothing
about the Holy Spirit.

At some point in their
life, they got saved,

no question in
their mind about that.

And then somebody
said to them, “Well,

now that you’re saved,
you do the best you can.

One of these days, you’ll
die and go to heaven.”

And so the awesome
deposit of the Holy Spirit,

nobody ever tells them about it.

Nobody ever explains it to them,
and so they live their Christian

life dissatisfied, having
needs that they don’t

know how to answer,
thinking that they’re

praying to a God they’re
not sure He listens.

And so, they die
very dissatisfied

with their Christian life.

Their spiritual gifts,
they know nothing about.

Their abilities and talents,
they know nothing about.

And so, they just live their
life as best they can with

some sense of disappointment.

And I’ve met lots of people who
have been saved early in life,

they’re saying, “Well, you
know, this Christian

life’s not all its’s
cracked up to be.”

Oh, yes, it is.
You just don’t know about it.

There are no
disappointments in Jesus,

in God the Father, God the
Son, God the Holy Spirit.

So, in this message, I want us
to see what God has done for

you, what is at your fingertips,
what is deposited in your

heavenly account, if you are
willing to yield yourself to Him

and draw from these
awesome reserves that God

has placed at your account.

What do you do when you go
through difficult times?

When you find yourself,
maybe your back’s to the wall,

you don’t know what to
do, who do you go to?

Do you cry out to God?

Probably do at some point.

But what I want you to see
is this: that God has very

specifically said, “I
have sent you a Helper.”

A Helper is someone who’s
going to be there for you

when you need Him.

In fact, this Helper’s
going to always be there.

So, I want you to turn to
the fourteenth chapter of John

because Jesus, right
before He was crucified,

the night before, He told them
some of the most awesome things.

And He was preparing them
because He was going to be

crucified, listen, the next day.

He was going to the
cross the next day.

He was going to the tomb.

He was going to be resurrected,
and then at another point out

there, He would meet them.

But at this point, it
looked very dismal.

He’d made all these
promises, and now He’s

getting ready to die.

And in spite of all
the things He said,

He’s going to die, that
shadowed everything else.

So if you’ll look in the
fifteenth verse of the

fourteenth chapter of
John, “If you love Me,

you will keep My commandments.”

And then He said, knowing He’s
getting ready to leave them,

“I will ask the
Father,” now watch this.

Here’s the whole
Trinity in one verse,

“I will ask the Father,”
that’s Jesus speaking,

“and He will give you
another,” and capital H the,

“Helper,” who is
the Holy Spirit,

“that He may be with
you,” for how long?

“Forever.”

Not a short period
of time, but forever.

He says, “I’m leaving you, but
I’m going to give you a Helper,”

capital, that is a Person of
the Trinity, the Holy Spirit.

He’s going to be with you
forever, “That is the Spirit

of truth, whom the world
cannot receive, because it does

not see Him or know
Him, but you know Him because

He abides with you
and will be in you.

I will not leave you as
orphans; I will come to you.”

At no point, since the moment
you trusted Christ as your

personal Savior, have
you ever been alone.

At no point have you
ever been helpless.

You may have felt helpless, but
when you trusted Jesus as your

Savior, God’s seal upon you, His
absolute assurance to you is the

indwelling presence
of the Holy Spirit,

God the Father, God the
Son, God the Holy Spirit,

three Persons of the Trinity,
your guarantee that you’re going

to heaven when you die.

So, I wonder, in
your personal life,

what part does the Holy Spirit
and what part has the Holy

Spirit had in your life?

You probably got saved like
I did, and they told me at

twelve years of age, “Charles,
you be a good boy and

one of these days,
you’ll die and go to heaven.”

Being a good boy was a little
tough at twelve years of age.

But anyway, that’s all they
told me, that’s it, be good.

Well, oftentimes I
wasn’t always good.

That’s all they–they never told
me that I had this awesome Holy

Spirit within me to
help me to grow up,

help me to be what
God wanted me to be,

help me to do what
God wanted me to,

didn’t tell me any
a thing like that.

The same God who
saved you, saved me,

the same Holy Spirit who
indwells me, indwells you.

And when I think about
people who go to church twenty,

thirty, forty, fifty years, and
that person lived their whole

life and never knew the
treasure of their life,

living within them, and they
never were told about Him.

And I think about whoever
you are and wherever you go to

church, if you never
hear about the Holy Spirit,

you need to change churches
because somebody isn’t telling

you the whole story.

The whole story
is God the Father,

God the Son, and God our
Helper, the Holy Spirit.

[congregation applauding]

So He said to them,
“I’m going away

and I’m going to
send you another.”

That is, the Holy Spirit
will be your Comforter.

Now, watch this carefully.

What is the work
of the Holy Spirit?

What does He do in
a person’s life?

What I want you to
realize is this.

I’m simply going to
tell you what’s true.

I’m going to tell you
what’s true about you.

I’m going to tell you about
this awesome asset that God has

deposited within you to help
you every single moment of your

life, as much as you’re
willing to call upon Him,

trust in Him, rely
upon Him, believe Him,

what He’ll do for your life.

I’m simply saying you
have God, the Holy

Spirit, living within you.

And notice what He
called–Jesus called

the Holy Spirit: Helper.

How many of you
have ever needed help?

Every one of us needed help.

And we have the
great, infinite, awesome,

all-powerful Helper,
living with–inside of us,

willing to give us direction
and guidance and other help

when that help is needed.

So, let’s look at
it for a moment.

So, what is one of the
first works of the Holy Spirit?

When you were saved,
how were you saved?

The work of the Holy Spirit.

“And when the Holy Spirit
comes, He will convict the world

concerning sin,
righteousness and judgment.”

That is, one of His first works
in our life is to convict us of

sin, to make us realize that
we’re sinning against God,

and that we need a Savior.

And He lives within us.

Therefore, when you
and I daily in our life,

when we have a bad thought or
say something we shouldn’t,

treat somebody the way
we shouldn’t treat them,

fail to do what we need to do.

That feeling we get
is not just a feeling.

That is the work
of the Holy Spirit,

reminding us of who we
are: followers of Jesus,

and that shouldn’t be in our
life, this shouldn’t be in our

life, that’s what
should be in our life.

That’s who you should love.

In other words, He’s
at work in our life.

Whoever you are, whether
you recognize it or not,

He’s at work in your life.

You may think it’s
just your feeling.

The Spirit of God is
at work in your life.

A second thing He does, very
important, is found in Ephesians

one thirteen, which says
this, “In Him,” that is,

in Jesus, “you also, after
listening to the message of

truth, the gospel of your
salvation, also believed.”

He says, “You,
having also believed,

you were sealed in Him with
the Holy Spirit of promise.”

Now, what does that tell you?
Watch this carefully.

A seal in those days meant
something was authentic,

something was authentic.

It also spoke of ownership.

It also spoke of protection.

We have within us an
awesome protector.

And so, he says the Holy
Spirit of God has sealed us.

Now, what does that mean?

To you, for example, who had
been taught that you can be

saved and lose your
salvation, that’s not true.

Listen, God doesn’t
break His own seals.

He sealed you, which
means just what we said.

You’re owned by God.

God is living within you.

You’re under His
divine protection.

And everything we
need He has provided.

And so, when we think in
terms of the Holy Spirit,

we’re not talking
about some spirit.

We’re talking about the Person
of the Godhead living

within you has sealed you.

Now, what does that say about
people who think you can be

saved and be lost?

Watch this.
Who can break a divine seal?

The devil can’t.

You can’t.
You wouldn’t want to.

And so, here’s
what God’s saying.

When you trusted Him as
your personal Savior…

He sealed you as
one of His children.

You are forever a child of God.

Now, I know what some
people are thinking.

Well, that means,
well, I can just sin

like the devil
and I’ll be saved.

Try it.

The Holy Spirit
within you, first of all,

will convict you and
make you miserable.

He’s going to make you miserable
for years if it’s necessary,

keeping reminding you that
you’re living an ungodly life,

you’re living an unholy life.

God isn’t pleased with that.

You’re going to miss blessing
after blessing after blessing.

And then people wonder, “Well,
what’s wrong with my life?”

What’s wrong with your
life is sin in your life,

you’re ignoring the Holy
Spirit who’s trying to say,

“Look, look, look,
look what you’re doing.

That’s not necessary.”

That is God’s awesome love.

The Holy Spirit has sealed you
with a divine heavenly seal.

You are His.

He’s your Helper.

Then a third thing He does, and
this simple way of saying what

we are saying in
Romans eight eleven,

He indwells us.

That isn’t something that the
Holy Spirit’s up in heaven and

we’re down here and
it’s a long ways.

I’m not sure, and on we go.

Listen to this, “But if the
Spirit of Him who raised Jesus

from the dead dwells in you, He
who raised Jesus from the dead

will also give life to your
mortal bodies through His Holy

Spirit who indwells you.”

That is, we have a gift
that is an eternal gift,

and that’s the Holy
Spirit, marked by His ownership.

So when, listen to this,
when you and I sin against God,

we are violating His principles,
violating the very person He

sent to seal us to
make us one of His own,

to be our Helper.

We are His children.

We are under His
divine leadership.

He says He indwells us.

I wonder how people would
live if they thought every day,

“I’m indwelt by Holy God.”

If you thought in your
life every single day,

when you wake up in the
morning, that you’re indwelt by

Holy God, because you are.

The Holy Spirit, He’s there to
indwell us, to enable us

to do anything and everything
that He’s required of us.

A fourth thing He
does is He teaches us.

Listen to the fourteenth chapter
of John the twenty-sixth verse,

“But the Helper, the Holy
Spirit, whom the Father will

send in My name, He will
teach you all things,

and bring all things
to your remembrance.”

Now, think about this.

The moment you and I were
saved, we have the Teacher,

the Teacher above all
teachers within us.

He’s the One who helps
us understand the truth.

He’s the One who helps us
convey truth to other people.

He’s the Teacher.

For example, when you
find yourself in a difficult

situation and you’re looking
for a passage of scripture,

“Lord, what should I read?”

He’s the One who will
show you where to go.

He’s the One who will
interpret the Word of God.

He’s the One who
will encourage you.

He says He’s our Helper.

He encourages us, bringing
us to the right passage,

helping us to see what God
thinks about our situation,

what the circumstances are.

We have this awesome
asset that many

people ignore in their life.

And they’ll say, “Well, I don’t
read the Bible much because

I don’t understand it.”

How do you learn to
understand the Word of God?

By reading it and by
trusting the Holy Spirit.

Think how many times you’ve
faced a difficult situation in

your life and what did you do?

You turned to a passage of
scripture or you were just

flipping through the Bible and
this particular verse hit you.

And you think, “God,
You know I needed that.”

Yes, He does.
That’s why He led you there.

Watch what He says.

He says, “I’m sending you
another capital H, Helper.”

We have a divine, supernatural,
godly Helper within us to help

us in every
circumstance of our life.

He is our Teacher.

But following being our
teacher, what does He do?

He reveals truth to us.

And so look, if you will, in
First Corinthians chapter two

and verse twelve,
“We have received,

not the spirit of the world, but
the Spirit which is from God,

that we may know the things
freely given to us of God.”

There are many things we don’t
understand, and yet we have

the Holy Spirit living within
us to give us understanding.

And how many times have I
listened to people tell me how

discouraged they were because
they had read the Bible and

didn’t say anything to them.

Listen, the Holy
Spirit who is our Teacher,

that’s one of His works.

He will teach us the truth if
we will come to the Word

and ask Him to show us.

That’s one of His
responsibilities as the Holy

Spirit: teaching us to
help us to show us the truth.

If you don’t like the way
things are in your life,

ask yourself the question: Why?

Why is this
happening in my life?

Why don’t I feel God’s presence?

Why don’t I know about heaven?

Why don’t I have
people loving me?

Why do I have such a
hard time on my job?

Maybe the fact that you
have ignored the Helper.

You’ve ignored the Helper
who wants to help you through

someone else, give you
something through someone else,

help you in your
occupation through someone else.

He says He sends the
Helper in order to help us.

And usually, what does He do?

He speaks through some other
believer oftentimes to show us

exactly what we need and
how to find what we need.

So He reveals the truth to
us, and oftentimes people say,

“Well, I read that verse
and I don’t understand it.”

Well, listen, nobody
understands all of it.

If somebody says, “I got
it,” then you don’t have it.

In fact, you’re ignorant if
you think you understand every

single verse in the Word of God.

Because this is divine
knowledge, this is holy

knowledge, godly knowledge that
reaches far beyond our universe.

He’s our Helper,
revealing the truth to us.

And when I think about that, I
think oftentimes of verses that

I’ve read that I
thought, “Now, Lord,

I don’t–how do I
apply that to my life?”

Here’s what I’ve discovered.

If I read a passage of
scripture, I don’t quite get

it at that moment for
whatever it might be.

And I want to know
what is the truth?

Who were You saying it to?

How did You say it?

What did You mean then and
then what do You mean today?

He’s our Teacher.

He’s the One, watch this, He’s
the One who translates for us

what a verse of scripture means.

And I think about people who
never read the Bible and wonder

why life is the way it is.

If you don’t read the
Bible, what you do is

you ignore this treasure.

People who reject Jesus
reject life at its very best,

reject the Helper, and
then wonder why things

are not going right for them.

For the simple reason,
they turned their back

upon this awesome asset.

Sealed by the Holy Spirit,
He sealed His believers.

He seals us today, teaches us,
gives us understanding if we’re

willing to listen to Him.

And I think sometimes people
have their Bible by their bed at

night or something, and
every once in a while,

they’ll turn a light on and say,
“Well, I’m going to start

reading a passage here
or there and whatever.”

But oftentimes not till
something’s bad do they

open the Word of God.

It’s there for you, all of this
awesome truth is there for you

if you will open the Word
of God, if you will ask the

Holy Spirit to give you
understanding, He will.

You say, “Well, does that
mean all of it’s

understandable first
time you read it?”

No.

Tenth time you read it?
No.

Sometimes–listen,
we’re talking about God.

We’re talking about knowledge
and wisdom far beyond human

capacity, but nothing
that we don’t need.

That is, whatever we need,
the Spirit of God’s

going to give us understanding.

So, when I think about that He
will reveal the truth to us,

and then of course, He will
guide us, “When He, the Spirit

of truth, comes, He will guide
you into all truth.”

So, somebody says, “Well, you
know, I’m trying to make a

decision in my life, and I’ve
evaluated this and that

and the other and
I’ve talked to thus and so.

Have you talked to God?

The Holy Spirit who lives within
you is willing to give you

guidance in every
single decision you face.

When you’re making a
decision in your business,

making a decision in
your personal life,

relationship to
others, financial,

whatever it might be, do you
ask Him to give you direction?

He will give us–He
will show us the truth.

When He comes, He will
guide us into all truth.

That is, you can’t think of a
question about your life in

which you need something that
He won’t show you what to do.

He’s there to show
you, to give you

divine guidance and direction.

What about your
children, for example?

You want your children, when
they get into a situation they

don’t know what to do, they want
you to come to them as parents

and ask and trust
you to help them.

And so we get into situations
and circumstances we don’t

know what to do, what do we do?

We run to ask somebody else.

It’s okay to ask somebody else,
but you should ask God first.

If you will ask the
Lord first, “Lord,

give me wisdom and direction.”

He says He will
guide us into all truth.

Whatever I need in direction,
He’s more than willing to show

us if we’re willing to
take the time to ask Him

and believe what He says.

Now, sometimes if you
ask Him about something,

what He tells you is not
going to be as easy as

what your friends tell you.

First of all, they don’t
know anything about it anyway.

They just know partly.

But the Holy Spirit of God is
willing to teach you and to show

you exactly what to do in
every single situation.

Then I think about what He says
that He does in and through us

in Galatians
chapter five twenty-two,

here’s what he says.

He says, “The fruit of
the Spirit,” that is,

this is what He produces in us.

See if it’s in you, “the
fruit of the Spirit is love,

joy, peace, patience,
kindness, goodness,

faithfulness,
gentleness, self-control.”

You see any of those you need?
I need them all.

And the truth is, we
all need them all.

Well, look at this.

Somebody’s giving you a
hard time and you feel very

impatient, but you can’t
really afford to do that,

you can’t be impatient.

You have the Holy Spirit
to give you His patience.

Sometimes, for example, somebody
that you just don’t love,

in fact, they’re just obnoxious,
and you think–you sit in church

and listen to sermons and you
stand up and sing and you pray,

but deep down in your
heart, you can’t stand them.

So, what happens?

You ask the Holy Spirit–let
me tell you something.

It will be amazing at how God
can change your attitude towards

somebody that you don’t
want anything to do with.

Now, you don’t tell
Him how to do it.

You just say, “Lord, You
know I don’t love them,

I–this is a reason I don’t.

I need–
Here’s what You said.

God, You’ve just got to
love them through me.”

You will be amazed what
God’ll do in your life.

That’ll change your
attitude and you’ll think,

“Well, Lord, I didn’t know I
was that obnoxious myself.

And so, everything
begins to change, why?

And listen,
patience, joy, peace,

goodness,
faithfulness, gentleness,

self-control, all of
us need self-control.

Where do we get it?

We trust the Holy Spirit
to exercise

self-control through us.

That’s what you tell Him.

Holy Spirit, I want You
to exercise self-control.

What I see, what I
do, what I hear,

I want Your control
in my life, not mine.

He will exercise
that through us.

And so, as you and I
yield to the Holy Spirit,

here’s what happens.

All nine gifts of the Spirit,
the Spirit of God begins to

work them into our life.

And so what happens?
Our life changes.

And then, He also
has, as one of His

responsibilities, to remind us.

Look in John fourteen, the
twenty-sixth verse for a moment.

And He says to them, “But
the Helper,” capital H,

the Holy Spirit, “the
Helper, the Holy Spirit,

whom the Father
will send in My name,

He will teach you all things,
and bring to your remembrance

all that I said to you.”

Now, think about this.

These twelve
disciples had walked

with Jesus for three years.

They had seen a lot,
they’d heard a lot,

from walking on water to
feeding five thousand to healing

Bartimaeus to raising Lazarus.

They’d seen a lot.

Now, watch this.

So, their life was consumed
with this miraculous life,

but all of a sudden, He’s gone.

And they’re over here,
watch this, they had no notes.

They didn’t have a note pad.

They didn’t have a computer.

They didn’t have a Bible.

They–think about
where that left them.

All they had is
what they remembered.

How much did they remember?

Imagine walking with Him three
years and seeing this and that

and never knowing what
was going to happen.

And doubting Him here
and there and so forth,

and all of a sudden He’s gone.

This is the reason
He said to them,

“Sit down in the city of
Jerusalem until you be filled,

endued with the Holy
Spirit, who will bring all

things to your remembrance.”

God Almighty has given us
His Word and then given us

the Holy Spirit to do what?

To interpret the Word of God for
us and help us to understand.

“I will teach you all things
and bring all things to your

remembrance that
I’ve said to you.”

Think about how much you
remember when you have

read the Word of God.

We are gifted with a
treasure called the Bible.

And the Holy
Spirit, our Teacher,

our Guide, the One who
helps us to interpret it.

You can read it,
you can hear it,

but most of all, you apply it.

God didn’t leave us empty.

So, when you trust
Jesus as your Savior,

you receive this awesome
treasure of the Holy Spirit.

You say, “Well, I’ve
never been to school,” this,

that, and the other, “and I
don’t know what it means.”

Here’s what He says.
The Holy Spirit’s your Helper.

Forget what somebody else says.
The Holy Spirit’s your Helper.

You start reading the Word of
God and here’s what will happen.

You’ll begin to understand it.

My grandfather preached the
gospel for about fifty-some

years, had never
been in a schoolroom.

He learned to read
by reading the Bible.

I don’t know how that
worked, but I know this.

I watched him and listened to
him preach for one solid hour

and never read anything,
except a passage of scripture.

He learned to read
reading the Bible.

And so that’s why
He knew it so well.

So, if you don’t know anything
else and you start read–and I

think about what–how’d the Holy
Spirit worked in His heart to

teach him the truth, the same
Holy Spirit who was in the days

of Jesus working, and in that
New Testament day working is the

same Holy Spirit
who works in you.

If you read it, He’ll
show you the truth.

He says, “I will guide
you into all truth.”

All truth that you and I need,
no matter what kind of

decision you have to make.

You can ask Him, and
here’s what He says.

“I’m sending you a Helper, the
Holy Spirit who will teach you

all the things that I’ve said.”

So when you think
about that, think

about how sufficient He is.

And then, of course, He says
He will equip us with spiritual

gifts in the twelfth
chapter of First Corinthians.

What are spiritual gifts?

Well, for example,
there are probably

seven major spiritual gifts.

There’s the gift of
prophecy, of teaching,

of mercy,
encouragement, of service,

of giving, of administration.

All gifts probably
fall into those seven.

And so, the truth
is, watch this,

you have a spiritual gift.

And so, He gives us the gifts
and exercises those gifts in our

life according to
what He wants us to do,

what He’s called us to do.

Somebody says, “Well, I
don’t have any gifts.”

Yes, you do.

You do have gifts.

It’s a question of
asking God to show you.

And thinking about what
you do, what you need to do,

what you need help in, and He
will show you what that is.

Then of course, He empowers us.

In that first chapter
of Acts verse eight,

He said, “You will
receive power,” after that,

“the Holy Spirit comes upon you;
and you shall be my witness.”

That is, He will release within
us the energy and the strength

and the authority to do
whatever He wants us to do.

That’s the promise
of Almighty God.

When you think you just
can’t go another step,

what do you do?

You ask the Holy
Spirit to help you,

to give you guidance, to
give you strength and energy.

Watch this, the Holy
Spirit is practical.

The Holy Spirit does for us
what we cannot do for ourselves.

He has equipped us in
every single area of our life.

Then I’d just mention one other,
and that is He says in Ephesians

chapter five eighteen, “Be
filled with the Spirit,”

which simply means this.

Continually allow the Holy
Spirit to live in your life,

give you guidance,
give you direction,

fill those needs,
whatever those needs may be.

To be filled with the Holy
Spirit means we’re to live in

the conscious presence of the
Holy Spirit living within us in

order to help us and enable
us, so that no believer has a

legitimate excuse
for not obeying God.

He has equipped you to do
whatever He wants you to do.

He has equipped you to have
enough of what He wants you to

have, to understand what
He wants you to understand,

to be the person
He wants you to be.

You have not only the promise,
but when He sealed you as a

child of God, you are equipped
to do and to become whatever God

had in mind when He
brought you to this world.

Now, think about the
people who’ve never heard that.

They’re just living out
their life the best they can.

Haven’t you heard people say,
“Well now, how’re you doing?”

“Just doing the best I can.”

That’s no way to live.

The best I can’s not very good.

The best He can is
awesome, absolutely awesome,

the best He can do.

So, the Holy
Spirit is our Helper,

our friend, our
sustainer, our provider.

He’s everything.

Jesus said, “I’m going away,
but I’ll send you the Helper.

And when He comes,
here’s what He will do.”

So, let’s go back for
a second to this

chapter, fourteenth chapter.

“I will ask the Father, and He
will give you another Helper,”

capital H, “that He may be with
you forever;” not partially,

“that is the Spirit of truth,
whom the world can’t receive,”

they don’t understand it,”
because it doesn’t,” because the

world, “doesn’t see Him or
know Him, but you know Him

because He abides with you
and will be in you.

I will not leave you as
orphans; I will come to you.”

Now, where do
you get any more

encouraging than that, amen?

You should praising the Lord,
thanking God for who He is in

you, that He hasn’t left
you to do it yourself.

Whatever you do in life, it’s
not you to just do it yourself.

You have–four times He called
the Holy Spirit the Helper to

enable us and to
help us do His will.

Amen?

Father, how grateful we are, we
could never thank You enough.

We praise You for it, for giving
us the Holy Spirit in our life

every single day, to
enable us to do and to be

what You’ve called of us.

I pray the Holy Spirit has
spoken to every person here

today, that every person will
walk away encouraged in their

heart, reminded in their heart,
challenged in their heart,

or convicted in their heart,
that You have something for them

to do that fits Your
will for their life,

and I pray that
they’ll surrender to that.

We love You and we praise You
and we bless Your holy name.

And we pray this in Your
wonderful, blessed name, Jesus.

Amen.

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