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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next on InTouch god the holy spirit our

culprit when you trust in the Lord Jesus

Christ as your Savior you probably

thought things were gonna be rather easy

for you it just may be that things got

tougher for you and as a result you

begin to question God where he was and

why didn’t he answer your prayers and

why didn’t he keep his word

well the answer 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 will then to trust him the

Bible talks about God being God the

Father God the Son God the Holy Spirit

the three persons of the Trinity

sometimes people confuse 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 as

God the Father who’s the creator and the

sovereign ruler of the universe God the

Son Savior and our Lord God the Holy

Spirit our helper and our empower all

three persons of the Trinity make up the

Godhead 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 place it’s

your account what do you do when you go

through difficult times

when you find yourself maybe your backs

to the wall you don’t know what to do

how do you go to do you crowd to God

probably do at some point well what I

want you to see is this that God has

very specifically said I have sent you a

help art a helper is someone who’s going

to be there for you when you need him in

fact this help is going to always be

there so I want you to turn to the 14th

chapter 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 another

point out there he would meet them but

at this point it looked very dismal he

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 overshadowed everything else so if

you look in the fifteenth verse of the

14th 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 gonna

give you a helper capital that is a

person of the Trinity the Holy Spirit

he’s gonna be with you forever that is

the Spirit of Truth whom the world

cannot receive because it does not see

him and no one 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 had

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 go into 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 tell me at 12 years of age

child you be a good boy in one of these

days you’ve done your to heaven Oh being

a good boy was a little tough at trebius

beige but anyway that’s all they told me

that’s it

be good well I oftentimes I wasn’t

always good that’s all that 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 didn’t

tell me any other things like that the

same God who saved you saved me the same

holy spirit who indwells me in dwells

you and when I think about people who go

to church 20 30 40 50 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 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

so he said to them I’m going away and

I’m gonna 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 the

president’s life what I want you to

realize is this I’m simply gonna tell

you what’s true I’m gonna tell you

what’s true about you

I’m gonna 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 willing to call upon

him trust and rely upon it believe in

what he’ll do for your life I’m simply

saying you have God the Holy Spirit

living within you and notice what he

calls Jesus called the Holy Spirit

helper how many of you have everything

that help every one of us needed help

and we have the great infinite awesome

all-powerful helpful 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 are 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 the

convicted 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 I say

something we shouldn’t treat some other

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 should 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 you’re feeling the Spirit of

God is at work in your life a second

thing he does are very important is

in Ephesians 1:13 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 said 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 and 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 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 and 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 say when you trusted him as

your personal Savior he sealed you as

one of his children you offer ever a

child of God now I know what some people

are thinking well that means well I can

just send like the devil and I’ll be say

try 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 a holy

life God isn’t pleased for that you’re

gonna miss blessing after blessing after

blessing and then people wonder what’s

wrong with my life what’s wrong with

your life is sin in your life he’s

ignoring the Holy Spirit who’s trying to

say Lord 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 have

saying in Romans 8:11 he indwells us

that isn’t something that the Holy

Spirit’s up in heaven and we are down

here and it’s a long ways I’m not sure

and then we go listen to this but at 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 I saw this one you and

I sinned 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

meant well by holy God if you thought in

your life every single day when you wake

up in the morning that your indwelt by

holy God because you are the Holy Spirit

he’s there to Enduro us to enable us to

do anything and everything that he was

required of us a full thing he does is

he teaches us listen the 14th chapter of

John the 26th earth 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 now

received 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 can they truth

the 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

the one who would show you how 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 a 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 a lot of read the

Bible much because I don’t I don’t

understand it

how do you learn to understand the Word

of God about reading it and by trusting

the Holy Spirit thank how many times you

face the difficult situation in your

life and what did you know you turn to a

passage of Scripture or you would just

flipping through the Bible and this

particular first hit you 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 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 the other and

I’ll talk to this 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 your personal life

relationship to others financial

whatever it might be then you ask him to

give you direction he will give us he

will show us the truth when when he

comes he will guide us into all truth

that is you can’t think of a question

about your life that 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 in circumstances and we

don’t know what to do what do we do we

run ask some

what 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 and

sometimes if you ask him about something

what he tells you is not going to be as

easy as what your friends tell you but

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 and Galatians chapter 5

22 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 look at this someone’s giving you a

hard time and you feel very impatient

but you can 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 they do in fact you

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 so what happens you ask

though let’s really let me tell you

something it it will be amazing and how

God to change your attitude so it’s

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 bet this is the reason I

don’t and I need I need just what you

said God you just got to love them

through me you will be amazed what God

will do

your life have changed your attitude

your thinking oh Lord I didn’t know I

wasn’t that obnoxious myself and so what

everything begins to change what 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’re telling 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 non gifts of the

Spirit the Spirit of God begins to work

them into our life and so what happens

their life changes and then he also has

as one of his responsibilities to remind

us look in John 14 the 26th verse for

all it 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 had heard a lot from walking

on water to feeding 5,000 to healing

bartemaeus 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

notepad they didn’t have a computer they

didn’t have a Bible they think about

what 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 –

doubting him here and there and so

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 in dude with the Holy Spirit who

will bring all things to your

remembrance 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 a 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 you save you you receive this

awesome treasure of the Holy Spirit so

when you think about that think about

how sufficient is and then of course he

says he will equip us with spiritual

gifts in the twelfth chapter first

Corinthians one of spiritual gifts well

for example they’re probably seven major

spiritual gifts does the gift of

prophecy of teaching of mercy

encouragement of service of giving have

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 oh 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’ll 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 you can

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 just mentioned one

other and that as he says in Ephesians

chapter 5 18 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 with us in order to help us and

enable us so that no believer has a

legitimate excuse for not obey 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 honored the promise but when he

seals you as a child of God you are

equipped to do and to become whatever

God had in mind when he brought you into

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 how

you doing

just doing the best I can that’s no way

to live the best I can is 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 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’ll do so

let’s go back for a second to this

chapter 14 chapter I will ask the Father

and He will give you another helper

capital H that he may be with you

forever

not fortunately 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 seem unknowing

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 it more encouraging

than that amen you should be praising

the Lord thanking God but 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 had grateful we are

we could never thank you enough we

praise you for 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 personal walk away encouraged in

their heart reminded in their heart

challenged in their heart or convicted

in their heart and you have something

for them to do that this year 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 if you’ve been

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