John
16:13 When he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.
“Guide”- hodēgeō to lead along a way
The Holy Spirit wants to show you the way and lead you along the way.
Romans
8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God
You want to be led by the Holy Spirit!
1. Get In The Flow
Acts
2:16-17 No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: 17 “‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people.”
ekcheō - “Pour out” - future active indicative
On the day of Pentecost, God opened the flood gates of Heaven and poured out His spirit and the flow of the spirit is continuing to be poured out to this day!
Ephesians
5:18 Be filled with the Spirit
“Be Being Filled”
We Leak
2 Corinthians 3:7 But if the ministry of death, written and engraved on stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of the glory of his countenance, which glory was passing away, 8 how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious? 9 For if the ministry of condemnation had glory, the ministry of righteousness exceeds much more in glory. 11 For if what is passing away was glorious, what remains is much more glorious.
Hebrews 13:5 “I will never [under any circumstances] desert you [nor give you up nor leave you without support, nor will I in any degree leave you helpless]
Pollution
Isaiah 44:3 God is the refresher and provides nourishmentby pouring out His Spirit on us. The Holy Spirit is able to fill up our hungry and dry hearts. When our souls are refreshed it's like water is being poured onto a thirsty land.
How do you get a fresh flow? You ask for it.
2. Deal With The Death
Genesis8:6-12 “Then it came about at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made; and he sent out a raven, and it flew here and there until the water was dried up from the earth. Then he sent out a dove from him, to see if the water was abated from the face of the land; but the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot, so she returned to him into the ark, for the water was on the surface of all the earth. Then he put out his hand and took her, and brought her into the ark to himself. So he waited yet another seven days; and again he sent out the dove from the ark. The dove came to him toward evening, and behold, in her beak was a freshly picked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the water was abated from the earth. Then he waited yet another seven days, and sent out the dove; but she did not return to him again.”
Ravens = unclean animals - symbolize the ways of the world, cunning and deceptive.
So when Noah let’s the raven out… there were plenty of dead surfaces for that raven to land on and consume… there were dead bloated bodies floating around… there were dead limbs, dead animals… all sorts of dead stuff… So the raven found a place to rest on the dead.
But when Noah first lets out a dove, it came back, because it says: “the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot”
Olive Tree - Symbolizes Jesus
Dove - Symbolizes Holy Spirit - mild, true and gentle.
The raven is able to find a home amongst the carnage, while the dove is looking for a renewed earth. The raven surveys the remains of destruction from God's judgment, while the dove returns with a sign of God's grace and restoration. - A.W. Tozer
The dove (a picture of the Holy Spirit) would not land on the death!
Sin is death!
Ephesians
4:30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
Ephesians
4:25 Therefore, putting away lying, “
Let each one
of you speak truth with his neighbor,” for we are members of one another. 26 “Be angry, and do not sin” do not let the sun go down on your wrath, 27 nor give place to the devil. 28 Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with
his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need. 29 Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.
John
16:13 He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.
#1 The Holy Spirit speaks to us through The Word
John
14:26 “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and check this out bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.
#2 The Holy Spirit speaks to us through Peace
Colossians
3:15 Let the peace of God rule In your heart.
Philippians 4:7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
#3 The Holy Spirit speaks to us through an Inner Witness
Romans
8:16 The Spirit Himself bearswitness with our spirit that we are children of God.
Romans 9:1 I tell you the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience also bearing mewitness in the Holy Spirit
#4 The Holy Spirit speaks to us through COINCIDENCES
coincidence “what occurs together by God’s providential arrangement of circumstances.”
I have found that sometimes a coincidence is God's way of performing miracles anonymously. - Sophy Burnham
#5 The Holy Spirit speaks to us through Warnings