New Beginnings
Teaching Notes
But in fact, it is best for you that I go away, because if I don’t, the Advocate (Helper) won’t come. If I do go away, then I will send him to you.
John 16:7
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever—17 the Spirit of truth….18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
John 14:16-18
Living A New Life:
Locating God’s Presence
Learning God’s Way
Leaning on God’s Power
Listening to God’s Voice
Loving God’s Commands
Locating God’s Presence
The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity, equal in nature, power, and glory with the Father and the Son, and is to be worshipped together with them.
The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you.
Romans 8:11
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever—17 the Spirit of truth….18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
John 14:16-18
The Holy Spirit is the personal, divine resident of the Christian’s heart.
Tim Keller
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
Ezekiel 36:26-27
The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you.
Romans 8:11
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
Ezekiel 36:26-27
Learning God’s Way
So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.
Colossians 2:6-7
Becoming a Christian doesn’t mean that you are delivered from all your struggles, it means that you are no longer defined by your struggles. Faith doesn’t spare you from the fight—it spares the fight from defining you.
God doesn’t automatically change your circumstances—But He always uses your circumstances to change you.
Leaning on God’s Power
When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.
Ephesians 3:14-19
Listening to God’s Voice
My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them away from me,
John 10:27-28
If you’re not making time and space to learn God’s language and listen to his voice then you will not experience God’s freedom and purpose for your life.
Loving God’s Commands/Correction
If you love me, obey my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate (Comforter/Counselor), who will never leave you. He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive him, because it isn’t looking for him and doesn’t recognize him. But you know him, because he lives with you now and later will be in you.
John 14:15-17
But in fact, it is best for you that I go away, because if I don’t, the Advocate (Counselor/Comforter) won’t come. If I do go away, then I will send him to you. And when he comes, he will convict the world of its sin, and of God’s righteousness, and of the coming judgment.
John 16:7-8
Setlist
WFC Lenexa + WFC Anywhere
Open the Gates- Vertical Worship
Rest On Us- Maverick City
O Praise The Name- Hillsong
Give Me Jesus- Upper Room
WFC Speedway
Love So Great- Hillsong
Holy Forever- Chris Tomlin
O Praise Name- Hillsong
Trust In God- Elevation Worship
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