Lesson 6

 

HOW TO HUMBLE OURSELVES - 
PART D

Be totally dependent on the Holy Spirit (Section 2)
 

                                                                                            

 


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KEY SCRIPTURES:

Those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
                                                                                          (Romans 8:14)

A. How do we humble ourselves before God?

If we want to be humble before God, we must always possess these various attitudes:

Acknowledge with our lips our total dependence on God before man

Submit to his Word;

Turn to Him in praying and fasting;

Follow the leading of the Holy Spirit;

Give Him all the glory for all He has done.

B. Acknowledging with our lips our total dependence of God before man (Lesson 2)

C. Submission to the Word of God (Lesson 3)

D. Turn to God for all our needs in prayer and fasting (Lesson 4)

E. Be totally dependent on the Holy Spirit - Section 1 (Lesson 5)

1. The coming of the Holy Spirit into the life of a believer

2. How do we receive the fullness of Holy Spirit?

The six conditions that must be met before we can receive and manifest the fullness of the Holy Spirit are as follow:

Repent and turn to Jesus

Be baptized

Be thirsty

Ask God

Receive by faith with thanksgiving - Drink of the Holy Spirit

Obey the Holy Spirit - His fullness (power and love) will only be manifested as we obey Him.

3. How we know a person is filled with the Holy Spirit

When a person is filled with the Holy Spirit, he will glorify Jesus (John 16:13-14)

4. God commands us to follow after the Spirit, and no longer after the flesh

5. Following after the Spirit brings life; living by the flesh brings death.

6. Not depending on the Spirit will grieve the Spirit

7. In what areas of life do we depend on the Holy Spirit?

The Holy Spirit has been sent by God the Father and God the Son to help us in many areas of life and ministry.

These areas include the following:

The Holy Spirit helps us to commune and fellowship with God:

He helps us to glorify and praise God.

He helps us to pray to God for ourselves and for others.

He helps us to hear from God.

The Holy Spirit helps us to obey God  and walk in love towards God and others.

The Holy Spirit establishes God's kingdom blessings into our lives as we claim the promises of God.

The Holy Spirit releases the power of God into our lives and through our lives to do miracles of God.

8. The Holy Spirit helps us to commune and fellowship with God

(a) He helps us to glorify and praise God

The Holy Spirit has been sent by God the Father and God the son into our lives so that we may glorify Jesus (John 16:13-14).

But when He, the SPIRIT OF TRUTH, comes, He will guide you into all truth. He will BRING GLORY TO ME by taking from what is mine and making it known to you.
(John 16:13-14)

Thus it is by the power of the Holy Spirit that a believer is able to praise the name of Jesus and worship Him.

Therefore I tell you that no one who is speaking by the SPIRIT OF GOD says, "Jesus be cursed," and no one can say, "JESUS IS LORD," except by the HOLY SPIRIT.
(1 Corinthians 12:3)

Likewise, a believer is able to know God as his Father and to worship God only by the power of the Holy Spirit.
The Spirit testifies to us that we are God's children, drawing us to approach and worship God as our Father.

For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by Him we cry, "Abba, Father." The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.
(Romans 8:14-16)

Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, "Abba, Father."
(Galatians 4:6)

If you are praising God with your spirit, how can one who finds himself among those who do not understand say "Amen" to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?
(1 Corinthians 14:16)

With the help of the Holy Spirit, we are able to pray in tongues (1 Corinthians 12:10).
Part of the purpose of praying in tongues (praying with the spirit) is to praise God (1 Corinthians 14:15-16).

(b) He helps us to pray to God for ourselves and others

The Holy Spirit helps us not only to praise Jesus, but also to pray for our own needs and for the need of others.

The Holy Spirit helps us to pray by first giving us the wisdom and revelation of God so that we are able to pray accurately according to God's will.

I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know Him better.
(Ephesians 1:17)

We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may UNDERSTAND what God has freely given us 
(1 Corinthians 2:12)

The Holy Spirit also helps us in our prayer by interceding for us and for the saints with groanings that words cannot express.

In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not known what we ought to pray, but the Spirit himself INTERCEDES FOR US with groans that words cannot express. And He who searches our hearts know the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit INTERCEDES FOR THE SAINTS in accordance with God's will.
(Romans 8:26-27)

Lastly, the Holy Spirit helps us in our prayer by giving us a new prayer language to pray to God, a language previously unknown to us. With this new tongue, we can pray the mysteries (the secret plans) of God, and also build ourselves up as we pray.

For anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God. Indeed, no one understands him; he utters mysteries with his spirit.
He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself.
(1 Corinthians 14:2,4)

(c) He helps us to hear from God

God communicates with us through His Holy Spirit who lives in us (John 16:13-15).
He will speak to us and lead us by His Holy Spirit (Acts8:29; 10:19-20; 11:12; 13:1-2; 16:6-10).
He will give us the words to speak in every situation by His Holy Spirit who lives in us.

Those who are LED by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
The Holy Spirit himself TESTIFIES with our spirit that we are God's children.
(Romans 8:14,16)

When you are brought before synagogues, rules and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say, for the Holy Spirit will TEACH YOU at that time what you should say.
(Luke 12:11-12)

But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given what to say, for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father SPEAKING through you.
(Matthew 10:19-20)

Every believer can hear the voice of the Holy Spirit, who is the Spirit of Jesus.
Our Lord wants to lead us in specific directions by the leading of His Holy Spirit.
It is our duty to train ourselves to wait on God and hear His voice as He leads us in specific ways by His Spirit.

Thus Jesus said:

I am the good shepherd; I KNOW my sheep and my sheep KNOW me - JUST AS my Father KNOWS me and I KNOW the Father - and I lay down my life for the sheep.
I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will LISTEN TO MY VOICE and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.
(John 10:14-16)

My sheep LISTEN TO MY VOICE; I know them, and they follow me.
(John 10:27)

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PRAYER

PRAYER FOR COMMUNION & FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT

Dear Father God, forgive us for not living in accordance with your Holy Spirit.         (Galatians 5:16-18)
We acknowledge that we have sinned against You by living according to our flesh (our sinful desires).
                                                                                 (Romans 8:5)
We have grieved Your Holy Spirit              (Ephesians 4:30)
Please wash our sins away by the blood of the Lamb.
                                                                                   (1 John 1:7)

By Your Holy Spirit, helps us to pray accurately in accordance with Your wisdom and revelation.    
                                              (Ephesians 1:18; 1 Corinthians 2:12)
Let Your Holy Spirit intercede for us and for the saints in accordance with your will.                     (Romans 8:26-27)
Let the gift of tongues that comes from Your Holy Spirit flow though our lips mightily and unceasingly so that we may pray your mysteries with our spirit. 
                                                                    (1 Corinthians 14:2;4)

Speak to our spirit by Your Holy Spirit, O Lord. 
                                                                           (Romans 8:14,16)
By Your Holy Spirit, speak through our lips, and teach us what we should speak at all times. 
                                                 (Luke 12:11-12; Matthew 10:19-20)

Quieten our hearts as we wait upon you, and cause us to hear Your voice.                               (John 10:14-16, 27)
Speak to us, O Lord, for we your children are listening.                                                         (1 Samuel 3:9-10)

In Jesus' Name. Amen.                                       (John 16:23)

DECLARATION & PROCLAMATIONS

Proclaim and declare these confessions as often as you can, for as you do so, you establish the kingdom of God in your lives, in your family, in your church, in the nations, and in this earth. (Matthew 16:19; 18:18; John 14:13-14; Mark 11:23-24)

DECLARATIONS & PROCLAMATIONS

I live by the Spirit and I will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature (the flesh)                          (Galatians 5:16)

There is now no condemnation for me, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life sets me free from the law of sin and death.       (Romans 8:1-2)

The Holy Spirit, the Spirit of truth, guide me into all truth.
He helps me to glorify Jesus.                       (John 16:13-14)
And by the Spirit, I cry, "Abba, Father."
The Spirit himself testifies with my spirit that I am a child of God.                                                   (Galatians 15-16)

God has given me the Spirit of wisdom and revelation so that I may pray accurately.                     (Ephesians 1:18)
I have received the Spirit who is from God so that I may understand what God has freely given to me.
                                                                       (1 Corinthians 12:1)

The Spirit helps me in my weakness.
I do not know what I ought to pray, but the Spirit himself intercedes for me and for the saints in accordance with God's will, with groans that words cannot express.                                            (Romans 8:26-27)

As I pray in tongues, I utter the mysteries of God, and I edify myself.                                           (1 Corinthians 14:2,4)

Because I am a son of God, I am led by the Spirit of God.
The Holy Spirit will teach me what I should say at all times.
The Spirit of the Father will be speaking through me at all times.      (Romans 8:14; Luke 12:11-12; Matthew 10:19-20)

The Lord is my shepherd; I am is sheep.      (Psalm 23:1)
Therefore I will listen to the voice of my Lord Jesus through His Spirit speaking to me.
I listen to the voice of Jesus and I follow Him. 
                                                                              (John 10:16,27)

In Jesus' Name. Amen. 
                    (Matthew 16:19; 18:18l John 14:13-14; Mark 11:23-24)

Study the following passage on the leading of the Holy Spirit:

  1. John 6:15

  2. Luke 9:47

  3. John 2:24-25

  4. Galatians 1:11-12

  5. Acts 8:26-40

  6. Acts 16:6-10

 

                                                                                              



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