WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.260 --> 00:00:03.780 line:15% This program is made possible by the giving 2 00:00:03.780 --> 00:00:06.990 line:15% of the God called partners of Renner Ministries. 3 00:00:07.950 --> 00:00:09.960 line:15% My name is Rick Renner and today I'm in the altar 4 00:00:09.960 --> 00:00:13.110 line:15% of the Moscow Good News Church where the spirit 5 00:00:13.110 --> 00:00:17.460 line:15% of God moves mightily in people's lives. 6 00:00:17.460 --> 00:00:19.560 line:15% You know, many people don't understand 7 00:00:19.560 --> 00:00:21.060 line:15% that they could really have a 8 00:00:21.060 --> 00:00:23.280 line:15% relationship with the Holy Spirit. 9 00:00:23.280 --> 00:00:25.590 line:15% I grew up in the denominational church 10 00:00:25.590 --> 00:00:28.950 line:15% and to me the Holy Ghost was a ghost that kind of floated in 11 00:00:28.950 --> 00:00:30.540 line:15% and over the congregation. 12 00:00:30.540 --> 00:00:33.030 line:15% You didn't know when he came, you didn't know when he went. 13 00:00:33.030 --> 00:00:36.000 line:15% And many charismatics kind of relate to the Holy Spirit, 14 00:00:36.000 --> 00:00:39.180 line:15% like he's a goosebump or a chill on their skin. 15 00:00:39.180 --> 00:00:43.230 line:15% But my friends, the Holy Spirit is a person. 16 00:00:43.230 --> 00:00:47.550 line:15% And the Bible tells us in James 4:5, 17 00:00:47.550 --> 00:00:50.970 line:15% that the Holy Spirit desires to possess us 18 00:00:50.970 --> 00:00:53.340 line:15% and to possess us fully. 19 00:00:53.340 --> 00:00:58.230 line:15% He yearns for me. And the Holy Spirit yearns for you. 20 00:00:58.230 --> 00:01:01.680 line:15% If you surrender to him yesterday, there's more of you 21 00:01:01.680 --> 00:01:03.930 line:15% that needs to be surrendered to him today. 22 00:01:03.930 --> 00:01:06.390 line:15% And he'll take everything you surrender 23 00:01:06.390 --> 00:01:09.990 line:15% because the Holy Spirit really desires to have you 24 00:01:09.990 --> 00:01:13.230 line:15% and he desires to fill you completely. 25 00:01:13.230 --> 00:01:16.230 line:15% And that is what I'm going to talk to you about today. 26 00:01:17.130 --> 00:01:20.310 line:15% Get ready for a teaching that feeds your spirit 27 00:01:20.310 --> 00:01:23.910 line:15% and your mind where the word is the anchor in 28 00:01:23.910 --> 00:01:25.860 line:15% uncertain times 29 00:01:25.860 --> 00:01:29.160 line:15% and doctrine doesn't bend to culture. 30 00:01:29.160 --> 00:01:30.600 line:15% We keep it simple, 31 00:01:30.600 --> 00:01:35.600 line:15% but dive deep revealing a truth that strengthens us, 32 00:01:36.030 --> 00:01:37.950 line:15% a love that emboldens, 33 00:01:39.060 --> 00:01:41.220 line:15% and a mission that touches the world. 34 00:01:43.560 --> 00:01:45.120 line:15% Let's join Rick Renner. 35 00:01:46.680 --> 00:01:49.380 line:15% Welcome to today's program. My name is Rick Renner. 36 00:01:49.380 --> 00:01:53.340 line:15% Today I am gonna wrap up my series called the Holy Spirit 37 00:01:53.340 --> 00:01:57.120 line:15% And You - Working together as Heaven's Dynamic Duo. 38 00:01:57.120 --> 00:02:00.690 line:15% And today I'm gonna talk to you about the desire 39 00:02:00.690 --> 00:02:03.150 line:15% of the Holy Spirit. 40 00:02:03.150 --> 00:02:05.850 line:15% You say he has a desire - he does. 41 00:02:05.850 --> 00:02:09.300 line:15% And today I'm gonna show you what is the desire 42 00:02:09.300 --> 00:02:10.590 line:15% of Holy Spirit. 43 00:02:10.590 --> 00:02:13.200 line:15% But hey, I'm offering you my entire series, 44 00:02:13.200 --> 00:02:14.400 line:15% which is called the Holy Spirit 45 00:02:14.400 --> 00:02:18.330 line:15% And You working together as Heaven's Dynamic Duo. 46 00:02:18.330 --> 00:02:21.120 line:15% It's 10 parts and it comes in multiple formats. 47 00:02:21.120 --> 00:02:23.340 line:15% And remember that you can also order the 48 00:02:23.340 --> 00:02:25.020 line:15% accompanying study guide. 49 00:02:25.020 --> 00:02:27.060 line:15% The two of these together are just so wonderful. 50 00:02:27.060 --> 00:02:29.040 line:15% My friends, I love my study guides 51 00:02:29.040 --> 00:02:32.160 line:15% because I put so much work into these study guides. 52 00:02:32.160 --> 00:02:35.070 line:15% These guides have all the Greek words, the points, 53 00:02:35.070 --> 00:02:38.670 line:15% the principles, everything in these programs so 54 00:02:38.670 --> 00:02:40.260 line:15% that when you hear it or see it, 55 00:02:40.260 --> 00:02:42.180 line:15% you can read it at the same time 56 00:02:42.180 --> 00:02:45.210 line:15% and really get all this revelation down deep 57 00:02:45.210 --> 00:02:46.890 line:15% inside you and my friend, 58 00:02:46.890 --> 00:02:50.610 line:15% if you know anyone who is hungry for a deeper place, 59 00:02:50.610 --> 00:02:53.040 line:15% this would be a great gift to give them. 60 00:02:53.040 --> 00:02:56.340 line:15% This will walk them right into a partnership 61 00:02:56.340 --> 00:02:57.930 line:15% with the Holy Spirit. 62 00:02:57.930 --> 00:03:00.640 line:15% That's what their heart is crying out for. 63 00:03:00.640 --> 00:03:03.250 line:15% And we're also offering you right now my book 64 00:03:03.250 --> 00:03:04.750 line:15% by the same title, The Holy Spirit 65 00:03:04.750 --> 00:03:08.080 line:15% and You Working Together as Heaven's Dynamic Duo. 66 00:03:08.080 --> 00:03:10.150 line:15% And again, the back of the book says, 67 00:03:10.150 --> 00:03:13.600 line:15% I did not write this book to be a deep scholarly work, 68 00:03:13.600 --> 00:03:17.110 line:15% but it's written to lead spiritually hungry people like you 69 00:03:17.110 --> 00:03:20.110 line:15% into a new place in God, a secret place 70 00:03:20.110 --> 00:03:22.210 line:15% that God has been waiting for you to find 71 00:03:22.210 --> 00:03:24.130 line:15% for a long, long time. 72 00:03:24.130 --> 00:03:25.960 line:15% And page by page, 73 00:03:25.960 --> 00:03:29.650 line:15% this book will walk you into a new partnership 74 00:03:29.650 --> 00:03:31.120 line:15% with the Holy Spirit where you 75 00:03:31.120 --> 00:03:34.840 line:15% and the Holy Spirit can become the Dynamic Duo. 76 00:03:34.840 --> 00:03:37.150 line:15% He wants to release his power 77 00:03:37.150 --> 00:03:40.960 line:15% and his presence in your life where you experience it. 78 00:03:40.960 --> 00:03:43.540 line:15% And that's what this book is about. 79 00:03:43.540 --> 00:03:45.010 line:15% And if you need prayer, 80 00:03:45.010 --> 00:03:47.320 line:15% please call us or send us your email. 81 00:03:47.320 --> 00:03:50.380 line:15% The moment your email shows up in our inbox 82 00:03:50.380 --> 00:03:53.020 line:15% or the moment the phone rings, we're gonna begin 83 00:03:53.020 --> 00:03:55.270 line:15% to really release our faith with you for God 84 00:03:55.270 --> 00:03:57.370 line:15% to do something mighty in your life. 85 00:03:57.370 --> 00:03:59.110 line:15% What is it that you're believing for? 86 00:03:59.110 --> 00:04:02.410 line:15% Let us pray with you to send us an email or call us 87 00:04:02.410 --> 00:04:06.760 line:15% and immediately we're going to release our faith believing 88 00:04:06.760 --> 00:04:09.700 line:15% that God is going to hear and God is going to answer 89 00:04:09.700 --> 00:04:11.980 line:15% and respond to your need. 90 00:04:11.980 --> 00:04:15.310 line:15% So give us a call or send us an email, 91 00:04:15.310 --> 00:04:16.870 line:15% but reach for your Bible. 92 00:04:16.870 --> 00:04:18.220 line:15% And today we're going to return to 93 00:04:18.220 --> 00:04:22.960 line:15% where we were yesterday in James 4:4. 94 00:04:22.960 --> 00:04:25.420 line:15% Yesterday we saw that we do not want 95 00:04:25.420 --> 00:04:26.950 line:15% to grieve the Holy Spirit. 96 00:04:26.950 --> 00:04:28.420 line:15% We're going to begin there again today 97 00:04:28.420 --> 00:04:30.340 line:15% and then we're gonna wrap it up 98 00:04:30.340 --> 00:04:32.980 line:15% and look at the desire of the Holy Spirit. 99 00:04:32.980 --> 00:04:35.680 line:15% Let's go back to James 4:4, 100 00:04:35.680 --> 00:04:38.320 line:15% where James is writing to Jewish Christians 101 00:04:38.320 --> 00:04:40.330 line:15% and he says - you adulterers 102 00:04:40.330 --> 00:04:43.960 line:15% and adulteresses. I told you yesterday, this would've been 103 00:04:43.960 --> 00:04:46.668 line:15% so offensive to their ears. 104 00:04:46.668 --> 00:04:48.593 line:15% These were Jewish believers: 105 00:04:48.593 --> 00:04:50.834 line:15% even before they came to Christ, 106 00:04:50.834 --> 00:04:53.530 line:15% they were moral God fearing people. 107 00:04:53.530 --> 00:04:56.680 line:15% They would've never have committed adultery. 108 00:04:56.680 --> 00:04:58.720 line:15% And when James calls them adulterers 109 00:04:58.720 --> 00:05:01.690 line:15% and adulteresses, it was like slapping them up the side 110 00:05:01.690 --> 00:05:03.310 line:15% of their head to get their attention. 111 00:05:03.310 --> 00:05:07.360 line:15% Why did he call them adulterers and adulteresses? 112 00:05:07.360 --> 00:05:11.350 line:15% Because they had violated their relationship with the Lord 113 00:05:11.350 --> 00:05:12.550 line:15% and with the Holy Spirit. 114 00:05:12.550 --> 00:05:14.680 line:15% They had gone outside of Christ 115 00:05:14.680 --> 00:05:17.470 line:15% to find fulfillment in other places. 116 00:05:17.470 --> 00:05:21.130 line:15% And in this verse, God says, in my view, if you've gone 117 00:05:21.130 --> 00:05:24.220 line:15% outside of me to find your fulfillment in other places, 118 00:05:24.220 --> 00:05:27.550 line:15% you have committed spiritual adultery. 119 00:05:27.550 --> 00:05:32.020 line:15% And that's why James calls them adulterers and adulteresses. 120 00:05:32.020 --> 00:05:34.900 line:15% But when you read this in the Greek text, it simply says, 121 00:05:34.900 --> 00:05:37.416 line:15% you adulteresses because he's 122 00:05:37.416 --> 00:05:39.850 line:15% speaking to the bride of Christ 123 00:05:39.850 --> 00:05:43.690 line:15% and the bride of Christ has violated its commitment 124 00:05:43.690 --> 00:05:46.480 line:15% to their spouse who is Jesus. 125 00:05:46.480 --> 00:05:48.070 line:15% And he says, no, ye not. 126 00:05:48.070 --> 00:05:51.790 line:15% The Greek says - do you not comprehend? 127 00:05:51.790 --> 00:05:55.270 line:15% He is baffled that they do not understand what they've done. 128 00:05:55.270 --> 00:05:58.490 line:15% Know ye not that friendship of the world is enmity with God. 129 00:05:58.490 --> 00:06:00.950 line:15% That word friendship, the Greek word phila, 130 00:06:00.950 --> 00:06:03.200 line:15% which describes a deep involvement 131 00:06:03.200 --> 00:06:07.100 line:15% or an obsession; he's really describing involvement 132 00:06:07.100 --> 00:06:08.480 line:15% with the world. 133 00:06:08.480 --> 00:06:11.780 line:15% And the word, world, is a form of the Greek word kosmos, 134 00:06:11.780 --> 00:06:16.220 line:15% which describes society, the community, things in the world, 135 00:06:16.220 --> 00:06:21.220 line:15% worldliness; here, they had become involved in the world, 136 00:06:21.290 --> 00:06:23.480 line:15% preoccupied with the world. 137 00:06:23.480 --> 00:06:26.870 line:15% They had shift their focus from Jesus to other things. 138 00:06:26.870 --> 00:06:29.000 line:15% And now they're not just doing things in the world, 139 00:06:29.000 --> 00:06:32.540 line:15% they're involved in the world to such an extent 140 00:06:32.540 --> 00:06:35.930 line:15% that James says they have committed spiritual adultery. 141 00:06:35.930 --> 00:06:38.720 line:15% He says, this is enmity with God. 142 00:06:38.720 --> 00:06:40.790 line:15% Then he adds - Whosoever 143 00:06:40.790 --> 00:06:44.810 line:15% therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. 144 00:06:44.810 --> 00:06:48.140 line:15% But notice he says - whosoever therefore will be. 145 00:06:48.140 --> 00:06:52.670 line:15% Yesterday we saw these 2 words, will be, are a translation 146 00:06:52.670 --> 00:06:56.390 line:15% of the Greek word boulomai, which means I counsel 147 00:06:56.390 --> 00:06:57.830 line:15% or I advise. 148 00:06:57.830 --> 00:06:59.510 line:15% It is the very word you would use 149 00:06:59.510 --> 00:07:01.940 line:15% to describe a counseling session. 150 00:07:01.940 --> 00:07:03.620 line:15% If you needed to be counseled 151 00:07:03.620 --> 00:07:05.060 line:15% and you went to see a counselor 152 00:07:05.060 --> 00:07:08.990 line:15% and they counseled you, it would be this word, boulomai. 153 00:07:08.990 --> 00:07:12.650 line:15% But in this verse, it's not describing 154 00:07:12.650 --> 00:07:14.510 line:15% what another counselor says to you, 155 00:07:14.510 --> 00:07:15.740 line:15% but here it is the picture of 156 00:07:15.740 --> 00:07:17.630 line:15% what a Christian is saying to himself. 157 00:07:17.630 --> 00:07:22.280 line:15% He's talking himself into believing that it's all right 158 00:07:22.280 --> 00:07:24.650 line:15% for him to violate his relationship with Christ. 159 00:07:24.650 --> 00:07:28.520 line:15% It's all right if I do things that used to grieve me. 160 00:07:28.520 --> 00:07:31.040 line:15% It's all right if I make a little exception 161 00:07:31.040 --> 00:07:34.850 line:15% for myself: little by little talk by talk, conversation 162 00:07:34.850 --> 00:07:37.580 line:15% by conversation, a lot of self-talk, 163 00:07:37.580 --> 00:07:42.200 line:15% this person is counseling himself into believing it's okay 164 00:07:42.200 --> 00:07:46.610 line:15% to do things that he formally would've believed was very, 165 00:07:46.610 --> 00:07:47.930 line:15% very wrong. 166 00:07:47.930 --> 00:07:49.550 line:15% And here's what we find. 167 00:07:49.550 --> 00:07:51.950 line:15% No Christian that is on fire wakes up 168 00:07:51.950 --> 00:07:55.640 line:15% and one day says, today's the day I'm going to backslide. 169 00:07:55.640 --> 00:07:58.040 line:15% No, no, no - it doesn't happen like that. 170 00:07:58.040 --> 00:08:02.810 line:15% It's one little exception at a time watching something 171 00:08:02.810 --> 00:08:05.810 line:15% that you know you should not watch. 172 00:08:05.810 --> 00:08:10.250 line:15% Going to a movie that you know you should not see: 173 00:08:10.250 --> 00:08:14.270 line:15% engaging in a conversation that you know is foul. 174 00:08:14.270 --> 00:08:15.770 line:15% You shouldn't be saying those things. 175 00:08:15.770 --> 00:08:17.540 line:15% You shouldn't be allowing that conversation 176 00:08:17.540 --> 00:08:20.540 line:15% to go into your ears: telling a joke 177 00:08:20.540 --> 00:08:23.660 line:15% that you know you should not tell: laughing at something 178 00:08:23.660 --> 00:08:26.300 line:15% that you know you should not find funny. 179 00:08:26.300 --> 00:08:29.420 line:15% But little by little talk, by talk, conversation 180 00:08:29.420 --> 00:08:32.510 line:15% by conversation, a lot of self talk 181 00:08:32.510 --> 00:08:36.590 line:15% that believer makes one exception and another exception 182 00:08:36.590 --> 00:08:38.900 line:15% and another exception and another exception. 183 00:08:38.900 --> 00:08:42.350 line:15% Until finally he's walked from where he used to be 184 00:08:42.350 --> 00:08:45.620 line:15% away from a red hot relationship with Jesus 185 00:08:45.620 --> 00:08:50.000 line:15% until he has become rather neutral, no longer on fire, 186 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:53.450 line:15% he's talked himself into becoming a friend 187 00:08:53.450 --> 00:08:55.020 line:15% of the world. 188 00:08:55.020 --> 00:08:57.930 line:15% And the word friend, again carries the idea of involvement: 189 00:08:57.930 --> 00:09:01.740 line:15% involvement, focus, preoccupation with the world. 190 00:09:01.740 --> 00:09:03.750 line:15% And James says any Christian 191 00:09:03.750 --> 00:09:07.350 line:15% who does this is the enemy of God. 192 00:09:07.350 --> 00:09:10.590 line:15% Somebody once asked me - Is it possible for a Christian 193 00:09:10.590 --> 00:09:11.760 line:15% to be the enemy of God? 194 00:09:11.760 --> 00:09:14.640 line:15% Well, the answers in this verse. It says whosoever 195 00:09:14.640 --> 00:09:18.300 line:15% therefore counsels himself, talks himself, into believing 196 00:09:18.300 --> 00:09:20.490 line:15% that involvement with the world is okay, 197 00:09:20.490 --> 00:09:22.950 line:15% is the enemy of God. 198 00:09:22.950 --> 00:09:26.730 line:15% And the word, is, in Greek means constitutes himself to be: 199 00:09:26.730 --> 00:09:30.510 line:15% he renders himself to be the enemy of God, 200 00:09:30.510 --> 00:09:31.620 line:15% which means Christians 201 00:09:31.620 --> 00:09:35.820 line:15% who choose our worldly path set themselves in direct 202 00:09:35.820 --> 00:09:37.830 line:15% opposition to God. 203 00:09:37.830 --> 00:09:40.290 line:15% This verse says, the enemy of God. 204 00:09:40.290 --> 00:09:43.830 line:15% The word enemy here describes a hostile position, one 205 00:09:43.830 --> 00:09:48.600 line:15% that God will oppose: one that God will oppose. 206 00:09:48.600 --> 00:09:50.940 line:15% Then when you come to James 4:5, 207 00:09:50.940 --> 00:09:55.470 line:15% we find out why this is so serious. 208 00:09:55.470 --> 00:09:58.440 line:15% Look at James 4:5. 209 00:09:58.440 --> 00:10:02.070 line:15% Do you think the scripture saith in vain, the spirit 210 00:10:02.070 --> 00:10:06.150 line:15% that dwelleth in us, lusteth to envy? 211 00:10:06.150 --> 00:10:08.970 line:15% It's talking about the Holy Spirit in us. 212 00:10:08.970 --> 00:10:10.680 line:15% And James says, the spirit 213 00:10:10.680 --> 00:10:14.850 line:15% that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy. 214 00:10:14.850 --> 00:10:17.670 line:15% Notice it says the Spirit that dwelleth. 215 00:10:17.670 --> 00:10:19.290 line:15% That word, dwelleth is very important. 216 00:10:19.290 --> 00:10:21.480 line:15% The word, in, is very important. 217 00:10:21.480 --> 00:10:23.100 line:15% The word lust, very important. 218 00:10:23.100 --> 00:10:25.410 line:15% The word, envy - very, very important. 219 00:10:25.410 --> 00:10:27.510 line:15% Let's look at all of these words. 220 00:10:27.510 --> 00:10:29.310 line:15% First of all, it says the spirit that dwelleth. 221 00:10:30.270 --> 00:10:32.880 line:15% The word, dwelleth, is the Greek word, katoikeo. 222 00:10:32.880 --> 00:10:35.370 line:15% Oyo a compound of the word kata, 223 00:10:35.370 --> 00:10:37.980 line:15% which means down: the word oikeo, which means to live 224 00:10:37.980 --> 00:10:39.360 line:15% or to reside. 225 00:10:39.360 --> 00:10:40.980 line:15% But when you compound the two words together, 226 00:10:40.980 --> 00:10:45.420 line:15% it depicts one, settling them into a new home 227 00:10:45.420 --> 00:10:48.240 line:15% and making oneself to feel comfortable there 228 00:10:48.240 --> 00:10:51.960 line:15% a permanent resident. Which means again, 229 00:10:51.960 --> 00:10:56.250 line:15% your heart is not a hotel, your heart is a home. 230 00:10:56.250 --> 00:10:58.620 line:15% When the Holy Spirit came to indwell you, 231 00:10:58.620 --> 00:11:00.960 line:15% he laid his own carpets on the floor, 232 00:11:00.960 --> 00:11:02.970 line:15% he hung his own pictures on the wall. 233 00:11:02.970 --> 00:11:05.580 line:15% He moved his big comfortable chair into your heart. 234 00:11:05.580 --> 00:11:09.150 line:15% He has settled down into your heart with no intention 235 00:11:09.150 --> 00:11:11.370 line:15% to ever leave you. 236 00:11:11.370 --> 00:11:14.040 line:15% He is a permanent indweller. 237 00:11:14.040 --> 00:11:17.370 line:15% That is why Jesus said in John 14:16 238 00:11:17.370 --> 00:11:21.750 line:15% and 17 - He will be in you. My friends, 239 00:11:21.750 --> 00:11:26.010 line:15% the Holy Spirit is in you as a permanent indweller. 240 00:11:26.010 --> 00:11:30.090 line:15% He has made himself miraculously to be at home 241 00:11:30.090 --> 00:11:32.640 line:15% inside your heart. 242 00:11:32.640 --> 00:11:35.220 line:15% And that's why James adds - the spirit that dwells in. 243 00:11:35.220 --> 00:11:37.110 line:15% The word, in, is the Greek word, en, which means 244 00:11:37.110 --> 00:11:40.200 line:15% inside, right here inside me, right 245 00:11:40.200 --> 00:11:42.060 line:15% inside you is the Holy Spirit. 246 00:11:42.060 --> 00:11:46.080 line:15% He has settled down inside us 247 00:11:46.080 --> 00:11:49.410 line:15% and made himself a permanent resident in us 248 00:11:49.410 --> 00:11:52.140 line:15% with no intention to ever leave us. 249 00:11:52.140 --> 00:11:56.050 line:15% And in us this verse says He lusteth 250 00:11:56.050 --> 00:11:57.520 line:15% to envy. 251 00:11:57.520 --> 00:12:00.940 line:15% Well, we usually think that the word lust is a negative word 252 00:12:00.940 --> 00:12:02.200 line:15% and very often it is. 253 00:12:02.200 --> 00:12:04.900 line:15% But the word lust can be used in a very positive way. 254 00:12:04.900 --> 00:12:08.890 line:15% For example, in 1 Peter 1:12, 255 00:12:08.890 --> 00:12:12.610 line:15% this same word in Greek, it is the word, epipotheo, is used 256 00:12:12.610 --> 00:12:15.370 line:15% to describe the lust of angels. 257 00:12:15.370 --> 00:12:17.470 line:15% You say angels have lust. Absolutely. 258 00:12:17.470 --> 00:12:21.010 line:15% The Bible tells us in 1 Peter 1:12, 259 00:12:21.010 --> 00:12:23.200 line:15% that angels hang low 260 00:12:23.200 --> 00:12:26.620 line:15% and look into our gospel meetings where the word 261 00:12:26.620 --> 00:12:30.940 line:15% of God is being preached, desiring, wishing 262 00:12:30.940 --> 00:12:33.340 line:15% that they could sit in the very chairs we sit in 263 00:12:33.340 --> 00:12:34.840 line:15% and receive the word of God, the way 264 00:12:34.840 --> 00:12:36.430 line:15% that we receive the word of God, 265 00:12:36.430 --> 00:12:38.560 line:15% wishing they could experience the blood 266 00:12:38.560 --> 00:12:40.600 line:15% of Jesus like we have wishing 267 00:12:40.600 --> 00:12:42.580 line:15% that they could taste the powers of God 268 00:12:42.580 --> 00:12:45.010 line:15% and the gifts of the Holy Spirit like we do. 269 00:12:45.010 --> 00:12:47.020 line:15% And in fact, James 1:12 says, 270 00:12:47.020 --> 00:12:49.990 line:15% the angels desire- the Greek word - lust: 271 00:12:49.990 --> 00:12:51.730 line:15% the Greek word, epipotheo. 272 00:12:51.730 --> 00:12:53.800 line:15% The word potheo, means to lust. 273 00:12:53.800 --> 00:12:55.510 line:15% But if you attach the word, epi to the front, 274 00:12:55.510 --> 00:12:57.070 line:15% it intensifies it. 275 00:12:57.070 --> 00:13:01.630 line:15% The angels are hanging low, hankering, wishing, longing - 276 00:13:01.630 --> 00:13:05.140 line:15% oh, wanting so much to be like us 277 00:13:05.980 --> 00:13:07.840 line:15% looking into our meetings. 278 00:13:07.840 --> 00:13:12.430 line:15% That is amazing. So the word, lust, is used positively 279 00:13:12.430 --> 00:13:13.690 line:15% to describe the lust 280 00:13:13.690 --> 00:13:16.630 line:15% or the craving of angels wishing they 281 00:13:16.630 --> 00:13:17.770 line:15% could sit in the chairs 282 00:13:17.770 --> 00:13:21.880 line:15% we sit in every week at church and receive the word of God 283 00:13:21.880 --> 00:13:23.740 line:15% the way that we do. That is amazing to me: 284 00:13:23.740 --> 00:13:26.230 line:15% should make us appreciate church. 285 00:13:26.230 --> 00:13:28.960 line:15% But this word lust, the Greek word epipotheo, 286 00:13:28.960 --> 00:13:33.550 line:15% can also be used in a negative sense - to describe a man 287 00:13:33.550 --> 00:13:36.880 line:15% that has an addiction: a man that is so addicted 288 00:13:36.880 --> 00:13:38.680 line:15% to some chemical or some drug 289 00:13:38.680 --> 00:13:41.380 line:15% or something that his whole body is epipotheo. 290 00:13:41.380 --> 00:13:45.820 line:15% He is bent over, he is cringing it. He is yearning for it. 291 00:13:45.820 --> 00:13:48.160 line:15% His whole body is hankering for it. 292 00:13:48.160 --> 00:13:51.490 line:15% He has to have the next fix. 293 00:13:51.490 --> 00:13:53.230 line:15% This word, epipotheo - listen 294 00:13:53.230 --> 00:13:57.700 line:15% to this - depicts an intense desire, a craving, 295 00:13:57.700 --> 00:13:59.920 line:15% a hunger, an ache, a yearning 296 00:13:59.920 --> 00:14:03.280 line:15% or hankering for something: a longing 297 00:14:03.280 --> 00:14:05.980 line:15% or pining for something to strain 298 00:14:05.980 --> 00:14:09.250 line:15% after: to greatly desire to have a strong affection, 299 00:14:09.250 --> 00:14:13.840 line:15% a fervent passion or even an obsession. 300 00:14:13.840 --> 00:14:18.840 line:15% And it tells us that the Holy Spirit inside us, epipotheo, 301 00:14:19.330 --> 00:14:21.880 line:15% longs for us. 302 00:14:21.880 --> 00:14:24.970 line:15% That is amazing. The Holy Spirit wants me. 303 00:14:24.970 --> 00:14:27.370 line:15% The Holy Spirit wants you. 304 00:14:27.370 --> 00:14:29.890 line:15% The Holy Spirit's waiting for his next fix. 305 00:14:29.890 --> 00:14:32.500 line:15% He wants more of me today than I gave him yesterday. 306 00:14:32.500 --> 00:14:34.660 line:15% And if I surrender more of me today, tomorrow, 307 00:14:34.660 --> 00:14:37.840 line:15% he's gonna reveal something else in my life that he wants. 308 00:14:37.840 --> 00:14:41.830 line:15% He wants me, he wants all of me. He's hankering for me. 309 00:14:41.830 --> 00:14:43.450 line:15% He's yearning for me. 310 00:14:43.450 --> 00:14:47.110 line:15% The Holy Spirit wants to possess me and possess me fully. 311 00:14:47.110 --> 00:14:50.830 line:15% And that is what the Holy Spirit wants to do in you. 312 00:14:50.830 --> 00:14:54.020 line:15% The Spirit in you is yearning 313 00:14:54.020 --> 00:14:56.510 line:15% for you. 314 00:14:56.510 --> 00:14:59.420 line:15% And as you yield yourself to him, he fills you 315 00:14:59.420 --> 00:15:01.190 line:15% with more of himself. 316 00:15:01.190 --> 00:15:04.310 line:15% That is called the process of sanctification. 317 00:15:04.310 --> 00:15:08.180 line:15% As you yield yourself, he fills you with more of himself. 318 00:15:08.180 --> 00:15:10.280 line:15% But tomorrow he's gonna ask you for more, 319 00:15:10.280 --> 00:15:12.560 line:15% and the next day he's going to ask you for more 320 00:15:12.560 --> 00:15:15.350 line:15% because the Holy Spirit in you wants you 321 00:15:15.350 --> 00:15:17.480 line:15% and he wants all of you. 322 00:15:17.480 --> 00:15:20.540 line:15% But wait, the verse goes on to say, Hmm, 323 00:15:21.500 --> 00:15:24.530 line:15% that he lusteth to envy. 324 00:15:24.530 --> 00:15:25.640 line:15% What does that word, envy, mean? 325 00:15:25.640 --> 00:15:29.210 line:15% Listen - the Greek word, phthonos: it describes jealousy. 326 00:15:29.210 --> 00:15:33.560 line:15% It depicts a hostile feeling toward someone else 327 00:15:33.560 --> 00:15:35.630 line:15% because of an advantage, benefit 328 00:15:35.630 --> 00:15:40.630 line:15% or position that they have: a deeply felt grudge 329 00:15:40.940 --> 00:15:44.810 line:15% due to someone possessing what one wishes was his own: 330 00:15:44.810 --> 00:15:47.510 line:15% to begrudge what another person possesses: 331 00:15:47.510 --> 00:15:50.900 line:15% to resent another person's possession or position. 332 00:15:50.900 --> 00:15:53.630 line:15% And to try to find a way to seize it away from 333 00:15:53.630 --> 00:15:56.540 line:15% that other person to make it his very own. 334 00:15:56.540 --> 00:16:00.620 line:15% And it even carries the idea of jealousy, ill will 335 00:16:00.620 --> 00:16:01.910 line:15% or malice. 336 00:16:01.910 --> 00:16:05.000 line:15% And here is what this means 337 00:16:07.010 --> 00:16:09.890 line:15% when we give our affection to something else rather than 338 00:16:09.890 --> 00:16:14.150 line:15% to the lover who is on the inside of us. My friends, 339 00:16:14.150 --> 00:16:16.280 line:15% the Holy Spirit is inside us. 340 00:16:16.280 --> 00:16:19.070 line:15% He longs for us. He's hankering for us. 341 00:16:19.070 --> 00:16:22.970 line:15% He's yearning for us to have us and to have us fully. 342 00:16:22.970 --> 00:16:27.020 line:15% He wants to fill us with his presence and sanctify us. 343 00:16:27.020 --> 00:16:29.090 line:15% And when we intentionally 344 00:16:30.740 --> 00:16:33.890 line:15% or unintentionally give our devotion to something else, 345 00:16:33.890 --> 00:16:37.310 line:15% the Holy Spirit swings into action like a lover 346 00:16:37.310 --> 00:16:41.420 line:15% who feels he has been robbed of his love. 347 00:16:41.420 --> 00:16:44.210 line:15% A romantic bandit has come along 348 00:16:44.210 --> 00:16:46.580 line:15% and rather than just say - Well, I guess I lost 349 00:16:46.580 --> 00:16:50.720 line:15% that relationship - the Holy Spirit swings into action in 350 00:16:50.720 --> 00:16:52.400 line:15% order to restore that relationship 351 00:16:52.400 --> 00:16:56.000 line:15% and drive the romantic bandit out of the picture. 352 00:16:56.000 --> 00:16:59.360 line:15% The Holy Spirit is aggressive. He is a divine lover. 353 00:16:59.360 --> 00:17:03.230 line:15% And when we give our devotion to something else, 354 00:17:03.230 --> 00:17:05.660 line:15% the Holy Spirit swings into action. 355 00:17:05.660 --> 00:17:07.610 line:15% A plan is set into place 356 00:17:07.610 --> 00:17:11.090 line:15% to regain our affection. 357 00:17:11.090 --> 00:17:13.340 line:15% He feels jealousy for us. 358 00:17:13.340 --> 00:17:16.910 line:15% He wants our relationship to be restored for our attention 359 00:17:16.910 --> 00:17:18.500 line:15% to be on him. 360 00:17:18.500 --> 00:17:20.240 line:15% This is amazing. 361 00:17:20.240 --> 00:17:24.200 line:15% The Holy Spirit, my friend is not a passive partner. 362 00:17:24.200 --> 00:17:28.400 line:15% And this verse tells us, he dwells in us. 363 00:17:28.400 --> 00:17:32.510 line:15% He's moved into us. He is a permanent in dweller. 364 00:17:32.510 --> 00:17:36.500 line:15% He is nestled down, settled down in his big easy chair 365 00:17:36.500 --> 00:17:40.070 line:15% with no intention to ever leave us. 366 00:17:40.070 --> 00:17:43.760 line:15% He lusteth for us. He wants us. He wants all of us. 367 00:17:43.760 --> 00:17:46.070 line:15% He wants to fill every part of us. 368 00:17:46.070 --> 00:17:48.380 line:15% And if we intentionally 369 00:17:48.380 --> 00:17:51.000 line:15% or unintentionally violate the relationship 370 00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:52.650 line:15% and begin to give our affection 371 00:17:52.650 --> 00:17:55.740 line:15% and our devotion to something else more than him, 372 00:17:55.740 --> 00:17:59.370 line:15% then he will swing into action like a lover who's going 373 00:17:59.370 --> 00:18:02.250 line:15% to defend that relationship. 374 00:18:02.250 --> 00:18:03.690 line:15% You say, well, what is the plan? 375 00:18:03.690 --> 00:18:07.260 line:15% What does he do to restore the relationship? 376 00:18:07.260 --> 00:18:10.710 line:15% Well, the answer is in James 4:6: listen 377 00:18:10.710 --> 00:18:13.320 line:15% to this - But he gives more grace. 378 00:18:13.320 --> 00:18:15.930 line:15% We find the grace of God swings into action 379 00:18:15.930 --> 00:18:17.850 line:15% to get things back in order. 380 00:18:17.850 --> 00:18:21.630 line:15% Wherefore, he said - God resisted the proud, 381 00:18:21.630 --> 00:18:25.920 line:15% but God giveth grace unto the humble. 382 00:18:25.920 --> 00:18:29.130 line:15% The proud in this verse is the Christian 383 00:18:30.120 --> 00:18:33.270 line:15% who's living wrong, behaving wrong, thinking wrong, 384 00:18:33.270 --> 00:18:36.180 line:15% he knows better, but he is not changing. 385 00:18:36.180 --> 00:18:37.350 line:15% And the Holy Spirit says, 386 00:18:37.350 --> 00:18:38.880 line:15% if you're not gonna change on your own, 387 00:18:38.880 --> 00:18:40.140 line:15% then I'm gonna swing into action. 388 00:18:40.140 --> 00:18:42.750 line:15% My grace is going to go to work on your behalf 389 00:18:42.750 --> 00:18:43.950 line:15% and I'm going to help you. 390 00:18:43.950 --> 00:18:47.460 line:15% And this verse says - God resists the believer 391 00:18:47.460 --> 00:18:51.030 line:15% who will not restore that relationship of his own accord. 392 00:18:51.030 --> 00:18:55.260 line:15% The word, resist, means to arrange oneself against. 393 00:18:55.260 --> 00:18:59.040 line:15% It literally means God will arrange himself against 394 00:18:59.040 --> 00:19:02.850 line:15% that erring believer: to methodically oppose, 395 00:19:02.850 --> 00:19:06.120 line:15% God will methodically oppose that believer. 396 00:19:06.120 --> 00:19:09.720 line:15% It is a strategic plan of opposition intended 397 00:19:09.720 --> 00:19:12.270 line:15% to bring a situation under control 398 00:19:12.270 --> 00:19:14.820 line:15% or to restore a situation. 399 00:19:14.820 --> 00:19:16.650 line:15% Now, somebody might say, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. 400 00:19:16.650 --> 00:19:19.290 line:15% I thought the Bible said in Romans 8, if God 401 00:19:19.290 --> 00:19:22.170 line:15% before us, then no one can be against us. 402 00:19:22.170 --> 00:19:24.720 line:15% That's true as long as you're walking with God. 403 00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:27.150 line:15% But my friend, if you do wrong in your relationship 404 00:19:27.150 --> 00:19:31.890 line:15% with God, this verse says, God will methodically oppose you. 405 00:19:31.890 --> 00:19:35.250 line:15% He will arrange himself against you, not to hurt you, 406 00:19:35.250 --> 00:19:38.160 line:15% but to wake you up so that you come back 407 00:19:38.160 --> 00:19:39.450 line:15% to where you need to be. 408 00:19:39.450 --> 00:19:43.410 line:15% That's what it says. And this is an act of God's grace. 409 00:19:43.410 --> 00:19:45.000 line:15% He giveth more grace, 410 00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:48.810 line:15% wherefore, he says God methodically stands against, 411 00:19:48.810 --> 00:19:51.600 line:15% he arranges himself against, intending 412 00:19:51.600 --> 00:19:55.950 line:15% to bring the situation back under control against the proud, 413 00:19:55.950 --> 00:20:00.780 line:15% but gives grace unto the humble. 414 00:20:00.780 --> 00:20:03.330 line:15% The word humble, here would refer to that believer who says, 415 00:20:03.330 --> 00:20:04.980 line:15% God, I have done wrong. 416 00:20:04.980 --> 00:20:06.840 line:15% I am so sorry. 417 00:20:08.250 --> 00:20:11.190 line:15% God is attracted to a repentant heart 418 00:20:11.190 --> 00:20:15.780 line:15% like a magnet is attracted to metal. 419 00:20:15.780 --> 00:20:19.350 line:15% And when our hearts turn and we say, Lord, I've done wrong. 420 00:20:19.350 --> 00:20:21.150 line:15% I did not intend to grieve you. 421 00:20:21.150 --> 00:20:25.440 line:15% Maybe it was unintentional: maybe you methodically, 422 00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:29.010 line:15% very seductively, step by step, accidentally, 423 00:20:29.010 --> 00:20:31.200 line:15% almost talked yourself into doing 424 00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:32.340 line:15% things that you shouldn't do. 425 00:20:32.340 --> 00:20:35.070 line:15% And now you've recognized what you've done. 426 00:20:35.070 --> 00:20:37.290 line:15% God has done all he could to wake you up. 427 00:20:37.290 --> 00:20:40.380 line:15% And now you've been awakened to the fact that God's trying 428 00:20:40.380 --> 00:20:42.180 line:15% to bring you back home. 429 00:20:42.180 --> 00:20:47.180 line:15% The moment you say, Lord, I'm sorry, I'm repented - Bam!! 430 00:20:47.860 --> 00:20:51.220 line:15% Like metal is attracted to a magnet, 431 00:20:51.220 --> 00:20:53.530 line:15% the grace of God is attracted to you 432 00:20:53.530 --> 00:20:56.890 line:15% and God gives grace to the repentant heart 433 00:20:56.890 --> 00:21:01.330 line:15% and suddenly everything is restored. 434 00:21:01.330 --> 00:21:04.330 line:15% You don't have to beg, you don't have to plead, it 435 00:21:04.330 --> 00:21:09.310 line:15% just takes a change of the heart for God 436 00:21:09.310 --> 00:21:12.820 line:15% and you to get back in that place where you need to be. 437 00:21:12.820 --> 00:21:15.550 line:15% Now the good news is, the Holy Spirit's in you all the time. 438 00:21:15.550 --> 00:21:18.070 line:15% Maybe you've been ignoring his presence, 439 00:21:18.070 --> 00:21:19.750 line:15% maybe you've grieved him. 440 00:21:19.750 --> 00:21:24.750 line:15% How terrible that the Holy Spirit in you has been grieved. 441 00:21:25.120 --> 00:21:26.680 line:15% It's time for you to say Spirit of God, 442 00:21:26.680 --> 00:21:29.620 line:15% I am so sorry if my behavior has been wrong, 443 00:21:29.620 --> 00:21:31.810 line:15% my thinking has been wrong, my focus has been wrong, 444 00:21:31.810 --> 00:21:34.660 line:15% I've ignored you. Please forgive me. 445 00:21:34.660 --> 00:21:37.090 line:15% And the moment your heart turns, 446 00:21:37.090 --> 00:21:41.050 line:15% everything is put back in place; you're back on track again: 447 00:21:41.050 --> 00:21:45.370 line:15% you and the Holy Spirit. My friends, 448 00:21:45.370 --> 00:21:48.940 line:15% you can be the Dynamic Duo, you and the Holy Spirit, 449 00:21:48.940 --> 00:21:52.870 line:15% but you have to embrace the one who is in you. 450 00:21:52.870 --> 00:21:56.230 line:15% He's settled down inside you. He wants you. 451 00:21:56.230 --> 00:22:01.180 line:15% He wants all of you. So surrender yourself to him. 452 00:22:01.180 --> 00:22:03.820 line:15% He will fill you. 453 00:22:03.820 --> 00:22:06.460 line:15% And if you'll cooperate with him, he'll begin 454 00:22:06.460 --> 00:22:09.130 line:15% to do all his wonderful ministries in your life 455 00:22:09.130 --> 00:22:11.770 line:15% and work through you to change others. 456 00:22:11.770 --> 00:22:16.770 line:15% You and the Holy Spirit will become the Dynamic Duo. 457 00:22:16.840 --> 00:22:19.720 line:15% I'll be back in just a moment and I want to pray for you. 458 00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:23.830 line:15% Is your heart longing to know God more intimately? 459 00:22:23.830 --> 00:22:26.950 line:15% Are you inwardly crying out to know more of the power 460 00:22:26.950 --> 00:22:28.870 line:15% of God in your life? 461 00:22:28.870 --> 00:22:31.690 line:15% Then the series, The Holy Spirit and You, is exactly 462 00:22:31.690 --> 00:22:34.930 line:15% what you need to take you into the supernatural life God 463 00:22:34.930 --> 00:22:37.060 line:15% wants you to experience. 464 00:22:37.060 --> 00:22:39.340 line:15% In this series, Rick Renner covers - 465 00:22:39.340 --> 00:22:41.680 line:15% How the Holy Spirit is our comforter: 466 00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:44.470 line:15% How the Holy Spirit speaks to each of us: How 467 00:22:44.470 --> 00:22:48.010 line:15% to recognize the voice of the Holy Spirit: How to partner 468 00:22:48.010 --> 00:22:50.590 line:15% with the Holy Spirit: How to see powerful 469 00:22:50.590 --> 00:22:53.650 line:15% and supernatural results in your life. 470 00:22:53.650 --> 00:22:56.650 line:15% This insightful 10 part series is available in digital 471 00:22:56.650 --> 00:22:59.740 line:15% or physical format starting at just $20. 472 00:22:59.740 --> 00:23:02.740 line:15% In addition, we are also offering you Rick's companion book, 473 00:23:02.740 --> 00:23:05.170 line:15% The Holy Spirit And You: Working Together 474 00:23:05.170 --> 00:23:07.390 line:15% as Heaven's Dynamic Duo. 475 00:23:07.390 --> 00:23:10.060 line:15% In this book, Rick shows you how to have an intimate 476 00:23:10.060 --> 00:23:13.330 line:15% and powerful relationship with the spirit of God. 477 00:23:13.330 --> 00:23:14.860 line:15% So if your heart is crying out 478 00:23:14.860 --> 00:23:16.810 line:15% to know the Holy Spirit in a deeper 479 00:23:16.810 --> 00:23:20.110 line:15% and more meaningful way, this book is exactly what you need 480 00:23:20.110 --> 00:23:22.930 line:15% to help get you moving into the supernatural life 481 00:23:22.930 --> 00:23:26.530 line:15% that God wants you to have. This book about knowing the joy 482 00:23:26.530 --> 00:23:30.700 line:15% and power of the Holy Spirit can be yours for just $22. 483 00:23:30.700 --> 00:23:34.180 line:15% You can order this 10-part series, The Holy Spirit And You 484 00:23:34.180 --> 00:23:36.520 line:15% and the companion book, The Holy Spirit 485 00:23:36.520 --> 00:23:40.510 line:15% And You - Working together as Heaven's Dynamic Duo. 486 00:23:40.510 --> 00:23:44.170 line:15% Call the number on your screen or scan the QR code to order. 487 00:23:48.140 --> 00:23:49.430 line:15% Hey, this is Rick Renner 488 00:23:49.430 --> 00:23:52.970 line:15% and I'm standing outside our ministry headquarters in 489 00:23:52.970 --> 00:23:54.500 line:15% Tulsa, Oklahoma. 490 00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:57.200 line:15% Look at it. It's just so wonderful. 491 00:23:57.200 --> 00:24:00.560 line:15% And from this location, we are ministering 492 00:24:00.560 --> 00:24:03.710 line:15% to people all over the world. 493 00:24:03.710 --> 00:24:07.370 line:15% We have thousands and thousands of phone calls, 494 00:24:07.370 --> 00:24:10.850 line:15% and I'm not exaggerating, from every single part 495 00:24:10.850 --> 00:24:13.550 line:15% of the planet: from people that are watching us on all kinds 496 00:24:13.550 --> 00:24:16.880 line:15% of social media or television, so many different kinds 497 00:24:16.880 --> 00:24:18.380 line:15% of platforms. 498 00:24:18.380 --> 00:24:21.170 line:15% And from here, we're sending our programs 499 00:24:21.170 --> 00:24:22.940 line:15% to the ends of the earth. 500 00:24:22.940 --> 00:24:24.620 line:15% And that's our assignment. 501 00:24:24.620 --> 00:24:28.790 line:15% Proverbs 10:21 says, The lips of the righteous feed many. 502 00:24:28.790 --> 00:24:31.550 line:15% And that's our job, to feed many the wonderful word of God. 503 00:24:31.550 --> 00:24:34.610 line:15% And you're a big part of that because you're a friend 504 00:24:34.610 --> 00:24:36.200 line:15% and you are a partner. 505 00:24:36.200 --> 00:24:39.650 line:15% And right now we have a goal to pay off this facility. 506 00:24:39.650 --> 00:24:43.370 line:15% And guess what? We're already 88% of our goal - 507 00:24:43.370 --> 00:24:44.690 line:15% 88%. 508 00:24:44.690 --> 00:24:47.510 line:15% We're almost there. Week by week, 509 00:24:47.510 --> 00:24:50.450 line:15% we're just inching further and further toward completion. 510 00:24:50.450 --> 00:24:54.530 line:15% And when we're finished, it's gonna release so many finances 511 00:24:54.530 --> 00:24:56.420 line:15% to help us take the teaching of the Bible 512 00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:58.700 line:15% to the ends of the earth. 513 00:24:58.700 --> 00:24:59.840 line:15% And I want to say "thank you" 514 00:24:59.840 --> 00:25:01.340 line:15% for being a part of our Giving Team. 515 00:25:01.340 --> 00:25:04.370 line:15% And if you're not yet a part of our Giving Team, 516 00:25:04.370 --> 00:25:06.440 line:15% I'm asking you to please join us, 517 00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:08.660 line:15% to help us retire the dead on this facility 518 00:25:08.660 --> 00:25:10.820 line:15% so we can obey the great commission 519 00:25:10.820 --> 00:25:12.710 line:15% and take the teaching of the Bible 520 00:25:12.710 --> 00:25:15.350 line:15% and the words of Jesus to the ends of the earth. 521 00:25:23.360 --> 00:25:26.000 line:15% Well, today we've wrapped up the new series called, The 522 00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:29.270 line:15% Holy Spirit And You. We're offering you the full series 10 523 00:25:29.270 --> 00:25:32.090 line:15% parts called the Holy Spirit And You - Working Together 524 00:25:32.090 --> 00:25:34.730 line:15% as Heaven's Dynamic Duo. 525 00:25:34.730 --> 00:25:36.260 line:15% And it comes with this study guide 526 00:25:36.260 --> 00:25:39.200 line:15% and we're also offering you my book by the same title - 527 00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:41.510 line:15% The Holy Spirit And You - Working together as Heaven's 528 00:25:41.510 --> 00:25:43.010 line:15% Dynamic Duo. 529 00:25:43.010 --> 00:25:45.230 line:15% It is so easy to read. 530 00:25:45.230 --> 00:25:47.900 line:15% It's not a deep scholarly work, 531 00:25:47.900 --> 00:25:49.310 line:15% but it's a book designed 532 00:25:49.310 --> 00:25:52.790 line:15% to walk you into the deeper dimension 533 00:25:52.790 --> 00:25:54.200 line:15% with the spirit of God. 534 00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:57.020 line:15% And please remember when you reach out to us 535 00:25:57.020 --> 00:25:58.040 line:15% that we wanna pray for you. 536 00:25:58.040 --> 00:26:01.250 line:15% If you have a need, let us know how to pray for you. 537 00:26:01.250 --> 00:26:05.270 line:15% We always do better at praying when we know how to pray. 538 00:26:05.270 --> 00:26:07.280 line:15% So if you tell us what you're going through 539 00:26:07.280 --> 00:26:09.050 line:15% or what you're facing in your life, 540 00:26:09.050 --> 00:26:13.070 line:15% we will pray specifically for your need. 541 00:26:13.070 --> 00:26:15.560 line:15% Just give us a call or send us an email. 542 00:26:15.560 --> 00:26:18.410 line:15% The moment we hear from you, we're going to begin 543 00:26:18.410 --> 00:26:20.330 line:15% to pray for you. 544 00:26:20.330 --> 00:26:24.320 line:15% Father, we thank you for the ministry of the Holy Spirit 545 00:26:24.320 --> 00:26:26.540 line:15% and the Holy Spirit has been sent into this world 546 00:26:26.540 --> 00:26:31.010 line:15% to be in us and to be alongside of us as a partner. 547 00:26:31.010 --> 00:26:33.200 line:15% Holy Spirit, help us to embrace you. 548 00:26:33.200 --> 00:26:35.810 line:15% Help us to open our ears to hear you 549 00:26:35.810 --> 00:26:37.790 line:15% and give us the courage to obey you. 550 00:26:37.790 --> 00:26:40.010 line:15% We know that you're the spirit of truth. 551 00:26:40.010 --> 00:26:42.440 line:15% You're always going to lead us right, 552 00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:46.050 line:15% and we want to develop our partnership with you 553 00:26:46.050 --> 00:26:49.170 line:15% in Jesus' name - Amen. 554 00:26:49.170 --> 00:26:50.760 line:15% I'll see you in the next program. 555 00:26:50.760 --> 00:26:53.280 line:15% But remember Ecclesiastes 8:4, "Where the word 556 00:26:53.280 --> 00:26:56.490 line:15% of a king is there is power." 557 00:26:56.490 --> 00:26:58.770 line:15% If you've never received Jesus as your Savior 558 00:26:58.770 --> 00:27:03.150 line:15% and Lord, now is the time for you to experience a new life 559 00:27:03.150 --> 00:27:05.310 line:15% Jesus has to give you. 560 00:27:05.310 --> 00:27:09.930 line:15% Pray this prayer with me right now - Lord, I repent 561 00:27:09.930 --> 00:27:13.410 line:15% of my sin and receive you as my Savior 562 00:27:13.410 --> 00:27:16.380 line:15% and Lord. Wash away my sin 563 00:27:16.380 --> 00:27:19.380 line:15% and make me completely new. 564 00:27:19.380 --> 00:27:23.160 line:15% I thank you that my sin is removed 565 00:27:23.160 --> 00:27:28.160 line:15% and Satan no longer has any right to lay claim on me. 566 00:27:28.740 --> 00:27:32.730 line:15% I faithfully promise that I will serve you as my Lord 567 00:27:32.730 --> 00:27:34.380 line:15% for the rest of my life - 568 00:27:35.325 --> 00:27:36.325 line:15% Amen. 569 00:27:39.195 --> 00:27:42.240 line:15% If you just prayed the prayer of salvation with us, 570 00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:44.160 line:15% would you please let us know by going 571 00:27:44.160 --> 00:27:47.160 line:15% to renner.org/salvation? 572 00:27:47.160 --> 00:27:48.870 line:15% We would love to connect with you. 573 00:27:53.730 --> 00:27:57.090 line:15% Renner Ministries is proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ 574 00:27:57.090 --> 00:27:59.250 line:15% through every available media avenue 575 00:27:59.250 --> 00:28:01.290 line:15% to the uttermost parts of the earth. 576 00:28:01.290 --> 00:28:04.320 line:15% Discover the many ways you can help us make a difference in 577 00:28:04.320 --> 00:28:07.290 line:15% lives around the world with the word of God. 578 00:28:07.290 --> 00:28:11.430 line:15% We invite you to partner with us in teaching, strengthening 579 00:28:12.450 --> 00:28:15.870 line:15% and rescuing lives for the glory of God. 580 00:28:15.870 --> 00:28:18.030 line:15% Together we can make a difference 581 00:28:18.030 --> 00:28:19.950 line:15% that will last throughout eternity.