If you wouldn't mind standing. I want to introduce you to our
guest speaker Steve and and Sandra Foggy. The here from
Sydney. It's actually professor Steve Foggy. He is the president
of Alphacrucis College down there in the para meter. I
believe in Sydney. He actually came on Friday and he did a
spiritual emphasis day for the school stuff, which was an
amazing it was amazing and actually Stef was leading
worship. And she did a phenomenal job as well, and I
knew her work. She was phenomenal because it was the
first time I'd ever seen. Rhys Davies with a smile that big
asking for an extra song so she did an amazing job. But Steve is
more than just the president. He's is a phenomenal
communicator. I was, I had the privilege of being with a few
other passes a few weeks ago and and he was giving a talk on
Pentecostalism. At this intensive and use an
amazing but more important than the fact that he's a
president. He's also a Sydney Swans supporter. I
believe he's going for Queensland Tonight as we
wrapped up the state of origin. Maybe not.
But but but he's here with his lovely wife, Sandra. So why
don't you please welcome professor Steve Fogerty.
Good morning. Please have a
seat. I do apologize for being a Swan supporter. It's a great
pity or pass is not here.
'Cause he breaks for Hawthorne.
Who were defeated by Sidney on a Friday night and with regard to
state of origin? I'll just go with the flow because 'cause I
come from Western Australia.
And when you come from Western
Australia. All the athletes play
Aussie rules. All the sort of ethnic athletes play soccer.
Well, the kids are bit all could play hockey.
And all the fat kids play rugby.
So it's really hard to have a strong positive information for
rugby when you're with Australian but but
congratulations on the first game and I'm confident that you
will win at the new stadium.
I I'd like to talk to you from Ephesians. Chapter 5, so if you
have a Bible. You find the feature Chapter 5, I'm going to
read from verses 18 to 21.
Now I'm going to read on.
A topic that you know well.
So efficient chapter 5 verse 18 sisters don't get drunk with
wine. Thank you drunk with wine for that is debauchery
foolishness. You do things you wouldn't do otherwise.
You you gods come down and you. You know you do, silly
things so thank you drunken one but there is debauchery.
But be filled with the spirit and there's my thought today and
who's ever heard the phrase be filled with the spirit anyone
ever heard that price. You only OK well, let's think about that
because the Apostle talks about
in fact. The phrase be filled with the spirit only occurs once
in the Bible This Is It.
Now there's lots of references to the spirit in the Bible but
there the phrase be filled with the spirit. This is the only
place you'll find it in the Bible so the PA. Supportive
vision says be filled with the spirit addressing one another in
Psalms and hymns and spiritual songs singing and making melody
to the Lord with your heart, giving thanks always have
everything to God. The father in the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ. Submitting to one another out of reverence for
cross so this might takes but my main authorities be filled with
the spirit father. I pray this morning as we contemplate this
portion of your word pray that
you. Will reveal yourself to us we want to encounter you in your
word, and we want to be changed. By that encounter so we similar
hearts, too, and we say come will speak to us. Indeed, change
us, we ask this in Jesus powerful name I mean?
I mean with the puzzle says they filled with the spirit. It
commands this actually be filled with the spirit and he?
Makes a contrast this is, don't get drunk with wine.
Rather, be filled with the spirit. It's very interesting
contrast, and pretty cost of Christians. The topic church.
This one is have often had a very ambivalent relationship
with alcohol at times. We've been absolutely opposed to it at
all is well. They are a little bit of it, but we very
suspicious Bellcore. But what I want to say is it's not the that
the Apostle is making wine. The big sin or the big negative
thing in all of life.
But he does make a contrast don't get drunk with wine
rather be filled with the spirit and so the question
becomes.
What's the point of the contrast? What's he trying to
achieve here? Well I think there's an assumption
underneath the statement.
The assumption I think is.
That everybody is trying to get the most in life. Everyone is
trying to maximize the life in the words of Jesus. Everyone's
trying to live life and life to the full and to do that. We make
choices. Let me just check who in here this morning and you can
you're allowed to wave your hand here? Who do this morning? Is
trying to get the most ever
life? Give me one quite a number
of you. And those of you didn't lift your hands up your didn't
hear me or you're psychologically unwell because
healthy people, emotionally healthy. People want to get the
most in life. We do things that will make us enjoy life. More
you're going to go for cuisine tonight and rightly. So 'cause
you've got a more than 50% chance of winning based on
previous years. You should vote for Queensland. If you want to
enjoy a state of origin game. It's rational behavior to break
for Queens then you only break in New South Wales.
Is your loyal or you said.
Well, you enjoy being sad, so you want to get the most Dell
life. You should vote for cuisine. Just realize other
football is a very pro. Curious thing and it could go the other
way. But you're doing that 'cause you want to get the most
deal life well. People get drunk.
To somehow makes my day off.
That's why they do it. People get drunk as somehow they think
they lawfully bitter. Why did I get drunk with some people get
drunk to forget about things? Why is in forgetting about
things they think life will be a little more tolerable.
Some people get drunk to sort of drown out sorrows why
'cause somehow they don't make life a bit more tolerable.
Young men get drunk 'cause give them confidence doesn't.
Young minutes are more articulate they clever.
More attractive to young women.
It's so stupid when I say it but
young men think that. Somehow, I think the more attractive and
more intelligent more Blaine.
Better Qadri was bitter dances on the dance floor somehow why
do they do it?
To somehow they convinced that if I have a few beers.
Love will be better.
And all the advertising tells is that you know that
Bundaberg Rum comes from Queens, then we know that
bears drop out of trees and scare women into your tent if
you.
Who get drunk as I think they're going to get moral often
impossible says it's like a meraj? It's a dumb choice. It
appears to offer something and you chase after and when you get
there. There's nothing there.
You know it don't you pick an alcohol bottle why if you go
back. And from that Chapter 2 verse one all the way through
the book of Ephesians. He contrasts two ways. Alive not
not bad life. Good life he talks about darkness and light and
foolishness and wisdom. But in the end. The contrast is based
on this. Everybody is trying to get the most other life.
Some people make bad choices. Some people make good choices.
If you want to get the most of your life, getting drunk is a
bad choice. It's a meraj.
It doesn't deliver what it apparently promises but you
go back and he talks about materialism. The idea if I
just had more.
One more dollar in the bank one more million dollars in the bank
one more car in the garage one more garage. One more house. One
more investment property. If I just had more if I just have one
more I'd be happier.
And the policy would say do you know what you would you just be
you? We want more.
Nothing's changed it. Some arrage it doesn't deliver what
it appears to deliver. He talks about sexual immorality. Earlier
in this chapter. The idea that somehow if you can just go and
have another experience.
Get out the ordinariness of your married life and have
another experience somehow.
You love me better. Meraj.
It doesn't deliver what it promises so there's a lot of
mirages you can chase after.
As you trying to get most a lot and it possible says don't do
it. Now you drunk with wine
rather. They filled by the spirit, so the first point for
United contemplate here is that.
Be filled with the spirit is a way of living your life.
It's not just an experience you have at an altar call in a
church. It's This is not just a worship experience or speaking
in tongues or something like that. It's far more significant
far more pervasive far more encompassing all of your life to
be filled with the spirit is a way of living your life and
their possible. It is if you want to get the most air live.
Be filled with the spirit.
Let me point something else out
here, too. It says be filled with the spirit in mind. That's
the new English translation. I think that in RV says be filled
with the spirit. Most English version, so be filled with the
spirit. But if we're reading in
the group text. It would be quite obvious should be be
filled by the spirit.
The the takes his the notion of personal agency be filled by the
spirit. We don't translator. That way often because it seems
to be awkward? How do you be filled by a person sees you
imagine being filled with something a force or a power but
when you talk in those ways what you do is you D personalize the
spirit. You make the spirit of force a power a wind and
influence of some sort sweeping
into your life. The Christian understanding is this.
The God we serve is Father Son and spirit 3 drowning in eternal
harmonious loving unity and it's easy to picture.
The father is a person you've all got files and for better
or worse. You've got a picture of a father.
Easy to visualize it's easy to visualize Jesus as a person.
We've all seen the movies. He looks like Maine and so you've
all got that that image of our at all. Anglo section with more
here than I have at the moment. We've all got a picture of Jesus
and we Read the Gospels and we see him walking around so
we easier visualize it but the spirit.
Is just as much a person as the father and the son so this takes
is be filled with?
A person called the Holy Spirit, there's an interesting thought
they filled with.
A person. Under with you like what I'm wearing today.
But most the time my wife.
Influences my clothing choices.
Pretty well dominates my
clothing choices. I got a couple of wardrobe malfunctions today,
but then my fault. Moe was influences my clothing choices
if you look at anything. I'm wearing at any point in time.
Almost certainly she's had an impact upon that most home. I
really like confidence going into a clothing store because my
wife is taken away from it.
Through.
Through challenging more choices and replacing it
with her choices.
So she is a powerful powerful impact on water. When does look
around the congregation today.
Well, I can say that some major influence by the wives
and some men are not influenced by their wives.
Look, I can tell the difference in would suggest you change?
When it comes to my choice of
clothing. I could say my wife
fills my life. Like I said it.
Like I said my life is filled
with Sandra. When it comes to my choice in clothing, she fills my
love what does that mean?
She is a powerful influence.
Over the closing powerful influence over the choices I
make in regard to the clothing. You know really
marriage. Overall, you have a pretty powerful influence on
each other don't you overtime your impact one another very,
very significantly your life in a marriage is filled with
your partner.
Your partner influences you.
So the text is actually saying
this. Be influenced.
Why person called the Holy Spirit? Thank you drunk with one
don't try and buy a new car? Don't think about the morality,
rather be filled be influenced by a person called the Holy
Spirit. Be influenced by the spirit.
By the way this text is a command.
They filled by the spirit. It's not a suggestion is not a
thought it's not an idea being floated. It's a command. We say
it's in the imperative tense, it's a strong command.
What is the command to passive action really quite an
interesting idea if I sent to send from my wife who normally
cooperates with me. If I said the Sandra Sandra Big carried to
the back of the auditorium.
She likes to cooperate with me, but look what's happening.
Be carried to the back of the auditorium Sandra.
It's not working is it?
It's a command or passive actually what on Earth can, she
do? Well, all she can do is if if some handsome young men come
and pick her up. She can allow
them. Carry her to the back of the auditorium, she can choose
to cooperate with them.
And so this is a command.
To cope right here's the idea
underlying it. There's a person called the Holy Spirit, who
wants to influence you.
Was to change you in fact once to make you a better version of
you infecting the end once to make you more like Jesus Christ
because that's the destination of every believer in Jesus
Christ. I don't know how you understand Jesus. You think
about him on the Cross. Of course, but he lived a life
before he died a death and Rose
again. And we're told that he lived this life just like you
and I accept without sin. He was tempted in every way like you
are not without sensor who is Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ is
the true human. The real human Jesus Christ is the possibility
for all human beings believers in Jesus Christ are being
according to Apostle Paul writing to the Corinthians
believers in Jesus Christ are being transformed from glory to
glory into the image of.
Jesus by the spirit so this life is not a passive life is not a
life of just doing the same old same old year after year after
year after year, the reality is.
If the Holy Spirit, having an influence, APA knew we
should start seeing a little more Jesus in you?
And this year, you should be a bit more like Jesus, then last
year and the year before and the year before that, if you're not
making progress I suggest you are not being filled by the
spirit and I don't care. How many experiences. You have at
the front of church if you're not changing to be more like
Jesus Christ. The spirit of God is not having a significant
influence upon your life is not how many prophecies. You have
how many words and knowledge. You have every time you pray for
someone to get here or how many times you get that parking spot
on the way to the shopping.
It's with your character is being changed into the image
of Jesus Christ. The Apostle John's is that one day. We
will be like him. We will see him as he is, and we will be
like him, and my wife says that they should come quick
'cause. We far better if I was more like Jesus now than I am.
I'm not perfect identical will be perfect except for
that day. But in the meantime, the impact of
Christ. Appan my life should be evident. There is a
person called the Holy Spirit, who wants to lift
you above your inability.
And all the excuses that go with
your inability. It was to change
you. Lift you above the disasters of your life and all
the handicaps that you can hear it, it, it wants to change you.
And make you more like Jesus Christ choose the true human.
The real human the possibility for human living wants to make
you more like Jesus Christ is at work in your life today.
So be filled with the spirit of
pretty big thing isn't it. It's
pretty cool. What does it look like when the spirit starts to
exert influence in your life?
The New Testaments filled with thoughts along these lines, but
in this particular text and we've got here today. The
Apostle mentions 4 things and this is how it goes the sentence
goes all this be fooled by the spirit. There is the very core
of the sentence be filled by the spirit than hanging under that.
English teachers are 4 Palace
Iblees. Spelling it out a little bit be filled by the spirit
number one. He says speak to one another with Psalms and hymns
and spiritual songs be filled with the spirit #2.
Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord. We feel by
the spirit #3 always give thanks for everything in the name of
our Lord Jesus Christ. We feel the spirit #4 submit to one
another out of reverence for Christ. So he spelled out. Some
of the evidences of the impact of the spirit. Upon your life.
Some of the Christ likeness starting to workout in your life
as the spirit has an impact upon you. Let's think about a more
for a moment people spirit number one and speak to one
another with Psalms and hymns
and spiritual songs. That's a tricky thought.
We feel the spirit and speak to one another.
Psalms and hymns this person? What do you try it 20 neighbor
and speak to them with the summer humorous virtual song?
Don't have a gun.
Just try it for a moment.
Look me in the eyes.
The eyes yay, though I walk through the Valley
of the shadow of death.
That were with me the rod and I staff they comfort Maine.
That feels awkward doesn't and that's where the weird
people in church too.
So what you thinking it.
The 3 words sum seems spiritual songs are almost synonymous, but
the word. Sam definitely refers to 150 in the Old Testament this
alter that we know.
And the book of Psalms statistically could be called
the book of compliance.
There's a lot of complaints in that book.
But every some in the end ends up with the Declaration of
praise to God and the book of psalms overall has a shape to
it. And it finishes up with this on this abandoned cry of praise
to God. Some 150 is quite unique 'cause. It says praise God and
doesn't give any reason for doing it. It just says praise
the Lord Praise. the Lord Praise. the Lord Praise. the
Lord Hallelujah with no reason in the book of Psalms. Will the
entire book of Psalms takes you to that point where you praise
God. For no reason, except that
God is God. So the book of Psalms are declarations of
praise to God written by people living a life just like you and
I. Who's had a problem free week?
Good you just like the psalmist.
There's never a problem free week in the Suns.
Something goes wrong, I'm stuck in the cave and people trying to
kill me. I got nothing to eat it stuff? Where are you God?
Bleach some and the Psalter is a whole as a shape and the shape
is is no matter what's going on in my life. I know that God is
for me and I will praise him anyway and even if I don't see
the answer in this life, he will redeem me and take me to be with
him in glory. The Book of
Psalms. Asam is a declaration of praise to God.
From the reality of the life that you're living. It's not pie
in the sky. Muddleheaded escaper stinking the samus. IG knowledge
that good things or bad things happen to good people at least
in the short term that things do
go wrong. God is still at work in their life.
So a psalm is a testimony.
It's a testimony that God is good and God, has been good to
me. So why do we try it again
this time? Speak to one another
with a testimony. Just do you know, but just from not slightly
embarrassing but just trust me just turn them and say God is
good in my life be cause try
that just from. Don't.
I hope you can find something.
There's something you can say that God's goodness in your
life. God is good in my life because.
Now, when the spirit.
Is influencing you and maybe we will talk to one another about
the goodness of God and we need to do that. 'cause we need to
hear from one another about the goodness of God. Imagine
Imagine God forbid it. But imagine that tonight yourself
Wells Beach, Queensland.
One person will be happy.
Supertramp one person will be
happy. And the rest of you will be a little bit down and you
find ways to reconcile you so it doesn't matter so much We run
the first one, there's another one coming and you find what if
our? Psychological well being depends on how well
our football team guns.
We're going to be up and it's good to talk about full isn't
nothing wrong with it.
But it's not enough for Christian believers. If you come
to Sydney. We only talk about one thing you know what it is.
Property process.
We hang out in a little cafes drink enough let Watson having
ever caught on toast.
And we took their property price
what we talk about. That's all is only one thing that matters
in Sydney. Hell valuable your properties nothing else matter
only interest in side of origin.
Property prices. And this phone is only property prices going up
and even then, they go down.
I need to take up your kids still got about property
and if it is not enough to talk about property prices
and all the other things you talk about the weather.
Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad. We talk about lots of
things 'cause. We live in the world where normal people. We
had the same experiences, everyone else. It's fine to talk
about all those things. But there should be a little bit
more through our conversation. If the spirit is having an
influence upon us and it should be a declaration that God is
good and God is active at work in our lives and as you talk to
me about that in your life. It raises the possibility for Maine
that God can do something wonderful in my life and it
encourages Maine. Spirit filled people encourage other people.
Let me say that again spirit filled people encourage other
people, you can tell the spruce, having influence in your life
because you are an encourager.
People come away from you think oh I'm feeling a bit better wow.
I think there's a chance here wow. I think God might just
answer my prayer because of your
influence. Spirit filled people encourage other people by the
Declaration of God's goodness in God's possibility of working in
their life? Are you spirit filled the Apostle would say.
This is the full by the spirit and sing and make music in your
heart to the Lord.
Now you know what that is that you know straight away that's
worship. We've done that this morning. It was lovely to seeing
that told him I too. Like those old hymns. They somehow capture
a place in my heart and they're wonderful that was great.
Towards you got this morning.
But we need to worship God when we leave here we need to worship
God in the rest of our lives.
Spirit field people naturally praise and worship God have an
orientation to worship God. I I run a lot. We were talking about
before I run marathons, and that people always say Moody pry all
the time when you're running marathons, and I've done some of
them just gasping for breath, but but I do know that often. I
want him out there, particularly I go out before the sunrise
isn't going to see the sunrise and all the glory of nature.
It's a most fabulous moment and and I will speak in times or
singing times or. You know praise God when I'm out there, I
thank God that I can witness him
in creation. We feel by the
spirit. And praise and worship
gods. I saw a documentary many years again and it was about the
tornado belt in the middle of America. You see it every year
every year houses get knocked down and you know the
documentary said. There's only one creature stupid enough to
still be there when a tornado hits, you know what that
creature is. It's human beings human beings every other
creature detects minute changes in barometric pressure in LEGO
to ground or they run to the next County there out of it.
The only people left their us and the people and the animals
reporting petix in my car get
out. Were the only ones there 'cause? We don't detect the
changes in barometric pressure in the way the other creatures
do and we don't run away.
And I reckon that the best barometer of your spiritual
health of your Christ likes.
Is your attitude to worship and if it's a grind and begrudging
and you don't want to do it? It's really hard. You wish that
someone would just shut up.
Then maybe maybe the Spirit Lee said more influence in your life
more impact in your life, the Apostle sister. The Romans in
Sheptone season that the spirit.
Cries out with our spirits.
Cries out ever.
And what is?
Worshipping prize except that we respond to God.
In love,
And gratitude. We have 5 grandchildren.
And hopefully more, but we're not sure we were getting more.
We got 5 and we watched them all grow our youngest 1 Harry he's
still. Listen to you so he's
lying on his back. But I'll second youngest
his name is Patrick.
And Patrick and the other day if it was our daughter's birthday,
so we went down to the rowing club. A local club and had a
birthday there and Patrick came over the house before hand and
when Patrick source and run on.
He started running but he ran on the spot for me, so he does it
and then he gets momentum and he races across the floor and he
jumps into arms it's pretty
cool. Is fabulous when Patrick I think we went down to the rowing
club and Ivy our little granddaughter who's in a few
months older than Patrick, she saw us ran across the rowing
club and jumped into arms. It was really nice. It was fabulous
are 2 elders. Jackson, a Ruby. We tend to make them in
airports, and when they see is there getting a bit old now but
they still do it. They'll run across and jump into arms. Now,
if you're at the airport with us that run straight past you.
As good looking as you are.
As kind as you as no stupid I run straight past you know why
do you think that is?
What do you think your grandparents run to us and not
to your grandchildren to us and
not to you? Well tell you one.
Just from the day, they were born we've been whispering in
area. That we love them and they love us.
I've been telling him right from
the start. Uploads Patrick and Patrick last pope.
Can we be giving gifts Broads and things on them?
'Cause I like Noel is the grand parenting is a
competitive sport.
And there are other grandparents
over there. And I want to be the favored grandparents.
He will do the same don't you?
Now drink is love us because we first love them simple as that.
I love us 'cause we love them.
The spirit will convince you that God loves you and your
response will be to love him.
And that response is expressed his praise and
worship you feel better spirits.
In the 3:00. These are signs by the way of the impact of the
influence of the spirit upon you and if their week.
You need to say come Holy Spirit filming if they're weak
influence in your life a bit
more. The 3rd one is a big field spirit always give thanks for
everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, so spiritual
people give thanks. I praise and worship like knowledge, there,
thank God they do that.
If I feel people or the user more secular word there
optimistic people. Spirit filled people see the
possibilities that God creates in every circumstance
now. I know that in church. There are pessimistic people.
And sometimes you know their medical reasons that
knowledge that.
But I think the spirit can help you to rise up above that.
I know that insurance there are critical people and negative
people and windy windy people and I just hope that they get
saved. Because God is to help us to see that God's alive and
God's work and go creates breweries in our life in other
words, Spirit Field people are optimistic people.
Is a fabulous Australian Palm could sit Henry head anyone ever
heard of it and it's in a church in every every time they come to
church and after church. Henry Hank it. Yet there he says these
words will all be ruined.
You should read it.
Whole Foods now Henry hands in this church.
A death in Henderson was influenced by the spirit.
Spirit filled people are optimistic positive answer
oriented people they think that God is at work. No matter how
dark things look. I think that God's at work in our.
The archetypical example of this in the Old Testament is Joseph
and you know the story, Joseph sold into slavery up and down up
and down with his fortunes. But in the end in charge of Egypt
and his brothers come to him.
Have to come to him and he gives him sanctuary in dead, mum come.
The only gives him century and towards the end of the story of
Joseph Dead Jacob Israel die and the brothers are afraid that
Joseph might want to get back at them for what they've done
really, really is life. When they were treacherous towards
him and that their brothers concoct a story just for just
for dead already said. You need
to forgive us. And this is fabulous fabulous moment in
Genesis Chapter 50.
We just it looks at his brothers and he says, Well, you guys
intended this for evil.
God intended this for.
Good it's a great declaration, but what an optimistic approach
to life on a faith filled approach to life. What a strong
acknowledgement that God is at work and can do things no matter
how dark the circumstances are or use the words impossible to
the Romans. He causes all things to work together for good for
those who love him who are called, according to his purpose
do you love him and you called according to his purpose. He
causes all things toward together for your goodies?
Albert are exceedingly abundantly above all, you can
ask or imagine, according to his
power. Not working you in Christ, Jesus, you want me to
keep reciting verses or can you believe that God is on your
side, and wants to work in your life for your good? Can you be
optimistic 'cause the spirit wants you to be optimistic?
Serve one another.
We feel by the spirit and submit to one another reference for
crossed. Sometimes the only way I'll submit to use by telling
you off. I can't tell you often should be the right and you
won't give me the right miss you. Know that I'm doing if
you're good. You want another doing if you're good and this
you've seen me act. On your behalf in the past.
Springfield people now have to
serve. One another.
Finish this.
Come to church can be a little
bit like going to the show.
Going to church. Instantly we have the Royal Easter show.
And when you get a show there are rides at the show fabulous
rides is a bumper car do you
know the bumper cars? You pay money, you get in a bumper car
and you bang into other people.
And you get out with a stiff neck.
The people in charge for them.
The show called the roller
coaster. Can you play money?
You get in you up, yeah, then then you get off.
People change for that.
I'll make them.
These are right at the show called the merry go round.
Carousel.
Goes around in circles.
It makes sweet noises.
And it goes nowhere.
These are here is a ride at the
show. It's called the House of horror.
Now I think these people should be in choose they
could new Christians.
And we should bring our non
sister church and be healed. We've been your wall, you
shouldn't be any of those rods.
The right of the old Moorpark Showground Sidney called the
chairlift get all that in you know for that end and you wrist
as you cruise across the
Showground. You get off relaxed and you gone somewhere, you gone
from my to be.
And I think the impact of you upon million may appoint you
should be helping me to rise up above the nonsense more life and
move toward my destiny in Christ users. You should lift me up. I
am God's workmanship created in Christ users to do good works,
which he prepared in advance for me to do and I'll get there. If
you help Maine. I firmly believe that no one ever succeeds in
this other people, giving permission to succeed. No one
does fabulous things for God and this other people decide to
allow them and enable them to do fabulous things for God in
spirit filled people do that.
It was a fabulous destiny in Jesus conservative would say is
a spirit, having influence in your life that's what he said.
Last one. We feel by the spirit.
Could be translated the being filled by the spirit? Is clumsy
and we don't do it or what it means is the influence of the
spirit is always here and now?
We didn't even have dinner last night. We had some snacky things
we just weren't hungry at all this morning. We had a coffee
and we shared a muffin went
hungry at all. But you know it's not to get hungry now.
And given our tool get really
hungry. Once I'm doing.
Does matter hell good my last
meal was? You I don't need
another meal of die. All done within 40 days same as you.
And it is since it applies to the influence of the spirit of
the last time the spirit had an influence in my life. The
last time I responded to the voice of the spirit. The last
time I acted in a christlike manner because of the impact
the spirit upon my life was 40 days ago, I'm dead.
2 weeks ago, I'm done.
One week ago, I'm really hungry.
Even yesterday's too long ago.
The influence the spirit is always now.
It's always a response now.
Here, the boys to the spirit and respond.
Let me give you an opportunity to do that.
So let's. Price.
Exactly we really bored and ask you if you would to stand.
If it's hard, then stay seated. I don't mind that at all.
But you strike a pose for the moment.
Opposes.
Come Holy Spirit influence me.
Come Holy Spirit.
Exert your influence appan there, you might lift your hands
you might Neil I don't mind.
Just for a moment close your eyes definitely gives you a
private space with God.
But just for a moment.
Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit,
Filming.
Holy Spirit, Influence mean?
Spirit of God.
Make me more like Jesus Christ.
Spirit of God lift me above my excuses in my inability in my
past in my track record and every other piece of nonsense.
It wants to drag me down.
Lift my mind.
My heart.
Give me fight.
Give me optimism.
Give me determination.
Give me a will to do your will spirit of God.
Feel my life. Just now.
Come on.
Feel alive just now you start to pry.
Maybe the spirit of God spoke to you this morning.
Modest bug you about your relationships with others.
You're a bit too, negative and wins Ionians about time you
become a source of encouragement to those around in about you.
In my side just been hard to get
you to worship lately. How to get your heart engaged?
In love for the father.
Just say spirit go do that for me now.
You might say to you. You made a
bit down in the dumps. Only seeing the problems only
seen the dark clouds, not seeing the silver linings.
You been to call up in the problems and you haven't
seen the possibilities.
The goal is put there.
And it so just let me.
Just let me. Above that.
Then maybe you been getting a
bit bossy in church. Expecting others to serve
you are not serving back.
Speak to be treated like Pharaoh not realizing realizing that our
Lord and savior Jesus Christ came to serve.
And then to follow him is always to serve.
Maybe it's pretty garden is to say to you today come on, I
wanna drop the prod drop the
ego. Drop the arrogance.
Serve the Living God.
Holy Spirit speak to people here
today. Touch hot seat today.
Change lives here today.
I'm trying.
They may ask to simple questions very quickly.
Number One.
Have you committed your life fully to Jesus Christ?
He wanted today applies for people who believe in
Jesus Christ.
Do you believe?
Can you think of a moment where
you said Jesus? It would change my life and if you can't and
you'd like to. Give me a quick live inside, yeah, I want to, I
want to. Don't you like.
Let me skip me once a year or want to.
Yeah, but I can't see a handsome
assuming we all. We believe in Jesus Christ and his my
2nd question.
As the spirit spoken to you this morning.
Do you feel?
His finger penales fingerprint on something in your life do you
feel insanity? You you need to
respond? Do you need to say
again? Holy Spirit,
Exert your influence in my life and if you do and you want to.
It can be quickly even say this may I do and I want to be a
cook. This wonderful fabulous other people always good to
respond somehow or other.
The power is in the response.
The miracles in the response anyone else.
In fairness were price for these who lifted the hand and I pray
spirit of God right now that you
will touch them. I'll pray right
now in this moment. That you'll exert your influence on touch
their mind that their heart.
Impact it will.
It goes in respond gods love revealed in Jesus Christ.
Change them. In juices powerful name.
Convicted melons, but on down the front here and I would be
very happy to pray. If you want me to privately in my wifes and
would be happy to do that as
well. Thank you God bless you.