Pew 2 You
Pastor Phil Vance
The Holy Spirit – Our Helper
1/26/2014
Highlights:
1.) Aspects of the Holy Spirit: he is our helper, our master, our comforter.
2.) To want more of God is to want to walk more in the Spirit of God. Us AND the Holy Spirit (not or) – that’s God’s plan for our life.
3.) The Holy Spirit is our helper! He wants to abide with us so that we are not alone and to help us in every aspect of our lives!
4.) The Holy Spirit acts as a pair of cleats in our lives. He gives us traction to keep us from slipping.
Discussion Questions:
1.) Pastor Phil compared the Holy Spirit to a personal assistant. From the life of a busy mom to long hours at work, how could your life use the help of a personal assistant?
2.) On Sunday morning Pastor Phil used the “nuts and bolts” commercial to illustrate the indispensable value of the Holy Spirit. How have you found the Holy Spirit to be indespensible in your life?
3.) “The Paraclete” or the “Pair of Cleats”. We all slip and fall down into areas of sin and selfishness. How could you use the power of the Holy Spirit to help “get some traction” out of sin and into the plans and purposes of God for your life? Be bold! Sharing our struggles together is part of the power God provides to help us overcome.
Key Scriptures:
“If you love me, keep my commands. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. (John 14:15-18 NIV)
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. (Revelation 21:3 NIV)
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. (2 Corinthians 1:3, 4 NIV)
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