Pastor Dawn Marie Berry, SW Washington
THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL STRENGTHEN YOU WITH MIGHT IN THE INNER MAN TO OVERCOME THE WEAKNESS OF LIVING IN A NATURAL BODY.
ROMANS 8:11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
THE HOLY SPIRIT COMES TO OUR AID TO HELP US. HE IS OUR HELPER.
WHEN WE PRAY IN OTHER TONGUES, THE SPIRIT OF GOD BEARS US UP IN THE WEAKNESS OF OUR FLESH, OR THE PART OF US THAT IS EARTHLY AND NATURAL, AND BRINGS GOD’S ANSWER TO THE SITUATION OR PROBLEM.
OUR PART IS TO GIVE HIM PLACE, AND THEN TO YIELD THE CONTROL OF OUR LIVES TO HIM.
THIS ALLOWS THE SUPERNATURAL POWER OF GOD TO FLOW, TO BRING TO PASS THE WILL OF GOD.
WHEN WE GIVE PLACE TO THE HOLY SPIRIT AND OBEY HIM, WE ARE ALLOWING GOD TO BE GOD IN OUR LIVES.
WHATEVER WEAKNESS OF THE FLESH YOU HAVE, THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL HELP YOU OVERCOME THAT WEAKNESS AND HAVE VICTORY.
THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS MAKES YOU FREE FROM THE LAW OF SIN AND DEATH.
THE HOLY SPIRIT HIMSELF IS ENFORCING YOUR DELIVERANCE.
THE BELIEVERS THE APOSTLE PAUL WAS TEACHING IN THE BOOK OF ROMANS DID NOT HAVE THE WORD OF GOD BOUND UP IN A BOOK.
THEY HAD A LETTER FROM PAUL. THE COMPLETE, WRITTEN WORD WAS NOT OFFERED TO THEM AS IT IS TO US.
BUT THEY COULD GO ON INTO PERFECTION OR SPIRITUAL MATURITY BY THE OPERATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THE WRITTEN WORD AS OUR TEXTBOOK, WE MUST NOT FAIL TO FOLLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT.
GOD, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND NEW, HAS ALWAYS BEEN WILLING TO DEAL WITH HIS PEOPLE, NOT ONLY BY WRITTEN STATUTES AND ORDINANCES BUT BY HIS VOICE ALSO.
HE ADMONISHED ISRAEL TO KEEP HIS WORD AND OBEY HIS VOICE AND HE WOULD BE GOD IN THEIR LIVES.
EXODUS 19:5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
JEREMIAH 7:23,24 But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you. But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
GOD USED HIS WORD AND HIS VOICE TO DEAL WITH HIS PEOPLE. THIS HAS NOT CHANGED.
IF ISRAEL HAD NOT BEEN KEEPING THE WRITTEN STATUTES AND ORDINANCES, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE HEARD THE VOICE OF GOD THAT BROUGHT THEM DELIVERANCE, AGAIN AND AGAIN.
WE MUST LEARN TO FOLLOW THE WRITTEN WORD AND THE MOMENT-BY-MOMENT DIRECTION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
ROMANS 8:26,27 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
ROMANS 8:26 [WUEST] AND IN LIKE MANNER ALSO THE SPIRIT LENDS US A HELPING HAND WITH REFERENCE TO OUR WEAKNESS, FOR THE PARTICULAR THING THAT WE SHOULD PRAY FOR ACCORDING TO WHAT IS NECESSARY IN THE NATURE OF THE CASE, WE DO NOT KNOW WITH AN ABSOLUTE KNOWLEDGE.
ROMANS 8:27 [AMP] AND HE WHO SEARCHES THE HEARTS OF MEN KNOWS WHAT IS IN THE MIND OF THE [HOLY] SPIRIT, WHAT HIS INTENT IS, BECAUSE THE SPIRIT INTERCEDES AND PLEADS [BEFORE GOD] IN BEHALF OF THE SAINTS ACCORDING TO AND IN HARMONY WITH GOD’S WILL.
IN OUR LIMITED UNDERSTANDING OF SPIRITUAL THINGS, WE OFTEN, ONLY KNOW THE RESULT OF SOMETHING WRONG IN OUR LIVES.
THE BEST WAY TO EXPLAIN THIS IS AN EXAMPLE.
§ YOU MIGHT BE ASKING GOD TO HEAL YOUR BODY. YOU THINK SICKNESS IS THE PROBLEM, WHEN SOMETIMES IT IS ONLY A RESULT OF A MORE SERIOUS SITUATION.
§ YOU ASK GOD TO HEAL YOU. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS PROMPTING YOU IN YOUR SPIRIT, SAYING, “YOU SHOULD FORGIVE YOUR SISTER.”
§ YOU PAY NO ATTENTION BECAUSE TO YOU, THIS SICKNESS IN YOUR BODY IS SO IMPORTANT AND SISTERS ARE FAR DOWN ON YOUR LIST OF PRIORITIES.
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS GOING TO THE ROOT. HE IS TRYING TO STOP THE PROBLEM AT THE SOURCE OF TROUBLE.
IF YOU JUST RECEIVED HEALING AND DID NOT STOP THE SIN, ANOTHER PROBLEM WOULD OCCUR.
UN-FORGIVENESS IS A SIN. TO GOD IT IS A MATTER OF FIRST PRIORITY THAT WE WALK IN LOVE. TO WALK IN LOVE IS THE COMMANDMENT TO THE BELIEVERS [THE CHURCH]
THE HOLY SPIRIT LEADS YOU TO FORGIVE.
IF YOU HAVE DETERMINED TO WALK IN THE SPIRIT AND IF YOU HAVE BEEN SPENDING TIME PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT AND SEEKING GOD’S WILL IN YOUR LIFE, YOU WILL PAY ATTENTION.
YOU WILL OBEY, NOT EVEN REALIZING THAT YOUR OWN HEALING IS CONTINGENT ON YOUR OBEDIENCE.
IF YOU ARE GOING AFTER GOD AND HIS WILL, YOU LEARN TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS QUICKLY AND CAUSE YOUR WILL TO AGREE WITH HIS WILL.
HOW DO I KNOW HIS WILL? HIS WORD AND HIS VOICE.
§ EVERYDAY AS YOU HAVE BEEN BELIEVING GOD FOR THE HEALING OF YOUR BODY, YOU HAVE ALSO BEEN PRAYING IN THE HOLY SPIRIT, GIVING HIM PLACE AND CONTROL IN YOUR LIFE.
§ WHILE YOU HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR HEALING [A SIDE ISSUE]...HE HAS BEEN SPEAKING TO YOU THROUGH HIS SPIRIT, THAT YOU SHOULD WALK IN LOVE WITH YOUR SISTER.
§ BY THE POWER OF HIS SPIRIT, AND YOUR RESPONSE TO HIS SPIRIT, HE OVERCOMES YOUR WEAKNESS. YOU HEAR HIS VOICE AND OBEY IT. YOU FORGIVE YOUR SISTER. YOU ARE BACK IN AGREEMENT WITH GOD.
§ SICKNESS LOSES ITS FOOTHOLD ON YOU. YOU HAVE VICTORY IN THE SPIRIT AND IN YOUR FLESH [HEALING]
GOD DOES NOT DO ANYTHING IN THE EARTH UNLESS MAN GIVES HIM AN OPPORTUNITY.
IF PEOPLE DO NOT PRAY AND ASK GOD, NOTHING HAPPENS.
THE SPIRIT OF GOD DOES NOT MOVE IN THE NATURAL REALM UNLESS PEOPLE PRAY AND USE THEIR AUTHORITY IN THE EARTH.
GOD SAID IN EXODUS, “I HAVE HEARD THEIR CRY AND I AM COME DOWN TO DELIVER THEM.”
THE FATHER SENT THE HOLY SPIRIT TO YOU TO LEAD YOU INTO ALL TRUTH AND TO SHOW YOU THINGS TO COME.
THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY THAT YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH THE WILL OF GOD IN YOUR LIFE, BY OBEYING HIS SPIRIT ONE DAY AT A TIME... ONE MINUTE AT A TIME.
ü THE HELPER HAS COME!
ü IF YOU ARE BORN AGAIN HE LIVES IN YOUR HEART.
ü HE WILL NEVER.............LEAVE YOU, NOR FORSAKE YOU.
God bless you,
