DRAW NEAR: BECOME PARTNERS

WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT.

Acts 1:11- “Men of Galilee, why do you

stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into

Heaven, will come back in the same way you

have seen Him go into Heaven.”

John 14:15-18-“If you love me, you will obey

what I command. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another

Counselor to 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.”

2 Corinthians 13:14- “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of

God, and the partnership of the Holy Spirit be with

you all.”

I. THE PURPOSE OF OUR PARTNERSHIP

WITH THE SPIRIT

A. The work of the Spirit in this partnership is to

change us into the image of Jesus.

Galatians 5:22-23- “But the fruit of the Spirit is

love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,

faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.”

B. The work of the Spirit in this partnership is to

provide us with everything we need to do the work

that God has assigned to us.

Matthew 28:18-20- “Then Jesus came to them and

said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has

been given to me.

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the

name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy

Spirit, and teaching them

to obey everything I havecommanded you. And surely I am with you

always, to the very end of the age.”

II. THE SPIRIT AND YOU BOTH HAVE ROLES TO

FULFILL.

A. OUR PART- 1. We are to depend fully

on Him. 2. We are to trust in Him

fully for guidance and strength.

3. We are to yield to Him so that He may remove

sin from our life.4. We are to yield to Him so that He can radiate the

beauty of Jesus in our every word and action.

5. We are to work with Him to glorify Christ in our world by completing the

work that He started when He was on earth.

6. We do these things by praying on a regular basis

so that we will have opportunity to come into His presence and allow

Him to work in our lives.

7. We do these things by reading the Word of God and asking the Spirit to

teach us what we need for the day in order to live a life that glorifies Jesus

Christ!

B. HIS PART:

1. He will be our partner who is always there to

help us in any situation.

2. He will reveal the wisdom of God to us so we can understand about Him, about us and about our world. We can learn

the divine outlook on all of life.

3. He will reveal the will of God to us so that we

can know exactly what the purpose of our life is!

4. He will reveal the ways of God to us.

5. He is ready and able to do all of these.

P A R T N E R S

Wilbur and Orville Wright

Richard and Maurice McDonald

Bill Gates and Paul Allen

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak

Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield

None of these can come close to what you and your partner, the Holy

Spirit, can accomplish!