To Do It

WWJD How

… Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps. I Peter 2:21

If you’re going to run

hard, make sureyou’re running the

right direction.

Legalism is our attempt

to please God by

_____________ our own efforts

Serve the Lord and Love HimUse your spiritual gifts

Read your Bible and pray

Love your neighborSpeak the truth in love

Support MissionsTithe

Pray for slow pitches

Talk to your friends about Christ

Don’t be criticalDon’t gossip

Live by a budget so you can be generous

Don’t be lazy

Don’t waste timeBe organized

Spend quality time with your kids

Have a date night with your mate

Give back to your community

Be pureDo well at work

Don’t use pornography

Wait till you’re marriedFeed the hungry

Visit the imprisonedCare for widows and orphans

Flee temptationHave healthy relationships

and on and on and on …

Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself, it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. John 15: 4-5

I can do everythingthrough him who gives mestrength. Philippians 4:13

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them – yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. I Cor. 15:10

Sanctification is God’s Spirit

working in my life, just as He worked

in the _____________life of Jesus

…for it is God who works

in you to will and to actaccording to his goodpurpose.

Philippians 2:13

To this end I labor,struggling with all hisenergy, which so powerfully works in me. Colossians 1:29

Sanctification is the gift of the Holy Ghost, the fruit of the Spirit, the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the prepared

inheritance of all who enter in, the greatest obtainment of faith, not the attainment of

works. It is divine holiness, not human self-improvement, nor

perfection…

It is God’s great elevator carrying us up to the

higher chambers of His palace, without over-

laborious efforts, while others struggle up the

winding stairs and faint by the way.

Dr. A.B. Simpson, Founder of the C&MA

The same Holy Spirit is available

to us!

“Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.”

John 20:21-22

If you then, though you areevil, know how to give goodgifts to your children, howmuch more will your Father in

heaven give the Holy Spirit to

those who ask him! Luke 11:13

How do we embrace the Holy

Spirit?

And you also were included inChrist when you heard the word

oftruth, the gospel of your

salvation.Having believed, you were

markedin him with a seal, the promisedHoly Spirit, who is a depositguaranteeing our inheritance

untilthe redemption of those who areGod’s possession… Ephesians

1:13-14

“…you will receive power

when the Holy Spiritcomes on you…” Acts 1:8

Do not get drunk on wine,

which leads todebauchery [a messedup life]. Instead, be filled

with the Spirit.

Ephesians 5:18

The filling of the Holy Spirit means that we live under the ________of and by the ______ of the Holy Spirit

influencepower

We are filled with the Holy

Spirit ________ by faith

1. Sincerely ______tobe directed and empowered by the Holy Spirit

desire

2. _______ my sins Confess

3. By faith, _________that He has forgiven all

of my sins – past,present, future because Christ died for

me

thank God

4. _______ every area of my life to God

Submit

5. By faith, ______ the filling of the HolySpirit for my life

claim

“Dear Father, I need you. Iacknowledge that I have

beendirecting my own life and

that,as a result, I have sinned

against you. I thank You thatYou have forgiven my sins

through Christ’s death on thecross for me.

“I now invite Christ to again takeHis place on the throne of my

life.Fill me with the Holy Spirit as

Youcommanded me to be filled, and

asYou promised in Your Word thatyou would do if I ask in faith. Ithank you for directing my life

andfor filling me with the Holy Spirit.

In Jesus’ Name, Amen!”

“Lord, please fill me with your Holy

Spirit; I want to live

for you.”