​Invite the Holy Spirit to Guide Your Day ~ Morning Prayer — Transcript

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1. 0:02Today,
2. 0:03let's first read from the book of John
3. 0:0514
4. 0:06verses 16 to 17.
5. 0:09And then we will pray together.
6. 0:11It says,
7. 0:12"And I will pray the Father, and he will
8. 0:15give you another helper,
9. 0:17that he may abide with you forever,
10. 0:19the Spirit of truth,
11. 0:21whom the world cannot receive,
12. 0:23because it neither sees him nor knows
13. 0:26him.
14. 0:27But you know him,
15. 0:29for he dwells with you and will be in
16. 0:31you."
17. 0:33When Jesus was leaving for heaven,
18. 0:35when his work on earth was done,
19. 0:38he spoke in many passages of scripture,
20. 0:40such as this,
21. 0:42about another helper that he will give
22. 0:44unto us.
23. 0:47Romans 8 verse 14 tells us that as many
24. 0:50as are led by the Spirit.
25. 0:52John 16 verse 7 says,
26. 0:55"I will send him to you."
27. 0:58John 14
28. 1:00verse 26 particularly calls him the
29. 1:03helper who will teach us all things.
30. 1:07The point is,
31. 1:09the greatest advantage of any believer
32. 1:11is the Holy Spirit,
33. 1:13>> [music]
34. 1:13>> whom Jesus has sent to guide us as
35. 1:15believers.
36. 1:16But,
37. 1:18does he guide you?
38. 1:20Do you let him lead?
39. 1:22The Christian life is not ordinary life.
40. 1:25It is a spirit-led life.
41. 1:28In fact, [music]
42. 1:29one of the ways by which the Bible
43. 1:31testifies that we are sons of God is
44. 1:34being led by the Spirit of God.
45. 1:37Who then is the Holy Spirit exactly?
46. 1:42The Holy Spirit is the third person of
47. 1:44the Trinity.
48. 1:45Scripture tells us in many chapters and
49. 1:47verses how he walked with the men of
50. 1:50old, and even according to the testimony
51. 1:52of Jesus,
52. 1:54the Holy Spirit was with him.
53. 1:57Starting from the Old Testament, Genesis
54. 1:591 verse 2 says,
55. 2:02"The earth was without form and void,
56. 2:05and darkness was on the face of the
57. 2:07deep.
58. 2:09And the Spirit of God was hovering over
59. 2:11the face of the waters."
60. 2:15We see King David cry out in the book of
61. 2:17Psalm 51
62. 2:19verse 11 saying,
63. 2:20"Cast me not away from thy presence,
64. 2:23and take not thy Holy Spirit from me."
65. 2:28The prophet Isaiah spoke of the Spirit
66. 2:30of the Lord.
67. 2:31And it was spoken of our Lord Jesus
68. 2:33Christ in the book of Matthew 4 verse 1.
69. 2:37Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into
70. 2:39the wilderness to be tempted by the
71. 2:42devil.
72. 2:43In Luke 4 verse 18,
73. 2:46Jesus also says,
74. 2:48"The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
75. 2:50because he has anointed me to proclaim
76. 2:52good news to the poor.
77. 2:54He has sent me to proclaim freedom for
78. 2:56the prisoners,
79. 2:57and recovery of sight for the blind, to
80. 3:00set the oppressed free."
81. 3:03The apostles spoke of the Holy Spirit as
82. 3:05well.
83. 3:06And we have record after record of the
84. 3:08happenings at Pentecost,
85. 3:10and how he was a constant partner
86. 3:12in the life and ministry of the apostle,
87. 3:15just as he was in the life of Jesus.
88. 3:18He was a daily partner
89. 3:20and guide to them.
90. 3:22And that's the word,
91. 3:24partner.
92. 3:27The Holy Spirit is our life partner as
93. 3:29believers.
94. 3:31The men of the Bible days seemed very
95. 3:33hungry to have the Spirit of God lead
96. 3:36them.
97. 3:38The cry of David is evidence enough of
98. 3:40just how they desired to be led by the
99. 3:42Holy Spirit.
100. 3:44But today, it seems that our desire
101. 3:47towards the guidance of the Holy Spirit
102. 3:49is not as it should be.
103. 3:53Can we boldly say as a Christian
104. 3:56that the Holy Spirit leads us daily?
105. 4:01That we are in tune with his leadership.
106. 4:05We have become distant
107. 4:07from the third person of the Trinity
108. 4:10with whom we should have a relationship.
109. 4:13It seems there is more head knowledge of
110. 4:15who the Holy Spirit is
111. 4:17than the actual experience of him.
112. 4:20And that actual experience
113. 4:22is what we must return to.
114. 4:26I believe when the Holy Spirit is in his
115. 4:28proper place in a believer's life,
116. 4:32half the things we worry about would not
117. 4:34even be there,
118. 4:36because just as the Bible says,
119. 4:38he is our helper.
120. 4:40He was sent to literally guide, help,
121. 4:43and comfort us.
122. 4:45He guides us into all truths.
123. 4:49The Bible also makes a very striking
124. 4:52statement about the guidance of the Holy
125. 4:54Spirit in the book of Romans 8 verse 14.
126. 5:00This scripture says,
127. 5:02"For as many as are led by the Spirit of
128. 5:04God,
129. 5:06these are sons of God."
130. 5:09That means that one of the main checks
131. 5:11of our sonship
132. 5:12is the guidance of the Holy Spirit
133. 5:14daily.
134. 5:16It's literally a heritage we believers
135. 5:18[music] get as part of the salvation
136. 5:20package.
137. 5:22Anyone who is a true son of God hears
138. 5:24from heaven.
139. 5:26Just as Jesus heard from heaven, just as
140. 5:29he was led by the Holy Spirit,
141. 5:32just as the apostles were led,
142. 5:34just as David was led.
143. 5:37The Bible speaks of how these men would
144. 5:39set aside time
145. 5:41to seek the voice of God on matters.
146. 5:44They spoke of times of fellowship that
147. 5:46they would have, and of how the Lord
148. 5:48would lead them even outside of the
149. 5:51place of prayer,
150. 5:53and give them directions in normal,
151. 5:56ordinary, daily life.
152. 6:00Jesus was known to go to the mountain to
153. 6:02pray,
154. 6:03fellowship, and inquire.
155. 6:07The Bible mentioned the apostles
156. 6:09honoring the hours of prayer.
157. 6:12The Bible speaks of them making
158. 6:14decisions by the leading of the Lord.
159. 6:18The Holy Spirit is the guiding voice of
160. 6:21God.
161. 6:22Now, the Holy Spirit is not a
162. 6:24personality enforced upon us as
163. 6:26believers
164. 6:28to make all of life's decisions for us.
165. 6:31In fact, when you get to know him,
166. 6:34when you get to meet him,
167. 6:36you will learn that just as with
168. 6:37anything else in this kingdom, there is
169. 6:40no force.
170. 6:42It is a choice.
171. 6:44That is why this is a partnership.
172. 6:47You can choose not to hear him.
173. 6:50You can choose not to follow him.
174. 6:52But please note that the Holy Spirit is
175. 6:54the presence of God in your life.
176. 6:58He is the one the Lord has given after
177. 7:00the taking up of our Lord Jesus Christ
178. 7:04to lead us.
179. 7:06He was the active force behind Jesus,
180. 7:10and behind all the men of old.
181. 7:13And honestly,
182. 7:15the Christian life doesn't make much
183. 7:17sense if we decide to shut him out.
184. 7:21He is the one given to us to lead us
185. 7:23into and through the Christian life.
186. 7:27In fact, without the Holy Spirit,
187. 7:30living the Christian life
188. 7:33is grasping in the dark.
189. 7:36He leads. He speaks the Father's heart
190. 7:39and mind to us.
191. 7:41He helps us to know the deep things of
192. 7:43God.
193. 7:45He also helps us to know and understand
194. 7:47our inheritance in Christ,
195. 7:50and the things that are freely given to
196. 7:52us of God.
197. 7:54The Bible says in 1 Corinthians 2
198. 7:57verses 10 to 12,
199. 8:00"But God has revealed them to us
200. 8:02through his Spirit.
201. 8:04For the Spirit searches all things,
202. 8:07yes,
203. 8:08the deep things of God.
204. 8:11For what man knows the things of a man,
205. 8:14except the spirit of the man which is in
206. 8:16him?
207. 8:19Even so, no one knows the things of God,
208. 8:22except the Spirit of [music] God.
209. 8:24Now, we have received
210. 8:26not the spirit of the world,
211. 8:28but the spirit who is from God,
212. 8:31that we might know the things that have
213. 8:32been freely given to us by God."
214. 8:36And above all,
215. 8:37he is our companion
216. 8:39in the most literal sense of the word.
217. 8:43I have found in my journey that he is
218. 8:44the closest companion one can have,
219. 8:48if only we would let him close.
220. 8:51That is why the Bible says,
221. 8:54"The fellowship of the Holy Spirit be
222. 8:56with you all."
223. 8:58If you haven't before,
224. 9:00you can start that fellowship right now.
225. 9:03See where it leads, and trust him to
226. 9:05take you by the hand.
227. 9:07In fact, you can say this [music] prayer
228. 9:10with us right now to get started.
229. 9:16Heavenly Father, thank you for this
230. 9:18morning and the gift of a new day.
231. 9:21Thank you for waking me up,
232. 9:24keeping me safe through the night,
233. 9:26and letting me stand here in your mercy
234. 9:28once more.
235. 9:30Thank you for guiding me to understand
236. 9:33the companion you have given me.
237. 9:36Thank you, Father, for everything.
238. 9:39Father, I believe in you.
239. 9:41But today, I come honestly and admit
240. 9:44that I haven't fully committed to living
241. 9:45a spirit-led life.
242. 9:48I haven't always understood it
243. 9:50or known how to live it out.
244. 9:54Sometimes I relied on my own
245. 9:56understanding.
246. 9:58Sometimes I followed my own thoughts,
247. 10:01feelings, and desires
248. 10:03without pausing
249. 10:04to listen to your spirit.
250. 10:07Sometimes I rushed ahead of you, and
251. 10:10other times I was stuck in confusion
252. 10:12because I didn't know how to hear you
253. 10:13clearly.
254. 10:15But today, Lord,
255. 10:17I ask for your mercy and help.
256. 10:19Please teach me how to live by your
257. 10:21spirit,
258. 10:23how to follow your guidance,
259. 10:25and how to be sensitive to your voice
260. 10:28and obedient to your direction.
261. 10:31Lord,
262. 10:32today I ask that the Holy Spirit fill my
263. 10:35life in a new way.
264. 10:37I welcome him into every part of my day,
265. 10:41my heart, my thoughts, and my decisions.
266. 10:45Let him make his home in me, and let me
267. 10:47truly feel his presence.
268. 10:50Teach me your ways, and open my
269. 10:53understanding to the spirit.
270. 10:55Help me know you more deeply through
271. 10:57him.
272. 10:59Help me grasp my inheritance in Christ,
273. 11:02the blessings you give,
274. 11:04the wisdom you provide, [music]
275. 11:06and the grace you offer each day.
276. 11:09Father, I'm not asking for something
277. 11:11showy,
278. 11:12but for genuine fellowship.
279. 11:15I want a real walk with the Holy Spirit.
280. 11:19Let this fellowship be where guidance
281. 11:21begins.
282. 11:23Father, as your spirit guides me,
283. 11:25please help me trust him.
284. 11:28I admit it's hard sometimes to let go of
285. 11:30control.
286. 11:32I often want to understand everything
287. 11:34before I obey.
288. 11:36I look for certainty with my own eyes
289. 11:38before stepping out in faith.
290. 11:41Today,
291. 11:43I ask for forgiveness for every time I
292. 11:45resisted in my heart.
293. 11:48Forgive me for choosing fear over trust,
294. 11:52my own will over surrender,
295. 11:54and my thoughts over your guidance.
296. 11:58Help me reach a place where I can fully
297. 12:00trust your Holy Spirit.
298. 12:03Help me not to pull back when he leads
299. 12:06me forward.
300. 12:08Help me listen when he warns me.
301. 12:11Help me keep an open heart when he
302. 12:13corrects me.
303. 12:15Give me the grace to trust him even when
304. 12:18I don't see the whole picture.
305. 12:21Give me the grace to follow him
306. 12:23even when his path takes me beyond my
307. 12:25comfort zone.
308. 12:28Father, please help me grow in my
309. 12:30knowledge and understanding of you.
310. 12:34Let the Holy Spirit guide me in your
311. 12:36ways and reveal your heart to me.
312. 12:39Show me what I need to know about my
313. 12:41life, my walk with you,
314. 12:44and the inheritance I have in Christ.
315. 12:47Help me grasp [music] what you have
316. 12:49freely given me,
317. 12:51who I am in you,
318. 12:53and the life you've called me to live.
319. 12:57I don't want my Christian walk to be
320. 12:59shallow, confused, or uncertain anymore.
321. 13:04Let it be rooted in fellowship, truth,
322. 13:08and the quiet confidence that comes from
323. 13:10following your spirit.
324. 13:13Above all, Lord,
325. 13:15give me an open,
326. 13:17willing,
327. 13:18humble, and attentive heart.
328. 13:22Remove every distraction that keeps me
329. 13:24from hearing you clearly.
330. 13:27Every stubbornness that stops me from
331. 13:29fully yielding.
332. 13:31And every fear that holds me back from
333. 13:33obeying quickly.
334. 13:36Holy Spirit,
335. 13:38I invite you into my life and every part
336. 13:41of my day.
337. 13:43Please guide me gently and lead me along
338. 13:46the path set before me.
339. 13:49Direct my steps and help me make choices
340. 13:52that please God.
341. 13:55Help me to understand what is good,
342. 13:57wise,
343. 13:59and in line with God's will.
344. 14:02Open my eyes where I've been blind, and
345. 14:05correct my wrong perspectives.
346. 14:08Quiet any voice inside me that is louder
347. 14:11than yours.
348. 14:13Today,
349. 14:14I depend on your comfort, wisdom,
350. 14:17guidance, and companionship.
351. 14:20I choose to follow,
352. 14:22listen,
353. 14:23yield, and trust that your way is better
354. 14:26than mine.
355. 14:29Heavenly Father,
356. 14:30I say thank you again this day for
357. 14:32hearing me and for answering my prayers.
358. 14:36Thank you because I know from this day
359. 14:40I enter into a spirit-led life guided by
360. 14:43your Holy Spirit.
361. 14:45I make better decisions from now [music]
362. 14:47on.
363. 14:48I know what to do from now on. I am
364. 14:50divinely led by the Lord from now on. My
365. 14:54ears are open to divine leading from
366. 14:56today,
367. 14:57and my days are full of your presence in
368. 14:59[music] Jesus' name. Amen.
369. 15:03If you have said this prayer with us
370. 15:05today, then I congratulate you on the
371. 15:07beginning of a spirit-led life. Today
372. 15:10marks the beginning of something new,
373. 15:12the beginning of a fellowship and a
374. 15:14partnership that will last a lifetime.
375. 15:17As you go about your day, prepare for
376. 15:19his guidance,
377. 15:20>> [music]
378. 15:20>> and prepare for a much, much better day.
379. 15:23And if you have any special prayer
380. 15:25request today, we would be honored to
381. 15:28pray for you. Comment it down below, and
382. 15:30we also ask all the viewers who see a
383. 15:32prayer request in the comment section to
384. 15:35pray as well. May the good Lord always
385. 15:38bless you.