But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost - Jude verse 20

Faith To Believe The Miraculous Things We Can Not See Life To Be Different / Better To Reach Our Full Potential

GROUND RULES 1 – K.I.S.S. Keep It Simple S__________!

GROUND RULES 1 – K.I.S.S. 2 – By Line 2-Timothy 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

GROUND RULES 1 – K.I.S.S. 2 – By Line 3 – No Confusion 1-Corinthians 14:33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

So Let’s Begin – At The Beginning Genesis 2:7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.   Hebrew for breath = nĕshamah (nesh-ä-mä’) and means breath, spirit, wind, intellect, inspiration.

John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. Greek for Spirit = pneuma (pnyü’-mä) and means Spirit, Holy Ghost.

Man Lost The Spirit Due To Sin

Isaiah 43:11 I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no saviour. Greek for Jesus = Iesous (ē-ā-sü’-s) and means Jehovah is salvation

John 3:1-8 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? Greek for again = anōthen (ä’-nō-then) and means from above, from the beginning, from the very first, over again.

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

Pentecost = 50th day after Passover Jubilee – 50th year (Leviticus 25)

Acts 2:38-39 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. Greek for afar off = eis (ās) and indicates of place and time

Some say that was for then 1-Corinthians 13:8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away

Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

James 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

Faith only grows by action! Acting upon what you have heard!

What can really make Faith take off and grow exponentially?

FERTALIZER  Philippians 3:8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,

TOTAL SURRENDER James 3:5-6 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

The connection between Total Surrender, rapid growing faith and the tongue? PRAYER

Natural Prayer Has Limitations James 4:2-3 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

Allow God to ask through us.   Luke 11:11-13 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

Romans 8:26 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.

Why Do I Need The Holy Spirit? - Because Jesus said so – John 3:1-8 - It builds faith – Jude 20 - It helps us witness for Christ – Acts 1:8 - It releases Power – Acts 1:8 - It speeds our learning of spiritual things – John 14:26 - It draws us closer to God and helps us reach our full potential (Examples of the Apostles)

People are Hungry for the Holy Spirit - McDonalds - Work Prayer After Hours - Swaziland

But what if I’m Afraid?   2-Timothy 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

But what if I’m Afraid?   2-Timothy 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. Greek for power = dynamis (dü’-nä -mēs) and means power for working miracles, moral power and excellence of soul.

Acts 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

It’s natural for God to be supernatural and He wants to communicate with us supernaturally.

Isaiah 28:11 For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. Hebrew for stammering = la-èg (lä-āg) and means as a foreigner, mocker or buffoon   Hebrew for lips = saphah (sä-fä’) and means language

It’s a gift and it may need stirring up.   2-Timothy 1:6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.

To Receive Repentance Praise Ask – Invite Yield – Surrender Use Your Voice Expect - It’s a baptism – a physical observance of a spiritual occurrence

COME & RECEIVE Revelation 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.