Our Dependence & Yielding to the Holy Spirit Part 2 - Pastor Stuart Price

• 23/08/2018
• SLC Stuart Price

 

 

Our Semon above & Testomony's below - Continuation of the sermon.

 

    Our Dependence & Yielding to the Holy Spirit

 

    Last Sunday, Pastor Stuart continued to minister on the position that we

    must take in order to allow the Holy Spirit of God to operate in our life.

    That position is one that is humbled and relying on the Holy Spirit to have

    His way, looking for His leading & guidance every day.

 

    Isaiah 1:19 says “If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good

    of the land.”

 

    God desires to be like our Great Shepherd as Psalm 21 so lovingly portrays,

    but His sheep must be willing to surrender to His leading and trust that He

    knows best and follow Him. Pastor Stuart & Colleen shared on their next

    mission trip to Arkansas and how they have continually submitted to Gods

    leading all the way. This is not their idea but Gods plan and they will go

    with no perceived conceived ideas of what will happen but go only armed

    with the Holy Spirit as willing vessels to be poured out for His purpose.

    Its interested to recognise that “Submission” is made up of 2 words, “sub”

    – to come in below something & “mission” – plan &

    purpose…therefore, “when I am in submission to God, my plans will line up

    under His plans so that I flow with His mission & not my own ideas.”

 

    The Galatians, after having launched their Christian experience by faith,

    seem content to leave their voyage of faith & chart a new course based

    on works – a course the Apostle Paul finds disturbing. His letter to the

    Galatians is a vigorous attack against the gospel of works & a defense

    of the gospel of faith.

 

    In Galatians 3:1 he says “O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you” or

    who has been in your ear?

 

    Our salvation & blessings come from God based on faith & not law.

    Freedom in Christ means freedom to produce the fruits of the righteousness

    through a Spirit-led life-style. Read Galatians 5:16-26 the key to living a

    sin-free life for Jesus is the live yielded to the Holy Spirit &

    walking in the Spirit which will overcome the works of our flesh.

 

    How do I yield to the Holy Spirit? By learning to hear His voice, then act

    on it promptly. Therefore, walking in the Spirit means we must train

    ourselves to recognise the Spirits voice & then to obey His initial

    prompting immediately.

 

    Hindsight will show you that it was for the best and it was the Holy

    Spirits voice that prompted us. Their can be several voices that we will

    hear on our inside & knowing which voice we are hearing is crucial.

    That voice can be either;

 

    1. Our logical thinking-self

 

    2. Our enemy or

 

    3. The Holy Spirit.

 

    Proverbs 3:5-6 gives us great wisdom –

 

    “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own

    understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your

    paths.”

 

    We don’t know everything that comes our way, but the Holy Spirit does. He

    will gently lead us along His purpose of developing us into mature sons

    & daughters of God….so follow those initial thoughts. His ways are

    usually the first thoughts that we get. He does not condemn us but He will

    say things like “Don’t do that.” Or “Don’t say that.” Or “Go that way..”

    etc

 

    There is a rest that remains for the people of God as Hebrews 4 tells

    us…taking Gods word & mixing it with faith in Him, not a self-reliant

    faith.

 

    We were never meant to rely on ourselves but to totally rely upon God for

    all things that you can name…. accessing all things in Christ through the

    power of the Holy Spirit that lives within us. This is the master plan that

    God has, which He kept a great mystery until the appointed time. So make a

    renewed commitment again today - don’t look to yourselves for anything but

    in everything, don’t panic, just let your requests be made known to God

    & trust in (have faith in) Him & the peace of God which surpasses

    all understanding, will guard your hearts & minds through Jesus the

    Anointed One & His anointing [Philippians 4:6-7] being willing &

    obedient to follow Him everyday as you walk in the Spirit from victory to

    victory! Amen.

 

    Written by Ray Price

 

    Have a blessed week.

 

    Pastor Stuart & Colleen