Ever thought to yourself, This Christian life is not all it’s cracked up to be?

If you feel disappointed with your spiritual life, it may be because you’re not relying on the Holy Spirit. In this message, Dr. Stanley explores the essential role that the third person of the Trinity plays in each believer’s life. Don’t miss out on the greatest Helper God gave us-Himself as the Holy Spirit. Ford

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at no point since the moment you trusted

Christ as your personal Savior have you

ever been alone at no point have you

ever been helpless you may have felt

helpless but when you trusted Jesus as

your Savior God’s seal upon you his

absolute assurance to you is the

indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit

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four decades ago we started in touch

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InTouch God the Holy Spirit our helper

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when you trust in the Lord Jesus Christ

as your Savior you probably thought

things were gonna be rather easy for you

it just may be that things got tougher

for you and as a result you begin to

question God where he was and why didn’t

he answer your prayers and why didn’t he

keep his word well he has kept his word

God always keeps his word he knows that

all of us will face situations and

circumstances in life that it’s

difficult for us we don’t know which way

to turn this is why he said to his

disciples before he left he was going to

send them someone that he called the

helper and this helper would be with

them throughout their life this helper

is called the Holy Spirit because you

see God has made an awesome deposit for

every one who is willing to believe him

willing to trust him

the Bible talks about God being God the

Father God the Son God the Holy Spirit

the three persons of the Trinity

sometimes people confuse with that so I

want to show you a brief diagram just to

give you an idea that really they’re all

one and if you’ll notice there is God as

God the Father who’s the creator and the

sovereign ruler of the universe God the

Son Savior Lord God the Holy Spirit a

helper and our empower all three persons

of the Trinity make up the Godhead so in

this message I want us to see what God

has done for you

what is at your fingertips what is

deposited in your heavenly account if

you are willing to yield yourself to him

and draw from these awesome reserves

that God has placed it’s your account

what do you do when you go through

difficult times when you find yourself

maybe your backs to the wall you don’t

know what to do how do you go to do you

cry out to God probably do at some point

well what I want you to see is this that

God has very specifically said I have

sent you a help art a helper is someone

who’s going to be there for you when you

need him in fact this help is going to

always be there so I want you to turn to

the 14th chapter John because Jesus

right before he was crucified the night

before he told them some of the most

awesome things and he was preparing them

because he was going to be crucified

listen the next day he was going to the

cross the next day he was going to the

tomb he was going to be resurrected and

then another point out there he would

meet them but at this point it looked

very dismal he made all these promises

and now he’s getting ready to die and in

spite of all the things he said he’s

going to die that overshadowed

everything else so if you look in the

fifteenth verse of the fourteenth

chapter of John if you love me you will

keep my Commandments and then he said

knowing he’s getting ready to leave them

I will ask the Father now watch this

here’s the whole Trinity in one verse I

will ask the Father that’s Jesus

speaking and he will give you another

and capital H the helper who is the Holy

Spirit that he may be with you for how

long forever not a short period of time

but forever

he says I’m leaving you but I’m gonna

give you a helper capital that is a

person of the Trinity the Holy Spirit

he’s going to be with you forever

that is the spear

of Truth whom the world cannot receive

because it does not see him I know him

but you know him because he abides with

you and will be in you I will not leave

you as orphans I will come to you at no

point since the moment you trusted

Christ as your personal Savior have you

ever been alone at no point have you

ever been helpless you may have felt

helpless

but when you trusted Jesus as your

Savior God’s seal upon you his absolute

assurance to you is the indwelling

presence of the Holy Spirit God the

Father God the Son God the Holy Spirit

three persons of the Trinity your

guarantee that you go into heaven when

you die so I wonder in your personal

life what part does the Holy Spirit and

what part has the Holy Spirit had in

your life you probably got saved like I

did and they tell me at 12 years of age

child you be a good boy in one of these

days you have done go to heaven

being a good boy was little tough at 12

years of age but anyway that’s all they

told me that’s it be good

well I often times I wasn’t always good

that’s all that they never told me that

I had this awesome Holy Spirit within me

to help me to grow up help me to be what

God wanted me to be help me to do what

God wanted didn’t tell me any other

thing like that the same God who saved

you saved me the same holy spirit who

indwells me in dwells you and when I

think about people who go to church 20

30 40 50 years and that person lived

their whole life and never knew the

treasure of their life living within

them and they never were told about him

and I think about whoever you are

wherever you go to church if you never

hear about the Holy Spirit you need to

change churches because somebody isn’t

telling you the whole story the whole

story is God the Father God the Son and

God our helper the Holy Spirit

so he said to them I’m going away and

I’m gonna send you another that is the

Holy Spirit will be your comforter now

watch this carefully what is the work of

the Holy Spirit what does he do in the

president’s life what I want you to

realize is this I’m simply gonna tell

you what’s true I’m gonna tell you

what’s true about you

I’m gonna tell you about this awesome

asset that God has deposited within you

to help you every single moment of your

life as much as you willing to call upon

him trust and rely upon him believe in

what he’ll do for your life I’m simply

saying you have God the Holy Spirit

living within you and notice what he

calls Jesus called the Holy Spirit

helper how many of you have everything

that help every one of us needed help

and we have the great infinite awesome

all-powerful helpful living with inside

of us willing to give us direction and

guidance and other help when that help

is needed so let’s look at it for a

moment so what is one of the first works

of the Holy Spirit when you were saved

how are you saved the work of the Holy

Spirit and when the Holy Spirit comes he

will convict the world concerning sin

righteousness and judgment that is one

of his first works in our life is the

convicted of sin to make us realize that

we’re sinning against God and that we

need a Savior

and he lives within us therefore when

you and are daily in our life when we

have a bad thought I say something we

shouldn’t treat some other way we

shouldn’t treat them failed to do what

we need to do that feeling we get is not

just a feeling that is the work of the

Holy Spirit reminding us of who we are

followers of Jesus and that shouldn’t be

in our life this should be in our life

that’s what should be in our life that’s

who you should love in other words he’s

at work in our life whoever you are

whether you recognize it or not he’s at

work in your life you may think it’s

just you’re feeling the Spirit of God is

at work in your life

a second thing he does a very important

is

in Ephesians 1:13 which says this in him

that is in Jesus you also after

listening to the message of truth the

gospel of your salvation also believed

he said you having also believed you

were sealed in him with the Holy Spirit

of promise now what does that tell you

watch this carefully a seal in those

days meant something was authentic

something was authentic it also spoke of

ownership and also spoke of protection

we have within us an awesome protector

and so he says the Holy Spirit of God

has sealed us now what does that mean to

you for example who have been taught

that you can be saved and lose your

salvation that’s not true listen God

doesn’t break his own seals he sealed

you which means just what we said you

owned by God God is living within you

you’re under his divine protection and

everything we need he has provided and

so when we think in terms of the Holy

Spirit we’re not talking about some

spirit we’re talking about the person of

the Godhead living within you has sealed

you now what does that say about people

who think and be saved and be lost watch

this who can break a divine seal the

devil can’t you can’t you wouldn’t want

to and so here’s what God seen when you

trusted him as your personal Savior he

sealed you as one of his children you

offer ever a child of God now I know

what some people are thinking well that

means how I can just send like the devil

and I’ll be say tried the Holy Spirit

within you first of all will convict you

and make you miserable he’s going to

make you miserable for years if it’s

necessary keeping reminding you that

you’re living an ungodly life you’re

living a holy life God isn’t pleased for

that you’re gonna miss blessing after

blessing after blessing and then people

wonder well what’s wrong with my life

what’s wrong with your life is sin in

your life he’s ignoring the Holy Spirit

who’s trying to say Lord look

look look what you’re doing that’s not

necessary that is God’s awesome love the

Holy Spirit has sealed you with a divine

heavenly seal you are his he’s your

helper then the third thing he does and

this simple way of saying what we have

saying in Romans 8:11 he indwells us

that isn’t something that the Holy

Spirit’s up in heaven and we are down

here it’s a long ways I’m not sure and

only go listen to this but at the spirit

of him who raised Jesus from the dead

dwells in you he who raised Jesus from

the dead will also give life to your

mortal bodies through his holy spirit

who indwells you that is we have a gift

that is an eternal gift and that’s the

Holy Spirit marked by his ownership so

when I saw this one you and I sinned

against God we are violating his

principles violating the very person he

sent the sealless to make us one of his

own to be our helper we are his children

we are under his divine leadership he

says he indwells us I wonder how people

would live if they thought every day I’m

in 12 I hold a yard if you thought in

your life every single day when you wake

up in the morning that you’re in dwelt

by holy God because you are the Holy

Spirit he’s there to Enduro us to enable

us to do anything and everything that he

was required of us a full thing he does

is he teaches us listen the 14th chapter

John the 26th verse but the helper the

Holy Spirit whom the father will send in

my name he will teach you all things and

bring all things to your remembrance now

think about this the moment you now

received we have the teacher the teacher

above all teachers within us he’s the

one who helps us understand the truth

he’s the one who helps us convey truth

other people he’s the teacher for

example when you find yourself in a

difficult situation and you’re looking

for a pastor description Lord what

should I read he

the one who would show you where to go

he’s the one who will interpret the Word

of God he’s the one who will encourage

you he says he’s a helper he encourages

us bringing us to the right passage

helping us to see what God thinks about

our situation what the circumstances are

we have this awesome asset that many

people ignore in their life and they’ll

say oh I don’t read the Bible much

because I don’t I don’t understand it

how do you learn to understand the Word

of God about reading it and by trusting

the Holy Spirit

thank how many times you face the

difficult situation in your life and

what did you know you turn to a passage

of Scripture or you were just flipping

through the Bible and this particular

first hit you do you think God you know

I needed that yes he does that’s why he

led you there watch what he says he says

I’m sending you another capital H helper

we have a divine supernatural godly

helper within us to help us in every

circumstance of our life and then of

course he will guide us when he the

spirit of truth comes he will guide you

into all truth so somebody says well you

know I’m trying to make a decision in my

life and I’ve evaluated this and that

the other and I’ll talk to us and so

have you talked to God the Holy Spirit

who lives within you is willing to give

you guidance in every single decision

you face when you’re making a decision

in your business making a decision your

personal life relationship tellers

financial whatever it might be

did you ask him to give you direction he

will give us he will show us the truth

when when he comes he will guide us into

all truth that is you can’t think of a

question about your life that in which

you need something that he won’t show

you what to do he’s there to show you to

give you divine guidance and direction

what about your children for example you

want your children when they get into a

situation they don’t know what to do

they want you to come to them as parents

and ask and trust you to help them and

so we get into situations in

circumstances and we don’t know what to

do what do we do we run ask somebody

else

it’s okay to ask somebody else but you

should ask God first if you will ask the

Lord first lord give me wisdom and

direction he says he will guide us into

all truth whatever I need in direction

he’s more than willing to show us if

we’re willing to take the time to ask

him and believe what he says and

sometimes if you ask him about something

what he tells you is not going to be as

easy as what your friends tell you but

first of all that I’m knowing about it

anyway

they just know partly but the Holy

Spirit of God is willing to teach you

and to show you exactly what to do in

every single situation then I think

about what he says that he does in and

through us in Galatians chapter 5 22

here’s what he says he says the fruit of

the Spirit that is this is what he

produces in us see if it’s in you the

fruit of the Spirit is love joy peace

patience kindness goodness faithfulness

gentleness self-control you see any of

those you need I need them all and the

truth is we all need them all well look

at it look at this someone’s giving you

a hard time and you feel very impatient

but you can really afford to do that you

can’t be impatient you have the Holy

Spirit to give you his patience

sometimes for example somebody that you

just don’t love that you infect you

they’re just obnoxious and you think you

sit in church and listen to sermons and

you stand up and sing and you pray but

deep down in your heart you can’t stand

them so what so what happens you ask

though let’s really let me tell you

something it it will be amazing and how

God can change your attitude so it’s

somebody that you don’t want anything to

do with now you don’t tell him how to do

it you just say Lord you know I don’t

love them I did this is the reason I

don’t and I need I need just what you

said God you just got to love them

through me you will be amazed what the

idol doing

your life has changed your attitude your

thinkable Lord I didn’t know I wasn’t

that obnoxious myself and so what

everything begins to change 1 and listen

patience joy peace goodness faithfulness

gentleness self-control all of us need

self-control where do we get it we trust

the Holy Spirit to exercise self-control

through us that’s what you tell me Holy

Spirit I want you to exercise

self-control what I see what I do

what I hear I want your control in my

life not mine

he will exercise that through us and so

as you and I yield to the Holy Spirit

here’s what happens all non gifts of the

Spirit the Spirit of God begins to work

them into our life and so what happens

their life changes and then he also has

one of his responsibilities to remind us

look in John 14 the 26th verse for all

it and he says to them but the helper

capital H the Holy Spirit the helper the

Holy Spirit whom the father will send in

my name he will teach you all things and

bring to your remembrance all that I

said to you now think about this these

twelve disciples had walk with Jesus for

three years they had seen a lot they had

heard a lot from walking on water to

feeding 5,000 to healing bartimaeus

to raising Lazarus they’d seen a lot now

watch this so their life is consumed

with this miraculous life but all of a

sudden he’s gone and they’re over here

watch this they had no notes they didn’t

have a notepad they didn’t have a

computer they didn’t have a Bible they

think about where that left them all

they had is what they remembered how

much did they remember imagine walking

with him three years and seeing this and

that and never knowing what was going to

happen and doubting him here and there

and so forth and all of a sudden he

is gone this is the reason he said to

them sit down in the city of Jerusalem

until you be filled in dude with the

Holy Spirit who will bring all things to

your remembrance think about how much

you remember when you have read the Word

of God we are gifted with a treasure

called the Bible and the Holy Spirit our

teacher our guide the one who helps us

to interpret it you can read it you can

hear it but most of all you apply it God

didn’t leave us empty so when you trust

Jesus as you save you you receive this

awesome treasure of the Holy Spirit so

when you think about that think about

how selfish it is and then of course he

says he will equip us with spiritual

gifts in the 12th chapter first

Corinthians one of spiritual gifts well

for example there probably seven major

spiritual gifts that’s the gift of

prophecy of teaching of mercy

encouragement of service of giving have

administration all gifts probably fall

into those seven and so the truth is

watch this you have a spiritual gift and

so he gives us the gifts and exercises

those gifts in our life according to

what he wants us to do what he’s called

us to do somebody says I don’t have any

gifts yes you do you do have gifts it’s

a question of asking God to show you and

thinking about what you do what you need

to do what you need help in and he’ll

show you what that is then of course he

empowers us in that first chapter of

Acts per seat he said you will receive

power after that the Holy Spirit comes

upon you and you shall be my witness

that is he will release within us the

energy and the strength and the

authority to do whatever he wants us to

do that’s the promise of Almighty God

when you think you just can’t go another

step what do you do you ask the Holy

Spirit to help you to give you guidance

to give you strength and energy you can

watch this the Holy Spirit is practical

the Holy Spirit does follows what we

cannot do for ourselves

he has equipped us in every single area

of our life then I just mentioned one

other and that is he says in Ephesians

chapter 5 18 be filled with the spirit

which simply means this continually

allow the Holy Spirit to live in your

life give you guidance give you

direction fill those needs whatever

those needs may be to be filled with the

Holy Spirit means we’re to live in the

conscious presence of the Holy Spirit

living with the house in order to help

us and enable us so that no believer has

a legitimate excuse for not obeying God

he has equipped you to do whatever he

wants you to do he has equipped you to

have enough of what he wants you to have

to understand what he wants you to

understand to be the person he wants you

to be you have not honored the promise

but when he sealed you as a child of God

you are equipped to do and to become

whatever God had in mind when he brought

you into this world now think about the

people who’ve never heard that they’re

just living out their life the best they

can

haven’t you heard people say well how

you doing just doing the best I can

that’s no way to live the best I can is

not very good the best he can is awesome

absolutely awesome the best he can do

so the Holy Spirit is our helper our

friend our sustainer a provider he’s

everything Jesus said I’m going away but

I’ll send you the helper and when he

comes here’s what he’ll do so let’s go

back for a second to this chapter 14

chapter I will ask the Father and He

will give you another helper capital H

that he may be with you forever

not fortunately that is the Spirit of

Truth whom the world can’t receive they

don’t understand it because it doesn’t

because the world doesn’t seem unknowing

but you know him because he abides with

you and will be in you I will not leave

you as orphans I will come to you now

where do you get it more encouraging

than that amen

you should be praising the Lord thanking

God but who he is in you that he hasn’t

left you to do it yourself whatever you

do in life it’s not you to just do it

yourself you have four times he called

the Holy Spirit the helper to enable us

and to help us do his will amen

father how grateful we are we could

never thank you enough we praise you for

for giving us the Holy Spirit in our

life every single day to enable us to do

and to be what you’ve called of us I

pray the Holy Spirit has spoken to every

person here today that every person will

walk away encouraged in their heart

reminded in their heart challenged in

their heart or convicted in their heart

and you have something for them to do

that this your will for their life and I

pray that they’ll surrender to that we

love you and we praise you we bless your

Holy Name and we pray this in your

wonderful blessed name

Jesus amen if you’ve been blessed by

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