The empowerment of the Holy Spirit is for us to live out our callings, develop our gifting, and be something before Jesus returns for His Church. Spiritual disciplines sustain us over the long haul and cause us to live the best version of our lives. Acts 2:42 And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers. You were never designed or intended to live the Christian life and make the journey of faith without adequate empowerment! The Empowerment of the Holy Spirit is critical for New Testament . **The Holy Spirit doesn’t make the Christian life better, he makes the Christian life possible. ** Without the empowerment of The Holy Spirit, we cannot even come close to living the life that God has called us to. The Empowerment of the Holy Spirit is for . The Holy Spirit is available to every believer who willingly surrenders in obedience to the Holy Spirit. John 14:15 15 “If you love Me, keep My commandments. 16 “And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever 17 “the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. 18 “I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you. The Holy Spirit is available for every believer. John 14:23 Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. 24 “He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father’s who sent Me. 25 “These things I have spoken to you while being present with you. 26 “But 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 things that I said to you. The Holy Spirit reminds us who we are. Our identity comes from our with God. Who we think we are determines how we live our lives. Ephesians 3:14-19 For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height 19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. 1 Samuel 16:7 But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the LORD does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.” The soul is where the Holy Spirit brings change and . The soul is where our spiritual identity is formed. The Holy Spirit is God on the inside of us. The Holy Spirit is the third part of the Trinity, He is a person not a thing. The Holy spirit lives within believers as their personal power of God. The Holy Spirit is our fresh air. Spirit in the New Testament is the Greek word “pneuma” which means gentle breath of God. The Holy Spirit raised Jesus from the dead. Romans 8:11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. The Holy Spirit convicts of sin and confirms God word as truth. The Holy Spirit is our best friend, comforter, uplifter and helper. Ephesians 3:16-17 16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, The Spirit dwells in our inner being when we, according to God’s grace and by faith, confess our sins, ask forgiveness, and surrender our lives to Him. When we are saved, we are set on a new journey called , and the Holy Spirit is given to us to help us make that journey. Ephesians 3:19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. To be filled with the fullness of God is about allowing God to settle in and make himself at home, fully influence, overwhelm, and govern our lives. Romans 10:9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. It’s not about a greater feeling, it’s about a greater filling. We can live victoriously in this life by being empowered through the Holy Spirit, and living in the fullness of God. It is the source from which our souls are being daily “renewed” and regularly transformed. Romans 12:1-2 1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Galatians 5:22-23 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. Allow the Holy Spirit to work in your life, allow him to govern your life, and allow him to empower you.