Acts 1:4-8 NASB 'Gathering them together, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, “Which,” He said, “you heard of from Me; for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” So when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, “Lord, is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?” He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority; but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.” ' ACCEPT GOD’S John 14:15-18 NIV ' “If you love me, keep my commands. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. ' EXERCISE YOUR The coming of the Holy Spirit was to bridge the gulf between inadequacy and the fulfilling of the task. THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT The Holy Spirit has come to enable us to think God’s thoughts. Isaiah 55:9 NIV '“As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. ' The Holy Spirit has come to enable us to share God’s emotions. Romans 5:5 NKJV ‘the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.’ The Holy Spirit has come to enable us to pray God’s prayers. Romans 8:26 ESV 'For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. ' The Holy Spirit has come to enable us to do God’s work. DO NOT THE HOLY SPIRIT How to Prepare to Receive the Holy Spirit Claim your bodies as temples of the Holy Spirit. Pray constantly! Live a life worthy of the calling God.