 By the end of this video it is my prayer that you are closer to the person of the Holy Spirit than ever before. I'm David Diga Hernandez and you're watching Spirit Church on EncounterTV. Now I'm going to be ministering this lesson called Prayers of the Holy Spirit and these are prayers that we're going to be praying together that will draw you closer, that will bring you to places of repentance, that will bring you to places of consideration and meditation and as we go through the Word of God as we go through this lesson we will pause as I said and pray with one another and I truly do believe that you're going to be drawn closer to the person of the Holy Spirit than ever before These points are simple. These prayers are powerful. Stephen Maktezuma is here with me as usual He's going to lead you in worship and then we're going to get right into this lesson. Here is Stephen Maktezuma At this place here up with praise, can you hear it? The sound of heaven touching her The sound of heaven touching her Our Father All of heaven rose your name sing. At this place here up with praise, can you hear it? The sound of heaven touching her The sound of heaven touching her Spirit break her Break all walls down Heaven come down So I'm going to go through some very simple points and what you're watching here is the first of a two-part lesson And I want you right now wherever you're watching this to make this your private time with the Lord I want you to close out the things of this world. I want you to find a quiet place I want you to clear your mind, and I want you to relax I want you to just focus on what is being taught here and let's pursue our friendship with the Holy Spirit I truly do believe that every believer can be a friend of the Holy Spirit and I want to get down to this first point here and I'm going to talk to you about his voice and then we're going to pray that you would hear his voice more clearly I truly believe that every believer Needs to be able to hear the voice of the Holy Spirit with clarity Listen, there are those who walk in an uncertainty and they go throughout their Christianity Believing that the voice of the Holy Spirit is Something that is faint is something that they hear every so often But I know because of what the scripture says That you are to hear the voice of the Holy Spirit with clarity You should be able to hear the voice of the Holy Spirit To where there's no questioning to where there's no doubt to where there is absolute Certainty that you are hearing the voice of the Holy Spirit I don't know how many times I've been approached by Christians who say help me hear the voice of God or Prophecyle over me concerning a situation because I don't know what to do and The truth is that God wants you to be able to hear the voice of the Holy Spirit for yourself The truth is that you were not meant to walk in this uncertainty I believe you can come to know the voice of the Holy Spirit with such clarity and With such certainty that all doubt will be removed. It should not be Accepted as a normal part of your Christianity to struggle to hear the voice of the Holy Spirit You don't see that anymore in the Bible. You don't see it with the prophets. You don't see it with Jesus You don't see it with the disciples. You don't see it with the early church there was a constant and Certain interaction between the believer and the Holy Spirit. He was able to speak to them clearly and We've sort of settled for a distracted spirituality We've settled for being uncertain about his voice, but the scripture says this in John chapter 10 verse 27 my sheep hear my voice and I know them and they follow me now the world is distracted the world is Busy and in a hurry But you can begin to hear the voice of the Holy Spirit not a year from now not a month from now not a week from now You can begin to hear the Holy Spirit with perfect clarity from this moment onward God wants you to hear his voice. Jesus said my sheep hear my voice So the question is not can I hear the voice of God the question is am I a sheep? Do I belong to him and if you belong to the Lord? If you're a believer if you've been saved if you've been born again Then you've been filled with the Holy Spirit and you can hear his voice with clarity So I want to stop here and this is a prayer to hear his voice. Come on. Pray with me Father in Jesus name. I pray for that one watching Lord and I ask you father to begin to speak to them clearly and Lord help us to be able to discern your voice Help us to be able to put aside distraction. I want you right now. Just begin to repent For allowing yourself to be distracted Just begin to give it to God say Lord. I'm sorry for being distracted Say speak Lord Your servant hears In Jesus name Amen, so that was a prayer to hear his voice, but there's a second part of that verse Let's look at that verse again John chapter 10 verse 27 my sheep hear my voice and I know them and They follow me that second part in the book of John is Talking about obedience the scripture says in Romans chapter 8 verse 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God They are the sons of God When he speaks We must listen. Otherwise, why should he speak? We must become sensitive to the voice of the Holy Spirit now when I talk about sensitivity I'm not just talking about the ability to hear him. I do want to hear the voice of God With such clarity that I can hear a whisper in the spirit That there is no uncertainty in my ability to hear him that I walk confidently Knowing that I am hearing from the Holy Spirit that he's speaking to my heart and that I am in communion and fellowship with him Yes, you can have that that can be yours, but we also must learn to obey the voice of the Holy Spirit Sensitivity to the voice of the Holy Spirit is not just about how clearly you can hear him It's also about how quickly you respond to that voice Sensitivity isn't just the ability to receive a message from God Sensitivity is how quickly you prioritize moving upon what God said remember this when it comes to obeying God Delay is disobedience When God has spoken for you to do something and it's been clear to you and you hold off on Receiving that or you hold off on obeying that message that delay in your life is disobedience the scripture says in Ephesians chapter 4 verse 30 and Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God Whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption The scripture here is saying look the Holy Spirit's the one who guarantees your salvation the Holy Spirit is the one who has sealed you and Has made it an assurance that you will be raised to life again at the day of the resurrection But so often we ignore the voice of the Holy Spirit. So often we push him away. I remember I Was looking for a series to watch now nowadays. I don't really have much time for Much else of anything other than ministry time with my wife and some fellowship with friends other than that My schedule is just packed now. There was a time in my life where I was able to Every so often catch a movie at home or watch a TV series at home, and I really do enjoy Cinema I enjoy the art of it, and I loved watching movies and TV series that were filmed with great cinematography Where the acting was good the storyline was gripping and if you're like me you love that too And there's nothing wrong with enjoying entertainment so long as that entertainment is not ungodly in any way But I remember I was going through a Series and I found this series that I absolutely loved It was the theme was on point for me. The acting was great the storyline I found to be intriguing and so I watched the first episode of this this TV series And I told myself I found a new show to watch so now when I get some free time And I'm just relaxing which you need to have if you're going to be effective in ministry Then I said to myself I will watch this show And something in me Told me that this was something that I needed to not do Something in me tried to prevent me from watching this and now I I thought with the natural mind I thought well, there's nothing in this series That I find blatantly ungodly. There's nothing sinful. There's nothing graphic And so I kind of dismissed that thought I thought maybe that was just me thinking that maybe I'm just being a little Paranoid or maybe I'm just being a little bit too hard on myself And so I just dismissed that notion and the next day I came into my ministry office And one of the staff members here the the CFO of our of our organization. He handles all the finance He walks up to me just begins to give me a little bit of a breakdown of where we were at the time and After we were done talking business I just sort of casually went into the conversation and said well There was this show that I watched last night and I really like it and I think I found a new show And so this person tells me said no listen Diga, you're not going to like this show So what do you mean? I'm not going to like it. The cinematography is good. The acting is good. The storyline is good. It's clean Of course, I'm going to like it. He said no you absolutely won't like it And we went back and forth like this a couple times. He was adamant telling me you're not going to like this show And I said well, why not? He said well listen The first episode is fine He said but by the time you get into the second episode It gets very graphic and there's a lot of content that I know for a fact you don't allow in your home So you won't like it And so I was disappointed that I no longer would have something to watch And I began to walk away from the conversation and as I'm walking away I hear the Holy Spirit speak to me He says why is it that you'll listen to him when he warns you but you won't listen to me And in that moment something that was seemingly insignificant Wade me down and I realized That was the Holy Spirit trying to speak to me That was the Holy Spirit who was leading me And I almost didn't obey that leading luckily the Lord sent in someone to intercept it And you may be listening to this and saying well, that's not that big of a deal, but the truth is There are things we do all the time There are things we allow ourselves to think to watch to hear to say That offend the person of the Holy Spirit that grieve him in his heart And we need to be people who obey his leading Who say Holy Spirit. I don't care if I'm mocked for it I don't care if my flesh has to miss out on some things. I don't care if I'm perceived as abnormal But I'm going to obey your leading I'm going to listen to what you have to say You see my greatest fear used to be The demonic realm and being attacked by demonic being That's what used to make me afraid and then as I grew out of that because of my spiritual Connection with the Holy Spirit. He helped me to overcome that fear. Then I became afraid of the opinions of people And you know, those are two fears that people carry in their hearts They're afraid of offending men And they're afraid of the demonic realm They're afraid of spiritual warfare Some believers are afraid of death Of all the fears that we could have My greatest fear Is not That I would be assaulted by a demonic being because I know who's inside of me Greater is he who is in me than he that is in the world I'm not afraid of the opinions of men Because the Lord is on my side Why because I obey his word I don't have to be afraid of what people say or do And because of salvation, we don't have to fear death But my greatest fear Is not being attacked by a demonic being. It's not by It's not of the opinions of men. My greatest fear Is that the Holy Spirit Would lift his anointing from my life My greatest fear Is that I would grieve the Holy Spirit of God My greatest fear would be that the presence would be lifted from me now. I know There are those who say brother david that's Old Testament The Holy Spirit does not lift his presence from us, but the truth is the truth is whether you like it or not That there is some obstruction That disobedience brings to our awareness and experience of his presence I don't care what you say king david prayed cast me not away from thy presence, oh lord and take not thy Holy Spirit from within me You say well that was the Old Testament. Yes, but he's the same Holy Spirit and Though the presence of God never leaves the believer There is a certain lifting of a certain grace not the grace of salvation. That's not what i'm talking about I'm talking about A certain sense of his presence a certain awareness of his person a certain closeness that you can have when you grieve him That is obstructed So let's pray now That we would be those who would obey his leading. This is a prayer to obey his leading. Come on, pray with me Father in jesus name I pray for my viewer right now Lord, I pray for the listener right now Help us lord to obey your leading forgive us father cleanse us jesus by your blood Make us new Father, I pray for that one listening that one watching That your holy spirit would touch them and father expose those things in our hearts Expose those areas where we need to obey your leading bring them to our attention Call us on it lord search us And rid us of everything that you despise We want to love what you love. We want to hate what you hate We want to be pleasing to you in our actions in our deeds In our thoughts lord In jesus name help us to obey the leading of the holy spirit So we pray to hear his voice. We pray to obey his leading Number three in a moment I'm going to pray that we would receive his power acts chapter one verse eight says But you will receive power when the holy spirit comes upon you And you will be my witnesses telling people about me everywhere In jerusalem throughout judaea in samaria and to the ends of the earth When you live holy when you obey his leading You become a vessel fit for the master's use I love what catherine colman used to say catherine colman would say God is not looking for golden vessels God is not looking for silver vessels God is looking for yielded vessels When it comes to being used by the holy spirit It's not a matter of how gifted you are how talented you are how charismatic you are How intelligent you are It's a matter of how surrendered you are Acts chapter one verse eight tells us that we'll receive power when the holy spirit comes upon us at salvation He brings us to life by the spirit that is something that happens within us But the baptism of the holy spirit the reception of his power is when the holy spirit comes upon He comes to dwell within and he comes to empower us by coming upon us We need to be people who receive a fresh touch of the holy ghost the book of acts Chronicles several times where the church would be filled again We need a fresh infilling of the holy spirit on a daily basis that scripture that tells us to be Filled with the holy spirit be not drunk with wine will be filled with the holy spirit I don't have time to go into it, but in the original language. It's talking about a continual infilling It's as though you have your phone and you want to charge it It's it's the same as being at a hundred percent and plugging your phone into a wall You are filled and being filled the phone is charged and being charged When your phone is plugged in you're not worried about what apps you run How often you use it or what you do on that phone? You're not trying to conserve anything because you're connected to a source that's going to keep the power supply up That's what it's like to be filled with the holy spirit. You're not running on empty You're not you're not going on your own. You are connected to the source You're filled and being filled. It's a continuation We must receive his power His power is the difference. His presence is the source His power is what enables you to cast out devils His power is what enables you to heal the sick His power is what gives you the ability to preach the gospel In such a way that it will convict the hearts of men and bring them to repentance before the feet of jesus The power of god is by the holy spirit. The holy spirit wants to fill you fresh. So let us receive his power Father in jesus name I really feel it guys. I want you to stretch your hands toward mine in the name of jesus I pray for that one watching right now lord And I pray that the anointing of the holy ghost would consume their being lord Let the fire and presence of god Fill their entire being Make them fit for your use Lord, I pray that they would receive your power Despite what men have criticized you for lord Despite our preconceived notions despite our Hesitations and our reservations lord. I pray in jesus name That you would fill us with your power In jesus name Amen, so we pray to hear his voice. We pray to obey his leading We prayed to receive his power and now I want to pray to understand his revelation Just a few verses. I want to read to you John chapter 14 verse 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 that I said to you Nehemiah chapter 9 verse 20 says you gave your good spirit to instruct them Your manna you did not withhold from their mouth and you gave them water for their thirst First john chapter 2 verse 27 says As for you the anointing which you receive from him abides in you And you have no need for anyone to teach you But as his anointing teaches you about all things And is true and is not a lie And just as it has taught you You abide in him The holy spirit helps us to understand revelation You cannot know the word of god without the spirit The holy spirit without the word brings inspiration The word without the spirit Brings information But the spirit and the word together bring revelation You need both the word and you need the holy spirit to experience the fullness of revelation What god wants to teach you from this word You need his help when you're going through the scripture You need his help when you're reading this bible You need to receive the revelation and it is by the spirit you cannot understand Spiritual matters with the natural mind you can only understand spiritual matters by the holy spirit He wants to reveal jesus in the scripture He wants to reveal the qualities of the father He wants to give you understanding of doctrine and of truth That's what he does and he will do it for you now So let's in faith ask him and let's receive this. Let's pray this prayer to understand his revelation Father, I pray right now again For that one who is watching Give them the anointing to understand your teaching jesus Give them the anointing by the holy spirit To know the truth that they might be set free Lord as their eyes move over the words of truth in your scripture Let them be filled with revelation of the holy spirit We ask this in the precious name of jesus I want you to say it right now say amen. So we prayed to hear his voice We prayed to obey his leading we prayed to receive his power and we prayed to understand his revelation now Next week i'm going to be finishing this up And i'm going to be praying four more in four more areas for you and doing four more Short teachings like that and then after that i'm beginning a brand new series on the holy spirit You're not going to want to miss it keep watching spirit church And that is it for that lesson I want to welcome now the new members of spirit church. 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