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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Playing With POWER</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Whatever it Takes Pt 3</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>3.13.11
Integrity Bud Wrenn</span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Questions
to get to my doubt about Jesus:</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.2in'><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>- </span><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Do I sometimes have doubts
when I really think about Christ? (If the answer is ‘no’ then we are probably
trying to manufacture and impossibly perfect faith)</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.2in'><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>- </span><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Would I say that my
lifestyle is more generous or more stingy toward others?</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.2in'><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>- </span><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Is my view of the Holy
Spirit a Biblical view?</span></p>
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style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><i><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>John 14:15-17 (NLT) </span></i></b><i><sup><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>15 </span></sup></i><i><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>“If you love me, obey my
commandments. <sup>16 </sup>And I will ask the Father, and he will give you
another Advocate, who will never leave you. <sup>17 </sup>He is the Holy
Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive him, because it
isn’t looking for him and doesn’t recognize him. But you know him, because he
lives with you now and later will be in you. </span></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The
Holy Spirit...</span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>1)
reveals the gravity of my sinful nature.</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:13.0pt'><strong><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a
href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=Jn+16%3A8"><em><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>John 16:8</span></em></a></span></strong><em><b><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> (NLT) </span></b></em><em><sup><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>8 </span></sup></em><em><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>And when he comes, he will
convict the world of its sin, and of God’s righteousness, and of the coming
judgment. </span></em></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>2)
provides <i><u>spiritual guidance</u></i>.</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a
href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=Jn+16%3A13"><span
style='color:black'>John 16:13</span></a> (NLT) When the Spirit of truth
comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not be presenting his own
ideas; he will be telling you what he has heard….</span></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a
href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=Jn+14%3A17"><span
style='color:black'>John 14:17</span></a> (NLT) He is the Holy Spirit, who
leads into all truth. The world at large cannot receive him, because it isn't
looking for him and doesn't recognize him. But you do, because he lives with
you now and later will be in you. </span></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>3)
directs me toward <i><u>God's plan for me</u></i>.</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a
href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=Jn+16%3A13"><span
style='color:black'>John 16:13</span></a> (NLT) When the Spirit of truth
comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not be presenting his own
ideas; he will be telling you what he has heard. He will tell you about the
future. </span></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a
href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=Jn+14%3A12-13"><span
style='color:black'>John 14:12-13</span></a> (NLT) "The truth is, anyone
who believes in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works,
because I am going to be with the Father. [13] You can ask for anything in my
name, and I will do it, because the work of the Son brings glory to the Father.
</span></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>4)
points to <i><u>Christ and not Himself</u></i>.</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><i><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>John 16:14-15 (NLT) </span></i></b><i><sup><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>14 </span></sup></i><i><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>He will bring me glory by
telling you whatever he receives from me. <sup>15 </sup>All that belongs to the
Father is mine; this is why I said, ‘The Spirit will tell you whatever he
receives from me.’ </span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><i><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>John 14:26 (NLT) </span></i></b><i><sup><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>26 </span></sup></i><i><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>But when the Father sends
the Advocate as my representative—that is, the Holy Spirit—<u>he will teach you
everything and will remind you of everything I have told you</u>. </span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a
href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=Jn+14%3A6"><span
style='color:black'>John 14:6</span></a> (NLT) Jesus told him, "I am
the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through
me. </span></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>5)
<i><u>offers prayers</u></i> for us in times when we lose power.</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><i><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Romans 8:26-27 (NIV) </span></i></b><i><sup><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>26 </span></sup></i><i><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>In the same way, the
Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but
the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. <sup>27
</sup>And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the
Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will. </span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Why
we miss the Holy Spirit's leadership:</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>1)
Apathy,</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>2)
<i><u>Distractions</u></i>,</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>3)
Fear.</span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Getting
in tune with the Holy Spirit's leadership... </span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>1)
Consistency in prayer (<i><u>2-way</u> </i>communication), </span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>2)
Regular study and application of Scripture,</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>3)
Looking for spiritual significance of circumstances. </span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>4)
Awareness of ' <i><u>Nudgings / Hunches </u></i>' He may send,</span></b></p>
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