Participants: Jill Morikone
Series Code: HLFT
Program Code: HLFT000024B
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00:01 Welcome back. We're talking today about
00:02 a Spirit filled heart; how the Holy Spirit wants to cover us, 00:08 saturate us with dew. 00:11 He wants to come into our hearts and lives, 00:14 and fill us completely. 00:17 We want to wait for the dew. 00:19 We talked about that last program. 00:21 We want to be watered by the dew, and to be equipped through 00:26 the dew for work, for ministry, for service. 00:30 I have a Styrofoam cup here. 00:32 And if I were to say, say it was full of water, and then I said, 00:39 Okay, I want to be filled with the Spirit, but I'm already 00:43 chock full of my own self, my own thoughts, 00:47 my own wishes, my own desires. 00:50 What would happen? 00:51 The Holy Spirit would try to fill me, and I might get this 00:57 much; just a little bit. 00:59 But what were to happen if I were to tip it? 01:01 There's no water in here, but what if I were to tip it 01:04 and empty out all of that water? 01:07 What would happen? 01:09 If I turned it right side back up, and the Holy Spirit poured 01:14 His transforming grace and power into my life, I could be filled. 01:20 Why? Because I'm emptied of myself. 01:23 I believe that surrender is crucial. 01:27 Surrender is important to receiving the Holy Spirit. 01:33 I told you before I have four nephews, and this story happened 01:38 when Caleb was just two years old. 01:41 Every time my sister has a new baby, I fly out for a week 01:45 to spend time with her. 01:47 The boys at this time were six, four, and two, 01:51 and Caleb was two. 01:53 We were playing hide and seek; Auntie Jill trying to keep them 01:57 busy while my sister could spend some time resting, 02:00 and being with the new born baby. 02:02 I started counting: one, two, three... 02:05 I could hear their little boyish feet as they scampered away. 02:08 ...four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, number ten. 02:13 Here I come, ready or not! 02:15 And so I started into the living room and I said, 02:17 I wonder where the boys are? 02:19 And I heard a little voice from down the hall, Ca-wub here! 02:23 And I ignored him, and I went into the bathroom. 02:26 Maybe Caleb's behind the shower curtain. 02:28 And I heard down the hall, Ca-wub here. 02:31 And then I went into the bedroom, and there was Caleb. 02:35 He had his head and his torso underneath the bed, 02:40 but his legs, and part of his trunk, and his little hands 02:44 were sprawled out in plain view. 02:47 You know how two year olds hide. 02:48 He didn't know that he wasn't hidden. 02:52 He thought he was hiding. 02:54 So I ignored him and I looked all the way around the room, 02:58 and finally I pounced on him. 03:00 Caleb's here underneath the bed! 03:02 He came out, his little baby face wreathed in smiles. 03:06 He toddled off to hide again. 03:09 And I thought, That's what God does to me. 03:13 I want to surrender my heart to God, and God never once 03:16 has said, Jill there's the greater part of your life 03:19 sticking out underneath the bed in full view. 03:24 There's a lot of junk you don't know about. 03:26 He never once criticized or ridiculed me; 03:29 not once, not ever. 03:31 Instead gently, day by day, as I spend time in His Word, 03:35 as I open my heart up to receive His Spirit, He shows me every 03:40 day a little more of the junk inside. 03:43 And when He shows it to me, He says, Give it to Me. 03:46 Surrender it to Me. 03:48 This week pray for the dew of the Holy Spirit in your life. 03:54 Our program, next program, next week, 03:57 is about the witnessing opportunity we have 04:01 as God's children. 04:02 Our closing Scripture: Now may the God of hope fill you with 04:05 all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, 04:08 by the power of the Holy Spirit. |
Revised 2016-05-17