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