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I'm tired of this.
Take it off.
Yeah.
I'm like, don't react, don't react on the piano.
Like it's just going to get like more, like,
the closer to the conference.
Tell me then.
I'll get the update.
Okay.
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Alright everybody, welcome to Steadfast Baptist Church.
Glad you could all be here tonight. Let's go ahead and take out our hymnals.
And we'll start off with our first song.
Go ahead and turn to song 327, Higher Ground.
We got new speakers right above you. I don't know if you noticed.
So now everybody can hear you better.
So we need everybody to sing nice and loud, alright?
Let's hear your beautiful voices. Song number 327, Higher Ground.
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Dear Father, we just thank you again
that we could come to your house tonight and hear the
preaching of your word. I just pray you'd speak to
us through the message of Pastor Shelley
that you would fill in with your spirit
and help us all to grow in wisdom and
grace and the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ. We love you and pray these things in
Jesus' name. Amen.
Next is going to be
411
The Fort.
Song number
411
Pull the Fort
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🎵Oh, my comrades see
the signal
waving in the sky.
Reinforcements now
appearing,
victory is done.
Pull the Fort
where I am
counting
Jesus' signal
still.
They've answered
back to heaven
by a grace
given.
See the mighty
host advancing
singing, leading
high.
Fighting then
around the
stormy
sky.
Hold the Fort
where I am counting
Jesus' signal
still.
Wave the answer back
to heaven
by a grace
given.
See the glorious
banner waving
near the trumpet floor.
In our
leader's name
we'll triumph
over every
foe.
Hold the Fort
where I am
counting Jesus' signal
still.
Wave the answer
back to heaven
by a grace
given.
Fierce along
the battle ranges
but our help
becomes our
great commander
cheer and promise
cheer.
Hold the Fort
where I am counting
Jesus' signal
still.
Wave the answer back
to heaven
by a grace
given.
Good evening. Thank you so much for coming to
Steadfast Baptist Church. If you need a bulletin
you can stand nice and high
and one of the ushers can come by and get you
a bulletin. On the front we have our Bible
memory passage, Psalm 148.
On the inside we have our church times,
service times, soul winning times
and I'm going to get a count for any soul winning
to report for the last few days real quick.
Was there anything from Thursday
to report for
soul winning?
One. What about
Friday?
Alright.
And then was there anything from Saturday
that was outside of our group?
Alright, another ten.
Praise the Lord on that. What about
today?
What was
I know, what was
Marcel, what did you guys, not Marcel
what was the other group that we
I guess the church band we had
you had two, you
and Doggo. What about
any
none? Okay.
Alright, so we had six for the church band. What's outside
of that?
Is that three?
Alright, so another twenty.
So we had twenty-nine for today. Praise the Lord on that.
And
keep up the great work on soul winning.
Thanks to all those going out there and
preaching the gospel. On the right we have a list of
several ladies that are
expecting. And so
some of you are going to have to deliver a child so the list
goes down. I'm just kidding. But
we have lots of ladies in here
and really excited about that.
Our prayer list, we have several
people listed there as well. Please keep them all
in your prayers. We also have
a way you can email us
or send in a communication
card if you have any other prayer requests.
Our Shreveport soul winning marathon went really well.
Forty soul winners and fifty-eight salvations.
I tend to think that if
you have about equal number
of
salvations for soul winners it's usually pretty receptive.
So to have so much more
just goes to show that it's a very receptive
area. And so
I'd really encourage, you know a lot of those numbers of soul
winners is even children. You know a lot of people bring out
their family. And so when it comes to just
the groups, you know a lot of people were
getting saved out there. It was very receptive.
And I didn't run into
anybody speaking Spanish. So if you speak English
I mean you know the harvest
truly is plenteous. And so I'd
encourage you if you ever go out there or if you're ever in that area
we'll probably just decide to go
back maybe next year or something like that
just because it went so well
and it's real receptive. It's real close.
And we went and ate the butcher shop
in Longview, Texas. It was really good.
So they had some good desserts and
everything like that. And Jacob
held on to us. There was like Oreo cheesecake
or something that he didn't tell us about.
But he enjoyed it so
He supplanted us this one time. But next time
we're going to get that blessing.
Alright on the back we have several events.
September 12th we had our music ministry
today. We also have music practice every
Sunday at 4pm until
our conference.
We have the Pure Words event on September
25th.
October 2nd is a fall swap.
October 6th to the 10th is the Firebreathing
Baptist Fellowship. One note
just as a reminder again, Sunday
evening service right after
we were going to have a dessert fellowship.
So if our church family would just bring
anything chocolate. No I'm just kidding.
It could be any dessert alright. Apple pie
you know chocolate
something. But it would
be really great if you can.
November 13th is our
Oklahoma soul winning marathon.
And then
there is a singles
event that's going to be at the Firebreathing Baptist Fellowship.
There is a sign up sheet but we're
going to have that thing go all the way
until the Thursday
before or the Friday before.
So the singles event is going to be on Saturday.
We just want people to sign
up so we have an idea of
how many guys to girl
ratio we'll have. Because that will be
important later alright. And then
that's pretty much all I have for announcements.
But let's go to our third
song for the evening.
Let's go to song 119
till the storm passes by. Brother Duncan
is going to lead for us.
Again that's
119
till the storm
passes by.
Oh
oh
As the offering plates are being passed around
please turn your Bibles to Ephesians
chapter 5. Ephesians chapter
5.
Ephesians
chapter 5 the Bible reads
Be ye therefore
followers of God as dear children
and walk in love as Christ
also hath loved us and hath given himself
for us an offering and a sacrifice
to God for a sweet smelling Savior
of fornication
and all uncleanness or covetousness
let it not be once named among you as
becometh saints neither filthiness
nor foolish talking nor jesting
which are not convenient for rather
giving of thanks for this ye know
that no whoremonger nor unclean
person nor covetous man who is an idolater
hath any inheritance in the kingdom of
Christ and of God
let no man deceive you with vain words
for because of these things cometh the
wrath of God upon the children of disobedience
be not ye therefore partakers
with them for ye were
sometimes darkness but now
are ye light in the Lord walk
as children of light
for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness
and righteousness and truth proving what
is acceptable unto the Lord and have
no fellowship with the unfruitful works
of darkness but rather reprove them
for it is a shame even to speak of
those things which are done of them in secret
but all things that are reproved are made
manifest by the light for whatsoever
doth make manifest is light
wherefore he saith
awake thou that sleepest and arise from
the dead and Christ shall give thee light
see then that ye walk
circumspectly not as fools but
as wise redeeming the time
because the days are evil wherefore
be ye not unwise but
understanding what the will of the Lord is
and be not drunk with wine wherein as
excess but be filled with the Spirit
speaking to yourselves in psalms and
hymns and spiritual songs singing
and making melody in your heart to the Lord
giving thanks always for all things
unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ submitting yourselves
one to another in the fear
of God. Wives
submit yourselves unto your own
husbands as unto the Lord
for the husband is the head of the wife
even as Christ is the head of the church
and he is the savior of the body
therefore as the church is subject
unto Christ so let the wives be to
their own husbands in everything
husbands love your wives
even as Christ also loved the church
and gave himself for it
that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing
of water by the word that he might present
it to himself a glorious church
not having spot or wrinkle or any such
thing but that it should be holy
and without blemish. So ought men
to love their wives as their own bodies
he that loveth his wife loveth himself
for no man ever yet hated
his own flesh but nourishes and
cherishes it even as the Lord the church
for we are members of
his body, of his flesh
and of his bones. For this cause
shall a man leave his father and mother and shall
be joined unto his wife and they too shall
be one flesh. This is a
great mystery but I speak concerning
Christ and the church. Nevertheless
that every one of you in particular
so love his wife even as himself and the wife
see as she reverence her husband
let's pray. Dear heavenly father
Lord thank you for all the souls that were won this weekend
thank you for Steadfast Baptist Church I pray
you fill Pastor Shelley with your spirit allow him to
preach boldly and help us pay attention that we might
be edified in order to better honor and glorify
you in Jesus name. Amen.
Amen. Let's look back at verse 14
the Bible reads wherefore he said the wake thou
that sleepest and arise
from the dead and Christ shall give
thee life see then that you walk
circumspectly not as fools
but as wise redeeming the time
because the days are evil
wherefore be not unwise
but understanding what the will
of the Lord is and be not drunk
with wine wherein is excess
but be filled with
the spirit speaking
to yourselves in psalms and hymns and
spiritual songs singing and making
melody in your heart to the Lord
giving thanks always
for all things unto God and the father
and the name of our
Lord Jesus Christ submitting
yourselves one to another in the fear of God
so the Bible gives us a
really clear admonition here that we're
supposed to redeem the time that we're
supposed to understand what God wants us
to do and it
tells us one of the ways to achieve
this is by being filled with
the spirit and so the
title of my sermon this evening is full of the
Holy Ghost full of the Holy Ghost
and I want to look at four examples
in the Bible where men
are full of the Holy Ghost
and see the benefits
of being full of the Holy Ghost
now I started here because
I want to first talk about
how you can be filled with the
spirit or one of the best ways to become
filled with the spirit notice what it
says here verse 19
speaking to yourselves
in psalms and hymns
and spiritual songs
singing and making melody in
your heart to the Lord so the way
that you're full of the Holy Ghost
is really comes down to this verse
speaking to yourself the word of God
and singing to yourself
the word of God but really
it all comes back to one thing
the word of God you know
reading the Bible singing the
Bible singing spiritual
songs this is how you fill yourself
with that spirit with the
Holy Spirit that's how you're full
of the Holy Ghost and then when you're
full of the Holy Ghost there's going to
be a lot of benefits attached to
being filled so I want to show you this
go to Luke chapter 4 go to Luke chapter 4
let's find somebody
in your Bible that was full of Holy Ghost now
when it comes to people that were
full of the Holy Ghost number one example
is always going to be Jesus Christ
you know the Bible says that God did not
give the spirit by measure
unto him meaning that Jesus Christ
was always full of the Holy Ghost
he's always completely brimming
with the spirit and so
because he has that benefit
he's able to
perform a lot of different functions
but Luke chapter 4 is going to be
the first time we kind of see this phrase
or see this specific mention here
but look at verse 1
and Jesus being
full of the Holy Ghost notice
that's who he is he's just full of the Holy Ghost
that's the state that he's in
returned from
from Jordan and was led
by the spirit in the wilderness being
40 days tempted of
the devil and in those days
he did eat nothing
and when they were ended he
afterward hungered
it's really interesting how Jesus Christ
he's full of the Holy Ghost
notice he's being led by the spirit
he goes into the wilderness
he's tempted for 40 days
that's a lot of temptation
40 days of being tempted directly
by the devil and it
says he didn't eat anything
and it says afterward he hungered
I feel like I've been hungry the whole time
but he says after he was hungry
that's a long time
now it's going to go through
the implications that the devil
was trying to bring upon
Jesus Christ it says in verse 3
and the devil said to him
if thou be the son of God
command this stone that it may be made bread
now you want to know
one of the devil's number one tactics
in trying to destroy Christianity
putting doubt on the fact that Jesus Christ
is the son of God putting doubt on the fact
that Jesus is God doubting who
Jesus is and you look at all kinds
of cults you look at all kinds of false religion
what are they constantly doing?
They're attacking who Jesus is
they're attacking that Jesus Christ is the son of God
and really
why are they attacking the fact that he's the son of God
because that's who he is
and if he is the son of God
that makes him God manifest in the flesh
that proves his deity
because the Jews
understanding when he called himself the son of God
realized that hey he's making himself equal with God
saying that this guy is God
if he is the son of God
so the devil is trying to put shade on
or try to
basically put doubt
in people's mind if Jesus is the son of God
even the son of God himself
he's trying to get the son of God
to doubt who he is
to doubt himself
and you know what the devil will also do this to you
the devil will try to get you to doubt who you are
now here's the thing
I'm not the son of God in the sense that Jesus is
there's two different ways to
kind of look at that phrase
I am a son of God
in another sense
and you know what the devil would like to do
is he'd like to put doubt in your heart
that you're a son of God
he'd like for you to forget that you're a son of God
doubt that you're a son of God
put doubt on your salvation
put doubt on the fact that God is with you
put doubt on who you are
do you know how you can stop that?
you can stop that by being filled
with the Holy Ghost
by being filled with the scriptures
that you are a son of God
behold now are we the sons of God
is what the Bible says
and when you're full of the Holy Ghost
when you're full of the Spirit of God
all kinds of verses can be flooded into your mind
and you can be like nothing can separate me
from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord
you know
his spirit bears witness with our spirit
that we are the children of God
so when you're full of the Holy Ghost
benefit number one
is you can stop temptation
you can stop the
the wiles of the devil
you can stop the false doctrine of the devil
but you know what it gives you
stopping power when it comes to
the ploys of
Lucifer, Satan
the deceiver, the accuser of the brethren
as the Bible describes him
because the devil wants to constantly come and accuse you
and slander you
and lie to you and make you
doubt who you are
you know what when you're full of the Holy Ghost
you can also be reminded from the scriptures
that you're a child of God
I'm a child of the king
as the great song is
hey when you're singing real loud
I'm a child of the king
it's going to be really hard for the devil to whisper in your ear
are you really a son of God?
it's like yes I am
and Jesus is the son of God
what did he say?
it is written that man shall not live by bread alone
but by every word of God
arguably I mean to me
one of my favorite verses
I just love this verse
every word of God
that's what we live by
and look how did Jesus overcome the devil?
by the word of God
and why is the word of God being brought to his mind?
because he's full of the Holy Ghost
so notice the benefit
of being full of the Holy Ghost
is it helps you to stop temptation
it helps you to stop foolish thoughts
false doctrine
all the things the devil is going to come
to you with
now we could go through this entire chapter
I don't want to necessarily go through all of them
go to James chapter 4
but the devil constantly is trying to tempt Jesus Christ
he's trying to get him to worship him
he's trying to get him to tempt the Lord
to try and
fall down and worship the devil
or fall off a cliff
it's interesting that the devil is always trying to get you to kill yourself
and look
the people that are constantly killing themselves
and cutting themselves
are constantly being afflicted by demons
they're probably demon possessed
and some people will say
oh man I don't know why this person
is constantly trying to hurt themselves
harm themselves or injure themselves
it could just be that they're literally demon possessed
people say
oh well we need more drugs
or they need to see a different psychologist
or they have mental health issues
they probably just need to get saved
because there was the guy
out in the tombs, he's constantly cutting himself
and he's like we are legion
that's probably pretty weird
it's probably pretty weird having a conversation with the guy
and so if you find people
that it's really weird having a conversation with this person
they're really mentally unstable
they're trying to hurt themselves
it could be they just need to get saved
and then once they get saved they have the Holy Ghost coming inside of them
and when they're filled with the word of God
with the scripture of God
when the devil comes and whispers in their ear
kill yourself, you can just say
go to hell devil
I'm not supposed to tempt the Lord thy God
you know what, I'm not going to do something so foolish
and so selfish and so evil today
you know what, if you want to stop suicide
get people saved
and then fill them with the Holy Ghost
by preaching to them the word of God
getting them into church, serving the Lord
you know what, it'll do wonders to your mental health
the word of God
the King James Bible
James chapter 4, look at verse 7
submit yourselves therefore to God
resist the devil
and he will flee from you
so notice, whenever you're submitting yourself to God
whenever you're going to be full of the Holy Ghost
that's going to give you the ability
to do something
what is it going to give you the ability to do?
to resist the devil
and when you resist the devil
when you stop the devil in his tracks
he'll leave you alone eventually
if you want the devil to leave you alone
what's the cure of being full of the Holy Ghost
resisting him
telling him to stop
and then he'll go away
so you may and I feel tormented every single day
well you know what, you need to start resisting the devil
you need to start telling him no
because the more you tell him yes
the more he's going to be there to afflict you
the more demons, the more
I mean this one guy had a thousand devils in him
approximately, I don't know
I mean a legion?
I don't know exactly what the number could be, hundreds, thousands
I mean this guy has a lot of demons
and a lot of devils
and you know what, the devil likes somebody that constantly says yes
what he doesn't like is someone that's
stopping him with the word of God
that's why it's important to be filled with
the Spirit
not only will he just help you to stop the devil
he'll just help you to stop sinning in general
because when you're really focused on something
when you're really
dedicated to something
it's going to help you to
forget other things
you know if I'm working really hard
I've noticed this about myself
that if I have a lot of tasks to do
a lot of things that I need to get done on a particular day
and I just start working
all of a sudden time just starts going like this
sometimes you'll skip lunch
and you won't even realize it
I mean I've done this before, I don't know if you've done this before
I'm just saying like, I've literally gone tons of
days in my life where I'm like working
or I'll skip lunch, it'll be like two or three
and I'm thinking like, I'm kind of hungry
you know, I don't even realize what happened
because I was so dedicated, I was so focused
on a particular task, well here's the thing
when you're just full of the Holy Ghost
and you're thinking about the Bible
and you're meditating on the scripture
and you're singing psalms and hymns
you know what you're going to end up doing a lot of times?
you're going to forget to sin
you're going to be like
man, I was so busy
thinking about the Bible and reading the Bible
and thinking about God and working
and doing what was right
I forgot to sin today
I forgot to screw up
I forgot to do all these things
you know what, when you're full of the Holy Ghost
you know the Bible makes it clear
when you walk in the Spirit you're not going to fulfill the lust thereof
you're not going to fulfill the lust of the flesh
you're not going to
walk in the flesh, you're going to be walking in the Spirit
so the benefit
of being full of the Holy Ghost
is that you're not going to be sinning
notice Jesus Christ, according to the Bible
was without sin
he who did no sin, why?
because he's full of the Holy Ghost
I guess he forgot, that's not really true
he can't sin, but I'm just saying
he can't sin
you know, when you're full of the Holy Ghost
you don't have time to sin, you're going to forget to sin
you're going to miss out on sin
because you're just so busy serving God
and you know, when you're not thinking about something
when you're not meditating about something
you're often not going to do it
why do we notice David committing horrible sin?
because he's not busy serving God
he doesn't go out to war
he just won around on the rooftop late at night
probably a bad idea
then he notices a woman
then he's thinking about her
then he's asking about her
then he's inviting her over
I mean, we can see where this is going
and then he commits horrible sin
okay, why?
because when you give yourself all this opportunity
to think and wonder about bad things
you'll often find yourself
doing those things
whenever you're constantly thinking about the Bible
and thinking about serving God
and singing songs about God
you're going to end up finding yourself doing those things
so, you know, it's good to fill yourself
on that which is right
because when you're full of that which is right
you don't have any room for that which is wrong
go over to Acts chapter number 6
Acts chapter number 6
so point number 1 I have this evening is this
if you're full of the ghost, it's going to help you to stop
sin, stop the devil
stop false doctrine
everything you want to stop, it's going to give you the ability to stop it
here's point number 2 that I have
and this is another great man of God
which all of the men of the God that are full of the Holy Ghost
you know, obviously it's probably
self-evident that they're going to be great
but Acts chapter number 6
we're going to talk about some other men
that are described as being full of the Holy Ghost
verse 3
wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you
seven men of honest report
full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom
whom we may appoint over this business
but we will give ourselves continually
to prayer and to the ministry of the word
and the saying, please the whole multitude
a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost
and Philip and Procurius
and Acanor and Timmon
and Parmenas and
Nicholas, a proselyte
of Antioch
here's point number 2, when you're full of the Holy Ghost
not only can you stop the devil
but you can also be selected
to serve God
you can stop the devil
but you can be selected to serve God
notice one of the attributes
of the men that they wanted to pick
to serve God was being full
of the Holy Ghost
and they specifically mentioned Stephen
was a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost
it's not just
random that Stephen gets selected
and you know what you say, I want to be selected
to serve God
I want to be chosen to do great things
for God, well let me tell you how you can get there
be full of the Holy Ghost
be a man that's full of the Holy Ghost
and when you're full of the Holy Ghost
you know what, God is going to want to select you
God is going to want to choose you
God is going to want to use you
in service for him
go to Titus chapter number 1
and Stephen's a great man of God
he preaches a great sermon
in the Bible
he does great works, the Bible says
many were added to the church after these men
were selected
it's not a coincidence that they picked this guy
that's full of the Holy Ghost to do this work
to be a deacon
I don't know what title they were given
evangelist or something, they're probably really a deacon
if you think about it
and then all these people are added to the church
all these great wonders and miracles and works
are being done
because if you're full of the Holy Ghost
great things are going to happen
now Titus chapter number 1
is talking about someone
that's being appointed to a particular task
look what it says in verse number 5
for this cause left by thee in Crete
that thou shouldest set in order the things
that are wanting
and ordain elders in every city
as I had appointed thee
just like Titus
was selected, he was appointed
he's then going to appoint
other men
he's supposed to pick other men
and when you go through this chapter
you're going to see all kinds of different attributes
that are describing these men
and look at verse 9
holding fast the faithful word
as he hath been taught
someone who's going to be full of what?
the word of God
and someone who's going to be full of the word of God
is going to be similar to what we've been talking about
full of the Holy Ghost
for a second to me
just flip backwards, just a page
and look at chapter 2
say well I want to be selected to serve God
I want to be selected to do something big for God
well you know what? fill yourself with the Holy Ghost
and I would say this
you have every opportunity to fill yourself with the Holy Ghost
because again, what was the recipe?
the word of God
singing to yourself the word of God
you know what? the guy that's not reading the Bible
the guy that's not singing the Bible
he's not going to be the guy that's going to get picked
and if he does get picked
he's probably not going to be that effective
because at the end of the day
the guy that's going to be really effective
is the one that's filling himself with the scripture
the Bible says we cannot but speak
we cannot but help but speak the things which we've seen and heard
like I said earlier in this morning
sermon, you are a sponge
and you know what?
when you fill yourself with black paint
black paint is going to spill out
you know what? when you fill yourself with the word of God
you know what's going to spill out?
the word of God
the scriptures
when you fill yourself with the spirit
you know it's going to pour out the spirit
and so it's important what you fill yourself with
and it's important what you meditate on
and it's important the activities and the things that you do
because they're going to have a direct impact
on who you are, what you do
the decisions you make
everything about you is going to be based on
the stuff that's coming in
I liken it under this phrase
it's kind of a carnal phrase
but I think it has a spiritual application
you are what you eat
if you look at somebody
you could probably guess what their diet looks like
from a physical perspective
but here's the thing
I bet you if I look at you with spiritual glasses
I can guess what you're eating spiritually too
and some people are starving
to death spiritually
some people don't even have
it's like you're about to die
it's like someone make him a spiritual sandwich
someone get this guy a glass
of the milk of the word
because he needs some milk or he's going to famish
he's going to die
and it comes to the word of God
when it comes to someone that's going to be selected
it's not the guy that's about to die
it's the guy that's able to handle the strong meat
it's the guy that's been feeding himself
the word of God
and he's ready to share that meal with other people
2 Timothy 2
look at verse 2
so notice in order to get selected
in the New Testament
you have to meet certain requirements
it's not just a free for all
it's not just well I just felt really called today
Pastor Shelley
I went yesterday when preaching the gospel
I ran into a young man
and
he went to a church called word of God
probably been a gospel
here's the matter
everybody that went to this church is unsaved
because I ran into like 4 or 5 people in a row that went to this church
and
he believed faith and work
salvation is a lifestyle
a lot of these people it's kind of hard to get them nailed down
quickly so what I just say is I say
do you think salvation is a one time thing or a lifestyle?
and they're like lifestyle
and that will help you get real quick down to what you need to say
Acts of the Bible says it's a one time thing
let me show you
so I show him and he's real receptive
he got saved
and afterwards he's kind of saying you know what
this is funny because all the prophets of my church
have been telling me
I'm like called to preach
that I should be a preacher
and if I resist
that God's just going to make it more prevalent in my life
and I said
well you know what every person that gets saved is called to preach
we're all called to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ
and to go out and get people saved
and I said and some men are called to
go beyond just that
even preaching sermons and being a pastor
or being a teacher or being an evangelist
and I said
if that's what you have a desire in your heart
you should seek it but here's what you need to do
you need to go to a good church
and start reading the Bible
and start filling yourself with the scriptures
because
I don't care what prophet
so called said anything about you
if you don't know the Bible you're not called
if you're a novice you're not called
you got to fill yourself with the spirit of God
you got to prove yourself
you got to be faithful according to the Bible
you got to show up
you know what I think of a person that's faithful
they're always there
you're never thinking this
where's this person
a faithful person you just can't get rid of
they're just always there
you just always see them
you can always count on them
you can depend upon them
not only that
if you're faithful
that means that you're full of what?
faith
meaning that they're not constantly
afraid of every evil that's out there
they're constantly walking by faith
they're constantly
secure in their walk with Christ
they're constantly thinking about spiritual things
they're constantly
reminded of
the successes
and the victories that come through Christ
they're not constantly thinking like
oh no
the protesters know my name
you know
I don't know if they know your name
but I mean
oh no
they know that I drive a car that
thousands of other people in this city
drive
oh I'm so worried
you know my family knows
they're not constantly biting their nails
and terrified and scared
and whatever
no they're faithful
they're full of faith
they actually believe the promises of God
their life looks like someone that believes the Bible
it's not someone that doesn't believe the Bible
it's someone that says you know what
everything's crashing around me but
I'm just trusting the Lord for it to all work out
I'm not constantly worried about
all the carnal things in this world
I'm not constantly worried about my job
I'm not constantly worried about
how I'm going to pay the bills
I'm not constantly worried about how I'm going to raise
a thousand kids
that's legit
I'm not worried about all these carnal things
I'm just walking by faith
and I'm constantly thinking the Lord is
going to be there with me
the Lord is going to provide for me
take care of me
with all of these other things, I'm believing the Lord is going to get me
through the difficulty.
It's not that you don't go through difficulty.
Hey, the faithful guy probably has gone through worse things than a lot of others,
but you know what?
He's real confident that the Lord's going to get him through it.
If I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.
That's what I think of as a faithful man.
He's the guy that like, man,
no matter what happens to this guy,
he hasn't lost any confidence in the Lord.
He hasn't doubted the Lord for one second.
I mean, he's standing strong on the promises of God.
Standing, standing, standing on the promises of God, my Savior.
I mean, this is just, when you think of that song, you think of this guy.
This guy is just, you know, he's so full of the Spirit.
He's constantly singing the Word of God.
He's constantly meditating on the Word of God.
He's just always there.
And you know, if someone's full of faith, you know what they're going to be doing?
The works of God.
You know, they're not going to be missing out on the important works of God.
They're going to be there, present, doing the work.
This is the guy that you're going to select.
The guy that's full of the Holy Ghost.
Not just some random yahoo off the street.
Not just some guy that decided that he was faithful.
Not, hey, I'll let you know when I've met the qualifications, Pastor Shelley.
No.
You're an imposter.
You need to have somebody else find you faithful.
I found myself faithful, Pastor Shelley.
I just want to let you know that.
It's like, that's weird.
You got to be there and let someone else find you.
And look, it's not like there's just these guys walking around that are just brimming
with the Spirit of God.
They're just full of the Holy Ghost and you can't find them.
Like they're just, man, there's just this guy that's full of the Holy Ghost.
I wish someone would notice him.
You know, God's up in heaven just thinking like, man, nobody's noticing this.
It's going to be obvious.
It's going to be evident through his works.
Just like Jesus walking into a town, it was evident.
Just like Stephen existing as a person, it was evident.
Just like Paul walking into town, they're like, hey, the guys that have turned the world
upside down are come hither also.
It's going to be clear.
It's not going to just be like, I don't know.
No, you're going to have an impact.
That person makes an impact.
You know, you should look for the guy that's making an impact in the work of God.
That's the guy that you want to select.
And you know what?
I want to be selected for the work of God.
Well, start making an impact where you're at.
So then you can be selected for the next level.
You can be selected to go into the big.
You know, when it comes to professional athletes, they have to prove themselves.
You know, the guy that's great in college is going to get selected in the NFL draft.
You know, the guy that's doing good in the minor leagues is going to get selected to
play in the pro league, in the major league.
Don't think that, oh, LeBron James, he would suck in the minor leagues, but he's really
good in the NBA.
It's like, no, if he was in the minor leagues, it wouldn't even be fair.
I mean, you would just be looking at him.
It would be like men among children.
You know, it's not like you have this guy that's just a super rock star and in the environment
is what's holding him back.
No.
No, you're going to be a super rock star in whatever environment you find yourself in.
If Jesus Christ was just a regular church member in our church, I guarantee you would
notice the difference.
He wouldn't have to be the pastor.
He wouldn't have to be the evangelist.
He wouldn't have to be the deacon or whatever.
You know, he's just going to stand out because he's full of the Holy Ghost.
Stephen's going to stand out because he's full of the Holy Ghost.
Notice when they said, hey, look out among you.
What do you think they were looking for?
The guy that was making the impact already.
Stephen.
That was there and they were like, pick this guy.
Hey, when Titus is given this appointment, when Timothy is given the appointment to select
pastors, what are they looking for?
The guy that's making the impact, the guy that's faithful, the guy that's full of the
Holy Ghost.
You say, hey, Pastor Shelley, I want to be selected.
I want to be selected.
Well, fill yourself with the Holy Ghost.
That's how you do it.
Go if you went to Acts chapter 7.
Go back to Acts and look at Acts chapter 7.
Works with my third point.
What does being full of the Holy Ghost give you the benefit of?
Stopping the devil.
Number two, being selected by God.
And yes, I believe when a pastor selects someone to do the work of God, that is God selecting
them.
Because that's how he ordained it.
That's how he picked it.
That's how he chose it.
Okay.
Acts chapter number 7.
But you know what?
He doesn't just make random phone calls.
You know, someone comes to me, God called me the other day, told me I should be a pastor.
It's like, bad connection.
You know, that was not the right phone.
He doesn't have your phone number, okay.
Acts chapter 7, look at verse 55.
But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up steadfastly into heaven and saw the glory
of God and Jesus standing on the right hand of God.
Now, we're going to use the same guy twice.
This is the only guy that gets this twice, this phrase, full of the Holy Ghost, Stephen.
He's selected, but he goes on from being selected.
Because there were seven that were selected.
But then only one gets this.
He saw Jesus.
Not only can you stop the devil, not only can you be selected by God, you can see Jesus.
See, I want to see Jesus.
Fill yourself with the Holy Ghost.
Fill yourself with the Spirit and you can see Jesus.
Let me show you this in the Bible.
Go to Matthew chapter number 5, go to Matthew chapter number 5.
At what point did he see Jesus?
He's being stoned to death.
He's being persecuted for preaching the word of God.
He's having strong persecution and evil come against him.
That's when he saw Jesus.
And you know what, you want to see Jesus in your life, I'm going to tell you how you get
there, but you may not like it.
It's through the eyes of persecution.
Matthew chapter number 5, look at verse 8.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
Notice you can see God.
The Bible says you can see God, and it comes from being pure in heart.
Separating yourself from the world.
Separating yourself from sin.
Separating yourself from the devil.
And none of this separating yourself among the flock by being full of the Holy Ghost.
And when you're pure in heart, you're going to see God.
And you know what, you want to have a pure heart, fill yourself with the spirit of God.
Fill yourself with the word of God.
Now, I want you to go to 1 Peter chapter number 4, 1 Peter chapter number 4.
You can see God.
You know, the apostle Paul had a great desire for this.
He said that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of
his sufferings being made conformable unto his death.
The apostle Paul said that he wanted to know Jesus.
He wants to see Jesus.
He wants to experience Jesus, and you know how he gets there?
Through the fellowship of his sufferings.
You really want to know what Jesus is like, you really want to experience Jesus, you really
want to get the heartbeat of the Bible, and it comes through persecution.
Look at 1 Peter chapter number 4, and look at verse 12.
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you.
As though some strange thing happened unto you.
Oh, forced vaccination.
It's not strange.
I mean, in the Bible they were forcing baby killings.
That was way worse.
That was way more evil.
You know, oh, paying high taxes.
That's not strange.
Oh, there's people protesting the church.
Not strange.
People don't like me at work.
Not strange.
My family is at odds with me.
I mean, think not that I'm come to give peace on earth, but rather division.
From henceforth, two shall be divided against three in one household.
Father against mother, you know, father against son.
Mothering laws are pretty obvious.
Brother against brother.
I mean, it's going to happen.
It's not strange.
People will be like, oh, this strange thing happened to me.
Somebody didn't like me for being a Christian.
It's like, that's not strange.
People will nod if the world hates you, is what the Bible says.
Verse 13.
But rejoice, and as much as you're partakers of Christ's sufferings, that when his glory
shall be revealed, you may be glad also with exceeding joy.
For if ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye for the spirit of glory and of
God rested upon you.
On their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
Now, notice the correlation to this chapter and what we see with Stephen.
It says very clearly in verse 14, for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you.
Notice he's full of the Holy Ghost.
He's being persecuted for the cause of Christ, and he sees Jesus standing at the right hand
of God.
The Bible says, hey, when you're approached for the name of Christ, notice the spirit
of God is resting upon you.
It's a correlation.
Hey, I want to be one who knows Jesus.
I want to be one who sees Jesus.
It's going to come through the lens of being a partaker of Christ's sufferings.
When you're stoned, when you're sawn asunder, when you're shipwrecked, when you're beaten
with rods, when you hunger.
You know when you hunger, and then you read Luke 4 where Jesus hungered?
You see Jesus a little bit more.
Whenever someone lies about you, and you read about Jesus being lied about, you see Jesus
just a little bit more.
When you have a whole group of Jews surrounding you, wanting to kill you, wanting to persecute
you for preaching them the truth, you can see Jesus.
Jesus is on the cross with Jews hating on him for having loved them, for having preached
them the truth, for having done good unto them.
You say, well, how can I know Christ?
How can I see Jesus?
How about be Stephen where you're surrounded with Jews who are throwing stones at you for
having what?
Preached them the truth.
Being full of the Holy Ghost.
You say, I want to know Jesus.
I want to see Jesus.
Hey, how about this, having fellowship with his suffering?
Think about this.
When you go through the same battle, when you go through the same thing, afterwards,
it's so much fun to talk about it.
It's so much fun to fellowship with that, and he's saying, you know what?
You get to go to heaven, and he's like, hey, Jesus, you have Jews hate on you?
I have Jews hate on me.
Hey, you were killed for the truth.
I was killed for the truth, and you get to have this great fellowship.
You get to have this great relationship with Jesus.
Hey, Jesus, someone called me a bad name on YouTube.
Like, cool.
I want to go talk to Stephen.
Jesus is like, I want to talk to Stephen about when he was stoned.
You know, you say, oh, I want to have a great relationship with Jesus.
Do you?
You know, think about when the two sons of thunder came unto Jesus, and they said, I
want to say you're right in left hand.
He's like, do you?
You want to drink that?
Hey, you want to be really close to Jesus?
You want to have a tight-knit relationship with Jesus?
You want to see Jesus?
You want to lean on Jesus' breast?
You better count the cost, because it's going to come through heavy persecution.
And you say, well, how do I get this persecution, Pastor Shelley?
Fill yourself with the Holy Spirit.
That's all you have to do.
Just fill yourself with the Holy Ghost?
The devil will come.
The enemies will come.
People will attack you.
They and all that will of God, being Christ Jesus, shall suffer persecution.
When someone fills themselves with the Holy Spirit, when someone's filling themselves
with the Holy Ghost, you're going to be doing great things for God, but you know what?
Great persecution is going to come your way.
That's why it's important to realize, hey, this is a great benefit, but you know what?
Obviously, it comes with a cost.
Hey, you want to see Jesus?
Get thrown into the fiery furnace.
Hey, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
They got to see Jesus in the fiery furnace.
When did they see Jesus?
In the fiery furnace.
In the persecution.
Hey, you want to see Jesus?
It's in the furnace.
It's in the fire.
It's in the being cast out of the city and stoned to death and lied about and persecuted
and all the evil that comes with it.
Hey, he said he was with you.
Hey, he'd be there.
He said, I want to see Jesus.
Well, you know what?
There's a cost associated with that.
You want to be a disciple of Jesus Christ?
It isn't free.
salvation's free.
Being a disciple will cost you everything.
All of it.
Go to Acts chapter number 11.
Being filled with the Holy Ghost.
Hey, it comes with persecution, but you know what?
It comes with a benefit.
He sees Jesus.
Hey, you can stop the devil.
Hey, you can be selected to serve God.
Hey, if you're full of the Holy Ghost, though, you have all the all the gates of hell coming
against you.
You have every evil coming against you.
You can see Jesus, though, sweet that you can see Jesus through it.
And here's the last one, Acts chapter number 11.
Look at verse number 24.
He was a good man and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith.
And much people was added in the Lord.
Now, let's talk about Barnabas.
Barnabas is our fourth man that's mentioned with this phrase, full of the Holy Ghost.
You know what I like about Barnabas, and you know what I like about this part?
He's a soul winner.
Hey, when you're full of the Holy Ghost, you're going to be a soul winner.
Hey, much people was added unto the Lord because of Barnabas.
You know why?
Because he's full of the Holy Ghost.
Go to Mark chapter number 1.
The heartbeat of Christ is being a soul winner.
You know what the Spirit is constantly, the heartbeat, and they're just like, win souls,
win souls, win souls, win people to Christ, get people saved, go out there and preach
the gospel.
Preach the gospel to every preacher.
Preach unto every nation.
Teach all nations.
You know, it's just constantly just like, preach the gospel, preach the gospel.
I mean, when you see someone, you know, when you're walking out in the world today, I sometimes
have this thought, I'm looking at all these people and I'm just thinking, none of these
people are saved.
These people are going to go to hell.
These people don't even know what they're doing.
There should be something inside of us that's screaming, that's saying, that person needs
the gospel.
That person needs to be saved.
Mark chapter number 1, look at verse 17.
And Jesus said unto them, come ye after me and I will make you to become fishers of men.
Look, if you're following Jesus, there's going to be something that's real evident in your
life is the fact that you're a fisher of men.
That's why someone who's not a fisher of men, I can just say declaratory, just real clear,
politically, you're not following Jesus.
People that are not following Jesus are not going to be winning souls of Christ.
The person that's winning lots of souls of Christ, they're following Jesus.
You know, you look at a pastor that has no one that he's winning to Christ, let me tell
you something about him, he's not a follower of Jesus.
Go to Matthew chapter number 4, Matthew chapter 4, you know, they always want to get up these
false gospel preachers, they always want to talk about fruit.
But isn't it interesting, they never want to point to all the people that they're getting
saved.
They want to talk about their sweet spirit, oh, I'm full of love and joy and the spirit
or whatever.
And it's like, you know what, it's loving to go and warn people about hell and to get
people saved and to drag them into church and to get them baptized and to teach them
all things whatsoever Christ commands.
That's the love of God is someone that cares about souls, someone that would drive three
hours to a town where they don't know a soul and just walk up and down the streets of the
ghetto and preach the gospel, hey, that person's full of the love of God, my friend.
And you say, eh, when are those people going to go to church?
I don't know, but they're going to go to the church up in heaven, to the great assembly
where the bishop of our souls is waiting for us and it's going to be an epic church service.
I don't know how it works, but every single tongue is singing at the same time, apparently.
That's pretty cool.
Matthew chapter number four, look at verse 18, and Jesus walking by the sea of Galilee
saw two brethren, Simon called Peter and Andrew's brother, casting a net into the sea.
They were fishers and he saith unto them, follow me and I will make you fishers of men.
And they straightway left their nets and followed him.
Look, when you are a follower of Jesus Christ, when you're full of the Holy Ghost, you're
going to be a soul winner.
The spirit is going to constantly say to you, win souls, give people save, preach the gospel
of Jesus Christ.
It's going to be constantly reminding you, look and live, my brother live, look to Jesus
now and live.
Hey, when you're singing that, something's going to be happening in your spirit and then
when you see people, you're going to be like, I just want to, hey, look and live.
Let me tell you how to look and live, my brother live.
And think about it, you're telling someone that's not even your brother yet, you're like
my brother, because if he looks and lives, he's your brother, he's your sister, it's
your sister, it's your family.
You're going out and finding your lost brothers and sisters, you have a bigger family than
you realize.
Let me show you how the spirit does this, I'm going to prove this, go to Acts chapter
number two.
Because you know when the Bible constantly mentions the spirit in the book of Acts, let's
see what's happening.
What happens when the spirit gets mentioned in the book of Acts?
I told you that when you're full of the Holy Ghost, you're going to be a soul winner.
We saw that through Barnabas, that much people was added to the Lord.
We see that when you're following Jesus according to the word of God, you're going to be a fisher
of men.
And let me tell you how you follow Jesus, it's called reading this book, called filling
yourself with the scriptures.
This is Jesus.
Welcome to Jesus.
Right here.
Now I want to see Jesus, well open your eyes and read the Bible.
Acts chapter number two, look at verse number four, and they were all filled with the Holy
Ghost and began to speak with other tongues as the spirit gave them utterance.
So notice the first time we have in the book of Acts, they're filled with the spirit.
And then what do they do?
They go out and they preach the gospel in every language.
And they get 3,000 people saved.
Notice when they're full of the Holy Ghost, what happens?
Fishers of men, dragging in a huge net, a huge harvest of souls, and getting all kinds
of people saved.
Look at verse 17.
And on my servants and on my handmaidens, I will pour out in those days of my spirit
and they shall prophesy.
So notice when the spirit comes upon you, what happens?
You end up preaching the gospel.
You end up preaching the word of God.
You go out there and you get people saved.
And he's saying, hey, in the last days, what's the last days?
From John the Baptist till now, he's pouring out a spirit on God's people and they're going
out and they're preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ.
They're preaching the baptism of repentance, which John preached, which was to believe
on him, which should come after him.
That is on Christ Jesus.
So if you go to chapter 8, go to chapter 8.
Let's see another time and let's see what the spirit does.
Let's see what the spirit says.
Acts chapter number 8, look at verse 29.
Then the spirit said unto Philip, go near and join thyself to this chariot.
What happens?
The spirit's prompting the evangelist.
He's prompting Philip and he's telling him to go join himself into the chariot to do
what?
To preach unto him Jesus and to get the guy saved.
So notice again, when you're full of the Holy Ghost, what's it going to do?
It's going to make you a soul winner.
Go if you would to chapter 10 and look at verse 19.
Look at chapter 10 and look at verse number 19.
While Peter thought on the vision, notice this.
The spirit said unto him, behold, three men seek thee.
So what happens?
Peter is told to go with these men, go unto Cornelius and to give them words by which
they might be saved.
Again, what is the spirit's main emphasis in the book of Acts so far?
Get them saved.
It's like, oh, the spirit didn't tell me that.
Well, the fact that you never go soul winning tells me the spirit's not even talking to
you.
How could you tell me that you're constantly hearing from the spirit, but you're never
going soul winning because that's his primary message.
That's what he's constantly communicating and telling people to do.
You say, I don't know if I'm hearing the spirit of God.
Well, are you constantly reminded to go soul winning?
That's the spirit of God constantly knocking on your heart, constantly knocking at your
soul and at your mind and saying, hey, you go out and you preach the gospel.
You bring them in from the fields of sin.
Look at chapter 17 and look at verse 16.
We think of the famous chapter when it comes to what you have to do to be saved, Acts chapter
16.
If you think a few verses before, what happened?
Paul and Silas were singing praise unto God at midnight.
And what is that going to do?
Oh yeah, the Bible told me, fill me with the Holy Ghost.
And then what happens?
A guy falls down and is just begging to get saved.
Soul winning.
Acts chapter 17, look at verse 16.
Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him when he saw
the city wholly given to idolatry.
Notice his spirit is stirred when he sees people given idolatry and it causes him to
want to do something.
Oh yeah, preach the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Why?
Because the apostle Paul is a man that's full of the Holy Ghost and when you're full of
the Holy Ghost, he's going to do something.
He's going to tug at your spirit.
He's going to say, hey, look at these people.
They're lost.
They're going to hell.
They don't know Jesus.
Open your mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel.
You say, how does that happen, being full of the Holy Ghost?
Look at chapter 18, look at verse 5.
Chapter 18, look at verse 5.
And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit
and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.
Notice he's constantly being, he's pressed.
You want to know who pressed him?
The Holy Ghost.
The Holy Ghost being in Paul and pressing upon him and putting it on his spirit and
saying win souls, win souls, win souls, get them saved.
How do you do that?
Well, how about your hymnal?
Go to hymns 377.
Hymn 377.
Turn to your Bible to Revelation 22, it's the last place of your turn, all right?
Hymn 377.
Rescue the perishing, rescue the perishing, care for the dying, snatch them in pity from
sin and the grave.
Hey, that's a good one.
Maybe when you're singing that, humming that, thinking about that, and then you see a whole
city given to idolatry, you might think I need to open my mouth boldly to make known
the mystery of the gospel.
Look at 379, just flip the page.
Bringing in the sheaves.
Sowing in the morning, sowing seeds of kindness, sowing in the noontime and the dewey eve,
waiting for the harvest and the time of reaping, we shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves,
bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves, we shall come rejoicing, bringing
in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves, we shall come rejoicing, bringing
in the sheaves.
Think about the verse you just sang.
Sowing in the morning, sowing in the noontime and the dewey eve.
You think that's going to be provoking you to go soul winning ever?
How about the morning and at noon and then in the evening?
Look, that's how you get filled with the Holy Ghost is when you're singing these songs and
you're humming.
You know, it's not just to come to church, you're just drunk, bring in the sheaves, bring
the sheaves.
You know, we're going to have to turn those mics down a little bit.
It's for you to sing it because you know what?
When you sing four verses, you know what I noticed after the service when people are
walking out, they start whistling or humming the songs that we sang in the morning.
And the next day, you'll end up catching yourself singing a song, you're thinking like, why
am I singing that?
Oh yeah, we sang it in church yesterday.
Oh yeah, I heard it the other day.
And it's going to do something in your heart.
Look at Psalm, not Psalm, hymn 389, just flip a few more pages.
You know in this hymnal, it has a whole section in the back where it's giving you like topics.
One of the topics is called soul winning, soul winning.
And you know, when you look at the soul winning list, a lot of these songs are not that popular
as far as the other songs.
Why?
Because a lot of Baptist churches have forgotten the importance of soul winning.
They aren't singing these songs.
And let me tell you why, because they're not full of the Holy Ghost.
You cannot, cannot convince me that a man is full of the Holy Ghost when he's not a
soul winner, when he doesn't care about souls, when he's not constantly emphasizing soul
winning, emphasizing the need to go out and preach the gospel to the lost.
Look, that's not an alive church, that's a dead church.
389, look at the third verse.
Out in the desert, hear their cry, out of the mountains, wild and high, hark, tis the
master speaks to thee, go find my sheep wherever they be.
Notice the master's trying to speak to you, the master's trying to wake you up, the master's
trying to say awake to righteousness.
Hey, go out and get people saved, get them saved wherever they be, go to the law, hey,
go to Shreveport, go to Ardmore, go to Waco, go to Mexico, go to Bahama, go wherever, wherever
they may be.
And you say, who's saying that?
The Holy Ghost, the Word of God, teach all nations.
Look at Revelation chapter number 22 verse 17.
We're at the end of the Bible, last chapter, notice what it says, and the Spirit and the
bride say, come, and let him that heareth say, come, and let him that is athirst, come,
and whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
Notice what the last message of the Spirit is, come, get him saved, let him hear the
Spirit speaking unto him.
Look, when you're full of the Holy Ghost, he's gonna help you stop temptation, stop
the devil.
When you're full of the Holy Ghost, he's gonna help you be selected to do the service of
God.
When you're full of the Holy Ghost, it's gonna help you see Jesus.
When you're full of the Holy Ghost, you're gonna be a soul winner, you're gonna be a
soul winner.
He say, man, I wanna know if I'm full of the Holy Ghost.
Well, are you stopping the devil?
Are you being selected to do the service of God?
Are you seeing Jesus through your persecution?
Are you a soul winner?
Just to give you not only a benefit, but maybe a test of where you're at.
And you can examine yourself and you can look to yourself and say,
Man, where am I?
And I'm telling you this, when you fill yourself with the Word of God,
when you're singing the Word of God, you're going to have so many different benefits
that are going to last a lifetime and beyond that to eternity.
Let's go to prayer.
Thank you, Heavenly Father, for giving us your Holy Ghost,
giving us the comforter that we can be filled with in the New Testament.
I pray that we wouldn't forget or neglect the importance of the Holy Ghost,
but that we would lean into his prompting, that we'd lean into his pressing on our spirits
when we're reminded of the Word of God, when he brings to remembrance scriptures
for us to go and to preach the gospel and to get people saved and to comfort those
and to tell them about the water of life that's freely offered to them.
I pray that our church would always be a church that wants to be full of the Holy Ghost
and that you would give us the Spirit even more than we have so now,
so that we could do great works in your name, in Jesus' name we pray, amen.
Amen.
Let's go ahead and sing another song.
We do have a baptism tonight, so stick around right after the service.
Go ahead and take out your hymnal.
We're going to sing song number 215.
Heaven came down and glory filled my soul.
Song number 215.
Heaven came down and glory filled my soul.
Oh, what a wonderful, wonderful day, day I will never forget.
Oh, what a wonderful day, day I will never forget.