The Rock San Diego – 3/15/09 – The Invisible Man Is a Person

• God is omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent
• What makes you a person is not your body.  What makes you a person is the image of God in you
• If you do not understand the person-hood of the Holy Spirit, you will not have a powerful relationship with the Holy Spirit
• The Holy Spirit is more of a person than anyone you know

1 – The Holy Spirit is a He (John 16:9)

• The Holy Spirit can relate to your whole heart, your whole spirit, your whole mind
• He understands you better than anyone, even more than you know yourself
• He completely knows you
• He is not an it

2 – The Holy Spirit lives in you (John 14:15)

• He’s everywhere
• He’s not ‘out there’, he’s in you and around you everywhere
• He hurts with you
• He wants to help you carry your burden

3 – He has a mind (Romans 8:26)

• You don’t need a brain to have a mind
• God gave us a physical brain to mimic His mind
• Everything you can do, you received that ability in the likeness of God

4 – He has a will (1 Corinthians 12:11)

• God’s mind toward you is greater than the sands or the sea
• You have abilities that you don’t even know you have
• Talk to Him as a person who has a mind
• One of the first things He does is give you gifts (discernment, helps, faith)
• He knows what He’s doing – He’s giving you gifts for purpose, His purpose
• His desire is to fulfill your purpose on earth
• We are compatible to relate with God
• People’s council is second-class council, unless they are talking from God, which will lead you back to Him

5 – He can be grieved (Ephesians 4)

• Grieve = Cause to suffer
• The Devil cannot create – he can only pervert.  He counterfeits
• Walking after the devil’s trickery grieves the Lord.  He has so much in store for you.
• There is something you know – let Him lead you
• Don’t call Him an it

6 – The Holy Spirit loves you (Romans 15:30)

• The only reason you can love is because God loves you
• God wants to express His love through you
• He wants to think through you
• He speaks to you and wants to speak through you

7 – The Holy Spirit speaks (John 16:13)

• He wants to tell you:
  • Who you are
  • How he made you
  • The things he created you to do
  • The talents you have that you don’t know you have
  • The destiny for your life
  • About your friends and your enemies
  • How much he loves you
  • Even though you have cursed him, he’s ready to forgive you
  • Great and mighty things (even some of which are about yourself)
• When you let him guide your life, you’ll start to see opportunities open up for you one after another and start to accelerate
• When you start tracking down God’s path, he starts opening things up for you so fast, he doesn’t want you to turn around
• Make the Holy Spirit your friend – he should be your best friend 
• Renew your vow to him
• Ask him to lead you (and never let go)