Once again, I would like to welcome you to the
Quality Christian Living Podcast. I am your host,
David Friend. We're in our series entitled, The
Holy Spirit. I don't know how you can have anything
more powerful than speaking about the Holy Spirit,
so I believe the Lord has drawn us to that. And
today we're going to talk about the Holy Spirit
and how he brings faith into our life. So we're
going to look at these areas today. How does
the Holy Spirit increase our faith? Is it possible
to become a Christian without the Holy Spirit?
And why are faith and the Holy Spirit inseparable?
One last thing we need to get into and that is
this question of is faith possible without the
Holy Spirit? So there's a lot to cover. We're
going to get into a lot of ground, but I believe
the Lord's got something very special intended.
So I pray that you'll be blessed. So let's pray
now for this podcast. Heavenly Father, we love
you so much. I thank you for who you are and
I thank you for the gift of your Holy Spirit
who lives and dwells in all believers. So I pray
now that the Holy Spirit would come forth and
take control. I surrender this podcast to him.
I ask that he would guide and direct my thoughts,
my comments. I'm going to make a pretty bold
statement to start this thing off and that is
this. This could be one of the most powerful,
best podcast that you have ever listened to.
Now, why can I say that? How can I say that?
Is that boasting? No, it's not. Is it pride?
No, it's not. The reason I said that is because
the power of the Holy Spirit can take us to new
levels that we've never seen before. My answer
to that statement about being the best podcast
is simply this. This podcast can change lives
if I yield. to the leading of the Holy Spirit
and if you yield yourself and your thought and
your mind to the Holy Spirit, we will have a
connection that only God can put together. So
that's why I made that statement to God be all
the glory and God be all the honor and praise
and I take no credit for anything that takes
place in this podcast because it's only by you.
It's not by might or by power, but it's by your
spirit that things really great and glorious
happen. So let's move on. The Bible gives us
a great example of how the Holy Spirit can do
great things. In the book of Zechariah in chapter
4 verse 6 in the New Living Translation, we read
about Zerubbabel who was trying to rebuild the
temple in Jerusalem. The Spirit of God gave these
words in Zechariah, it was written down, 4, 6,
in the New Living Translation. So he said unto
me, this is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel,
not by might nor by power, but by my spirit says
the Lord Almighty. You see, we really can't accomplish
anything compared to what God can accomplish.
God's ways in the book of Isaiah chapter 55,
it says his ways are greater than his thoughts
are greater. They're higher than ours. Everything
he does is far greater than anything we can ever
imagine or think. However, when he said that,
That's talking about people who operate in the
flesh compared to what he operates. But however,
when we operate by being led by the Spirit of
God, the Holy Spirit, then we have the power
of God operating in us, that we can do great
and mighty things, not in our own power, not
in our own ability, but in the power and strength
of our Lord. And the anointing that the Holy
Spirit comes down, great things happen. pray
for these podcasts when we get started for the
300 this is my 319th now in a little over three
and a half years God's blessed it every time
we start there's one thing that I've always asked
the Holy Spirit to help me to do and that is
to remember to bring him into it and ask him
to take control to take charge to run whatever
we're doing because when he's in control great
things happen and that's how we have to look
at the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit is the
one that brings power to our life he's the one
that that increases the faith in our life and
and helps us to be able to accomplish things
far greater than what we are and who we are.
That's why we need the working and the leading
and the power of the Holy Spirit in our life.
I tell you, that'd make a good sermon right there.
I could kind of package some of that up and go
preach someplace. All right, these words that
I'm talking about... about the Holy Spirit are
not our thoughts and not our actions. But when
the Holy Spirit speaks and gives us something,
we've got to yield to His thoughts and take His
actions. And when we are led by the Holy Spirit,
great things will happen. I hope everyone who's
listening in really understands that when we
are led by the Holy Spirit, we are literally
being led by God Himself. God, through Jesus,
sent the Holy Spirit to come to earth to be our
help, our comforter, and to be with us and to
get us through every challenge that we face in
our life. So, let me just pray. I just feel like
this particular podcast might be filled with
prayers because the Holy Spirit is, I believe,
is working in a very special way. Heavenly Father,
I need to pray against... any self -credit in
this and that the Holy Spirit comes to anoint
this podcast and that He receive all glory and
all praise and all honor for what He's about
to do. I pray that I will yield to the Holy Spirit
for direction in anything I say or do in answering
the questions that we may have as we go through
this podcast and how the Holy Spirit brings forth
faith and how He helps us to have greater faith
by His encouragement, by His comfort in the things
that He does in our life. I pray that we will
not take control but we will allow the Holy Spirit
to take control and lead the words that are being
said today and lead the thoughts and minds the
way people are going to receive what's said today.
And I pray that the thoughts of those who are
listening in today will be blessed in Jesus'
name. They'll be encouraged in Jesus' name. They'll
receive power that they maybe never have experienced
before. The anointing of God will come down upon
them now and they will be filled with your power
and your understanding and your clarity and guidance
and direction. As we go through this podcast,
Father, I pray that the Holy Spirit would help
people to sort out decisions they're trying to
make and questions in their mind about the Word
of God or about the Holy Spirit that they'll
be answered in power today and answered by the
leading and guiding of the Holy Spirit as we
read the scriptures and as we speak about the
power and how the Holy Spirit helps to bring
faith into our lives. So Lord, I pray that you
would bless it now that you'd receive glory for
everything that's going to take place today and
I thank you Lord for redirecting my thoughts
and for helping those who are seeking clarity
of the working and the power of the Holy Spirit
and I pray that the Holy Spirit will help me
to answer any questions that might come into
my mind as they're led and anointed by the Holy
Spirit and he brings whatever he brings forth
I want to bring that forth to those who are listening
in today and I ask for all these things and I
give you all the glory and praise for it in Jesus
name I pray amen Well, there's a wonderful scripture
that I think I should read right now to kind
of keep this podcast going in the direction I
believe the Lord wants. It's found in Ephesians
chapter 2 and verse 8. It says, for by grace
you have been saved through faith. And this is
not your own doing. It is the gift of God. Well,
God's Word is filled with hundreds and hundreds
and hundreds of examples of gifts and promises
that he has for followers of Jesus Christ. And
one of those gifts is the Spirit of God, the
Holy Spirit who comes to dwell inside of each
and every believer. And it's only by God's grace
that this happens. And it's only by God's grace
that we're saved. It's not through faith that
we're saved. We're saved through the grace of
God. And then the faith comes into us being led
by the Holy Spirit to help us receive the Word
of God. You know, a lot of people say, well,
how do I lead someone to Jesus? Well, I don't
think you can lead people to Jesus. You can...
pray for them, because I do that all the time,
you can tell them what they need to say and all
that, but bottom line, the Holy Spirit is the
only way that a person can receive the faith
they need to receive Jesus Christ as Lord and
Savior. And so... We've got to rely on the Holy
Spirit for every aspect of our life, the work
that we do, our marriages, our family, or anything
that we take part of in our church, any activities
that we do. We need to be led by the power of
the Holy Spirit because God gave us the Holy
Spirit to strengthen us. He gave us the Holy
Spirit to take us into new realms and new areas
that we can't even imagine or even think. That's
how glorious it is to be led by the power of
the Holy Spirit. So the goal of this whole podcast,
this whole new series on the Holy Spirit is really
to help people understand what it means to be
led by the power of God, what it means to walk
in the Spirit, what it means to, not that we're
going to live perfect, not that we're going to
have all the answers when this is all done, but
we serve the one who has all the answers. The
one who has all the answers actually is living
and dwelling in each and every believer, and
so all we have to do is call upon him and ask
the Holy Spirit to reveal himself and to let
us know what we should say and where we should
go. I think that should even start in our life
when we get up in the morning. I get up and I
have my coffee and after I have a little breakfast
I have a dedication and a devotional that I read
and scriptures I read and I pray for certain
people in the church that the Lord has put up
on my heart. Just a number of things I do. It's
probably a process of about... 20 or 30 minutes.
It's something that means a lot to me. But as
I do that, I don't even like to get into that
unless I ask the Holy Spirit to help me and guide
me and lead me and direct who I'm praying for
and how much I should pray. And then when I go
out to get in my car, I don't want to drive out
of the driveway until I ask the Holy Spirit to
guide the path, the direction I'm going to take.
And sometimes I'll be driving down the road and
all of a sudden I feel the... really the presence
of the Lord. It's nothing spooky or anything.
It's just simply this wonderful guidance. And
they'll say, take a different route to work.
And I'm going like, OK, I'm not sure I know why,
but maybe take a different path to a place that
I'm going to go to instead of going down the
same street. Maybe turn on a different street
and move. And every time that happens, something
is revealed to me. I'll drive by somebody's house
that I haven't seen in a long time. And I'll
think, oh, that's right. They live there. I need
to call them. That's the Holy Spirit helping
me. to remind me that I need to listen to Him.
And as I drive by that person's house, I need
to write it down and remind myself to call that
person. And I believe the Lord can do that with
our life and can guide us and direct us. And
it doesn't happen every time that I drive out
of the driveway, but there are many times that
all of a sudden I'll take a turn and go a different
direction, maybe on my way to something. And
sure enough, I'll find something in that road
that I'm on that reminds me of something I need
to do or I forgot to do. or something that I
should reactivate in my life. And so it's just
something that's so wonderful. It's simple, it's
easy, there's not a lot of pressure, there's
nothing spooky about it. It's just simply the
power of God who wants to guide and direct our
lives. And I'm so thankful when the Lord wakes
me up, is kind of how I like to call it, he reminds
me of something that I should do that I haven't
done, and I thank the Lord for that. Now as we
move on, the Holy Spirit brings truth. Now we
know that because the Word of God tells us that.
We also know it in our own spirit when we receive
Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior because we have
the Holy Spirit come to dwell in us and we certainly
have more clarity on what is truth and what is
false. What truth, what real truth is and what
false things are and we know what, we even identify
sin, what's sin and what's not sin. and it's
clearer for us because we have the Holy Spirit
dwelling inside of us. So the Holy Spirit brings
truth to us. The Holy Spirit convicts us of sin
and our need to receive forgiveness. There's
not a person out there that's received Jesus
Christ as Lord and Savior that hasn't sinned
afterwards. You're not perfect and flawless.
You do things or say things or act in ways that
we shouldn't act. And I believe the Holy Spirit
is inside of us and helps us and reminds us.
Now, you need to call that person back and apologize
or tell them I'm sorry. I said that because that's
something that needs to be cleared up, and the
Holy Spirit gives us that. You know, a lot of
people say, well, I don't hear from the Holy
Spirit. I don't know what he's speaking to me
and whatever, and I have to disagree with that.
I think any follower of Jesus Christ... often
has the Holy Spirit speaking to them. Now, it's
not an audible voice. I've never heard the voice
of God, an audible voice of God, but I believe
the Holy Spirit speaks to me and I hear from
what God wants in me in my life by Him speaking
to me, like telling me that I need to do this
or I need to call someone or I need to go back
and clarify something or I need to apologize
to someone or I need to call someone that I haven't
talked to in a long time just to let them know
that God loves them and God cares for them. That's
the working of the Holy Spirit and He's working
in each and every one of us and He is speaking
to us that way and encouraging us to take action
in one way or another. The Holy Spirit is drawing
us in a way that only God can do it. You see,
we have faith to receive Jesus as our Lord and
Savior, but the only reason we do have that is
because the Holy Spirit is the one who draws
us. The Bible tells us very clearly that no one
comes to know Jesus Christ unless the Holy Spirit
draws them. That's the work that He has to do.
So I can lead people to, like they say, I can
lead a horse to water. but you can't make them
drink? Well, I can lead people to Jesus, but
they have to drink of the Holy Spirit and receive
that refreshment from the Holy Spirit to sacrifice
self and die to self and receive Jesus Christ
as Lord and Savior. Now, it is not possible to
become a Christian without the Holy Spirit. I
mean, it is. It's not possible, because the Word
of God tells us that, and I think that's a very
important point we need to understand. And that's
one of the ways that faith and the Holy Spirit
work together, because without the Holy Spirit,
we wouldn't never be able to receive Jesus Christ
as our Lord and Savior. Now following really
are a few scriptures showing how the Holy Spirit
helps our faith, how He encourages us and blesses
us so that we will have greater faith. Now I've
played back a couple little areas in here to
listen to my voice. I do that from time to time
just to see that it's clear and it's being received
properly and I notice... that I sound a little
either nasal at times and I'm having a little
bit of a respiratory thing here. It's just a
little allergy thing. So I'm not sick. I don't
have a cold or anything. But my voice has changed
a little bit. And I just think because I was
outside this morning and something flying around
in the air decided to mess me up. So let's take
authority over that. Father, I pray that you
would clear up my throat, clear up my speaking,
and remove this thing that's trying to mess up
my podcast today and the clarity of it. So I
pray you would and I receive that in Jesus' name.
Amen. All right, let's move on. Romans chapter
8 and verse 26 has a wonderful scripture. It's
in New Living Translation. The Holy Spirit helps
us in our weaknesses. Well, that's a wonderful
statement. That alone shows you how he helps
us to have greater faith. You know, it's basically
saying that the Holy Spirit will come in and
help us no matter what we're going through, whatever
challenges we have, whether we have a physical
problem, whether we're having a financial problem,
whether we're having an issue. in our marriage
or with raising our children or whatever it might
be, the Holy Spirit wants to come in and help
us and guide and direct us. And so when you read
Romans 8 26, that applies to every area of our
life. The Holy Spirit helps us in our weaknesses.
So whenever we are weak in some area, we become
strong in Christ because our weakness is overtaken
and overpowered by the power and leading of the
Holy Spirit to help us to accomplish what we
need to accomplish and to help us have the faith
for our healing or have the faith for a child
or challenges that we're going through. It's
only by faith that we can live up to so many
of the scriptures that we read. When the Apostle
Paul wrote Philippians chapter 4 verse 6 and
he says, to be anxious for nothing but everything
through prayer, petitions with thanksgiving,
let your requests made known to God. It says,
in the peace of God that passeth us all understand,
will guard our hearts and mind in Christ Jesus.
When He wrote that, He was being led of the Holy
Spirit. When we read that, if we're not being
led of the Holy Spirit, we just won't receive
that. We'll just go right back and being anxious
and worrying and all those kinds of things. But
when we receive that and we allow those words
to strengthen our heart, our body, soul, and
spirit, then we can then have the power through
the Holy Spirit to rise above those conditions
and those challenges that we're facing. And that
is the... with the way the Holy Spirit works
in us by us relying upon Him. All right, here's
another scripture, John chapter 16 and verse
13. Jesus said these words in the New Living
Translation, when the Spirit of truth comes,
He will guide you into all truth. Well, I mentioned
a little bit about that earlier in the podcast,
but what I'm referring to here is that when the
Spirit of truth comes, that means you know if
you're seeking for truth, the Holy Spirit will
bring only truth to you. He doesn't bring lies.
He doesn't bring falsehoods. He doesn't... try
and make things look different than what they
really are, the Holy Spirit brings truth to us.
Now the devil is the liar, the thief, the one
who comes to kill, to steal, and destroy. But
then Jesus said, and he said it in John 10, 10,
but I've come to give you life and give it to
you more abundantly. And when we live that abundant
life, we're being led to the Holy Spirit. Abundant
living is... Holy Spirit -led living. And a lot
of people think abundant living is how much money
you have in the bank. No, that can be a little
tiny piece of it, but true abundant living is
being led by the Holy Spirit and operating in
the divine will of God. Now, you ought to write
that down, I believe. That's something we need
to repeat in our own heart and mind each and
every day. That's how God wants to work in our
life and wants to bring the power of the Holy
Spirit to operate in each and every believer.
Now, in addition to that scripture in John, the
Bible says in John 16, 13 also, the Bible says
that the Holy Spirit will tell you, quite frankly,
about the future. He's telling you what's going
to happen. And you say, You're kidding me. You
mean he can tell what's going to happen in the
future? Well, let's put it this way. The Holy
Spirit knows what's going to happen in the future.
And he warns us to protect us about what we're
going to face in the future. He tells us to eat
better so we'll be healthier in the future. He
tells us to pray and seek the Lord so we'll be
led of God in the future. He tells us that we
should be peacemakers and settle disputes quickly
because he knows that in the future that'll be
a blessing to you. So the Holy Spirit is God
in the Godhead. God the Father, God the Son,
God the Holy Spirit, all one. God, the Holy Spirit
knows what's going to happen in the future and
he's trying to help us and prepare us so that
we'll be able to know how to deal with things
properly in the future. I think maybe sometimes
we don't realize the power that he has that he
really knows what's going to be taking place.
Let me give you an example of how I've experienced
the Holy Spirit helping me for something in the
future. A doctor once diagnosed me with a need
for surgery. and it was in my back. And it was
not a life or death situation, but it was a very
serious one that it could affect my ability to
even walk. And it was something that the doctor
needed to talk to me about and said, well, the
only way this is going to be cleared up is if
you just go and have this surgery and we got
you scheduled. Matter of fact, tomorrow we can
take you in. And I was at the hospital and he
said, you know, that's what I want to do. And
I just looked at him and I said, I don't think
so. And my wife was with me, and she said, I
don't think so either. And I said, I think, Doctor,
what we need is a little time to pray and seek
the Lord and make sure that we have His wisdom,
His guidance. See, I believe that was the Holy
Spirit telling me. Maybe you're going to have
surgery, maybe you're not, but not now. Why don't
you just do what the word says, go to the Lord
first and ask for help? So I told the doctor
that, and he said, we know this is serious. If
this thing doesn't clear up, you could have a
serious problem in your life. And I said, no,
we understand that, but let us have some time.
That's the Holy Spirit telling me to stop. Now,
there's some times when someone tells you to
do something, you go right into it, and sometimes
it works out well, and other times it doesn't.
In this particular case, I knew that it was better
not to have surgery than to have surgery in this
case. So therefore, we prayed, we sought the
Lord for it, and then we told him, is there anything
we can do in the meantime? And he said, well,
I could put you on some antibiotics to help you.
And I said, OK, let's do that. So he put me on
the antibiotics, and over a period of a couple
of months, everything cleared up. And finally,
the doctor looked at me and said, basically,
it's all cleared up. There's nothing there. He
said, I'm amazed, he said, because the antibiotics
I gave you was just to keep it from getting worse.
It wasn't really intended that everything would
clear up and there would be no problem. I didn't
think the infection would. ever be removed without
surgery. He said, but that's happened and it's
cleared and it's healed and the Holy Spirit's
the one that gets the credit for that because
he told us to stop and to pray and seek the Lord
and see what he wants us to do. And the surgeon
then basically said, well, I have to agree with
you. You made the right decision. And we just
give God all the glory and praise for it. Never
had to have the surgery and I believe in Jesus'
name will not have to ever have it. You see,
looking back on that story, I even know that
the The Holy Spirit knew what was going to happen.
He knew the future because He's God and the person
of the Holy Spirit. And He knew what was going
to happen. If I listened and obeyed to His voice,
then He had a wonderful plan for me. Here's another
scripture that has to do with this topic. Romans
chapter 8 verse 27 in the New Living Translation.
The Father who knows our hearts knows what the
Spirit is saying. For the Spirit pleads for us
believers in harmony with God's own will. You
know, that scripture is one that I could use
to do an entire podcast on because it just simply
tells us so much about how the Father and the
Holy Spirit work together for us to live in God's
will and how the Holy Spirit wants to guide us
as we move into the future. He knows what's out
there and He wants to help and lead us so that
we may the right decisions, we make the right
choices, we take the right, the correct actions,
and we know we'll do that if we're being led
by the Spirit of God. The Father, it says, knows.
our hearts, all the hearts of everyone, he says,
and he knows what the Spirit is saying, for the
Spirit pleads for us. The Holy Spirit is for
us, to the Father, in harmony with God's will.
So when we're being led by the Spirit of God,
this is just so important. When we're being led
by the Spirit of God, we know that we are doing
the divine will of God. And that's why, which
we'll cover in future podcasts on this, about
the Holy Spirit and the gifts of the Spirit and
many of the power gifts like tongues, interpretation
of tongues and prophecy and those things. When
we pray in the Spirit of God, we're praying according
to the will of God. That's a gift that we can
receive, and I'll cover that in upcoming podcasts
on this series. And I've covered it in past podcasts
dealing with the Holy Spirit. But we've got to
understand that the Holy Spirit works with us.
He's on our side. He's our advocate. He's the
one that represents us. He's the one that pleads
for us. He's the one that defends us. He's the
one that helps us. He's the one that leads us
in making the right decisions and the right choices.
So we've got to submit to him and yield to him.
And when we do that, when we do that, we will
be in the divine will of God in our life. And
there's nothing more important after you become
followers of Jesus Christ than is to operate
in the divine will of Almighty God. You know,
as I mentioned earlier in the podcast, and I'm
getting ready to close this podcast up, the Holy
Spirit draws us to Jesus, right? The only way
we can become a follower of Jesus Christ is if
the Holy Spirit draws us, and then by faith we
receive him only because of God's grace that
all that takes place. The Holy Spirit and our
faith in Jesus work together. You hear that?
Holy Spirit and our faith in Jesus Christ, they
work together. And when they work together, we
live a great life, we live an abundant life,
we live an overcoming life, we live a life filled,
quite frankly, with the joy of the Lord and we
can handle all the challenges that we face. That's
how Paul was able to write these amazing scriptures
that he wrote while being in prison and being
nearly beat to death and starved to death. He
still had such an anointing on his life that
he was able to rise above all those circumstances
and he didn't allow what he was going through
to him of what he was going to, what he was going
to receive from the Lord. Jesus said in John
chapter 14 verse 6 in the New International Version,
I am the way and the truth and the life. No one
comes to the Father except through me. He gave
us instructions. He was led by the Holy Spirit
to say those words. John was led by the Holy
Spirit to hear those words. I'm being led by
the Holy Spirit to repeat those words and you're
being led by the Holy Spirit to receive those
words to know. that Jesus is the way, the truth,
and the life, and that no one comes to the Father
except through Him. The only way to know Jesus
Christ as our Lord and Savior is to be touched
by the Holy Spirit, to be drawn into the power
of the Holy Spirit, to lead us, and to receive
the faith that we need to receive Jesus Christ
as our Lord and Savior. Now, in future podcasts,
we will see how the Holy Spirit brings abundance
to our life. We're going to see how the Holy
Spirit blesses our finances. We're going to look
into how the Holy Spirit brings strength into
our life. From this podcast, we've learned a
lot. We've learned that the Holy Spirit guides
and directs us that we couldn't become a Christian
without the Holy Spirit. We've learned how the
Holy Spirit helps to increase our faith by lifting
us up and comforting us and making us feel comfortable
in the fact that we can continue to pray and
continue to believe and continue to continue
to trust God for the answers that we need in
our prayers. We've learned that it is possible
to be... be Spirit -filled and be led of the
Holy Spirit. And we also know that it is impossible
to be born into the Kingdom of God and become
a follower of Jesus Christ without the leading
and the anointing of the Holy Spirit. We've learned
that why our faith and the Holy Spirit are inseparable,
we need them together, and we've learned that
the Holy Spirit is our Comforter. He's ready,
willing, and able to meet every need, every challenge
that we face on earth. Well, I hope this has
been a blessing to you. There's so much more
that I can say, but I'll be saying these things
in upcoming podcasts because I really believe
as we go through this I'm discovering that the
Lord has a number of areas that we can address
and a number of ways that we can discuss what
it is to experience the Holy Spirit in our life.
So my next podcast coming up is entitled Walk
in the Spirit. We're going to talk about how
it is possible to walk in the Holy Spirit while
we still live in an ungodly environment or an
ungodly world. We'll discover how the power in
us is greater than the sin that is in the world.
And we will look at the scriptures that lead
us into walking in the Spirit. And we'll understand
how to hear the leading of the Holy Spirit and
a whole lot more. There's a lot of things we
can cover, but these are things that the Lord
has put above my heart to discuss in the next
podcast, the upcoming podcast. So I hope that
you'll let your friends and family and neighbors
know that we're continuing this series. I'm seeing
a lot of interest in this series indeed. number
of downloads that are coming in, and I just thank
God for that. So with that, I'm just going to
close in prayer. Heavenly Father. I thank you
for this podcast. I thank you for those who've
tuned in to listen to it. They're tuning in because
they want to know more about the Holy Spirit.
They want to understand it. Some probably have
a great understanding, Lord, but for those who
are listening in, whether they have great knowledge
or teaching and understanding or whether they
have very little, I know the Holy Spirit can
teach all of us something new today. And so I
pray that those who are listening in, whatever
they receive today, they'll put it to practice
in their life. If they learn how to wait upon
the still quiet voice of the Holy Spirit, then
that's a great success, if they learn how to
trust God's Word for the answers, if they learn
how to understand that they're seeking truth,
that the Holy Spirit will lead them to truth,
and that the Holy Spirit will help them in their
weaknesses and their challenges, I pray blessing
upon them. I thank you for this time and I'll
be careful to give you praise for the great results
we're going to hear. In Jesus' name I pray, amen.
If you'd like to know more about quality Christian
living, I'd invite you to go to my webpage at
davidcfriendauthor .com and when you get there,
right on the front page, there's a link to all
the podcasts that we've done. This has been podcast
number 319. So obviously there's been a lot of
podcasts done. We've talked about topics such
as finances. We've talked about topics such as
having faith for miracles and operating in the
gifts of the spirit and just a plethora of topics.
So hope that'll be of interest to you. If you
would like to subscribe sometime to our podcast,
you can do that by going to cpnshows .com or
wherever you listen to your podcast. So with
that, I'm going to close out with this little
blessing I have for you. May the Lord bless you
and keep you. May his face shine upon you. May
he be gracious to you and give you peace. May
you prosper and be in good health, even as your
soul prospers. So until next time, may God richly
bless you. May you walk in the power of the Holy
Spirit and the anointing of the Holy Spirit.
And may he guide and lead all your thoughts.
all your actions and all your steps. May the
Lord just bless you and fill you with His power.
Thank you once again for listening to the Quality
Christian Living Podcast. I have been your host,
David Friend. Thank you for listening in.