1. SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEY TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS “JOURNEY” “U” MUST BE SPIRITUALLY PREPARED

2. SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEY THE BASIC PREPARATION IS SIMPLE!!! “KNOW JESUS CHRIST AS LORD (BOSS) AND SAVIOR!!!!” WHY????????

3. SO HE CAN BE YOUR SPIRITUAL GUIDE ON THIS JOURNEY

4. SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEY (!!Getting To Know The HOLY SPIRIT!!) I) John 16:7b “For if I go not away, “the Comforter” will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send Him unto you” The Good News Bible (TGN) “Because if I do not go, the Helper will not come to you. But if I do go away, then I will send Him to you”

5. SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEY (!!Getting To Know The HOLY SPIRIT!!) “To know This Requires We Answer” “2 Questions” 1 st ) “Who is The Holy Spirit?” 1a) Acts 5:4b “Thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God” (TGN) “You have not lied to men-you have lied to GOD.” (TGN) “You have not lied to men-you have lied to GOD.”

6. 1b) John 14:16 “And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another ‘Comforter,’ that He may abide with you forever” (TGN) “I will ask the Father, and he will give another Helper, who will stay with you forever” SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEY (!!Getting To Know The HOLY SPIRIT!!)

7. 2 nd ) “What Does The Holy Spirit Do?” 2a) The Holy Spirit “Draws Us” John 16:8 “And when He is come, He will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment” (TGN) “And when He comes, He will prove to the people of the world that they are wrong about sin and about what is right and about God’s judgment”

8. 2b) The Holy Spirit “Indwells Us” John 14:17b “But ye know Him, for He dwelleth with you, and shall be in you” (TGN) “But you know Him, because He remains with you and is in you” I Corin. 3:16 “Know ye not that ye are the ‘temple of God,’ and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you” (TGN) “Surely you know that you are God’s temple and that God’s spirit lives in you” SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEY (!!Getting To Know The HOLY SPIRIT!!)

9. 2c) The Holy Spirit “Empowers Us” John 6:38 “For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of Him that sent me” (TGN) “Because I have come down from heaven to do not my own will but the will of Him who sent me” SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEY (!!Getting To Know The HOLY SPIRIT!!)

10. 2c) The Holy Spirit “Empowers Us” (cont.) Eph. 3:20 “Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us” (TGN) “To Him by means of His power working in us is able to do so much more than we can ever ask for, or even think of” Philip. 2:13 “For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure” (TGN) “Because God is always at work in you to make you willing and able to obey His own purpose” SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEY (!!Getting To Know The HOLY SPIRIT!!)

11. 2d) The Holy Spirit “Helps Us” John 14:26 “Comforter” (TGN) “Helper” 2e) The Holy Spirit “Guides Us” John 17:17b “Thy word is truth” (TGN) “Your word is truth” SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEY (!!Getting To Know The HOLY SPIRIT!!)

12. 2f) The Holy Spirit “Intercedes for Us” Romans 8:27b “Because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God” (TGN) “Because the Spirit pleads with God on behalf of His people and in accordance with His will” SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEY (!!Getting To Know The HOLY SPIRIT!!)

13. 2g) The Holy Spirit “Fills Us” Eph. 4:32 “And be ye kind one another, tender hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you” (TGN) “Instead be kind and tender-hearted to one another, and forgive one another, as God has forgiven you through Christ” SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEY (!!Getting To Know The HOLY SPIRIT!!)

14. “Which thing gives YOUR life the most” “Comfort and WHY??” HE EMPOWERS ME He gives me the courage and strength to take on task that I might otherwise run away from. I feel as if nothing is impossible when EMPOWERED with Him in ME He gives me the courage and strength to take on task that I might otherwise run away from. I feel as if nothing is impossible when EMPOWERED with Him in ME

15. NEXT WEEK!!!! !!!GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH!!! !!!THE BIBLE!!! “JOURNEY THROUGH SPIRITUAL” “BOOT CAMP”