Attracting the Holy Spirit; Atmosphere and Dreams

honestly, this is e first time i used finish an A4 size paper for my notes!!!! i was like cramping my notes at e bottom lol....service was great. message was great, fellowship was great. yup. sunday is e best day of my week! yeah...xD

SERMON NOTES

2 Kings 4:8, 9-10
-Giving makes room for a relationship -> a relationship is about giving
-'woman' represents the church; 'servant' represents the Holy Spirit
-We can never run away from the Holy Spirit -> He is everywhere

When the Holy Spirit passes you by, DONT just let Him pass by, GRAB HOLD of Him!

Give God the Upper Room of your heart!

4 ATTRIBUTES THAT ATTRACT THE HOLY SPIRIT (2 Kings 4)

1) Bed = place of rest (rest of faith)
-Faith is an attitude
-Faith is the opposite of fear -> Both are magnets
-Whatever you have faith in u attract
-Whatever you fear, u attract as well.

2) Table = fellowship
-Holy Spirit is a person -> He carries a presence.
-He has feelings, He communes, He has a personality.

3) Chair = throne
-God's power travels through an atmosphere of faith, but the presence of God travels through an atmosphere of worship.
-When we worship in SPIRIT and in truth, the Holy Spirit gets attracted to our spirit.

4) Lampstand = Word of God (Light)
-The atmosphere that you live in will shape your life.
-The culture u live in will be the culture you live out.

3 THINGS THAT BUILD UP AN ATMOSPHERE

1) The words you speak
2) The attitudes you carry
3) The songs you sing

-v11: youll nv know when the Holy Spirit will show up.
-> The most important part of your life, which is also the point in ur life when e Holy Spirit is most likely to bring forth His power into your life, is when u are at ur lowest point in your life!

Dont live on second-hand revelation, youve got to experience God for yourselves! -> dun depend on others, be it moods or their faith and do not copy others.

God has a solution and a Rhema specifically for you and you alone, at the right time, in e right place, at e right circumstances. -> hear God for yourselves!

God is not a formula, Christianity is not just a set of moral values and philosophies, but an encounter, an experience and a relationship with God.

Dont just know God in your heart, youve got to experience Him in your hearts and in your lives...

-v15-17: your destiny is not dependent on your friends, on the people around you....your destiny is dependent on the Holy Spirit.
-God has an appointed time for you and you alone -> He is always on time! In a relationship, trust and communication is the key!
-Dont ever think God has no time for you, God has all the time in the world! He owns everything in the universe living and non-living.

-v18-20: Why does a dream from God dies?

-ANSWER: A dream dies so that God can resurrect it in a whole new supernatural dimension in front of everyone. So that when people see the dream die, and THEN suddenly resurrect, they will say it IS a miracle. That with man, it is impossible but with God, ALL things are possible, and bring glory to God!

-Jesus was the dream for the world, yet He died so that now He has been risen and is seated at the right hand of the Father in Heaven and at His name every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord.

-God allowed the Dream of the world to die, so that He can resurrect it in front of all who thinks it is impossible and bring the Dream to a whole new supernatural dimension thus glorifying God.

-v21-22: Always MAKE ROOM for the Holy Spirit.
-God will never move unless you move, and God wont interfere in your lives unless you allow Him to.

DREAMS

-2 kings 4:34

1) Your dream must be SPIRIT-BAPTIZED
-Its not by your own strengths or abilities, but it is by the Spirit, Presence and the Power of God!

2) Your dream must be must speak God's WORD
-If a dream only speaks of how good YOU are, YOUR talents, YOUR abilities, then u can be assured, that dream may be successful, but it will not leave a legacy behind for the generations to come and it will not have an impact in society, in the world.

-The world may pass away, but God's words will NEVER pass away.

3) Your dream must carry the VISION of God
-God is for ever. -> Once ur dream is rooted in God's vision, u can be assured it WILL come to pass bcos what God calls for, He also provides for; whatever God started, He will bring it to completion and no weapon formed against it shall prosper!

-Do NOT put God in a box! -> When you limit God, you limit your dream.

4) Your dream must have God's HANDS
-It must accomplish what God has intended. -> If God is for you, no one can be against you.

5) Your dream must burn with the FIRE of God
-If you have the Holy Spirit, ull always burn ON, and ull never burn OUT!

-v35: the Holy Spirit must come upon you.

6) An anointed dream sees the VISION of God
-Jesus, the son of God hungered for e presence of God, He hungered for the Holy Spirit.
-Even though He was the Son of God, He wanted John to baptize Him. He told Himself: Whatever John has, I also want.

-Because of His Hunger:

i) Heaven opened and a voice spoke, "This is my son, whom I love. In Him I am well pleased..."
-Hunger for the Holy Spirit opens Heaven's doors and allows God to speak the Word, the Rhema into your lives. -> One word from God and your life will never be the same again!

ii) The Dove remained on Jesus
-When u have the hunger, the desire to grab hold of the Holy Spirit, to be dependent on Him, the Holy Spirit will come in power and anoint you and your dreams in power. Not only that, Jesus' hunger attracted the Holy Spirit so much that it remained on Him!

THOUGHTS

Dont just know God as Lord, dont jus know Jesus, but know that the Holy Spirit is Lord as well. After He is the third head in the Triune God.

It is because of Him that you have e strength to pull through every tough situation, it is because of Him that you can be blessed, it is because of Him, that you have the breath of life in you everyday when u wake up.

God is looking for true worshippers. God is looking for hungry people today. Will you say to the Holy Spirit today, "Thank you for being my friend. Let me be your friend!"?

Dont jus be a dry, religious believer that has no power in your life, make a choice to be a disciple today, make e choice to be a true worshipper, serious and on fire for God, someone that will worship Him in Spirit and in Truth, someone whos willing to take up his/her cross daily and follow Him! =)