Main Thought
It feels great when one solution can solve multiple problems and meet many needs. What if there was a Person who could do that? Well, there is! The Holy Spirit can meet virtually every need in our lives - especially the immaterial needs of our inner being. Love, approval, comfort, peace and more can be found in the Holy Spirit. There are also specific, spiritual needs that the Holy Spirit came to fulfill. We need someone to lead us closer to Jesus. The Holy Spirit reveals the truth about Jesus to us. He brings our faith in God to life and raises it to new levels. We need someone to help us grow in God. The Holy Spirit inspires us to pursue God in faith. When we do, He causes us to grow and become like Christ. We also need a purpose and the power to accomplish it. The Holy Spirit empowers us to overcome obstacles when we make Jesus known. Why not seek the Holy Spirit’s presence? We have nothing to lose, and everything to gain! Every time we make a decision that honors God (like reading our Bibles, praying, rejecting temptation, etc.), we sow a seed toward our relationship with God. The Holy Spirit wants to show us that He can be everything we need.
Main Passages
13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. 14 He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.
- John 16:13-14
16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. -
Galatians 5:16-17
8 For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
- Galatians 6:8
Discussion Questions
What kinds of immaterial (mental, emotional, and spiritual) needs do we have as human beings?
Why do you think we turn to earthly or temporary things to meet the needs of our inner beings instead of turning to the Holy Spirit?
What’s one decision you can make on a regular basis to invite the Holy Spirit into your life?