INTRODUCTION:

The Father's plan is for He Himself to come and take up His abode in us. This is not a one-time experience, but it's the development of an ongoing relationship, as the Holy Spirit comes to us and leads us. It's important to develop a relationship with the Holy Spirit by opening our hearts to Him and receiving what He is saying. This voice may come from the “God in the sky” but in this day, it is more likely to come from people who know Him and love Him.

SHOW NOTES:

• Christ is teaching us to function together as we come into oneness as the body of Christ.

• Before we come into a maturity in the Lord, we try things on our own to observe what's available in the world and eventually realize it is pretty dead.

• When a new person begins to search to find life and God's love, he will most likely find help from someone in Christ's body.

• Many people say they're being led by the Holy Spirit, but they may only be led by their minds, their imaginations, their own independence.

• As believers function together, they are being built up into the head—Christ.

• Remaining open and teachable is really important so we don't miss things that the Lord is trying to impart to us.

• Even if you don't get a witness the first time you hear a word, stay open for possible confirmation.

QUOTATIONS:

• The Lord in the flesh is knocking on our door; each one of us is Christ in the flesh.

• At times you don't know where you're at, and it helps to have someone walk you into it.

• As we love one another, the Christ in us begins to create these deep relationships of trust and love in one another.

• As we go into this deep oneness of the body of Christ, as we enter into it more and more, I believe we're going to be so open to the Christ in one another, that we will have our wills crossed, and we will be taken to places that we would not.

• Someone comes up with something that you can't handle, put it on the shelf for a little bit and let the Lord deal with you on it.

• I personally do not want to close off or reject something that I either don't understand or that doesn't resonate with me at that moment.

• It's not up to you and I to do it the first time around and get them (young people) on their knees and all this stuff. We're just there to plant a seed, and somebody else comes along and waters, and God will bring forth the harvest in the right time.

REFERENCES:

Revelations 3:20

Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me.

John 14:26

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit,, whom the Father will send in My

name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.

John 21:18

Truly, truly I say to you, when you were younger, you used to gird yourself and walk wherever you wished; but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands and someone else will gird you, and bring you where you do not wish to go.

Matthew 23:39

For I say to you, from now on you will not see Me until you say, “blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.”

I Corinthians 2:9

Just as it is written, “things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, and which have not entered the heart of man, all that God has prepared for those who love Him.”

John 16:12-13

“I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. But when He,the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.

Ephesians 4:15

speaking the truth in love we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ.

I Corinthians 3:7

So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth.

SUMMARY:

Now is the time to expect to hear people speaking beyond their normal ability to speak. We long to hear the words of the Lord that can reveal His will for our lives. It's time to open up to a relationship with the Holy Spirit so that the communication that comes in being with members of His body goes deeper and deeper.