God the Holy Spirit, Mentor's Guide, MG14

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The Powerful Presence of the Holy Spirit Part Two

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Welcome in the strong name of Jesus Christ! After your reading, study, discussion, and application of the materials in this lesson, you will be able to: • Use the RABBIS acrostic to remember the work of the Holy Spirit in the lives of believers. • Explain the meaning and theological significance of the Spirit’s role in gifting, indwelling, sealing, and sanctifying believers in Christ. • Identify key Scriptures which show that the work of the Holy Spirit is the means by which God gifts, indwells, seals and sanctifies believers in Christ. Read Romans 8.26 . Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. [Read the devotion entitled “The Spirit Himself” from the course textbook Names of the Holy Spirit , pages 138-140.] After reciting and/or singing the Nicene Creed (located in the Appendix), pray the following prayer: Breath into me, Holy Spirit, that my mind may turn to what is holy. Move me, Holy Spirit, that I may do what is holy. Strengthen me, Holy Spirit, that I may preserve what is holy. Protect me, Holy Spirit, that I may never lose what is holy. Amen. The Spirit Himself

Lesson Objectives

Devotion

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Nicene Creed and Prayer

~ Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo and one of the key theologians of the Church. He lived from 354 to 410 AD. William Lane, S.J. Praying with the Saints . Dublin, Ireland: Veritas, 1989. p. 20.