Practicing Christian Leadership, Student Workbook, SW11

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C. The Christian leader as God’s physician seeks to understand the underlying root issues that led to the problem: the need for the mind of the Holy Spirit .

1. The Holy Spirit searches the deep things of God, even the very thoughts of God Godself, 1 Cor. 2.10-11.

2. God the Spirit can discern the deepest causes of our behavior and actions, penetrating into the very heart of the issues beyond the surface symptoms.

a. Rom. 11.33-36

b. Rom. 8.26-27

3. The Holy Spirit filled our Lord Jesus, and led him in all his doings.

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a. John 3.33-34

b. Luke 4.1

c. Mark 1.12

4. The Spirit of God filled the Apostles as they spoke and ministered in Christ’s name.

a. On the day of Pentecost, Acts 2.4