Episode 19, "Step into His Presence––The Holy Ghost"

Episode 19, “Step into His Presence: The Holy Ghost”

Hello and welcome to Episode 19 of our series “Step into His Presence.” Today, we are stepping into the presence of the Holy Spirit, also known as the Holy Ghost. My name is Stephanie Wright, and I am your host for today’s episode.

Before we start, you can enjoy Episode 18, a flashback video on our YouTube channel @cgmissionsinc celebrating our 20th anniversary in missions. Okay, it’s time to step into His presence.

Next year, on March 23, I will celebrate 50 years since I accepted Jesus as my Savior and Lord. That was March 23, 1975. I have traveled for 50 years with another friend. My friend isn’t male or female, he or she, but my friend is a spirit. You guessed it, the Holy Spirit or the Holy Ghost. I was compelled to talk about the Holy Spirit because some of us have relegated Him to a bit part in a major production—our lives—instead of giving Him equal billing with the Father and the Son. It is no offense to the Father and Son if we recognize the Holy Spirit. They are not rivals with one another because they are One God in three distinct persons—the Trinity. They work in concert to fulfill the requests presented to the throne of God.
           We have forgotten the Spirit’s purpose in our lives. The Father and the Son sent the Holy Spirit back to earth to indwell and empower us. That’s what Jesus said about the Holy Spirit in Acts 1:8. “But you shall receive power (Dunamis) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
           The Holy Spirit has a specific work to do on earth. That work is to be our intercessor between earth and heaven—an intercessor for advocating or advising in any situation. So, when we have circumstances that we don’t fully understand—and there are many of those—we have to trust the Holy Spirit to intercede for us. The Holy Spirit knows how to interpret what we need for God to do. Romans 8:26 says, Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

I explained in an earlier podcast that the Holy Spirit is our advocate, like an attorney or lawyer. So, let’s think of it like this. You go to an attorney and explain what you need done. Your attorney will not go to the court and use your exact words. She will qualify or break down what you said into legal terminology so the judge understands your request. Most likely, what you say would not be in the language a judge would comprehend, but your lawyer will precisely and effectively word your request so that it is understood perfectly by the judge. That’s what the Spirit does for us. We say Holy Spirit, this is what I need. The Holy Spirit intercedes for you in heaven with the perfectly worded request. Then Jesus—seated at the right hand of God as our mediator with God—finalizes the request to God and God answers. I Timothy 2:5 and Mark 16:19. So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of  . . . Go to the transcript for the rest of the

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Episode 19, “Step into His Presence: The Holy Ghost”

Hello and welcome to Episode 19 of our series “Step into His Presence.” Today, we are stepping into the presence of the Holy Spirit, also known as the Holy Ghost. My name is Stephanie Wright, and I am your host for today’s episode.

Before we start, you can enjoy Episode 18, a flashback video on our YouTube channel @cgmissionsinc celebrating our 20th anniversary in missions. Okay, it’s time to step into His presence.

Next year, on March 23, I will celebrate 50 years since I accepted Jesus as my Savior and Lord. That was March 23, 1975. I have traveled for 50 years with another friend. My friend isn’t male or female, he or she, but my friend is a spirit. You guessed it, the Holy Spirit or the Holy Ghost. I was compelled to talk about the Holy Spirit because some of us have relegated Him to a bit part in a major production—our lives—instead of giving Him equal billing with the Father and the Son. It is no offense to the Father and Son if we recognize the Holy Spirit. They are not rivals with one another because they are One God in three distinct persons—the Trinity. They work in concert to fulfill the requests presented to the throne of God.

 We have forgotten the Spirit’s purpose in our lives. The Father and the Son sent the Holy Spirit back to earth to indwell and empower us. That’s what Jesus said about the Holy Spirit in Acts 1:8. “But you shall receive power (Dunamis) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

The Holy Spirit has a specific work to do on earth. That work is to be our intercessor between earth and heaven—an intercessor for advocating or advising in any situation. So, when we have circumstances that we don’t fully understand—and there are many of those—we have to trust the Holy Spirit to intercede for us. The Holy Spirit knows how to interpret what we need for God to do. Romans 8:26 says, Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

I explained in an earlier podcast that the Holy Spirit is our advocate, like an attorney or lawyer. So, let’s think of it like this. You go to an attorney and explain what you need done. Your attorney will not go to the court and use your exact words. She will qualify or break down what you said into legal terminology so the judge understands your request. Most likely, what you say would not be in the language a judge would comprehend, but your lawyer will precisely and effectively word your request so that it is understood perfectly by the judge. That’s what the Spirit does for us. We say Holy Spirit, this is what I need. The Holy Spirit intercedes for you in heaven with the perfectly worded request. Then Jesus—seated at the right hand of God as our mediator with God—finalizes the request to God and God answers. I Timothy 2:5 and Mark 16:19. So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. Mark 16:19. For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. 1 Timothy 2:5

Another way I like to think about the Holy Spirit interceding for us is similar to the meeting of a Board of Directors—the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. They come together the way they did in the beginning to create man—Genesis 1:26—God the Father said, “Let us make man in our image.” If the Trinity came together to create man in the beginning, they will come together to answer the prayer requests presented by the Holy Spirit today.

If you have accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior, you are entitled to the benefits the Trinity will bestow on you in that divine Board Meeting.

Let’s consider another scenario. Suppose you need healing in your body. The doctor doesn't always know the problem, but the Holy Ghost does. If you say, “Holy Spirit, I am sick, and I don’t know what is wrong, and neither do the doctors. Please intercede on my behalf and present my request to the throne of God.” Then, believe and expect an answer. The same can be applied to any situation you are facing. Don’t bypass the Holy Spirit. He wants us to acknowledge Him and respect the role He was assigned to in our lives. He wants you to give Him a lead role in your prayer life.  

It’s time to bring the Holy Spirit out of retirement and back to work in us. It’s time to let the Holy Ghost do what God sent Him back into the Earth to do—take a lead role in our lives. You’re either going to trust the Holy Spirit to intercede for you for the answer you have requested, or you’re not going to trust Him—but make up your mind. 1 John 5:14–15 reads, And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.

Don’t be like that wave of the sea in James 1:6, but ask in faith, without wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. Make up your mind. And let God know you trust Him and expect Him to answer your prayer because only He can. Then wait on the Lord—don’t waver, don’t turn to the right or the left—stay focused, stay in the Word, fast, pray, and do what God tells you to do to consecrate yourself before him.

For those of you who have been diagnosed with a severe illness, please listen to our podcast with Michael Dudley, who was miraculously cured of colon cancer and prostate cancer. Just Google: “CGM Presents: In the Word with Michael Dudley.” His wife, Andrea Dudley, shared her miraculous recovery from a stroke with no signs of the attack. Google: Empowered Through Hope, Andrea Dudley, Episode 6.

And the final podcast we recommend is about putting the Holy Spirit to work. Google: CGM Presents: In the Word, “The Power Within.”

These three podcasts supplement this brief message. You can listen to them on our website, www.cgmissions.com/podcast, Apple, Amazon, Spotify, and other audio platforms.

Finally, if you have not received Jesus as your Savior and Lord, today would be a good day to do so. Romans 10:9 says, if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God has raised Jesus from the dead, you shall be saved, that is, saved from a life of sinning against God to a life of serving Him and spending eternity with Him. 

Now let’s go to Apostle Charles for contact and other information.

Thank you for joining us today.