Catch the Wind – Week 7
Breathed Into Motion
The Filling of the Holy Spirit
BIG IDEA
The Holy Spirit doesn’t just come upon you — He stirs within you.His filling is not a one-time event but a divine rhythm.When the stirring comes, it’s heaven’s signal: It’s time to move.
“On the day of Pentecost all the believers were meeting together in one place. Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm, and it filled the house where they were sitting. Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them. And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other languages, as the Holy Spirit gave them this ability.”
—Acts 2:1–4 (NLT)
1. You Were Designed to Carry God
You were made in God’s image — designed for His Spirit to dwell in you.
“Then the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nostrils, and the man became a living person.”
—Genesis 2:7 (NLT)
“And when you believed in Christ, he identified you as his own by giving you the Holy Spirit, whom he promised long ago.”
—Ephesians 1:13 (NLT)
2. Filling Is Not Just a Pouring — It’s a Stirring
He’s already in you. The stirring is His signal to act.Sometimes what we call instinct is actually the Holy Spirit’s gift being stirred.
“This is why I remind you to fan into flames the spiritual gift God gave you when I laid my hands on you. For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.”
—2 Timothy 1:6–7 (NLT)
3. The Stirring Activates What’s Already in You
The filling is a reactivation of what the Spirit already placed inside of you.
“The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you.And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you.”
—Romans 8:11 (NLT)
4. The Gifts Are the Overflow
When the Spirit stirs, the gifts flow out to help others — not to highlight us.
“Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ.”
—Ephesians 4:11–12 (NLT)
“A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other.”
—1 Corinthians 12:7 (NLT)
“In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well… If your gift is serving others, serve them well… If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously… If you have a gift for showing kindness to others, do it gladly.”
—Romans 12:6–8 (NLT)
5. The Gifts Are Given for Impact, Not Image
Don’t confuse charisma with calling.Spiritual showmanship never impressed Jesus — faithfulness did.We are vessels, not the source.Let’s avoid spiritual ego and gift envy — and let the Spirit express Himself through our true selves.
6. The World Is Waiting on What’s in You
You don’t need a title or a platform — just a willing heart and the Holy Spirit’s stirring.
“Anyone who believes in me may come and drink! For the Scriptures declare, ‘Rivers of living water will flow from his heart.’ (When he said “living water,” he was speaking of the Spirit, who would be given to everyone believing in him…)”
—John 7:38–39 (NLT)
FAITH STATEMENT
I was created to carry the presence of God.I’m not just visited — I’m indwelt.The Holy Spirit is alive in me.When He stirs, I move.I receive the filling, and I express the gifts.Not someday. Not somewhere. But here and now.
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Catch the Wind – Week 7
Breathed Into Motion
The Filling of the Holy Spirit
BIG IDEA
The Holy Spirit doesn’t just come upon you — He stirs within you.His filling is not a one-time event but a divine rhythm.When the stirring comes, it’s heaven’s signal: It’s time to move.
“On the day of Pentecost all the believers were meeting together in one place. Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm, and it filled the house where they were sitting. Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them. And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other languages, as the Holy Spirit gave them this ability.”
—Acts 2:1–4 (NLT)
1. You Were Designed to Carry God
You were made in God’s image — designed for His Spirit to dwell in you.
“Then the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nostrils, and the man became a living person.”
—Genesis 2:7 (NLT)
“And when you believed in Christ, he identified you as his own by giving you the Holy Spirit, whom he promised long ago.”
—Ephesians 1:13 (NLT)
2. Filling Is Not Just a Pouring — It’s a Stirring
He’s already in you. The stirring is His signal to act.Sometimes what we call instinct is actually the Holy Spirit’s gift being stirred.
“This is why I remind you to fan into flames the spiritual gift God gave you when I laid my hands on you. For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.”
—2 Timothy 1:6–7 (NLT)
3. The Stirring Activates What’s Already in You
The filling is a reactivation of what the Spirit already placed inside of you.
“The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you.And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you.”
—Romans 8:11 (NLT)
4. The Gifts Are the Overflow
When the Spirit stirs, the gifts flow out to help others — not to highlight us.
“Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ.”
—Ephesians 4:11–12 (NLT)
“A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other.”
—1 Corinthians 12:7 (NLT)
“In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well… If your gift is serving others, serve them well… If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously… If you have a gift for showing kindness to others, do it gladly.”
—Romans 12:6–8 (NLT)
5. The Gifts Are Given for Impact, Not Image
Don’t confuse charisma with calling.Spiritual showmanship never impressed Jesus — faithfulness did.We are vessels, not the source.Let’s avoid spiritual ego and gift envy — and let the Spirit express Himself through our true selves.
6. The World Is Waiting on What’s in You
You don’t need a title or a platform — just a willing heart and the Holy Spirit’s stirring.
“Anyone who believes in me may come and drink! For the Scriptures declare, ‘Rivers of living water will flow from his heart.’ (When he said “living water,” he was speaking of the Spirit, who would be given to everyone believing in him…)”
—John 7:38–39 (NLT)
FAITH STATEMENT
I was created to carry the presence of God.I’m not just visited — I’m indwelt.The Holy Spirit is alive in me.When He stirs, I move.I receive the filling, and I express the gifts.Not someday. Not somewhere. But here and now.
The Way of Love
Elevating Our Love
Living by how we feel is dangerous. Our emotions and feelings are focussed on the natural.
Love is NOT a feeling…
LOVE IS GOD
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
—1 John 4:8
LOVE IS THE EVIDENCE OF GOD’S PRESENCE
This is how God showed his love among us:
—1 John 4:9a
LOVE IS THE FORCE BEHIND OUR SALVATION
He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
—1 John 4:9b
TRUE LOVE IS TO BE RECEIVED
This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
—1 John 4:10
LOVE BETWEEN US IS LOVE RECEIVED
Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
—1 John 4:11-12
LOVE IS THE GOD WE WORSHIP
This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God. And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.
THE WAY OF LOVE
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.
—1 Corinthians 13:1-8
Being IN God, we are IN love!
Being loved by God is different than trying to love Him.
Trying to love Him puts us into a mindset of doing, structuring, striving, working, all in the name of love.
Our love is best expressed by reflecting God.
The greatest identifying mark of a disciple is love. “By this all will know that you are my disciples if you have love among yourselves.
If you reflect the characteristics of God amongst yourselves – Not the characteristics of the things we prioritize (no matter how genuine) or the things that seem to be worshipful or religious practices (clanging symbol), we are in fact walking out what is His good, pleasing and perfect will.
LOVE REQUIRES SACRIFICE TO BE GODLY
Our Response To God’s Love is our Faith in His Sacrifice.
The World is transactional – we are sacrifical.
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
—ROMANS 12:1-2
Reflecting God’s love is changing our minds. When our mind screams out for justice, retribution and human rights, God prevails when SUperntural Love is presented to the situation.
But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
—MATTHEW 5:44 ESV
WHO IS THAT?
THOSE PEOPLE….
Hurting people cause hurt.
To Love Those Who Cause Hurt is To Retsore…
God, help me give people what they truly need, not just what they want. (Wisdom is priceless)
God, help me stay out of your way by not continually rescuing people from their consequences. (I can love without hav
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Catch the Wind – Week 7
Breathed Into Motion
The Filling of the Holy Spirit
BIG IDEA
The Holy Spirit doesn’t just come upon you — He stirs within you.His filling is not a one-time event but a divine rhythm.When the stirring comes, it’s heaven’s signal: It’s time to move.
“On the day of Pentecost all the believers were meeting together in one place. Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm, and it filled the house where they were sitting. Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them. And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other languages, as the Holy Spirit gave them this ability.”
—Acts 2:1–4 (NLT)
1. You Were Designed to Carry God
You were made in God’s image — designed for His Spirit to dwell in you.
“Then the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nostrils, and the man became a living person.”
—Genesis 2:7 (NLT)
“And when you believed in Christ, he identified you as his own by giving you the Holy Spirit, whom he promised long ago.”
—Ephesians 1:13 (NLT)
2. Filling Is Not Just a Pouring — It’s a Stirring
He’s already in you. The stirring is His signal to act.Sometimes what we call instinct is actually the Holy Spirit’s gift being stirred.
“This is why I remind you to fan into flames the spiritual gift God gave you when I laid my hands on you. For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.”
—2 Timothy 1:6–7 (NLT)
3. The Stirring Activates What’s Already in You
The filling is a reactivation of what the Spirit already placed inside of you.
“The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you.And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you.”
—Romans 8:11 (NLT)
4. The Gifts Are the Overflow
When the Spirit stirs, the gifts flow out to help others — not to highlight us.
“Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ.”
—Ephesians 4:11–12 (NLT)
“A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other.”
—1 Corinthians 12:7 (NLT)
“In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well… If your gift is serving others, serve them well… If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously… If you have a gift for showing kindness to others, do it gladly.”
—Romans 12:6–8 (NLT)
5. The Gifts Are Given for Impact, Not Image
Don’t confuse charisma with calling.Spiritual showmanship never impressed Jesus — faithfulness did.We are vessels, not the source.Let’s avoid spiritual ego and gift envy — and let the Spirit express Himself through our true selves.
6. The World Is Waiting on What’s in You
You don’t need a title or a platform — just a willing heart and the Holy Spirit’s stirring.
“Anyone who believes in me may come and drink! For the Scriptures declare, ‘Rivers of living water will flow from his heart.’ (When he said “living water,” he was speaking of the Spirit, who would be given to everyone believing in him…)”
—John 7:38–39 (NLT)
FAITH STATEMENT
I was created to carry the presence of God.I’m not just visited — I’m indwelt.The Holy Spirit is alive in me.When He stirs, I move.I receive the filling, and I express the gifts.Not someday. Not somewhere. But here and now.
