Are You Really Led by the Spirit?
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In “Are You Really Led by the Spirit,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about holiness, the Holy Spirit, the authority of Scripture. Drawing especially from Romans 2, Romans 7, Proverbs 3, Isaiah 55, the teaching emphasizes that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that the Holy Spirit leads, equips, corrects, and strengthens believers who yield to God.
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Odle focuses on prayer. The message argues that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him. It connects this with the conviction that the Holy Spirit leads, equips, corrects, and strengthens believers who yield to God. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on prayer. The message argues that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him. It connects this with the conviction that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on the authority of Scripture while working through Romans 2, Romans 7, Proverbs 3. The message argues that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. It connects this with the conviction that natural emotion and self-directed reasoning must yield to the Holy Spirit and the mind of Christ. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on holiness while working through Matthew 16, Matthew 17. The message argues that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. It connects this with the conviction that the Holy Spirit leads, equips, corrects, and strengthens believers who yield to God. The practical emphasis is to remain watchful, grounded in Scripture, and ready to obey Christ.
Odle focuses on faith. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on holiness while working through Acts 16, Psalm 104, Psalm 109. The message argues that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. It connects this with the conviction that the Holy Spirit leads, equips, corrects, and strengthens believers who yield to God. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on holiness while working through Colossians 3, John 16, John 10. The message argues that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. It connects this with the conviction that the Holy Spirit leads, equips, corrects, and strengthens believers who yield to God. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on the Holy Spirit while working through Romans 8. The message argues that the Holy Spirit leads, equips, corrects, and strengthens believers who yield to God. It connects this with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
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we glorify the name above every name the name Jesus Lord we thank you so much Lord that you long for us to draw near to you you long for us to go deeper into the things of the spirit into the realm of the spirit father I ask you today to speak to our hearts change our lives put within us a desire and not just a desire Lord but the discipline to dig deeper to go further to truly become Christian people that are led by the Holy Spirit more than anything else father we pray that today in Jesus name amen amen you may be seated this morning we welcome you to Fire and Grace Church visitors this morning those listening by Blog Talk Radio we welcome you uh I'm Pastor Dean odle so you'll just have to mingle around and meet everybody else later I want everybody to turn this morning first we're going to turn to um let's turn to first Thessalonians chapter 5. first Thessalonians chapter five today I'm gonna share just a little bit about asking the question are you really led by the holy spirit because and what did I say first Thessalonians my mind's just thinking on so many things um and for those of you who maybe want to go back and do a little homework this is kind of a continuation of a message I did about a year ago called the soulish Christian I believe it's on iTunes it's also on Soundcloud just you can type in www.soundcloud.com forward slash my name deanodle and it'll take you to it you have to scroll down uh some people like SoundCloud some people like iTunes um but anyway um this is something I think that we always need to revisit because you know the Bible is very clear and we're going to go there in a minute but in Romans chapter 8 says that the sons of God and that means the Sons and Daughters of God are led by the spirit of God okay but too many times what I'm discovering is that most Christians are rarely led by the spirit of God they're led by the flesh they're led by their own mind their own emotions their own will
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or even the devil demon spirits and really that shouldn't be the case especially if you've been a Christian for any amount of time we really should be a people dominated by are allowing of course the Holy Spirit to dominate and flow through our lives and I bring this up and I'm going to explain this because you know we have had quite the battle the last couple of weeks both in our home with sickness like we haven't had in a very very long time but also externally but at the same time let me let me share this testimony with you I won't give out the name just yet because this is so public but you know we're going through these different various battles uh even the battles we have with our old house and we go through these battles and um what was beautiful is uh what was it was it yesterday it was uh Friday it was Friday when I was I was getting ready to head to work to go you know fix a little problem on a job that I was doing and so right before I left around lunchtime I get a phone call and someone that Nancy and I have been praying for and even some of you I'm not going to tell you yet because I'm gonna let them come to church but we've been praying for this person for a long time been witnessing to this person and they called me on the phone in tears choked up saying I want to get saved and just said you know the guy told me he said you know he said you know I have been getting my life in order I've been doing a lot of things better A lot of things different but I knew it wasn't enough and he goes I knew something's missing and I said yeah because if being a good person alone or trying to do better was enough to get you right with God and get you on the way to heaven then Jesus didn't have to die on the cross for our sins I said so being good is not going to save you I said it's good to be good don't get me wrong but that alone will not save you you must believe in Jesus Christ that he died on the cross for your sins and rose from the dead and I I explained to him you know it's becoming a disciple and he understood that and let him in the prayer over the phone to accept Jesus to ask for forgiveness of his sins the power of God was all over it um but that's what I'm saying you know what I and I wrote this on Facebook I said I've discovered that even though you have you may be going through periods of difficulty internal strife or internal battles external you may be going through all these things but you know the Lord's strength is made perfect in
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weakness and when you think you you've got nothing here he comes somebody you've been witnessing to for three or four years and they I want to get saved you're like wow okay Lord you know thank you um within this battle time period of course I shared last Sunday and I shared Tuesday night on our radio program a time that I had in prayer last Saturday night not this not last night was the Saturday before and how I really wasn't praying about the United States of America I wasn't praying about the election in fact you know I was so done with being deceived and lied to by politicians that I pretty much said I don't trust any of them and I don't care about any of them but I was praying and this is what I'm going to talk about the more the difference between being led by the holy spirit being led by your own understanding or your own emotions and I'm I'm in prayer and the Holy Spirit comes all over in prayer and uh of course I've already made some people mad with this but I can only share what the Holy Spirit does and tells me to share right you can like it you cannot like it it's not my problem after that um but I'm praying and the Holy Spirit comes over me and just you know moves me into this time of Supernatural just intercession just his presence and Glory all of me I'm I'm weeping tears I'm praying for America I know we're going to be judged I know that there's wrath and enemies coming and attacks coming and uh economic collapses coming we've got we got all kind of troubles coming our way war is coming World War Three is coming and we got all these troubles coming our way we've got enemies within we've got we've we've got Traders within our our country within our government they're trying to flood more of these dangerous Muslims into our country and so we're in a precarious situation we're in a you know as Paul said the last days would be perilous or dangerous times to live in um but the Holy Spirit moved on me to pray the prayer of the Prophet habakkuk or habakkuk however you want to say it people say a different way but chapter three where he said Lord I heard your speech I heard what you were saying and this was particularly about the time of the Babylonian invasion of Israel because Israel had given themselves the children of God the people of God had given themselves over to idolatry paganism uh adultery fornication just they just giving themselves over to sin and God said okay I'm going to let your enemies come the Babylonians are going to come and they're going to destroy the temple
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they're going to take over your land and you're going to be in captivity for 70 years and the prophet heard this and he knew when God speaks this kind of thing it's going to happen when there's certain prophecies I said last week they're written in stone they're going to happen we can't stop them judgment is Coming To America that is coming and it's coming to the whole world we're going to enter into the Great Tribulation and yes all Christians are going to be here no pre-tribulation Rapture get that out of your head we're going to be here Bible says it's clear as crystal clear okay um but having said that I the the prophet prayed in Lord I heard your speech and I was afraid he says but in Wrath even in your wrath remember mercy and revive your work in the midst of those years and see I do believe there's going to be a move of God there's going to be a Revival in the midst of God's Wrath being poured out and his hand being taken off and just allowing our enemies to have their way a bit I saw America as I prayed and as I moved into the spirit the spirit into and seeing into the spirit realm a vision I saw America as a battered Fortress but that we would stand if you need to hear what I'm about to say if the people of God would quit being led by their own understanding and their emotions and hear and see what the holy spirit is saying and begin to pray God's will be done and part of that was God gave me a vision and showed me Donald Trump and God showed me and spoke to me very clearly and he said I am turning his heart toward me and I'm turning his heart toward my people both the children of Israel and Christians he will protect Christians he will protect Israel and I will turn his heart more and more toward me my hand is upon him the spirit of jehuah is upon him and the Lord showed me though it is not a given that he will become president of the United States it is up to the people of God to see through the liars the deceivers and even the ones that God has not chosen and pray for this man and pray for our country like we never have before because the Lord showed me that depending on this coming election for America it's going to go one of two ways it's either going to go bad but we end up standing is that battered Fortress or it's going to go very bad and you don't want me to talk about very bad okay so you can say well Dean I think pastors or should get political and you you
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