The Holy Spirit is a ________________, not a _______________.[John 14:26] But when the Father sends the Advocate as my representative--that is, the Holy Spirit--he will teach you everything and will remind you of everything I have told you.The Holy Ghost isn't the presence of someone _______________, He's the presence of Someone _______________.[Romans 8:11] 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.[John 16:7] But in fact, it is best for you that I go away, because if I don't, the Advocate won't come. If I do go away, then I will send him to you.[John 14:16-17] And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you. [17] He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive him, because it isn't looking for him and doesn't recognize him. But you know him, because he lives with you now and later will be in you.God keeps coming _______________.[Exodus 29:44-45] Yes, I will consecrate the Tabernacle and the altar, and I will consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests. [45] Then I will live among the people of Israel and be their God.[John 1:14 NIV] The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.God's presence moved from _______________ us, to __________ us, to _________ us.[Matthew 27:51a] At that moment the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. [1 Corinthians 3:16] Don't you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in you?You don't have to get God's _______________ when you already have His _______________.[Romans 8:9] But you are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you. (And remember that those who do not have the Spirit of Christ living in them do not belong to him at all.)The Spirit is God's _______________ to everyone who _______________ to Jesus.[Galatians 5:25 NIV] Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.Stop trying to accomplish through _______________ what God wants to accomplish through _______________.

Our gifts are to be used in _____________, to ____________ people, and _____________ them to Jesus. [Ephesians 4.11-12] Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. [12] Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ. Prophets _____________ and _____________ the voice of God. [Acts 2.17] ‘In the last days,’ God says, ‘I will pour out my Spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams. [1 Thessalonians 5.19-21] Do not stifle the Holy Spirit. [20] Do not scoff at prophecies, [21] but test everything that is said. Hold on to what is good. True prophecy always inspires _____________ not fear. Prophets tend to ________ ___________ others do not see. [Galatians 6:1] Dear brothers and sisters, if another believer is overcome by some sin, you who are godly should gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path. And be careful not to fall into the same temptation yourself. Prophecy starts with _______________. [John 10.27] My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. You can't speak on God's _____________ if you aren't _____________ His voice. Prophecy _____________ with spiritual disciplines. Prophecy is _____________. [1 Corinthians 14:3] But the one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, encouraging and comfort. [Ephesians 4.29] NIV Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. Do your words _____________ up or _____________ down? [Romans 12:6] In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well. So if God has given you the ability to prophesy, speak out with as much faith as God has given you.

Minding the gap isn’t always ________________. It can be full of ________________.Our stories don’t have to end at our ________________, when we’re most ________________.[Acts 9:3-6] As he was approaching Damascus on this mission, a light from heaven suddenly shone down around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul! Saul! Why are you persecuting me?” “Who are you, lord?” Saul asked. And the voice replied, “I am Jesus, the one you are persecuting! Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”Life in the gap can be ________________, disheartening, and can feel ________________.God can use our ________________ as ________________.[Philippians 1:12-14] And I want you to know, my dear brothers and sisters, that everything that has happened to me here has helped to spread the Good News. For everyone here, including the whole palace guard, knows that I am in chains because of Christ. And because of my imprisonment, most of the believers here have gained confidence and boldly speak God’s message without fear.The place you ________________ want to be could be the place God wants to ________________ you most.[2 Corinthians 12:7b-10] Three different times I begged the Lord to take it away. Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me. That’s why I take pleasure in my weaknesses, and in the insults, hardships, persecutions, and troubles that I suffer for Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.There is as much purpose in the ________________ as in the ________________.[Romans 5:3-4] We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation.[2 Corinthians 1:4] God comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us.God uses the gap to ________________ our faith and ________________ our faith.The gap isn’t just ________________ us for our purpose. It’s ________________ of our purpose.[Romans 8:28] And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.

Our gifts are to be used in ___________, to ___________ people, and ___________ them to Jesus. [Ephesians 4:11-12] Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. [12] Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ. The Church is ________________ when these five gifts are not operating properly. [1 Corinthians 12:4-7] There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit is the source of them all. [5] There are different kinds of service, but we serve the same Lord. [6] God works in different ways, but it is the same God who does the work in all of us. [7] A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other. “Apostle” means "one who is ________________". [Ephesians 2.20] Together, we are his house, built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets. And the cornerstone is Christ Jesus himself. Apostles help to build the ________________. [Romans 12:8b] If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously. True pioneers of the Spirit are never ________________. Apostles often pray for the ________________ of God's Kingdom. - Try to find __________-ideas in the midst of the __________-ideas. - Don't base the ________________ of people on their ability to contribute to your ________________. - Stay focused on the ________________ at hand and don't get sidetracked. [Luke 9.62] But Jesus told him, “Anyone who puts a hand to the plow and then looks back is not fit for the Kingdom of God.” - Find the direction that God has set for you and stick to it __________ _________ _____________.

It is in the gap that God does his ________ work in our hearts.God wants closeness with _____![Exodus 14:11-12 NIV] They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us, bringing us out of Egypt? [12] Is this not the very thing we told you in Egypt, ‘Let us alone so that we can serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”[Exodus 15:25b-26] It was there at Marah that the Lord set before them the following decree as a standard to test their faithfulness to him. [26] He said, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in his sight, obeying his commands and keeping all his decrees, then I will not make you suffer any of the diseases I sent on the Egyptians; for I am the Lord who heals you.”Trusting God in the __________- is often harder than living in the bondage we ________.God is ________ you in the gap.[Exodus 16:2-4 NRSVUE] The whole congregation of the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. [3] The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.” [4] Then the Lord said to Moses, “I am going to rain bread from heaven for you, and each day the people shall go out and gather enough for that day. In that way I will test them, whether they will follow my instruction or not.[Exodus 20:19] they said to Moses, “You speak to us, and we will listen. But don’t let God speak directly to us, or we will die!”Trust takes ____________.Trust takes ____________.[Deuteronomy 8:1-7] “Be careful to obey all the commands I am giving you today. Then you will live and multiply, and you will enter and occupy the land the Lord swore to give your ancestors. [2] Remember how the Lord your God led you through the wilderness for these forty years, humbling you and testing you to prove your character (NIV says “to know what was in your heart”), and to find out whether or not you would obey his commands. [3] Yes, he humbled you by letting you go hungry and then feeding you with manna, a food previously unknown to you and your ancestors. He did it to teach you that people do not live by bread alone; rather, we live by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. [4] For all these forty years your clothes didn’t wear out, and your feet didn’t blister or swell. [5] Think about it: Just as a parent disciplines a child, the Lord your God disciplines* you for your own good. [6] “So obey the commands of the Lord your God by walking in his ways and fearing him. [7] For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land of flowing streams and pools of water, with fountains and springs that gush out in the valleys and hills.[Matthew 4:1-4 NLT] [1] Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted there by the devil. [2] For forty days and forty nights he fasted and became very hungry. [3] During that time the devil came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of bread." [4] But Jesus told him, "No! The Scriptures say, 'People do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"God wants us to trust his ___________. [Hebrews 11:39-40] All these people earned a good reputation because of their faith, yet none of them received all that God had promised. [40] For God had something better in mind for us, so that they would not reach perfection without US.

[1 Peter 4.10] God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another. Everyone that follows Jesus has been given a _____________ ______________. [Acts 1:8] But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” These gifts are given to point people to _____________. [1 Corinthians 12.14-18] Yes, the body has many different parts, not just one part. 15 If the foot says, “I am not a part of the body because I am not a hand,” that does not make it any less a part of the body. 16 And if the ear says, “I am not part of the body because I am not an eye,” would that make it any less a part of the body? [17] If the whole body were an eye, how would you hear? Or if your whole body were an ear, how would you smell anything? [18] But our bodies have many parts, and God has put each part just where he wants it. The Church doesn't function at full-capacity without ________. Just because you have a _____________ doesn’t mean it won't take _____________. [2 Timothy 1:6] This is why I remind you to fan into flames the spiritual gift God gave you when I laid my hands on you. God gives you everything you need to accomplish your _____________. [Ephesians 4.11] Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. 12 Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ. These gifts are for _____________ not _____________. [1 Corinthians 13.1-3] If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. [2] If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing. [3] If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing. 3 Questions to Help You Discover Your Gift Do you _____________ it? Do others _____________ it? Do you actually _____________ in it?

Do we let the strains of life drive us ___________________ God or _______________________ from him?[1 Samuel 1:3-16] Each year Elkanah would travel to Shiloh to worship and sacrifice to the Lord of Heaven’s Armies at the Tabernacle. The priests of the Lord at that time were the two sons of Eli—Hophni and Phinehas. [4] On the days Elkanah presented his sacrifice, he would give portions of the meat to Peninnah and each of her children. [5] And though he loved Hannah, he would give her only one choice portion because the Lord had given her no children. [6] So Peninnah would taunt Hannah and make fun of her because the Lord had kept her from having children. [7] Year after year it was the same—Peninnah would taunt Hannah as they went to the Tabernacle. Each time, Hannah would be reduced to tears and would not even eat. [8] “Why are you crying, Hannah?” Elkanah would ask. “Why aren’t you eating? Why be downhearted just because you have no children? You have me—isn’t that better than having ten sons?” [9] Once after a sacrificial meal at Shiloh, Hannah got up and went to pray. Eli the priest was sitting at his customary place beside the entrance of the Tabernacle. [10] Hannah was in deep anguish, crying bitterly as she prayed to the Lord. [11] And she made this vow: “O Lord of Heaven’s Armies, if you will look upon my sorrow and answer my prayer and give me a son, then I will give him back to you. He will be yours for his entire lifetime, and as a sign that he has been dedicated to the Lord, his hair will never be cut.” [12] As she was praying to the Lord, Eli watched her. [13] Seeing her lips moving but hearing no sound, he thought she had been drinking. [14] “Must you come here drunk?” he demanded. “Throw away your wine!” [15] “Oh no, sir!” she replied. “I haven’t been drinking wine or anything stronger. But I am very discouraged, and I was pouring out my heart to the Lord. [16] Don’t think I am a wicked woman! For I have been praying out of great anguish and sorrow.”___________________ prayer will __________________ us before it changes our circumstancesSometimes God ____________________ us to reach the end of ourselves, so we can _____________________ that he is enough.[2 Samuel 2:18-21] But Samuel, though he was only a boy, served the Lord. He wore a linen garment like that of a priest. [19] Each year his mother made a small coat for him and brought it to him when she came with her husband for the sacrifice. [20] Before they returned home, Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife and say, “May the Lord give you other children to take the place of this one she gave to the Lord.” [21] And the Lord blessed Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, Samuel grew up in the presence of the Lord.[2 Timothy 2:11-13] This is a faithful saying:If we have died with him, we will also live with him;[12] if we endure, we will also reign with him;if we deny him, he also will deny us;[13] if we are faithless, he remains faithful—for he cannot deny himself.The gap ___________________ us where our strength truly comes from.

[Psalm 1:1-3] Oh, the joys of those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand around with sinners, or join in with mockers. [2] But they delight in the law of the Lord, meditating on it day and night. [3] They are like trees planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season. Their leaves never wither, and they prosper in all they do. God promises _____________ & _____________ for those who delight in His teachings. [Hebrews 4.12] For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires. Only God's Word will give you the tools to ___________ sin. [Psalm 119:61] Evil people try to drag me into sin, but I am firmly anchored to your law. READ God's Word Daily The Bible is the _____________ way that God speaks to us. [2 Timothy 3.16-17] All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. [17] God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work. MEDITATE on God's Word Meditation is not _____________ your mind, it is _____________ it with God's Word. [Joshua 1:7-8] Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the instructions Moses gave you. Do not deviate from them, turning either to the right or to the left. Then you will be successful in everything you do. [8] Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do. Meditation is the process of moving God's Word from your _____________ to your _____________. APPLY God's Word into your life. [Matthew 7.24, 26] “Anyone who listens to my teaching and obeys me is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. [26] But anyone who hears my teaching and ignores it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand. It’s not what you _____________ but what you _____________ that makes you a Christ-Follower.

[1 Samuel 16:1, 7, 13 NIV] The LORD said to Samuel, "How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and be on your way; I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem. I have chosen one of his sons to be king." [7] But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart." [13] So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and from that day on the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon David. Samuel then went to Ramah.David received God’s promise ______________ before he received the ______________.[Acts 13:22 NIV] After removing Saul, he made David their king. God testified concerning him: 'I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.'An obedient heart ______________ Gods ______________ over you.[Psalm 27:10 NIV] Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me.[Psalm 69:8 NIV] I am a foreigner to my own family, a stranger to my own mother's children;Leadership ______________ long before the ______________.David’s primary ______________ was in his ______________ to God[Psalm 27:13 NIV] I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.[Psalm 143:8 NIV] Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life.[1 Samuel 16:19, 21 NIV] Then Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, "Send me your son David, who is with the sheep." [21] David came to Saul and entered his service. Saul liked him very much, and David became one of his armor-bearers.[1 Samuel 17:32-37 NIV] David said to Saul, "Let no one lose heart on account of this Philistine; your servant will go and fight him." [33] Saul replied, "You are not able to go out against this Philistine and fight him; you are only a young man, and he has been a warrior from his youth." [34] But David said to Saul, "Your servant has been keeping his father's sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock, [35] I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its hair, struck it and killed it. [36] Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God. [37] The LORD who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine." Saul said to David, "Go, and the LORD be with you."It doesn’t matter what you ______________, it matters what God ______________.[2 Samuel 7:22 NIV] "How great you are, Sovereign LORD! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears.

[Psalm 34:4-9] I prayed to the Lord, and he answered me. He freed me from all my fears. [5] Those who look to him for help will be radiant with joy; no shadow of shame will darken their faces. [6] In my desperation I prayed, and the Lord listened; he saved me from all my troubles. [7] For the angel of the Lord is a guard; he surrounds and defends all who fear him. [8] Taste and see that the Lord is good. Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in him! [9] Fear the Lord, you his godly people, for those who fear him will have all they need. God blesses those who have a deep _____________ for Him. [Proverbs 22:4] True humility and fear of the Lord lead to riches, honor, and long life. Fear of the Lord is a _____________ worship of God. [Galatians 1.10] Obviously, I’m not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ’s servant. Living for people's approval will only _____________ you _____________. [Proverbs 29.25] Fearing people is a dangerous trap, but trusting the Lord means safety. The fear of God is the _____________ for the fear of people. I am going to live for _____________ and not the approval of _____________. You will _____________ whoever you fear. [Proverbs 8.13] All who fear the Lord will hate evil. Therefore, I hate pride and arrogance, corruption and perverse speech. Not fearing God means that we don't _____________ _____________ what He thinks. [Psalm 25.14] The LORD is a friend to those who fear him. He teaches them his covenant. When you have a healthy respect of God you will attract His _____________.