Overview
Session 1 // The Holy Spirit is God - Matt Simmonds
Session 2 // The Holy Spirit in the Bible - Matt Simmonds
Session 3 // The Role of the Holy Spirit in the Salvation - Annie Shotton
Session 4 // The Filling of the Holy Spirit - Rachel Fellingham
Session 5 // The Gifts of the Holy Spirit - Rachel Fellingham
Session 6 // The Fruit of the Holy Spirit - Annie Shotton
Session 1 // The Holy Spirit is God - Matt Simmonds
Who Is the Holy Spirit in the Context of God?
Genesis 1:1-2
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
Questions:
a. What does working in unison look like in your life?
b. Do you find you are stronger in a team or by yourself (why)?
c. Why do you think Jesus gave us the Holy Spirit?
Session 2 // The Holy Spirit in the Bible - Matt Simmonds
How Has the Holy Spirit Appeared in the Old and New Testament
2 Peter 1:21
For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
Questions:
a. What do you do when you need an answer to something?
b. Is there a time where you feel empowered by someone/something?
c. Do you find it easier when someone tells you things to do or when you feel empowered/encouraged to choose what you want to do?
Session 3 // The Role of the Holy Spirit in the Salvation - Annie Shotton
How does the Holy Spirit bring about saving faith?
John 1:12-13
But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
Questions
a. What does being a child of someone mean to you?
b. What do you feel when someone says they have been born again?
c. Are there specific blessings you feel God has put in your life?
Session 4 // The Filling of the Holy Spirit - Rachel Fellingham
What is, and how do we receive, the filling of the Holy Spirit
John 7:37
37 On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as[f] the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’” 39 Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
Questions:
a. Have you ever had to do/ask something to someone through someone else?
b. Do you feel that you have to often earn things in life?
c. Do you feel you have a personal relationship with Jesus?
Session 5 // The Gifts of the Holy Spirit - Rachel Fellingham
1 Corinthians 12:1-11
Now concerning[a] spiritual gifts,[b] brothers,[c] I do not want you to be uninformed. 2 You know that when you were pagans you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led. 3 Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says “Jesus is accursed!” and no one can say “Jesus is Lord” except in the Holy Spirit.
4 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; 5 and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; 6 and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. 7 To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. 8 For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. 11 All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.
Questions
a. Why are spiritual gifts different from super powers?
b. Do you feel you have been given any spiritual gifts? If so, what?
c. Would you like any and what are they?
Session 6 // The Fruit of the Holy Spirit - Annie Shotton
What are, and how can we cultivate, the fruit of the Spirit?
Galatians 5:16-26
16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, 21 envy,[d] drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do[e] such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
Questions:
a. What are the fruits of the spirit?
b. Is there a particular fruit of the spirit you struggle with or you find really easy?
c. Why is it important to be fruitful?