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  HOW CAN BELIEVERS DEEPEN THEIR INTIMACY WITH THE LORD？
  by Pat Emerick
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Summary: This sermon emphasizes the importance of spiritual disciplines
such as prayer, fasting, giving, silence, and others that have been
passed down by the ancient fathers of the church. By practicing these
disciplines, we make room for the grace of the Holy Spirit to transform
us, hear His voice, and empower us to impact others positively. The
speaker highlights the significance of consistent prayer throughout the
day and the need to actively engage with the Holy Spirit to be
instruments of change.

Topics: "Spiritual Disciplines", "Empowerment by the Holy Spirit"
Scripture References: 1 Thessalonians 5:16, Matthew 6:16, Acts 20:35, Psalm 46:10, Galatians 5:25

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This sermon emphasizes the importance of spiritual disciplines such as
prayer, fasting, giving, silence, and others that have been passed down
by the ancient fathers of the church. By practicing these disciplines,
we make room for the grace of the Holy Spirit to transform us, hear His
voice, and empower us to impact others positively. The speaker
highlights the significance of consistent prayer throughout the day and
the need to actively engage with the Holy Spirit to be instruments of
change.

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CONTENT
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The ancient fathers of the church handed down what we now call spiritual
disciplines to cultivate those spiritual disciplines of prayer, of
fasting, of giving, of silence, and many others. Causing those practices
in our lives gives room for the grace of the Holy Spirit to change us,
to hear His voice, to be changed by Him, to be used to change other
people and encourage and build them up. So the practice of the spiritual
disciplines of prayer and fasting, giving, serving, silence, I think
there are half a dozen more that I can't think of at the moment, but
these things have been handed down from the beginning of the church.

Hours of prayer, morning prayer, evening prayer, every three hours stop
and pray. I mean, these are things that we can do. We can participate
with the Holy Spirit.

We can't just sit on our chairs and wait for, okay, God, change me. We
need to be putting ourselves in a place where He can use us. In motion,
He can use us.

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Video: https://sermonindex2.b-cdn.net/6tzmk3eb3z8.mp4
Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/pat-emerick/how-can-believers-deepen-their-intimacy-with-the-lord/
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