Awakening

THE COURAGE OF THE SPIRIT

Pastor Hope Flask

June 22, 2025

Main Scripture: John 7:37-44

Additional Scriptures: John 4:14, Isaiah 58:11, Ephesians 5:25-27, Philippians 4:11-13, Habakkuk 3:17-19

POINTS:

• God met the Israelites’ deepest needs, and He still does.

• We try to feast on things that will never satisfy us.

• Our feast is of “If I’s, if only’s, and if they’s”.

• If we take the Holy Spirit into us, a drink goes in, and a river comes out.

• Mountains move out of the way for rivers.

• The outward expression of the River of His Spirit will be courage.

• Four difficult-to-learn types of courage the Holy Spirit qualifies us for: contemplation, contentment, confidence, and community.

• Contemplation means deep, reflective thought.

• River currents are dictated by what’s happening below the surface.

• We want revival without repentance, we want repentance without conviction, and we want conviction without contemplation.

• Who are you running to for a drink?

• Take Facebook and make it Faithbook.

• Don’t walk away chasing something that God already has on the way to you.

• God will give us the courage to be confident in who He says we are.

• Discouragement: a lack of confidence and enthusiasm.

• God has designed us for impact.

• It is the assurance of God’s love that gives us the courage to be confident in who He says we are.

• The River of the Holy Spirit gives us the courage to thrive in His Kingdom community.

• The river inside you is also for someone else.