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What Difference does the Holy Spirit Make? (Acts 2-4) ------------------------------------------------------- We mess up in our Christian lives. God gives us the Holy Spirit to empower us to become the people that He wants us to become. People who don’t know God don’t understand what is happening to us as we are changing – why we are different. In fact, we only know what is happening through the Holy Spirit. Like Peter and John (Acts 4: 7-12), we should speak boldly about God. Boldness comes from the Holy Spirit. The Spirit takes us from being fearful and confused, trying to find a human solution, to looking at the resurrection, walking by faith, believing in God, and giving us the ability to follow Him. Application points: -- Be filled with the Holy Spirit: (a) Make sure you have a relationship with Jesus. (b) Confess your sins (c.) Be willing and to be completely controlled by the Holy Spirit. We cannot fill ourselves. (d.) Trust God that it is true! -- Take the opportunities you have to honor God. See them and seize them. You will find opportunities every day. Pray that you will see God working in your life every day. -- Get to the point that you know that you can’t help yourself and God will do great things!