This Feast Sunday, we begin a new series: WHO CAN LEAD US? A People in Search of a King: A Bible Study on Joshua, Judges, and Samuel. Joshua, Judges, and Samuel continue the story of Israel in the first five books of the Bible—Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy—also called the Torah.

In these three books, the Israelites needed a qualified leader to be their King. In this powerful series, WHO CAN LEAD US?, we ask:
·Who influences me? What influences me?
·How can I pick the best influence for my life?
·How can I influence others to become better people?
·How can I make the Greatest Leader—Jesus—lead me?

WELCOME BACK to our empowering series on the Holy Spirit: Do You Hear The Wind?, an in-depth study to get to know The Holy Spirit.
Talk 2 is about Spirit-filled people.

In the Bible, there were many who were described as being filled with God’s Spirit.
This Talk focuses only on four of them (though the third example is a bunch). Through these biblical characters, we’ll get a picture of what happens when God’s ruach or breath takes up residence in a human.

The one big message of Talk 2 today is very special because it’s this desperate prayer: “Take not Your Spirit from me.”

In our last talk, we explored a number of Spirit-Filled people in the Old Testament– guys like Joseph, Bezalel, Saul, Gideon, Jephthah, Samson…
In today’s Talk, we focus only on one Person—Jesus—and how He, too, was Spirit-Filled.
So, the title of Talk 3 is Spirit-Filled Jesus.

Wait a minute. Isn’t Jesus God? Why would He need the Spirit?

Yes, He is God. But Jesus is also fully human. He relied on the Spirit. You’ll find the Spirit intertwined with the earthly life of Jesus, from beginning to end…
One of the beautiful titles of the Holy Spirit is Helper.

By calling the Spirit Helper, Jesus is perhaps telling us: The Spirit is what you need Him to be right now. He will meet you where you are.
The key message of Talk 3 is: You need the Helper.