Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast, where pastor and best-selling author Dr. Paul David Tripp

connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life. Let's face it, life in a broken

world can be pretty difficult at times. That's why God gives us His Holy Spirit to be a helper to all who trust in him.

In today's episode,

we're going to listen to another session

from Paul's conference material,

Portrait of a Struggle.

In it, Paul wants to help us think through the role

of the Holy Spirit in our lives

and how we can walk more closely with him.

If you're interested in hearing more on this topic, you can purchase the full conference

at paultrip.com slash portrait.

Here's Paul on the Holy Spirit.

My brother Ted and I were in a course together in our doctoral programs, and it was a very confusing course of study.

And every week we would have to write response papers to what happened in class.

Ted wrote this response paper about six weeks in. He said, I now understand

your philosophy as a teacher. You threw us in a deep pool of water, so deep we couldn't

touch the bottom. The side's too far away for us ever to be able to swim to the side. You let us flounder

in the water for weeks, and just about when we were ready to drown, you threw us a brick.

Well, that's not what God is doing.

You are not alone in the struggle.

It's impossible for you to be alone in the struggle

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