Today we're wrapping up our week-long series of stirring our affections for God by looking at what it means to have friendship with the Holy Spirit.

The nearness of God's spirit, the reality of his voice and leadership is our deepest connection to God on Earth.

And like any other relationship, any other connection, it takes time to develop true friendship

with the spirit.

So today, we're embarking on a journey with one simple goal in mind, growing a little bit

closer to the spirit and friendship.

May God guide us and empower us today and reveal himself in a fresh way. Welcome to

the first 15 podcast. At salvation, you are given the gift of God himself, the spirit of Christ,

dwelling within you. Ephesians 1, 13 through 14 says, in him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation,

and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our

inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory. And with the

indwelling of the spirit, friendship with God has been made available to greater

depths than you can imagine.

He longs to spend time with you like a friend.

He longs for you to know how he feels, what he thinks is best for your Heavenly Father's

heart for you.

Scripture teaches us a lot about the character of the Spirit. Acts 132 teaches us that the Spirit speaks.

While they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said,

Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.

In Ephesians 430, we learned that the Spirit feels emotions like grief, and do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God by whom you are sealed for the Day of Redemption.

Romans 8, 26, and 27 teaches us that the Spirit is our helper and prays for us.

Likewise, the Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for

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