Jeremiah TiptonFounder in president of David Hernandez ministries

Don't Ignore God's Presence

20 Apr 2025 · 1 min

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In this sermon, the speaker urges believers to stop living in a constant state of hurry and worry, arguing that such a frantic pace prevents them from recognizing the Holy Spirit’s presence. While acknowledging that believers have many responsibilities and godly goals, he stresses that if these duties cause tension and leave no room for spiritual awareness, priorities must be reordered. The message calls for cherishing the Holy Spirit’s influence through consistent prayer, engagement with Scripture, and daily spiritual disciplines that foster awareness of the Spirit’s power, grace, strength, and supernatural ability. The speaker references Moses’ plea—“if you don’t personally go with us, don’t make us leave this place”—to illustrate the necessity of God’s presence in every endeavor. Ignoring the Holy Spirit, he warns, diminishes His influence. The sermon concludes with an invitation to learn more about the Holy Spirit through the resource “Holy Spirit: God Within You” available at encounterthespirit.com.

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We as believers need to eliminate hurry and worry. And yes, I understand that we have many responsibilities, and I understand that we have godly goals, and there's nothing wrong with that. But if those things are causing you to move at such a pace and with such tension that you rarely have any time to ever even acknowledge that the Holy Spirit is with you, then there's something wrong with the pace. Something has to change in the order of your priorities. We ought to cherish the influence of the Holy Spirit in our lives. We ought not to neglect prayer and the Word, daily spiritual disciplines that cause us to be aware of the presence of the Holy Spirit. Moses said, if you don't personally go with us, don't make us leave this place. In other words, God, if you're not in it, I don't want it. If it doesn't include the influence of your Holy Spirit's presence, then I don't wanna go there. This is to live a life reliant upon the Holy Spirit, aware that you need his power, that you need his grace, that you need his strength, that you need his supernatural ability. When we ignore his presence, we minimize his influence. To learn more about the Holy Spirit, get Holy Spirit: God Within You at encounterthespirit.com.