Jeremiah TiptonFounder in president of David Hernandez ministries

The Holy Spirit Cries, “Abba, Father”

27 Jan 2026 · 2 min

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In this sermon excerpt, the speaker explains that yielding to the Holy Spirit transforms a believer’s experience of Christianity. By trusting and obeying the Spirit, believers move out of a constant anxiety about God’s acceptance and into a confident faith that they belong to Him. The Holy Spirit responds to the shouts of guilt, doubt, and fear with the cry “Abba, Father,” reminding believers of His never‑leaving presence, guidance, and greater power. This assurance prevents the torment of thinking one’s salvation is lost because of a single mistake, while still condemning sin. The speaker emphasizes that when believers err, the Spirit does not abandon them but helps them correct the path, enabling a life lived in God’s grace rather than in self‑reliance.

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when you begin to yield to the Holy Spirit, you trust him, you obey, you stop living in that tension of constantly wondering whether or not God accepts you, and you begin to live out of that confident faith knowing that you belong to him. And it changes everything about your Christianity. When guilt shouts, when doubt shouts, when fear shouts, the Holy Spirit cries, Abba, Father. When you feel distant from God, the Holy Spirit reminds you, I'll never leave you nor forsake you. When you feel confused about the direction ahead, the Holy Spirit reminds you that he guides the steps of the righteous. When you feel powerless and like there's nothing that you can do about your situation, the Holy Spirit reminds you, greater is he who is in me than he who is in the world. That is the work of the Spirit. That's his first work. It makes you confident in that salvation, not constantly wondering and being tormented with the idea that maybe you lost it because of one mistake or thinking that your last compromise was the one that finally did you in. I'm not encouraging you to sin. I'm not encouraging you to live like that. You shouldn't. What I am saying is that when you make a mistake, the Holy Spirit doesn't abandon you. He abides to help you get it right. You begin to become confident in that salvation, and then you approach in God's grace instead of in your power.