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I Thirst Follow-Up Week 3 Notes

The Holy Spirit Empowers Discipleship and Evangelization

What we will learn in this lesson

• The Holy Spirit helps by empowering us to follow Jesus/life as an evangelist
• God is going to work with infinite power
• Focus on God's power not our weakness
• Our need to be in a disposition to receive the power of the Holy Spirit
  • wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord
• We need to give God our "YES!"
• The Seven Gifts of The Holy Spirit are the key
• The holy Spirit activates gifts inside of us
• Pray for docility to receive the Holy Spirit
• We need to live a life of virtues:
  • wisdom, understanding, knowledge, counsel, fortitude, reverence (piety), wonder and awe in God's presence (fear of the Lord) Fruits of the Holy Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, generosity, gentleness, faithfulness, modesty, self-control, chastity
• We must live the Truth of Catholic Church and preach it
• Live a sacramental life
• Follow Jesus' way of life
• Follow the lives of the saints
• Following Jesus through the power of The Holy Spirit
  1. You are called to follow Jesus’s footsteps as a disciple
  2. Do you actively call on the Holy Spirit to help you follow Jesus, especially challenging situations where you are tempted to sin?
  3. Does following Jesus seem impossible to you?
  4. The Sacraments are the spiritual food for following Jesus. What are your spiritual goals?
  5. Ask The Holy Spirit to show you how to draw closer to Jesus.
  6. Fr. Jacob talks about opening up your sails so that you can receive the Holy Spirit. Do you feel that is your reality or maybe you feel some blockage like fear, wanting to control what He does in your life.
  7. Are you inspired to desire an increase of virtues in your life? What things do you need to work on in your spiritual life. (cutting out sin, spending more time reading the Bible, going to mass more frequently, are you in need of a spiritual director?
  8. Please share any comment in the comment box below. What has inspired you in listening to this video?
• Evangelization Challenge for Week 3This Week your challenge to evangelize is to ask someone about their life following Jesus and how do they evangelize and share the Good News of Jesus Christ.
  • Ask them if they ask the Holy Spirit to help them in their daily faith walk.
  • Share with them about what you learned in this lesson and how you are inspired to trust the Holy Spirit to be empowered to follow Jesus and evangelize.
  • It's okay to share your struggles in all of this to the degree you want to share with this person.
  • Feel Free to email us with any question at support@spiritfilledevents.com

Scriptures focused on Evangelization: Douay-Rheims Bible

Mt 28:19-20 “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you”

Romans 1:16-17 For I am not ashamed of the gospel. For it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth, to the Jew first, and to the Greek. [17] For the justice of God is revealed therein, from faith unto faith, as it is written: The just man liveth by faith.

Matthew 9: 37-38 Then he saith to his disciples, The harvest indeed is great, but the labourers are few. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth labourers into his harvest.

Matthew 10:7-14 And going, pr

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Deacon Steve Greco is a permanent deacon of the Diocese of Orange. He is founder of Spirit Filled Hearts Ministry, and host of Empowered by the Spirit. In this episode, Deacon Steve speaks with businessman Mark Prather about his conversion to the Catholic faith.

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Deacon Tony Mercado, a permanent deacon with the Diocese of Orange in California, offers a reflection on suffering with Jesus. In today's episode, Deacon Mercado talks about ways Christians can take advantage of suffering to grow in their spiritual lives.

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