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+title: Personal Thoughts and Discussion Guide
+---
+
+`1. What is Jesus urgently impressing on your heart concerning the Holy Spirit?`
+
+`2. In what way was Jesus an example for us in asking for the Holy Spirit?`
+
+`3. What diverse functions does the Comforter have, which Jesus promised to His disciples and to us?`
+
+`4. What does the Holy Spirit accomplish in us?`
+
+### Our Prayer Time
+
+Contact your prayer partner and discuss the topic.
+
+**Pray with your prayer partner...**
+
+- [ ] That we will daily become aware of the need to ask for the Holy Spirit and to receive Him by faith—and claim the promises that the Holy Spirit:
+
+	- [ ] will lead us away from unbelief and weak faith;
+	- [ ] will make it increasingly clear to us what righteousness by faith means;
+	- [ ] will free us from false conceptions, mistakes, and temptations.
+
+- [ ] Pray for unconditional surrender to Jesus and His ministry.

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+title: What did Jesus teach about the Holy Spirit? Are you acquainted with Jesus’ most powerful message?

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+title: Personal Thoughts and Discussion Guide
+---
+
+**1. What teachings about the ministry of the Holy Spirit can we learn from the parable of the leaven?**
+
+`a) How does our character transformation happen?`
+
+`b) What does Jesus’ statement, “Without Me you can do nothing” mean for our character transformation?`
+
+`c) What do we understand about the way the Holy Spirit works in our character transformation?`
+
+`2. Jesus is the Artist, and we are His painting. What lessons can we learn from this thought?`
+
+### Our Prayer Time
+
+Contact your prayer partner and discuss the topic.
+
+**Pray with your prayer partner...**
+
+- [ ] That by God’s active grace we will experience constant growth.
+- [ ] That we will continually be aware that the changing power comes from outside of us and not out of ourselves, no matter how strong-willed we may be.
+- [ ] That the Holy Spirit’s power to change us will become increasingly apparent in our lives.
+- [ ] That we will consciously discern the changing power of God in other people.
+- [ ] That we can assist people when God wants to use us as a helping hand.

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+title: How can our character be changed?

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+title: "Chapter 1: Jesus’ Most Precious Gift"

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+title: Personal Thoughts and Discussion Guide
+---
+
+`1. What is the divine condition to receive the Holy Spirit?`
+
+`2. What does complete surrender mean, and what effect does it have?`
+
+`3. Full surrender is a key? Which blessings can I only receive through it?`
+
+`4. What are the five levels of surrender? Only one level is really surrender. Which is it? Think about your surrender.`
+
+### Our Prayer Time
+
+Contact your prayer partner and discuss the topic.
+
+**Pray with your prayer partner...**
+
+- [ ] For a better understanding of what it means to be saved by faith.
+- [ ] In thanks to God for the blessings of surrender that you have already experienced.
+- [ ] That the Holy Spirit will lead you on your life’s path and in all your life’s decisions.

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+title: Do I lose my own will? Or will I become stronger? What can prevent me from surrendering myself to Jesus? Does surrender to God mean that we have to give up our own will?

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+title: Personal Thoughts and Discussion Guide
+---
+
+`1. Which challenge is behind the divine invitation to surrender my life?`
+
+`2. What can hinder someone from surrender? What could it be for you?`
+
+`3. Which advantages does a life under divine navigation have?`
+
+`4. What is crucial to keeping my relationship with Christ intact and intimate?`
+
+`5. What is a vital controlling factor in our life?`
+
+### Our Prayer Time
+
+Contact your prayer partner and discuss the topic.
+
+**Pray with your prayer partner...**
+
+- [ ] That God will show us the things that are possibly hindering our complete surrender.
+- [ ] That God will give wisdom and strength to properly use our will and give it the correct priority in our life.
+- [ ] That God will give us more insight and that our own will won’t be in the way.
+- [ ] That God gives us victory over temptations and sin.

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+title: What Can Prevent Us From Surrendering? Does surrender to God mean that we have to give up our own will?

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+title: "Chapter 2: Surrender To Jesus"

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+title: Personal Thoughts and Discussion Guide
+---
+
+`1. According to Ellen White, what is true religion?`
+
+`2. What is just as important as letting Jesus into our hearts?`
+
+`3. What role does our faith or trust in God play in relation to our receiving the Holy Spirit?`
+
+`4. Why is it so important that our relationship with Jesus is based on our trust in Him and His Word and not on our feelings?`
+
+`5. When Christ abides in us through the Holy Spirit, then His character develops in us, which is the fruit of the Spirit. What implications does this have for your life?`
+
+### Our Prayer Time
+
+Contact your prayer partner and discuss the topic.
+
+**Pray with your prayer partner...**
+
+- [ ] For the understanding and possession of true religion—that Jesus lives by faith in our hearts.
+- [ ] For steadfastness in surrendering our hearts to Jesus.
+- [ ] For a deeper experience of the presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives.
+- [ ] For the right prioritization of our feelings and how to deal with them.
+- [ ] For joy which continually grows and is more visible—the joy that Christ brings.

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+title: 'What effects does “Christ in me” have on my life? The ultimate achievement: being imbued with the fullness of God.'