2 Sam 23:2, "The Spirit of the Lord spoke by me, And His word was on my tongue. 
	We are in the midst of the fact that we have a most wonderful and ordained relationship with God, The Holy Spirit, through the manner in which He is with us in the midst of every situation. We must never take it for granted nor should we ignore that which is part of our heritage in Jesus Christ. This new life is our very essence of being now, by the grace and the mercy and the patience and the gentleness and the loving kindness of God. 
	The fact of this relationship is that when we are trusting God to manifest all which is His desire in our lives and in our walk with Him, He makes Himself very known to us. This is through the manner in which He becomes our wisdom and our entire source of ability to deal with every situation that arises. 
It is nothing of us, but wholly Him in action as we spend that time with Him in the intensity of our study of His Word and in prayer. The more time we are committed to this heart-to-heart development of relationship, the more we have that greater sense of when He is moving in our spirits. He gives us the words that are needed in the course of our interaction with those whom He brings into our lives. 
	It is never a matter of our taking it upon ourselves to voice what we think should be said in accordance with our human thought processes and ideas. It is always as He guides, even our very tongue to express the heart of His wisdom by the power of His Word as brought into life by the Holy Spirit. These will be the words that are worth making known to meet the needs and help soothe the pain of those who are to be so blessed. 
	There is a very vital key to this in the fact that what we say will always be in absolute line with His Word. It will never contradict nor even add to it in any measure. It will be clearly seen as that which is of God, not because we say so, but because He says so in His Divinely inspired scripture. It will never be a twisting or a non-contextual element, taking just a snippet of this passage linked with a portion of that verse. No. It will be profoundly understood because it will be very clearly expressed by God through those upon whom the Spirit was so working in the creation of this precious gift of God to His church past, present, and forever.
	 As we have seen, there are specific details that are promised to us by The Lord Jesus as proclaimed in Matt 10:19+20. This was an encouragement to His disciples, and is to all those who follow Him with respect to how the Holy Spirit will give us utterance at the exact time that we need it. 
Again, this is because we will have spent the time with God in prayer and in the study of His Word. There will be that calling to mind of what the scripture details with regard to what the promises of God entail for all who love and trust and obey Him.
	Matt 10:19+20, "But when they deliver you up, do not become anxious about how or what you will speak; for it shall be given you in that hour what you are to speak. "For it is not you who speak, but it is the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you. 
	We will be put into situations which will require the divine wisdom and knowledge of God in order to stand firm in the declaration of Who Jesus is and all that He represents within this, His creation. Accordingly, as those accusations and acts of vengeance are aimed at us, we will receive the ministry of giving voice to the One Who indwells us in might and in sovereignty. 
	Then, in John 14:15-17, Jesus once again details that which will be in place within the hearts and minds and mouths of those who are so dedicated to the walk with Him through whatever path must be trod. We are never alone in any form or fashion. The Holy Spirit is the Promised Helper Who will guide, and sustain us throughout our earthly sojourn.
	John 14:15-17, "If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. "And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not behold Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you, and will be in you. 
	The great love of God is so fully expressed in the indwelling of His Holy Spirit as the means of comforting us in our times of need and anguish, and in ministering to us as we so require in our daily interactions. He makes Himself known in ways that are just so beyond our ability to relate to others. This world has no clue as to the joy that we experience fully in our abiding relationship with the precious and wondrous Holy Spirit.
	One most evident truth is that He makes the Word to be real and vital and livingly refreshing to meet the needs of each day. We can read and re-read the same passage of scripture, and each time we do, it makes itself very real for our current situation. It breathes life and refreshment and encouragement and instruction that is so imperative and fundamental to the course we are walking by the power of The Holy Spirit. 
As well, very often, when we are counseling those in need, the scripture will roll off our tongues as it works to reaffirm what that person is encountering. This is absolutely amazing, awesome, awe-inspiring, and so very relevant to each heart’s cry for help and wisdom as the Holy Spirit manifests Himself so truly and miraculously. 
This is such an important truth, that it is highlighted for us in 2 Tim 3:16+17. 2 Tim 3:16+17, All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.
	The Apostle Paul, in Rom 8:12-17, sets before us the even greater measure of how the Holy Spirit provides the very words of praise and adoration to Our Glorious and Most loving Heavenly Father. Often, we are at a loss as to how to address and commune with the Omnipotent, Omniscient, and Omnipresent Lord God Almighty. We sometimes quake in our boots at the thought of being in the presence of the One Who is Holy and Righteous while we are but sinful flesh and blood. Yet, through the ministry of the Holy Spirit, all that is washed away in the reality that because we are adopted by our salvation through the precious death and resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ, we can freely come to the throne of God without hesitation or any thought of unworthiness. 
	Rom 8:12-17, So then, brethren, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh — for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, "Abba! Father!" The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him in order that we may also be glorified with Him. 
	Then the Apostle continues, in Rom 8:26+27, with another wondrous truth in the fact that we can freely address our Heavenly Father with the most familiar and intimate name of Abba. We can count on God, Himself, through His Spirit, to give us the words that are required for each time of need and prayer and worship. We are often without the means of being able to express the love or the pain or the anguish or the thankfulness that fills our beings. Therefore, the Spirit gives our mouths the words that are required to lift up our hearts unto Him.
	Rom 8:26+27, And in the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. 
	The fact is that we can trust that the Holy Spirit knows exactly who needs prayer and how to pray. This is something we grow into as we obey the prompting of our spirit by the Holy Spirit and stop what we are doing and go to God in prayer on behalf of one another. We may not know what the need or the battle or the rejoicing may be, but the Spirit does. He will put this one or that one on our hearts to lift up in prayer with the speech of tongues, fervently setting forth our hearts to so honor that prompting. It may well be with groanings and cries of anguish deep beyond our knowledge of the circumstances. We will find that our hearts are rend for that person and for that situation.
	Paul emphasized this again in Gal 4:4-7 because it is so important for us to understand. Gal 4:4-7, But when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law, in order that He might redeem those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!" Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God. 
	The Apostle then, in 1 Cor 12:4-11, gives greater clarity to the working ministry of the Holy Spirit within our beings even as He works through our voices to manifest that which is His guidance and distribution of exactly what the church needs. This is often an area that is misappropriated in the modern church, by my understanding as to what the Apostle was declaring.
	1 Cor 12:4-11, Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord. And there are varieties of effects, but the same God who works all things in all persons. But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, and to another the effecting of miracles, and to another prophecy, and to another the distinguishing of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills. 
	Rather than only one person being gifted with this element, and another being gifted with that item, which then leads to confusion and chaos and discussions of which is of greater value and which is not as important, the truth is that every gift of God is vital to the health and well being of His church. The Holy Spirit knows exactly what is needed when. 
Therefore, He uses anyone, who is willing and obedient and surrendered to His will and His will alone, as is needed. The same person may be able to minister effectively by the working power of the Holy Spirit. Then, when healing is needed, in line with the will of God, that same person may be used to bring forth such evidence of the work of God. It is not necessarily that the gifts are exclusionary, just used by one person or another. Rather the Holy Spirit uses whomever, whenever that need is present. He works throughout the body to make known the power of God at any time, through whatever vessel for the up building of all.
	Next consider what the Apostle wrote in Eph 6:18. Eph 6:18, With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints... There is a constant need within the church to know the grace and the mercy and the healing and the encouragement and the instruction of The Holy Spirit through those willing brothers or sisters who are attuned to Him. This is not in the sense of hoarding any of the gifts as mine. Rather, it is all the work of God Who makes Himself known in the manner in which He so chooses through whomever He chooses for the sake of the whole body. When something is done simply to show how great or how spiritual or how magnificent we are over the heads and the cares and the means of others, which is never the gift of God through the Holy Spirit. That is simply human vanity misplaced and misused and mislabeled. 
	The Apostle Peter, as well declares the reality that the prophecy, the utterance of that which is from God is clearly in line with the scripture and with the intent of building up and meeting the needs of the Body of Christ. Consider what he proclaims in 2 Peter 1:16-21, if you would please turn to it.
	2 Peter 1:16-21, For we did not follow cleverly devised tales when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty. For when He received honor and glory from God the Father, such an utterance as this was made to Him by the Majestic Glory, "This is My beloved Son with whom I am well-pleased" — and we ourselves heard this utterance made from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain. And so we have the prophetic word made more sure, to which you do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts. But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation, for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God. 
	And finally, then, in dealing with the possible misuse of that which is precious and glorious in the sight of God, we read the manifested truth of Jude 17-21. Jude 17-21, But you, beloved, ought to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, that they were saying to you, "In the last time there shall be mockers, following after their own ungodly lusts." These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly-minded, devoid of the Spirit. But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith; praying in the Holy Spirit; keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life. 
We need to be very careful in the manner in which we lay a claim on anything of God for ourselves, in terms of speaking the words that would be labeled as “thus says the Lord!” We must ever guard our use of the name of God, in making assertions that really carry no weight and are actually an affront to the Holiness and the Omniscience of the Lord God Almighty. 
What the Holy Spirit will speak, from the mouths of those whom He chooses to use will always edify and encourage and instruct in the Word of God. It will never, ever contradict or twist it through human manipulation. We may not like what that use of the Word means in the manner of having to change our way of doing things and having to turn away from those elements that we crave for ourselves, but it will always work to show the truth and the reality of Jesus Christ unto eternal life. So be it! 
"The Spirit of the Lord spoke by me, And His word was on my tongue. Amen.

	
This morning’s benediction is Acts 4:10-12. …let it be known to all of you, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead — by this name this man stands here before you in good health. "He is the stone which was rejected by you, the builders, but which became the very corner stone. "And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved." Amen.