The YWAM retreat also had a guest speaker in Dan Sneed, who is gifted in teaching about our identity in Christ. He taught on different topics through the days, and here are some excerpts from his sessions.
Matthew 9:17
English Standard Version (ESV)
17Neither is new wine put into old wineskins. If it is, the skins burst and the wine is spilled and the skins are destroyed. But new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved."
The process of re-using old wine-skins for new wine was used by Dan to explain how the Holy Spirit's work in us is a continual process (although the text above refers to new wine-skins for new wine).
Analogy: Old wine-skins are soaked > the crusty old bits are scraped off > the wine-skin is stretched > new wine is poured in > the process repeats itself
Application: The Holy Spirit softens our hearts during our time with Him - worship (soaking) > the Holy Spirit puts His hand on areas in our lives that we need to deal with (deliverance - scraping) > the Holy Spirit stretches and prepares us for a new season > we're ready for the new wine > the process repeats itself
* When the Holy Spirit puts His hand on an area in our lives, we need to deal with it. Our spiritual health is important to God.
* We have to be willing to keep allowing the Holy Spirit to continually work in us.
* Hurt people hurt people. The church is an excellent place to get hurt but we're to keep short accounts.
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