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4. The speaker will continue with the Commitment to Christ

Ceremony.
5. The speaker prepares the participants for the pray-over ceremony
Receiving God’s Gift: The Power of and cues the facilitators if they can now start with the ceremony.

the Holy Spirit 6. The participants are encouraged to stay in a prayerful mood. for
the whole duration of the pray over session.
SESSION 4 - YOUTH CAMP
Dynamics 7. As soon as all the participants are prayed over, the team leader will
give a brief explanation of what and how a worship is done. (Refer
to the Team Leaders’ Handbook.)
8. A full worship will be conducted. The team leader leads the worship
and gives the closing exhortation.
Objectives

For the participants:

1. To have a basic understanding of the Holy Spirit and to allow them

to appreciate Its power and gifts.
2. To know how to receive and experience the power of the Holy
Spirit.
3. To be guided in receiving the power of the Holy Spirit through the
pray-over session.
4. To be taught how to praise and worship God.

Speaker’s Profile

The speaker should be a brother YFC leader. However, if it is an all girls

youth camp, a sister YFC leader can give the talk.

Dynamics

1. After dinner, the team leader gathers the participants and reminds
them to dress properly for the next session. He will lead the
opening prayer with a song before introducing the speaker.
2. Talk proper
3. After the conclusion, the speaker will explain and give some tips
on the pray-over ceremony.
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Receiving God’s Gift: The Power of
the Holy Spirit
SESSION 4 - YOUTH CAMP
Expanded Outline
Note: The duration of the talk will be 30-40 minutes. The Goal of the speaker is to make the
participants willing to receive the Holy Spirit and accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.
It would be better if the speaker can illustrate the Bible verses of the talk. (Refer to the main
points of the talk outline.)
I. Christians Today and Before
A. Christians today:
Christians today can’t seem to live as they should; they seem
weak, lacking power. A lot of people today including the youth
have forgotten to dream big and just settle for less. Many people
think that life is hopeless.
However, Christians were not always like that.
B. Christians before:
The Christians in the early Church possessed certain strength
and boldness of character, a power that attracted so many to join
this group of fishermen, slaves, Gentiles and Jews.
So many converts from different races, nations, social strata
were brought into their fold. By 325 AD, the Emperor of Rome
himself became a Christian. And today, it is the largest faith in the
world.
What was this power that transformed 12 insignificant men
and their brethren into the pillars that established Christendom?
It wasn’t human might or intellect, it was the Power of the Holy
Spirit, the same Spirit that continues to fill and transform the lives
of so many Christians today.
II. The Power of the Holy Sprit
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A. Misconceptions:
1. God’s messenger.
2. The dove in Christ’s baptism.
B. The Holy Spirit is God, the 3rd Person in the Blessed Trinity
who proceeds from the Father and the Son. The Holy Spirit is
equal to the Father and the Son because He is God.
C. God’s Promised Spirit
1. A New Heart and a New Spirit (Ezekiel 36:26-27)
God promised a spirit that will enable all men to follow
Him. He promised to give men “a new heart and a new
Spirit...”
2. The Valley of the Dry Bones (Ezekiel 37:1–14)
This story gives us a vision of what the Power of the Holy
Spirit can do.
In the scriptures, the wind is often used to refer to God’s
Sprit. God’s Holy Spirit can fill us and bring life. The spirit help
us live as God’s sons and daughters.
3. God’s Spirit brings about
a. Union with God (I am united with God) – 1Jn 3:24
When we receive the power of the Holy Spirit, we
begin a personal and intimate relationship with God. God’s
word becomes alive in us as we read the scripture. We
hear Him speaking to us in our hearts and we experience
Him touching our lives.
b. A new nature (I am a new being) – Galatians 5:22-23
As we grow in our personal relationship with God, He
slowly molds us into His likeness, removing the selfishness
in our hearts, making us more loving, more like Jesus.
c. Power to serve (I have the power to serve) - Acts 1:8
God’s Spirit empowers us to serve, giving us the
boldness in speaking His words and making us willing to
face the challenge of bringing others to Him in spite of
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the difficulties and trials it may present. 3. Miracles - is the supernatural ability to perform miraculous
(Note: In sharing the 3 points above, the speaker should share his own
act, acts that are not the result of any known natural law
experiences of these 3 points.) or agency but are caused by divine intervention.
4. Prophecy - is the gift by which a person is used by God
III. How do we Receive the Power of the Holy to speak on His behalf.
Spirit
5. Discernment - is the gift by which a person can recognize
the spirit behind a particular situation.
A. The Coming of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:1-8)
6. Faith - is not just an intellectual belief in God, but a
Narrate this passage in your own words. confident assurance in God which allows us to move
Praying for the Baptism of the Holy Spirit may not be exactly forward without any doubt at all.
like this event. But we can take certain points from this event to 7. Tongues - is a charismatic gift by which a person is
help and guide us in receiving the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. able to utter words or sounds which are not known or
1. We ask. (Luke 11:9-10) understandable to his human intellect.

In faith, we know that when we ask for it, it will be given to us.
2. We believe. (Luke 11:13)
We should believe that when we ask for God’s Holy Spirit,
He will surely give it.
B. What do we specifically ask for?
1. A personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
2. Spiritual Gifts (1 Corinthians 12:4-11)
a. These are gifts that God gives to help us in our
Christian lives.
The gifts are wisdom, healing, miracles, prophecy,
discernment, faith, tongues, knowledge, and interpretation
Note: The speaker should explain all the gifts of the spirit but would give
emphasis on the Gift of Tongues. The explanation below is a reference for the
speaker on the different spiritual gifts.
The Nine Spiritual Gifts
C. Hindrances in receiving the Holy Spirit.
1. Wisdom - is not just good practical judgment or common
sense or a high degree of knowledge. The wisdom that is
of the Spirit is centered on Jesus.
2. Healing - is the supernatural ability to affect a cure of
physical or other human illness through prayer.
8. Knowledge - is not just knowing lot of things through
study or experience. Knowledge that is of the spirit is the
fruit of revelation, founded on faith, and synthesized by
Christian experience.
9. Interpretation - is a companion to the gift of tongues,
when used for prophecy, and is necessary so that those
who hear may understand, and so be edified.
b. Explain especially the Gift of Tongues
It is a gift of prayer - It is a prayer that only God
can understand and only we can speak. Because of this
spiritual gift, our souls are able to say what it really wants
to express to God.
This spiritual gift pleases God. We humble ourselves
when we pray in a language we don’t understand. This
total humility pleases God.
The gift of tongues becomes a doorway to the other
spiritual gifts.
1. Unrepentant Attitude (“I am never wrong”)
Sin alienates us from God. When we refuse to be
repentant, we keep ourselves from experiencing God and His
Spirit. This is why we need to go to confession.