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the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to
the will of God.

What an awesome ministry the Spirit of Christ provides to the child of God!
He enables us to overcome sin. He leads us. He bears witness to us that we are
God’s children, and that we belong to Him. He even helps empower our prayers
when we do not know how to pray.
Yahshua said that He would send the Spirit to indwell His disciples, and that
the Spirit would serve as His voice within them. The Spirit would lead them as a
shepherd guides the sheep.

John 10:27
“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me...”

Isaiah prophesied hundreds of years before it occurred, that God would send
His Spirit to man to serve as a guide in all things. This Spirit would lead us as
surely as the pillar of fire and cloud led the children of Israel in the wilderness.

Isaiah 30:20-21
He, your Teacher will no longer hide Himself, but your eyes will behold
your Teacher. Your ears will hear a word behind you, "This is the way, walk
in it," whenever you turn to the right or to the left.

Our victory over addictive desires, and the passions that reside in our flesh,
is only guaranteed as we go where God would have us to go, and do what He
would have us to be doing. As we look further at the example of the Israelites in
the wilderness we can see that they were only assured of victory when they closely
followed where God told them to go. When they departed from the direction of
God they had no power to resist their enemies.
The New Testament also reveals that following the Lord wherever He would
lead us is vital to those who would walk as overcomers. In the book of Revelation
we find the apostle John describing a vision of a group of overcoming saints
standing with Christ on Mount Zion. Of these victorious believers we read the
following:

Revelation 14:4-5
These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These have
been purchased from among men as first fruits to God and to the Lamb.
And no lie was found in their mouth; they are blameless.

This is a trait of all those who would walk in victory over sin, Satan and the
world. They follow Christ wherever He would lead them.