Spirit of Might, Counsel, Knowledge and Fear of the Lord

In this special excerpt, Sean Smith shares insight on four expressions of the sevenfold Spirit of God.

Below are some notes from our Partners-only Monthly Mentoring Session. These sessions have been recorded and you can access them by becoming a Partner today! Find out more at DougAddison.com/TimeOff.

Sean Smith started out the session by talking about the Spirit of Might. The Spirit of Might imparts power, strength and anointing for divine plans.

Sometimes we want the Spirit of Might for our plans, but the Spirit of Might is guaranteed for divine plans.

Might was a word used to describe David’s mighty men. Benaiah went down into a pit and killed a lion on a snowy day. Three of David’s men broke through a Philistine garrison to get water. Shammah defeated the Philistines in a lentil field. These were amazing, mighty men!

Sean asked the Partners two questions: Are you ready to see God’s power? Are you desperate to witness a display of God’s might? Holy Spirit makes that available to us and God wants YOU!

Sean mentioned that he and his mentor were watching a particular evangelist, and many people came to be healed. Sean’s mentor said, “If half these people came with the same expectancy to their Sunday morning service or their small group, they could get their healing there.”

The people had the expectation that the evangelist had the might instead of the Holy Spirit.

Holy Spirit is ready to bring the might! He carries the explosive, miracle-working power and He’s ready to use it. Give Him the opportunity!

Next, Sean focused on the Spirit of Knowledge. The Spirit of Knowledge is knowing things hidden from human eyes. This can include knowing what people are planning, what they are doing, or what they are hiding.

You can perceive what’s going on! For example, in Acts 8, Peter perceived that when Simon the sorcerer was trying to buy the Holy Spirit, he was in the gall of bitterness.

It’s important to understand that there’s head knowledge and then there’s heart knowledge. We can get a lot of head knowledge easily. We can Google stuff, use ChatGPT and more, but the Holy Spirit is ready to give you heart knowledge.

Sean continued by talking about the Spirit of the fear of the Lord. He mentioned that the Father is loving, and we can bask in that love, but we can’t lose the awe of Father God and the fear of God.

Sean thinks that the North American body of Christ has lost the awe of God. He believes the Holy Spirit wants to bring that back. And where there’s awe, there’s intimacy. If people really knew the Father, there would be more reverence.

Sean said that he has no problem calling God “Daddy,” and we call out “Abba.” But in the midst of that, understand that He’s a sovereign God.

It’s a balance of knowing God as Daddy, but also knowing Him as a sovereign God and having awe of God. This is what will keep us from secret sins, and it will keep us from allowing pride to build up. 

The Spirit of the fear of the Lord is knowing who He is, thinking about the twenty-four elders bowing down and more! 

John wrote the book of Revelation and when he saw Jesus as the Resurrected One, he fell on his face as if dead.

Sean ended the session by challenging the Partners to use each of these designations of the Holy Spirit as decrees and prayer points. Also do the same for the sevenfold expressions of the Spirit of God.

InLight Connection thanks Sean Smith for sharing his heart with us!

P.S.  Thank you to all of those who partner with InLight Connection and give on a regular basis. You are holding their arms up in the spirit right now, and they are truly grateful. For those who have not yet given, or it’s been a while, please consider giving now (or partnering monthly) … to help, just click HERE. Becoming a Partner will give you access to the upcoming guest speaker events. These meetings are POWERFUL!

Doug Addison is the founder and president of InLight Connection. Doug is a prophetic speaker, author and coach. He is known for his Daily Prophetic Words, Spirit Connection podcast and blog. He and his wife Linda live in Los Angeles, California where they are impacting the arts, entertainment and media industries.