Fullness: A Framework to the Holy Spirit in and Through You

By Dakota Andekin

GOD'S DESTINY FOR YOU IS A LIFE OF FULLNESS IN THE HOLY SPIRIT.

A life of faith lived in partnership with the Holy Spirit is a life of fullness. The Holy Spirit is God living in and through us. In this book, you will discover the extensive, dynamic nature of the Holy Spirit working in and through you. You wil

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trilogy Christian Publishing
• Release date: Apr 28, 2023
• ISBN: 9798887386829

Dakota Andekin

DAKOTA ANDEKIN is the senior pastor of Ridgecrest Vineyard Church, RVC, a Spirit-filled church in Southern California. He also serves as founder and program director of "The Refuge," a residential faith-based recovery organization for men and women seeking a life transformed and liberated from addiction.Dakota is an up-from-the-ashes kind of leader who once was homeless and ailed by addiction. He then had a radical encounter with the Holy Spirit that forever changed his life. He has not only moved in breakthrough with ministry in the church with a master's degree in Church Leadership but is also favored in the marketplace through the successful building of multiple businesses, including his longest-lasting company, Pro Plumbing.Dakota has seen a great impact from his recent book, Prescription for Addiction. Dakota and his wife, Monica, have been married for nine years and currently have no children. Still, they believe children are a blessing from God and ultimately desire the beauty of parenthood.You can expect passionate and encouraging content to awaken you to more of God.

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Dedication

This book is dedicated to the Holy Spirit Himself. I am grateful for the grace of life You have given to all of us who believe in You and have received Your grace. May we never lose the wonder of Your presence in us!

Acknowledgments

Every accomplishment and ministry work in my life has been supported by prayer and partnership, and this book certainly reflects that. I am blessed to have so many amazing people in my life who serve as an encouragement to the vision and ministry the Lord has called me to. I want to acknowledge some of those very important people here.

To my lovely wife, Monica Andekin, your love for me keeps me going. You share your heart with me in such a big way, and I will never take that or you for granted. You have supported me, my countless wild adventures, and crazy faith moments. You haven’t given up on me through hard times and always had the heart to trust God through me. You will forever be mi amor.

To Pastor Jerry Gamboa, our executive pastor at RVC, you have been a great friend and man to lead alongside. Your integrity, work ethic, friendship, and fatherhood are exemplary for the world to follow. Our relationship has always been one that I cherish. You are built differently, sir. Our church is blessed to have such a faithful and committed leader.

To Pastor Valedia, a trusted friend and kingdom partner, I learn from you every day, and I am thankful for who God has made you to be. You carry a special grace in hosting the Holy Spirit.

To RVC pastors and leaders, there is no way our church and ministry would be without you. Your countless hours of support and dedication to the good work we have been called to are greatly appreciated.

To Ridgecrest Vineyard Church and the Refuge, thank you for your affection toward Monica and me. Your support for this great work that we are a part of makes it all worth it.

To every person who has made RVC their home, thank you!

Endorsements

"What a magnificent book! This truly highlights the framework and the ability and authority of the Holy Spirit.

Pastor Dakota has skillfully described the most amazing aspects of the Holy Spirit and His nature, which, for many, have only been a mystery. This is a treasure chest of valuable insights and truths that, if people applied, would allow us to see and experience a beautiful manifestation of God’s kingdom on earth.

This book will give the reader insight, understanding, and revelation of the important dynamics of the Holy Spirit operating inside of us. This is a key navigational tool to help us navigate this new era. I love that he has not left one stone unturned as he writes about the different theories, influences, and creative abilities of the Holy Spirit and that we can know Him intimately.

The key aspect of this book, without a doubt, is that it will lead you into dimensions and realms of creative authority, supernatural insight, and prophetic ability, knowing that our Father has chosen us to be the holy habitation of His Holy Spirit.

Take hold of your inheritance and enjoy seeing the impact you will have as you grow in knowledge and wisdom, knowing the fullness of the Holy Spirit in you."

—David McDonald

Now, may the grace and joyous favor of the Lord Jesus Christ, the unambiguous love of God, and the precious communion that we share in the Holy Spirit be yours continually. Amen (2 Corinthians 13:14, TPT).

"I love Paul’s exhortation and instruction to us. It beautifully teaches the relationship we are to intimately be in with our Heavenly Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. Let me expound on the precious communion and relationship we share with the Holy Spirit.

When you look at me and my physical body, you see me. Everyone knows I am Rebecca from my appearance. But the real me is my spirit and soul. This body will pass away and die, but who I am as a person, my mind, will, emotions, feelings, and personality, will live for eternity. What makes me is not my physical body but what comes from within me. You see, the Holy Spirit is alive in me, flowing in and through me. That is what makes me fully who I am.

Just as you and I are individuals with personalities, so is the Holy Spirit. He can feel, perceive, and respond. He can be grieved. He speaks, and He has His own will. He is part of the Holy Trinity. The Holy Spirit is not an ‘it.’ He is the Spirit of God. He is the breath of life of God. The Holy Spirit is the very essence of the Spirit of the Father and the Spirit of Jesus with us.

Religious tradition void of the acceptance and activity of the Holy Spirit has caused many to think that we have to wait to be in heaven to encounter His presence. But the Holy Spirit is a gift from heaven sent to us by our Heavenly Father, as shared by Luke in Acts 1:4–5 (TPT), Jesus instructed them, ‘Don’t leave Jerusalem, but wait here until you receive the gift I told you about, the gift the Father has promised. For John baptized you in water, but in a few days from now you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit.’

"The Greek word for ‘gift’ is ‘evangelical.’ It means promise (Strong’s #G1860). It signifies that He is a precious and great promise. Therefore, we must have a relationship with Him, discern when He is moving, and not ignore or shun Him and the moves of His Spirit. Just as I am married to my husband and do not shun or ignore him. Why? Because my marriage will not succeed if I totally ignore who my husband is as a person and refuse to relate to him.

Friends, we must relate to the Holy Spirit as a person and form a relationship with Him if we want to amplify the fullness of all the Lord has destined for us. Just as Paul clearly states in 2 Corinthians 13:14, we are to have ‘precious communion’ with the Holy Spirit. And it is not just communion but a precious close association, fellowship, relationship, and partnership. I love that I know and have a fellowship with the Holy Spirit. And friends, you, too, can truly know Him. Thank you, Dakota, for this timely teaching, bringing all those who read this transcribed message into a dynamic and empowered fellowship with the Holy Spirit."

—Becca Greenwood

Preface

A life of faith in partnership with the Holy Spirit is a life of fullness. The Holy Spirit is God living in and through us. In this book, you will discover the extensive, dynamic nature of the Holy Spirit working in and through you.

You will learn about the function of the Holy Spirit in empowering the church and every believer to live in fulfillment of the new life offered by Jesus.

The Holy Spirit comes to us in three fundamental constructs. He comes to us in wisdom and understanding, He comes to us with fruit and divine character, and He comes to us with signs, wonders, and miracles of the kingdom of God.

The Holy Spirit in Wisdom and Understanding

Chapter 1:

He’s a Person

When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them."

Acts 2:1–4 (NIV)

Many across the world celebrate the seventh Sunday post-Easter as Pentecost, but not all are well-acquainted with its true significance. The celebration commemorates the time when the Holy Spirit descended upon Jesus Christ’s disciples.

However, to understand its origin, you will have to travel a thousand years behind with me. Its origin is associated primarily with the wheat harvest’s thanksgiving for the first fruits in the Jewish tradition. It was to remember the law that God gave to Moses on the Mount of Sinai.

This became, to the church, a season of transformation into a new era. This was a new order of God relating to humanity through the indwelling of His Spirit; people would become the new temple for the Holy Spirit to dwell.

It was the day when Jesus Christ’s promise to His apostles was fulfilled. He reappeared after His resurrection to His apostles and told them to wait for the Father’s gift and, in the meanwhile, not leave Jerusalem. He told them that they, too, just like John was baptized with water, would be baptized, but with the Holy Spirit.

And the day it finally happened, the day the Holy Spirit fell upon man, was the true birth of the church.

It was Peter, one of Jesus’s apostles, who, after being filled with the Holy Spirit, gave a sermon to His people, instructing them to find their way to God, to repent, and to believe in Christ as their Messiah.

When men heard of this, following Peter’s commandments, around three thousand people were baptized. They were now growing as the people of God.

Since then, it has become the centerpiece of the expansion of God’s church. The growth of the church was and is the presence of the Holy Spirit.

First, let’s discuss the multi-layered dynamics involved in understanding the Holy Spirit.

Did you know that He, the Holy Spirit, is a person?

No? Here is what the Scripture says:

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever—the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.

John 14:16–17 (NIV)

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