It’s hard to believe it’s already the month of July! Time is flying by so fast, and before we know it, it will be the end of the year again. But today, I want to talk to you about the Holy Spirit giving you the insight you need for any problem, project, or task in front of you. I will share a bit from my personal experience, and I believe that what I am going to share will really help you!

But before I get into this teaching, I first want to say that it is our mission to fulfill the Great Commission and “teach all nations.” Every prayer prayed — and every gift given — empowers us to be able to accomplish God’s call on our lives and ministry. The task is huge, and it seems the Lord has trusted us enough to place more and more on our plates for us to do. Everywhere I look in our ministry, I see productivity and growth as people are responding in record numbers to the teaching of God’s Word. We couldn’t do any of this alone, which is why we are so grateful to our wonderful partners. If you would like to support us in this God-called endeavor, please visit renner.org/partner. We’re so grateful to anyone willing to help us reach more people with the Gospel.

I also want to tell you that on September 1, my next book will be released. It is called The Miracles of Jesus Christ — An Eye-Opening Examination of Every Miracle, Healing, and Demonic Encounter in the Gospels and the Book of Acts. I can’t find another book similar to this one. What makes it so different? Well, it is a commentary on every supernatural event in the Gospels, and as I wrote it, it made me fall deeper in love with Jesus. He is so amazing — and He is the same yesterday, today, and forever — so we need to understand how He healed the sick, worked miracles, and cast out demons. I truly believe this book will enrich your understanding and make you fall deeper in love with Jesus. This book will be offered at an introductory price of $28 for a limited time. To order ahead, simply call 1-800-742-5593 or go online to renner.org.

Now to begin my teaching this month on receiving the insight of the Holy Spirit! For years early on in our ministry in Russia, I searched for a way to reach the very large elderly population in Moscow where we live. They are a very unique generation, and I had never understood the key to touching them in large numbers. I knew there was a way to do it, but I didn’t know that way. To be honest, I had nearly bent my brain trying to think of how “I” could reach them! I didn’t realize it at that time, but I had worked so hard thinking on my own that I hadn’t involved the Holy Spirit very much in obtaining the answer!

But I’ll never forget the day many years ago when I looked out the living-room window of our apartment in downtown Moscow — and there on the street that ran parallel to the Kremlin was a massive demonstration of pensioners, widows, and other elderly people, looking like they were having the greatest party of their lives! As I leaned out our window to get a better glimpse, I heard music from the Soviet era being played, and I saw that many of these pensioners were actually dancing in the streets to the music. They were reveling in the memories of earlier times when they were younger and life seemed easier than it had become in their old age.

I told Denise, “I want to go downstairs, get out on the street, and experience those elderly people!” Within minutes, I had my winter coat on; I pressed the button on our elevator to take me down to the street; and I nearly flew out of the door of our building to quickly join that big demonstration. I just wanted to share the experience with these thousands of lively elderly people!

When I stepped into the huge throng of people, I suddenly found myself engulfed by senior citizens who were behaving like teenagers. All around me was a mass of white-haired revelers who had seized the moment to step into earlier memories of life in the USSR. For several hours, they really “whooped it up” on the central street of downtown Moscow. It was so invigorating to see them enraptured in their memories that I lingered among them until several hours had passed and the crowd finally began to dwindle down. As I walked home toward our apartment, the streets were covered with confetti and large banners with old Soviet slogans that lay scattered on the ground.

As I stood there pondering the whole experience, I cried out, “Holy Spirit, please show me how to reach this generation!” Before I got back to our apartment, God had marvelously opened my heart and mind to a new idea of how to reach this older generation, and before I stepped back into our elevator, God had given me the plan for how to do it. He imparted to me a revelation that, when later acted on, enabled us to build what is now one of the largest senior-adult ministries in the world and is still a major part of our Moscow ministry today.

It all began with an “idea” from the Holy Spirit that was birthed in my heart when I was not expecting it. It had started out as just an ordinary day that then developed into an unusual set of circumstances that ultimately became our ministry to many thousands of elderly people over the years.

In the midst of that unexpected situation near the Kremlin that day, suddenly the Spirit of God showed me something to do that I had never thought of before. It was like a supernatural beam penetrated my mind, and I could see what to do. Since that moment, years of fruit born from the implementation of that idea have proven that it truly was a revelation from the Lord.

I had always prayed for a way to reach the senior population in Moscow because they represented such a large part of the city, but I would have never been smart enough to dream up the idea that the Holy Spirit dropped into my heart that afternoon. And not only did the Holy Spirit give me an inspired idea, He also injected me with the courage I needed to obey it. In one split second, I had both the idea and the courage to do what the Holy Spirit had shown me. Insight for the plan and the faith to move forward on it came simultaneously, and the outcome in the years since that moment has been truly profound. Through this outreach that was birthed in my heart in that moment years ago, many thousands and thousands of senior citizens have gotten saved and experienced the love of God in their sunset years. The path to reaching them was so simple and so powerful, yet I had never seen it before that moment.

This plan has become our Golden Age outreach — a weekly gathering where Moscow’s senior citizens come to enjoy live performances of the music they grew up with, lovingly presented by volunteer musicians. After the concert, they are invited to hear a message about Jesus, and each meeting is paired with practical care through the distribution of food, vitamins, arthritis creams, Bibles, Christian books, and other necessities. Through these gatherings, we minister to nearly 4,000 people every month. It is amazing what God can do, isn’t it?

Often we think so long and hard about how to do certain things that need to be done — when all along the Holy Spirit knows exactly how to do it. The Holy Spirit sees and knows everything. He knows the key to every heart. He knows the secret to every success, whether in ministry, business, education, family, or anything else. If we will listen to Him, the Holy Spirit will reveal exactly what we need to know for every situation we face in life. The question is — are we listening?

In First Corinthians 2:9, Paul wrote of the restrictions normally placed on our minds, but in verse 10, He told us that part of the Holy Spirit’s ministry is to remove those restrictions so we can see what we normally could not see on our own. He says, “But God hath revealed them [hidden things] unto us by his Spirit.…”

The word “revealed” is the Greek word apokalupto. The root word is kalupto, which describes something that is veiled or hidden to the human eye and mind. It is there, but it isn’t seeable or knowable. It’s like an entire lawn that is green, lush, and beautifully landscaped, but because the curtains inside the house are closed, you are unaware of the beauty that is right outside for you to see.

But in First Corinthians 2:10, the word apo is added to the front of the word kalupto, and that little addition of apo means the curtain that once hid our view has been removed. Suddenly what was unseen becomes visible, and what was hidden becomes revealed. This is the reason apokalupto is translated as something revealed or as a revelation. And Paul stated that this was a strategic part of the Holy Spirit’s ministry — to take hidden things that we can’t know on our own and reveal them to us.

On that day when the Holy Spirit spoke to me, it was as if He held the strings on an invisible curtain that had blocked my ability to see how to reach that older population. When I cried out to Him for answers, He lifted that curtain, and I instantly saw what I had never seen before. In a split second, I had an answer to a question I had been asking for years. It wasn’t something I sat around and concocted on my own; it was something revealed to me as the Spirit removed the invisible veil that had separated me from the answer I had been seeking.

God has blessed our ministry enormously over the years, and I am the first to tell you it isn’t because we are so smart. If Denise and I have done anything right, we have listened. We discovered that if we remember to ask the Holy Spirit for help, He will always be there to show us that which we’re not smart enough to figure out on our own. I don’t know what answer you’ve been seeking, but I know who has the answer!

The Holy Spirit sees everything and knows everything — including those things that your mind would never see or know on its own. Perhaps you’ve been seeking answers about your marriage, your business, your education, your finances, your health, your children, or an important relationship — the list could go on and on. You may have been seeking answers for years, but you just couldn’t see what to do. In my own case, all those years, the Holy Spirit had the answer I had been seeking, but I was so busy trying to brainstorm ideas by myself that I hadn’t allowed the Holy Spirit to operate in His revealing ministry on my behalf.

Today I want to encourage you to open your heart to the Holy Spirit in a new way. He is present with you right now, holding the strings to the curtain that has blocked your view. This may be the very moment that He pulls those strings, and you finally see what you’ve been seeking for so long. Instead of only brainstorming and trying to think it through on your own, look to Him — and let Him give you a revelation of what He wants to happen next. He has all the answers, but we must surrender to Him so that He can show us what we need to know and see!

This letter is simple, but this is a life-transforming truth that changed me and resulted in the salvation of tens of thousands of senior citizens. In like manner, the Holy Spirit has all the answers you are seeking, and He wants to reveal them to you. Today I encourage you to pray: “Holy Spirit, please open my eyes and mind to know and see what I haven’t been able to figure out on my own. You hold the answers I need, and it is God’s plan for You to show them to me, so I ask You to do what is necessary to open my eyes and mind to supernaturally know and see the answers that I am seeking!”

This may seem so simple, but when the Holy Spirit shows you what you need to know, you’ll want to shout, “Hallelujah!” Finally, you’ll see what you need to see, and you’ll know what you need to do. And if you want someone to pray with you so that you can more easily hear and see what the Holy Spirit wants to show you, please reach out to us by calling 1-800-742-5593 or write to us at prayer@renner.org. We are very sincerely praying for you, but when we know exactly how to pray, we become more effective in our praying for you. It always helps to have someone agreeing in prayer, so please reach out and let us know how we can pray for you.

Before I close, I want to ask you to also pray for us. Denise and I, our sons, and our team are on the frontlines and doing what Jesus has asked us to do. But it is your prayers and financial gifts that help us to take God’s Word to those who are languishing in darkness. They need answers, and we have the answers, but it is your prayers and gifts that help us do this job of impacting lives for the present and for eternity. Thank you for praying for us too!

We love you and thank God for you!

We are your brother and sister, friends, and partners in Jesus Christ,

Rick and Denise Renner
along with Paul, Philip, and Joel Renner and our entire ministry team