Second Dialogue

After the 8th session on "Life in the Holy Spirit" ending Module Two, the discussion group leaders once again meet individually with each of the members of their group. These meetings should be held prior to the next session (Receiving the Power of the Holy Spirit) which is the start of Module Three.

The primary purpose of this individual meeting is to help the participant prepare for the prayer session where the participant is prayed with for a renewed outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Often called "Baptism in the Holy Spirit", this session sometimes causes unclarity in the mind of the participant. The discussion group leader will try to clear up any question concerning this. The meeting also serves to give encouragement and support to the participant and to find out specific areas where he/she needs to be strengthened and prayed for.

These individual meetings should be held as early as possible during the week so that the participant may have enough time after this meeting to adequately prepare himself/herself for the prayer session. Don't wait till the last minute!

Reminders:

• The principle of confidentiality is still very much in force. Keep to yourself whatever information is brought out, except what you cannot handle, in which case you should bring the same to the team leader. Any discussion of serious problems should be only with the team leader (or if necessary with the supervising Unit Head or the Chapter Head), and should not be specifically taken up during the team meeting. The team meeting is a time of sharing in general, to see where people are at. Always avoid gossip, slander, or any wrong way of speaking about any participant.
  

• Inform the team leader immediately of any problem you cannot handle or of any obstacle to being prayed with for the baptism in the Holy Spirit. Don't wait till prior to the prayer session itself.

Guide Questions for the Meeting:

• Start with a prayer. Foster an atmosphere of concern, friendliness and informality.
  

• Find out if there are any questions regarding what has transpired in the program or if there are any problem areas. Discuss these.
  

• Check the participant's understanding of baptism in the Holy Spirit and the gift of tongues. Explain these concepts again. If there is any hang-up or fear in any of these areas, help the participant to get over them.
  

• If the participant has any involvement in the occult and the like (fortune telling, card reading, spirit of the glass, etc.), which may or may not have been brought out in the first individual meeting, lead the participant to renounce verbally this involvement.
  

• Make sure that any serious wrongdoing which the participant disclosed during your first individual meeting is no longer present in his/her life. Find out if there are other Areas of wrongdoing which the participant has not disclosed.
  

• Find out if there are other obstacles to the full release of the Spirit in his/her life. Check areas of unforgiveness, resentments, hatred, bitterness, etc. Lead the participant to forgive the cause(s) of all these negative emotions. Pray for a repentant and forgiving heart.
  

• Find out if the participant has had any traumatic experiences, so that you can pray for healing of memories during the prayer session.
  

• Find out if there are other areas of concern or difficulties that the participant would like to share with you.
  

• Ask if the participant has any prayer intention, or any specific areas that he/she would want to pray for during the baptism in the Holy Spirit.
  

• Encourage the participant (if Catholic) to go to confession, to go to Mass and receive Holy Communion, and to pray prior for the baptism in the Holy Spirit.
  

• Pray together at the end of the meeting.