Holy Spirit, Part 3, from Mom

Filled with the Holy Spirit

1 Corinthians 6:19-20  Don't you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God?  You do not belong to yourself, for God bought you with a high price, so you must honor God with your body.

Our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit.  When we are powerless, defeated and fearful, give control to the Holy Spirit and be filled with the Holy Spirit.  Ephesians 5:18  Don't be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life.  Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit...

Don't grieve the Holy Spirit

Also know as disobedience.  Ephesians 4:30  And do not bring sorrow to God's Holy Spirit by the way you live.  Remember, He has identified you as His own, guaranteeing that you will be saved on the day of redemption.    1 Thessalonians 5:19  Do not stifle the Holy Spirit.  

Walk in the Spirit, depend on Him, submit to Him.  Galatians 5:16  So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives.  Then you won't be doing what your sinful nature craves.

As we walk in the Spirit, the fruit of the Spirit will be produced in us.  Galatians 5:22-23  But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives;  love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.  There is no law against these things!  

Being Spirit filled is assurance that we are a child of God.  Romans 8:16-17  For His Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God's children.  And since we are His children, we are His heirs.  In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God's glory.  But if we are to share His glory we must also share his suffering.  

Pray in the Spirit always and with supplication.  Ephesians 6:18  Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion.  Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere.  
Romans 8:26  And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness.  For example, we don't know what God wants us to pray for.  But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words.  The Holy Spirit prays with deep feeling.

Acts 2:38  Peter replied, "Each of you must repent of your sins and turn to God, and be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins.  Then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.  Repentance, baptism, receiving.

From me:

Lately I have been reading Brother Lawrence's "The Practice of the Presence of God."  I have to admit I've been a little frustrated, because I am so easily distracted and focused on the things of this world.  Walking through everyday life sort of consumes my thinking and doing...which is not what I want.  Even though I am in this world and must take care of life here, I want to do it with an awareness and a "resting" in God.  I find some clues to doing that in this last part of Mom's journal entry on the Holy Spirit.

It's in God's own Word that I find the answers.  Ephesians 4:30 and 1 Thessalonians 5:19: Disobedience stifles the Spirits presence (or more accurately my awareness of) in my life.  Confess and turn away from any attitudes, words, actions that grieve Him.  Ephesians 6:18:   Being in prayer. Making a conscious effort to stay alert and praying through the day.  It seems to me these two actions will heighten our awareness of God's presence and work in our lives.  And I know I want that desperately.

Lord, this journey through life goes through many twists and turns.  Some days are up, some are down...but all are in Your hands.  Lord, help me and all of us to remember that You are always with us in the Person of the Holy Spirit.  He is everything we need to live, to fulfill Your purpose, to glorify You in our time here on earth.  Lord, make us more aware, more in tune, more obedient each and every moment of each and every day.  I want more of You!!  Thank You Holy Spirit for all the wonderful work You do in my life.  I am so grateful that You are with me and all who are children of God.  Thank You for Your prayers.  Help me to follow You more closely today, to be more mindful of Your presence in my life.  I pray that for all of us, all my readers, my Christian family.   Thank You.  In Jesus Name, amen.

Pray without ceasing today as the Holy Spirit leads.