Father in Jesus Name I come to You and thank You for the Holy Spirit that You gave me at salvation. Lord, I pray that You help me to live in the Spirit and not walk after the things of the flesh. Let my life prove the existence of God and I thank You for helping me to understand the ways of God through this blog. Holy Spirit, fill me as You see fit and use me for Your glory please and I thank You Father for the grace to be loyal and loving to You and all people in Jesus Name! AMEN!
“And grieve not the Holy
Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.” ~ Ephesians 4:30
Grieve,
what a horrible word, we often hear that word when people are mourning the loss
of a family member or a loss of any kind.
Greif by definition is when you feel great sorrow or mental distress due
to something or a situation. Dictionary
.com defines grief as “keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss; sharp
sorrow; painful regret.”
How often do we ever hear that Word used on
God? Oh, certain religions may say, well
the Holy Spirit is not God, but contrary to false teaching, the Holy Spirit is
God. He is referred to by Peter as God
in Acts 5:1-5. Jesus said He was going to pray and ask God to send the Holy
Spirit and He would dwell with us forever. [John 14:16] If the Holy Spirit was
not God, He would not be able to dwell in us and definitely not forever. However, in the process of learning about the
Spirit of God, the Bible says He can be grieved. What a terrible feeling, no matter who you
are, we have all felt great sorrow or loss over something, even if it’s just over
a boyfriend or girlfriend. We have all encountered loss in our lifetime and no
matter who you are, we all can always relate to this; loss isn’t fun and happy
times.
God speaks to us and says it’s possible to grieve
the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit actually has feelings and He can be hurt by
our actions and deeds. How often have we
fallen victim to doing something wrong that we knew was wrong but didn’t stop?
You may have spoken badly about someone you know or even someone we don’t know.
We may have just talked about a person in a vulgar or disrespectful manner,
either in front of them or behind their back.
The Holy Spirit convicts us of sin, meaning the Holy Spirit who dwells
in us at salvation tells us what’s right and what’s wrong. He is more effective than the human
conscience, our human conscience can be overridden but the Spirit can bring
strong conviction to our hearts, conviction that cannot be avoided. Most of the time when we do wrong, we know it’s
wrong, the Spirit of God convicts us of it! We can do things in our Christian
life and we feel bad about it, but we never stop to think how God felt about
that? How did God feel when I slept with
that person’s wife? How did God feel
when I committed adultery? How did God feel when I slept with that person? How
did He feel when I yelled at that teacher or when I got angry at my parents? We
often overlook Gods feelings in great expectation of fulfilling our own
desires. Who thinks about Gods
feelings? Often we forget about God in
this area, we know God is all knowing and all powerful, but we neglect the fact
that He is a person too. He feels sorrow
when we sin and withhold His guidance in our lives.
The Holy Spirit began His work in our lives
before we were born. God sent the Spirit to help us in our Christian walk,
truly without the Holy Spirit active in our lives we cannot walk with God to
our fullest extent. We so often fall
victim to sin and regardless of what we heard from false teachers on television
and even in the local Churches, sin separates us from God. Sin contaminates our relationship with
God. Willful and known sin is what
hinders us the most in our Christian walk.
Wait, does that mean we have to be perfect? No, not at all, but the Holy
Spirit will draw us closer to Christ.
The Apostle Paul spoke of his desire for perfection, yet knowing he couldn’t
get there in this life. [Philippians 3]
It’s obvious in this world, nobody is perfect, but God wants us to
over-power our sin nature. When Adam and
Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden our human nature came into full effect. Our human nature can be re-worded as our
sinful nature. It’s obvious that we all
have it. We don’t have to teach children
to lie; we have to teach them not to lie.
Our sinful nature! It’s contrary to what the will of God in our
lives! So how do we get rid of this
thing?
The Holy Spirit is sent from God to help us on
our Christian journey. The Holy Spirit
can lead us and guide us to be at the right place at the right time. Sure, we love to hear about that with cars,
houses, open doors and spouses and that is
true also, but God is talking about more than just that. God’s desire to lead us is so
incomprehensible we can never fully understand what He is doing. However, when we look back over our lives, we
can see how God has led us through things that we didn’t really and truly see
Him leading us through Its often only after the fact that we realize it was God
leading us the whole way. How many times
have you looked back over your life and examined the hand of God in your
life? Take the time today to think back
in your life and examine Gods leading. That Church He brought you too. The
spouse He brought you too. The job He brought you too. The Doctor He brought
you too. The opportunities God led you to, to witness and help others for His
glory. Think about it! In Gods leading, He desires for us to be led by the Holy
Spirit. [Romans 8:14] This is more than just walking into a Church; this is
being led to certain people, certain ministries, certain opportunities and
opportunities to witness about your faith in Jesus Christ. God desires to lead us, not control us! God doesn’t want us to submit to Him as a
slave master, but to come to Him and allow Him to guide us. God wants our obedience to His will and
without the Spirit being active in our lives, it’s impossible. God knows all of our weaknesses! God knows
you struggle with “that.” He knows that! He is able to fix “that,” too! God wants to fix it!
In the process of learning more about God the
Holy Spirit introduces another Ministry of His, leading and guiding us into all
truth. [John 16:13] God desires for us to learn about Him, more and more, even
everyday! [Isaiah 55:6] The Spirit of God will illuminate the scriptures and
make them stand out to us in our lives and circumstances. God is able to
fulfill His desire for our lives when we begin to read the Word of God and
begin to dedicate ourselves to prayer. The Holy Spirit is pleased when we do
those two things. [Proverbs 15:8] If the devil doesn’t want you to do anything,
he certainly doesn’t desire for you to read the Bible, study the Bible and pray
often! God is pleased when we do these things and when God is pleased the devil
is angry! How mad is the devil about
you? Is he happy about you? Is the devil
surprised by your actions or did he know you would do what you just did? Who are you serving today? Are you living in
the Spirit and walking in the Spirit? Have you allowed God to lead you into His
desired path? What choices will you make
today, we all will make many of them, but God wants to even lead us in those
decisions. God wants to be a present,
active God in your life. Will you let
Him do that right now? Will you accept the fact that He loves you, adores you
and cares for you? We wouldn’t worry so
much if we truly would begin to learn more about God. The Holy Spirit wants to lead you into a
deeper relationship with God through prayer and the study of His Word, but just
like the scripture says He can be grieved.
Don’t hinder the Holy Spirits work today, work together with Him. Open
your Bible, get on your knees and pray. God will do the rest. He is waiting on you. He wants to become a
personal God, not a distant god who doesn’t appear in your life and would never
help you in it. God wants to help you. God wants to speak to you. God wants to
lead you. God wants to guide you. God wants to love on you. Will you let Him do
that today through His Spirit that He has given to you?
Father in the Name of Jesus Christ I pray that
You will begin to bring me closer to You by the work of Your Holy Spirit in my
life. Holy Spirit lead me into Gods will for my life. Lead me to the right
place, the right Church, the right ministry, the right job opportunity, the
right spouse, and the right people. Lord, use me for Your glory through the
power of the Spirit. Holy Spirit make the Word of God real in my life. Holy
Spirit become who God desires for You to be in my life. Show me the things that
You want to show me that I have probably over-looked. Holy Spirit, show me and
lead me, lead me to green pastures. Help me to trust God and walk in the peace
of God. Spirit of God, fill me, overflow in my life and let it be evident by my
walk, talk, actions and the way I help and serve others. God produce in my
heart a passion for Your Word, prayer and service to You. Holy Spirit bring a
strong conviction in my heart that whatever I do for others I do for Christ.
Lord, I love You, thank You for the precious Holy Spirit who is drawing me even
now into a closer relationship with You in Jesus Name! AMEN!
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Have you accepted Jesus Christ as
your personal Lord and Savior?
If not, here’s what you are missing.
You are missing satisfaction in life. You are missing the blessings of
God in and through your life. You are missing the blessing of being able to
know God intimately and know Him for the pardoning of your sins. You are missing the blessing of being able to
serve God and impact your community and the world around you. You are missing the beauty of God revealing
Himself to you and helping you in your daily life. You are missing out on such
great things. God wants the best for you
and His best starts with you admitting you have sinned against Him and that you
need a Savior for your sins, that Savior is Jesus Christ. Like me, will you rebel against God’s plan
and will for your life? Will you submit to Gods will so He can save you and
redirect your life? God can get you off
any drugs, any habit or addiction, nothing can stop God and God will stop at
nothing to stop it from stopping you from reaching your full potential for
Christ. God loves you so much, why wait
and why reject His message. If you want
to be saved for-real, just pray this prayer:
“Lord Jesus, I have sinned, I am a sinner, I have sinned and will sin, but I
have sinned only against You. Lord, I am in need of Your forgiveness. I believe
You died for my sins and You rose from the dead. I believe You are God and that
You have the capability to forgive me of my sins and cleanse me from my
unrighteousness. Lord, please save me and draw me to You by Your grace. Fill me
with Your Spirit. Baptize me in Your power and help me to live a lifestyle that
is pleasing in Your sight. Give me victory over temptation, Lord, strengthen me
to be all who You want me to be please in Jesus Name! AMEN!”
"God loved the world this way:
He gave his only Son so that everyone who believes in him will not die but will
have eternal life." ~ John 3:16 (God’s Word Translation)
"That
if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart
that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a
person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting
in salvation. For
the Scripture says, “Whoever believes in Him will not be [disappointed.” For
there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord
of all, abounding in riches for all who call on Him; for “Whoever will call on the
name of the Lord will be saved.” ~ Romans 10:9-13 (NASB)
These links may help you in your walk with Jesus Christ. I urge you to take a look at some and
remember to draw closer to God through studying His Word and praying daily for
yourself and most importantly, others.
God Bless!
[List of Bible Promises!
http://www.intouch.org/resources/gods-promises?page480=2 ]
"So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."
~ Romans 10:17 (King James Version)
http://www.cbn.com/spirituallife/PrayerAndCounseling/index.aspx [Prayer
Request; Have someone online pray for you!]
"The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces
wonderful results." ~ James 5:16 (New Living Translation)
http://www.OurPrayer.org [Prayer Request; People from all over the world can
pray for YOU, simple, fast, free and beneficial.]
http://www.Bible.cc [Great site for searching through the Bible and
comparing each version, also charts, commentaries and dictionaries]
"Don’t get drunk on wine, which leads to wild living. Instead, be
filled with the Spirit." ~ Ephesians 5:18 (Gods Word Translation)
http://www.biblegateway.com [Great site for Bibles of various kinds and
various languages]
"A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the
bones." ~ Proverbs 14:30 (New International Version)
http://www.Christianword.org [Great site for prayers; affirmations,
scripture references etc.]
http://www.e-sword.net [Great site to download Bible software; commentaries,
dictionaries, maps, charts, various Bibles]
"A patient person [shows] great understanding, but a quick-tempered one
promotes foolishness." ~ Proverbs 14:29 (Holman Christian Standard Bible)
http://www.twft.org [Pastor Chuck Smith's Through The Bible audio sermons]
http://www.c28.com [Christian Clothing, etc.]
http://www.intouch.org/itrn?utm_source=ITM&utm_medium=Web&utm_campaign=Home_top_slider
[In Touch Ministries 24/7 Radio Broadcast Online; Free Streaming]
http://www.intouch.org/resources/gods-promises?page480=2 [List of Bible
Promises! (Easy to Print)]
"In the fear of the LORD there is strong confidence, And his children
will have refuge." ~ Proverbs 14:26 (New American Standard Bible)
http://www.wmpress.org [FREE Christian Tracts] [Shipped to your doorstep for
free.] [Pass out, leave somewhere (school, bus stop, grocery store, mall,
shopping center, etc.), send in a Birthday, Holiday or Christmas Card; Simple
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[ORDER FORM for WMPRESS.ORG] http://www.wmpress.org/booklet_order.php [BOOKLETS/STUDY GUIDES/ GOSPEL TRACTS
AVAILABLE TO ORDER FROM WMPRESS.ORG] http://www.wmpress.org/bksavail.shtml
http://www.intouch.org/about/in-touch-messenger/messenger-downloads
[Download 35 POWERFUL sermons from Charles Stanley in less than five minutes,
compressed ZIP FILE.] [3 Languages; Pray for the Ministry of donating, giving
and supplying these handheld devices to spread the Gospel to the remote areas
of the world and throughout the 'known' world.] [Pray!]
"For, Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be
saved." ~ Romans 10:13 (American Standard Version)
http://www.thruthebible.org/site/c.irLMKXPGLsF/b.4104233/k.BFE1/MP3_Download_of_5Year_Series.htm
[Dr. J Vernon McGee's Through The Bible 5 Year Series; Free downloads]
[THREE Great Biblical Prayers Ephesians 3:14-21, Ephesians 1:16-20 &
Colossians 1:9-14, pray them for you and others!]
http://www.biblegateway.christianbook.com [Buy Christian Bibles, great
selection of Study Bibles, commentaries, audio sermons, books, clothing, music,
gifts, art; etc.]
http://www.intouch.org/broadcast/today-on-radio [Charles Stanley's daily
radio broadcast; also clicking 'Audio Archives' can allow you to search years
back and download more of his radio broadcasts]
"I pray that the God who gives hope will fill you with much joy and
peace while you trust in him. Then your hope will overflow by the power of the
Holy Spirit." ~ Romans 15:13 (New Century Version)
http://www.intouch.org/broadcast/this-week-on-tv [Charles Stanleys 'This
Week on TV' site; clicking 'Video Archives' can allow you to search back and
find older Television shows; He also has sermon notes available on each
show/segment]
"And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured
into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us." ~
Romans 5:5 (English Standard Version)
http://www.twft.com/?page=C2000 [Pastor Chuck Smiths c2000 Through The Bible
series; free downloads of book by book, verse by verse Bible study/commentary]
"May God give you more and more grace and peace as you grow in your
knowledge of God and Jesus our Lord." ~ 2 Peter 1:2 (New Living
Translation)
http://twft.com/?page=Radio.Main [Pastor Chuck Smiths Radio Broadcast; 25
minutes of study on the Word of God. c3000 edition]
[Study Bibles I suggest looking at; at CBD.com] 'Life in The Spirit Study
Bible' 'Zondervan Study Bible' Nelson KJV Study Bible' and 'ESV Study Bible.'
Christian Books; "Disciplines of The Holy Spirit" by Tan/Gregg;
"How to Listen to God" by Charles Stanley; "Living Waters"
by Pastor Chuck Smith; "Handbook for Christian Living" by Charles
Stanley;
"That I may KNOW Him" ~ Philippians 3:10
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