WHO THE HOLY SPIRIT IS TO
ME
WHO THE HOLY SPIRIT IS TO
ME
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If you are born again,
you have probably experienced or felt him before. It could have been slight,
little or a sudden event. Maybe a test. He told you to do something and you
did. It turned out well. So, it is not your mind like many believe, it is the
holy spirit.
WHO IS HE
So yeah, He speaks, He is
a person. He holds nice easy meaningful conversations with people. He tells you
what to do per time.
He is God. Yeah, not a
lesser form of God. Actually, he is GOD living inside each and every one of us.
Jesus paid the price. So, now we have God living in each and every born again Christian
as the holy spirit.
WHAT HE DOES
He is a friend deposited
in every born again Christian. The holy spirit is deposited in each and every
one of us and he does miraculous work in us if allowed. He is an advocate, a
lover, a teacher and he is always right there to help when anxious or sad or
confused.
So, if you are a Christian
wondering if you have the holy spirit, he is living right in side of you, you
just need to unlock him. Even when it feels like an empty space, he is right
there because faith is not a feeling. He opens the bible to us and enables God’s
word to apply to us. He helps us to differentiate between right and wrong.
BUT GROWTH IS NECESSARY
We need to grow the holy
spirit living in us, improve his capacity to talk to us, hear his voice better.
We must go from hearing just a sentence to getting a full day’s worth of talk
because yesterday’s faith is not enough for today’s challenges. We grow his
capacity in us by
A]
PRAYING
This is in different forms like:
I] TALK TO HIM LIKE A PERSON.
Talk to him like you are
talking to someone. Prayer is a two-way communication and it is really best to
talk to him as a person. The best prayers I have had were the ones where I
talked to God and he replied.
Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that
God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? 1 Corinthians 3:16 NIV
He is an actual person
living inside you. Doesn’t it seem amazing to have the God’s own spirit living
inside of me. So, I have the ability to talk to God and enjoy his
presence. If the spirit is willing and
ready to speak to me then I can talk to him and expect a response from Him.
You can talk to Him
during the day and before you sleep at night and during your sleep. Remember,
Jeremiah said his sleep was sweet after God revealed things to him in his
dream. Your thoughts are a choice and you can speak to him through it.
Ask him what you are
confused about and expect an answer to like talking to a human being in your
mind and tell him to help you.
II] PRAY IN THE SPIRIT.
Link to him in the spirit
by praying [if you can] in the holy spirit. It broadens his horizons in your
life. If you can’t, you can ask him for it. You can also read the HOLY SPIRIT
MY HELPER by Faith A. Oyedepo.
III]PRAY FOR HIS KINGDOM
This will grow him in
you. You are exhibiting that you love him and that he will be inclined towards
you. Have a kingdom dream, pray towards it and ensure its fulfillment by his
spirit. Do things to ensure that the kingdom dream is fulfilled. Ask him for
steps to take to let the dream come through.
Also, pray for the church
of God. Pray that it will grow, ask him to bless pastors. Do not be SELFISH in
your prayers. Continue praying for HIS KINGDOM.
B] READ GOD’S WORD
You can improve his
capacity in you by His word and he talks by his word.
This is very important in
a believer’s life. You are absolutely responsible for the outcome of your life.
Reading God’s word as a tool for growth is important.
Anyone who listens to the word but does not do
what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror and,
after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. James 1:23-24 NIV
After reading, do not
just close that chapter. Meditate on the word. You can keep a journal about
what God said. Keep thinking about it. Once you catch light, write it down and
put it in a place where you always put it.
Do the word. Ask God for
practical to do the word.
Ø Reading
his word creates a word reserve in one.
Ø Meditating over it ensures wisdom for
practical application.
Ø Doing
his word improves his capacity and the spirit.
So, you are transformed
by the process of reading his word.
TIPS;
1] Read like you are
asking a question but be open to hearing about other things as well.
2] Read in such a way
that you will practice it. For example, you can search for a word from the Bible
in the morning. You can ask the Holy Spirit for a word to practice in the day.
3] Realize that he speaks
through the world and he grows by this.
C] GIVING HIM FULL ACCESS
The HOLY spirit grows
when you give him full access to your everyday life. Allowing him to take full
control also help to grow his ability in our lives.
You can do this by taking
a vow or an oath to serve him all the days of your life, that you will always
obey him. Burn the bridge, add a consequence for not doing such. This will grow
in you. As long as you stand by your vow to be involved in daily life, not just
your spiritual life.
Just give Him full
control of your life and He will take over. Let his word and opinion serve as
guide to your thoughts and life.
NOTE;
Your growth in the holy
ghost will be outwardly visible to you and those around you. The fruit of the
spirit will grow in you, a part from the one which was originally deposited.
Gal 5; 22-23 helps you to test yourself to see whether God [holy spirit] lives
in you. Besides, the fruits are also weapons for growth of the holy spirit.
These fruits are deposited
in every born again Christian as a tool to continue to grow in God. This is why
we feel so much when we become born again but it doesn’t last long if we are
not committed to growth.
FRUITS
AS WELL AS WEAPONS FOR GROWTH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
1] LOVE
This doubles as a fruit
of the spirit and a weapon for growth. Love for God is big in the kingdom.
You will love God when
you become born again. It is a deposit of the spirit. If properly grown, it
will develop. You will feel sudden love to be with him. This will enable you to
want to know him more, obey his commands, avoid sin.
“If you love me, keep my commands. John 14:15 NIV
But it is deeper than
that. Your love for God will make you love his kingdom, enjoy his presence,
crave his word and serve Him without looking back. The holy Spirit thrives
under an atmosphere of love and his capacity is greatly improved under those
circumstances. So, love him, ask that he pour his love on your heart. "And hope does not put us to
shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy
Spirit, who has been given to us."
It is both a gift and a
weapon in that sense. It doubles as a weapon, because it is your love of God,
that will ensure you to make a vow, read his word, commune with him in prayer.
It is deposited and made of good use by us to grow Him.
Remmember the spirit of
the lord has come upon me to proclaim
2] JOY
It is also a fruit of the
spirit and a gift. When you become born again, joy is deposited. You may feel joyful
for no reason. It also helps in growing the Holy spirit as joy and thankfulness
grows His capacity in you. Thanking God and being joyful helps him to grow.
With joy you will draw water from the wells of
salvation. Isaiah 12:3 NIV
You grow him in you with
joy and thankfulness. If you lack it, you will grieve him. The holy spirit dwells
in an atmosphere of thanks and joy. Thanking him for things like recommending a
book, finding a thing and so on will improve his capacity. Never take his
intervention as normal without acknowledging him. So, thank him for everything,
even for revealing a bible verse to you.
Avoid
grieving the holy spirit as much as possible. This reduces access and his
ability to talk to you.
Grieving the holy spirit
is kind of like getting him ANGRY. The following things are triggers that can
reduce his access. They must be AVOIDED.
I] DISOBEDIENCE
He gives instruction when
asked and he is grieved when disobeyed. He hates it when a person asks for his
instruction, then discards it. Remember, it is the Ancient of Days you are
asking instructions from.
II] WORDS OF THE MOUTH
You grieve the holy
spirit by the words of your mouth.
Remember you are only to edify people, God and yourself by what you say.
You exemplify your relationship with God by your words. You grieve the holy
spirit when not expressing him properly.
III] THOUGHT
Your thoughts matter to
God and allowing certain thoughts to stay in your mind grieves the holy spirit.
Remember to bring into captivity every thought the exalts itself above God.
“We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself
up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it
obedient to Christ.” 2 Corinthians 10:5 NIV
So, capture your thoughts
for the Holy spirit. He lives in you and He doesn’t dwell in an unhealthy
environment. Hence, control your thoughts. Remember, your thoughts are a
choice, not a circumstance.
Iv] ACTIONS
You grieve the holy
spirit by your actions. Actions are the showcase of your thoughts and words. So,
you are to walk in His steps as long as you live. If your actions do not please
Him, do not do them.
NOTE:
Ø The
holy spirit is God Himself in you. So, see it as God in heaven living to you
and interacting with you. God is God and holy spirit is a person and should be
treated like He is God. Reverence Him and fear Him.
Ø The
holy spirit is applied specially to you. He lives inside you and He knows your
destiny. So, always ask Him and obey His instructions.
Ø The
holy spirit and empowerment is for you to speak the good news to other people.
Never take it as an entitlement. Use your empowerment to help other people and
bring people to Christ. This is a major way to bring people to Christ.
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he
has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim
freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the
oppressed free.” Luke 4:18 NIV
To crown it all up,
Your level of access to
the Holy spirit is like a pipe. You can broaden it or narrow it. Make a conscious
effort today to broaden that pipe.
If you feel like you have
gone wrong, NEVER had access to the holy spirit or no longer have access to him
because of sin and circumstances of life, make this confession.
“Lord Jesus, I believe
you died for me and on the third day you rose again that I may be justified.
Wash me with your blood and cleanse me by your blood. Pour out your spirit and
your love into me. Amen!!!”
If you just made the
confession above, you are blessed. Read the information above and practice
them.
For all the people that
are not being born again, ask God for more empowerment of the holy spirit.
BE BLESSED!!!
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