The Impact of The Holy Spirit's Presence

The Lord is Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
 2 Corinthians 3:7

One of the misconceptions of a whole lot of people is that being a spiritual person or religious person is a burdensome way to live; yet, nothing could be further from the truth. For the Holy Spirit, if we allow Him to flow through our lives is like a refreshing stream of living water interacting and transforming us to be truly alive, vibrant and fruitful.  Just think about the "fruit" that the Word of God teaches grows out of your life and my life when we are "filled with the Holy Spirit."

Doesn't growing in grace so as to produce love, joy, peace, the ability to  grow so that you can keep calm in trouble and tribulation (being longsuffering or patient,) becoming and being  gentle/kind, possessing goodness & faithfulness (which is integrity) and doesn't the ability to grow in demonstrating self control sound life fulfilling and refreshing to you? It sounds downright liberating to me. We simply need to be filled with the spirit, as we yield our lives daily to our loving Creator and God.

So, how do we cooperate with the Spirit so that this can happen?  Now this is a very good question, and surprisingly the Apostle Paul gives  us the key to this question's answer.  He does this in Ephesians 5:17-21:

Therefore, do not be foolish, but understand what God's will is:
Do not get drunk on wine which leads to unbridled immorality,
but be filled with the Spirit ...

You do this by speaking to yourselves/one another with
Psalms, hymns and spiritual songs,
As you intentionally sing and make melody in your hearts,
and you sing to the Lord.

Then you should habitually and or always give thanks to God
who is the Father of everything,
And you should do these things,
IN THE NAME of our 
LORD JESUS,
who IS the Christ.
Ephesians 5:17- 21
Paraphrased

Pay attention, dear Christ-Followers to carry out these spiritual practices, as directed by the Apostle Paul, and you will, indeed, discover how to experience the presence of the Holy Spirit.  And you will live in liberty!  Hallelujah!

SoJourner

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

American & "Pride"

Image
 THE MEGA PROBLEM OF "PRIDE" Our country, and especially our leaders, have stolen a God Covenant Symbol-- THE RAINBOW-- which declares God's judgment for unholy living will never be accomplished through flood waters; however,  this doesn't mean God will NOT judge a nation,  or planet that is sin filled and full of pride.  We are living in a time that Jesus describes, in the Bible,  as "The Days of Noah." He prophesied of our day being like the generation that caused God to regret HE had ever made human beings.  Why? The answer is simple: HE had this regret because of "PRIDE." How 🤔 is pride demonstrated? 1. Pride shows itself when people worship the creature rather than THE Creator. 2 . Pride is exemplified when people become the idols, and mere human pseudo truth & rules for life are contrary to Almighty God's Law, which human beings use to govern life. 3. Pride is seen in our irreverence for God's name via the confession of our mouth
Read more

We Can Be So Much More.

Image
   We Can Be So Much More:  Let us learn about the powerful identity God the Father gives us, through our being IN Christ Jesus by the power of The Holy Spirit. Let us embrace our God given Eternal Inheritance.  ( Ephesians 1:3-14)  Let us get up, each morning and give ourselves up to God. (Romans 12:1-2.)  Let us wake up! And practice Gods practice of putting off the deeds of darkness, of being empowered to behave decently, like people who live in the day time. (Romans 13:11-14) Let us cloth our selves, in Jesus, by putting on the full armor of God each day! This will make us strong in the Lord and in His mighty power, and it will give us all we need to stand against the Devil's schemes. (Ephesians 6:10-20) Let us submit to God, and resist the Devil so he will have to flee from us. (James 4:7) Learn all we can about the enemy and know he has no authority over us. But in Christ we have God's resurrection power flowing in us and through us. In Jesus Name 🙏  SoJourner 
Read more

W A T C H O U T ! ! ! JESUS TEACHING ON LEADERS

Image
  Jesus Rock Solid Teaching Regarding Picking Leaders Matthew 7:15-23      "Watch out for false prophets! They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves!  By their fruits you shall recognize them!  Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes or figs from thistles? Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, and every bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. Every tree that does NOT bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus by their fruit you will recognize them. Not everyone who says to me 'Lord, Lord' will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but ONLY those who do the will of my Father in Heaven. Many will say to me on the day they give account of their lives, 'Lord, Lord' did we not prophesy in your name, and in you name drive out demons, and in your name perform many miracles?  Then I will tell them plainly, ' I never knew you! Away from me, you evil doers!'
Read more