John 3:6 Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life.
I know I have heard messages/sermons on "walking with the Spirit", but it was never related into real life for me.
I spent a lot I time trying to please God and trying to win/deserve gifts and blessings.
Ephesians 2:6, 9 For he raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ Jesus. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.
I was missing the point for so long!
If you are like me, you are tired of always fighting. Fighting your flesh, fighting your thought, fighting your feelings, your emotions, or anything that makes you feel "fleshly".
I think that is one of the devils little tricks. He figured out that if we are so busy fighting ourselves, we will be to busy to be awesome for God!
He knows he has lost, so why not try to delay his defeat as long as possible.
Ephesians 6:12 For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.
You were created to be awesome! Not to fight yourself.
Which leads me to my point...
How can I stop fighting, and start being awesome for God?
The answer is, walking with the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit was sent to earth after Jesus ascended to live with the Father again.
Acts 2:2-4 Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm, and it filled the house where they were sitting. Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them. And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other languages, as the Holy Spirit gave them this ability.
Ephesians 2:18 Now all of us can come to the Father through the same Holy Spirit because of what Christ has done for us.
The Holy Spirit was sent as a comforter, a guild, a guarantee that we are children of the most high God.
John 16:13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own but will tell you what he has heard. He will tell you about the future.
Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
Ephesians 1:14 The Spirit is God’s guarantee that he will give us the inheritance he promised and that he has purchased us to be his own people. He did this so we would praise and glorify him.
John 14:26 But when the Father sends the Advocate as my representative—that is, the Holy Spirit—he will teach you everything and will remind you of everything I have told you.
Previous to Jesus' ascension, the Holy Spirit would come on men sometimes. Giving the words of knowledge, prophecies or visions. It was more rare to have any words from the Spirit.
Now we have the Holy Spirit available 24/7. All the time we have access to Heavenly knowledge, strength, joy, power, and more. All through the Spirit.
Acts 2:17 ‘In the last days,’ God says,‘I will pour out my Spirit upon all people.Your sons and daughters will prophesy.Your young men will see visions,and your old men will dream dreams.
So what does it mean to walk with the Spirit.
Well... If I were going to walk my life with my best girlfriend, I would choose to spend time with her, get to know her, trust her with private matters.
It's the same with the Holy Spirit.
First of all, the Bible says you received the Holy Spirit when you received Christ as your savior.
What I have found is, being filled with the Holy Spirit is a constant filling and pouring out.
Picture yourself as a bucket with small holes in it. You fill it up in the morning, but as the day goes on, more and more water is leaking out.
It's kinda the same with the Spirit.
As you go about life, you pour into others, into work, into emotions and lots of things.
If you are not constantly being filled, you start to feel empty.
So, how do I get filled?
Ask!
That's it, just ask.
Luke 11:13 So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him.”
The Father loves you, He wants to give you good gifts. He has good things to give.
In the morning I like to say good morning to the Holy Spirit, invite Him to walk with me and help be throughout the day, and to intercede to the Father on my behalf, concerning prayer requests.
Romans 8:26-27 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. And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God’s own will.
I ask Him to speak to me, to show me things through the day, to open doors of opportunity to show love to others.
And He does.
1 Corinthians 2:10-11 But it was to us that God revealed these things by his Spirit. For his Spirit searches out everything and shows us God’s deep secrets. No one can know a person’s thoughts except that person’s own spirit, and no one can know God’s thoughts except God’s own Spirit.
But you have to remember. If you are friends with someone, and they say something to you and you don't ever listen, they are likely to stop talking.
It's the same with the Holy Spirit.
If you not hearing anything, maybe you need to go back to the last thing you heard.
So what does walking with the Spirit look like in daily applications?
For me, its...
Messaging a friend with an encouraging word when I have their name pop into my head.
Praying for people when you feel prompted.
Saying a kind word.
Giving a prophetic word when prompted.
Being bold and speaking up.
Showing love to people around you.
Maybe silly things like...
Turning left, instead of right.
Turning on my bright lights, just in time to see and avoid a deer.
Basically, its listening, and following what you hear.
You need to feed and nourish your relationship with the Holy Spirit.
Reading the Bible, praying, and worshiping are great ways to do that. But also just listening, and spending time together.
Be intentional about spending time with the Holy Spirit. You will be blessed.
Being filled with the Holy Spirit is the basis needed to walk in Spiritual gifts.
But that is a blog for another day!
Ephesians 1:3-11, 14 All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ. Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure. So we praise God for the glorious grace he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son. He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins. He has showered his kindness on us, along with all wisdom and understanding. God has now revealed to us his mysterious plan regarding Christ, a plan to fulfill his own good pleasure. And this is the plan: At the right time he will bring everything together under the authority of Christ—everything in heaven and on earth. Furthermore, because we are united with Christ, we have received an inheritance from God, for he chose us in advance, and he makes everything work out according to his plan. The Spirit is God’s guarantee that he will give us the inheritance he promised and that he has purchased us to be his own people. He did this so we would praise and glorify him.
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