Holy Spirit

I have this group of friends and we were chatting about the Holy Spirit. I promised I was going to blog about it soon.  I felt like God was bringing it up quite often in my devotional time and it was time to write about it. OK, so,  I did not get around to it and did not get around to it.  A few weeks went by and today I go to write an apology to those friends whom I promised a blog to.  Baddabing out flops this blog in e-mail form.. So Here it is for any of you wondering about the Holy Spirit. I do not claim to know it all. This is just an ant size amount of info. But I believe it is life changing none the less. Dig In!

Ephesians 2:8-10
"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do."

2:19-22
 "Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit."

3:16-19
"I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God."

We just got through a season of study "how to be a super hero" in kids church. These verses staring us in the face show us that through Christ Jesus we can do anything. Philippians 4:13  "I can do everything through him who gives me strength." We can be Super Moms, Super Wives , Super Friends, Super Servants. Not by our strength, but through the power of the holy spirit running through us like a river. People ask "have you received the indwelling of the holy spirit?" It is not a comfortable question to be asked. But truly when we have, we know it, so we should be bold and answer either yes or no.  And if the answer is no, one should not be embarrassed like being caught with our zipper down. No! God is giving you an opportunity to be filled with him. Be truthful and ask for prayer. There was a whole church in the bible trying to do things out of their own power. The bible says that they had only received the baptism of John ( by water.) In Acts 19 Paul, prayed for them to receive the holy spirit and they did.  With out Him in us we do not hear God's voice clearly, With out the holy spirit we have a hard time interpreting scripture. 1 Corinthians 2:14 "The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned." The Holy Spirit gives us strength when we feel depleted; he gives us the right words to say when we have none left of our own. He can keep us calm when we should be screaming, even raging upset. Is it a one time filling? No! It is a constant filling. Like a river flowing needs rain to maintain its flow, power,  or deepness, we also need constant filling up of more of Him. This is why we keep on praying for him to fill us. Rivers take water to people who are thirsty. In this way we are also called to be poured out for those who are thirsty. So we come back to him on our knees, in prayer, reading our bibles singing praise to him and are filled again and again with more and more of him. In this way he can truly be our everything, our all in all.

Ephesians 1:13 "And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession—to the praise of his glory."


Does the spirit ever leave us all the way, as in, are we ever depleted of him completely? The Lord has answered this question. John 14:15-17 "And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you. He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive him, because it isn’t looking for him and doesn’t recognize him. But you know him, because he lives with you now and later will be in you."

I hope and pray that your spirit is filled with Him who gives everlasting hope and joy this day and ever more.