Engage with the Holy Spirit: Living in the Spirit John 14:16 John 16:7 January 28, 2024
In the book, “The Forgotten God: Reversing our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit” Francis Chan wrote, “From my perspective, the Holy Spirit is tragically neglected and, for all practical purposes, forgotten. While no evangelical would deny His existence…there are millions of churchgoers across America who cannot confidently say they have experienced His presence or action in their lives over the past year. And many of them do not believe they can.”
Two ways we short circuit Holy Spirit’s work in our lives:
1. We can grieve the Holy Spirit. Ephesians 4:30-31
2. We can quench the Holy Spirit. 1 Thessalonians 5:19
One of the best ways to be sure we are not grieving or quenching the Holy Spirit is to keep short accounts with God.
When we sin-confess it
When we wrong someone-make it right
When we fail-own it
Unconfessed sin the in a believer’s life is like an open wound that rots progressively and fills the air with such a pungent odor that God’s presence is repelled.
Remember: God can never forgive what we never confess.
How do we learn to LIVE in the Spirit. Galatians 5:25
Don’t allow your life to be explainable without the Holy Spirit!
1. Be filled with the Holy Spirit. Ephesians 5:18
‘be filled with the Spirit’ literally means to ‘keep on being filled with the Spirit.’
2. Be purified by the Holy Spirit. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
The way we live should declare that the Holy Spirit is within us. 1 Corinthians 3:16
If He is in us and we are His temple, then shouldn’t there be a huge difference between the person living in the Holy Spirit and the person who is not?

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