We Get Nowhere Without the Holy Spirit

Taking on the name of a Christian and living a Christian life can be a simple enough thing to do. But let the fledgling in faith aspire to a deeper walk with God, and we will need help. If any lasting and genuine connection is sought, then we need the Holy Spirit. God sees into our souls. He knows which of us will take our religious notions that far. So He pours His Spirit into those who seek Him. The opposite is also true. If God does not see in our hearts that we truly desire Him, none of His Spirit will be wasted on us. We get the call, and what we do with it is up to us.

The promised Holy Spirit is the designated Helper. He walks every believer through this life and into the Kingdom of God. He shows us the Father and the Son. The Spirit speaks to the Father for us, even when we do not know what to say. (Romans 8:26) He reminds us of our Savior´s teachings. Walking us through Christ´s words, He will show us that what is born of flesh is flesh. But what is born of Spirit is Spirit. (John 3:5-6)

So, let those who are so inclined press on. Seek the movement and presence of the Holy Spirit as the essential quality of our faith. Never rest until God is at home inside of us. Let Him move us as He sees fit. The more of God´s Spirit we get into us, the more God´s kingdom looms into sight.

Dear Lord, this time we must get insistent. Please send us Your Spirit. Pour it upon Your children. We need it or will never get through this maze we call life. Give us our counselor. Give us guidance and step-by-step help all through our day. We need You, here, in us! Be our God, and let us be Your people. Mark us with Your Spirit so that we will be with You always. Amen

To them it was revealed that they served not themselves, but you, in these things, which now have been announced to you through those who preached the Good News to you by the Holy Spirit sent out from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.  1 Peter 1:12 (WEB)

John 14:16-17  ESV / And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.

Acts 1:8  ESV / But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Romans 8:26  ESV / Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.

John 16:13  ESV / When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

Ephesians 1:13-14  ESV / In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.

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