The Benefits of Obeying The Holy Spirit

In 1997 it was roughly one year since I had accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. Amazingly after making this decision, I developed an incredible hunger for knowledge. As a result, I dedicated countless hours and seized every opportunity I had to read the Bible, along with supplementary books, and engage in prayer.

It was a unique experience that I had developed a love for reading since my conversion, despite my previous disdain for it. Meditating and studying the Bible, I noticed some unusual occurrences. I observed that most of the things I prayed for were quickly fulfilled, and I felt a growing sense of peace. This peace helped me develop patience and encouraged me to carefully consider things before taking action. Though it initially felt surreal, it was a refreshing change from my previous way of life.

As my spiritual hunger grew, I valued the Holy Spirit more and more. God's will for my life became more apparent as I surrendered to the Holy Spirit's guidance. I also realized that the outcomes I experienced were determined by the spiritual voice I chose to follow. When I ignored His word and relied on my own or even the manipulative voice of the enemy, I slowly began to revert to my former confused and frustrated state.

one day in 1997, as I was about to change the oil on my motorcycle, I heard a calm male voice whisper into my right ear, "Sell the bike." I immediately turned in the direction of the voice, thinking someone was present and speaking those words to me. However, to my surprise, there was no one around. Nevertheless, I was convinced this was the Holy Spirit speaking to me. Anyway, long story short, I sold the motorcycle within two days, and within a month, the person that bought the bike was killed instantly on the same motorcycle. This was just one of several instances when the Spirit of Truth guided or instructed me, and my obedience to the truth saved me.

I shared this part of my life to highlight the importance of "The Spirit of Truth," also known as the Holy Spirit. This is something that Christ promised would come, and part of his duty is to guide us toward the truth. It would be unwise to ignore his attempts to communicate with us. As I mentioned in my previous note, by reading or listening to the word of God, we can better hear the clear instructions of the Holy Spirit.

According to scripture, the Holy Spirit resides in us, enabling us to overcome evil. Truth is God's word, and our belief in the truth empowers us to overcome all challenges life will throw at us. As it says in 1 John 4:4, "Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them."

I encourage you to pray, asking God to instill a strong desire for His word within you, which will help you cultivate a deeper relationship with His Holy Spirit. Request that God eliminate any distractions that have diverted your attention away from Him so that you can focus solely on Him. Acknowledge that you cannot accomplish His purpose on earth without the guidance of His Holy Spirit. 

Written By: Kevin L A Ewing
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Activating the Holy Spirit within you

The Holy Spirit is always available to assist us if we would only apply our faith. Our faith is our
absolute belief and confidence in what God word says accompanied with action on our part. As a reminder, faith without works is dead, James 2:17.

The reality is, according to scripture, it is impossible to please or satisfy God outside of the application or exchange of our faith. Consequently, the Holy Spirit, just like the angels and the heavenly host, they reacts and respond primarily to the word of God! As much as they would like to assist us in our challenges. The reality is they're waiting on us to utter, declare, proclaim and decree the word of God so that they can go to war according to the scriptures that we speak against the invisible forces that's consistently fighting us spiritually in an attempt to manifest their evil will from the spirit realm into our natural world

I promise you, the Holy Spirit will always point you in the direction of the Holy scriptures which is the word of God. The reason for this is simple and that is one of his responsibilities to us is to guide us into all truth and to promote Jesus the Christ and his gospel according to John 16:13.

This is why red flags should be raised in your mind if you're visiting or you're a part of a church that rarely if ever preach or teach from the scriptures. Scripture is the foundation of any church. It should be the main thing that's discussed. It should be the basis of your healing, deliverance, prosperity etc. Simply because it is the word of God which is SPIRIT and LIFE according to John 6:63.

Question! Why should you be ordering from a televangelist items such as a miracle cloth, blessed oils, miracle water or anointed handkerchief etc as a so called point of contact, if you are  in possession of a bible? What is it that the above mentioned items can do that the Holy scriptures can not do?

I challenge you today by enabling and activating the Holy Spirit that resides within you if you have accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and savior. Make a commitment to feed your spirit with at least a scripture a day and make an attempt to retrieve at least a verse from whatever scripture you decide to read and begin to speak that scripture into your life so that the Holy Spirit can manifest the promises of the word of God in your life!

Written By: Kevin LA Ewing
kevinewing@coralwave.com
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