Thank You for Sending Your Spirit
The Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name,
will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.
(John 14:26-27)
"Father, I'm so glad that the Holy Spirit is within me, to strengthen me with power in my inner person...to make Christ real within and flood my heart with His limitless love...to fill me with Your fullness...to enable me to know in personal experience the things You have so freely bestowed on me in Christ - my new identity, my incredible spiritual blessings."
(Ruth Myers, "31 Days of Praise" Day 14 p70)
We have to develop godly habits to express what God's grace has done in us.
It is not just a question of being saved from hell,
but of being saved so that 'the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body.'"
(Oswald Chambers, "My Utmost for His Highest")
How Complete You are, My Lord.
You not only sent Your Son to teach us,
But you sent Your Spirit to transform us.
Christ pointed His fingers toward You, directing us,
And now The Spirit is our inner compass, continuing the pointing,
Ever-magnetized toward You.
Oh Lord, Your Love and Faithfulness is enough!
But then you sent Christ - You gave us Salvation! You tore the veil!
Christ said, "it is finished..."
...And yet You were just beginning a new phase of expression, when You sent us The Spirit!
Your bottomless, enduring Love for us in unfathomable.
More and more gifts, oh so precious, are continuously bestowed upon us.
May we truly grasp every day
The truth that Jesus spoke when he said:
“If you love me, keep my commands. And I will ask the Father,
and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— the Spirit of truth.
The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him.
But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me.
Because I live, you also will live.
On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.
Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me.
The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.”
(John 14:15-21)
PRAISE REPORT!
The Holy Spirit With Me is Such a Gift
I praise God for His Holy Spirit, who has gifted me with powerful revelations along my walk with the Lord. One was when I felt the Holy Spirit present inside a church the moment I walked in...another was when I realized that Jesus' ministry could not be fulfilled properly if He in his fleshy body was still walking the earth. He needed to leave, that the Spirit may come in His place, because humans can only follow Jesus externally if he is outside of us, but inside of us, as the Spirit -we are more than just followers. We are carriers of Him, His temple - the way for us to truly take into our heart His Love, His Truth. This is truly a remarkable supernatural gift that delights me daily, in powerful, mysterious, pure ways that drive me deeper into my faith and wider into how I apply that in the world. Lord, thank you for the indwelling of your Spirit!
Learn more about the 31 Days of Praise!
Resources:
- Ruth Myers, "31 Days of Praise: Enjoying God Anew", Multnomah Books, 1994
- Oswald Chambers, "My Utmost for His Highest" email devotional, Oswald Chambers Publication Association, 1992