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12 entries for this category: | Rely on the Holy Spirit |
If we know Jesus, his spirit lives inside of us and gives us the power to become
authentically good people. Now that doesn't mean that his spirit is going to overtake us and turn us into
zombies, and force us to be good, or take away every temptation, which is just another word for choice,
because then we wouldn't be humans, we would be puppets. So the spirit is more subtle. His power comes in
those nudgings you get that say, ?Do this? or ?Avoid that?, or the way he calls certain scriptures to mind. Or it
comes in the ways that over time our desires begin to shift, so that even if we still repeat certain sins or bad
habits, as time goes on we want more and more to break those sins and bad habits. And even if we don't want
to be good in a certain arena, over time the Holy Spirit can help us at least want to want to be good. And that's
a first step. Receive God's love, turn to Jesus, follow the grand positive, rely on the Holy Spirit. By: Scott Dudley
Category: God's Spirit Present With You
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| God does speak |
I heard a story recently, probably not true but it makes a good point, about a man who went to apply for a job as a Morse code operator. He went to this large noisy office, a telegraph clicking in the background, all kinds of sounds, and the receptionist told him to wait with the other candidates. He sat down. But a minute later he popped up and went into the boss` office. A few minutes after that the boss came out and said, "The rest of you can go home, I`ve just hired this man." The others said, "That`s not fair. We`ve been waiting all day, and he just barged into your office uninvited." The boss said, "yeah, well the whole time you`ve been sitting here, the telegraph in the background has been clicking out in Morse code, `If you understand this message come on in, the job`s yours.`" This is the only guy that heard it. God is always speaking. The question is: Are we listening? That takes time, and getting familiar with his voice through prayer and scripture. I personally find it helpful to clear my mind when I`m trying to pray; just try to offload everything I`m thinking in stream of consciousness until finally my mind gets clear, so if God wants to speak I can hear him. God does speak.By: Scott Dudley
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