Tag: <span>Holy Spirit</span>

I do not live anymore – it is Christ who lives in me.” Galatians 2:20

You have leaves to rake.  A steering wheel to grip.  A neighbor’s hand to shake. Simply put, you have things to do.

So does God.  Babies need hugs.  Children need good-night tucks. AIDS orphans need homes.  Stressed-out executives need hope.  God has work to do.  And He uses our hands to do it.

What the hand is to the glove, the Holy Spirit is to the Christian . . . God gets into us.  At times, imperceptibly.  Other times, disruptively.  God get His fingers into our lives, inch by inch reclaiming the territory that is rightfully His.

Your tongue.  He claims it for His message.
Your feet.  He requisitions them for His purpose.
Your mind?  He made it and intends to use it for His glory.
Your eyes, face and hands?  Through them He will weep, smile and touch.

By Max Lucado
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After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.” Acts 4:31

My attitude had sunk to the bottom, in huge clumps of self-pity and feelings of unworthiness. I’d become frustrated trying to find the best way to be God’s salt to a world that needed it so desperately. Each attempt only weighed me down further, like trying to climb out of a sandy pit with boulders in my pockets.

It says in Acts 4:31 that after the disciples prayed, the walls shook and the Holy Spirit filled them. When I read that, it hit me. I needed to stop and pray. Pray to be shaken a bit to redistribute my attitude, sense of purpose, and mission. It reminded me of the way a salt shaker is tapped get all the clumped salt to dislodge. That way it can be used again, and it is easier to determine how much more it will need to be refilled.

So I prayed:

Lord, Let your Holy Spirit shake my walls and empty me of all my worries and self-doubts so You can fill me up with Your presence. Dislodge the worries that are clumping together the talents You gave me to be Your salt. Where I am lacking, fill me once again. Amen.

Thought: – The next time you feel too deep in the valley and you’re wondering if you are making a difference, pick up the Bible and read about how the Holy Spirit worked through the early disciples in Acts 2-4. Dare to ask God to shake you up a bit so He can fill you anew with the Holy Spirit. Then Praise Him.

By Julie Cosgrove
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FURTHER READING

•  Spiritual Oxygen: Are You Getting Enough?

•  How to be Filled with the Holy Spirit

•  How you can Walk in the Spirit – printable lesson (pdf file)

thoughts by Julie Cosgrove Thoughts by Women