Excerpts from Battle Cry Good vs. Evil
Chapter 7: The Holy Spirit
As we go through life and the challenges it brings, we can find ourselves becoming very frustrated and at times overwhelmed. Sometimes it can feel as if we are doing our best just to survive. We accept most of what happens as coincidence, luck, fate, or destiny. Then, when we consider God as a part of our life, we get even more frustrated, because we can’t grasp or understand why certain things happen in our life. Why are there so many unanswered questions? We feel this way because we lack faith. Without faith, we fail to recognize, acknowledge, and interact with the Holy Spirit. Without tapping into the strength of the Spirit, we lack spiritual inspiration and motivation. We have difficulty knowing and feeling God’s love.
Because God knew our need, the Father sent the Holy Spirit. With the strength of the Spirit, we no longer have to depend on just our own strength. In John 14:15–17 (NLT), Jesus promises the Holy Spirit by saying, “If you love me, obey my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you. He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive him, because it isn’t looking for him and doesn’t recognize him. But you know him, because he lives with you now and later will be in you.” Do you love Jesus? Do you obey His commandments? Are you looking for the Holy Spirit? Do you recognize Him? Do you believe the Holy Spirit is in you? In Acts 1:8 (NLT) Jesus says, “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
Author’s comments: God sent the Holy Spirit to guide, support, and comfort us through our entire lives. So as we struggle with the challenges and the frustrations of life, we must learn to rely on the strength of the Spirit. The Holy Spirit will not only help us to get through our challenges, He will help us to be more successful at living life to the fullest. As we learn to depend more on the Spirit, we develop more faith, trust, and peace. We will begin to gain more insight into what life’s really all about.
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