Bill Bright, founder of Campus Crusade for Christ, once said "If there were only one truth I could share with the Christian world, it would be 'how to be filled with the Holy Spirit,' for there is no single truth that is more important to the believer."
So what does it mean to “be filled with the Holy Spirit”? When you are filled with the Holy Spirit, that doesn't mean you get more of the Spirit. It means that the Spirit gets more of you. "Being filled" with the Holy Spirit means "being led by" or "controlled by" the Holy Spirit. This is the key to victorious living.
Paul said...So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. (Galatians 5:16)
The obvious question, then, is "How do I get filled with the Holy Spirit?" Let me warn you up front; it’s not easy. You’ve got to do all the right things, say exactly the right word, and follow a difficult specific procedure to be filled with the Holy Spirit. Here’s what you have to do…
ASK in faith BELIEVING....
That's it. If you want to be filled with the Holy Spirit, ask God to fill you with the Holy Spirit. That's what it takes.
You receive the Holy Spirit the same way you receive salvation--through asking. Paul said, Did you receive the Spirit by observing the law, or by believing what you heard? (Galatians 3:2)
Being filled with the Spirit is a matter of asking to be filled and making yourself available to him. Be filled and live in the fullness of the Holy Spirit.
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