Listening to the Spirit

Be careful if you ignore the Holy Spirit, if you feel He is talking to you.

For soon His voice becomes quieter, He no longer calls upon you to do

Christ’s work in sharing His love to others in this world, those in need.

Obedience to His voice should be sowing His life transforming seed.

I will tell you a secret, it is not difficult, nor is it really like working,

He who is not eager to shed salvation’s good news is really shirking.

It is not a job, nor a way to earn brownie points, or secret ways to pray.

It did not get you into heaven, Christ’s death and resurrection is the way.

Salvation is offered for all who confess their sins and truly believe,

All you need to do is accept His promise by faith in order to receive.

Immediately the Spirit enters into your heart and He never does depart,

You may lose your way for a while, but confess and make a new start.

The Spirit does not bounce in and out of your life if your prayer was real.

That is a covenant between you and God, and the Holy Spirit is His seal.

You may not feel differently right away, but feelings are not God’s way.

Feelings change just like the weather, but if you meant what you did pray,

Some days you are quite overcome by the price paid by God’s only Son,

But by faith in God’s word, life walking in the Spirit has just begun.

You will be hungry for His word, and the Spirit is eager to be heard.

The more obedient you become, the easier scriptures come to mind.

There will be things you don’t know or even understand you will find.

Rely on what you know, stand on His promises don’t try to outguess God.

Don’t fret small things, we will find out all when we finally go home.

Now, listen, pray, listen again,, live by faith and trust in God’s word alone.

I John 34:24 ~ “Those who obey His commands live in Him, and He in them. And this is how we know that He lives in us: We know it by the Spirit He gave us.”

I John 4:1 - 3 ~ “Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in this world.”

I Timothy 1:7 ~ “For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of a self-discipline.”

John 14:8 ~ “I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.” “But the Comforter (parakletos) which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name.”

1 John 2:1 ~ “My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin; we have an ADVOCATE (parakletos) with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.”

PARAKLETOS: MEANS: an intercessor, consoler, advocate, comforter

John 16:7 ~ “Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I WILL SEND HIM UNTO YOU.

Colossians 2:8 ~ “For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form.” {Christ left us with another form of himself to live in our minds.”