The Holy Spirit

I have mentioned in the past, that the Holy Spirit is our engagement ring to Jesus Christ. Oh, Beloved, I hope you have learned to remain close to Him. The Holy Spirit is the breath of God within us. One can not learn the truth and awe of the scripture without Him. The Holy Spirit is the one that takes scripture from the head and moves it to the heart. There He gives those words illumination to light our path.

The Holy Spirit helps us to pray in the Father’s will. The Holy Spirit helps us to lay them at the feet of Jesus. I imagine then they are discussed with the Father.

Now I do not understand the complete workings of God and how He moves. But this past week I traveled to New Mexico by plane with my husband. I pray for safe travel when flying. On the return home, my husband and I boarded a new plane. The door was closed and we waited to start taxing to the runway. At some point in time, we were suddenly told that the plane was no longer in service and we were to exit the plane and go to a different gate and wait. After everyone left, my husband went to the exit and waited there for my scooter to be brought up from the belly of the plane. I waited in my seat on the third roll. My husband overheard someone talking from near the cockpit. They said, “I could not release the plane with a Code F (something).

Beloved, pray without ceasing. Then in between those breaths, give thanks.

LOVE AND FEAR

I John 4:18-20 Verse 18 There is no fear in love; instead, perfect love drives out fear, because fear drives out punishment. (So the one who fears is not complete in love.) Verse 19 We love because He first loved us. Verse 20 If anyone says, “I love God,” and yet hates his brother or sister, he is a liar. The person who does not love his brother or sister whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.

This can be a scary verse. Now, sometimes we hate what our brothers and sisters do, but not them. With our Christian brothers and sisters, it is sometimes hard to tell what we hate. Mostly, if the hurt goes deep into the soul. I believe the soul carries your emotions. I’ve not read that anywhere, so I could be wrong.

I believe the fear comes into play because they are afraid to meet the Lord with this guilt of not being able to forgive or love a brother. This in itself is punishment. This can keep you from moving forward. The only way to move forward is to ask Jesus, through the Holy Spirit to help you. It will not happen overnight. If this person keeps adding hurt to your plate, it will take longer. Keep trying. It will be on them and not you.

In your prayers, always ask God to put more love in your heart for Him. The more you love Him, the easier it is to love other people.

We love because He first loved us. Someday we will face the One we love and the One who loves us. Our love for an unseen God is expressed in our love for God’s children….our brothers and sisters in Christ. We don’t love them because there is something about their personality we like and so forth. But because they are a child of God. With the completeness of love, we must be willing to sacrifice for them. Then truly, love is completed.

That Empty Place In You

Beloved, God seeks you. He wants to restore what sin has damaged. In His mercy, He wants to rescue you. Oh, how He wants to have sweet fellowship with you for all eternity. Can you feel Him tugging at your heart? He loves you so much.

When God created us, He made a place for the Holy Spirit to dwell within us so that we could fellowship with Him. We can feel this empty place within us. Some describe it as being lonely or incomplete. Some try to fill this empty, unhappy feeling with material things or drugs. Those things will not satisfy that empty place within you.

God has a free gift for all that want to fill that place within them with love for Him.

Beloved, God decided long ago, that He would come to earth in the form of a man. This man was called Jesus, the Christ, or Emmanuel, which means, God is with us. Jesus never sinned. Everyone that lived on earth before He died and after He died, did sin. God is Holy. He can not look upon sin.

I will not pretend I understand all of this, because I do not. Maybe in heaven, in His spirit form, in all His glory, God can not sook upon sin. When God came to earth, He left so much of Himself there to become Jesus. Jesus was the part of God that man murdered.

This was God’s decision. I don’t know how or why Jesus’ blood paid for our sins, but when we accept Jesus’ payment for our sins, God accepts us and can look upon us. Instead of seeing sin, God sees the blood of Jesus.

Remember me telling you about that empty space within you and if you accepted Jesus’ payment for your sin, that space will be filled. Well, a part of God, known as the Holy Spirit, comes and lives within you. The Holy Spirit is like an engagement ring. You become a bride of Christ. Someday He will return for you in all His glory. No one can take that ring from you.

You may ask me, “How do I know all of this is true?” I know because the Holy Spirit lives within me. He tells me it is true.

I must believe that God loves me so much that He came to earth by being born of a virgin and died on the cross for my sins. Then tell God that you are sorry for all the bad things you have done and that you believe that Jesus came and suffered and died for your sins. Thank Him for making a way for you to come to Him and saving you. Commit your life to live for Him. He will return one day and will reign as King. If you do this and believe it with all your being, you will have a glorious eternal life with God in perfect love. So, commit your life to Jesus Christ.