How to Know That You are Filled (Directed and Empowered) with the Holy Spirit

How to Know That You are Filled (Directed and Empowered) with the Holy Spirit

Did you ask God to fill you with the Holy Spirit? Do you know that you are
now filled with the Holy Spirit? On what authority? (On
the trustworthiness of God Himself and His Word:
Hebrews 11:6;
Romans 14:22, 23.

Do not depend upon feelings. The promise of God's Word, not our feelings, is our authority. The
Christian lives by faith (trust) in the trustworthiness of God Himself
and His Word. This train diagram illustrates the
relationship between fact (God and His Word), faith (our trust in God and His Word), and feeling (the result of our faith and obedience) John 14:21.

The train will run with or without the caboose. However, it would be futile
to attempt to pull the train by the caboose. In the
same way, we, as Christians, do not depend upon feelings
or emotions, but we place our faith (trust) in the trustworthiness of
God and the promises of His Word.

How to Walk in the Spirit

Faith (trust in God and in His promises) is the only means by which a
Christian can live the Spirit-directed life. As you
continue to trust Christ moment by moment:

Your life will demonstrate more and more of the fruit of the Spirit
Galatians 5:22, 23 and will be more
and more conformed to the image of Christ Romans 12:2;
2 Corinthians 3:18.

Your prayer life and study of God's Word will become more meaningful.

You will experience His power in witnessing Acts 1:8.

You will be prepared for spiritual conflict against the world
1 John 2:15-17; against the flesh
Galatians 5:16-17;
and against Satan 1 Peter 5:7-9;
Ephesians 6:10-13.

You will experience His power to resist temptation and sin 1 Corinthians
10:13; Philippians 4:13;
Ephesians 1:19-23; 2
Timothy 1:7; Romans 6:1-16.

Spiritual Breathing

By faith you can continue to experience God's love and forgiveness.

If you become aware of an area of your life (an attitude or an action)
that is displeasing to the Lord, even though you are
walking with Him and sincerely desiring to serve Him,
simply thank God that He has forgiven your sins - past, present and
future - on the basis of Christ's death on the cross.
Claim His love and forgiveness by faith and continue to
have fellowship with Him.

If you retake the throne of your life through sin - a definite act of disobedience - breathe spiritually.

Spiritual breathing (exhaling the impure and inhaling the pure) is an exercise
in faith that enables you to continue to experience God's love and
forgiveness.

Exhale - confess your sin - agree with God concerning your sin and thank Him for His
forgiveness of it, according to 1 John 1:9
and Hebrews 10:1-25.
Confession involves repentance - a change in attitude and
action.

Inhale - surrender the control of your life to Christ, and appropriate (receive) the fullness
of the Holy Spirit by faith. Trust that He now directs and empowers you;
according to the commandof Ephesians
5:18, and the promise of 1 John 5:14, 15.

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Millions of copies of the booklet, "Have You Made the Wonderful Discovery of the
Spirit-filled Life?" have been distributed in most
major languages around the world. As a result, thousands
of Christians have learned how to experience the power and control
of the Holy Spirit, moment by moment. Through the abundant
life which Christ promises, and which they are now
experiencing, they have become more effective in sharing their faith in
Christ with others. Experience has confirmed the
validity of Christ's command to the disciples to wait
until they were empowered by the Holy Spirit before going forth to the
world to share the good news of His love and forgiveness.
Most Christians, when they have learned this truth
concerning the Holy Spirit, want to be actively sharing Christ and
helping to fulfill the Great Commission in our generation.