How to get more of Holy Spirit in your life
1. Repent
Acts 2:38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
You need to repent and be baptized
This is step one in living by the Holy Spirit
2. Wait on the Holy Spirit
Acts 1: 4 – Do not leave Jerusalem but wait for the gift my Father promised….
You will be baptized with the Holy Spirit
We need to learn how to wait – for the spirit of God
We have lost the art of waiting – So often we charge on ahead – making our own way
We don’t like to wait in this world –but if you want the Holy Spirit –you need to wait on God
This is what we do in church – we learn wait on God
Isaiah 40: 31 – they that wait upon the Lord will renew their strength, they will rise up on wings as eagles
3. Believe in the Holy Spirit
1 Corinthians 2:5 so that your faith might not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power
The Holy Spirit moves on your faith – without faith you won’t experience the Holy Spirit
Smith Wigglesworth said
Believe that when you come into the presence of God you can have all you came for. You can take it away, and you can use it, for all the power of God is at your disposal in response to your faith
Come on lets put our faith in God’s power
4. Live by faith
Galatians 3: 14 –so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit
Faith actions what we believe
Your faith attracts the power of God
It’s so easy to give up – to accept where you are and what is happening
Faith is a fight that won’t give up – fight the good fight of faith – you will be commended
Faith considers all the reason why a miracle can happen
A fully convinced mind – is what moves God
Live in the realm of the spirit – it’s a realm of power, victory and abundance
5. Don’t resist the Holy Spirit
Acts 7:51 You stiff-necked people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are just like your fathers: You always resist the Holy Spirit
Some people are so resistant – don’t have a position of doubt – have a position of faith
Don’t hang back but step in – the power of God is like a river – you have to step in
6. Be filled by the Spirit
Acts 2:4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
Let yourself be filled with the Holy Spirit – be consumed by God
What else would you want to be filled by? some people get filled with rage, anger, bitterness, alcohol, lust, depression, disappointment – but we are called to filled by the Holy Spirit
7. Pray in the Spirit
Jude 1:20 But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit.
To connect with God – we need to be in prayer – to be anointed by God we need to pray
Prayer is our relationship with God – there is no other way – prayer keeps us in the spirit
