Page 4 - Good News February 2015 paper

The sacrifice pleasing to God is a
2. Remind yourself that God is
broken spirit. God, You will not more eager to give you His Holy
despise a broken and humbled Spirit than you are to receive.
heart (Psalm 51:17). Jesus called the giving of the
Spirit “the Father’s promise”
Here are two important steps (Acts 1:4). This is the promise of
toward greater openness to the promises. For God to go back on
work of the Holy Spirit in your life: a promise would be the very
1. Ask yourself: “Is there any reverse of His nature; it is
unresolved conflict, unrepented impossible!
sin, or anything that I must put
right in order that God can flood The character of God is behind
my life with His Holy Spirit?” this promise. You can bank on it.
If you could part the clouds for a
We must not forget that the Spirit moment and look into heaven,
of God is called the HOLY Spirit. you would see in the heart of God
Holy symbolizes purity; Spirit such an intense longing and
symbolizes power. yearning for you to be filled with
His Spirit that it would completely
The Holy Spirit is completely holy, overwhelm and overawe you. He
searching, convicting, cleansing, aches to give you the fulness of
yet at the same time immensely His Spirit - He really does!
powerful to support, strengthen,
and sustain. If there is anything in Prayer:
your life that needs to be put right, O Father, what You want for my
then talk to God about it now. life, I want too - for my will and
Your will to coincide. Make me as
Remember at this point that you eager to be filled with Your Holy
are not just reading a page - you Spirit as You are to fill me.
are ridding yourself of a plague!
You cannot have the Holy Spirit [Everyday with Jesus Bible with
flowing through your life and hold Devotions by Selwyn Hughes,
on to unrepented sin. One or the Holman Bible Publishers, Nash-
other must go! ville, Tennessee, 2004].
‘n Lewe sonder selfondersoek is nie die moeite werd om te lewe nie...
Ons het min tyd. Ons hardloop van een vergadering na die ander. Ons vlieg
oor kontinente, gewapen met ons skootrekenaar en selfoon. Wanneer moet
ons tyd kry vir selfondersoek? Hardloop ons so omdat ons bang is om stil te
raak met onsself? Dalk sien ons dan die verskriklike “EK” in die spieël!
Ons het tyd nodig om na te dink oor ons lewe, ons geloof, ons pad van gister en
ons rigting van môre. As ons dit nie doen nie, word ons vreemdelinge vir
onsself en vir mekaar. Gelukkig hou God nie op om aan ons te dink nie!
Gebed: Here, ek bely vandag voor U dat ek graag ander kritiseer, maar dat ek
so min na my eie gedrag kyk. Wil U my deur U Gees lei om elke dag in
selfondersoek voor U te buig. - Oorgeneem