Obey and Ask: How to Be filled with the Spirit

If you believe that Jesus died for your sins and rose from the dead, you are a child of God.  And as a child of God, only two things are necessary for you to be permeated by God's Spirit and power.

OBEY GOD.
According to the Apostle Peter, "God gives the Spirit to those who obey Him."  And according to the Apostle Paul, we are actually commanded to "be filled with the Spirit" instead of "being drunk with wine."  So the first thing to do is simply, completely, and unconditionally yield to the Spirit, giving Him complete and absolute control over you.  That's what it means to "be filled with the Spirit."  That is the command to obey.  Once you've obeyed, you only need to do one more thing.

ASK GOD.
The Lord Jesus said, "If you, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him."  So, if you are a child of God, and you've yielded to the Spirit, all you have to do is ask God to fill you with the Spirit, and He will do it.  Right now.

Obey God. (Yield to the Spirit.)
Ask God. (To fill you with the Spirit.)

That's all that's required to be filled with God's Spirit, if you are a child of God through faith in Jesus.

The Spiritual Mind: A Revelation from God (to me, for you)

Carmen imagines Cameron.  In her imagination, Cameron is in love with her.  She sees him looking deeply into her eyes with longing and passion.  Carmen gazes longingly at Cameron in return.  Her heart pounds with the anticipation of his kiss.


At the same time, Cameron is imagining Carmen.  His love for her overwhelms him.  Somehow he senses a meeting of their minds, intensifying his imaginings.

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Carmen and Cameron use their imaginations and make a connection, a soulical connection enhanced by their spirits reaching out and touching each other.  If Carmen thought of Cameron without him thinking of her, she may feel intensely for him, but not as intensely as when he is thinking about her at the same moment she's thinking of him.  It's like they are on the phone, separated by miles because of a business trip.  They experience a collaborative phone fantasy to replace their lack of physical intimacy.  This can happen by their imagination if they have a soul connection.  From the soul to the body, Cameron and Carmen experience intimacy through mental fantasy.







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Jessica imagines Jesus.  She feels Him sitting with her as she prays, pouring out her heart.  She feels an Invisible Intangible Inaudible Listener.  As she thinks about Him, she feels Him thinking about her at the same moment.  Her soul unites her spirit to His Soul and His Spirit.

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It is written,
"Those who live in accordance with the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh.  Those who live in accordance with the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit." 

 

The difference between Cameron and Carmen, and Jesus and Jessica, is the difference between soul connecting to body, and soul connecting to spirit.  Carmen and Cameron used their minds to connect to each others bodies; Jessica used her mind to connect to Jesus' Spirit.  Both connections are very real, but result in inherently different experiences, as Jesus said,

 

"That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is Spirit." 

 

• If you use your imagination to make a physical connection, you will experience physical arousal, and a need for physical fulfillment.

• If you use your imagination to make a spiritual connection, you will experience spiritual arousal and a need for spiritual fulfillment.

It's up to you how you use and focus your mind. 




The images above are from:
findingyourpurpose.co
focusmagazine.org