Intro
It is impossible to become fully like Jesus without yielding to the ministry and affection of Holy Spirit.
Radical transformation occurs when we can see ourselves correctly, which allows us to see God correctly.
Here is the practical side to these instructions. Greater explanation and details follow, including how and why these work so well.
- Learn to hear and confirm the voice of God.
- Allow Holy Spirit to talk to you about whatever He desires. And, ask questions.
- Allow Holy Spirit to minister love to you however He desires.
- Declare the word of God over your life as you hear Him speak it.
- Bring all beliefs about yourself, any negative emotion, and any negative behavior to Holy Spirit, and ask Him to speak to you about it and the “why” behind it. Don’t search for them, only bring them as they come up.
Our 12 steps program will naturally bring you through each one of these points and allow you to explore them in greater detail.
Life In The Spirit
John 3:6 NLT
[6] Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life.
John 3:6 TPT
[6] For the natural realm can only give birth to things that are natural, but the spiritual realm gives birth to supernatural life!
Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Life. All those that partake of this Life from Jesus will experience the Life of Jesus, provided that they allow Him to do His work.
Much of the church has a very watered down understanding of Holy Spirit. Some see Him as a mysterious force that they guess helps them live better but they can’t identify any specifics of what He has been doing. Others see Him as a means of operating in power. His job is many times more significant then this.
John 7:37-39 TPT
[37] …”All you thirsty ones, come to me! Come to me and drink! [38] Believe in me so that rivers of living water will burst out from within you, flowing from your innermost being, just like the Scripture says!” [39] Jesus was prophesying about the Holy Spirit that believers were being prepared to receive…
As we might assume this is the same life flow that empowered Jesus’s ministry. “For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself” -John 5:26 NKJV. But, there is more going on here.
John 4:14 TPT
[14] but if anyone drinks the living water I give them, they will never thirst again and will be forever satisfied! For when you drink the water I give you it becomes a gushing fountain of the Holy Spirit, springing up and flooding you with endless life!”
Here Jesus is speaking to the woman at the well. When she does ask for this water, Jesus immediately focuses her attention on her sources of love. He is offering her water that will satisfy her heart.
John 6:35 NASB
[35] Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst.
The Holy Spirit is a living embrace by God. He is called the Comforter on purpose because by Him we can access the very heart of God. As we develop a relationship with God the Father, Holy Spirit becomes the manifestation of Father’s love over our life. We literally get to enjoy God’s feelings for us through the ministry of Holy Spirit. This ministry becomes a place of satisfaction whereby the joy of the Lord brings forth. We become filled with God’s joy as long as we have let go of the lies that steal it. As you have relationship with God you will discover that the Holy Spirit is like the garden hidden within us. It is a place we can go and visit, and gain access to peace and joy, and feel the manifestation of God‘s love. Holy Spirit takes us in the realm of the spirit directly into God’s heart, and for many people they envision it as the garden within.
The Lord once told me that “the fruit of the Spirit is real spiritual food.” When I asked Him what He meant, He replied, “that means you can eat it.” Whenever we need our emotions to reflect that of the Spirit, we can ask God to pass us some fruit.
When you learn to see Holy Spirit as the embrace of God, it will change how you understand the anointing and its flow. God enjoys loving on His children. He has provided a deep abiding relationship with Holy Spirit so that we can know His love at all times. As we lean more into Holy Spirit we will discover that God‘s emotions overtake our own. The fountain of life that Jesus is discussing is not just talking about the ability to release life so someone can get healed. Most of the time the scripturo context is revolving around us being satisfied in God’s love. When we truly understand God‘s heart for people, we will know that God desires for us to be settled in His love. It is from the place of being settled that we are now empowered to minister to others. John tells us that we are to know God‘s love before we can give God’s love away.