God Promises to Give You More of the Holy Spirit if You Ask

God Promises to Give You More of the Holy Spirit if You Ask

When Jesus was teaching His followers about prayer He gave this wonderful teaching: “Which of you parents, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?  Or if your daughter asks you for an egg, will you give her a scorpion?  If you, who are imperfect still know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will you Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to you if you ask Him!”  (Luke 11:11-12)   

Everywhere in Scripture we read that our Father in heaven wants to give His children more of the Holy Spirit. He wants us to be powerful in every way and to have His peace and joy and love. He promises that if we believe His Word, that we will see that “all things are possible.” (Matthew 19:26) And Jesus promises us that He came so that we would “have life, and that we would have it more abundantly.”  (John 10:10b) We have such a great inheritance in Christ. The spiritual gifts God has waiting for us are amazing.  These gifts are listed here below.

Scripture tells us that the many gifts God has for us all come from the one Holy Spirit that we are given when we believe in Christ.  The Bible says: “There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit, … Now to each person the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.  To one person the gift of wisdom is given and to another the gift of knowledge by means of that same Spirit.  To another believer faith is given by that Spirit and to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit.  Another believer receives the gifts of miraculous powers and to another prophecy is given.  Another believer receives the distinguishing between spirits, and to another, speaking in different tongues.  Another believer receives the gift of interpretation of tongues.  And all these are the work of the same Spirit, and He gives them to each one, just as He determines. “(1 Corinthians 12:4a;7-11)

Jesus promised that those who believe in Him have “streams of living water flowing out of them”. Here are His words: “Whoever believes in Me (Jesus) as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within that believer.” (John 7:37b) This promised stream flowing in us is the Holy Spirit. Do you truly want a stream of living water flowing out of your life blessing others?  Are you asking our heavenly Father for more of the Holy Spirit each day?  

The Lord does not want us to “come short” in any gift. (1 Corinthians 1:7) We are encouraged to “stir up the gift of God which is in you.”  (2 Timothy 1:6) God’s command is for us to “be filled with the Spirit.”  (Ephesians 5:18) We should not be satisfied if we are a luke-warm Christian and only have a half- filled cup.  We need to have an overflowing cup all the time. And live in the fullness of overflowing!  Never live below that overflowing tide.

The Holy Spirit has the power to equip you for every emergency. Scripture says: “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”  (Philippians 4:13) Stand on these promises and believe them and they will be yours. Our heavenly Father has given us so many resources to get us through this life and to make us able to do amazing things for Him. But we have an all important part to play. Our part is to believe – to have faith.  Scripture says: “the just shall live by faith.”  (Romans 1:17) And Scripture also says: “Without faith, it is impossible to please God.” (Hebrews 11:6) This thing called faith is the key that unlocks the door and the soil that the plants and trees grow in.  You’ve got to have it.

 If you are like me you may have faith in God through Christ but sometimes we doubt. And in the measure that we doubt, we go down.  We must learn to yield to His leading and not doubt but believe.  And when we doubt we can ask God to help us.  I often pray “I believe, help Thou my unbelief.” (Mark 9:24) I believe our heavenly Father will answer that prayer when His children ask.

 Doubting Thomas said he would not believe in the risen Jesus unless he put his fingers in his wounds on His hands and feet and placed his hand in the wound on his side where he was stabbed.  Jesus came to Thomas and asked him to touch his wounds and place his hand in his side. And then Jesus said: these words to Thomas: “Because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen Me and yet have believed.”  (John 20:29) Those blessed ones who Jesus was talking about are us – you and me. We are the ones who have believed in Christ without seeing Him in the flesh. And Jesus says we are blessed because of our faith.  

If there is unbelief in our hearts we must search our hearts to see why it is there. If we don’t want to doubt and we want more faith, the Scripture says: “Faith comes by hearing, hearing the Word of God.”  (Romans 10:17) In other words, the Bible, God’s Word is spiritual food to our growing faith.  We grow in our faith when we nourish ourselves in His Word.  So, get into a good Bible study and watch your precious faith in God grow!  Never stand still..  Go from faith to a larger faith to even a larger faith. Never stay in one place but be moving each day closer to the Promised Land. 

We forget that we are a spiritual people “a royal priesthood,” a holy people (1 Peter 2:9) We are not to play the games the natural world plays – lusting after money, power and sex. We are to obey God’s laws and follow Him.  There are things we should never do and places we should never go. And good things we should be doing. Obedience to God is one of the things we must try to do if we are to be filled with the Holy Spirit.  Jesus said: “If you love Me, keep My commandments.”  (John 14:15-31)

If you do not believe that Jesus is the Son of God and Savior then Scripture says that you do not have this Holy Spirit living in your life. Scripture says: “By this you can know the Spirit of God, every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh, is of God, and every spirit that does not confess that jesus Christ has come in the flesh, is not of God…” (1 John 4:1-6)

 Jesus said: “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, no person comes to the Father but by Me.”  (John 14:6) All through Scripture it is clear that there is only one Way and one Door to God the Father and that way and door is Jesus the Son and Savior. If a religion does not believe that Jesus Christ is Son of God and Savior then that religion is not worshipping the God of the Bible and it does not move in the Holy Spirit.     

As followers of Christ we have been promised so much!  Are we neglecting the gifts the Holy Spirit has come to bring us?  Are we asking the heavenly Father for more of the Holy Spirit? God desires that we be continually hungry to receive more and more of His Spirit.  He promises to give us more of the Spirit if we will ask Him. Are we asking God for more of His Spirit each day?  He promises to fill us if we ask.  “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.”  (Matthew 5:6)  It doesn’t get any better than that! 

 

God Promises to Give You More of the Holy Spirit if You Ask

When Jesus was teaching His followers about prayer He gave this wonderful teaching: “Which of you parents, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?  Or if your daughter asks you for an egg, will you give her a scorpion?  If you, who are imperfect still know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will you Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to you if you ask Him!”  (Luke 11:11-12)   

Everywhere in Scripture we read that our Father in heaven wants to give His children more of the Holy Spirit. He wants us to be powerful in every way and to have His peace and joy and love. He promises that if we believe His Word, that we will see that “all things are possible.” (Matthew 19:26) And Jesus promises us that He came so that we would “have life, and that we would have it more abundantly.”  (John 10:10b) We have such a great inheritance in Christ. The spiritual gifts God has waiting for us are amazing.  These gifts are listed here below.

Scripture tells us that the many gifts God has for us all come from the one Holy Spirit that we are given when we believe in Christ.  The Bible says: “There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit, … Now to each person the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.  To one person the gift of wisdom is given and to another the gift of knowledge by means of that same Spirit.  To another believer faith is given by that Spirit and to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit.  Another believer receives the gifts of miraculous powers and to another prophecy is given.  Another believer receives the distinguishing between spirits, and to another, speaking in different tongues.  Another believer receives the gift of interpretation of tongues.  And all these are the work of the same Spirit, and He gives them to each one, just as He determines. “(1 Corinthians 12:4a;7-11)

Jesus promised that those who believe in Him have “streams of living water flowing out of them”. Here are His words: “Whoever believes in Me (Jesus) as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within that believer.” (John 7:37b) This promised stream flowing in us is the Holy Spirit. Do you truly want a stream of living water flowing out of your life blessing others?  Are you asking our heavenly Father for more of the Holy Spirit each day?  

The Lord does not want us to “come short” in any gift. (1 Corinthians 1:7) We are encouraged to “stir up the gift of God which is in you.”  (2 Timothy 1:6) God’s command is for us to “be filled with the Spirit.”  (Ephesians 5:18) We should not be satisfied if we are a luke-warm Christian and only have a half- filled cup.  We need to have an overflowing cup all the time. And live in the fullness of overflowing!  Never live below that overflowing tide.

The Holy Spirit has the power to equip you for every emergency. Scripture says: “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”  (Philippians 4:13) Stand on these promises and believe them and they will be yours. Our heavenly Father has given us so many resources to get us through this life and to make us able to do amazing things for Him. But we have an all important part to play. Our part is to believe – to have faith.  Scripture says: “the just shall live by faith.”  (Romans 1:17) And Scripture also says: “Without faith, it is impossible to please God.” (Hebrews 11:6) This thing called faith is the key that unlocks the door and the soil that the plants and trees grow in.  You’ve got to have it.

 If you are like me you may have faith in God through Christ but sometimes we doubt. And in the measure that we doubt, we go down.  We must learn to yield to His leading and not doubt but believe.  And when we doubt we can ask God to help us.  I often pray “I believe, help Thou my unbelief.” (Mark 9:24) I believe our heavenly Father will answer that prayer when His children ask.

 Doubting Thomas said he would not believe in the risen Jesus unless he put his fingers in his wounds on His hands and feet and placed his hand in the wound on his side where he was stabbed.  Jesus came to Thomas and asked him to touch his wounds and place his hand in his side. And then Jesus said: these words to Thomas: “Because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen Me and yet have believed.”  (John 20:29) Those blessed ones who Jesus was talking about are us – you and me. We are the ones who have believed in Christ without seeing Him in the flesh. And Jesus says we are blessed because of our faith.  

If there is unbelief in our hearts we must search our hearts to see why it is there. If we don’t want to doubt and we want more faith, the Scripture says: “Faith comes by hearing, hearing the Word of God.”  (Romans 10:17) In other words, the Bible, God’s Word is spiritual food to our growing faith.  We grow in our faith when we nourish ourselves in His Word.  So, get into a good Bible study and watch your precious faith in God grow!  Never stand still..  Go from faith to a larger faith to even a larger faith. Never stay in one place but be moving each day closer to the Promised Land. 

We forget that we are a spiritual people “a royal priesthood,” a holy people (1 Peter 2:9) We are not to play the games the natural world plays – lusting after money, power and sex. We are to obey God’s laws and follow Him.  There are things we should never do and places we should never go. And good things we should be doing. Obedience to God is one of the things we must try to do if we are to be filled with the Holy Spirit.  Jesus said: “If you love Me, keep My commandments.”  (John 14:15-31)

If you do not believe that Jesus is the Son of God and Savior then Scripture says that you do not have this Holy Spirit living in your life. Scripture says: “By this you can know the Spirit of God, every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh, is of God, and every spirit that does not confess that jesus Christ has come in the flesh, is not of God…” (1 John 4:1-6)

 Jesus said: “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, no person comes to the Father but by Me.”  (John 14:6) All through Scripture it is clear that there is only one Way and one Door to God the Father and that way and door is Jesus the Son and Savior. If a religion does not believe that Jesus Christ is Son of God and Savior then that religion is not worshipping the God of the Bible and it does not move in the Holy Spirit.     

As followers of Christ we have been promised so much!  Are we neglecting the gifts the Holy Spirit has come to bring us?  Are we asking the heavenly Father for more of the Holy Spirit? God desires that we be continually hungry to receive more and more of His Spirit.  He promises to give us more of the Spirit if we will ask Him. Are we asking God for more of His Spirit each day?  He promises to fill us if we ask.  “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.”  (Matthew 5:6)  It doesn’t get any better than that!