The Spirit-filled Life

Be filled with the Spirit.
Ephesians 5:18

God's indwelling Spirit does three wonderful things for each of us:

(1) He seals us!
Listen: "You were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise" ( Ephesians 1:13 ). To protect a letter you seal theenvelope. To keep air out of the jar you seal its mouth with a rubber-ringed lid. To seal a deal, you not arise the contract. A seal declares importance, value and ownership. Are you getting the idea?

2) He protects us!
Peter says we are "shielded by God's power" ( 1Peter 1:5 ). Do you have any idea how many times God has steppedbetween you and the enemy, protecting you from harm? Deep within each of us God's Spirit whispers, "You are mine, and what I own I protect and are for."

(3) He makes sure our prayers are heard!
Listen: "The Spirit comes to the aid of our weakness. We do not even know how we ought to pray, but through our in articulate groans the Spirit himself is pleading for us,and God who searches our inmost being knows what the Spirit means,because He pleads for God's own people, in God's own way" ( Romans8:26-27 ). Notice: "the Spirit comes to the aid of our weakness."Weak bodies, weak wills, weak faith. How good to know that it's not upto us.

"The Spirit Himself is pleading for us."

None of us pray as much as we should - but we all pray more than we think - because the Holy Spirit turns our very sighs into petitions and makes sure that we getheard.

Sealed!
Protected!
Heard!
Spirit-filled living - refuse to settle for less.