What Jesus Said About God the Holy SpiritSýnishorn

How to be filled with the Holy Spirit

It is essential to distinguish the indwelling from being filled with the Spirit. The permanent indwelling of the Spirit is not for a select few believers but for all believers. The Holy Spirit is given at the moment of salvation (Ephesians 1:13; Galatians 3:2). The Bible clearly states that the Spirit's sealing and indwelling occur when we are born again.

We read in Ephesians 5:18 about being filled with the Spirit. We should be so completely yielded to the Holy Spirit that He can fully possess and fill us. Romans 8:9 and Ephesians 1:13-14 state that He dwells within every believer, but He can be grieved (Ephesians 4:30), quenched (1 Thessalonians 5:19), and resisted (Acts 7:51). When we allow this to happen, we will not experience the fullness of the Spirit's working and His power in and through us.

How can we be filled with the Holy Spirit?

1. Confess all known sins in your life. (Bitterness, anger, greed, hatred, pride, jealousy, lust, all forms of self, etc.).

2. Ask the Father to fill you with the Holy Spirit. We receive the Holy Spirit's fullness by faith and asking God.

3. When you are filled with the Holy Spirit, it may be accompanied by strong emotions and the receiving of gifts like speaking in tongues, the gift of healing or prophesy. Some people, however, do not experience any feelings, but the reality of the fullness of the Spirit is just as real. But the Bible doesn't say it will be the same for everyone.

4. We must ask the Father daily to fill us with the Holy Spirit. As humans, we still sin daily, which hinders the Holy Spirit's work. Therefore, we will have to constantly confess our sins, turn back to God and ask Him to fill us with the Holy Spirit – again and again.

Will you right now ask the Father to fill you with the Holy Spirit? And then daily.

Two books to read:

Be filled now – Roy Hession

How to be filled with the Holy Spirit – AW Tozer