A Spirit-Filled Life (3)

How do we keep Spiritual vitality?

Seek the Holy Spirit’s refreshing

Read Acts 3:19

Acts 3:19 ESV

19 Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out,

2 Timothy 1:6 ESV

6 For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands,

We must remember

++The work that God has done

++Activate the gift

++It is in you

2 Corinthians 13:5 ESV

5 Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test!

We must examine ourselves

++Validate our Faith

++Build it up

Jude 20 ESV

20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,

What is praying in the Holy Ghost?

Acts 4:31 ESV

31 And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.

Pray Without Ceasing

Read 1 Thessalonians 5:17-19

1 Thessalonians 5:17–19 ESV

17 pray without ceasing, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 19 Do not quench the Spirit.

What are we commanded to do?

Spiritual Vitality is found in

++Prayer - Intimacy

++Thanksgiving- Identity

++Bold trust-Sensitivity

Be Fervent in Worship

How does worship help you keep your spiritual vitality?

Ephesians 2:6 ESV

6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

Psalm 100:4 ESV

4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!

Ephesians 5:18–20 ESV

18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit, 19 addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, 20 giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Meditate on the Word

How does Meditating on the word help you keep your Spiritual vitality?

John 6:36 ESV

36 But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe.

Psalm 119:92–93 ESV

92 If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction. 93 I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have given me life.

James 1:22 ESV

22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

Matthew 7:26 ESV

26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

Walk by Faith

How does walking by faith help you keep your spiritual vitality?

Galatians 5:5 ESV

5 For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.

2 Corinthians 5:5–7 ESV

5 He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee. 6 So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, 7 for we walk by faith, not by sight.

Live a Yielded Life

How does living a yielded life help you keep your spiritual vitality?

John 5:19–20 ESV

19 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise. 20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And greater works than these will he show him, so that you may marvel.

Cultivate a Sensitive Spirit

What is an advantage of a Sensitive Spirit?

Hebrews 3:8 ESV

8 do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, on the day of testing in the wilderness,

1 Thessalonians 5:19–20 ESV

19 Do not quench the Spirit. 20 Do not despise prophecies,

Walk in Obedience

How does walking in obedience help you keep your spiritual vitality?

Ephesians 4:29–31 ESV

29 Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.