Show Your Appreciation for Unseen Treasures - THE GIFT OF HOLY SPIRIT

 

God's active force is another unseen gift we should treasure.  Jesus urged us to keep praying for holy spirit.  (Luke 11:9, 13) By means of his spirit, Jehovah gives us power-even "power beyond what is normal." (2 Corinthians 4:7; Acts 1:8)  With the help of God's spirit, we can endure any trial we may be facing.

Holy spirit can help us to handle our assignments in God's service. God's spirit can enhance our talents and abilities. It enables us to carry out our Christian responsibilities. We can honestly attribute the good results of our efforts, not to ourselves, but to the help of God's spirit.

Another way to show that we value God's holy spirit is by praying that it will help us detect any wrong thoughts or desires in our heart. (Read Psalm 139:23, 24). If we make such a request, Jehovah, through his spirit, can make us aware of wrong thinking or inclinations. And if we become aware of a wrong thought or desire, we should pray for God's spirit to give us the strength to resist such a thought or desire. Thus we show that we are determined to avoid doing anything that would cause Jehovah  to stop helping us with his holy spirit. - EPHESIANS 4:30. 

We can deepen our appreciation for holy spirit by reflecting on what that spirit has accomplished in our day. Before Jesus ascended to heaven, he told his disciples:  "You will receiver power when the holy spirit comes upon you, and you will be witnesses of me . . . to the most distant part of the earth." (Acts 1:8)  These words are being fulfilled in a wonderful way.  With the backing of holy spirit, some eight and a  half million worshippers of Jehovah have been gathered from every corner of the earth. Also, we enjoy a spiritual paradise because God's spirit helps us to cultivate  beautiful qualities,  such as love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, mildness, and self-control.  These qualities make up "the fruitage of the spirit." (Galatians 5:22, 23) What  a precious gift holy spirit is!

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