How to Unblock the Flow of the Spirit

How to receive more of the Holy Spirit.

or How to unblock the Flow of the Spirit

Salvation Jn 3:3; Eph 1:13

HS baptism Acts 1:8; 2:1-4; Matthew 3:11

Worship Elisha 2 Kings 3:15; Colossians 3:16; Ephesians 5:19

Fear the Lord. Ps 25:12 Then we can be taught John 14:26; Matthew 11:28-30

Meditate on the Word of God. Isaiah 30:15, 40:31; Josh 1:8; Ps 1:1-3; John 6:63

Take your mind off the desires of the flesh and put it on things of the Spirit.  Rom 8:5-13

Put to death the deeds of the Body; or live from the Spirit and not your fleshly desires Rom 8:5-13; Galatians 2:20; Romans 12:1,2

Repentance will bring refreshment. Acts 3:19

Refilling Rev 1:10; Isaiah 52:1,2; Romans 12:1,2

Not Quenched 1 Thes. 5:19
Don't keep rules seek God. Matt. 11:28-30; 1 Cor 3:17

Believe and step out in faith. If we don't we quench the Spirit. James 1:5-8

Pray in tongues! Pray in tongues and then in English. 1 Cor 14:15
Pray in tongues. 1 Cor. 14:5
Gives supernatural understanding and speaks to God. 1 Cor. 14:2
Gives access to other spiritual gifts. 1 Cor 12:8,10
Spiritual war. Eph. 6:18
Reveals God's wisdom 1 Cor. 1:27-29

Prove all things that are taught and hold fast to that which is good. 1 Thes. 5:21

We receive the Spirit through faith. Galatians 3:14

Obedience brings the Holy Spirit. Acts 5:32

>It is not that we get more of the Holy Spirit. It is that the roadblocks stopping the Holy Spirit to function can be removed.

Fasting, by helping the poor will open avenues for God to flow. Isaiah 58:6f

>And what is obedience? It is loving God and loving others. With this love expressed we abide with God. John 14:21,23; 15:7

Ruling in the Kingdom   Ps 103:4 Crowned with lovingkindness and compassion.

Freedom

Psalm 142:7
"Bring my soul out of prison, So that I may give thanks to Your name; The righteous will surround me, For You will deal bountifully with me."

The word "prison" is used symbolically, as a metaphor for trouble and distress (comp. Psalm 88:8; Psalm 107:10-14). Pulpit Commentary

Ps 88:8 sometimes we are shut up and can't go out.
What frees us up so we can express our gratitude to God?

2 Corinthians 3:17
“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.”

If we let it, if we yield to it's teachings, if we soften our heart and accept what it says, the teachings of the Bible with the Holy Spirit will give us freedom.

Psalm 124:7,8
“Our soul has escaped as a bird out of the snare of the trapper; The snare is broken and we have escaped. Our help is in the name of the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.”

Turn to the Lord, turn to His word, you will find freedom.

We were meant to live serving God. Eph 2:10 It is as we live for Christ there is freedom. To reject the leading of God because of fear of the unknown brings us into bondage. We miss out on what God has for us because of our lack of belief.

Trust in God, He will work with you.

Some turn from following God, because they think the pleasures of sin are better than living for Christ.  Yes there is pleasure in sin for a season. Heb 11:25; Phil 3:18,19 But the end of a life in sin is destruction. Not only in this age but in the one to come.

To see other people walking with Christ brings joy to your life. 3 John 4 “I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.”

Further reading:
2 Corinthians 13:4
1 Thessalonians 3:8

Take Advantage of What God Has Given

Isaiah 42:1-3

“Behold, My Servant, whom I uphold;

My chosen one in whom My soul delights.

I have put My Spirit upon Him;

He will bring forth justice to the nations.

2 “He will not cry out or raise His voice,

Nor make His voice heard in the street.

3 “A bruised reed He will not break

And a dimly burning wick He will not extinguish;

He will faithfully bring forth justice."

This is a prophecy of Jesus. v1 was fulfilled in the part of the Holy Spirit coming upon Him. Matt 3:16,17

We also have the Holy Spirit. When we were saved we were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise. Eph 1:13 And the promise of the baptism is for all who will accept it after salvation. Mark 1:8; Acts 1:8; Acts 2:2-4. Some would say it is presumptuous to say we have what Jesus had on earth. Yet that is the truth. What Jesus had in Israel 2000 years ago we have today. We have the same ability and power and fellowship available to us. 1 John 4:17

It is false humility to say we are just poor pilgrims traveling through the earth holding on till Jesus comes for us.

It is taking the talent we have received from God and burying it in the ground. Matt.25:24,25 Don't ignore the promises of God for us today. Apply yourself to learn, believe and use what God has given. 2 Cor 1:20

v2 Have we failed to understood God because of His gentleness? He uses His word to teach us. He accomplishes all things by the word of His power. Hebrews 1:3 Don't miss God because He is not in your face rebuking you. Ask yourself, "Am I walking in obedience to God's leading?"

It is not with harshness that God deals with us. Yet there is also severity with the kindness of God. Romans 11:22

God is gentle with us and loving. Turn to Him and follow His leading. You won't regret it.

Matthew 11:28-30

“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

In all your Ways Acknowledge Him

You never know where you will find a glory nugget when you are in the search. The following is simply a footnote in a commentary on Hebrews by William R. Newell (1868-1956)

Many years ago, in the Moody Institute, it fell to me to direct the afternoon and evening gathering of all the students. Together with my helpers, some eleven men, I made the celebration a missionary one. There was manifest blessing.

When all was over, at about ten at night, I said to the young men who had helped, “Let us go into my office and thank the Lord.” We went in and knelt to pray. It was in none of our minds to remain long, but just to thank the Lord ere we retired.

But it pleased God to take the meeting in charge. His Spirit filled us. In a few minutes we were on our faces praising God and weeping with joy. How His love melted and overwhelmed us! All sense of distance from God, yea, all sense of self, was gone. Only measureless joy in God, as we knew ourselves the objects of His intimate kindness and love, remained.

There we were until half past three in the morning! And when we dispersed, we were more refreshed, in body and spirit, than at the beginning. After the brethren left, I marked stain after stain of tears upon the floor, where men had wept with joy. Four men, if not five, became missionaries as a result of that night’s visitation.

God may not at all times overwhelm us, as on that occasion, with a sense of His blessedness and love. We walk by faith, not by sight (lit., appearance, vision, or experience). But at all times, under all circumstances, God is love, and believers are invited to come boldly to a throne, a throne of GRACE!