God’s Word For You Today
19 Do not quench the Spirit.
1 Thessalonians 5:19
So what does this mean, ‘Do not quench the Spirit’?
Well, when a fire needs to be put out you pour water on it. That is quenching the fire. To quench the Holy Spirit (which is possible or it wouldn’t be mentioned in scripture) means that you shut Him down when He calls on you.
How many times have you felt the nudging to act upon something but you stop short of doing the thing you should be doing? That’s a form of quenching the Spirit. How many times has a thought come to you to do something good to help someone or to say something to someone? That’s another form of quenching the Spirit. Or how about this example. How many times have you known that you are being called to do something that will benefit you spiritually but you don’t move upon the very thing you’re being called to do? Again, that is quenching the Holy Spirit.
Have you considered how much of a positive profound impact you could be having on someone’s life by simply doing as you’re being called on to do? Lives are being affected when you don’t act. When the Holy Spirit calls you or I into action we must move forward with the call. We must quit second guessing what God wants us to do so that His good will can come about through you or I.
Do you remember the story of Jonah and the whale as a child? Jonah refused at first to act upon what God wanted him to do and that was to go to the pepper of Nineveh and warn them to repent or they would be destroyed by God for their sins. At first he would not go as called to by the LORD, hence God sent a great fish to swallow him up. After being in the belly of the fish for three days he repented and the fish vomited up on the shore. Jonah went into action then on what God had told him to do and the people of Nineveh were spared because the heeded to words that Jonah told them.
Now can you understand how it its important to listen to, then act when the Holy Spirit calls you into action? Next time respond to Him by asking Him for clarity in exactly what you’re to do. Then do so without being afraid or ashamed for God will be with you every step of the way.
19 Do not quench the Spirit.
1 Thessalonians 5:19
So what does this mean, ‘Do not quench the Spirit’?
Well, when a fire needs to be put out you pour water on it. That is quenching the fire. To quench the Holy Spirit (which is possible or it wouldn’t be mentioned in scripture) means that you shut Him down when He calls on you.
How many times have you felt the nudging to act upon something but you stop short of doing the thing you should be doing? That’s a form of quenching the Spirit. How many times has a thought come to you to do something good to help someone or to say something to someone? That’s another form of quenching the Spirit. Or how about this example. How many times have you known that you are being called to do something that will benefit you spiritually but you don’t move upon the very thing you’re being called to do? Again, that is quenching the Holy Spirit.
Have you considered how much of a positive profound impact you could be having on someone’s life by simply doing as you’re being called on to do? Lives are being affected when you don’t act. When the Holy Spirit calls you or I into action we must move forward with the call. We must quit second guessing what God wants us to do so that His good will can come about through you or I.
Do you remember the story of Jonah and the whale as a child? Jonah refused at first to act upon what God wanted him to do and that was to go to the pepper of Nineveh and warn them to repent or they would be destroyed by God for their sins. At first he would not go as called to by the LORD, hence God sent a great fish to swallow him up. After being in the belly of the fish for three days he repented and the fish vomited up on the shore. Jonah went into action then on what God had told him to do and the people of Nineveh were spared because the heeded to words that Jonah told them.
Now can you understand how it its important to listen to, then act when the Holy Spirit calls you into action? Next time respond to Him by asking Him for clarity in exactly what you’re to do. Then do so without being afraid or ashamed for God will be with you every step of the way.
God’s Word For You Today
19 Do not quench the Spirit.
1 Thessalonians 5:19
So what does this mean, ‘Do not quench the Spirit’?
Well, when a fire needs to be put out you pour water on it. That is quenching the fire. To quench the Holy Spirit (which is possible or it wouldn’t be mentioned in scripture) means that you shut Him down when He calls on you.
How many times have you felt the nudging to act upon something but you stop short of doing the thing you should be doing? That’s a form of quenching the Spirit. How many times has a thought come to you to do something good to help someone or to say something to someone? That’s another form of quenching the Spirit. Or how about this example. How many times have you known that you are being called to do something that will benefit you spiritually but you don’t move upon the very thing you’re being called to do? Again, that is quenching the Holy Spirit.
Have you considered how much of a positive profound impact you could be having on someone’s life by simply doing as you’re being called on to do? Lives are being affected when you don’t act. When the Holy Spirit calls you or I into action we must move forward with the call. We must quit second guessing what God wants us to do so that His good will can come about through you or I.
Do you remember the story of Jonah and the whale as a child? Jonah refused at first to act upon what God wanted him to do and that was to go to the pepper of Nineveh and warn them to repent or they would be destroyed by God for their sins. At first he would not go as called to by the LORD, hence God sent a great fish to swallow him up. After being in the belly of the fish for three days he repented and the fish vomited up on the shore. Jonah went into action then on what God had told him to do and the people of Nineveh were spared because the heeded to words that Jonah told them.
Now can you understand how it its important to listen to, then act when the Holy Spirit calls you into action? Next time respond to Him by asking Him for clarity in exactly what you’re to do. Then do so without being afraid or ashamed for God will be with you every step of the way.
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