Five Suggestions

Here are five ways to internalize Sunday’s sermon and get the entire series on the Holy Spirit off to a good start:

1. Sometime this week find a quiet, private spot and spend fifteen minutes considering this mind-blowing fact: The Holy Spirit lives in me.
2. The Holy Spirit is a Person – divine and perfect where we are faulty and human, but a Person nonetheless. We can relate to Him person-to-Person. Choose one activity with that in mind: Take a walk with Him, write a letter to Him, even go out to eat with just the Spirit as your dinner guest.
3. Make a list of everything you typically do to prepare for and accommodate houseguests. Then consider the kind of hospitality you give to the Holy Spirit on a daily basis. How can you make Him feel more welcome in His temple?
4. Most often, the Spirit’s voice is quiet and low. Pray for specific ways to tone down the noise/distraction level in your “temple” in order to better hear His words of comfort and guidance. Then implement those changes!
5. Honor Him by letting Him be Counselor and Guide: trust Him with your biggest headache – that concern that preys constantly on your mind. Lay it all out before Him and wait for His counsel on the next step you should take.

Try one of these suggestions each day… or one a week throughout the series… You, and your relationship with the Holy Spirit, will never be the same.