Dare to Do Differently (So You Can Be Unboxed)

There is a book that is full of seeds that can set you free from the things that are holding you back from a beautiful life. God wants to cultivate those seeds so that they grow into powerful deeds that demonstrate the reality, presence, and power of the risen Jesus in and through your everyday life. “Quench not the Spirit.”

To refuse to let the Scriptures lead you into direct interaction with the risen Jesus is to quench the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit transforms the Bible from a tedious religious textbook into the living Word of God spoken directly to burn in your heart and be implemented in and through your daily life. The Holy Spirit wants to take the word of God off of the Bible’s pages and makes it incarnate within us.

The Holy Spirit powerfully uses the Bible in human lives. However, if we only focus on the Bible, we will spiritually dry up. If we only focus on the Holy Spirit, we can easily be deceived by the counterfeit spirits of the devil and his demons.

The Bible and the Holy Spirit work together. Let the Bible be the sign that points out and shows you the reality of the Holy Spirit. Read it with a humble, open heart as you surrender to and obey “Christ in you, the hope of glory.”

If you’re not:

* Loving, joyful, peaceful, patient, kind, doing good, faithful, gentle, and self-controlled, (Galatians 5:22)

* Remembering the things that Jesus said, (John 14:26)

* Glorifying Jesus, (John 16:14)

* Hearing what the Spirit is saying, (Revelation 2:7)

* Keeping your mind set on what the Spirit desires, (Romans 8:5)

* Letting your mind be governed by the Spirit, (Romans 8:6)

* Obeying the leadings of the Spirit, (Romans 8:14)

* Being taught by the Spirit, (1 Corinthians 2:11-14))

* Receiving revelation of things unseen and unheard, (1 Corinthians 2:9-10)

* Being consistently honest and truthful, (John 16:13))

* Putting to death the misdeeds of the body by the Spirit, (Romans 8:13)

* Walking in the Spirit, (Galatians 5:16)

* Living in the Spirit, (1 Peter 4:6)

* In the realm of the Spirit, (Romans 8:9)

* Being comforted by the Spirit, (John 15:26)

* Crying “Abba, Father,” from deep within you, (Romans 8:14)

* Manifesting the gifts of the Spirit in and through your life. (1 Corinthians 12:7-11),

. . . Then you are quenching the Holy Spirit. If you won’t let God’s Spirit lead and direct you throughout each day, you must not really believe that He is alive, present, and communicating to you.

Lord, give me the courage to continually listen to and obey You regardless of the consequences. Help me to stop quenching Your Spirit. I ask this in Jesus’ name.

(When a preacher’s job security depends on keeping a congregation happy with his performance, very few are willing to preach deeply convicting sermons and risk losing their job. I’ve had a preacher’s salary before and battled with that strong temptation to quench the Spirit and instead preach things that people will approve of. But I have no religious salary anymore.)

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