How to be filled with the Holy Spirit?
Submitted by sank on Fri, 10/17/2008 - 18:40
Before we can walk in the Spirit, we must make sure that we are controlled and empowered by the Holy Spirit. So, The question is:
How to be filled with the Holy Spirit?
Spiritual Breathing is a concept, taught by Late Dr. Bill Bright that explains how to be filled with the Holy Spirit by Faith. It is something similar to Physical Breathing.
In Physical Breathing you do two things: Exhale the bad air and Inhale the fresh air.
Similarly, in Spiritual Breathing you do two things:
1. Exhale or Confess
Confess your sins – and thank Him for His forgiveness of it, the Bible says,
"If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" (1 John 1:9).
2. Inhale or Receive
Receive the fullness of the Holy Spirit by faith, according to His Command
"Be filled with the Holy Spirit" (Ephesians 5:18).
"And this is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us whatever we ask, we know that we have the request we have asked from" (1 John 5:14,15).
Therefore, we can claim the fullness of the Holy Spirit through a prayer of faith. Here is a suggested prayer of faith:
