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Passage
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Evidence of Spirit Filled Life
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Gal. 5:16-18
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A pattern of victory over sin
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Gal. 5:22-23
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Your inner life will increasingly have more of the fruit
of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
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Eph. 5:18-20;
Col. 3:16-17
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You will have inward joy: expressing psalms, hymns and
spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your
heart to the Lord, and always giving thanks for all
things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God,
even the Father.
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Eph. 5:18-6:8;
Col. 3:16-24
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You will also have a greater desire to serve others.
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Pray In The Spirit.
Then what does it mean to pray "in the Spirit" in
Ephesians 6:18? The answer is found in the context which started
with Eph. 5:18. It means that the Holy Spirit has control of
your life. You have willingly submitted your life to the Holy
Spirit. We know that the Holy Spirit helps every Christian
pray. God not only encourages us to talk to Him (or pray),
He even helps us to pray.
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And in the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness;
for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the
Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too
deep for words . . . (NASB) Romans 8:26
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But there is a better way to pray. It is to pray while you
are walking or being filled with the Holy Spirit. The Spirit
has greater control of you. To pray in the Spirit does not
mean a prayer language. This is a foreign idea to the book
of Ephesians. Scripture never says that "praying in
the Spirit" is a prayer language.
Conclusion:
I would encourage you to read the study at the link entitled Filled
With The Spirit.
I would encourage you to pray. God wants you to talk with Him.
Can you believe it. God wants us to talk with Him!
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