Maria’s Reviews > Sensitivity of The Spirit: Learning to stay in the flow of God's direction > Status Update

Oswald Chambers once asked a provoking question: "Am I
close enough to God to feel secure when He is silent?"
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The things that grieve the Spirit are listed in Ephesians 4:30-5:7
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Find out what pleases the Lord.
-EPHESIANS 5:10
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Whenever God says, "Stay," it is with a definite purpose. We will
never be sorry when we remain where we are, even though we may not
know the reasons at the time, if God says we must.
I continually hear of more and more people who leave secular work
for Christian work. They assume their new sphere of work will be
"spiritual." 😎

Adjusting to the Dove must often be done without knowing why the
Spirit is leading in a particular manner.
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Jonathan Edwards taught us that the task of every generation is to
discover the direction in which the Sovereign Redeemer is moving,
then to move in that direction.
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Return, 0 holy Dove! Return, Sweet messenger of rest! I hate the
sins that made Thee mourn And drove Thee from my breast.
-WILLIAM COWPER (1731-1800)
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Bitterness, or resentment, is one
of the chief ways we grieve the Holy Spirit. 💘🕊️

"Do not put out the Spirit's fire" (1 Thess.
5:19).
....Paul's warning
not to quench the Spirit can only mean that sometimes the Spirit's fire
can be put out. 💔🕊️🔥

The apostle Paul admonished us, "And do not grieve the Holy Spirit
of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption" (Eph.
4:30). The Holy Spirit has feelings, and we can hurt His feelings when
we grieve Him by the things we do. The Greek word translated "grieve"
(lupeo) comes from lupee, which means "pain" or "sorrow." It is the
opposite of joy.
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