15 Ways People Can Respond to God

Daily writing prompt

What are 5 everyday things that bring you happiness?

Here are 15 biblical ways you can respond to God the Holy Spirit — the Spirit of wisdom and revelation. (Ephesians 1:17) All Christ followers need to continually live by and walk in the Spirit. (Galatians 5:25).

You can . . .
1) Quench the Spirit and ignore Him. (1 Thessalonians 5:19)
2) Make Him sad. (Ephesians 4:30) {Please don’t do these first two.}
3) Listen to and be taught by the Spirit. (John 14:26)
4) Let the Spirit convict you of sin. (John 16:8)
5) Allow God the Spirit to set you free. (2 Corinthians 3:17)
6) Surrender to the Holy Spirit and be His temple. (1 Corinthians 6:19-20)
7) Pray in the Spirit. (Jude 1:20-21)
8) Be led by the Spirit. (Romans 8:14)
9) Receive and operate in the gifts of the Spirit. (1 Corinthians 12:1-11)
10) Depend on Him to fill you with His fruit. (Galatians 5:22-23)
11)) Let the Spirit freely flow from your innermost being. (John 7:38-39)
12) Allow Him to empower you to be a bold and effective witness for Christ. (Acts 1:8)
13) Rely on the Holy Spirit to speak through you by giving you the words you say. (Matthew 10:20)
14) Trust the Spirit to strengthen you from within. (Ephesians 3:16-17)
15) Rely on the God the Spirit instead of on self-effort. (Zechariah 4:6)

Real God seekers deconstruct their pride. (James 4:10) They don’t quench the Spirit or deconstruct the Bible.

God’s intent isn’t to make you content to attend a weekly Sunday event and hear a talk about Bible content. It’s to thrill you with His presence and transform you with His power so that you can repent and be sent to show people Christ’s reality.

I don’t want to be a religious spectator — a passive observer of a Sunday performance. I want to be a living radiator of Christ’s presence, power, and love. I strongly believe that God wants me to encourage and challenge churches and individuals to fully embrace the biblical concept of the priesthood of all believers by opening up their meetings for anyone present to speak as they are prompted by God the Holy Spirit.

Jesus taught that there should be no hierarchy among His followers. All Christ-followers are equal level peers. (Matthew 20:25-26)

About Steve Simms

I like to look and think outside the box. In college I encountered Jesus Christ and I have been passionate about trying to get to know Him better ever since. My wife and I long to see the power and passion of the first Christ-followers come to life in our time. I have written a book about our experiences in non-traditional church, called, "Beyond Church: An Invitation To Experience The Lost Word Of The Bible--Ekklesia." If you need encouragement, search for: Elephants Encouraging The Room and/or check out my Amazon author page. Thank you!

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