More on the Being Filled
Being full of the Holy Spirit is tied to many things in the Bible. Prophesy, speaking in tongues, boldness, courage, filling others, confidence, power, joy, sense of fullness like being drunk, wisdom, signs and miracles are all attached to the power of the Holy Spirit.
I'm thinking that least a couple of these qualities might appeal to you. If they are appealing, here's the deal. The best anyone can ever be is not good enough. We will always fall short of being perfect. God is perfect and requires us to be blameless. In the old testiment every time a person messed up they were suppose to sacrifice an animal to get back to a right relationship with God. So God decided to send his only Son Jesus Christ to be the ultimate sacrifice for all of our sins. No more sacrificing animals!!
So we have to accept that Jesus died for our screw ups. The times we missed the mark. Otherwise his "sacrifice" isn't for us. Ask Christ to come into your life and clean you up to restore that right relationship with God. When we do that God gives us a deposit of his Holy Spirit to live in us and help us as we walk out the rest of our life. We have a free personal counsellor for life! He gives us all those qualities I talked about above.
Your life will feel complete. You will have a renewed purpose. Have you ever wondered why so many people who have all it all commit sucide? Without Christ in our lives there is no sense of purpose, no lasting hope, no anything good that lasts.
Is this a religion? I personally don't see it as a religion. I see it as a personal relationship with God who is wants to restore a relationship with His kids.
Many relgions you have to do something to get something. It's "man" reaching to a higher seemingly unreachable and unpersonal power. What I described is God sending His son for us. We accept and recieve it.
Too simple? Children get it and us adults who have to reason it all think it's got to be more complicated. :)
Got questions? God can handle your questions and even your doubt. Ask Him to show you if He's real.
Where are you at?
For those who have asked Christ into their life, I encourage you to ask God to continously fill you. We are sponges and sometimes dry out. Get back to that uninhibitied realtionship with God. See what happens. Nothing like it.
Encouraging you.
Alanne.