Do Not Quench the Spirit

1 Thessalonians 5:19-22(NKJV)

19Do not quench the Spirit. 

20Do not despise prophecies. 

21Test all things; hold fast what is good. 

22Abstain from every form of evil.

How many of you are comfortable hearing directly from the Holy Spirit?  Does it freak you out, seem odd, or does it seem perfectly natural to you?

One of the biggest blessings that we get when we accept Jesus is that we get the Holy Spirit to guide us.  It's that little voice deep inside us that God uses to speak directly to us. 

If you will listen and take it to heart, in other words don't quench, the Holy Spirit, you will have an incredible resource to draw on for the rest of your life.  Let the Spirit live and flow through you.

1 Thessalonians also gives us a warning here.  As you get more and more comfortable listening to the Holy Spirit, more will be revealed to you, prophecies if you will.  Don't get freaked out by that or don't be fearful of that.    But don't just immediately accept it either.  If you think something is being revealed to you, test it against all the things that you know about God from the Bible.  Also continue to pray about it.  "God, here is what I think you are telling me, am I getting it correct?".

Does what is being revealed to you line up with God's word?  If you continue to get confirmation then run with it, it is good.  God has blessed you with some revelation.  The more you listen to the Holy Spirit, the more that will be revealed!