Think about a time in your life when you experienced true grief. We experience grief when we lose a cherished loved one. We experience grief when we know we’ve badly hurt someone we love. Or maybe grief comes from the loss of a dream. Sometimes we grieve when we know we’ve been unable to reach someone whom we desperately want to help turn their life around. There are many reasons we feel grief in our lives.
I want you to think about how it felt when you faced that grief in your life, the broken-hearted, gut wrenching sorrow in which your soul cried for release from the pain.
Do you know that when we sin we grieve the Holy Spirit? The Bible says in Ephesians 4:30: “And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.”
There are times when I’m really tempted to sin in which the Lord reminds me that if I do so, I will grieve his Holy Spirit. At those times, if I really stop and think about how I felt during times of great distress and grief in my life, I realize that I don’t want to cause the Holy Spirit of God to experience grief because of my actions. Let us not resist the Lord’s prompting to turn away from the temptation which so easily besets us.
Prayer: Merciful God, Abba Father, may I be ever mindful that when I’m tempted to sin, to do so would grieve your Holy Spirit. Give me the strength to resist the lure of evil. Help me to choose to do what is right in your sight and bring honor and glory to your name.
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Thank you for reminding me how much i grieve God when i give in to temptation. When i sin its all about me no one else. I must stay close to my LORD which will keep me focusing on his will not my sinful desires.
If we are believers we have to live like Jesus.
Praise Jesus.He is the Lord.
A reminder to one and all. Temptation is always there. And there are two choices here. One: To follow our own desires to response to that temptation and the other is to let God to be the master of our heart desires. The second choice is always the best because we will never regret. God Bless.
wow i thank God 4u guys,the things u share are always on point, and today’s msg about grieving the holy spirit really got to me because just last night i gave in to temptation and i’ve been indulging in that the whole of today,negleting that i was actually grieving the Holy spirit. i feel so bad right now and i’m asking God to forgive me for my…
thank you for this piece. It really hit home. I had a gut wrenching experience years ago when I did not get my dream job and I was so angry with God, I denied him that night only to wake up at 3am in the morning to the most beautiful voice singing “Jesus never fails” and praise Him to eternity He has never failed me since, 3 months later He…
Dealing with temptations are always a problem. A reminder that Solomon taught, “It is the little foxes that spoil the vines” has become my guide.
Perhaps it takes a country boy to realize the truth therein, but as we learn to deal with the little problems in life, it becomes much easier to tackle the big ones.
i was bless today after reading ur words, i learn alot also that my body is God’s temple. Thanks so much and God bless u in return.
i was bless today after reading ur words, i learn alot also that my body is God’s temple. Thanks so much and God bless u in return.