Ephesians 4:29 – 31 (NKJV) Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamour, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.
The Holy Spirit has been assigned to help every believer, but if we want to tap into His help and be led by the Holy Spirit in our daily lives, we need to get to know Him and be able to recognise His voice. Did you know that the Holy Spirit has feelings and He won’t keep quiet about them? He will speak to us clearly, at times gently but also authoritatively depending on the situation.
The Holy Spirit speaks to our “spirit man”, which is where our conscience is. He is also extremely sensitive. Therefore, we can train ourselves to listen to His voice by learning to yield to Him in daily matters. Because He is holy, He can be easily grieved if we blatantly disregard His prompting and depart from holiness. Even though our conscience has been cleansed by the blood of Jesus, if we sin repeatedly, our conscience will become seared. We grieve the Holy Spirit whenever we refuse to listen to His prompting but allow the flesh to dominate us, such as allowing anger, bitterness, evil speaking, and wrath to get the better of us.
We receive guidance and direction from the Holy Spirit through our spirit rather than our minds and bodies, and He will speak in an authoritative voice and ask us not to yield to the flesh or temptation. When we control our mouths and refrain from hurting others with our words, and when we choose to speak words of edification to others and control our anger and words, we will experience the peace of the Holy Spirit because we are yielding to the Holy Spirit. This is how we learn to tune in to His leading.
If we truly appreciate what Christ has done for us on the cross, we will want to live a consecrated and sanctified life and love our neighbour as we love ourselves. As we begin to live our lives yielded to the Holy Spirit, wisdom will enter our lives because we are open to His leading, and over time, His voice will start to get louder and clearer in our lives.
Whenever we yield to the Holy Spirit, we are training and developing our spirit to be a safe guide for God to use, and we will become more conscious of our spirit being.
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顺服圣灵
以弗所书4:29-31 污秽的言语，一句不可出口，只要随事说造就人的好话，叫听见的人得益处。不要叫 神的圣灵担忧，你们原是受了他的印记，等候得赎的日子来到。一切苦毒、恼恨、忿怒、嚷闹、毁谤，并一切的恶毒（或作“阴毒”），都当从你们中间除掉。
圣灵奉差遣去帮助每一位信徒，但如果我们想在日常生活中蒙祂的引导和帮助，我们就需要认识祂并能够认出祂的声音。你知道圣灵是有情感，有感受的吗？祂不仅可以感受到我们的感受，并且祂不会将这些感受隐藏起来。祂会根据情况清晰而明确地让我们对所处的环境有所了解，表达方式有时温和，但有时也带着权柄。
圣灵对我们的“ 内在的灵人” 说话，也就是我们良心的所在。祂也极其敏锐。因此，我们可以训练自己聆听祂的声音，学习在日常生活中顺服祂。因为祂是圣洁的，如果我们公然无视祂的提醒并背离圣洁，祂就会黯然神伤。尽管我们的良心已经被耶稣的宝血洗净了，但如果我们一再犯罪，我们的良心就会饱受煎熬。每当我们拒绝听从圣灵的提醒，而是让肉体的情欲支配我们，例如允许愤怒、苦毒、恶言恶语和怒火战胜我们时，我们就会令圣灵担忧。
我们通过我们的灵，而不是我们的思想和身体，领受圣灵的引导和指正，祂会带着权柄说话，要求我们不要屈服于肉体的情欲或诱惑。当我们控制自己的口，不用言语伤害别人，当我们选择对别人说造就的话，控制自己的愤怒和言语时，我们就会体验到圣灵的平安，因为我们顺服了圣灵。这就是我们学习顺服祂的带领的方式。
如果我们真实地感恩基督在十字架上为我们所做的一切，我们就会想要过奉献和成圣的生活，并且爱我们的邻居就像我们爱自己一样。当我们开始过顺服圣灵的生活时，智慧就会进入我们的生命，因为我们对祂的带领全然接受，随着时间的推移，祂的声音将开始在我们的生命中变得越来越响亮，越来越清晰。
每当我们顺服圣灵时，我们就是在训练和培养我们属灵生命，使之成为让神使用的安全向导，我们也会更加意识到自己在属灵层面的存在。
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