As I woke up out of sleep this morning, the first thing that took place was that I was conscience, of the presence of the Holy Spirit that lives and abides in me. I was aware of Him and, the first thing I did, was to pray unto God, by yielding unto prayer, as He gave me, the thoughts to pray. I began to talk unto God and immediately; the Holy Spirit began to pray in tongues through me. I was conscience of the Holy Spirit and I said, "Good Morning Holy Spirit..." because He is the person of the Holy Spirit that God sent and baptized in me, as a Believer, when I wanted, His baptism. Can you say, "Good Morning Holy Spirit; I Love You...!" and be truly conscience that He is in you? The Holy Spirit, once you receive His baptism and the gift that He is, sent from God, He lives inside of you, He is now a part of you. He has come to live and abide in you, or dwell in side of you now, forever, because He Will never leave us, as scriptures teach us. As a Child of God, you need to realize that the Holy Spirit isn't just any ol'body. He is Heavens representative that God sent and baptized, the promised Comforter, inside of us. He is in all reality; the person of the Holy Spirit that God gave, unto you and me. Your being conscience of the presence of the Holy Spirit, is very important that you realize, who truly is living in you and listening unto you. There is nothing that He does not see you do. He is The Holy Spirit, the Holy Ghost and the Comforter, living and abiding inside of you, My Dear Reading Friend, once you have received, His baptism, He is going to live and abide in you, forever. The precious Holy Spirit needs your respect and you becoming conscience and aware of Him and His ministry in you, He is your Spiritual Teacher, sent unto you from God. He is the promise that Jesus gave unto the Church of Jesus Christ that He would send, Him unto you. Can you say, "Good Morning Holy Spirit, I promise to honor You and realize that You are living, inside of me, I Love You?" All of these verses of scripture tell about the promise of the Comforter and things that He Will work in you, for the purpose that God sent Him unto you, as Jesus promised you that He would come. We know that He was sent because; we have received His baptism, with the evidence of speaking, in other tongues. Gods building a scriptural based teaching, of the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, the promised Holy Spirit, that God sent Him unto the Church of Jesus Christ. Then once you received, His baptism, you were given the gift that God sent unto the Church, which is you, the Body of Christ. However though, one of the biggest problems in the Body of Jesus Christ, is that Gods Children, by many, not all but by multitudes, grieve the Holy Spirit and the Bible says not to. Are you grieving the Holy Spirit? When you do, you can feel Him grieving inside of you. You can sense Him actually grieving, inside of you, a Believer. PERSONAL EXPERIENCE When I was twenty-one years old, I received the baptism of the Holy Spirit. I was a young man and full of energy but my time, was mine, so I thought. I was always building a race car or riding a motorcycle or trading and just running around, doing whatever I wanted to do, as a young man. However, I never knew that this feeling, in side of me, was the Holy Spirit, grieving, inside of me. When I prayed and read the Bible, it left and went away. What was happening was this. I was so busy that I over looked the Holy Spirit that I was just baptized with and I grieved Him, unto the point that, I could actually feel Him grieving inside of me. I had to learn to give time unto God and myself in many times of prayer but I had to learn these things, the hard way. I never had a mentor or a Minister, with Spiritual understanding, to instruct me, as to what was truly going on, as I grieved the Holy Spirit that God sent and gave unto me.
About the Author: My name is Pastor Luke L. Chapman. I haven't always been a preacher, quite the contrary. When I was a young teenager everyone always said: "Boy what a good kid Luke is. He is a wonderful young man." Because of a stepfather that had no love for me, my clothes were packed for me and placed on the front porch on Christmas morning. Arrangements were already made for a near friend to pick me up to take me to my real dad's home. This became a cycle unto me. I learned soon to take flight in life, realizing I'm on my own. I was kicked out of school for truancy, failure to want to go to school and to learn. This started a foundation for my life, for my ongoing future. My new friends taught me how to smoke, drink, and cuss and to tell lies. I graduated to smoking weed and using cocaine. I never drank or used cocaine on a regular basis. I just started on weekends or invited parties. I got married and had a Child when I was 21 years old. But, with a lifestyle of drinking, spending money in bars and not on bills or in my home, I soon went through a divorce. Does this sound familiar, like today's youths? At this time, now I'm remarried my wife and I are both cocaine addicts. My wife smoked weed? I sold weed and cocaine to supply our habits. My wife left me one day. I was arrested the same day and put in jail. In jail, I bowed my knees on the floor in my cell. I was the only one there that day. I called upon Jesus and was saved and sent to North Central Correctional Institution. I never thought anyone cared. But I was so wrong. What was meant for evil for me, God changed for the good. Prison became My Bible College. Prison was where God counseled me about my morals. God taught me about being a good husband, a good father unto my Children and how a preacher must live and act. I served six and a half years in prison to learn not do use drugs, not to walk through life aimlessly. I learned my lesson. God raised me up to be a preacher in prison. Prison was my lifesaver. Wow, what a statement one might say! The reason prison was my lifeline was I could have graduated to the other side of life... Six Feet Down. I almost did! I had a heart attack, just before I was sent to prison, from smoking crack cocaine. I almost died. Your Friend... The Harley Davidson Preacher Man Luke L. Chapman Gods Vision... A Ministry of Fire For information contact THE VILLAGE CARPENTER PUBLISHING HOUSE, PO Box 133, Lakeview, Ohio 43331 USA or see TheVillageCarpenter.info