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How do I Know That the Spirit of God is in me?  One day after talking to a group of people about making self available for the Holy Spirit for perfection, one sister came to me and asked me, "Ma, how do I know that the Holy Spirit is in me?" My reflex answer was and still is "The Fragrance of the Holy Spirit." You can smell the Holy Spirit just as you can smell the unholy spirit. When you smell the good aroma, you would want to linger around and even would intensionally inhale more of it so, it is with the fragrance of the Holy Spirit. Fragrance of the Holy Spirit Likened to different aromas of scent If the spirit of God is in you you will bear good fruit, " By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles?" (Matt 7: 16) "A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit." (Matt 7: 18).   The fruit of the holy spirit include,  " But the fruit of the Spirit

"Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed  thereto  according to thy word.  With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.  Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee." (Psalm 119: 9) There are many ways God speaks to His children on a daily bases. But the basic and prominent way is through His word in the Bible. When we hear someone speak to us about God from the Bible we must listen attentively because God is speaking to us. When we consciously read the Bible, we must pay attention because God is speaking to us through His word - the Bible When we attend fellowship and listen to the sermon or Bible study services, God speaks to us. However we must make effort on an individual bases to seek deeper understanding of God's word by disciplining ourselves to hearing from Him. Therefore follow this concise step to hear from God. When you become a person who seeks God always and des

When we talk about sin we quickly reflect on the Mount Sinai Tablets of written God's laws titled, "The Ten Commandments" (Exodus 20: 1-17). A failure to keep these rules/laws as it affects our ethical, moral and ritual standards is what constitutes sin. However the scripture also reveals some ethical and moral behaviors which God hates and are denoted abominations. These behaviors are hated by God because they affect the body soul and the spirit so badly even though they could be passed by as nothing. The book of Proverbs tries to describe the person who commits these sins with these words, "A naughty person, a wicked man, walks with a froward mouth. He winks with his eyes, he speaks with his feet, he teaches with his fingers. Frowardness  is  in his heart, he devises mischief continually and sows discord.Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy. These six  things  doth the LORD hate: yea, seven  are  an abomina