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Re: How can one be a slave to the Holy Ghost? Is that a bad thing? [message #2205 is a reply to message #2140]

Mon, 11 February 2013 22:53

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I just found this thread. Since I made the comment that started the whole conversation, I'd like to chime in here.

First of all, I agree with the opening post of this thread. I think that perhaps my comments on the other thread were just misunderstood.

I believe that if we relied on the Spirit to make sure no one was missed when taking care of each other, then the Spirit would tell us if someone was getting missed. This doesn't mean that we wouldn't be making our own choices most of the time about who we were going to reach out to and befriend. The ideal I envision is a state where every person is already befriending those around them who they feel could use the help or even who they feel could help them come closer to Christ. But being in tune with the Spirit, these people would also pay attention to any promptings letting them know of additional people they hadn't thought of who need help. So it would be a balance of personal choice and spiritual guidance, just like Dragon speaks of in the opening post.

I like the idea that if we have knowledge from the Spirit, we should act on it without feeling the need to gain additional spiritual manifestations. I believe the Lord has been teaching me that concept but I didn't quite know how to put it into words and hadn't quite identified what it was I was being taught. There were a few times when I was looking for help from the Spirit when I should have already known, but was afraid to go with my former spiritual promptings because the world had such a different view and it was hard for me to go against the grain. In these cases, the Spirit kept asking what I already knew, instead of giving me the answer. It's nice to have those experiences put into words.

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		How can one be a slave to the Holy Ghost? Is that a bad thing? By: Dragon on Thu, 31 January 2013 09:46
		Re: How can one be a slave to the Holy Ghost? Is that a bad thing? By: Daryl on Fri, 01 February 2013 05:15
		Re: How can one be a slave to the Holy Ghost? Is that a bad thing? By: Ashleyd on Sun, 03 February 2013 01:32
		Re: How can one be a slave to the Holy Ghost? Is that a bad thing? By: JulesGP on Sun, 03 February 2013 02:38
		Re: How can one be a slave to the Holy Ghost? Is that a bad thing? By: JulesGP on Tue, 05 February 2013 13:00
		Re: How can one be a slave to the Holy Ghost? Is that a bad thing? By: Dragon on Wed, 06 February 2013 07:51
		Re: How can one be a slave to the Holy Ghost? Is that a bad thing? By: Ashleyd on Wed, 06 February 2013 14:05
		Re: How can one be a slave to the Holy Ghost? Is that a bad thing? By: Dragon on Wed, 06 February 2013 21:55
		Re: How can one be a slave to the Holy Ghost? Is that a bad thing? By: JulesGP on Sat, 09 February 2013 16:10
		Re: How can one be a slave to the Holy Ghost? Is that a bad thing? By: Kronos369 on Mon, 11 February 2013 17:47
		Re: How can one be a slave to the Holy Ghost? Is that a bad thing? By: Called to Serve on Mon, 11 February 2013 22:53
		Re: How can one be a slave to the Holy Ghost? Is that a bad thing? By: Seeker on Sun, 10 March 2013 22:24
		Re: How can one be a slave to the Holy Ghost? Is that a bad thing? By: JulesGP on Sun, 10 March 2013 23:44
		Re: How can one be a slave to the Holy Ghost? Is that a bad thing? By: SingleToHisGlory on Mon, 11 March 2013 22:14
		Re: How can one be a slave to the Holy Ghost? Is that a bad thing? By: Seeker on Tue, 12 March 2013 16:32
		Re: How can one be a slave to the Holy Ghost? Is that a bad thing? By: SingleToHisGlory on Tue, 12 March 2013 17:46
		Re: How can one be a slave to the Holy Ghost? Is that a bad thing? By: Seeker on Tue, 12 March 2013 23:19
		Re: How can one be a slave to the Holy Ghost? Is that a bad thing? By: SingleToHisGlory on Wed, 13 March 2013 10:59
		Re: How can one be a slave to the Holy Ghost? Is that a bad thing? By: Dragon on Sat, 23 March 2013 22:03
		Re: How can one be a slave to the Holy Ghost? Is that a bad thing? By: SingleToHisGlory on Mon, 25 March 2013 14:47
		Re: How can one be a slave to the Holy Ghost? Is that a bad thing? By: Called to Serve on Thu, 28 March 2013 11:48
		Re: How can one be a slave to the Holy Ghost? Is that a bad thing? By: Elejian on Sat, 10 August 2013 14:34
		Re: How can one be a slave to the Holy Ghost? Is that a bad thing? By: Elejian on Mon, 26 August 2013 21:50

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