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#1 Dave Dagwell

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Posted 06 November 2010 - 06:51 AM

How does one get filled with the Holy Spirit?

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Posted 06 November 2010 - 10:50 AM

Scripture tells us, "If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?" (Luke 11:13).

A.W. Tozer received a "Baptism" (you can say filling I suppose) in the Holy Spirit subsequent to his salvation. I did as well. Since receiving Him, I hear Him speak clearly to me through His Word, and I can feel His tangible presence. I was saved for three years prior to receiving the Baptism of the Holy Spirit.

I think many churches have damaged His reputation. My experience with the Holy Spirit is the same as A.W. Tozer's. I cannot imagine living without Him. I received Him by seeking Him through prayer, and others prayed for me.
In The Pursuit of God, A. W. Tozer writes, "Jesus taught that He wrought His works by always keeping His inward eyes upon His Father. His power lay in His continuous look at God (John 5:19-21)."

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Posted 07 November 2010 - 09:00 PM

As for me - three years after I prayed and asked Christ to forgive me and work in me Holy Spirit came upon me.

I was reading Acts and had some revelation that the 120 were told don't go out until... I thought if I ask for the infilling which I read happened to others and the results were so amzing then I must be able to ask too. and mine was confirmed with other tongues ( I know some do not believe that but this is my testimony).
I am becoming more aware every day of that infilling presence of Holy Spirit - which by the way Jesus said He would send for us and to us.

ask and expect Dave - don't make the gospel complex - God made it simple for simple guys like me.

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Posted 08 November 2010 - 02:54 PM

For what it's worth, I grew up in a Pentecostal church, and when I was 12 or so, in a Sunday School class, the teacher encouraged us to seek the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. I prayed that day, didn't receive anything, went home, and with my parents prayed much of the evening. And just before bedtime, I began to speak with tongues. Since that time, I have spoken with tongues regularly. Off and on, I have also experienced other supernatural gifts in my life, from healing to prophecy to words of wisdom.

In the intervening years, I have studied the Scriptures, and have come to the conclusion that the Baptism of the Holy Spirit is something that happens to all believers, at conversion - we are all baptized by one Spirit into one Body. But from time to time, the Holy Spirit fills His people with power, and enables them to operate in supernatural ways. He also gives spiritual gifts to His people, of different kinds to different folks, as He wills. These spiritual gifts are more or less always "on" for those people, whereas at times, He switches them "on" for others for specific purposes. To every believer, He has given some spiritual gift.

My experience seemed to follow the traditional Pentecostal "second work of grace/initial sign of tongues" teaching, but the Scriptures have convinced me that my interpretation of those experiences was off. I was baptized in the Spirit when He justified me by His Grace. When I was 12, He filled me with power to serve and to worship. Since then, He has occasionally filled me with other gifts on a limited basis. This seems to fit the Scriptures' testimony, and my experience can certainly fit into that. :)
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Posted 10 November 2010 - 08:48 AM

I'm sure you will receive many different replies to this one! My own experience was on my knees in worship when at university. I also had a Pentecostal experience with tongues but no longer believe that to be the initial evidence though I still pray in tongues. The Baptism of the Holy Spirit is a sovereign act of God and has no 'magic formula'. I see evidences of a Spirit-filled life in Ephesians 5:15-21 and would suggest these might also pre-requisites. ie; a worshipping attitude (v19), a thankful attitude (v20), a submitted attitude (v21). When I have been asked this same question by my congregation, I have suggested they 'go for a walk' with the Lord, somewhere alone where there is no barrier to singing out His praises and calling on Him in grateful worship. Many times they have returned with a testimony of having met the Lord in a special way and having been overwhelmed by His enveloping presence.
O that more ministers would ask this same question and seek Him until they be 'endued with power from on high'!