The Holy Spirit in Your Heart. Part [4] 03/06/2026 (Morning thought)

Joshua 24: 15 And if it seems evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

However, there are somethings The Holy Spirit does not do in our hearts, and these must be made clear so as to manage our expectations prudently. These things would be laid out in a clear concise format so that we could harbor a balanced view of The Holy Spirit’s work in the heart. [1] The Holy Spirit is given in accordance with one’s desire and consent, but never to force His will upon you against, your freedom of choice.

[C.O.L pp 411] The Spirit works upon man’s heart, according to his desire and consent implanting in him a new nature. There is a saying that goes like this: Lord, why don’t you stop me, when you see me doing stupid things? The truth of the matter is that if we are sincere, He will alert us to our dangers, but He will never force us to do right. He did not stop Adam and Eve from eating the forbidden fruit.

He could have snatched it out of their hands before taking that fateful bite, but no, The Lord is not in the business of preventing any person from doing what they decide, or choose to do. We were created free moral agents, to choose to do right or wrong. Thus, we are the arbiters of our own destiny.

Genesis 2:16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eat thereof thou shalt surely die.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!

The Holy Spirit in Your Heart. Part [3] 03/06/2026 (Evening thought)

John 17: 12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gave me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

[The Desire of Ages pp 295>296] Day by day in contrast with his own violent spirit he beheld the tenderness and forbearance of Jesus, and heard His lessons of humility and patience. He opened his heart to the divine influence and he became not only a hearer, but a doer of the Savior’s words. Self was hid in Christ. He learned to wear the yoke of Christ and to bear His burden. There was the publican, Levi-Matthew, the fiery zealot Simon, the uncompromising hater of the authority of Rome.

And the generous impulsive Peter, and the mean-spirited Judas. Thomas, truehearted, yet timid and fearful, Philip, slow of heart, and inclined to doubt, and the ambitious, outspoken sons of Zebedee, with their brethren. These were brought together, with their different faults, all with inherited and cultivated tendencies to evil. But in and through Christ they were to dwell in the family of God, learning to become one in faith, in doctrine, in spirit.

Christ is the great center, and they would approach one another just in proportion as they approached the center. Jesus reproved His disciples, He warned, and He cautioned them; but John and his brethren did not leave Him; they chose Jesus, notwithstanding the reproofs. The Savior did not withdraw from them because of their weakness and errors. They continued to the end to share His trials and to learn the lessons of His life. By beholding Christ, they became transformed in character.

John 17: 3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!