Hindrances to the Holy Spirit’s power in and upon us:
1) Pride – satisfaction of self; a feeling of superiority.
2) Selfishness – looking after our own desires.
3) Ambition – a desire for success at any cost.
4) Self seeking – interest in gaining an advantage over others, not in sharing or cooperating.
If we are full of pride and conceit, and ambition and self seeking, and pleasure and the world, there is no room for the Spirit of God. Many of us are praying for God to fill us with His Spirit, when we are actually already full of something else.
There must be an emptying before there can be a filling; and when the heart is turned upside down, and everything is turned out that is contrary to God; then the Spirit of God will come and fill us with the glory (presence) of God.
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