Do Not Quench or Grieve the Holy Spirit

Oh no! Who wants to do that?
How do you do that?
It’s easy to do,
not as easy to recognize
Have you ever felt like you should say something
or do something
or give someone something?
And you didn’t want to but you knew it was the right thing to do?
Or when you have felt a quickening not to say something that might cause strife or something that might hurt someone’s feelings, but you said it anyway?
You might have quenched or grieved the Holy Spirit

Quench not the Spirit.
God’s Holy Spirit lives in us when we have allowed Him to take over our lives
He is not only operating in the church or when we are in a spiritual mode,
or only when we are with other believers,
We should try to remain in communion with His Holy Spirit all the time
We are exhorted to keep our lamps filled with oil,
to be in constant closeness with the Lord

Jesus did what He saw the Father do and said what He heard the Father say
Obedience is better than sacrifice
When Jesus was going to be delivered up to death
and the disciples fought against the soldiers,
that was a sample of quenching God’s will
or His leading or desire
He gives us wisdom and lets us know when He has something for us to do
in a certain situation,
If we refuse or dismiss that which He asked,
that is essentially what quenching or grieving the Holy Spirit is

Perhaps God is calling you to love someone who is unlovely,
not necessarily in looks, but maybe they are very difficult to love
Maybe He’s been working on your heart to forgive
a hurtful offense committed by another
Maybe He wants you to speak to someone about something
God has a way of making His will known to us:
Do not quench the Spirit
Do not grieve the Spirit of God
Let Him roam free in your life
Let Him have the preeminence
And aspire to make His Holy Spirit happy

Scriptural References:

Quench not the Spirit. 1 Thessalonians 5:19

For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.
Luke 12:12

But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. John 14:26

Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear. Acts 2:33

And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness. Acts 4:31

And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him. Acts 5:32

Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. Acts 7:51

And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost. Acts 9:17

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? ! Corinthians 6:19

Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. 1 Corinthians 12:3

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. 2 Corinthians 13:14

And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Ephesians 4:30

Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. John 5:19

Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
Colossians 1:12-18

And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. 1 Samuel 15:22