Ethiopian Catholic Charismatic

THE SPIRIT FILLED LIFE How to know that you are filled (directed and empowered) with the Holy Spirit Did you ask God to fill you with the Holy Spirit? Do you know that you are now filled with the Holy Spirit? On what authority? (On the trustworthiness of God Himself and His Word: Hebrews 11:6; Romans 14:22, 23.) Do not depend upon feelings. The promise of God’s Word, not our feelings, is our authority. The Christian lives by faith (trust) in the trustworthiness of God Himself and His Word. This train diagram illustrates the relationship between fact (God and His Word), faith (our trust in God and His Word), and feeling (the result of our faith and obedience) (John 14:21).

1ኛ ዮሐንስ 4 4፤ ልጆች ሆይ፥ እናንተ ከእግዚአብሔር ናችሁ አሸንፋችኋቸውማል፥ በዓለም ካለው ይልቅ በእናንተ ያለው ታላቅ ነውና።

How to pray in faith to be filled with the Holy Spirit We are filled with the Holy Spirit by faith alone. However, true prayer is one way of expressing your faith. The following is a suggested prayer: “Dear Father, I need You. I acknowledge that I have been directing my own life and that, as a result, I have sinned against You. I thank You that You have forgiven my sins through Christ’s death on the cross for me. I now invite Christ to again take His place on the throne of my life. Fill me with the Holy Spirit as You commanded me to be filled, and as You promised in Your Word that You would do if I asked in faith. I now thank You for directing my life and for filling me with the Holy Spirit.” Does this prayer express the desire of your heart? If so, ask God to fill you with the Holy Spirit right now and trust Him to do so.

Faith can be expressed through prayer… How to pray in faith to be filled with the Holy Spirit We are filled with the Holy Spirit by faith alone. However, true prayer is one way of expressing your faith. The following is a suggested prayer: “Dear Father, I need You. I acknowledge that I have been directing my own life and that, as a result, I have sinned against You. I thank You that You have forgiven my sins through Christ’s death on the cross for me. I now invite Christ to again take His place on the throne of my life. Fill me with the Holy Spirit as You commanded me to be filled, and as You promised in Your Word that You would do if I asked in faith. I now thank You for directing my life and for filling me with the Holy Spirit.” Does this prayer express the desire of your heart? If so, ask God to fill you with the Holy Spirit right now and trust Him to do so.

በክርስቶስ የተወደዳችሁ ወንድሞችና እህቶች ከጣሊያን ሀገር በመጡ የካቶሊክ ካራዝማቲክ አገልጋዮች ልዩ የፀሎትና የምስጋና ፕሮግራም ጎተራ በሚገኘዉ የዶንቦስኮ ቤተፀሎት እሁድ የካቲት 15 ከቀኑ 8:30 ጀምሮ እስከ 12:00 ድረስ ይካሔዳል ። በመሆኑም ሁላችንም አብረን በመገኘት እንድንፀልይና የበረከቱ ተካፋይ እንድንሆን ተጋብዘናል ።

“እኔ የወይን ግንድ ነኝ እናንተም ቅርንጫፎች ናችሁ። ያለ እኔ ምንም ልታደርጉ አትችሉምና በእኔ የሚኖር እኔም በእርሱ፥ እርሱ ብዙ ፍሬ ያፈራል።” — ዮሐንስ 15፥5 የወይን ግንዱ የክርስቲያኖች በረከት ምንጭ ነው። የወይን ግንዱ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ነው። ክርስቲያኖች ደግሞ ቅርንጫፎች ነን ። ከክርስቶስ ጋር ያለን ህብረት ልዩ የሆነ በምንም የማይተካ መንፈሳዊ ህያው ግንኙነት ነው። ቅርንጫፍ ከወይኑ ግንድ በሚቀበለው የማያቋርጥ አቅርቦት ላይ የተመሰረተ ሕይወት አለው። ቅርንጫፍ የሕይወት ተቀባይ ነው ካልተቀበለ ሕይወት የለውም ከሌለው ደግሞ ይደርቃል። ስለሆነም በሕይወት ለመቀጠል ከግንዱ ለሚመጣው እንክብካቤ ምቹ ሁኔታ መፈጠር አለበት። እንዲሁ በእኛና በጌታ መካከል ያለው የሕይወት ግንኘነት ምቹ መሆን አለበት ፍሬ እንድናፈራ የምንፈልግ ከሆነ ለጌታ የሚመች ሕይወት ሊኖረን ይገባል ይህ ሕይወት ካለን ለሌላው መመቸት ቀላል ነዉ። በክርስቶስ ያለ ሕይወት በክርስቶስ ያለ ሰላም በክርስቶስ ያለ እረፍት በክርስቶስ ያለ ደስታ በክርስቶስ ያለ ጥበብ በክርስቶስ ያለ ኃይል በእኛም ይሆናል ከግንዱ ጋር ሁሉ አለ እርሱ ላይ እንጣበቅ ሕይወት እንቀበላለን። ኢየሱስ ጌታ ነው!!!

We are filled by the Holy Spirit by faith; then we can experience the abundant and fruitful life which Christ promised to each Christian You can appropriate the filling of the Holy Spirit right now if you: 1. Sincerely desire to be directed and empowered by the Holy Spirit (Matthew 5:6; John 7:37-39). 2. Confess your sins. By faith thank God that He has forgiven all of your sins – past, present and future – because Christ died for you (Colossians 2:13-15; 1 John 1; 2:1-3; Hebrews 10:1-17). 3. Present every area of your life to God (Romans 12:1, 2). 4.By faith claim the fullness of the Holy Spirit, according to: • His Command: Be filled with the Spirit. “And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit” (Ephesians 5:18). • His Promise: He will always answer when we pray according to His will. “And this is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked of Him” (1 John 5:14, 15).

THE SPIRIT FILLED LIFE How, then, can one be filled with the Holy Spirit?

ወደ ገላትያ 3 26፤ በእምነት በኩል ሁላችሁ በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ የእግዚአብሔር ልጆች ናችሁና፤ ...... 17፤ ያመኑትንም እነዚህ ምልክቶች ይከተሉአቸዋል፤ በስሜ አጋንንትን ያወጣሉ፤ በአዲስ ቋንቋ ይናገራሉ፤ እባቦችን ይይዛሉ፥ 18፤ የሚገድልም ነገር ቢጠጡ አይጎዳቸውም፤ እጃቸውን በድውዮች ላይ ይጭናሉ እነርሱም ይድናሉ። የማርቆስ ወንጌል 16

The Spirit-filled life is the Christ-directed life by which Christ lives His life in and through us in the power of the Holy Spirit (John 15). 1. One becomes a Christian through the ministry of the Holy Spirit, according to John 3:1-8. From the moment of spiritual birth, the Christian is indwelt by the Holy Spirit at all times (John 1:12; Colossians 2:9, 10; John 14:16, 17).Though all Christians are indwelt by the Holy Spirit, not all Christians are filled (directed and empowered) by the Holy Spirit. 2. The Holy Spirit is the source of the overflowing life (John 7:37-39). 3. The Holy Spirit came to glorify Christ (John 16:1-15). When one is filled with the Holy Spirit, he is a true disciple of Christ. 4. In His last command before His ascension, Christ promised the power of the Holy Spirit to enable us to be witnesses for Him (Acts 1:1-9).

THE SPIRIT FILLED LIFE Jesus Promised the Abundant and Fruitful Life as the result of being filled (directed and empowered) by the Holy Spirit

The individual who professes to be a Christian but who continues to practice sin should realize that he may not be a Christian at all, according to 1 John 2:3; 3:6, 9; Ephesians 5:5). The third truth gives us the only solution to this problem…