When we experience the feeling of guilt, this is one of God’s ways he may use to warn us that something is not quite right in our life. We may be feeling this because we need to repent and turn away from a sin in our life so God can cleanse and forgive us. With repentance, comes the fresh presence of the Holy Spirit assuring us we are quilt-free.

If you are guilty of doing something wrong, or not stating the facts quite clearly in a given situation, or even perhaps you have broken God’s law; you can receive mercy and forgiveness by accepting salvation and forgiveness offered though Christ Jesus. (1Timothy 1:13-16). If you are a born-again Christian and you are experiencing some feeling of guilt, it may be conviction from the Holy Spirit to lead you to repentance.

You may also be feeling shame because of something that was done that makes you feel somewhat guilty. Perhaps you are blaming yourself for something that has or has not happened and you feel responsible. In any of these cases, there is hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

What Scripture Says

“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our

A study of the believers in the book of Acts reveals that after they were filled with the Holy Spirit, they spoke with boldness about Christ (were given the power to witness), they overcame great obstacles and difficulties and they worked miracles of healing and deliverance. Jesus Christ wants to fill you with His Holy Spirit so that His power can be released in and through your life as the Father has promised to all believers (Joel 2:28-29 and Acts 2:16-18). The Holy Spirit will lead and guide you to a full, purposeful, and rewarding life in Jesus Christ.

When you receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit, all the blessings and gifts of the Holy Spirit are available to you (Galatians 5:22-23; 1 Corinthians 12:1-7).
It is the Holy Spirit who empowers you to be a witness with signs following (Mark 16:20; Acts 1:8; John 14:12; 16:8, 13-15).

What Scriptures Says

“And I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows him;

PRAISE INVOKES THE LORD’S PRESENCE AND POWER

The Bible says that God inhabits the praises of His people (Psalm 22:3). God “dwells” in the atmosphere of praise. Praise is actually a vehicle of faith that brings us into the presence of God! We can enter the “gate” which brings us into the Holiness of His glory. The psalmist writes, “Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise; be thankful unto Him, and bless His name” (Psalm 100:4).

This also corresponds with Jesus’ teaching that His presence will inhabit even two or three believers gathered together in His name. The Bible says, “For where two or three are gathered in My name, there I am in the midst of them” (Matthew 18:20). Jesus must be the one that is preached about, the one who is praised and worshiped, and sung about. Lifting up Jesus through praise and worship invokes the Lord’s presence and power.

WHAT IS PRAISE?

Praise means “to commend, to applaud or magnify.” Praise is an