find holy spirit in silence - david hernandez

David gives practical and encouraging advice. Some key excerpts are on next page.

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The Holy Spirit is that something more. He's that deep stirring. What was it do you think that caused the martyrs to lay down their lives and say take my blood, we want to preach the Gospel, Jesus is Lord? That's the Holy Spirit stirring the love of God in our heart, shedding the love of God abroad in our hearts. The Holy Spirit is the one who gives us all the promises of the Father. The Holy Spirit is the one who causes us to walk in the perfect will of God, not by the day, not by the hour, but down to the millisecond.

I want to talk about two things: silence and stillness. You see, the flesh, our carnal side, it can do many things and it will not put up a fight. You can sit in a worship service, it won't put up a fight. You can watch a Christian broadcast, it won't put up a fight. You can read the Word, atheists read the Word, cult leaders read the Word, but they don't see transformation. But the moment you begin to seek the Lord, the flesh starts to put up a fight. Why? Because it's in the seeking that the flesh dies. It's in the seeking of the Spirit that the flesh dies. This is why, one of the reasons why, the Holy Spirit wants to be sought. ...There was a time in my life where there was swift movement to my spirituality and then I felt like I hit this wall, and I said I can't go any further...

The true proof that you believe in prayer is that you actually pray, and the only reason we don't pray is because we don't believe that it will work... He said, "Seek me with all your heart and your body." That's a guarantee, and if you'll believe that, you'll seek him. If you don't believe that, you won't seek him. But the reward is him. .. "It's not by power nor by might, but by my spirit," says the Lord. So Matthew 6:6, Jesus says, "When you pray, go away, privately." ...

And so then I had to learn the harder thing, which was stillness, and this is difficult. Psalm 46:10: "Be still and know that I am God." Be still and know. Stillness precedes revelation...

...we're uncomfortable with silence because the moment we're silent we start to notice all the chaos within. ... No wonder you're walking around with depression and anxiety, and frustration, and confusion. That inner chaos is constantly going. But when you go to pray, it's not, it doesn't show up, it's revealed. And so that's why it used to take me four hours to get into the presence of the Lord to where I sensed his presence, not always physical manifestation and tangible power, but always the sense. We're always to sense his presence, 24/7 awareness. ...You might call it retreating within myself and fellowshipping with him.