How to be filled with the Spirit From Dr. Bill Bright

Reflections from the founder of Campus Crusade for Christ International
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How to be filled with the Spirit
From Dr. Bill Bright
Founder and Chairman
Campus Crusade for Christ International
Dear friends:
Instructions on how to be filled with the Holy Spirit are summarized in
a popular booklet I wrote many years ago. God has used the biblical
truths in it to change the lives of ten of millions. It has been
reproduced in most of the major languages of the world.
Space does not permit me to include it here, but I will include a key
portion, below. You can find the entire booklet at
http://www.greatcomorg/spirit/languageshtml
in 80+ languages.

EXCERPT:
We are filled by the Holy Spirit by faith. 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, and receive forgiveness (1 John 1:9).
3. Surrender every area of your life to our Lord Jesus Christ (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 -- "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
equests which we have asked of Him" (1 John 5:14, 15).

HOW TO PRAY IN FAITH TO BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT
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 of authority 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, bow in prayer
and trust God to fill you with the Holy Spirit right now.
Now, enter into life's greatest adventure!
Yours for fulfilling the Great Commission
each year until our Lord returns,
Bill Bright