Really need prayer. I’ve been asking the Holy Spirit to come and live inside of me everyday and He isn’t coming. What am I doing wrong? Can’t speak in tongues but I used to.
Luke 11:13 “If you then, being evil, know how to givegood gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!” Sweet Aimee, Your Heavenly Father delights in giving you His Holy Spirit. He does not withhold Him from you; you have Him, and He has you. You desire Him, you want to be close to Him, and you want to love Him. Perhaps you shouldn't be so focused on signs and immediate transformation; those things will come in time, without a doubt. Just continue to pursue your Lord, and He will pour into you. If you are concerned about your imperfections, if your heart is towards your Lord and you desire change, it is only a wonderful proof of your being born of Him. The apostle Paul speaks about this in Romans chapter 7: "For the good that I want to do, I do not do, but the evil I hate that I do...Oh wretched man that I am, who shall save me from this body of death?" He also says, "For with the mind I serve the law of God, but with my flesh, the law of sin." It is about the condition of your heart and the inward desires. So if your heart desires God and desires a life lived entirely for Jesus, He considers you His child because the natural man doesn't desire those things nor do they desire to change. Take heart, dear one; yield yourself to your Maker and let Him mold you into His likeness!
