Last weekend my husband bought a deep fryer and around the same time I started watching a TV series that was not to my standards. Like much of the media today, it was full of violence, sex, and cursing. I must admit though, it was suspenseful and had me wanting to watch more. Im a big believer on "Positiveness." If you surround yourself with it you'll start to feel it and live it. For example, What happens when you hang around a person with an accent? You all of a sudden get the accent, or someone who curses, unfortunetly you start catching yourself cursing. So anyway, I try to cut the ugly out of my life and watch my sermons almost everyday, read the bible or watch Foodnetwork :) However even though I knew I shouldn't, I starting watching that show (leaving the name out). After I had got done watching the show several times since it was a series, I started to have this...well there is no other way to say it, yucky feeling. It wasn't until I had finished my third meal that week from our new deep fryer that I got a better understanding of the Holy Spirit within me. Which by the way every believer in Jesus Christ has. The bible says in Ephesians 1:13 'In Him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation- in Him when you believed- were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit.' That right there is telling us that you don't have to speak tongues, read the bible three times a day or be a hardcore Christian to have the Holy Spirit within you although those are great gifts to have. Its there, He's there. So after my greasy fried chicken meal, don't get me wrong it was great but I started to feel weighed down and nauseous just like I started feeling during and after I had watched that show. To get a better understanding think about how you feel after you eat a greasy hamburger and fries compared to a salad or veggies, theres a difference, right? Not to long back, I read a verse that stuck with me. You know when you read a verse and you know exactly what it means to you. Well this is one of those verses
No one lights a lamp and puts it in the cellar or under a basket, but on a lamp stand, so that those who come in may see its light. Your eye is the lamp of the body. When your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light. But when it is bad, your body is also full of darkness. Take care then, that the light in you is not darkness. If therefore your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, the whole body will be full of light, as when a lamp shines its light on you. Luke 11:33-36
My Jesus said that, your Jesus said that. So take care of yourself. Watch things that are going to feed the Holy Spirit within you. It has an affect on your physical body believe me I know. Cleanse your body, go on a detox, get rid of the ugly. You don't have to watch the Gospel channels only but watch what you know is right, and you will know. You'll start to see and feel the difference within and not only you but others around you will see the light shine within you.
By the way these are my first few post. Im not great at writing but I'll pray for that. Im just trying to record what I learn or what the Holy Spirit is helping me to understand, not only for you but for me as well. So please bare with me on these post. I hope to soon have a post up on what the bible says about the Holy Spirit within you.
Love & God Bless,
Marisa
