211 – God is Speaking to Me about His Love

September 25, 1986

But the fruit of the Spirit is love… Galatians 2:20

I surrender to that love. Let me be a carrier of Your love! I cannot fashion it, fabricate it, duplicate it. It is unique to You. It flows from Your life in me as I worship You and praise You and seek You.

Oswald Chambers*: The springs of love are not in us…The springs of love are in the Holy Ghost.

Thank You for Oswald, Lord. He is one of my heroes. He tells it like it is. I love it when I can understand what he is saying! I understand this.

He continues: It is absurd to look for the love of God in our hearts naturally, it is only there when it has been shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit.

Romans 5:5 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. Romans 5:5

You are my new best friend, Holy Spirit. Please shed love and keep shedding love into my heart.

*My Utmost for His Highest, page 121.

20- Drastic Changes in the New Me

In November, 1974, I had stepped into the tail-end of the Charismatic Renewal and the Holy Spirit was still very powerful and empowering.

My old life—the heaviness and condemnation of my divorce, my loose lifestyle, seeking happiness and personal fulfillment in dangerous places—no longer fit. I knew it right away.

Within a few days, with the help of my student teacher, Linda, I had moved out of a bad living situation, into a cute, sparkling clean, red brick house on a quiet street in what is now called the midtown area of Reno.

I went to church Sunday mornings, Sunday nights, Tuesday night prayer meetings, and Wednesday night Bible study. All of us singles filled up the front rows of the church and worshiped the Lord with all our hearts. We were so grateful for salvation, for deliverance from sin and self, and we wanted to know Jesus, and love Him, and be filled with His love for others. Continue reading →