Holy Spirit

I of course am behind again at writing in my blog. Sorry!
Holy Spirit week was amazing. The gifts of the Spitit are wisdom,knowledge,faith,prophecy,healing,miracles,discernment of spirits,tongues,and interpretation of tongues.
Relationship with God is not based on feelings it is based on faith in God. Sometimes if we don't feel God we forget that He is still there and doing work in our lives. I know I have experienced this in my own life. When I felt that God hadn't heard my prayers, I felt totally abandoned. I then chose to walk away, and through that time I experienced deep depression and sorrow like I have never felt before. It was a very lonely time. I knew God personally had done many things in my life, so through that my faith had been built up. But I had allowed my feelings to lead me into darkness when I should have stood on faith. God had done many amazing things in my life, so I knew His character. I should have known that He was still working. That's faith. Good thing He is patient.
One of the topics that also really hit home was on Judgement. When judgeing others you condemn yourself. Have you ever caught yourself doing or saying the same things your parents did. Well when you judge others you do the same thing that has been done to you, and not only that the same thing happens over and over. This was an eye-opener. So then we were to ask God to forgive us for the judgement upon whoever we judged. Wow I didn't realize how much I had been judgeing others.
On Wed. we had a giving night. We were to pray to God and ask Him who we were to give to and what we were to give. What an amazing night. There were people that gave up computers, ipods, clothes, hats, money. I would recommend anybody doing this. It was such a blessing to be a blessing.
On Thurs. we talked about baptism and if anybody wanted to be baptized, to either rededicate their lives or to take a stand for Christ, that we would do it that afternoon. So we went to the pool and 12 of us out of 15 were baptized. I had been baptized at 21, but I knew that I needed to rededicate my life to Him. I couldn't stop smiling. I knew God was pleased.
That night we had a Holy Spirit party. We had a balloon inside a
styrafoam cup and we were to try and blow it up. It wouldn't go far because the cup held it back. That is what our fears and anything else we allow to get in the way does. So we were to write on the cup the things that hold us back and then rip it up or stomp on it and then blow up the balloon to allow the Spirit freedom. It was an amazing way to end the week. Here's a question for you? Will you allow the Holy Spirit to have freedom in your life?