以弗所書5:18-21
不要醉酒，酒能使人放蕩，乃要被聖靈充滿。當用詩章、頌詞、靈歌彼此對說，口唱心和地讚美主。凡事要奉我們主耶穌基督的名，常常感謝父 神。又當存敬畏基督的心，彼此順服。
今天每一個基督徒都面對一個嚴肅的選擇：到底我們讓誰來掌管我們的生活？每一個基督徒在接受耶穌基督的救恩的時候都得著了內住的聖靈，但卻不是每一個基督徒都被聖靈充滿 - 也就是願意讓自己的生活被聖靈所掌管，所控制。
我們的主希望用祂自己的生命和能力來帶領我們，從而我們可以勝過罪，變成祂所盼望我們變成的形象，完成祂所託付給我們的工作。這樣一個得勝的生活只有被聖靈充滿才有可能達到。盼望每一次當 神顯明我們的生命中還有一些靠著自己的『未得之地』的時候，我們都能夠降伏在祂的權下，把自己更深地奉獻給 神，從而讓聖靈更多地來充滿我們。
保羅也提醒我們被聖靈充滿的表現之一就是：凡事要奉我們主耶穌基督的名，常常感謝父 神。讓我們在這個感恩的季節學習在每一件的事情，每一個的環境中常常感謝父 神！
Ephesians 5:18-21
And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, submitting to one another in the fear of God.
A choice of enormous significance lies before every believer in Christ. God has given each one the responsibility of deciding who will rule his or her life. Christians are indwelt and sealed with the Holy Spirit at the moment of salvation, but being filled with the Spirit - in other words, being led and controlled by Him - is optional.
The Lord wants you to have His power to overcome sin, to become the person He designed you to be, and to accomplish the work He has called you to do. The filling of the Spirit is His provision for this kind of supernatural living. As the heavenly Father reveals an area that you have kept under your own control, surrender it to Him, and let Him fill you with His Spirit.
Paul also reminds us that one of the characteristics of a Christian filled with the Spirit is “to give thanks ALWAYS for All THINGS to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ”!
Let’s practice together to give thanks ALWAYS for ALL THINGS during this season of Thanksgiving!
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