Father, our prayer is that you might now not let us be put to shame when we put our hope in you,

but that you would pour out your Holy Spirit into our hearts by the holy spirit who has been given to us.

This is the experience that we long for among many others. This is central Lord. You will not let us be put to shame in our

hope because the love of God has been poured into our hearts manifestly, experientially by the Holy Spirit.

So come now, continue the worship, continue the communion of this moment over your word.

Now I pray in Jesus' name, amen.

My approach in this message is to spend the first half of it enticing you to seek the Holy

Spirit and the second half to talk to you about how to do it.

December 6th, about a month ago, 645 in the morning, was sitting in my chair in our living

room.

It was still dark outside. I had on my one little reading light

here, creating a little bubble of light in the room, had my iPad open in my lap to its

appointed Bible reading for the morning and I had just spent 36 minutes on the treadmill in the attic, had

showered, made myself a cup of hot tea, and settled in to enjoy a time of fellowship with Jesus, which I do every morning,

over his word.

I remember pausing before I began to read my four appointed places in the Bible

and thinking, I love this quietness.

I love this room.

I love this carpet.

This furniture, this fireplace. I love this chair and how it supports me. I love the lighting, this little small spot where Jesus and I meet. I love the warmth in the cold morning. I love the feeling in my muscles. I love this orange wool sweater

with the brown elbow patches and the hole in the front.

And I love the sweetness of this breakfast tea with two bags of splendor and I have no pain anywhere in

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