What Does Being "Filled with the Spirit" Mean?, Part 3

Insight for Living Daily Broadcast

Chuck Swindoll - Insight for Living

Religion & Spirituality, Christian, Religious And Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 16 July 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Ephesians 5:15–21 Christians often sense a gap between the life they’re living and the life Scripture describes—a Spirit-empowered life marked by joy, wisdom, and self-control. The problem is rarely a lack of desire. It’s a lack of understanding about what “being filled with the Spirit” actually means. From Ephesians 5:15–21, Pastor Chuck Swindoll explains Paul’s command to “be filled with the Spirit”—what it is, what it is not, and what it looks like in daily life through speech, song, thankfulness, and mutual submission. Stop settling for a half-lived Christian life. Learn what it means to be controlled by the Spirit and walk each day in the fullness He provides!

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0:00.0	The world isn't looking for the amazing, but rather the authentic.
0:11.0	I don't know of one other characteristic that draws people with an interest to the person of Christ more than authenticity.
0:21.6	The feeling of the Spirit creates that kind of authenticity.
0:25.6	As followers of Jesus Christ, we strive to do what's right, but we sometimes fail because we haven't drawn upon our God-given source of power.
0:42.1	But here's the good news. Today, on Insight for Living, Chuck Swindall will describe four measurable results of a spirit-filled life.
0:50.2	When the spirit fills us, the way we speak to people changes. Second, the way we worship changes.
0:56.3	Third, the way we respond to difficulty changes.
0:59.3	And fourth, the way we relate to those closest to us changes.
1:03.5	Let's resume our message now with helpful review picking up in 1st Corinthians 6, verse 20.
1:16.1	Thank you. in 1 Corinthians 6 verse 20. We're to glorify God in our bodies.
1:19.7	Lord God, I'm yours.
1:22.0	You have gifted me in ways that I wouldn't have ever expected,
1:25.8	and I thank you.
1:27.4	I'm here to serve you. May my service
1:31.1	be for you, and may it be authentic, and may it bring honor to your name. I reverence your name,
1:37.6	O God. Now, in order for the gears to be engaged, for the fuel to be used that God supplies, there must be the filling of the spirit.
1:50.8	Ephesians chapter 5 began at verse 15, be careful how you walk.
1:57.9	I would say that to every Christian.
2:00.5	Part of the reason is you want to glorify God. So that takes care.
2:06.9	Pay attention. Listen to his word. Come to him in prayer. Seek his help. Furthermore, you're being watched.
2:18.6	You and I don't think about that much.
2:20.6	If we did, it would drive us nuts.
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