Help in Receiving the Holy Spirit

For receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit which has been given, I have used the illustration of a bucket dropped into a well. The bucket does not have to do anything except be open to receive the water. It does not participate except to be open and to allow the water to flow in. Receiving is a dimension of surrender: recognize that you are His, one with Him. He is full of the Holy Spirit, so you are to be, too. The inflow is Him saying, "Yep!"

If you have gone to the well and not received like a bucket with a solid bottom sitting on top of the water, KICK OUT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR BUCKET! Remove the resistance. Let the waters flow in through your lower torso. The living waters rise up from the depths of your being!