5 Signs of the Holy Spirit in You
God sent His Spirit to transform our hearts and make us more Christ-like 🕊️.
He knew that we needed help in living a righteous life that pleases Him. Without God’s help, we are unable to live the kind of life that God desires for us to have. As believers of Jesus Christ, we have the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in us.
“...the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.” John 14:17
5 Signs You Have The Holy Spirit In You
Since the Holy Spirit lives in us, our lives should show signs that He lives in us and is actively at work in our hearts ❤️.
In this article, we will look at five signs of the Holy Spirit in a believer. For those looking for a deeper understanding of the ways of the Holy Spirit, we recommend reading The Holy Spirit In You by Derek Prince.
1) Transformation
The Holy Spirit works in us and helps us mature as believers, and brings about the transformation of our hearts and minds.
Titus 3:4-6 says,
“But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior.”
Having the Holy Spirit regenerates our spirit, and we become a new creation.
We undergo a complete transformation at the spirit level and this causes our behavior to change. The world believes in improving yourself and becoming a better person, but the Holy Spirit turns you into a completely new being 🧖♂️.
When you are transformed, others notice the change in you. That is why when someone gets saved, others can see a difference in them, though they may not know what caused the change. A person with the Holy Spirit in them, will be like a new person.
We are always looking for how to become better people, but God wants us to be totally new people who reflect His glory.
2) Growing in the Fruit of the Spirit
One sign that you have received the holy spirit is the presence of the fruit of the Spirit.
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.”
Galatians 5:22-23
The more time we spend with God, we grow in love, joy, peace, and the other fruit listed in this Scripture. When you see someone grow in the fruit of the Spirit, then you know that they have allowed God to work in their hearts.
The journey of salvation is lifelong, and it takes time for the fruit to fully manifest in our lives. Sometimes you will find that you are not as joyful or kind as you should be, and you can pray and ask God to help you 🙏🏻.
Growth takes time, and you can be patient with yourself as you grow in the fruit of the Spirit. When you have the fruit of the Spirit manifesting in you, you will notice that you do not act the way you do before you got saved.
If your joy and happiness came from outside sources, it now comes from the inside.
Whenever you want to check whether you are growing in the fruit of the Spirit, you can go through each of them and ask yourself if you are manifesting them in your life.
3) The Leading of the Holy Spirit
With the Holy Spirit living in us, we can follow His leading as we go about our daily lives.
Signs of the holy spirit presence are found in a person who will talk about how God is speaking to them and giving them direction or instructions for every step they take. God wants us to follow the voice of His Spirit.
“For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.”
Romans 8:14
When a believer is led by the Holy Spirit, they will obey God’s Word, and go in the direction that He wants them to go. God speaks to us in our hearts and shows us the way we are to go 🧭.
When you don’t know what to do in a given situation, you can ask the Holy Spirit and He will give you the solution. You will make fewer mistakes in life when you make it a habit to listen to what God wants you to do.
Many times we want to know the will of God for our lives and the only way we can is by listening to His Spirit.
We can commit to obeying the things that God wants us to do in life so that we can live a righteous life that honors Him. During our quiet moments, we can hear the Holy Spirit speak to us and tell us what is in His heart 💗.
We can make decisions that lead to life when we make them with God as our source of wisdom and discernment.
4) Speaking in Tongues
Signs of being filled with the holy spirit is the evidence of speaking in tongues.
After salvation, a believer can be baptized in the Holy Spirit and they will speak in tongues.
“And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.”
Acts 2:4
When Jesus had returned to heaven, He sent the Holy Spirit who infilled those who were praying in the upper room. They began to speak in tongues as evidence of the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
Jesus said that those who believe in Him will speak in new tongues. “And these signs will follow those who believe:
"In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues”
Mark 16:17
As believers, we can speak in tongues when we are baptized in the Holy Spirit. Not speaking in tongues does not mean that a person is not saved, they are, only that they have not received the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
5) Testing the Spirits
Sign for Holy Spirit is in a person who professes Christ is not readily accepting any doctrine they hear out there ✊🏻.
They test the spirits by which people speak and act, and turn to the word of God to confirm the truth.
“Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.”
1 John 4:1
One with the Holy Spirit in them will quickly discern false prophets and teachers. They are convicted when they hear teachings that sound spiritual but are not from God. They have learned to confirm what they hear with the Word of God.
The only way to know the truth is to read and meditate on the Bible and understand God’s commands 📜.
This is how you guard yourself against deception and hold on to the truth. When you see others falling away from the faith, it is likely that they believed a lie about God and His Word.
If we are going to hold on to our faith, we need to have the truth in our hearts always.
Conclusion
The above are only five signs of presence of Holy Spirit in a person. You can ask God to show you more as you have your quiet time with Him.
To always be filled with the Holy Spirit, you can give Him more room in your heart so that He can do a great work in you.
God accomplishes His work on earth through the Holy Spirit and also renews our hearts through the same Spirit. Allow the Holy Spirit to help you become more godly and live a righteous life.
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No one is beyond the love of Christ in the world and when we accept Him as our Savior, His love dwells in our hearts. In the Bible, it is shown how to love others like Jesus.
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Jim on
Speaking in tongues,
Those exercising such a wondrous gift are asked to exercise the gifting with wisdom. Not doing so but being unknowingly loose in the application causes a stunt in growth to some. Thank ‘s to our father God He steps in down the path of our journey and adds needed tool to accomplish our destiny.
There are deep yearnings with in me that i’m not enlightened enough to explain in prayer with needed depth. Example, needs of transformation in my life where struggling seeming offend others and my walk. Speaking in tongues is desiring the unknown deep inside to be addressed even when it can’t explained or seen in words. Habits I have that I address in my heart while applying tongues.
Tongues offended me also till my deep grownings needed to be addressed. NOW! THERE ADDRESSED AS GROWNS SHOW UP in my “quiet intament place.” So not to offend. -
Wonda Davis on
I received the Holy Ghost in my teenage years and I am still praying for myself to make it into heaven, I love the way you give this information on the Holy Ghost. Thanks!!
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Silas Emmanuel on
I really enjoy this teaching of holy spirit…I desire to have holy spirit in me so that I can overcome the world I pray may God filled me with holy ghost and power and blessed the poster.
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Hasoloan Marpaung on
I agree with all the five signs except for the “speaking in tongues”.
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Mary Gale Tiauson on
I am Born Again Christian only last April 2018.Am 71 years old and God show me His way to the truth of my faith in Him.
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Agnes Elly Blijer on
I am very blessed with your article. I am a born again Christian from Suriname, South America, who loves our Lord Jesus Christ and really want the Holy Spirit to guide me to do the work of God.
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Rev.victor on
Thanks for sharing this powerful message. I m in a series of teaching on the Holy Spirit to my church here in Kenya.
I desire to see
the congregation transformed !
Note: I visited Mississippi in 2012 ,July.
I love doing ministry to accomplish the Great Commission ! -
Jerolyn Kumbio on
Was blessed with this message 🙏
Keeping Shining for Jesus -
Whilhelmina Mathew on
Thank you for the Enlightenment I am born agin and a new person in Christ . I trust the Father will bless me with the gift of the Holy Spirit .
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Pastor Philip on
I’m blessed with your write up. I love it, plz help me get more and I need bibles to share for my church members.
Thank you, God bless you. -
Godgift on
Can one have the holy and not speak in tongue?
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Joseph Goodwin on
Thank you Kayla Moore for allowing the holy spirit to use you too post this I feel the spirit of God in this I will share this thank you.
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Dode Joseph on
The Holy spirit will filled those, who want to receive Him, through total surrender and brokeness and if you have received Him, try not to grieve Him.
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Myra on
So, the gift of speaking in tongues, is not one of the seven spiritual gifts? Not everyone who is filled with the Holy Spirit is gifted with tongue?
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Jecinta waweru on
Inspired, and enlighten by your teaching on holy spirit God bless you.Born again and i love God
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Deborah A Bacchus on
I love the lord with all my heart.
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Brenda Allen on
Help me to understand I believe in God and i know the holy Spirit lives in me. But it’s seems like everything going wrong my finances are low my children’s acting up i can’t hardly pay my rent about too lose my car, light bill water bill getting harder to pay. Where am i going wrong.
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Kelly on
I have a hard time understanding people who claim to be Christians but they act NOTHING like Jesus. They preach one thing and then go do the exact opposite. It has shaken my faith in things. It is upsetting and confusing.
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Dejonee Burnett on
Thank you for this blessed article. I have a comment about the speaking in tongues. Mark 16:17 they speak in new tongues.
And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
In new tongues- our language is renewed to be more Christlike. Thank you and be blessed.
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ROSEMARY on
Thanks I really have learnt a lot
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NANCY NAIR on
Thank you
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Lilian Kover on
Nice message God bless you Sister
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Annie Ede on
Thank you for the word of encouragement God bless u🙏🏻
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Kathy Winfrey on
Thank you for the clarification about the Holy Spirit. 🤗
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Andy on
Bless you
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Yolanda Migrino on
Thank you for the message. of the Holy Spirit , it helps me guide in my spiritual growth and maturity as Christian believer
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Nkuli on
Thank you for the wisdom and the guidance indeed, God wants us to be saved and know Him more and draw closer & closer into his presence.🙏
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Muhwezi David. on
Thanks for your Godly knowledge.
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Cari Anderson on
Thank you for your awesome faith and wisdom. A response; when we are saved we receive the indwelling of the holy spirit. He is dormant in us as we sin; we have to repent. If we don’t feed the Holy Spirit with the word of God he is also dormant. I believe if u r really save he never leaves. But did u truly
receive salvation and is he truly in u to begin with. God bless. -
SHOJE OLAYINKA on
Am blessed by this powerful article. More grace to you
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Lilian Robson on
Hi can you give me good advice about alcohol. When the lord says be filled with the Holy Spirit does he mean not to drink.
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Kisa on
I am so blessed to read through about the gift or the signs of the Holy Spirit. It’s so true. Thank you for sharing. GOD BLESS. ❤👏👏
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Robert Kelsey Jr on
Thanking GOD for continuing to keep me under his covenant. Without GOD I’m nothing.
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Lee JuanT on
Yes wondering if the Holy Spirit ever leaves us then returns when we repent
We get caught up with others that are no believers saying influencing us saying God and the Holy Spirit are man made
But I know it is really real the truth
It’s tough being Shoshonean Bannock tribal native
My first language is Shoshone
But I make x because our unwritten laws are the same or similar to the Holy Spirit
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Anutap Halder on
I am so Happy to read about Hollyspirit, Thank you very much.
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Michael on
The Spirit is a amazing feeling of love and peace and joy.when I was saved it felt so good your heart feels the love that God has for us.I would never give up my love for Jesus.The word of truth🙏
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Lois Rogers on
I always enjoy reading about how to improve my spiritual life thank you so much the Holy Spirit is so essential for a Christian thank God for filling me with his you precious Holy Spirit I don’t want To ever live without the Holy Spirit It’s like a built-in GPS God bless you
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Justin Kaey on
Thank you lord,for your great works in your servants, 🙏may you bless your words in us.
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Etta Fredrick on
Thank you so much on this teaching. I benefited a lot here, but I have a question. Can someone who is not baptized in the Holy spirit make it to heaven? I have been attending church activities, going out on group and personal evangelism, but I am not baptized in the Holy spirit. Is something actually wrong with me? Am I not an elect of God? What can I do to receive the baptism of the Holy spirit? I long for him sincerely and earnestly.
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Linda on
Hi, I’d like to clarify, the gift of tongues is ONE evidence of the BAPTISM of the Holy Spirit., in which there are 9 gifts given as the Holy Spirit wills it to that individual.
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Helen Bongololo on
God is spirit and those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth John 4:24 ,This article has enlightened me in the sense that for me to understand the mystery of God and overcome evil , the holy spirit must be at work within me,and God does not withhold His spirit to those who ask Him.
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Alima Stella on
Thank so much for this teaching on the Holy Spirit, I live in Kampala Uganda, growing in evangelism, am a born again Christian. I have always had challenge accepting that the holy spirit lives in me and always seek sign that I really have Him. With what I learnt today, I now know that I have Him, but I still pray for much more manifestation of His powers in my life.
Thank you for the great work of writing these topics 🙏 -
Julius Anyona Ondabu on
This is wonderful teaching, God bless you for your commitment for God’s work, I can be thankful and grateful if I receive this for our children and the church.
Blessings -
Karen Gentry on
I am a born again Christian, and have been baptized. I read the Word of God, everyday. Jesus is my everything, and everything is my Jesus! I love him more than anything, and I talk to him, even riding in my car. Jesus is Alive!!! For ever more!!!
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Rosemarie Ambo on
This review of the Holy Spirit has enlightened me and revived my Spirit.Not that the Spirit within me was dormant but I was further away speaking in a different language.Now that I’m drawn close I will have a better relationship with my God through the Holy Spirit.
Thanks for updating me with the teaching.God bless. -
Noemi Jones on
Thank you for this helpful reading on the Holy Spirit.
To DOLORES July 28, 2021~ Why waste time on history of evil when HIStory is Much Greater & Truth in the Word. While you’re looking at earthly things, you are missing heavenly blessings. i Pray that you find Jesus & He will open your eyes. He said to “Follow” Him, not man kind, you will be deceived in the evil you speak about, that’s the devil’s device on you f you allow it to continue to live in your heart. Our Father in Heaven…. He forgives even the people you speak about if they repent. Pray for them, let Jesus change your heart & the Holy Spirit be Your gift too. Blessings🙏🏻 -
Dolores on
I don’t think anyone in such an evil place as Mississippi can believe in God with their history
All of the riches there are derived from the devil
that those there now receiving the benefits of the evil done there to others -
Given Namuntala on
Honestly I need God more than ever before. I desire your life.
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Jeremiah on
The Lord is good, this page is so amazing, please I need your prayers in my life please hand over me to our Lord Jesus Christ thoi should be filled with the holy spirit Amen
I’m a born again christian. What happened when you feel like crying