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Devotional for February 8, 2026

DO NOT GRIEVE THE HOLY SPIRIT

SCRIPTURE READING - 📖 Ephesians 4:30-32

“And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.”

Additional Verses

📖 Numbers 14:1-45; Acts 5:1-11; Ephesians 4:25-32

The Holy Spirit has been sent from the Father by the LORD Jesus Christ in order that He may guide you, help you, comfort you, teach you, correct you and to be your standby and advocate. The Holy Spirit will only perform the above functions when you allow Him to. You have a free will, but as a child of God I encourage you to totally surrender your freewill to God so that the Holy Spirit can completely take over. The virtues of patience and self-control are a must have, because in this world that you are living in, you will face many tests and trials that require patience and self- control. If you do not have these, you grieve the Holy Spirit because you become anxious and angry and ignoring the comfort that the Holy Spirit has to offer. In Ephesians 4:31 Paul lists some of the ways in which you can grieve the Holy Spirit of God. “Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.” These normally occur in your social relationships. Even in your family when you close yourself to the teaching of the Holy Spirit, you will find that this list of evil behaviors will take control of your life. Once this happens, the Holy Spirit will depart from your life and your family and the devil will immediately take over and you cannot overcome at all. Whenever you open windows and doors to the devil, you become cut off from God and there will be a lot of suffering. When the children of Israel disobeyed God in the wilderness, they grieved the Holy Spirit and many of them died as a result of being bitten by fiery serpents. In fact all those who came from Egypt excluding only Caleb and Joshua and the young ones born in the wilderness, perished in the wilderness because they grieved the Holy Spirit by being disobedient to the voice of God through His servant Moses. In Numbers 12 when Aaron and Miriam spoke against the servant of the LORD Moses, they grieved the Holy Spirit. Numbers 12:19 says, “So the anger of the LORD was aroused against them, and He departed. And when the cloud departed from above the tabernacle, suddenly Miriam became leprous, as white as snow. Then Aaron turned to Miriam, and there she was a leper.” As a child of God, use your mouth to say good things only, because the mouth only speaks what the heart is full of. Matthew 12:34b says, “For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.” In the same way Ananias and Sapphira grieved the Holy Spirit according to Acts 5:3 which says, “Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land?” Ananias and his wife Sapphira lied to the Apostles about the proceeds of the land, they grieved the Holy Spirit and they both died in the presence of the Apostles and all the believers. So you see, when you disobey God’s Word you grieve the Holy Spirit and when He departs from you, you immediately fall out of favor with God and you lose your salvation. But if you fully yield yourself to the Word of God, the Holy Spirit will develop in you the nine virtues of the fruit of the Holy Spirit, love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness and temperance. Once this happens you will become victorious over the devil who makes you to grieve the Holy Spirit. You will certainly enjoy all the sevenfold ministries of the Holy Spirit in your life. John 16:7 says, “But l tell you the truth; it is for your good that l am going away. Unless l go away, the Counselor will not come to you, but if l go, l will send him to you.” The Holy Spirit is there to guide, direct and teach you everything you need to know. Whatever you do, always be conscious that God has given you His Grace to continue holding on to His Word and this Word inside you becomes a shield all around you. It will be well with you always. Alleluia!

Prayer

Dear LORD Jesus Christ, I am sorry for the times that I have grieved Your Holy Spirit. Help me to be cheerful and to live according to Your Word so that I may not grieve the Holy Spirit. In Jesus Christ’s name Amen.