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What school subject do you like the least? Even though I love to write, I\nalways loathed English classespecially grammar. Diagraming sentences,\nparts of speech, verb tenses it wasn\u2019t my thing. So imagine my surprise\nwhen I realized that what I had learned about grammar could help me study\nthe Bible.\n.\nTake Ephesians 5:18 for example: be filled with the Holy Spirit. This\nverse is telling us to submit our lives to God and let Him fill us with His\nHoly Spirit.\n.\nThe grammar lesson here is in the words be filled. First, the object of\nthis command is plural. This means that these words apply not only to a\nsingle reader or listener of this verse, but to everyone who believes!\nAfter all, Paul (the author of Ephesians) was writing this letter to the\nwhole church in Ephesus, not just one person. So, not only does God fill\neach of us with the Holy Spirit individually, but He also fills the church\nas a whole with the Holy Spirit.\n.\nSecond, these words are written in the present tense. Paul didn\u2019t say was\nfilled or could be filled. He said, be filled. It is a present\nactionevery day we can choose to submit to God and be filled with His love\nand joy, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves,\nand making music to the Lord in your hearts (verse 19).\n.\nThird, this phrase uses a passive verb. It doesn\u2019t say, fill yourself. It\nsays be filled. All we have to do is ask God, and He will fill us. We\ndon\u2019t fill ourselves. God is doing the work; all we have to do is submit to\nHim.\n.\nHe gave everythingincluding His Sonfor us. Jesus died on the cross\nand resurrected from the dead so we could be filled with His presence\nthrough the Holy Spirit. When we put our trust in Him, He fills us up and\nhelps us follow His good ways, overflowing His love and joy in everything\nwe do. Kimberly Brokish\n.\n What does it look like to live a life filled by the Spirit? (Hint: check\nout today\u2019s Bible passages.) \n.\n How can the things we learn about the world (such as languages, history,\nculture, science, etc.) help us better understand Scripture? \n.\n be filled with the Holy Spirit. Ephesians 5:18b (NLT)\n\xa0\nRead Verses:\nEphesians 5:15-Ephesians 5:20; Colossians 1:9-Colossians 1:14