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This content outlines five essential practices for women to maintain a close and intimate connection with the Holy Spirit, emphasizing that spiritual closeness is cultivated through intentional actions and a surrendered heart, not by striving or busyness.
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Five things a woman must do to stay
close to the Holy Spirit. Are you doing
the five daily things that keep a woman
spiritually connected? Or have you
unknowingly drifted from the voice of
the Holy Spirit? In this video, we'll
reveal five powerful biblical things a
woman must do if she truly wants to stay
close to the Holy Spirit. Because let's
be honest, in the chaos of life, it's
easy to feel spiritually dry,
emotionally disconnected, and unsure if
we're still walking in step with God.
So, if you're tired of feeling
disconnected, if you've been spiritually
dry, but hungry for more. If you know
there's a deeper walk with God that
you've been craving, this video is for
you. Get ready to be empowered, get
ready to be challenged, but most of all,
get ready to be transformed by the
truth. Let's dive in.
Number one, she must make room for quiet
because the Holy Spirit whispers, not shouts.
shouts.
In the orchestra of life, there is a
still small voice, a whisper, not a
shout, not a siren, not a crash. That
whisper is the Holy Spirit. And I came
to tell every woman under the sound of
my voice today. If you want to stay
close to the Holy Spirit, you must make
room for quiet. Because the Holy Spirit
whispers and he will not raise his voice
to compete with the chaos in your life.
He is not loud by nature. He is gentle.
He is not dramatic by force. He is
delicate. His presence rests where he is
welcomed, not where he has to wrestle
for attention. Let me take you to the
home of two sisters, Mary and Martha. In
Luke 10:38-42,
Jesus walks into their home and
instantly we see two different responses
to his presence. One runs to the
kitchen, fussing over preparations, busy
with pots and pans, and trying to be a
good host. That was Martha. But the
other, Mary, sat down quietly at the
feet of Jesus.
She made space. She made time. She made
room for the word. And while Martha was
rattling dishes, Mary was receiving
revelation. While Martha was active,
Mary was attentive. Now, don't get me
wrong. The world will always applaud
Martha. The world will praise your
productivity. The world will clap for
your hustle. The world will tell you
that you're worth what you produce. But
heaven responds to Mary. Heaven leans in
where there is stillness. Because
spiritual intimacy is never birthed in
busyness. It is birthed in stillness.
Imagine a woman standing on a
battlefield trying to hear a love song.
Bullets flying, bombs exploding, sirens
blaring, and yet she presses a delicate
earbud into her ear, hoping to catch the
sweet serenade of love. But she can't
hear it. Not because the song isn't
playing, but because the environment is
too loud.
That is many of us.
We are fighting battles all day long,
filling our lives with endless
notifications, non-stop scrolling,
constant chatter, and then wondering why
we can't sense the Holy Spirit. The Holy
Spirit has not gone silent. You've just
turned the volume up too loud on
everything else. And I came today to
tell you that stillness is not weakness.
It's sacred space. God does not anoint
noise. He anoints availability. And the
first way a woman draws near to the Holy
Spirit is by choosing silence over
stimulation. We live in an
overstimulated world. From the time your
eyes open, your phone is already
buzzing, Instagram is calling, email is
demanding, children are crying, the boss
is texting. But if you don't
intentionally make room for quiet, you
will unintentionally distance yourself
from the voice of God. That's why early
mornings matter. That's why waking up
before the house does and slipping into
a sacred corner with your Bible and your
journal is not just devotion. It's survival.
survival.
That's why phoneree walks with God, long
drives in silence, moments of
journaling, soaking in his presence, all
of these are not luxuries. They are
necessities because you cannot discern
the whisper if you refuse to disconnect
from the noise. And let me be very
clear, making room for quiet is not
about external silence only. It's about
internal surrender. You can be in a
quiet room and still have a loud soul.
Loud with worry, loud with fear, loud
with regret, loud with resentment. But
when you begin to bring your soul before
the Lord in stillness, when you
surrender the noise within, the whisper
returns. There is a frequency to the
spirit of God. And you must tune your
heart to hear it. Just like a radio
won't catch the right station unless
it's tuned, your spirit won't catch the
whisper unless it's aligned. And that
takes intentionality,
that takes consecration.
That takes a woman who understands that
just because the world is moving fast
doesn't mean she has to. Mary understood
that. That's why Jesus said, "Mary has
chosen the better part." Did you catch
that? She chose it. It didn't fall in
her lap. It wasn't convenient. She chose
it. And today, I believe God is calling
some women to make that same choice. The
choice to shut the laptop, to silence
the phone, to pull away from the crowd,
to turn off the noise and tune into the
whisper. Because here's the truth. God
doesn't rush revelation. He doesn't
force intimacy. He doesn't cram truth
into cluttered spaces. He waits. He
waits for quiet. He waits for stillness.
He waits for the woman who will say,
"Lord, I want you more than I want likes
more than I want lists, more than I want
applause or activity. I want you." So I
dare you to make space. I dare you to
block off time. I dare you to sit, not
scroll. To seek, not scroll, to listen,
not just talk. Because the Holy Spirit
whispers. And when he does, what you
hear in the quiet will change how you
walk in the storm. What you receive in
the stillness will empower you in the
chaos. And what you discern in solitude
will carry you in public battles. Make
room, woman of God. Clear out the
clutter. Silence the distractions.
Create a space where the whisper can
come alive.
Because the Holy Spirit is not absent.
He's waiting. Waiting to be welcomed.
Waiting to be heard. Waiting for the
woman who will sit at his feet, tune her
heart to heaven, and say, "Speak, Lord.
I've made room for you." And that, my
sister, is how you stay close to the
Holy Spirit. Not by running harder, but
by resting deeper. Not by doing more,
but by hearing more. Not by getting
louder, but by getting quieter. Because
the whisper carries what the noise could
never deliver.
Number two, she must obey promptly
because delayed obedience is still disobedience.
disobedience.
There is a sacred rhythm to walking with
the Holy Spirit and that rhythm is
obedience. Not partial obedience, not
scheduled obedience, not convenient
obedience, but prompt obedience. Because
delayed obedience is still disobedience.
You cannot claim closeness with the Holy
Spirit while putting him on hold. The
spirit of God is not your assistant. He
is not your suggestion box. He is the
voice of God. And when he speaks, he
expects movement. Immediate, humble,
trusting movement. Let me take you to
Acts 8:es 26 to 40 where we meet a man
named Philillip, an ordinary man with
extraordinary obedience. The Bible says
that an angel of the Lord told
Philillip, "Go south to the road, the
desert road that goes down from
Jerusalem to Gaza." That was it. No
explanation, no detailed plan, no
confirmation email. just go. And what
did Philillip do? He went. No debate, no
delay. No, let me finish what I'm doing
first. He moved. And on that road, on
that dusty, obscure, out of the way
road, he encountered a man, an Ethiopian
unic reading Isaiah.
Philip didn't know why he was being sent
there. He didn't have the full picture.
But he obeyed the nudge. And that nudge
led to a divine encounter. He explained
the scriptures. He shared the gospel. He
baptized a soul. And the unic went on
his way rejoicing. Do you see it? One
yes changed a destiny. One moment of
prompt obedience unlocked eternal
transformation. Now let me bring it to
you. The Holy Spirit is still nudging.
He is still whispering. Go here. Speak
there. Give this. Forgive her. Let it
go. Call him. Say yes. Back away. Take
the job. Leave the relationship.
But the problem is many of us are asking
the Holy Spirit to repeat what we refuse
to obey the first time. We want God to
explain before we obey.
But let me tell you something powerful.
God does not always explain. He tests.
He tests whether you'll trust the
whisper or wait for a blueprint. The
spirit speaks most often to those he
trusts will respond. Obedience invites
revelation. Every time you say yes, the
spirit draws closer. Every time you obey
without full understanding, you
demonstrate faith. And faith is the
language of heaven. You've used a GPS,
haven't you? When you're driving and you
miss the turn, what does it do? It
recalculates. It rroots you. But here's
the thing. It never stops trying to get
you to the destination. It just has to
work harder because of your delay.
You're still moving, but you've taken a
detour. You'll still get there, but
it'll cost you time. It'll cost you
fuel. And sometimes it costs you
opportunities you were supposed to
encounter on the original path. That's
what delayed obedience does in the
spirit. It causes unnecessary detours in
divine direction. And the danger is when
you keep ignoring the whisper, your
heart starts growing numb. The voice
gets quieter. Not because he stopped
speaking, but because you stopped
listening. Sisters, I want you to hear
me. Every time you obey, you are
inviting the Holy Spirit deeper into
your daily decisions. You are saying,
"Holy Spirit, I trust you more than I
trust myself. I trust your direction
even when I don't have all the details."
That is spiritual maturity. That is
intimacy. That is how you stay close.
Let's get real. Sometimes the nudges
don't make sense. He tells you to
forgive someone who hasn't apologized.
He tells you to give when your budget
says no. He tells you to speak up when
your fear says be silent. He tells you
to walk away when everything in your
emotions says hold on. But hear me,
obedience is not about comfort. It's
about alignment. Obedience aligns your
heart with heaven. God is not looking
for perfect women. He's looking for
responsive women. Women who don't wait
until they understand everything to
move. Women who don't negotiate when the
spirit speaks. Women who say yes, Lord,
even if it costs me. Because the more
you say yes, the more heaven begins to
trust you with weightier things. You
can't pray for more revelation and
ignore the last instruction. You steward
the next level of clarity through your
current level of obedience. Some of you
are stuck not because God has gone
silent, but because you haven't moved on
the last thing he said. You're asking
for direction, but God is waiting for
your response. He's waiting for your
yes, your fast yes, your full yes, your
trusting yes. I know it's scary. I know
sometimes it feels like a risk, but the
reward of obedience is the abiding
presence of the Holy Spirit. You start
to live life. You start to experience
divine appointments. You start walking
into rooms you didn't plan for and
realizing, "I'm here because I said yes
back there." The Holy Spirit
orchestrates what obedience initiates.
So, I dare you. When he prompts, obey.
When he nudges, move. When he whispers,
respond. Don't wait until it makes
sense. Don't delay until it feels easy.
Because every act of obedience deepens
your intimacy with him. She must obey
promptly because delayed obedience is
still disobedience and disobedience
creates distance. But prompt obedience
creates proximity. And proximity to the
spirit is what every woman of God needs
to walk in power, peace, and purpose.
Stay with me because the next thing I'm
about to tell you might just shift the
entire way you walk with God.
Number three, she must guard her heart
because the Holy Spirit is grieved by
contamination. The Holy Spirit is not
just power. He is not just wind. He is
not just fire. He is a person. And as a
person, he has emotions. He can be
welcomed and he can be grieved. And the
scripture is clear. In Ephesians 4:30-32,
4:30-32,
Paul pleads with the church, "Do not
grieve the Holy Spirit of God by whom
you were sealed for the day of
redemption." grieved. That word in the
Greek, lupo, means to wound emotionally,
to make sorrowful, to cause distress. It
is the same word used when Jesus wept
over Jerusalem. Do you understand what
that means? The Holy Spirit is not just
powerful. He is intimate. And when a
woman allows bitterness, unforgiveness,
jealousy, or impurity to take root in
her heart, she doesn't just make a
mistake. She creates static in her
spiritual connection. You ever try to
tune in to a radio station and all you
hear is static? You know the station is
there. You know the song is playing, but
something, some interference is
disrupting the clarity. Sin doesn't
cancel the Holy Spirit's signal, but it
distorts your ability to receive it. And
the greatest distortion isn't always
dramatic. It's often quiet. A grudge you
refuse to release. A conversation you
entertain that tears someone else down.
A toxic friendship you keep because it's
comfortable. An unrepented sin you've
normalized. Let me tell you something
sacred. The Holy Spirit is like a dove.
Scripture uses that symbol intentionally
because a dove is gentle, sensitive,
easily disturbed. You don't have to
shout at a dove to drive it away. A loud
noise, a sudden movement, a hostile
atmosphere, and it flies off. And
likewise, the Holy Spirit doesn't stay
in environments that don't honor his
presence. You can grieve him. You can
push him away, not because he doesn't
love you, but because he respects your atmosphere.
atmosphere.
So, if you want to stay close to the
Holy Spirit, you must guard your heart.
Proverbs 4:23 says it plainly, "Above
all else, guard your heart, for
everything you do flows from it." That
means everything you watch, everything
you listen to, every conversation you
entertain, every offense you harbor,
every comparison you indulge, it all
matters because if it enters your heart,
it will either cultivate intimacy or
create interference. And let me make it
real. Some of you have allowed
contaminated content into your spirit.
You binge watch shows that glorify sin
and then wonder why the word feels dry.
You engage in gossip and then question
why your prayers feel powerless. You
hold on to a fence and expect worship to
feel fresh. Hear me. You cannot maintain
spiritual clarity while entertaining
spiritual contamination. You can't feast
on the world and expect to be sensitive
to the whisper of God. Ask yourself
today, what is blocking my signal? What
relationships are toxic to my spirit?
What conversations consistently drain my
peace? What internal wounds have I been
ignoring for years? bitterness from a
betrayal, resentment from childhood,
unhealed trauma I've covered with
busyiness. Because until the heart is
clean, the connection remains cloudy.
But the good news is this. God is not
calling for perfection. He's calling for
purity. And purity is not the absence of
sin. It's the presence of a clean
conscience, a repentant heart. A woman
who says, "Lord, if it's in me and it
offends you, take it out. If it grieves
you, I don't want it. clean me so I can
be close. That's the kind of heart the
spirit rushes toward. So, woman of God,
if you want to stay close to the Holy
Spirit, it's not just about what you do.
It's about what you allow. Clean out the
clutter, lay down the offense, break
ties with anything that consistently
contaminates your spirit because the
spirit is grieved by what you tolerate,
but he draws near to what you surrender.
Number four, she must crave God's word
because the Holy Spirit breathes through
scripture. You cannot separate the Holy
Spirit from the word of God. You cannot
claim intimacy with the spirit while
ignoring the scriptures he wrote.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 says, "All scripture
is God breathed." Did you catch that?
God breathed. That means the Holy Spirit
doesn't just use the word, he inhabits
it. It is his breath on paper, his mind
in ink, his voice through verses.
Picture a wind instrument like a flute.
Without breath, it's silent. It has
shape. It has structure. It has purpose.
But without air flowing through it, it
makes no sound. The Bible is that
instrument. And the Holy Spirit is the
breath. Without him, the Bible is just
ink on paper. But with him it sings, it
convicts, it comforts, it illuminates,
it becomes alive. And yet so many of us
treat the word like a textbook instead
of a meeting place. We read out of duty,
not out of desire. We skim through
chapters, not realizing that each page
is a portal into the presence of the
author. But I came to shake somebody's
soul today. If you want to hear the
spirit, you must meet him where he
speaks most clearly his word.
Some of you say, "I don't hear God
speak." But you've got three unopened
Bibles in your house. You've got a Bible
app with dust on it. You've got the
author of truth living inside of you.
But you never give him the microphone of
his word. Listen, you won't hear what
he's saying now if you ignore what he's
already said. The spirit breathes
through the scripture. Let me be
practical. Start small. Open to the book
of John, one chapter a day. And before
you read, pause and pray. Holy Spirit,
speak to me today. Make this living.
Show me something new. Let this be a
conversation, not a checklist. And after
you read, don't rush away. Sit for a
moment. Reflect. Let the words marinate.
Write them down. Journal what he
reveals. Because every time you open
that Bible with expectation, you are
stepping into divine dialogue. This
isn't just about discipline. It's about desire.
desire.
David said in Psalm 119:13,
"How sweet are your words to my taste,
sweeter than honey to my mouth." That's
craving. That's hunger. And when you
start feeding on the word daily, it will
change your appetite. You'll start
desiring his presence more than
popularity. You'll start craving
revelation more than entertainment.
Sister, if you want to stay close to the
Holy Spirit, you must stay rooted in the
word. Because the Spirit will never lead
you in contradiction to scripture. He
will never say something to your heart
that opposes what he's already spoken in
his word. That's why knowing the word
matters. It protects you from deception
and grounds you in truth. The word is
not just a book of rules. It is a voice.
It is a lamp to your feet and a light to
your path. It is the sword of the
spirit. It is the fire that refineses.
It is the mirror that reveals. And it is
the meeting place where heaven speaks to
earth. So crave it. Run to it. Make time
for it. Let the Holy Spirit breathe into
your soul through the living active word
of God. Because the closer you stay to
the word, the clearer you hear the
whisper. And the clearer the whisper,
the stronger your walk.
Number five, she must cultivate worship
because the Holy Spirit dwells in
atmospheres of surrender. There is a
sound that shifts atmospheres, a
fragrance that draws heaven near, a
posture that pulls the spirit close. It
is not performance. It is not platform.
It is not pitch perfect singing. It is
worship. And not just any worship, but
worship that flows from a surrendered
heart. Because the Holy Spirit does not
dwell in noise, in titles, or in talent.
He dwells where there is surrender,
where hearts are bowed, where self is
laid down, where God is exalted above
the problem, above the pain, above the
pressure. Jesus said in John 4:23-24,
"But the hour is coming and is now here,
when the true worshippers will worship
the Father in spirit and truth. For the
Father is seeking such people to worship
him." God is spirit, and those who
worship him must worship in spirit and
truth. Let that sink in. The Father is
seeking. He's not seeking your resume.
He's not seeking your perfection. He's
not seeking your title. He is seeking
worshippers. Those who live surrendered.
Those who carry worship in their spirit,
not just in their Sunday routine. Let me
help you visualize it. In the Old
Testament, worship was often expressed
through the burning of incense. The
priests would light the incense on the
altar and that sweet aroma would rise up
to God as a symbol of prayer, praise,
and reverence. It wasn't about the
smoke. It was about the surrender behind
it. And the Holy Spirit, like the flame
of heaven, comes where there is
fragrance. He comes where there is
welcome. He comes where there is
reverence. He comes where hearts bow low
and hands stretch high. Worship is not a
genre. It's not a playlist. It's not the
slow songs after praise. It's a posture.
A woman who cultivates worship is a
woman who has learned to lift her eyes
when the storm is raging. To lift her
hands when the weight is heavy, to lift
her voice even when her soul is tired.
Worship isn't about how you feel.
Worship is about who he is. And when you
lift him up in the middle of your
valley, you create an atmosphere where
the spirit dwells. Some of you think you
need a perfect voice to worship. No, you
need a pure heart. Some of you think
worship is for Sunday morning at 11:00
a.m. No. Worship is for Monday in the
kitchen, Tuesday in traffic, Wednesday
in a waiting room, Thursday in the
tears, Friday in the hallway between
what God said and what you see. Worship
is a lifestyle. How do you cultivate it?
You create sacred rhythms. Worship
playlists that shift the tone of your
day. Prayer journaling that turns your
battles into altars. a heart of
gratitude that begins and ends each day
saying, "Thank you, Lord." You don't
wait until the crisis hits to learn the
sound of heaven. You build the
atmosphere daily. You stir your soul to
remember his goodness. Because when a
woman lifts her hands in worship, she is
not just making a sound. She is
releasing a signal. A signal that says,
"God, you're bigger than this diagnosis.
You're stronger than this betrayal.
You're greater than this anxiety."
And heaven responds to surrender. The
Holy Spirit doesn't just drop into busy
schedules. He rests in prepared places.
And worship prepares the way. Worship
clears out fear. It softens pride. It
quiets chaos. It centers your heart.
When you make worship a habit, you make
your heart a home. A home for peace. A
home for power. A home for the spirit of
God. And I came to tell somebody, when
the spirit dwells, everything changes.
You stop reacting in your flesh and
start responding in the spirit. You stop
striving and start trusting. You stop
living beneath your calling and start
walking in divine authority. But that
kind of authority requires atmosphere.
And that atmosphere begins with you. You
don't need a pulpit. You need a posture.
You don't need a mic. You need a moment.
You don't need a stage. You need
surrender. Because when you cultivate
worship, the spirit doesn't visit. He
stays. Now, let me bring this full
circle. The Holy Spirit doesn't just
want a visit. He wants residence. He's
not looking to be your weekend guest. He
wants to be your constant companion, the
friend that sticks closer than a
brother, the whisper in your stillness,
the voice in your obedience, the clarity
in your purity, the breath in your
scripture, the power in your worship.
When a woman does these five things, she
becomes a walking sanctuary. She becomes
a mobile upper room. She becomes a
carrier of glory. And wherever she goes,
heaven follows.
Amen. If you're ready to walk closely
with the Holy Spirit, not just
occasionally, but daily, then I want you
to type in the comments right now, "Holy
Spirit, make me your dwelling place.
That's your declaration. That's your
agreement. That's your invitation."
Because this isn't just a message. It's
a calling. a calling to live a life so
surrendered, so aligned, so full of
heaven that every step you take becomes
a move of God. You're not just a woman.
You're a sanctuary. You're not just a
believer. You're a carrier. And where
you go, he goes, "May your life echo
with stillness, beat with obedience,
shine with purity, breathe scripture,
and rise like incense through worship."
This is how you stay close. This is how
you stay filled. This is how you walk in
step with the spirit. And before you go,
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