How to be a Habitat for Holiness

A Practical Guide for Living with the Holy Spirit 24/7 Without Being Rude

We are a Habitat for Holiness — a place inhabited by the Holy Spirit 24/7. If we treated a roommate or spouse the way we treat the Holy Spirit, would that person stay with us? Do we show the Holy Spirit the same affection, attention, and respect we would want from someone living with us?

This book is about exploring and building our relationship with the Holy Spirit — why it’s so important, why he stays when we ignore him, and what it costs him to live in us. We’ll take a practical look at how we can practice a deep and meaningful relationship with him, and why we have a mandate to do so. God demonstrated his desire for a close relationship with his people in every book of the Bible, and Jesus’ sacrifice enabled us to have an unbroken connection with God more intimate than even Moses or David could experience. But many of us push it aside because we can’t wrap our brains around having a personal relationship with God who lives in us every minute of every day.

Over the course of twenty years, God showed me that the Holy Spirit was to be more than just someone I cried out to in an emergency or asked for advice in a quiet time. He’s supposed to be a best friend, a constant companion who shares everything I do, every word I say, and every thought I think. I had to ask myself, “Is he having a good time? Or am I dragging him though a mess that makes him miserable?” Would I want to be treated like I treat him?

So now what? What do we do? How would that change our lives? What does it mean on a practical, daily basis? And what’s at stake if we do nothing? That’s what this book is about.