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When the Holy Spirit makes use of people today, He not only employs the desirable parts of them to get things done—He also perfects and changes the parts of them that are undesirable. If you're able to pour your heart into God and quiet it before Him, then you will have the opportunity and the qualifications to be used by the Holy Spirit, and to receive His enlightenment and illumination. Even more than that, you will have the opportunity for the Holy Spirit to remedy your shortcomings. When you give your heart to God, you can gain deeper entry and attain a higher plane of insight on the positive side. On the negative side, you will have greater knowledge of your deficiencies and shortcomings, and you will yearn more and seek more to satisfy God's intentions, and you won't be negative, you will actively enter in. This shows that you're a correct person.

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Assuming that your heart is able to remain quiet before God, then whether or not you receive approval from the Holy Spirit, and whether or not you please God, hinges crucially upon whether you can actively enter in. When the Holy Spirit enlightens people and makes use of them, He never makes them negative, He always makes them progress actively. When the Holy Spirit does this, people still have their weaknesses, but they do not live by them. They do not put off their life progress, and they keep seeking to satisfy God's intentions. This is a standard. If you can attain this, it proves that you have obtained the presence of the Holy Spirit.

from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. It Is Very Important to Establish a Normal Relationship With God