All Christians have the Holy Spirit, but not all Christians enjoy the presence of the ungrieved Holy Spirit - just like when the Holy Spirit coming down on Jesus as a dove and remaining on Him - it doesn't take a lot to grieve Him, He gets hurt easily - for He is a gentleman and is very sensitive.
This story depicts the picture or scene described above. A British couple, Sandy and Bernice, were sent by their denomination to Israel as missionaries and were placed in a home near Jerusalem. A few weeks later they noticed that a dove had come to live in the eaves of the roof of their home. They were so excited; it was like a seal of God on their being there. But they noticed that every time they slammed a door - or shouted at each other in an argument - the dove would fly away. One day Sandy said to Bernice, knowing how much both of them wanted to keep the dove around them, 'Either the dove adjusts to us - or we adjust to the dove.' It changed their lives, just to keep a bird nearby. And yet the Holy Spirit himself is, a thousand times more sensitive than the dove. (From the book entitled 'Did You Think to Pray?'
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