As we submit to the mind of Christ and the internal guidance of the Holy Spirit the fruit of the Spirit starts to manifest in our lives as love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, faithfulness, goodness, gentleness and self-control. When the Holy spirit indwells a believer the moment they accept Jesus as Lord and Savior they receive God’s seal of approval. Believers no longer have to wonder if they’re going to heaven, it’s guaranteed. Think of the Holy Spirit like an earnest deposit in a real estate transaction and the balance will become due from God when we get to heaven. God cannot break His contract with you. It is the Holy Spirit who delivers us from the power of sin.
Being indwelt by the Holy Spirit is a one time event lasting for the rest of our lives for those who believe in Jesus as Lord and Savior. It’s possible for us to have a deeper personal relationship with the Holy Spirit which we call the “filling of the Spirit”. We can receive power and boldness for God’s service and strength to meet a particular crisis in our lives. We need to want it, strive for it and pray for it if we want more help from the Holy Spirit in our lives. All believers get the minimum from the Holy Spirit and if you want more you need a reason and you have to ask for it in prayer. Ask God to fill you with his Holy Spirit. Extra filling of the Holy spirit isn’t a one time request and you’re done.
We need to keep on praying as often as necessary throughout our lives in order to keep being filled with the Holy Spirit or we lose it. The more we want to accomplish for the kingdom of God the more we’ll need filling with the Spirit of God. Think of our souls as a gas tank and the filling of the Holy spirit as the gasoline. If we don’t keep topping off the tank we’ll eventually run out of gas and be unable to move forward for God.