A Spirit-filled life compels us to live a life of continual repentance and confession of sin. We need to learn how to rejoice in what the Lord is doing in our midst, even when we are faced with disappointment, sin, and defeat all around us.  Our faith is the “already not yet,” reality of living on earth as strangers and foreigners.  We are not at the celestial city yet, so we need to live by faith with our eyes fixed on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith.