 How can we as Christians receive the Holy Spirit? There's a big problem with that question. You see, you receive the Holy Spirit the very moment you were born again. The Holy Spirit dwells within you. The same Holy Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead lives within you. There's no such thing as a baby Holy Spirit or new convert Holy Spirit and God doesn't give the Holy Spirit in portions. The Holy Spirit isn't a reward for good Christianity. He's the only chance you have at living out good Christianity. So how does one walk in a way that can experience the benefits of the Holy Spirit's work? The Bible teaches us to let the Holy Spirit guide our lives. The baptism with the Holy Spirit is both an event and a lifestyle, both a well and a river. At salvation, he fills us like water in a cup. Throughout our lives, he fills us like wind in a sail, continually. So the question isn't how do I get the Holy Spirit? It's how does the Holy Spirit get me? A life of yielded surrender will allow you to experience the fruit of that which has already been planted within you.