What does it mean to be filled with the Spirit? - Part 3, Self Control

Is Spirit filling active worship?

I was raised in a very conservative church (according to traditional "black" church standards). But even though I went to First Community AME, it was not unusual (especially during "revival") for people to "catch the holy ghost").

"Catching the Holy Ghost" in a traditional African American religious conference is defined by a person, dancing, shouting, sometimes screaming and passing out. Whenever these things happened at my childhood church, someone would say..."She just caught the Holy Ghost"; or maybe someone would say..."The Spirit just hit them..." or, "He was dancing in the Spirit".

So, in this context, the Holy Spirit is normally blamed when a person begins to shout, scream and dance uncontrollably. But one of the fruits of the Spirit of God Is Self-Control. Our Lord was Never out of Control. He was always totally aware of what He was saying -- He was 100% in charge of His actions. His motives were never evil and His actions never were contrary to His intentions. In fact, because He only did what He saw His Father doing, (John 8:38, 15:15) For Jesus to be out of control would indirectly accuse God the Father of lack of control. How then can the Spirit of God who was sent to testify of Christ direct a Human in an manner that is without self-control.

Dancing, singing, praising God are excellent unto HIM -- but let us worship God with all of our mind.