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Open Heavens
OPEN HEAVENS: THE COMING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT | FRIDAY 17th JANUARY 2014
Friday, January 17, 2014Omoba
Memory Verse: “And the disciples were
filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.”
Read: John 14:16-17.
John 14:16-17:“And I will pray the Father, and he
shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the
Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not,
neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in
you.”
Message:
Do you know that it is possible for a man to become
the house of God? 1 Corinthians 6:19 says:
“What? know ye not that your body is the temple of
the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?”
You can be the temple where the Holy Spirit lives.
Your home can also become the house of God, if for instance, you have a house
fellowship centre in your house. From time to time, we find Paul writing to
someone and telling the person to greet the Church in his house. If there is a
Church in your house, you can be sure that the Almighty God will be there.
Wherever God is, there will be light there. Where light is, darkness cannot
stay. Whenever God comes to visit, He does not come empty handed.
When He is
dwelling in your heart, you can be sure that He will not come empty handed. As
a matter of fact, in 1 Corinthians 12:4-11, the Bible lists for us at least 9
gifts that the Holy Spirit will bring along when He comes to dwell in us. These
gifts can be classified into three groups: The Revelation gifts, The
Inspiration gifts and The Power gifts. When you have these gifts available to
you at any moment, you will find out that it becomes easy for you to win souls.
In Acts 2:41, Peter preached one sermon and he won 3,000 souls. I am sure there
are many Christians who will be extremely happy if in one year they are able to
win 3,000 converts. By the time Peter preached his second sermon in Acts 4:4,
5,000 souls were saved.
Once the Holy Ghost begins to dwell in you, you
have the potential that everyone you touch will receive a healing, as it happened
in Acts 3:1-8. If the Holy Spirit is dwelling in you, the heat coming out of
you will be anointed like it was with Paul in Acts 19:11-12. With this kind of
power, you will be able to tear into pieces every spiritual lion, witch and
wizard that wants to attack you or your loved ones as was the case with Samson
in Judges 14:5-6. In the case of David, it was the anointing of the Holy Spirit
that made it possible for him to kill two wild animals – a lion and a bear,
with bare hands (1 Samuel 17:34-36). When you are full of the Holy Spirit, it
becomes easy for you to live a holy life. You will just discover that holiness
is as easy as breathing. The Holy Spirit will then begin to produce His fruit
in you. When you are full of the Holy Spirit, people will begin to discover
certain new things happening in your life, patterned after Galatians 5:22-23:
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such
there is no law.”
I pray that you will be baptized in the Holy
Spirit. Receive this baptism now in Jesus’ Name.
PRAYER POINT
Father, I am ready, please cleanse me and fill me
with your Holy Spirit NOW in Jesus’ Name.
Bible in one year:
Ephesians Chapter 4:17 to Chapter 6:24; Psalm 18:29-42.
Open Heavens Daily Devotional
Written by: Pastor E.A. Adeboye
Written by: Pastor E.A. Adeboye
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