YOU MUST BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT TO LIVE!

DAY 9: YOU MUST BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT TO LIVE!

JUICY JULY 2026: ZOE UNLEASHED!

TEXT: ACTS 19:1-6; ROMANS 8:11-14; JOHN 16:7

BIBLE STUDY: MATTHEW 8

 

Welcome to Juicy July 2026, Day 9!

Welcome, dear sisters, to another glorious day in Juicy July 2026!

 

What a faithful Father we serve! Day after day, He has been patiently unfolding His eternal purpose to us. He is not just trying to increase our knowledge but to draw us deeper into His own Life. Every truth we have studied has been another invitation to come closer, to know Him better, and to become everything He created us to be.

 

As you read today’s bulletin, I encourage you not to rush. Read prayerfully. Read with an open heart. Ask the Holy Spirit to make every word living and personal to you. These are not truths to be admired from afar but realities to be experienced.

 

May the Lord grant us understanding, stir up fresh hunger within us, and lead us further into the fullness of His Life in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

 

START FROM DAY 1 HERE IN CASE YOU ARE NEW. DON’T JUMP THE STUDY THANK YOU.

 

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OPENING PRAYER

Father, thank You for bringing me into another day of this glorious journey. Open the eyes of my understanding today. Remove every veil from my heart, and let me see Your truth as You desire me to see it. Let Your Word become life to me, not just knowledge. Teach me by Your Holy Spirit, and let the life of Christ become more real to me than ever before. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

 

EXHORTATION: YOU MUST BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT TO LIVE!

Memory Verse:

Acts 19:2

“Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed?” 

 

What a glorious journey the Lord has been taking us on!

 

We have seen the miracle of the new birth. We have discovered that God’s ultimate goal was never merely to forgive our sins, but to restore us to His own Life. Yesterday, we stood before the torn veil and rejoiced that, through the death of Jesus Christ, the way to the Tree of Life has finally been opened again.

 

What wonderful news!

 

But let me ask you a question.

 

Suppose there was a man who had been crippled all his life. Beyond a great gate lay a beautiful kingdom, a kingdom he had always longed to enter. For years, the gate remained shut. Then one day, someone came running with the greatest news imaginable.

 

“The gate is open! The gate is open!”

 

Can you imagine his excitement?

 

His heart leaps. His eyes fill with tears. His inheritance is finally within reach. But then, after the excitement settles, another reality confronts him.

 

He cannot walk!

 

The gate may be open..The road may be clear…The inheritance may be waiting…But he has no strength to take even one step!

 

He needs someone stronger than himself.

 

He needs someone to lift him, carry him, strengthen him, and bring him safely along the road.

 

My dear sisters, that crippled man is every one of us.

 

The Lord Jesus Christ has indeed inaugurated a new and living way. The gate that stood closed since the Garden of Eden has finally been opened. The flaming sword has fallen upon Christ. The veil has been torn. The invitation has gone out to all mankind.

 

But there is one problem:

 

None of us has the power to walk this way.

 

This is no ordinary road. It is a road where self must die every day. A road where pride must bow. A road where the will of God must continually triumph over our own will. A road where love overcomes hatred, blessing overcomes cursing, humility overcomes self-exaltation, and obedience overcomes self-will.

 

Who can walk such a road?

 

Certainly not the fallen man!

 

Left to ourselves, we may admire the way. We may preach about the way. We may even attempt to walk it for a while. But sooner or later, our natural strength will fail us.

 

The Christian life is simply too high, too holy, too divine to be lived by human effort!

 

Perhaps this is why so many believers become discouraged.

 

They love the Lord. They make resolutions. They promise to pray more. They determine never to lose their temper again. They decide that this time they will truly live for God. Yet they keep discovering the same painful truth:

 

Human life cannot produce divine life!

 

And this is the fact! 

 

But this discovery is not meant to drive us to despair. It is meant to drive us to dependence!

 

Our heavenly Father never intended us to walk this new and living way by ourselves. The God who opened the way also provided the power to walk it.

 

But that power is not a principle. It is not a method. It is not greater determination.

 

It is a Person!

 

The Holy Spirit!

 

Today, we are going to meet the One without whom no one can ever successfully walk the new and living way. He is the Spirit of Life, the Spirit of Grace, the Quickening Spirit.

 

He is the One who takes weak, helpless believers and enables them to live the very Life of Christ.

 

May the Lord introduce Him to us afresh today in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

 

THE LAST ADAM DID IT ONLY BY THE HOLY SPIRIT 

Who was the very first person to ever walk this New and Living Way?

 

It was Jesus Christ Himself!

 

The Bible calls Him “the firstborn among many brethren” (Romans 8:29).

 

He is the Pioneer. The Captain. The Forerunner. The Inaugurator.

 

He did not merely open the way and ask us to figure out how to walk it. No. He walked it first.

 

Every step. Every temptation. Every sorrow. Every rejection. Every victory.

 

He walked the road before asking us to follow Him.

 

Hebrews 6:19–20 says:

“…whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus…”

 

The fore-runner! The one who first runs before we runs! 

 

Hebrews 2:10 also says:

”It was only right that God, who creates and preserves all things, should make Jesus perfect through suffering, in order to bring many children to share his glory. For Jesus is the one who leads them to salvation.’

 

This is why Jesus could confidently say,

“Follow me.” (Matthew 4:19)

 

He never asks us to go where He has never been. He always goes ahead.

 

But now notice something astonishing.

 

If there was ever anyone who could have walked this road by His own strength, surely it would have been Jesus.

 

Yet, our Lord Jesus deliberately chose never to act independently.

 

Everything He did flowed out of complete submission to the Father and absolute dependence upon the Holy Spirit.

 

One day, the Holy Spirit led Jesus to the Jordan River, where John was baptizing. Human reasoning could easily have questioned such a decision. John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance: a public identification with sinners who confessed their sins and turned back to God.

 

Jesus had no sin to confess.

 

He had never fallen. He had never disobeyed His Father.

 

John himself recognized this and immediately objected, saying,

“I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?” (Matthew 3:14)

 

From every human perspective, it seemed unnecessary.

 

Yet Jesus did not resist the leading of the Spirit.

 

He did not argue.

 

He did not explain Himself.

 

He simply obeyed.

 

Standing in the waters of the Jordan, He identified Himself with the very humanity He had come to redeem, not because He was a sinner, but because He had come to stand in the sinner’s place.

 

Then He gave the reason:

“Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness.” (Matthew 3:15)

 

What surrender!

 

What dependence!

 

The One who would one day baptize others with the Holy Ghost first humbled Himself in obedience to the Father’s will.

 

He showed us that the New and Living Way is never walked through self-will or independent action. It is walked by joyful obedience to the Father’s leading, even when we do not fully understand His purposes.

 

And heaven immediately responded. As Jesus came up out of the water, the heavens were opened, the Holy Spirit descended upon Him like a dove, and the Father declared, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” (Matthew 3:16–17)

 

This was not an ordinary event. It was a signatory moment.

 

Heaven was establishing a pattern.

 

God was showing us the divine order of the New Covenant.

 

He was painting a picture that every believer would one day follow.

 

Notice the sequence carefully.

 

First came identification: Jesus identified Himself with sinful humanity through water baptism, not because He was a sinner, but because He came to stand in our place and fulfil all righteousness.

 

For us, this begins the moment we acknowledge that we are sinners in need of a Saviour. We repent, believe the Gospel, and publicly identify with Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection through water baptism.

 

But the story does not stop there.

 

Immediately after the water came the Spirit!!!

 

There was no long interval.

 

No suggestion that believers should remain powerless for years.

 

No indication that the Holy Spirit was an optional extra for a select few.

 

The pattern was clear.

 

Identification.

 

Water.

 

The Holy Spirit.

 

These were never meant to be isolated experiences scattered across a lifetime. They were designed to follow one another in beautiful succession, ushering the believer into a life of continual dependence upon God.

 

The Father was saying, in effect,

“This is how the New and Living Way begins.”

 

He wanted every generation to see that the Christian life is never meant to begin with human effort.

 

It begins with the Holy Spirit!

 

And what happened next is even more remarkable.

 

The Bible does not say Jesus immediately began healing the sick.

 

No.

 

It says,

“Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness…” (Matthew 4:1)

 

Led by the Spirit.

 

Not driven by ambition or by popularity or by public expectation.

 

The Spirit led Him!

 

Even after forty days of fasting, when Satan came with his temptations, Jesus did not rely upon His own strength. He remained yielded to the Father. Completely dependent. Completely surrendered.

 

Even in the days leading to the Cross, we find Him, not displaying self-confidence, but,

“…offering up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death…” (Hebrews 5:7)

 

Do you see what the Son of God is teaching us?

 

Dependence is the secret of Life.

 

The One who inaugurated the Way never walked independently!

 

If the Firstborn refused to live independently…

 

Why do we think we can?

 

ZOE CANNOT BE LIVED BY HUMAN LIFE

This brings us to one of the greatest discoveries a believer will ever make.

 

You cannot live the Life of God with the life of Adam!

 

They belong to two completely different realms.

 

It is like asking a fish to fly or a bird to breathe underwater.

 

No amount of determination can change its nature. It only needs another life.

 

My dear sisters, this is exactly where many of us have unknowingly struggled.

 

We thought Christianity meant trying our hardest to imitate Jesus but Jesus has not called us to imitation at all!

 

Trying to talk like Him.

 

Trying to love like Him.

 

Trying to be patient like Him.

 

Trying to become holy like Him.

 

But Jesus never called us to mere imitation!

 

He called us to death.

 

He called us to surrender our lives so completely that His Life could become our own.

 

This is why the Scriptures say,

“And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.” (2 Corinthians 5:15)

 

Did you catch that?

 

The Christian is no longer expected to live for himself!

 

Why?

 

Because he no longer belongs to himself!

 

The Apostle Paul puts it this way:

“For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord… whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.” (Romans 14:7–8)

 

Again, he reminds us,

“Ye are not your own… For ye are bought with a price…” (1 Corinthians 6:19–20)

 

Can you see the glorious truth?

 

God is not asking you to take ownership of the Christian life.

 

He has already taken ownership of you.

 

Your life is no longer yours to manage.mYour body is no longer yours to control. Your future is no longer yours to design. You belong to Another. And because you belong to Him, He has not left you to struggle to live His Life by your own strength.

 

This is why the Holy Spirit came.

 

Not just to help you become a better Christian or to strengthen your natural abilities. But to make the Life of Christ your very own experience!

 

My dear sisters, the day you stop trying to live for Christ and begin allowing Christ to live through you is the day your Christian life truly begins!

 

WHY THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME

If Christ is the One who lives this life, then why did He leave?

 

Why didn’t Jesus simply remain on earth and continue leading His disciples physically?

 

The disciples asked themselves the same question.

 

Imagine how devastated they must have been when Jesus told them He was leaving. They had left everything to follow Him. They had watched Him calm storms, raise the dead, heal the sick, cast out demons, and reveal the Father. Surely nothing could be better than having Jesus physically beside them.

 

But then Jesus made one of the most astonishing statements in all of Scripture.

“Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you…” (John 16:7)

 

Jesus was saying,

 

“It is actually better for you that I leave.”

 

How could that possibly be?

 

Could anything be better than having Jesus physically present?

 

Yes!

 

Because as long as Jesus remained with them, He could only be beside them.

 

But through the Holy Spirit, He would now dwell within them.

 

Peter walked with Jesus for over three years, yet Peter still denied Him.

 

Judas ate with Jesus, travelled with Jesus, listened to every sermon Jesus preached, witnessed every miracle, yet Judas remained unchanged.

 

Why?

 

Because Jesus was still outside of them!

 

The Christian life can never be lived from the outside in. It must always begin from the inside out.

 

This is why Jesus said,

“He dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.” (John 14:17)

 

That little word “in” changes everything.

 

Christianity is not Christ standing beside you, encouraging you to do better. Christianity is Christ living inside you, becoming your very Life.

 

This is why the Holy Spirit came. He didn’t come just to perform miracles or to distribute spiritual gifts or to help us preach. He came to make the indwelling Christ a living reality!

 

He came so that the Father and the Son could make Their home within us!

 

As Jesus promised,

“If a man love me… my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.” (John 14:23)

 

Can you imagine that?

 

The greatest miracle of the New Covenant is not that we can go to Heaven one day. It is that Heaven has come to dwell in us today.

 

HAVE YOU RECEIVED THE HOLY SPIRIT SINCE YOU BELIEVED?

This brings us to one of the most searching questions ever asked in the New Testament.

 

Paul arrived at Ephesus and met some disciples. They were not idol worshippers. They were not unbelievers. They were disciples. They had responded to the message they had received. Yet Paul did not begin by asking them how long they had been saved or how many Scriptures they knew.

 

Instead, he asked a question that every believer ought to ask himself today.

“Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed?” (Acts 19:2)

 

That question has never become outdated. It still echoes across the Church today.

 

So, my sister, since you gave your life to the Lord Jesus Christ, have you received the Holy Spirit? Have you been baptized in the Holy Spirit?

 

When you read the book of Acts carefully, you will discover that almost immediately after people believed, they received the Holy Spirit. In some instances, it happened so quickly that water baptism almost seemed secondary because the Holy Spirit simply came upon them.

 

Look at the Day of Pentecost in Acts chapter 2. As Peter preached, the people were convicted in their hearts. They believed the Gospel, and the Holy Spirit came.

 

The same thing happened in the house of Cornelius. As they heard the Word and believed, the Holy Spirit fell upon them. God Himself interrupted the meeting by pouring out His Spirit upon everyone whose heart had received Christ.

 

Acts 10:44–48 says:

44 While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.

45 And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished… because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.

46 For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,

47 Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?

48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord…

 

That is the pattern we keep seeing throughout the book of Acts.

 

The baptism of the Holy Spirit was never presented as something believers should postpone for many years.

 

It was expected.

 

It was normal.

 

It was part of entering fully into the Christian life.

 

Why?

 

Because the Holy Spirit is the One who leads us into all truth.

 

He opens the Scriptures.

 

He teaches us to pray.

 

He sanctifies us.

 

He empowers us for ministry.

 

He transforms our character.

 

He forms Christ within us.

 

He is the One who takes everything Jesus accomplished and makes it a living reality in our lives.

 

That is why Paul asked such a piercing question.

 

In other words, he was saying,

“Since you believed… since you were born again… since your spirit was regenerated by the Blood of Jesus… have you received the Holy Spirit? Have you been baptized in the Holy Ghost?”

 

Remember what John the Baptist said concerning Jesus:

“I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance… but he that cometh after me… he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire.” (Matthew 3:11)

 

John baptized with water.

 

Jesus baptizes with the Holy Spirit.

 

So let me ask you the same question Paul asked those disciples in Ephesus:

 

Since you believed… have you received the Holy Spirit?

 

Have you been baptized in the Holy Ghost and with fire?

 

STOP ALL THE SELF-EFFORTS

At this point, someone may be thinking,

 

“Then perhaps I should first become a better Christian before asking the Holy Spirit to fill me.”

 

That sounds humble and spiritual but it is one of the greatest lies the devil has ever whispered into the ears of sincere believers.

 

Suppose your house has become terribly dirty. Dust covers every surface. The floors are stained. Cobwebs hang from the ceiling. Every room is in complete disorder.

 

Knowing that you have employed a professional cleaner, what do you do?

 

Do you quickly begin to clean every room before the cleaner arrives?

 

Of course not!

 

If you could clean the house yourself, why would you need the cleaner in the first place? You invite the cleaner precisely because the house is dirty!

 

That is why he came.

 

That is his profession.

 

That is what he delights to do.

 

My dear sisters, the Holy Spirit is God’s Divine Cleaner.

 

How many believers keep saying,

 

“When I finally overcome anger, then I will ask for more of the Holy Spirit.”

 

“When I finally stop struggling with lust…”

 

“When I finally become more prayerful…”

 

“When I finally become holier…”

 

No!

 

If you wait until you have cleaned yourself before inviting the Holy Spirit in, you will wait forever!

 

You cannot sanctify yourself.

 

You cannot transform yourself.

 

You cannot produce holiness by determination.

 

The One who sanctifies is the Holy Spirit.

 

The One who exposes hidden sins is the Holy Spirit.

 

The One who convicts is the Holy Spirit.

 

The One who washes, renews, strengthens and transforms is the Holy Spirit.

 

He is not waiting for you to become clean.

 

He is waiting for you to surrender.

 

This is why the Scriptures tell us,

“Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost.” (Titus 3:5)

 

Did you notice that?

 

The renewing belongs to the Holy Ghost.

 

It is His work.

 

Not yours.

 

Your responsibility is not self-transformation; your responsibility is yielding!

 

The Holy Spirit knows exactly what He is doing.

 

He knows every crooked corner of your heart.

 

Every hidden wound.

 

Every stubborn habit.

 

Every deep-rooted fear.

 

Every secret idol.

 

Invite Him in.

 

Then allow Him to do His work.

 

WHY MANY CHRISTIANS NEVER EXPERIENCE THE HOLY SPIRIT

My dear sisters, after everything we have learned today, another question naturally arises.

 

If the Holy Spirit is the Father’s Gift…

 

If Jesus is the One who baptizes with the Holy Spirit (Matthew 3:11)…

 

If the apostles expected every believer to receive Him (Acts 19:2)…

 

If He is the One who leads us into all truth (John 16:13)…

 

Then why are so many believers still living powerless lives?

 

Why do so many Christians struggle to pray?

 

Why do so many find the Scriptures dry?

 

Why do so many remain defeated by the flesh year after year?

 

The answer is not because the Father is unwilling to give His Spirit.

 

Jesus settled that forever when He said,

“If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?” (Luke 11:13)

 

The problem is usually not on Heaven’s side. The problem is often on ours.

 

One reason is that many have simply never been taught.

 

How can someone desire what they have never heard about?

 

Paul himself asked,

“Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed?” (Acts 19:2)

 

Why?

 

Because he understood that some believers had genuinely believed in Christ, yet had never been properly instructed concerning the Holy Spirit.

 

Many churches preach salvation faithfully but stop there. Believers are taught how to be forgiven, but they are never taught how to walk in the fullness of the Spirit. As a result, they remain spiritual infants, trying to live the Christian life with human effort instead of divine enablement.

 

Another reason is fear.

 

Some have been told frightening stories.

 

Others have witnessed excesses or counterfeits.

 

Instead of seeking the genuine work of the Holy Spirit, they withdraw completely.

 

But sis, would your heavenly Father answer a sincere request for the Holy Spirit by giving you something evil?

 

Jesus Himself answered that question.

“If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone?… If he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?” (Luke 11:11–12)

 

The answer is obvious.

 

No loving father would do that.

 

Neither will your heavenly Father.

 

If you come to Him sincerely, seeking His Spirit, He knows how to give good gifts to His children.

 

Another reason is unbelief.

 

Some people simply do not believe that these promises are still for today.

 

Others think the Holy Spirit is only for pastors, missionaries, or unusually spiritual people.

 

But Peter declared on the Day of Pentecost,

“For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.” (Acts 2:39)

 

If God has called you, then His promise is for you.

 

Another obstacle is religion.

 

Religion often becomes satisfied with outward activities.

 

It measures spirituality by attendance, positions, titles, appearances, or routines.

 

But the Holy Spirit is not interested in producing religious people.

 

He came to produce Christ.

 

A person may know church traditions perfectly and still know very little of the Holy Spirit.

 

The Pharisees knew the Scriptures better than anyone in their generation, yet they failed to recognize the very One to whom those Scriptures pointed (John 5:39–40).

 

Knowledge without the Holy Spirit easily becomes religion.

 

Another obstacle is self-sufficiency.

 

This is perhaps one of the most dangerous.

 

Many believers sincerely think they can manage the Christian life on their own.

 

They rely on intelligence.

 

They rely on discipline.

 

They rely on experience.

 

They rely on personality.

 

They rely on methods.

 

But Jesus said,

“…without me ye can do nothing.” (John 15:5)

 

The Christian life was never designed to be lived by human strength.

 

The Holy Spirit was not given to make life easier.

 

He was given because apart from Him, this life is impossible.

 

Finally, many people simply do not thirst.

 

The Holy Spirit is given freely, but He is desired by the hungry.

Jesus cried,

“If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.” (John 7:37)

 

“If any man thirst.”

 

The Father delights in filling empty vessels.

 

He delights in satisfying hungry hearts.

 

He delights in pouring His Spirit upon those who know they cannot live without Him.

 

Perhaps you have desired the Holy Spirit, but for the wrong reasons.

 

Many people seek the Holy Spirit because they want power. Others want to speak in tongues. Some want to perform miracles. Some want to become popular ministers. Some want an extraordinary spiritual experience. But the Holy Spirit was never sent to make us spectacular.

 

He was sent to make us like Christ.

 

He was sent to reveal Jesus.

 

He was sent to glorify the Son of God (John 16:13–14).

 

If your pursuit is not Christ, your pursuit has already missed the mark!

 

Perhaps your obstacle is prayerlessness.

 

Have you truly sought Him?

 

Jesus said,

“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.” (Matthew 7:7)

 

And again,

“…how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?” (Luke 11:13)

 

Have you asked?

 

Have you sought?

 

Have you knocked?

 

Have you waited before your Father with a hungry heart?

 

Or have you simply assumed that if He wants to fill you, He will do it someday without your seeking Him?

 

Perhaps your obstacle is that you have confused desperation with dependence.

 

Many people become desperate.

 

They run from meeting to meeting.

 

From conference to conference.

 

From one preacher to another.

 

They are looking for someone to lay hands on them.

 

Someone to impart something.

 

Someone to do for them what only God can do.

 

Now, there is certainly a biblical place for the laying on of hands (Acts 8:17; Acts 19:6). God has used it throughout the Scriptures.

 

But never let your confidence rest in the hands of a man.

 

Your confidence must rest in the promise of your Father.

 

Have you ever shut your door, gone on your knees, and cried,

“Father, if this Gift is real, I cannot live without Him. Fill me!”

 

Have you fasted for Him?

 

Have you thirsted for Him?

 

Have you lingered in His presence until your heart became completely yielded to Him?

 

Or have you simply hoped that someone else’s anointing would replace your own pursuit of God?

 

My dear sisters, the Father is not looking for people who are merely desperate for an experience.

 

He is looking for people who NEED Him!

 

People who have come to the end of themselves.

 

People who can honestly say,

 

“Lord, I cannot understand Your Word without Your Spirit. I cannot pray without Your Spirit. I cannot overcome sin without Your Spirit. I cannot become like Christ without Your Spirit. I cannot live this Christian life without Your Spirit.”

 

That is the kind of thirst the Father delights to satisfy.

 

Today, the Father is calling you again.

 

Lay every obstacle before Him.

 

Come with an empty heart.

 

Come with childlike faith.

 

Come with holy desperation.

 

For He has promised,

“I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed…” (Isaiah 44:3)

 

May that promise become your experience, in Jesus’ mighty Name.

 

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ARE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT?

My dear sisters, perhaps you are wondering,

 

“If I receive the Holy Spirit… what exactly will happen?”

 

Will I simply speak in tongues?

 

Will I merely become more emotional?

 

Will I suddenly begin to perform miracles?

 

No.

 

Those things may happen, and they have their place. But the greatest work of the Holy Spirit goes far deeper than manifestations.

 

The Holy Spirit has one supreme mission: to make Christ a living reality within you.

 

The Lord Jesus said,

“He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.” (John 16:14)

 

The Holy Spirit is not interested in drawing attention to Himself. His delight is to unveil Christ. He takes the things of Christ and makes them your daily experience.

 

This is why everything begins to change.

 

Your prayer life changes.

 

Before, prayer was a discipline. Now, prayer becomes a delight.

 

Before, you struggled to spend ten minutes with God. Your mind wandered everywhere. Your body became tired.

 

Your heart remained cold.

 

But when the Holy Spirit begins to fill you, something awakens deep within your spirit.

 

You begin to long for the Presence of God.

 

Prayer is no longer something you force yourself to do.

 

It becomes the atmosphere in which your spirit breathes.

 

Just as fish naturally desire water, your spirit begins to crave communion with the Father.

 

Sometimes you kneel to pray for fifteen minutes, only to discover that three hours have passed.

 

Not because someone compelled you but because the Holy Spirit drew you into fellowship with God.

 

The Scriptures also begin to change.

 

The Bible is no longer an ordinary book.

 

Passages you have read a hundred times suddenly come alive.

 

The Holy Spirit begins connecting Genesis with Revelation.

 

He opens mysteries that no human teacher could ever explain.

 

He reminds you of the words of Jesus, exactly as Christ promised:

“He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance…” (John 14:26)

 

You no longer merely read the Bible. The Bible begins to read you. Every page exposes your heart. Every chapter reveals Christ. Every promise becomes personal. Every command becomes precious. The Word becomes living and powerful.

 

Then your desires begin to change. This is one of the greatest miracles.

 

Before, you struggled because you wanted two different worlds at the same time. Part of you wanted God. Another part wanted the world. Part of you desired holiness. Another part secretly loved sin. But as the Holy Spirit fills your life, your appetite begins to change.

 

The things that once fascinated you gradually lose their attraction.The conversations you once enjoyed begin to grieve you. The entertainments that once occupied your heart begin to feel empty. Not because someone gave you another list of rules but because your nature is changing.

 

You are beginning to love what God loves. You are beginning to hate what God hates. Christ is being formed within you.

 

Power also comes. Not just miracle working power but the power to obey. The power to forgive. The power to remain silent when your flesh wants to retaliate. The power to love difficult people. The power to overcome temptation. The power to say “No” to self and “Yes” to God.

 

This is the grace of the Holy Spirit at work.

 

Then, as He wills, He also releases gifts for ministry, boldness for witnessing, authority over the powers of darkness, and supernatural enablement to serve the Kingdom (Acts 1:8; 1 Corinthians 12:4–11).

 

But even these are not His highest work! His highest work is to reproduce Jesus Christ within you.

 

Then Life begins to flow.

 

Remember what we have been learning throughout this Juicy July.

 

The Father’s goal has always been Life.

 

Now life begins to pulse through your spirit. It reaches your soul. It begins renewing your mind. Healing your emotions. Purifying your desires. Strengthening your will.

 

Even your body begins to experience the effects of that divine Life as you yield yourself continually to the Spirit (Romans 8:11).

 

The river has begun to flow.

 

Finally, Christ becomes wonderfully real. Not just the Jesus you read about in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Not just the Jesus your pastor preaches. Not just the Jesus of yesterday.

 

He becomes your Companion. Your Teacher. Your Shepherd. Your Lord.

 

You begin to understand what Paul meant when he said,

“Christ liveth in me…” (Galatians 2:20)

 

And what he travailed for when he wrote,

“…until Christ be formed in you.” (Galatians 4:19)

 

This is the greatest evidence of a Spirit-filled life.

 

Not how loudly you speak. Not how many gifts you possess. Not even how many miracles accompany your ministry.

 

The greatest evidence is that day by day, people begin to see less of you…and more of Jesus.

 

That is the ministry of the Holy Spirit.

 

That is why the Father gave Him to us.

 

That is what it truly means to be filled with the Holy Spirit.

 

 

IMMERSED INTO THE SPIRIT OF LIFE

Now let us think about the word baptism.

 

What does it mean?

 

It means to immerse. To plunge completely into something. To be surrounded by it. To be overwhelmed by it.

 

Imagine taking a white cloth and dipping it into a bowl of deep purple dye. When you remove it, the cloth no longer carries its original appearance.

 

It has become saturated. Every fibre has been affected.

 

That is the picture of baptism.

 

The Lord does not merely want to sprinkle His Spirit upon us occasionally.

 

He desires that our entire being be immersed in His Spirit.

 

That our spirit is swallowed up in His Spirit.

 

My dear sister, don’t be satisfied with occasional visits from the Holy Spirit, become His dwelling place.

 

Don’t be content with touching the river from time to time. Step into it. Be immersed in it.

 

Let Depth call unto depth.

 

Let the Spirit of the living God so fill your inner man that, little by little, the Life of Christ begins to swallow up everything that is merely natural, until, as Paul declared,

“Christ liveth in me.” (Galatians 2:20)

 

This is the Father’s desire.

 

Not that you occasionally experience the Holy Spirit but that your entire life becomes His continual habitation.

 

HOW WILL I KNOW THAT I HAVE RECEIVED THE HOLY SPIRIT?

Now, perhaps you are asking,

“How will I know that I have received the Holy Spirit?”

 

That is a sincere question.

 

As we have already seen in the Scriptures, the Holy Spirit has manifested Himself in different ways.

 

On the Day of Pentecost, there was the sound of a rushing mighty wind, tongues like fire, and they spoke with other tongues (Acts 2:1–4).

 

When the believers gathered to pray, the place where they were assembled was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost (Acts 4:31).

 

In Cornelius’ house, the Holy Spirit fell upon everyone who heard the Word, and they spoke with tongues and magnified God (Acts 10:44–46).

 

In Ephesus, when Paul laid hands on the disciples, they spoke with tongues and prophesied (Acts 19:6).

 

These are beautiful manifestations of the Holy Spirit.

 

But here is something very important.

 

Do not seek the manifestation. Seek the Holy Spirit Himself!

 

As you pray, don’t be occupied with asking,

 

“Will I shake?”

 

“Will I cry?”

 

“Will I fall?”

 

“Will I speak in tongues immediately?”

 

“Will I feel heat?”

 

“Will I feel electricity?”

 

No.

 

Forget about the manifestations. Fix your eyes upon the Gift. Fix your heart upon the Person.

 

Come before your Father as a little child and simply cry,

 

“Father, fill me with Your Holy Spirit.”

 

Jesus said,

“If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?” (Luke 11:13)

 

Trust His promise.

 

Believe His Word.

 

Depend upon His faithfulness.

 

Let me give you an illustration.

 

Imagine a woman who is about to give birth.

 

She has read many books. She has heard many stories. Some people told her that her water would break first. Others told her that she would first experience strong contractions. Others spoke about different signs that accompanied labour.

 

Now imagine that labour has truly begun. The contractions are becoming stronger and stronger.

 

But because her water has not yet broken, she keeps saying,

 

“No, this cannot be labour.”

 

She is so occupied with looking for one particular sign that she almost misses the reality of what is actually happening.

 

Many believers approach the baptism in the Holy Spirit like that!

 

They become so occupied with looking for one particular manifestation that they take their eyes off the Holy Spirit Himself.

 

Some spend years waiting for one specific experience because someone told them,

“Unless this happens, you have not received Him.”

 

My dear sisters, don’t make that mistake.

 

Seek the Person, not the sign!

 

While you are praying, you may experience a burning within your heart.

 

You may sense overwhelming peace.

 

You may feel an unusual boldness.

 

You may begin to worship God with unusual freedom.

 

Your tongue may begin to speak words you have never learned.

 

You may weep.

 

You may laugh.

 

You may tremble.

 

You may lose all sense of time as you become overwhelmed by the Presence of God.

 

Or you may simply experience a quiet but deep assurance that your Father has answered your prayer.

 

The Holy Spirit is sovereign.

 

He is not limited to one pattern.

 

He deals with His children personally.

 

Whatever the outward experience may be, receive Him by faith.

 

If you have come to your Father with a sincere heart…

 

If you have asked…

 

If you have believed His promise…

 

Then begin to thank Him.

 

Begin to worship Him.

 

Walk in faith.

 

Don’t spend the next few days analysing your feelings.

 

Stand upon the Word of God.

“…how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?” (Luke 11:13)

 

At the same time, remember this.

 

The greatest evidence of the Holy Spirit is not merely an experience during one prayer meeting.

 

The greatest evidence is what begins to happen afterward!

 

Your love for Christ begins to deepen.

 

Your appetite for the Word increases.

 

Prayer becomes more precious.

 

Sin begins to grieve you.

 

Obedience becomes your desire.

 

You become more sensitive to the voice of the Holy Spirit.

 

You begin to experience His leading (Romans 8:14).

 

You begin to bear His fruit: love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness and temperance (Galatians 5:22–23).

 

You begin to discover that there is a new Government within you.

 

Christ is becoming more real.

 

His Life is beginning to flow.

 

And yes, for many believers, the gift of tongues also comes. For some, it comes immediately. For others, it comes as they continue yielding themselves to the Holy Spirit in faith and worship. Do not become anxious or discouraged. Continue seeking the Giver rather than the gift. Continue obeying Him. Continue thanking Him. Continue worshipping Him.

 

Above all, remember this:

 

The greatest miracle is not that you shook.

 

The greatest miracle is not that you spoke in tongues.

 

The greatest miracle is that the Spirit of the living God has come to dwell within you and is transforming you into the image of Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 3:18).

 

That is His greatest work.

 

That is His greatest evidence.

 

That is His greatest glory.

 

KEEP BEING FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT

At this point, someone may ask:

“If I have already received the Holy Spirit, why do I still need to be filled?”

 

That is an excellent question.

 

The answer is because the Christian life was never meant to be sustained by yesterday’s experience.

 

Yesterday’s manna could not feed Israel today.

 

Yesterday’s oil cannot keep yesterday’s lamp burning forever.

 

The Christian life is a living relationship, and living things must continually receive life.

 

This is why Paul did not merely tell the Ephesian believers to be filled with the Spirit.

 

He wrote,

“Be filled with the Spirit.” (Ephesians 5:18)

 

The original language carries the idea of “keep on being filled.”

 

While our standard English translations render the final clause as a simple command, the underlying Greek verb: plērousthe, completely changes how we understand the Christian walk.

 

In the original Greek, this command is written in the present passive imperative, a specific tense that denotes continuous, ongoing action.

 

The infilling of the Spirit is not a one-time crisis experience or a stagnant spiritual destination; rather, a literal translation would be, “keep on being continuously filled with the Spirit.”

 

Paul uses the illustration of drunkenness to draw a parallel regarding influence and control.

 

Just as a person under the influence of alcohol is dominated and controlled by that substance, a believer is commanded to live under the continuous, moment-by-moment influence and control of the Holy Spirit.

 

Furthermore, because the verb is passive, it implies that we do not fill ourselves; our role is to yield, surrender, and remain in a state of alignment with God, allowing the Holy Spirit to actively flood our lives.

 

It is a daily, habitual lifestyle of dependence: a perpetual refilling for the ordinary rhythms of life.

 

Don’t get drunk with wine, because it makes you lose control. Instead, keep on being filled with the Spirit Ephesians 5:18 CJB

 

Stop getting drunk with wine, which leads to wild living, but keep on being filled with the Spirit. Ephesians 5:18  ISV

 

Continually.

 

Again.

 

And again.

 

And again.

 

Look carefully through the book of Acts.

 

On the Day of Pentecost, they were all filled with the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:4).

 

A little while later, after persecution arose, the same disciples gathered together to pray.

 

The Bible says,

“…they were all filled with the Holy Ghost…” (Acts 4:31)

 

The same people.

 

Filled again.

 

Why?

 

Because every new assignment requires fresh grace. Every new battle requires fresh strength. Every new level requires fresh supply. God never intended us to live on yesterday’s encounter. He wants today’s fellowship.

 

Today’s filling. Today’s communion. Today’s grace.

 

My dear sisters, don’t become a museum of past experiences.

 

Don’t spend the rest of your life saying,

 

“I was filled twenty years ago.”

 

“I spoke in tongues many years ago.”

 

“I remember one powerful conference…”

 

No.

 

The river of God is always flowing.

 

It never becomes stagnant.

 

The Holy Spirit is never static.

 

He is always moving.

 

Always enlarging Christ within us.

 

Always leading us deeper.

 

The Christian who keeps being filled will keep growing.

 

The mustard seed becomes a tree.

 

The little leaven permeates the whole lump.

 

The tiny stream becomes a mighty river.

 

The puddle becomes an ocean.

 

Little by little, almost unnoticed, Christ increases while self decreases.

 

That is the work of the Holy Spirit.

 

Not in one dramatic moment alone but in a lifetime of continual infilling.

 

COME, HOLY SPIRIT

My dear sisters, everything we have studied today leads us to one place.

 

It leads us to a Person.

 

The Holy Spirit.

 

The Way has been opened.

 

The Tree of Life is no longer beyond your reach.

 

The invitation has been given.

 

Now the Father stretches out His hand once again and says,

“Receive My Spirit. Live Him begin to live in you! Stop living and let Him live!”

 

Now let me ask you something.

 

Do you really believe that Zoe is better than your soul life?

 

Do you believe He knows how to answer that insult?

 

Do you believe He knows how to choose your words?

 

Do you believe He knows how to love your husband?

 

Do you believe He knows how to raise your children?

 

Do you believe He knows how to spend your money?

 

Do you believe He knows how to lead your ministry?

 

Do you believe He knows how to choose your future?

 

Do you believe He knows the way that leads to Life?

 

The Scriptures declare,

“For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.” (Romans 8:14)

 

And again,

“Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth…” (John 16:13)

 

Then why are we so afraid to let Him lead?

 

Many believers are secretly afraid that if they surrender completely, God will somehow ruin their lives.

 

They fear that the Holy Spirit will take away everything they enjoy.

 

That He will make them miserable.

 

That He will deny them what is good.

 

But where did that thought come from?

 

Certainly not from Jesus.

 

The Lord Jesus revealed a Father who gives good gifts to His children (Luke 11:13).

 

The Holy Spirit is not a threat to your happiness. He is the source of it.

He is not the destroyer of your destiny. He is the Author of it.

He is not the One who comes to make your life smaller. He comes to bring you into the fullness of Life.

 

That is what Zoe is.

 

Zoe is not merely living forever.

 

Zoe is the very Life of God.

 

It is God’s own wisdom living in you.

 

God’s own love loving through you.

 

God’s own patience enduring through you.

 

God’s own purity overcoming temptation through you.

 

God’s own joy filling your heart.

 

God’s own power strengthening your weakness.

 

God’s own nature being reproduced in a human being.

 

That is the Christian life.

 

My dear sisters, stop trying to improve Adam.

 

Let Christ replace him.

 

That is why the Holy Spirit has come! 

 

To fill our deep completely! Till no more desert is seen! Till we are saturated! Till we are swallowed up! 

 

Prayer

Heavenly Father, thank You for the priceless gift of Your Holy Spirit. I confess that I cannot live this Christian life by my own strength. I surrender my will, my plans, my abilities, and my self-effort to You today. Holy Spirit, fill me afresh. Immerse me in Your Life. Quicken my spirit, strengthen my inner man, form Christ within me, and lead me daily along the New and Living Way. Let Your Life swallow up everything in me that is not of Christ, until it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. In Jesus’ mighty Name, Amen.

 

Now, we will take our second say for the day.  As you sing this song, don’t merely sing the words. Cry to the Father from the depths of your heart. Ask Him to let His Holy Spirit break through every dryness, every barrenness, every desert and every hard place within your spirit.

Pray that every wall of resistance, every veil, every unbelief, every fear, every religious mindset and every obstacle that has hindered the fullness of His Spirit in your life will be shattered today.

Ask Him to pour out His Spirit upon your dry ground, just as He promised:

“For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed…” (Isaiah 44:3)

Cry out that the rivers of living water will begin to flow from your innermost being, according to the promise of Christ:

“He that believeth on me… out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. (But this spake he of the Spirit…)” (John 7:38-39)

Pray that every part of your life that has become dry will receive fresh Life from the Holy Spirit until Christ is fully formed in you and His Zoe flows unhindered through your spirit, your soul and your body.

Fix your eyes on the Father and simply cry:

“Break through, O Lord!”

“Holy Spirit, come!”

“Fill me until there is no room left for self, and Christ alone lives in me.”

 

BREAK THROUGH, OH LORD by Dynamite Films Africa

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TAKE CHARGE

• Father, in the mighty Name of Jesus, I present myself before You today. I sanctify my spirit, my soul, my body, my home, and this entire atmosphere unto You. Let every part of me and every space around me come under the government of the Holy Spirit.
• By the precious blood of Jesus, I declare that this atmosphere belongs to the Kingdom of God. I establish the Lordship of Jesus Christ over this place. Let every power, every influence, every imagination, every distraction, and every operation of darkness be silenced and brought into absolute submission to the authority of Christ.
• I declare that I am a vessel of the living God. My spirit is open to Heaven alone. My ears are open to hear. My eyes are open to see. My heart is soft and ready to receive. Every veil over my understanding is removed in the Name of Jesus. Every resistance to the working of the Holy Spirit is broken.
• Father, breathe upon me afresh. Let Your Zoe arise within me. Let every dead place receive Your life. Let every weary place receive Your strength. Let every dark place be flooded with Your light. Let everything in me that is not of Christ bow before the power of Your indestructible life.
• I command every strange spirit, every demonic presence, every satanic interference, every spirit of heaviness, confusion, fear, distraction, slumber, deception, oppression, and resistance to the Word of God to leave this atmosphere now, in the mighty Name of Jesus. You have no place here. Jesus Christ is Lord over this home, this room, this meeting, and my life.
• I release the rivers of living water from within my spirit to flow freely throughout this atmosphere. Let the presence of God fill this place. Let the ministry of angels prevail. Let the voice of the Holy Spirit be loud and clear. Let Heaven invade this atmosphere.
• Today, I take my place as a son of God, a temple of the Holy Spirit, and a carrier of the life of God. I refuse every distraction. I refuse every condemnation. I refuse every limitation. My heart is fixed on Christ, and I receive all that the Father has prepared for me today.
• Father, take absolute charge. Glorify Your Son. Let Your Kingdom come. Let Your will be done in me and through me. Let Zoe be unleashed afresh in every part of my life. In the mighty Name of Jesus. Amen.

 

START PRAYING

Cry out from your heart:

• Father, thank You for the promise of the Holy Spirit. Thank You because You did not leave me as an orphan. Thank You for sending the Comforter, the Spirit of Truth, the Spirit of Life. Blessed be Your holy Name.

 

• Father, I repent for every area of my life where I have tried to walk the Christian highway by my own resolutions, intelligence, and natural discipline. Forgive me for trying to change my own nature by human effort. Today, I come to the end of myself and acknowledge that apart from You, I can do absolutely nothing!

 

• Lord, I acknowledge that I am not my own; I have been bought with a precious price. I hand over the keys of my emotions, my mind, my will, my body, and my future to the Holy Spirit. Let Your government break the dominion of self and pride in my life today! 

 

• O Lord, just as Jesus humbled Himself at the Jordan River to fulfill all righteousness, give me a heart of immediate, joyful obedience. Even when I do not fully understand Your leading, let my will quickly bow to the promptings of the Spirit.

 

• Father, I come before You as a thirsty soul. You promised that You would give the Holy Spirit to those who ask You. Today, I ask in faith: baptize me afresh with the Holy Spirit! Fill me until there is no room left for self, in Jesus’ Name! (Luke 11:13)

 

• Holy Spirit, immerse me in Yourself! Let my spirit be swallowed up in Your Spirit. Let every part of my life come under Your influence, Your government and Your control.

 

• Oh Lord, my spirit was made for You! It is Your custom-built architecture, designed from the foundation of the world to hold Your raw essence. I kick out every squatter, every voice of doubt, every trace of fleshly control, and every religious form. Eject all squatters out of my depths by Your mercy, Lord. 

 

• I throw the gates of my spirit wide open! Holy Spirit, fill me up. (Repeat over and over again from you heart. Your hads on your chest)

 

• Father, baptize me anew with the Holy Ghost. Grant another pentecost in me as I pray, Father. Baptize me now with the Holy Ghost. Drive Your Spirit deep into the core of my being (x21)

 

• Father, let the Holy Spirit blow through my mind! Blow through my emotions! Break down every intellectual barrier and mental lock that is trying to rationalize Your power. Let the sheer force of Your presence overwhelm my physical body until every fiber of my being knows that God has taken over now, I pray in the Mighty Name of Jesus!

 

• O Lord, I do not want to be sprinkled; I desire to be drowned in the Holy Ghost! I plunge my spirit, my soul, and my body into the burning ocean of Your presence. Saturate me! Flood the hidden corridors of my heart. Soak into my subconscious. Bleed into my thoughts until the original color of my old nature is completely swallowed up by Your glory. I cry in the Name of Jesus.

 

• Holy Ghost, saturate me until there is no more space left for Lizzy! Saturate me until my eyes drop tears of Your love, my heart beats with Your pulse, and my flesh completely loses its grip. Let the raw life of Christ swallow every trace of my soul life from this day forward, oh Lord in Jesus Name!

 

• Holy Spirit, You are the Liquid Fire locked inside my belly, and today the cap is blown off! I surrender my tongue, my lips, my vocal cords and the whole of my frame to the current of Your power. Take over me! Take over Your Altar. Take over Your Possession. Fill me in the Name of Jesus! (Stay here for a while)

 

• Oh Father! Turn me into a living flame! Brand my spirit with Your seal. Let the heat of Your presence consume every demonic resistance, every physical sickness, and every structural weakness in my life. I am completely possessed, completely saturated, and completely baptized in the Holy Ghost and Fire NOW in the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ

 

• Holy Spirit, breathe upon me afresh! Quicken my spirit! Breathe upon me afresh! Quicken my spirit! breathe upon me afresh! Quicken my spirit! (Stay here for a while)

 

• Father, I refuse to live on yesterday’s infilling. Fill me again! Fill me afresh! As You filled the disciples again and again in the book of Acts, so fill me until I overflow with Your Life in the Name of Jesus!

 

• Lord, I refuse to become a museum of past spiritual experiences! I cannot fight today’s battles with yesterday’s anointing. In line with Ephesians 5:18, I cry out: Keep on filling me! Let a fresh, continuous wave of Your Spirit flood my inner man moment by moment, day by day!

 

• Holy Spirit, consume every room of my heart. Occupy my mind. Occupy my emotions. Occupy my will. Occupy my desires. Let there be no hidden chamber in me where You are not Lord.

 

• Father, let the fire of Pentecost fall upon me! Let every fear, timidity, spiritual laziness and prayerlessness be consumed by the fire of the Holy Ghost. Make me bold to live and speak for Christ.

 

• Holy Spirit, become my Operating System. Think through me. Speak through me. Pray through me. Love through me. Serve through me. Let it no longer be I that live, but Christ living through me every moment of every day.

 

• Father, make me addicted to Your Presence. Let my greatest hunger be for more of the Holy Spirit. Deliver me from every satisfaction with empty religion. Let my cry continually be, “More of You, Lord!”

 

• Holy Spirit, lead me daily on the New and Living Way. Teach me to hear Your voice. Teach me to obey immediately. Never allow me to walk ahead of You or behind You. Keep me in step with You until Christ is fully formed in me.

 

• Lord, I refuse to remain a puddle. Let Your Life within me deepen into a river. Let the river become an ocean. Let Your Spirit overflow through me until my family, my church, my community and my generation are refreshed by the Life of Christ flowing out of me.

 

Round off with thanksgiving when you are done. 

And then continue below. 

 

 

 

ANNOUNCEMENT

Don’t forget! Our Juicy July Bible Study holds tonight at 9PM (WAT) on Google Meet (Ladies only). Please ensure you are studying the Scriptures as you fast and pray. God bless us all. 

Text for today: Matthew 8

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