TODAY'S RHEMA John 3:34 For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
As children of God, each of us should have a desire to be used by the Lord to deliver miraculous power and unlimited miracles to others. Just like Maria Woodworth-Etter who was famous for her miraculous healing, Mary K. Baxter for her heavenly experiences together with God, or Smith Wigglesworth for his gift to raise the dead. They were not supernaturally equipped with such gifts when they were born. But, their desires for spiritual things, made them be filled with such unlimited gifts of the Holy Spirit. They were people who were not satisfied only when they felt the Holy Spirit in their hearts or if they experienced Holy Spirit's baptism. They were willing to pay the price, to put aside all worldly pleasures, and to choose to pursue the Holy Spirit until the Spirit could dominate all aspects of their lives. At one point, the relationship was so intimate that their desires, feelings, passions, and footsteps were the ones belonging to the Holy Spirit.
Smith Wigglesworth is one example of a spiritual giant who made the Bible inspired by the Holy Spirit a major part of his life. He once declared,"I will not read any other books other than the bible." Wherever and whenever he always read the word of God and also prayed. And it is no wonder the character, love, wisdom and God's power became so unlimited and so abundant in his life.
How about us, has the Holy Spirit dominated our lives? If He has not, then renew your commitment to pursuing the Holy Spirit, until you can boldly declare, "Now my life is not mine anymore, but the Holy Spirit who lives within me." Pursue Him in sincerity. God will certainly grant His Spirit exceedingly more than we can ask for. It is all because we are God's chosen emissaries who are given the power to deliver God's word to those who need them.
REFLECTION Saudara Terkasih, Continue to pursue the HOLY SPIRIT'S PRESENCE until HE DOMINATES your life because GOD GRANTS HIS HOLY SPIRIT with NO LIMITATIONS to those who ask.
APPLICATIONS 1. Is your life filled with the presence of the Holy Spirit? 2. What is God's promise to His children who crave the Holy Spirit presence seriously? 3. What steps will you take so that the Holy Spirit can fill and dominate your very life?
TODAY'S PRAYER "Gracious and loving Father, thank You for Your Holy Spirit that You have poured out abundantly in my life. Help me thirst, hunger, and desire your Holy Spirit even more, until my life focus change from pursuing worldly pleasures to pursuing spiritual matters, so my life can be dominated by the Holy Spirit and be filled with unlimited power to free those souls in bondage, so I can also receive freedom and salvation. In the name of Lord Jesus, I pray. Amen."
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