MIDWEEK WORD: Five Reasons You Need The Holy Spirit

Five Reasons You Need The Holy Spirit

We all know the Father and the Son but do we know the Holy Spirit? Do we have a relationship with Him in our daily lives? If we don't know who the Holy Spirit, He is the third person of the Trinity. The Holy Spirit is co-equal with the Father and Son. Remember when Jesus made a promise of another helper in John 14:16 which says "And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever." Jesus was speaking about the Holy Spirit here in John 14:16. As Christians we need to realise that we need the Holy Spirit more than we could possibly imagine. Below are five reasons we need the Holy Spirit. 

1. The Holy Spirit helps us build our Faith. If we look at Jude 1:20 which says, "But you beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit" We need to pray in the Spirit on a daily basis, it helps us grow in our journey with Christ. 

2. The Holy Spirit gives us Power. In Acts 1:8 it says "But you shall receive power when the Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to me in Jerusalem. and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth." This means when we receive the Holy Spirit we'll definitely have power to face trails and tribulation.

3. With the Holy Spirit we gain supernatural gifts. If we look at 1 Corinthians 4-11 which says "There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. But the manifestation of Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: for to one is given word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit. to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills."  When we ask for the Holy Spirit not only does He come live within us but He also came with His gifts. 

4. The Holy Spirit gives life and strengthens to our bodies. In Romans 8:11 it says "But if the Spirit of Him who raise Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you." If we as Christians have the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead within us then we have no reason to be fearful of anyone, rather we need to tap into that same Power today! 

5. With the Holy Spirit we are able to resist temptation. Romans 8:13 says "For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live." And if we turn to Galatians 5:16 it says "I say then: walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh."  The Holy Spirit is our Helper, if you are struggling with any form of temptation, begin to ask the Holy Spirit to help you. 

I pray for the Holy Spirit to begin to help you as you seek Him and form a relationship with Him. May God help us. Amen. 

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MIDWEEK WORD: Power of Thanksgiving!

Power of Thanksgiving

'Let everything that has breath praise the Lord'. Psalms 150:6

Let us begin by apologising for the two months break, our Ministry has been very busy with a lot of things. Please accept our apologises. 

Today we'll be looking at the Power that comes from giving thanks to the Lord. If we look at the Oxford dictionary we will see that Thanksgiving is defined as the expression of gratitude, especially to God. 

As Christians we are instructed to give thanks in everything as 1 Thessalonians 5:18 says 'in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.' Some people seem to only give thanks to God when things are going great instead of praising Him all the time, through the hardships, happiness, challenges or joy etc... 1 Thessalonians 5:18 simply demonstrates to us that when we give thanks in all things, it provides us with the opportunity to prove our faith in God. Giving thanks to God will draw us nearer to Him and helps us to be engaged with Him, it also allows us to remove the focus from ourselves and place it on God which then provides room for the Holy Spirit to work in our lives. 

These are some of the powerful things that Thanksgiving does: 

1. When we give thanks to the Lord, it opens doors of opportunities to us. 

2. It strengthens our faith and our dependence on God for provision, as it is written in Philippians 4:19 which says 'And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in Glory by Christ Jesus'. Philippians 4:6 also let us know that we shouldn't 'Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.' 

3. Giving thanks helps us in keeping our lives clear of darkness, deception etc, if we look at Romans 1:21 which says 'Because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened'. 

4. Brings us closer to God.

5. Thanksgiving has the power to bring great joy and break the power of the enemy. We can see this in John 11: 41 when Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead by giving thanks. This brought joy and also broke the power of death (enemy) over Lazarus.

Brethren examine yourself, are you giving thanks to the Most High? Does he alone get all your praises? Is he your main focus? Do you praise Him in the good and the bad? We encourage you to reflect on your lives and to begin to make changes where changes are due. May God help you as you begin to do so. Amen. 

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Dear Brothers and Sisters

Before we start, we wanted to state that a sister of ours shared this message with us and we wanted to bless you with it, hopefully it touches you like it touched us...

I AM WRITING THIS LETTER TO THOSE WHO ARE GENUINELY BORN AGAIN, BUT THEY ARE STRUGGLING WITH SOME SECRET SINS... BECAUSE, I WAS THERE!

There is something glorious about your future God will show you, you will not need your pastor to keep preaching holiness message to you daily...

When you see a girl singing in the choir, yet, from the choir, she keeps sexual appointments, check that girl, she has not seen anything yet about her future...

When you see a young boy who dresses to church, to seduce those small girls to bed and his mates will be clapping for him, check that boy, he has a spiritual eye problem...

He hasn't seen anything about his future yet...

If you do it again and again and again, God will forgive you again and again and again...

But, while He is busy forgiving you, angels are busy searching for some one else heaven will use to replace you ...

What separates men before God is not how long they can pray or how much scriptures they know...

The value God places on people is not determined by the position they occupy in the church...

But how much they can bear for His Name sake...

Some times, He allows your salary to be delayed, to know if you will start stealing in your office...

Sometimes, He allows some lose ladies to start suggesting sex with you, to know if you have grown... 

But unfortunately, you still fall again ....

Yes, He will forgive.... 

But, you will still remain in the same class in the school of glory...

Decision separates men...

There is an OIL that comes with separation...

The weight of a man is buried in the decisions he makes when no one is watching him ...

Many times, God allows you to be lonely so that you can be holy...

Forget this public revival messages all of us are preaching...

Many are still behind in the school of glory...

Not because they chose to, but because they do not want to pay the price of separation...

If it takes a man to be married to be responsible, we will not have many married irresponsible men scattered all over the place who are renting houses for their girlfriends, while their wives are still at home....

When a man is due for marriage, he should get married...

But don't tell me to get married because you want me to escape fornication...

Marriage is not an escape route into a responsible life... 

What you cannot control when you are single has the power to control you even when you are married ...

No matter how beautiful your wife will be, you will still see other beautiful ladies....

Teach me how to die to flesh sir...

Teach me that I can live alone in a house alone and yet, I will not think rubbish thoughts...

Joseph was not married before he ran away naked from Portipha's wife bedroom ...

It was not a marital ring on his finger that made him refuse that gesture....

But because he knew the future God has planned for Him will be messed up by a single decision....

I want to raise a generation of young boys and girls that will love God where no one is seeing them ...

I want to raise a breed that doesn't appear holy only when they see their parents or their pastors... 

This holiness by dressing is sending people from choir seats to hell fire...

They are dying in secret sins, yet, they have none to cry to, because, once they confess, they will be stigmatized...

Consequently, we are raising a generation that is speaking in tongues on their way to hell...

Sister, singing in choir doesn't confer value on men before God, but decision...

Stop attaching your spiritual growth on night vigils where you go and flog enemies ...

God is waiting for you when no one is there...

If you can succeed there, you will be a commander of the supernatural...

The greatest tool against the end time church is the adulteration of the message of grace...

They teach you that God will forgive...

But they will not teach you that God will not promote you to another class...

No matter how you love your child, you will not give him your car key to use when you know he has not perfected his driving...

As long as that child is finding it hard to drive perfectly, he will keep trekking to school...

There is someone reading this posts now, heaven is saying that you are due for manifestation, but you have not made a decision yet...

You are still afraid of hunger....

You don't want to starve....

You are ashamed of what people will say when you stop sleeping with men for money to pay bills...

They have even told you that there is no young person like you that doesn't have sexual partners...

That human beings were wired by God to fall and rise again...

Severally, you have made moves to delete all those phone numbers that connects you to your vomits...

But you have been afraid of the days of loneliness...

You don't want to miss those cuddles...

You don't know if you can ever look into his eyes and tell him: "No more sex"...

Even if he accepts, you are afraid that you might never cope...

Sister, don't let a weekend pleasure rob you of eternal value...

Your enemy is no more that witch in the village.... 

But any man that is making you comfortable in a place of rebellion with God ...

Don't be in church singing in the choir and God will go to the nearest hotel and catch a prostitute, wash her, clean her and fill her with His power...

I know you have been trying to make amends ...

You have answered altar calls severally, yet, you still fall back, even more deeper ...

Some of us were there not too long ago...

Singing in choir, leading in powerful prayer sections, yet, battling with addictions...

Worse of all we were afraid to tell anyone...

Because, people around would never have understood how much we were trying to be better ... 

We bought different anointing oil, from different men of God, yet, we were not free...

We even afflicted ourselves with fastings...

Yet, nothing changed ...

Until we encountered the Word of God.....

When Jesus said that " We are made clean by the Words that I speak unto you..."

We began to read and study the Bible...

Like Job, we began to esteem God's Word above our necessary food...

Gradually, addictions began to lose its grip...

God began to change our appetites...

Until today, the darkness is past, the true Light now shineth ...

Brother, I want to recommend you to the Word of God....

The Word of God will settle that lust issue...

Don't go and rush into marriage if you are not ready, because you want to avoid temptation...

The spirit of lust does not respect wedding ring...

Especially now that our sisters who are still in Babylon even prefers having it with married men...

There are still single guys who are serving God in spirit and in truth...

5 chapters of the bible every day and 1 hour prayers or more...

You will see that your mind will stop going to those thoughts ...

Jesus did not say it is easy...

But He said that with God all things are possible ...

Your heart is beating faster now as you are reading this...

You are wondering if you will ever get free from the things you are struggling with...

Friend, that God that did it for us will show up on your case...

Receive grace to feast on the Word from now....

In Jesus Name Amen and Amen ...

Let us Pray! 

God bless you.

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