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OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL FRIDAY 17TH JANUARY -THE COMING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT



Memorize:
“And the disciples were filled with joy; and with the Holy Ghost.” Acts 13:52

Bible Reading:
John 14:16-17

Bible in one year:
Ephesians 4:17-6:24, Psalm 18:29-42

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 1224-1 1, 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 whole animals - a lion and a bear, with bare hands (1Samuel 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.

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