" When you send forth your Spirit, life is created and you renew the face of the earth " - Psalm 104:30

PRAYER INTENTIONS

PRAY FOR YOUR OWN PERSONAL INTENTIONS

1. Pray that God would send his Holy Spirit and renew the face of the earth.

2. Pray for the Holy Spirit to activate your spiritual senses so that you can be sensitive to the things of the Spirit.

3. Pray for the Holy Spirit to aid you in the revelation and understanding of scripture.

MINISTRY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

The scripture text from Psalm 104:30 - summarizes the ministry of the spirit.. “ Lord send out your Spirit and renew the face of the earth... ”

John 15,16:7-15 brings out the MINISTRY of the HOLY SPIRIT - using descriptions like- comforter, advocate, teacher, convicts us of sin, righteousness -

So Jesus will say things like " so many things I will like to share with you, but ye cannot bear them now " - in other words your perception/ capacity to understand spiritual things are not yet activated because your natural man cannot receive the things of the Spirit- the spirit of truth therefore, will guide you into the world- the Holy Spirit is sent by God to achieve specific things on earth-

The ministry of the Holy Spirit-hmm, paramount among them is that he is the GOVERNOR of the earth- In Genesis you will see his presence moving on the waters and he brings order and dexterity to creation- the HOLY SPIRIT is the mystery that holds creation together- so as a result of the Holy Spirit-

The Holy Spirit could even make animals speak- donkeys spoke - rods could turn into serpents - rods could divide the sea into two -

The relevance of the HOLY SPIRIT cuts across dispensations- when you realize this you will see that it is no longer an issue of just I am a Christian -

The Holy Spirit is God- the Spirit of God- ministering to creation- ministering to unbelievers and unbelievers- regardless of category-

Regardless of the category you are in- you need the person and the ministry of the Holy Spirit- we sometimes feel the ministry of the Holy Spirit is only needed by those who are in ministry- whoever you are- politician, business man, married, single- everyone needs the Holy Spirit- ignoring him will cost your effectiveness -

Jesus – was “ helpless ”- till the Holy Spirit came, came to supply grace for his birth, mission, passion, , resurrection, the church can never survive without the Holy Spirit- the Holy Spirit is God’s gift to humanity- neither can you survive without the Holy Spirit.

So like we just saw in today's introduction verse Lord send out your spirit and renew the face of the earth - What is on the earth? - animals, plants, humans, males, females, unbelievers, believers, the HOLY SPIRIT has the task of renewing the face of the earth. That's the primary focus- Renewal of the face of the earth.

We must note that possession is not same as benefitting- the fact that you possess something doesn't mean you are benefitting from it. Reminds me of Aunt Kate, may her soul rest in peace, back in the day when we were struggling to acquire phones, she was using an I-phone and all she used it for was to make calls and am like " old lady can we just exchange phones, you are under utilizing the phone . Some of you are under utilizing the power of the Holy Spirit, you are treating it like a 'yam' when you could have several functions like a smart phone.

Just like holding a bottle of water is not synonymous to drinking water, So someone can be holding water and is still thirsty. Yes you have the Holy Spirit- but are you benefitting?- what did the Bob Marley say- in the abundance of water- the fool is thirsty

- See eerh, without the Holy Spirit- miracles will not change people, they will not change - look at - Jesus performed many miracles but the people killed him anyway and even wanted to kill one of the beneficiaries of his miracles – Lazarus-

Pharaoh the Egyptian saw a lot of miracles- but his heart hardened at each miracle- till the last one broke him- Without the HOLY SPIRIT you cannot truly experience the reality of God- the absence of the HOLY SPIRIT is why people will ask you to go and see a spiritualist who belongs to the dark kingdom when you are confronted with life challenges-

The absence of the Holy Spirit is the reason why people can come to church, take holy communion and go to all manner of dark places and do all sort of things in the name of looking for solutions- his ministry is not in them- the absence of the Holy spirit is what will push people to go and look for all kind of dark solutions when they are sick-

As I said before everyone is influenced by a SPIRIT- question is which spirit is influencing you?

Some of us have unbelievers in our families and homes and only the Holy Spirit can convict people of the need for Jesus- the HOLY SPIRIT has an assignment to unbelievers—it is responsible for the exclusive ministry of super natural conviction- an example is how Saul of Tarsus was brought to his knees- We need to allow the Holy Spirit to step in and convict people- do you have family members who need to change- only the Holy Spirit can do that- Invite the Holy Spirit to do that.

As far as the ministry to believers by the Holy Spirit is concerned- the easiest way to get the Holy Spirit working for you is through FELLOWSHIP- I already talked about that extensively…

• As part of the ministry of the Holy Spirit, He is responsible for ACTIVATING YOUR SPIRITUAL SENSES, 1 Corinthians 14- makes it clear that the natural man cannot understand spiritual things - You should note that your organs of interaction with the realm of the spirit- does not make sense to the physical-

So a lot of spiritual things will not make sense to the carnal man. In Isaiah 24: 15- 18, " The Lord gives Isaiah an instruction, that his wife will die, but he should not show any sorrow at her death, there should be no tears. In other words Ezekiel should not even attempt crying. No wailing at her grave. He should not perform the usual rites of mourning or accept any food brought by consoling friends " and Isaiah obeyed, if I try this today you will say I used my wife for ritual. The ways of the Spirit does not make sense to carnal men.

So for instance I ask you to write your problems and prayer requests and send them to me via WhatsApp - where is the sense in that?- or we are having an online prayer session, but you do it anyway- You see believing in something you have not seen does not make sense- does it?- Because in the world- seeing is believing- but the Holy Spirit says believe then you see- so walk by faith not by sight.

Has the Holy Spirit activated your organs of interaction? Has your spiritual mouth, spiritual ears, spiritual nose, spiritual hands, spiritual eyes been activated? When the Holy Spirit is ministering to you- things of the HOLY SPIRIT no longer become an embarrassment- for you-

• So it took you 20 years to build that thing- but this other guy tapped into a higher power and did it within 3 months- All of a sudden you rise above the natural and the things most people are concerned about becomes secondary to you and people will not understand you- because the level at which you are operating is far above the natural, far above the natural- And when you begin to operate like this your environment will fight you, your family will fight you, your friends will fight you, your church will fight you- because we have a lot of carnal men in this spaces- who are not used to what you are becoming so they will treat you like a plague and chase you out like they did to Jesus- please stop being cynical towards spiritual things- cry for your spiritual senses to be activated-

• The ministry of the Holy Spirit is also to help in the REVELATION and UNDERSTANDING of SCRIPTURE- the HOLY SPIRIT helps you to understand scripture- I am a word addict- so should you- the Holy Spirit himself is called the Spirit Of Revelation- and understanding- So Paul will say I pray that he may grant unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him- revelation and understanding of scripture - The Holy Spirit inspired the writing of scripture- it is dangerous to study the bible without the Holy Spirit- if you want to understand the revelation in scripture- the key to unlock that is the HOLY SPIRIT-

TO BE CONTINUED...

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