OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-TUESDAY-05/07/2016-POWER IN THE HOLY GHOST-BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
POWER IN THE HOLY GHOST
Memorise
But
ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye
shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in
Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. Acts 1:8
Read
Acts 4:31-33,
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32 And
the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither
said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but
they had all things common.
33 And
with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord
Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
KJV
MESSAGE
The only genuine source of power for
children of God is the Holy Ghost. Any other means is not only a counterfeit
but also counterproductive. When Jesus Christ was going to be with His Father,
He told His disciples that they should stay back in Jerusalem until the promise
of the Father came, only then would they have the power to go out and do the
assignment that He had earlier given to them. It is unfortunate that many
so-called children of God are gambling with their lives by engaging in the work
of the ministry without adequate spiritual preparation.
“And when they had
prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were
all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord
Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.”
Acts 4:31, 33
There are lots of blessings which accrue
from receiving the power of the Holy Ghost. For example, the Bible says we do
not know how to pray but the Holy Spirit helps our inadequacy and with great
groaning, the Holy Spirit intercedes for us (Romans 8:26). In other
words, when we are empowered by the Holy Spirit, prayer will not be a difficult
task for us. When we are endued with the power of the Holy Ghost, we become
unstoppable by our detractors and their threats will not have any effect on our
lives. The disciples of old, after they had been threatened by the Jewish
leaders in Acts chapter 4, prayed in the Holy Ghost and became so bold that
they preached the Word of God in the streets without fear.
Ephesians
1:13 “In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the
gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed
with that Holy Spirit of promise.”
Ephesians 1:13
Ephesians 1:13
To be endued in the Holy Spirit, however,
your salvation must be genuine. Without genuine salvation, you are prone to
have a counterfeit Holy Spirit baptism and in turn, counterfeit power which
will lead to a vexation of your spirit. This will not be your portion in Jesus’
name. Then, you must live holy and make up your mind to become obedient to the
Word of God. You must abstain from whatever will grieve the Holy Spirit.
“And grieve not the Holy
Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.”
Ephesians 4:30
You grieve the Holy Spirit when you
blaspheme Him or touch unclean things. You must be separated unto God (2nd
Corinthians 6:14-18). I pray that the power of the Holy Spirit will come
upon a reader of this devotional today in Jesus’ name.
Action Point
Father, send your promise of
the Holy Spirit to me afresh today and don’t let me grieve Him as He comes upon
me in Jesus’ Name.
Bible in one year
Acts 24:22-26:32, Song of
Solomon 7:11-8:7
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