Prayed…
Father, we worship You all through the day
For Your presence in, on, and through us
Mary sang…
“The sun comes up it’s a new day dawning
It’s time to sing Your song again
Whatever may pass and whatever lies before me
let me be singing till the evening comes
Bless the Lord, O my soul, O my soul
Worship His holy name
Sing like never before, oh my soul, worship Your holy name”
Pastor Ray shared…
That’s good, all the way through our day worshiping Him. Yesterday we talked about 25 years ago until now and how we got to here. Only by the power of the Holy Spirit, that’s how we got here. To be where we are and doing what we are doing and then lifting up and looking ahead in the days and weeks and months, years ahead to do what we are called to do and do it in joy and strength from heaven. That’s kind of a little picture we got when Mary sang the song, “Bless the Lord, O my soul.” Going all the way through and rejoicing from the beginning of the day through the evening. Thank You, Holy Spirit!
The following quote was taken from by A.W. Tozer:
“If you could increase the attendance of your church until there is no more room, if you could provide everything they have in churches that men want and love and value, and yet you didn’t have the Holy Spirit, you might as well have nothing at all. For it is ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord Almighty.’
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS A PERSON. He is not enthusiasm. He is not courage. He is not energy. He is not the personification of all good qualities, like Jack Frost is the personification of cold weather. Actually, the Holy Spirit is not the personification of anything. He is a Person, the same as you are a person, but not material substance. He has individuality. He is one being and not another. He has will and intelligence. He has hearing. He has knowledge and sympathy and ability to love and see and think. He can hear, speak, desire, grieve and rejoice. He is a Person.
You cannot overstate the necessity for the Holy Spirit in the Church, if you say it according to the scriptures, for without the Spirit there can be nothing done for eternity.
Many persons preach and teach. Many take part in the music. Certain ones try to administer God’s work—but if the power of God’s Spirit does not have freedom to energize all they do, these workers might just as well have stayed home.
You can write it down as a fact: no matter what a man does, no matter how successful he seems to be in any field, if the Holy Spirit is not the chief energizer of his activity, it will all fall apart when he dies.”
The following quote was taken from Smith Wigglesworth:
“The Holy Ghost is the executive of Jesus Christ and the Father. If you want to know the mind of God, you must have the Holy Ghost to bring God’s latest thought to you and to tell you what to do.
There is a place where God, through the power of the Holy Spirit, reigns supreme in our lives. The Spirit reveals, unfolds, takes of the things of Christ and shows them to us, and prepares us to be more than a match for satanic forces.
It is possible to hear and yet not conceive the truth. It is possible to read the Word and not share in the life it brings. It is necessary for us to have the Holy Spirit to unfold the Word and bring to us the life that is Christ. We can never fully understand the wonders of this redemption until we are full of the Holy Spirit.
God’s command is for us to be filled with the Spirit. We are no good if we have only a full cup; we need to have an overflowing cup all the time. It is a tragedy not to live in the fullness of overflowing. See that you never live below the overflowing tide.
It is a luxury to be filled with the Spirit.
It is impossible to overestimate the importance of being filled with the Spirit.
Every believer should reach a place in the Holy Ghost where he has no desire except the desire of God. The Holy Ghost has to possess us till we are filled and led—yes, divinely led—by Him. And it is a mighty thing to be filled with the Holy Ghost.”
Continued praying…
Thank You, precious Holy Spirit for revealing things to come
We purpose to have ears to hear You
Leading us into all truth and how to flow with You
For giving us the name above all other names
The power of the blood
That You set up the Church to be Your body
We bow our hearts before You
Every good thing comes from heaven above
You made us to thirst more for You
Not settling for an easy way—taking the high road and staying on it
Walking and speaking Your words
Esteeming You—lifting and giving You glory
Thank You, Father, that eyes would be open to see You more and more
Maximizing Your words, trusting in what You said we can do
Taking authority over deception in the Church
The blood and name of Jesus against this deception!
Get out and stay away!
Lifting up positions of authority in the Church
Clear instructions from heaven—greater understanding and revelation
Spirit-directed decisions will be carried out!
Clear reception for these positions
Open the steps today
Protection against those wrong ways
Uniting rivers, tributaries flowing together
Bringing about more strength and authority
Moms, dads, brothers—pleading the blood over natural families and spiritual families
Adjustments—it’s for the kingdom
Sooner than later—sudden change in Jesus’ name
It matters for the days to come!
ABSOLUTELY it will work
More souls are coming in, there is a move of My Spirit
We don’t want to miss one word
Praying over the move of Your Spirit over all the face of the earth
Winds are changing
Spirit, blow over this earth
Touch and rearrange things
Rain of Your Spirit—touching, changing
Open heaven, open now all over the earth
Signs, wonders, miracles—so much to see
So much to receive
Declaring right decisions turning things more in Your way
Nation after nation after nation
Stopping deception, lies, hidden things in the boardrooms in Jesus’ name
Declaring Holy Spirit change in each nation
Lifting up our voice continually
The power of blood actively changing
Following after the light
Thank You, Father, for what You did and what You are doing and what will be done
For Your touch and the power of Your Spirit
Calling today a protected day by the blood
Having a word in season and being where we need to be
Spirit, soul, and body we have been restored
Father, we give You all the glory in Jesus’ name, Amen.
