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Prayer Email archive: (12/15/2000) criteria for receiving the Holy Spirit |
Hello prayer warriors,
1. Prayer note: criteria for receiving the Holy Spirit [John 14:16-17] 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. We have been talking about the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Who is the Holy Spirit? He Himself is a gift from Jesus. When Jesus left to be at the right hand of the Father, He said that He will not leave us alone, He will send us Someone Else and that person is the Holy Spirit. He is known as the Comforter because He is the One who will assure us of everything that God has promised us in His Word and He will be the One who will speak to us and show us the way. One of the main criteria that you need to receive the Holy Spirit is to receive Jesus first. Because the promise of the Holy Spirit is not to the world but to believers. If you have been in this prayer group for some time but you are not sure of your salvation or you have not received yet, what are you waiting for? God is waiting for you. He has been waiting all along and knocking at the door of your hearts. Many of us are waiting for answers in our minds. We need to understand everything before we believe. Then you will be very disappointed. You cannot use your mind to understand the things of the spirit. You need to use your spirit. In order to do that, you need to believe first. Just take a step of faith and believe. God always move by us taking a step forward towards Him and that is called faith. It requires more faith to be an unbeliever than to be a believer. How can you believe that the world came from a big bang or we came from monkeys? We don't see evolution now and yet we believe in theories that men have created. Mathematicians will find it impossible to explain the big bang, how everything came out of existence, human cells formed together to create humans, trees and land came together by chance. We all take risks in this world. There is so much uncertainty and everything seems to be relative. If you do not have anything absolute to stand on, you will not be standing on anything. God provides us with the answers because He is the absolute. His promises are always "Yea and Amen". He has a plan for us and He has written it down in His Word and He has promised us that He will not lie. All we need to do is to receive. When we receive, He will open up to us a whole new world that we have never seen before. But this new world is not the same as your physical world that you live in. This is a spiritual world where God begins to open up all His promises, His plans and His perfect will in our lives. The only thing that hinders us from moving into this new world is our will. It begins with a "Yes, I will receive You Lord and call You God of my life." Once you take that step of faith, God will start to carry you and you will no longer be walking alone. To me, that is the greatest gift. If you have said "Yes" for the first time or you want to renew your dedication to God, say this prayer after me: "Father in Heaven, I believe that Jesus died on the Cross for my sins and He rose again on the third day. I believe in You Father, in Your Son and in Your Holy Spirit. Jesus, I want to receive You into my life to be my personal Saviour, to walk with me and to talk with me and to take the rest of the journey of my life with me. I believe that when I receive You I receive eternal life. I invite You to come into my heart right now and to change me. I renounce all other gods in my life and declare that I now belong to the One and Living God. In Jesus' Name, I pray, Amen". 2. New prayer requests: i. please pray for me -- guest http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=1552&table=prayer ii. my sister is in a cult -- aschnadelbach http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=1554&table=prayer iii. need prayer assistance -- guest http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=1560&table=prayer iv. heavy hearts -- lisa101 http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=1561&table=prayer 3. Prayer update: i. Thanks, Love & perseverence -- capguy http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=1553&table=prayer 4. Number of prayer warriors: 590 We welcome ljhawkins, potcob292, jerry, kala351, paige, richinbel, dsfkitty, garcia5, bahardie and hazlett into our prayer group. 2 emails have become invalid. in Christ, waihun |
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Friday, December 15, 2000 9:27:53 PM waihun | |