MFM DEVOTIONAL 8TH DECEMBER, 2021 - WHO IS THE HOLY SPIRIT? (I)

Mountain Top Life DAILY DEVOTION

WHO IS THE HOLY SPIRIT? (I)

8^TH DECEMBER, 2021

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Acts 20:4-38; Acts 21; Acts 22; Acts 23:1-35

FIRE SCRIPTURE: John.15:16-26

16 You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.

 17 These things I command you, that you love one another.

18 “If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. 

19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. 

20 Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will keep yours also. 

21 But all these things they will do to you for My name’s sake, because they do not know Him who sent Me. 

22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. 

23 He who hates Me hates My Father also. 

24 If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would have no sin; but now they have seen and also hated both Me and My Father. 

25 But this happened that the word might be fulfilled which is written in their law, ‘They hated Me without a cause.’

26 “But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me.

MEMORY VERSE: ” But the comforter which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said into you. ” – John 14:26

MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE:

The Holy Spirit is the transforming power that will transform you to the image of God.

PRAISE WORSHIP: Take a worship song as led by the Holy Spirit.

PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY:
THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL GIVE YOU REVELATION OF DEEP SECRET THAT WILL TRANSFORM YOUR GENERATION, IN THE NAME OF JESUS.

THE MESSAGE:

Apostle Paul, in one of his missionary journeys, asked the believers in Ephesus if they had received the Holy Ghost since they believed (Acts 19:2). The answer would have shocked him, for they replied, “We have not so much heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.” If Paul was shocked, surely the Father and the Son were saddened because of the ignorance concerning the ministry of Holy Spirit.

As believers, we all need the Holy Spirit in our lives. It is therefore our responsibility to help others who do not have Him to receive Him. Who is the Holy Spirit? He is the third person of the God head whom the Father sent to indwell and guide believers. Many people claim to believe in the Holy Spirit, but actually they believe in God the Father and God the Son while they regard the Holy Spirit as the servant or errand boy.

This is not true because the Holy Spirit is equal and in no way inferior to God the Father and God the Son. The Holy Spirit is a living Person who must be addressed with the pronouns “He” and “Him” and not as “It”. The Bible uses personal pronouns in referring to the Holy Spirit. The word “He” was used in many places in the Gospel of John(John16:13, 14 and18).

So, in your dealing and addressing the Holy Spirit, address Him as a living person and not an ordinary force. He is a person because He possesses characteristics of a person. He has will power (1 Cor. 12:11), knowledge (1 Cor. 2:10-12) love (Rom. 15:30). He can speak, can cry out, can intercede etc. The Holy Spirit is your divine Helper and Comforter (Jn. 16:7).

The Holy Spirit is the giver of the seven perfect spirits listed in Isaiah11:2. Ask Him and He will give you. These are spirits of wisdom, understanding, counsel, might, knowledge, the spirit of the Lord and the fear of the Lord. It is important to note that nobody can journey through life successfully and fulfill his destiny without the empowerment and help of the Holy Spirit.

You can receive the Holy Spirit by giving your life to Christ, forsaking sin and living a holy life, being obedient to God and His commandments always and by asking God to baptise you with His Spirit in prayer.

PRAYER POINTS:

MORNING

1. Holy Spirit, overshadow my life and transform me to whom God wants me to be, in the name of Jesus Christ

2. Holy Spirit, brood upon all the spiritual gifts that are dead in my life, in the name of Jesus Christ.

3. Holy Spirit, reveal the will of God for my life to me and help me to do accordingly, in the name of Jesus Christ.

EVENING

4. Holy Spirit, help me to grow in grace and the knowledge of Jesus Christ, in the name of Jesus.

5. Holy Spirit, fill me with Your fire and power, in the name of Jesus.

6. Holy Spirit, strengthen me in the inner man, in the name of Jesus.

7. Holy Spirit, make me an effective soul winner, in the name of Jesus.

DO HAVE A BLESSED DAY

MOUNTAIN TOP LIFE is a daily devotional by Dr. D.K Olukoya (General Overseer, MOUNTAIN OF FIRE and Miracle Ministries, Worldwide)