Devotionals

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Step Out in the Holy Spirit!

And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, “Be saved from this perverse generation.” Then those who gladly received his word were baptised; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them. Acts 2: 40-41 NKJV

Have you ever met somebody whom you knew 'way back when,' and when you met them again you are not entirely sure that they're the same person, as they've changed so much? Well I'm sure that anybody who recognised Peter on the day that he stood up and gave a mighty sermon would have taken a double glance themselves. This was surely not the same man.

But something vital had happened to Peter. He had been filled with the Holy Spirit. He was not the same man. He stood up with such a boldness because he was no longer standing in his strength but in the strength of the Holy Spirit.

Something happens in your life when you give freedom to the Holy Spirit to move. I know many Christians in this day and age who do not agree that the Holy Spirit works now through believers like He used to during the days of the early church. This saddens me as I know that the Holy Spirit is ready and waiting, willing to be used by believers. If you do not believe it, ask Him to move in your life and have an open spirit. See what happens for yourself. You are no longer walking in your own power but in the power of the Holy Spirit – the same spirit that raised Jesus from the dead.

In today's world, more than ever, we are surrounded by unbelievers and secularism. More than ever, if we are to fulfil the great commission, we need to operate in a realm greater than ourselves. We need the power of the Holy Spirit. We need to see signs and wonders because there is such a need around us. We need to see souls saved by the thousands because there are more people on the earth today than there ever were in the whole of history. We need to see Jesus lifted high and all men drawn to Him.

So as you step out into the will of God for your life, pray for a baptism from the Holy Spirit. See what a difference it makes and then make Psalm 51:10-14 your constant prayer: “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me by Your generous Spirit. Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners shall be converted to You.”

The ultimate aim of the Holy Spirit is to draw all to Christ, so why would you want to be without? Today step out in the power of the Holy Spirit and see what God will do through you.

Prayer:
Holy Spirit, today I pray that You will find a welcome home in me. If there has been doubt or disbelief in Your role, I repent right now. Fill me with Your power and help me to step out in Your might. In Jesus name, Amen.

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