Acts 1:8 “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes…”
A.W.Tozer observed: “Satan has fought the doctrine of the Spirit-filled life about as bitterly as any doctrine there is. He has confused it, opposed it, and surrounded it with false notions and fears. The Church has tragically neglected this great liberating truth that there is now, for the child of God, a full and wonderful and completely satisfying anointing with the Holy Spirit. The Spirit-filled life is not a special deluxe edition of Christianity. It is part and parcel of the total plan of God for his people.”
Moody was the most effective evangelist of the 19th century. After one service early in his ministry, two old ladies approached him and told him: “You are good, but you haven’t got it… we have been praying for you… you need power!” Moody, an already well-respected minister, was shocked: “I need power? Why, I thought I had power!” The ladies poured out their hearts in intercession for him to receive the anointing of the Holy Spirit, and soon he became desperate for more of God. He wrote: “I felt I did not want to live any longer if I had not this power for service.” Six months of pleading with God ensued. Then God visited him in power as he walked down Wall Street in New York, and he was never the same again. Although his sermons were verbatim the same, those same words saw many dozens come to faith each time where before it had been a mere handful.
John Stott wrote: “What we need is not more learning, not more eloquence, not more persuasion, not more organisation, but more power from the Holy Spirit.” Now this remains a hotly contested doctrine, but the bottom line is, whatever work we’re involved in, surely we want more of him in our lives? I know I need more power. How about you? Seek Him today!
Lord, I know there’s got to be more. I’m desperate for more. Take me deeper and fill me afresh with your Holy Spirit today, for your glory. Amen!
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