MFM Daily Devotional 7 February 2022
TOPIC– How to Stay Continually Filled With The Holy Spirit (II)
MEMORY VERSE:
2 Kings 2:9 – “And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.”
MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES
To be filled with the Holy Spirit, we must be emptied of self.
PRAISE & WORSHIP
Take praise and worship songs as led by the Holy Spirit
PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY
The Lord shall fill you with His Spirit, in the Name of Jesus.
FIRE SCRIPTURE
John 7:37-39
37 The last day of the festival came. It was the most important day. On that day Jesus stood up and said loudly, “Whoever is thirsty may come to me and drink.
38 If anyone believes in me, rivers of living water will flow out from their heart. That is what the Scriptures say.”
39 Jesus was talking about the Spirit. The Spirit had not yet been given to people, because Jesus had not yet been raised to glory. But later, those who believed in Jesus would receive the Spirit.
MFM Daily Devotional 7 February 2022 MESSAGE
As a believer, after you might have experienced your personal Pentecost and got filled with the Holy Spirit, it is your responsibility to keep your lamp burning and to stir up the precious empowerment of the Holy Spirit that is in you. Let us examine some of the ways you can successfully do this.
First, you have to thank God for your initial filling with the Holy Spirit. You also need to ask for His help to daily stir up in you and fan into flame that abiding anointing of the Spirit in your life and ministry. You should ask for a greater measure of God’s Spirit and anointing everyday.
Second, you must thirst for the Living Water’s overflow, not just a glassful. You must passionately and wholeheartedly seek the Holy Ghost fire, not just a flickering candle. You need to drink deeply. Don’t just sip.
Our Fire Scripture for today buttresses this point: “In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)”
The third way you can stay continuously filled with the Holy Spirit is to make a decision to walk in obedience to God every day. The Bible says that God freely gives the Spirit to those who hear and obey Him. In this context, two important admonitions of the Lord are relevant. In the first, Jesus said that whoever would come after Him should deny himself and take up His cross daily and follow Him (Luke 9:23). The second one enjoins you to present your body as a living sacrifice, holy , acceptable unto Him, which is your reasonable service (Romans 12:1).
Dearly beloved, if you take these key steps, you will stay continually filled with the Holy Spirit, your oil will never run dry and your fire will never go out, in the Name of Jesus.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
Leviticus 1–3; Matthew 24:1–28
PRAYER POINTS
MORNING
1. Father, I thirst for the Living Water; give me a great drink of Him, in the Name of Jesus.
2. I reject powerlessness, lukewarmness and apathy, in the Name of Jesus.
3. My Father, bring anointed men and women around me who will help my impartation, in the Name of Jesus.
EVENING
4. My Father, endue me with Your power and authority, in the Name of Jesus.
5. I connect my life to the socket of favour, in the Name of Jesus.
6. Power to run through the troop and leap over the wall, fall upon my life, in the Name of Jesus.
7. Anointing of invincibility, dominion and excellence, fall upon my life, in the Name of Jesus.
