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Spirit Breakfast 26/2/2021 Text: Ephesians  5:18 (New Living Translation) Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit. Continued from yesterday... Tips on how to meditate on the Word despite a busy schedule   3. Ask questions within yourself about the verse God's Word is unquestionable in the sense that it is not up for debate.  However, sincere and genuine inquisition of the Word is necessary for deeper insights and revelations into the Word.  When you ask questions about the verse for a day, the Holy Spirit begins to supply divine answers.  This form of interaction with the Spirit strengthens your intimacy with Him because such insights are only product of genuine fellowship.  A man grows beyond just knowledge (belief) of the Word Himself and into being persuaded by the Word through such insights supplied by the Holy Spirit which is a result of genuine inquisition of the Word.  Men who have gain...

Spirit Breakfast 25/2/2021 Text: Ephesians 5:18 (New Living Translation) Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit. Continued from last time... Tips on how to meditate on the Word despite a busy schedule   2. Keep repeating the verse or a part of the verse to yourself through the day. This is what Joshua 1:8 means when it says "This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth".  When people hear meditation, they think it's only a mind thing. However, true meditation cannot be done without voicing words.  The Hebrew word that is translated as meditate is Hagar which means to mutter.  When you mutter the Word (meditate) under your breath, you allow the breath of the Almighty flow within you. Repeating a Bible verse received allows you to connect with the Holy Spirit who inspired the verse.  As you continue to speak those words from the Word, you begin to encounter the Word Himself.  This is the ...

Spirit Breakfast 22/2/2021 Text: Ephesians 5:18 (New Living Translation) Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit. Continued from last time... Tips on how to meditate on the Word despite a busy schedule 1. Every morning, ask the Holy Spirit to give you a verse of the scripture. This is beyond devotionals. This is receiving a guiding verse for the day. Immediately you wake up, after thanking God and praying (morning prayer even though brief is a must), ask the Holy Spirit for a verse for the day.  You could be led to a verse as you open the Bible or a portion of the scripture might be dropped in your heart.  Sometimes, devotionals might have certain verses that the Holy Spirit will impress the most in your spirit.  Or if you're the type that listens to sermons when you wake, a verse from the sermon can be highlighted by the Holy Spirit as your verse for the day.  Whichever way, ensure you don't leave home with...

Spirit Breakfast 17/2/2021 Text: Ephesians 5:18 (New Living Translation) Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit. Continued from yesterday ... 1. Meditate on the Word Joshua 1:8 says "Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do." (New Living Translation) I have come to realize that the productivity of the Word of God in a man's life rests on meditation rather than just study. The extent to which meditation of the Word is practised also determines the level of obedience to the Word.  Hence, David said in Psalms 119:11 "I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you." (NLT) The way to hide God's Word in our hearts is by meditation.  Studying the Word gives you head knowledge, meditating the Word gives you deep (heart) understanding.  For a busy ...

Spirit Breakfast 16/2/2021 Text: Ephesians 5:18 (New Living Translation) Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit. Continued from yesterday... Psalms 46:10 says "Be still, and know that I am God".  In other portions of the scripture, men are told to stand still to see the salvation of the Lord and also to hear the word of the Lord.  In the verse of the Psalm above, "know" means a deep understanding birthed by intimate disclosure.  It is a knowledge that is akin to secrets that are only revealed to close and dear ones.  To be still is to quiet one's spirit and eliminate opposing influence that is contrary to God.  It is a state of resting solely in the words of the Lord.  Intimacy with the Holy Spirit is strengthened when one exhibits stillness.  When a man is still, fear is eliminated because fear is a negative force contrary to God's operating system.  There are two major ways to maintain...

Spirit Breakfast 15/2/2021 Text: Ephesians 5:18 (New Living Translation) Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit. The major method of staying continuously filled with the Holy Spirit is to maintain a lifestyle of prayer. Yes, we can't stop talking about prayer.  The custom of a pious Jew was to pray three times a day.  This prayer was meant to sustain the connection and a show of allegiance to Yahweh.  Hence, Daniel refused the king's decree and still prayed three times a day. This was a prove of his allegiance to Yahweh and no other god or king.  In the New Testament however, Paul the Apostle tells us that a believer in Christ is to pray without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:17). The reason is because prayer helps to sustain and maintain the level of the Holy Spirit within us.  Hence, Paul says prayer must be without ceasing to ensure that at no point in time do we experience a reduction in Spirit level....

Spirit Breakfast 12/2/2021 Text: Ephesians 5:18 (New Living Translation) Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit. Every child of God has a measure of the Holy Spirit at New Birth.  The Holy Spirit baptism fills us with God, making us partakers of the heavenly Gift.  At the baptism of the Spirit, the believer is "Full of the Holy Ghost" as the Bible calls it. This was one of the criteria required for selecting a deacon.  The demand on the believer is to maintain this fullness of the Holy Spirit.  All believers have the same salvation, but the difference is the level of fullness of the Spirit we possess.  Hence, Paul encourages us in our anchor text above to be filled with the Holy Spirit.  Our focus over the next couple of days will be on how we can continuously stay filled with the Holy Spirit.  I pray that God will baptise you anew with His Spirit in Jesus name.  Have a graced day... #sp...

Spirit Breakfast 11/2/2021 Text: Ephesians 5:18 (New Living Translation) Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit. The first thing we must understand in maintaining intimacy with the Holy Spirit is the omnipresence of God.  God is every where at every time. He is not restricted to a particular location.  Although certain locations are spiritual access points as we discussed some time ago, more importantly is that man functions as a spiritual access point.  Therefore, you can be in fellowship and intimacy with the Holy Spirit all through the day and wherever you are.  The disconnect most people feel from God during their daily activities is because they've been conditioned to think they can only access God from a particular location.  God is not resident in temples made by human hands, He is living within human temples.  Understand this, as a believer you carry the Presence of God and you can access ...

Spirit Breakfast 10/2/2021 Text: Ephesians 5:18 (New Living Translation) Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit. One of the challenges of the 21st century believer is maintaining intimacy with the Holy Spirit.  These days, because of the demands of life, many believers do not have the time to really engage in spiritual activities as they would love to.  Many know the importance of praying and studying the Word, but how does one find time when one has to wake up as early as 4am and get back home by 11pm? With these challenges not many will have the opportunity to pray for long hours like our fathers of faith did.  Therefore, it is important we discuss how to maintain intimacy wih the Spirit despite the busy nature of our current age. And the Bible gives us the solution. Hence, for the next few days, we will look at the biblical solution to these modern day believers' problems.  P.S: This series doesn't disco...

Spirit Breakfast 9/2/2021 Matthew 25:12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.  The dynamics of a relationship is that it requires the knowledgeable participation of two individuals.  A relationship is established  by mutual knowledge of both individuals. In our relationship with God, we are expected to seek beyond knowing God. Our desire should be that we might be known by Him.  Being known by God is a function of our intimacy with Him and our ever enduring presence in His Presence. It goes beyond just being a church goer. Rather it is man establishing Himself upon the heart of the Father by acts of unashamed faithfulness to all that is of God.  Does He know you? Will God be able to testify of you as He did with Job or as He did of His Some Jesus? If the Father doesn't know you, then you have no authority over even demons.  The demon-possesed man said to the sons of Sceva "Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?" And if you...

Spirit Breakfast 5/2/2021 Text: Hebrews 12:2 (King James Version) Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. These days there are so many books, sermons, speeches, quotes, etc. concerning purpose.  This is the same when the topic of the will of the Father for individuals is considered.  However, knowing and understanding your purpose and God's will for you is not a mystery as such.  It is achieved through an activity so common and well known albeit not many engage in it appropriately.  The will of the Father and life's purpose are discovered in the place of prayer.  Remember part of the model prayer says: "Thy will be done". And Jesus exemplified this when He prayed in the garden of Gethsemane for the will of the Father to prevail.  Jesus constantly engaged in prayer, hence He was never in confusion concerning...

Spirit Breakfast 4/2/2021 Text: Hebrews 12:2 (King James Version) Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. When most folks think of negative drives, they think of things that are ungodly, immoral or evil. Yet, it runs deeper than this.  Understand this; a negative drive is not necessarily ungodly, immoral or evil in itself. Rather, a negative drive is always in opposition to the will of the Father.  For example, Jesus could have turned stones to bread if He wished. However, because it was at the behest of the devil, it became evil.  Being driven to become the wealthiest man in the world is not evil; in fact it is a good thing. However, if it doesn't fall in line with the will of the Father, our actions in attaining that goal becomes evil.  Consider Jesus once again, the drive which was a function of the joy ahead that...

Spirit Breakfast 1/2/2021 Text: Hebrews 12:2 (King James Version) Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. Jesus was driven, He didn't live life passively. He was purposeful in all of his actions whilst on Earth.  Anyone who lives passively will never accomplish anything worthwhile.  Jesus, our perfect example had a drive. He had an internal motivation which our anchor text reveals.  Although He was obedient to the Father's Will, the benefits and rewards attached to that obedience was His drive. His drive was to be seated at the right hand of the Father. This position was that of authority and sovereign rule.  This made Him despise all the humiliation and pains He went through. That's why He never gave up. The reason many give up easily is because they aren't driven. And let me say this emphatically, although a drive ...