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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...