New Lifestyle In Christ

Some new believers in Jesus Christ are ignorant of some basic lifestyle changes that must take place after they believed in the Lord Jesus Christ. Old carnal natures if not crucified can still bind a believer to the kingdom of darkness. These old lifestyles may build strongholds in the believer’s life and become doorways into satanic activities and further captivity.(2 Corinthians 10:3-6)Therefore it is necessary to change life patterns and habits in order to enter into the fullness of life in Christ.

Three principal ways to maintain a new believer lifestyle

• The Word of God: Read, study, meditate, act upon God's Word diligently, continuously and consistently.(Hebrews 4:12) Stay on the Word, no matter what until you get results.

• Prayer: Communicate with God on a consistent basis through prayer and worship. "Pray without ceasing"(1 Thessalonians 5:17)Keep your prayer power on. A prayerless Christian is a powerless Christian.

•  Be spiritually minded by the Word and Prayer 
• a.Keep your thoughts aon the Lord Jesus Christ.(Romans 8:6)b.Keep your mind bathed in the Word of God and the precious blood of Jesus through prayer. Be blessed, my friend.

Praying in the Holy Ghost

After you have been baptized in the Holy Spirit, you will begin to speak in unknown tongues as the Holy Ghost gives you utterance. Praying in the Holy Ghost or in tongues simply means praying according to the perfect will of God. It is the spiritual prayer language of the believer in Christ. Welcome to this life-changing spiritual experience

How to pray in the Holy Ghost
1.Believe in the power of God in praying in the Holy Ghost.
2.Pray to God for help to receive.
3.Believe and be confident that you have received.
4.Relax, speak, without fear, every sound that He gives you to speak. He will not force you. He will only give you the utterance, but you must do the speaking.
5.Speak out until a free clear language comes of your mouth and you have an inner assurance that you have received power from Him(the Holy Spirit).
6.Your mind must not be allowed to wander aimlessly as you pray in the Holy Spirit. It must be trained to be in subjection to the Holy Spirit. It must be controlled and not allowed to go its own way.You must keep God’s word in your spirit by studying and meditating on it.
7.You must actively engage your spirit in what you are praying about, don’t be distracted. Keep a notepad with you and write down every distracting thought that you need to take care of as you pray and deal with it only when you have finished praying.
8.You must actively concentrate upon spiritual thoughts.For without the active, intelligent cooperation of the spirit, it has no means of expressing itself and thus is bound. (Charles Usher, The Prayer life, 1975). Endnote.

Benefits of praying in tongues
1.The more you pray in the Holy Ghost, the more you increase in spiritual discernment and edification and the more you are able to clearly hear the voice of God (with your spiritual ears.)
 2.God helps you pray as you should, and for what you should pray for according to His will so that your prayers can become fruitful. There is no point praying fruitless prayers.
(Romans 8: 26-27)
3.This type of prayer comes from your spirit instead of your mind or intellect, therefore, you are able to pray the perfect will of God over any situation.
4.This is the most powerful of all prayers because it is praying in our most holy faith (Jude 20)
Be blessed, my friend.

Benefits Of Intimacy With The Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit is God personified, living on the inside(the spirit) of every born again person, therefore intimacy with Him is absolutely necessary for living a dynamic supernatural life. When one is close or intimate with a person he reveals secrets to him. This is the same way God reveals His secrets to a believer if he is close to Him.(James 4:8)As one remains close to Him the Holy Spirit executes "the Anointing" (God's power, God's enablement for service) on the believer to help him serve God effectively.He helps the believer live the supernatural life of Christ on the earth. Without Him life will be a struggle and a weight.(Job 32:8)He reveals God to the believer and shows him His secrets(Psalm 25:14)He helps the believer to have victory over all human failures and fulfill his divine destiny.

Be blessed my friend.

Baptism In The Holy Spirit

The baptism in the Holy Spirit is a facilitator of power in the Kingdom of God. It gives the believer spiritual energy and power to run the Christian race on the earth. If you have not been baptized in the Holy Spirit, seek God about it, pray for it in faith today, and he will answer your prayer. It is very essential to be baptized in the Holy Spirit as soon as you are saved. I believe that if it were not necessary Paul would not have asked certain disciples if they had received the Holy Spirit since they believed.(Acts 19:2)When they replied him that they did not even know that there was any Holy Spirit he taught them about the baptism of Jesus and they became baptized with power and began to speak with tongues and prophesied! (Acts 19:5&6)You must have faith in God to be baptized in the Holy Spirit. Anyone who is saved is ready to receive. There is no need to wait. You can receive Him with or without the laying on of hands but prayer is always required to receive.Sometimes it was necessary to lay hands for people to receive the baptism in the Holy Spirit. Peter and John had to lay their hands on and pray for the people in Samaria for them to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit.(Acts 8:17)God has already given the Holy Spirit. Simply receive Him by faith. Be confident that if you are indeed born of God, when you come to Christ to be baptized of the Holy Spirit you will not receive another spirit but the Holy Spirit.(Luke 11:13)
Be blessed, my friend.

Intimacy With The Holy Spirit

What is Intimacy With The Holy Spirit? 

To be intimate with the Holy Spirit means to be in involved in a warm friendship or a personal closeness to the Holy Spirit.Intimacy (a true agape-love relationship) with the Holy Spirit,comes with a price tag particularly, discipline, diligence, dedication and commitment in reading studying and meditating on the Word Of God, loving God and people genuinely.You must also create an atmosphere of prayer, worship praise and thanksgiving for Him to manifest Himself boundlessly. He will infinitely occupy every space with His glorious priceless presence.Oh what a sweet spiritual experience that is!

How To Develop Intimacy With The Holy Spirit

1. Read, study, meditate and act on God's Word day and night

Meditation on God’s word is of great significance to a believer’s life. It is accomplished by the guidance and power of the Holy Spirit. Meditation connects a believer to revelation, which is a bridge or an access to the mind and secrets of God. Without meditation on God’s word a believer may never fulfill his divine destiny, he will remain spiritually empty and unfulfilled. A believer must meditate on God’s word to wield power and victory in life.(Joshua 1:8).When one hungers for God's vibrant Word more than natural foods, one enters into a place of  unstoppable victory in life. Job considered God's Word more paramount than natural food.This is one of the reasons he got God's backing in life. ( Job 23:12)

2. Be Spiritually minded in Agape Love

 A spiritually minded believer is one having the "Agape Love"mind set on spiritual things : filled with holy desires and purposes. He attracts the presence of the Precious Holy Spirit. Life in the spirit is only made possible by the Holy Spirit's help. A spiritual mind always attracts the peace and life of God-always. (Romans 8:6) When a believer is not spiritually minded he becomes a carnal, not spiritual; merely human; temporal; worldly: a man of secular, rather carnal, leanings and a sure breeding ground for the devil and his tricks. Learn to be spiritual minded by feeding consistently and continuously on God's Holy Word and consistent prayer.

3. Create and spend time with Him in prayer

Prayer is a covenant relationship with God. It is not just speaking, it is communing and fellowshipping with God in love. Without prayer, Christians are unable to have a two-way communication with God. It is like talking on the telephone with God on the other end of the line, but this time there is no hold key because God never puts you on hold.For prayer to be effective, it must involve both speaking and listening. You talk to God, you listen to Him talk to you and you obey whatever He tells you to do. Prayer maintains a supernatural bridge between heaven and earth.It is enforcing the will of God upon the earth. It is a powerful weapon of spiritual warfare, a great privilege for the believer. It is pouring out your soul before the Lord like  Hannah who poured out her soul before the Lord at Shiloh and received answers to her prayer. (1 Sam. 1:15)Prayer is spiritual work with great rewards and bountiful blessings. It requires time, commitment, sacrifice and discipline.You will never find time for prayer; you must make time to pray.Prayer transports the believer into the divine supernatural for exploits. It is one sure way of staying divinely connected to God.We must pray because Jesus commands us to pray and it is the only way we can enforce the kingdom of God on the earth. Christ’s life was filled with prayer. (Mark 1:35)Just like oxygen is necessary in your breath to keep you alive, prayer is necessary to keep your spirit man alive and connected to God's Spirit and power.If you don't pray you will lack spiritual energy power and strength.A believer who does not pray will become spiritually powerless and a cheap prey for the devil.If you truly desire to grow into His likeness, you must spend time with Him daily in prayer. 

4. Create a lifestyle of true worship in spiritual songs to Him

One of the key ways of quickly attracting God's sovereign presence is through singing songs of "worth-ship" to Him from your heart(spirit.) Only heart felt worship produce results. (Ephesians 5:19)All worship must come from the spirit(the heart) to be powerfully effective. It must come from a pure motive of true love to the Father God. A believer must learn to open his heart and mouth  to worship God in private, and in public throughout the week and not only at Sunday service.You should not become all religious on Sundays alone then do your own thing all week long. God deserves a lifetime of our worship.Worshipping God is another dimension of prayer that moves the believer into God’s presence.It maintains intimacy and deep connection to God. It is giving back to God all His 'worth-ship'. Everyone can praise God, but not everyone can worship God. While true worship is doing the will of God from a heart free of ulterior motives, worshipping God in songs is a catalyst for God's will to be done.Worship is a place of strength, victory, power, and refreshing. It transmits joy and peace into the life of a believer. It helps a believer to fulfill his divine destiny. When you worship God, he opens the deep treasures of his divine secrets to you. Strength for each day and circumstance comes with a lifestyle of worship to God. In the spirit realm a worshipper is as bold as a lion. The more you worship God in songs, the more  you receive spiritual strength and clarity of purpose in life.Learn to worship God.

5. Create a lifestyle of praise and thankfulness at all times

Praise and thanksgiving from a genuine heart of holiness and righteousness brings God on the scene. Praise becomes paralyzed if you have bitterness, unforgiveness, or any works of the flesh  in your heart. If God must fight for you through praises you must offer praises from a genuine heart devoid of evil motives and agenda. (Psalm 22:3) Praise and thanksgiving is a major spiritual weapon against Satan and his demons. Praise silences the raging of the enemy when it comes. (Psalm 8:2)You must depend on God Almighty to help you fight battles of life through praise and thanksgiving as you rest confidently on the finished work of Christ on the cross.(Psalm 46:10) As you remain intimate with the Holy Spirit He will take you to the topmost top of your life.

Be blessed my friend.