The Release of God’s Power Within

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Acts 2:4
And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

You know, we’ve been talking about the incredible experience of being filled with the Holy Spirit. And here’s something crucial: when people got filled with the Holy Spirit in the book of Acts, they began to speak in

other tongues! This is not just a side note; it’s a powerful, undeniable evidence!  What is the importance of speaking with other tongues? What does speaking in tongues do for a Christian? I tell you this: until a Christian, a believer, is speaking in tongues, they haven’t yet fully lived out the true Christian life! Yes, they’ve been born again, that legality of salvation is established in their human spirit, and they have a new spirit in them, glory to God! But for that reality, that life, to begin to be expressed out, that person needs to not only receive the Holy Spirit and be filled, but they now have to speak in other tongues! Speaking in tongues is mandatory for every believer in Jesus Christ!

ἀποφθέγγομαι   apophtheggomai  utterance  –  to speak out, speak forth, pronounce elevated discourse, speak forth, utterance

Jesus Himself said it in Mark chapter 16, verse 17: “And these signs shall follow them that believe: In my name they shall speak with new tongues!” This is not an option, my friend, it’s a sign! A witness! And why is it so important? Because speaking in tongues releases the power of the life of God that is in your human spirit! Until you start speaking in tongues, the power, the reality, the ability for you to live out that life that has been deposited in your human spirit – it is not working yet!   You are born again, you have believed in Jesus Christ, but for you to begin to live out that life and to experience the power of being a child of God, you have to receive the Holy Spirit and start speaking in other tongues! Acts chapter 1, verse 8 says, “But you shall receive power, after that the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and you shall be witnesses.” What does it mean to be a witness? It means you shall have the evidence! A witness provides evidence, brings out the truth, the reality of what has happened. You cannot begin to produce evidence of the authenticity and reality and truth of your salvation in Christ Jesus without receiving the Holy Spirit and speaking in tongues! Speaking in tongues is what brings out that life that has been deposited in your human spirit! Hallelujah!

Pray The Word
Heavenly Father, I thank You for the gift of the Holy Spirit and the ability to speak in tongues. I recognize that speaking in tongues is essential for releasing the power of Your life within me and for experiencing the fullness of my Christian walk. I pray for a greater expression of this spiritual gift in my life.

Speak The Word
I am filled with the Holy Spirit and I speak in other tongues! My tongue is released to bring forth the power of God’s life within me! I am a witness of Christ’s salvation, producing evidence of His reality in my life through the power of the Holy Spirit!

Fulfillment: The Product Of Your Words

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Proverbs 18:20
A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.

God’s Masterpiece: Created Unto Good Works

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Ephesians 2:10 KJV
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

Rivers Of Life Like Water

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John 7:38-39
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.)

This is so powerful! Jesus Himself, in John chapter 7, verse 38, said something absolutely profound: “He that believes on me, as the scripture has said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water!” And then, verse 39 explains it for us – “But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive.” This was about the Holy Spirit, who had not yet been given because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
But listen closely to what Jesus is revealing here! What is He talking about when He says “rivers of living water”? He’s telling you that the life of being a Christian, that glorious life you received when you got born again, is only expressed and brought out by the Holy Spirit! And it will flow out from within your spirit like rivers! The life of a child of God, the life of a Christian, is brought out from within you like rivers by the Holy Spirit!

And when does this happen? Jesus was describing what happens when a child of God, has received the Holy Spirit and has started “speaking in other tongues!”  That’s what He was talking about here! When He says “out of your belly,” what is He talking about? He’s talking about out of your spirit! Your inner most being.  Out of your spirit shall flow rivers of life water; rivers of living water!   So, here is the key: speaking in tongues is the one that releases those rivers of living water! It releases those rivers of life water, those rivers of the life of God that have been deposited in your human spirit! They are brought out by the Holy Spirit!
And what is it that’s going to begin to flow from you like rivers? – love, patience, kindness, boldness, faith, spiritual wisdom begins to flow, divine understanding, divine health, grace will begin to work, spiritual power will begin to ooze from out of you like rivers as you begin to speak in other tongues!  The manifestation of the Spirit according to 1st Corinthians 12 is only given to those who speak in other tongues.  This is the true life of the child of God.

λαλέω  laleo  speak  –  utter a voice or emit a sound, preach, speak

γλῶσσα  glossa  tongue  –  language, dialect, tongue

Let me tell you a story: one day I’m out at a school in Khayelitsha, Cape Town ministering to almost 2 thousand teenagers in a big school hall. It was the toughest crowd of rowdy teenagers I’d ever encountered to date, but still over a thousand of them gave their hearts to Jesus that day.  The school had become so bad and so dangerous that the Head of School had to have armed police on duty so that I could have the meeting with them in that hall. This marked the first time the entire school body would be able to gather in the hall after many years during which it had been impossible.
The meeting went on, and I led many of them to salvation, with the exception of a few who were brought to me after the program. I started preaching the gospel to them, and just like teenagers would, they began making jokes and laughing at me. While this was going on, I simply switched from English to speaking in tongues. I continued to preach the gospel to them in other tongues as if nothing had happened, haha!

My goodness, everything shifted. They all went quiet; their eyes bulged, and their mouths dropped in silence. I was preaching to them in other tongues, and the Holy Spirit arrested them. Soon afterward, I asked them, “Who wants to receive Jesus Christ?” All of them received Christ and went home changed.
I didn’t plan to do this. Listen, if you had told me to preach the gospel in tongues to a group of 20 teenagers who were already making fun of me, I wouldn’t have done that. It would have made them laugh and mock even more. But the wisdom and the power of God through speaking in tongues was exactly what was needed to save those young boys.

This is one of the many countless miracles I encountered with speaking in other tongues over the years.  This is the promise that God made to Abraham, for us to receive the blessing of Abraham through Christ.  The gift of the Holy Spirit is the blessing of Abraham; “that the Gentiles might receive the promise of the Holy Spirit through faith” (Galatians 3:14), and it has arrived, we now have it glory to God!  This is what made Abraham who he was, the gift of the Holy Spirit.
That’s why it is paramount for every child of God to speak in other tongues, because to experience the true Christian life, you must receive the Holy Spirit and begin speaking in tongues.  Speaking releases that living water! It’s what releases the life of God like water flowing from your human spirit! Glory to God!
Make sure you make it habit to speak in other tongues everyday, everywhere, every time and see the working of the power of God in your life flow like living waters.

Pray The Word
Heavenly Father, I thank You for Your precious gift of the Holy Spirit.  Thank you Father, like rivers of living water that flow from within me, the supernatural life of the sons of God is my everyday experience activated by speaking in other tongues. Heavenly Father I thank You,  that as I speak in other tongues, Your eternal life and power are released from my spirit like mighty rivers, expressing and manifesting the true Christian life You have given me in Jesus name, amen.

Speak The Word
Out of my belly, out of my spirit, flow rivers of living water! I am filled with the Holy Spirit everyday and as I speak in tongues, the life of God overflows from within me! I experience and express the fullness of the Christian life through the power of the Holy Spirit everyday!

Made Alive In Christ

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1 Corinthians 15:22 KJV
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

Another powerful truth to grasp about our identity and inheritance in Christ Jesus is the profound reality of being “made alive” in Him. The Apostle Paul’s understanding of the gospel reveals that if you are in Christ Jesus, there are indeed good things within you. We see this vividly in Ephesians chapter 2, beginning from verse 4, which declares, “But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ”. And by grace, you are saved.  The term “quickened together” here is a beautiful revelation meaning “made alive together”, which we said before is a “joint-reanimation” with Christ.  So the moment you receive Jesus Christ you are brought back to life from spiritual death to be alive unto God in Christ Jesus. The Apostle Paul now reveals to us that just as in Adam we all died – and were separated from God, even so now IN Christ are all made alive – and are reconciled back to God, how amazing!  If you are IN Christ today, you have been brought back to life from spiritual death. Glory to God!

ζωοποιέω  zōopoieō  made alive  –  produce life, cause to live, make alive, give life, invigorate, restore to life, endue with new and greater powers of life, to re-vitalize, quicken

To get a deeper understanding of this miracle here we’ll look deeper into the phrase “made alive” translated from the Greek word zōopoieō. Zoopoieo is a compound of zoe and poieo.  Now, Jesus Himself revealed to us that zoe is the very life of God, “As the Father has life (zoe) in Himself, so has He given to the Son to have (zoe) life in Himself” (John 5:26).  Jesus was fun to be around when He walked the streets of Jerusalem, the things He said!  Ok, moving along we have poieo, which means “creating, making or producing with words”.   So when you put these two words together, what you now have is “the life of God, eternal life clothed in vocabulary!”  That’s zoopoieo. Eish!

It is when the Word of God, which contains the eternal life of God revives and reanimates with power what it comes into contact with.  That’s what he means when he says made alive. When a man who is spiritually dead – separated from God hears the word of God in the form of the gospel of Jesus Christ; the life of God in the message of the gospel contacts the mans dead spirit, and the power of eternal life zoopoieo – brings him back to life – enduing him with a new life; and the person is born again.

So, in Christ Jesus, we have been made alive. I’m talking about when the Word of God, which contains eternal life reproduces a new spirit with a new life in us; a spirit that is alive unto God. This is the reality of being a child of God. Its got nothing to do with religion.  I am a son of God, I’m not a religious person. Spiritual ignoramus can’t understand this stuff.  “The natural man does not understand the things of the spirit of God because they are pneumatikos anakrino – spiritually discerned!” The bible says “they are foolishness unto him and neither can he know them“(1 Corinthians 2:14); so they say “Shingi he is just a religious person”, fools! The bible calls them fools!

Think about this, and if you’re a child of God never forget it. Meditate on it through the day every other day, day and night.  The Word of God in the gospel of Christ and when you received it, “according to the working of the power of God” produced eternal life in your human spirit, and you were reanimated – made alive unto God. So now, just like Jesus you can say “as the Father has life in Himself so has He given to me His son to have life within myself!” This is one of the biggest miracles of Christianity and it has nothing to do with religion at all.

Pray The Word
Heavenly Father, thank You that by Your great love and rich mercy with which you have loved me, that even when I was dead in sins, You made me alive together with Christ. Thank You for the reanimation of my spirit by the power of Your eternal zoe life through the gospel. I acknowledge this good thing that is in me in Christ Jesus today and always, in Jesus name, amen.

Speak The Word
I am alive unto God in Christ Jesus! The life of God is actively at work within me, I’m alive unto God. I have been made alive by the power of eternal life.  I have the life of God in me; in my spirit, in my soul and in my body! 

Joyful Expectation

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Hebrews 9:28
So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

The journey of the church of Jesus Christ began with a very powerful, supernatural event: the simultaneous baptism and infilling of the Holy Spirit of the 120 as recorded in Acts 2. What an incredible start! And now, as this church age draws to its close, we are anticipating another miracle of even grander proportions – the catching away, or the rapture of the church. The anticipation that the church has is a living, breathing hope that shapes the daily lives of those that have the Spirit of God in them.

ἀπεκδέχομαι  Apekdechomai  look for  –  waiting with great anticipation, patiently to wait

There’s a powerful Greek term that captures the very essence of how we, as Spirit-filled members of the church of Jesus Christ have, as we anticipate the approaching of this glorious expectation: “Apekdechomai”.
Apekdechomai speaks of an attitude of intense yearning, a deep and joyful eagerness, an expectation that is bubbling over with gladness as we wait for something monumental to happen. This is the very attitude the Bible says every Spirit-filled child of God possess as we see the day of His coming drawing closer and closer!
This divine anticipation certainly doesn’t communicate fear or anxiety, does it? No, not at all! Why? Because this celebratory anticipation that fills our hearts is actually the reciprocal attitude with which Jesus Christ Himself, and the entire Heavenly Host, are joyfully waiting for the great reunion! Think about it: they are eagerly anticipating being finally reunited with us, those who have believed in Jesus until His return. What a thought! If you are born again and filled with the Spirit, then truly, happy are you! You are on the winning side, filled with a hope that transcends earthly worries of what the future holds for us, whether we be alive or asleep in Christ.
Rejoice, because it is written, “Eye has not seen nor ear heard nor has it entered into the hearts of men the things that God has prepared for them that love Him.”(1 Corinthians 2:9 – 10)
But here’s another glorious truth: “God has revealed these things to us by His Spirit.” So, our expectation of His coming is not rooted in ignorance or fear, but in a revealed, joyful hope of His coming that is revealed to us in the written Word.
Regarding this hope the Apostle John says, “Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it does not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when Jesus shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see him as he is.” (1 John 3:2)
So, from now until that day, let these truths reside within you: “NOW are we the sons of God.”   Now!
Not one day, some day or another day but, right now, today glory God!  And that “we know that, when Jesus shall appear, we shall be like Him;” and “unto us that look for him shall he appear the second time”, unto the salvation of our physical body; the transfiguration of our mortal bodies to become just like Jesus’s glorified body.

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Heavenly Father, thank You for the blessed hope of the rapture, the catching away of Your church.  Father, thank You for the blessed hope in me of an intense yearning with a joyful eagerness and expectation for our Lord Jesus’s return that cries out even so come Lord Jesus, come.  Thank You Father, that this anticipation is the same one that even Jesus has for us which expels all fear and anxiety; as You, and the entire Heavenly Host are also joyfully awaiting Our glorious reunion. I rejoice in the knowledge of the things You have prepared for me, revealed by Your Word and Your Spirit in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

Speak The Word
I am a child of God, joyfully expecting the Lord’s coming! My anticipation is reciprocal to the joy of heaven therefore there can be no fear regarding my meeting the Lord Jesus again at His coming. Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, the glorious things God has prepared for me as they have been revealed to me as a son of God.  I am a son of God NOW, I am a child of God now, and when He shall appear, I shall be like Him, for I shall see Him as He is!

The Legal & Vital Ministry That Christ Fulfills

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Romans 4:25 KJV
Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.

The ministry of Jesus Christ, so profound and multifaceted, can be beautifully understood through two distinct lenses: His Legal Ministry and His Vital Ministry. This is the very foundation of our identity, inheritance, and ability in Christ Jesus!

His Legal Ministry began the moment He was led into the wilderness, spanning His entire earthly walk, culminating in His crucifixion, burial, and descent into hell. This was Jesus, the Son of Man, bearing our sin, our sickness, our poverty – becoming sin for us, in our place. He was delivered up for our trespasses, carrying the full weight of Adam’s sin, the sins of Israel, and indeed, the sin of the whole world. This was the magnificent, substitutionary work that happened for us, on the cross and in the grave. It was a work of divine legality, settling the score once and for all, and forever!

His Vital Ministry, on the other hand, commenced with His glorious resurrection from the tomb. Picture this: Jesus, ascending with His own blood, sprinkling it on the throne of mercy, and then taking His rightful seat on the Father’s throne in heaven. This is His present, living ministry in us and for us today! It’s the continuous flow of love and grace, now being vitally administered by the Holy Spirit in and through us. This is where we live, breathe, and operate now – not by the way of a dead religion and it’s dead practices, but by the vitality of the Spirit of life in Christ that is now operating in us with a real vital, tangible power. So now people can see the power of God in your life in real time. See, that is what made Jesus Christ different from those religious leaders of His day, to the point were they hated Him for it, and even crucified Him for it. He was not in the performance of religion but in a real vital relationship wit His Heavenly Father, and it was tangible and visible.  And that is what Jesus Christ brought us into.  Don’t be satisfied with just having religion, understand the vitality of the life of Christ in us that reveals a vibrant relationship with a real God that is provable.

This understanding of Jesus’ ministry allows us to properly appropriate everything Jesus made available for us through His death, burial, and resurrection in our lives in real time, and not in the hope of the future. It’s the difference between knowing what He did and experiencing what He is doing in you right now!  This is what differentiates between a child of God who has a living relationship with God Almighty, and someone who just practices a Christian religion.  Their lives are not the same, even though, they both believe in Jesus.
So, understand this distinction today so that you can have the correct expectation of faith for today, in order for you to begin to vitally experience in reality all that Jesus did for you.  Refuse to be in another dead religion, the world is filled with too many of those already.

Pray The Word
Heavenly Father, thank You for all the glorious things that our Lord Jesus accomplished with His death, burial and resurrection on my behalf; where He bore my sin, sickness, poverty and carried my shame. Heavenly Father, I thank You that I can experience the vitality of all that the Lord Jesus did in my life today; as He lives forever to minister Your love, grace in and through me everyday through the Holy Spirit in Jesus name, amen.

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The Lord Jesus was delivered for my trespasses, I am free! And because He was raised, I am justified! I boldly appropriate the love and grace of all that He accomplished to flow in and through every area of my life. I walk in the reality of His finished work and His present work in me, for His name’s sake!

The Extravagant Love of God

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2 Corinthians 13:14 TPT
Now, may the grace and joyous favor of the Lord Jesus Christ, the unambiguous love of God, and the precious communion that we share in the Holy Spirit be yours continually. Amen!

Beyond the enabling power of grace, we are enveloped by the extravagant love of God. This isn’t a fleeting emotion, but a profound, active reality that transforms our consciousness. Our study of the word “love” here, agape, unveils its multifaceted nature.

ἀγάπη  agapē   love- affectionate & humble, patient & kind, giving & forgiving, eternal – unchanging & unending, unconditional & reliable active benevolent love of God; Benevolence of God.

The love of God is an action; it is a verb. It is not a feeling. It’s affectionate and humble, patient and kind, giving and forgiving. This is the love of God! My consciousness must be that God gives to me and He forgives me. He is patient and kind with me. He is affectionate towards me. These are the thoughts that come to my mind when I think of what God thinks about me.

God’s love for us is eternal. This means it is unchanging, unending, and also unconditional. This is your God! This magnificent love permeates and inundates every area of your life. You are enveloped and inundated with the manifestation of the love of God upon your life.

When people look at your life, the testimony will be, “Look at him, look at her, the one that God loves!” They will say, “This one is loved by God.” They will see the love of God upon your life. This is the will of God for you, the perfect will of God for your life. They will recognize that only those things happen to only those whom God loves. They’ll be like, “Oh wow, God loves this person, God loves this brother, God loves this sister, this can only happen if God loves you!” Hallelujah!

Pray The Word
Heavenly Father, thank You for Your unconditional and unambiguous love that is at work in my life. Thank You that Your love is affectionate, humble, patient, kind, giving, and forgiving, and that it is eternal, unchanging, and unending. I embrace Your love that permeates every aspect of my life.

Speak The Word
I am loved by God!  The unconditional and unambiguous love of God is upon my life. I am loved by God! His love is evident and abundant in every area of my life, and people see His love upon me

Resource:
https://whatthewordsays.org/15-days-of-prayers-of-the-holy-spirit/day-5-grace-love-fellowship-of-the-holy-spirit/

The Divine Influence of Grace

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2 Corinthians 13:14 KJV
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.

How are we to accomplish this magnificent standard of excellence that God desires for us? The answer lies in the beautiful conclusion of Paul’s prayer: “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ”. This grace, is not merely unmerited favor; our word study reveals a deeper truth.

χάρις  charis  grace – divine influence, favour, benefit, gratuity, divine enablement

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ is the divine influence, a divine enablement. It’s a divine influence and enablement upon your life that enables you to do things excellently, God at working in and through you. Imagine that! Everything you’re involved with, you will see the characteristics of the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ upon your life. This divine influence and enablement is upon all the things that I do. So when it comes out, it is admirable, it is beautiful, it is magnificent, it is excellent, yeah!

When you embark on any project, in your business, or on your job, you can declare: “As I embark on this project, the grace, the Divine influence, the Divine ability of the Lord Jesus Christ is at work within me, it is upon my life, hey, therefore this project is going to be excellent, I’m going to perform excellently in the name of Jesus Christ! and there’s going t be supernatural results!” How can you lose? The life of a Christian is a life of winners, it’s a life of triumph, hallelujah!

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ is at work in your business, the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ is at work in your job, in your career, in your friendships, in your relationships, in your marriage, in every area of your life. It is abundant there. This divine ability makes it so that everything with your name on it, every project, every business deal, every contract, can only be excellent, magnificent, supernatural and beautiful. What an incredible truth!  Be conscious of this reality in your life today, and walk in the light of it.

Pray The Word
Heavenly Father, thank You for the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ that is at work in my life. I thank You for Your divine influence and ability that is upon my life and everything I lay my hands upon to do. By Your grace, I perform excellently in every area, bringing glory to Your name.

Speak The Word
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ is at work in my life. The divine influence of the Lord Jesus Christ is upon everything I lay my hands upon to do. Therefore, I only produce things that are excellent, admirable, and magnificent.

Resource:
https://whatthewordsays.org/15-days-of-prayers-of-the-holy-spirit/day-5-grace-love-fellowship-of-the-holy-spirit/

No More Struggle: Your Walk of Continuous Success

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Hebrews 13:21 TPT