Warriors Arise: January 29, 2021
Daniel 5:8-12 (NKJV) Now all the king's wise men came, but they could not read the writing, or make known to the king its interpretation. 9 Then King Belshazzar was greatly troubled, his countenance was changed, and his lords were astonished.
10 The queen, because of the words of the king and his lords, came to the banquet hall. The queen spoke, saying, “O king, live forever! Do not let your thoughts trouble you, nor let your countenance change. 11 There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the Spirit of the Holy God. And in the days of your father, light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him...
Keep in mind this is during the Old Testament. The Spirit of the Holy God was not in every man, woman and child who followed and honored God. Jesus hadn't died for their sins yet so there wasn't salvation, baptism, and an infilling of the Holy Spirit.
Today, the Holy Spirit resides in every believer. When you receive Jesus Christ as Your Lord and Savior you receive the Holy Spirit. He is the third personhood of the Trinity. He is God with us. Scripture tells us He knows the heart and mind of God. Therefore, when we want to know what God wants to say we just have to ask. The Holy Spirit knows and He is inside of every Christian.
1 Corinthians 6:19 (NKJV) Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?
God doesn't want to control us, He wants us to receive His love. When we receive His love we will want to do what is best. We will turn to Him for the answer because we know He know what is best. We know He would not withhold any good thing from those who choose to follow Him. We know God is for us, so who would want to be against us. When we have the Holy Spirit we are set up to defeat the enemy and achieve the destiny God dreamed we would live. But...we leak
Ephesians 5:18 (NKJV) ...but be filled with the Spirit,
Upon closer investigation, but be filled means to be continually filled. As my husband likes to say, "We are leaky." We are to position ourselves before the Lord every day, throughout the day to be continutally filled with the Holy Spirit. This is how we can be ready to give the Word of God in season and out, as Paul exhorts Timothy. When we position ourselves before God, being continually filled the the Holy Spirit, then we can defeat the enemy when he sets an ambush. Being continually filled means we are ready to defeat the enemy when he speaks discouraging words and sets up a road block in front of us. Being continually filled means we can speak the Word of God to build up, encourage, and exhort believers. Being conintually filled means we can extend the fruit of the Spirit to anyone in need. They can need patience and we encourage them to hold tight and watch what God will do. They can need love and we remind them to sit in Abba Father's lap. They can need kindness and we exhort them to sow kindness and they will reap it. We are to be filled with the Holy Spirit and ready, with God, to speak on His behalf and extend His love to those we see.
Father, I sit before You and receive an infilling of the Holy Spirit. I need the Spirit of God with me every day, throughout my day. I want my mind to be stayed on You. I want to operate in Your wisdom and hear when You are speaking. I pray for You to come and fill me with the fullness of the Spirit of God. I ask to operate in the gifts of the Spirit when they are needed. I pray I would be open to the gifts of the Spirit within me. I want to know how to use them and when to use them. I want to accurately represent You. I ask to be overflowing with the fruit of the Spirit. I pray to have an abundance of the fruit of the Spirit to offer what the people need. I pray I would be faithful to meet with You daily and receive the infilling of the Spirit of God. Come and fill me up in Jesus' name amen.
A Warrior in the Lord’s Army,
Veridee Joy Hand
My hope is for Believers in Jesus Christ to join together each day to pray, to push back the enemy as we release God’s power here on earth against the coronavirus, riots, and lies. The prayers will be listed each day as Warriors Arise. I will put a date with it so we can keep them straight. If you have any questions please feel free to make a comment or private message me. If you would like this to come to your email directly please go to verideehand.com and subscribe.
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