This morning in my communion time with the Holy Spirit He reminded me of the value of us remembering where He started us from and the importance of the foundation of His reality in our lives as this is the bedrock and foundation of our existence in Jesus. What men say of us as we expand in the things of the Kingdom and the miraculous is seen in our lives does not make us great but our continued pursuit of communion with the Holy Spirit and where He is leading keeps us at the forefront of what the Lord wants to achieve in our lives.

So today take time to ensure you are walking in step with the Holy Spirit and not drifting in the praise of men which is a snare. Allow these words to supply you grace to be in the centre of God’s will and off the side roads of life in the Holy Spirit and propel you into all the father has for you in this coming year

The Holy Spirit wants me to share further our need to trust more what He says for our lives than the things Mens experts say. In my time with the Holy Spirit I am only able to share part of the whole picture that He shares with me that is pertinent to what you would need to strengthen and equip you each day to take action to get back moving in the things of the Kingdom of Jesus and start bearing the fruit that Jesus pointed out we should have.

In John.15:8 we are told these words by Jesus. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples. From these words we understand that Jesus expects that a disciple of His should be a fruit bearer.

“It is not enough to be a word hearer of Jesus because following Jesus is worthy of bearing fruit and we have that responsibility to bring forth fruit worthy of the Lord.”

The father is glorified when we bear much fruit. The things of the Kingdom and service to Jesus are not abstract; they are real and are measured by bearing fruit. Jesus told every disciple that He chose to follow Him and He will make them fishers of men.

Notice that everything Jesus asks us to do has a reward attached to it. He did not say follow Me and you will become a better person and that is sufficient. You will be able to catch men for the Kingdom. Your nature and character in following Jesus will change dramatically because you will become a worker of righteousness because He is righteous and hates lawlessness but the end result is that you will bring fruit into the Kingdom. Jesus works on our character and nature so that our spirits are connected to Him and not human nature or that of the devil.

The Holy Spirit sets us apart for service to Jesus and this involves separation from many things and people. The Holy Spirit first works at separating us from the things that hold us bound and captive and this includes family and the ways we were trained to think and do things which will always be an obstacle in obeying the Lord because the ways of the Lord are completely different from our ways. We must forsake our old ways of thinking in order to take hold of God’s way of thinking and doing things in order to become a fruit bearer.

I remember when I got saved in 1989 and had a passion for reading the bible and studying to know and understand what God required of me as a person to serve Him. As I grew in knowledge of the word People constantly told me I was a teacher of scripture and sought to give me titles, but the Holy Spirit said to me that I was only a follower of Jesus and would have in my life all that was needed to follow Him fully, as opposed to what men said I should have which would limit my service to Him and make me a man pleaser.

“We are called to follow Jesus and this process never comes to an end.”

“We never reach a point where we become Master and take over Jesus and become leader. That is a dangerous place to be when we begin to lead ourselves and cut out the voice of the Holy Spirit.”

This scripture in 1Peter.1:2 elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied. Became the pursuit of mine as the Holy Spirit pointed out to me that regardless of my election by foreknowledge of God if the sanctification of the Holy Spirit did not happen I would be disqualified and have nothing but words that I am elected, but no fruit of that election in my life.

“I realized that the process of sanctification which simply means separated from and set apart to Holiness in God did not happen on a continuous basis I would miss out.”

This process went on to separate me from family and everything I held dear and of value in the natural and set me apart to a new way of thinking and doing things according to God’s pattern. Believe me they are completely different but, God’s ways bring freedom which remains and much fruit in life.

In following the Lord everything I needed for life and Godliness was supplied and not just gifts which are only necessary for individual situations like healing. But to have the Holy Spirit’s friendship means I can have His ability every time no matter what is required because He is the Owner of everything God has and can manifest them at any time.

“We are trees of righteousness that bear fruits of righteousness, not gifts of gifts that produce lawlessness.” The planting of the Lord so He is glorified.

“Well that is the job of the Holy Spirit to glorify Jesus alone and bring Him the fruit worthy of His name through our lives surrendered to Him.”

“Final warning: don’t let people label you no matter what God does through your life because that label will become your limitation and point of regression.”

When I first visited America to minister I was called a healing Evangelist because healings happened in my meetings, then the Holy Spirit started prophesying through me and they called me Prophet, the Holy Spirit started working deliverance through me and they called me a deliverance minister and the Holy Spirit started working miracles through me and they called me a miracle worker.

I thank God that the Holy Spirit said to me don’t take anything they say you are but just follow Me and let Me have My way in your life and whatever is necessary for peoples lives I will provide and you will continue to grow in the Lord and the power of His might.

I pray today that as you have heard these words the grace supplied through them will enable you to rise above the situations you are finding it difficult to separate from and make the necessary separation and be free to walk with the Holy Spirit and you will experience such freedom you will ask yourself why did I not do this earlier and saved myself so much pain and sorrow staying with what held me captive.

Let your life be set apart to what the Holy Spirit wants for you which is a fruitful life which is what following His voice will bring you to. “

The Holy Spirit will truly make you fruitful for Jesus because that is His responsibility and He never fails in His faithfulness to do His work.” Rise up today and separate from what is killing you and be set apart to what will lift and elevate you in Jesus name. Amen.