During my communion time with the Holy Spirit, He emphasized the vital need for our daily intake of spiritual food which is one of the non-negotiable practices required to live effectively as believers in today’s world. This spiritual nourishment centres on fulfilling our priestly calling through acceptable spiritual sacrifices offered to God through Jesus Christ.1 Peter 2:5.

The Holy Spirit highlighted that true spiritual living is not self-centered, self-motivated, or based on mere human effort. It is God-centered, Spirit-led, and rooted in personal communion with Him through the Holy Spirit. Jesus Himself taught that any person who desires to follow Him must first deny himself, take up his cross and follow Jesus, because the Kingdom operates by surrender to the will of Jesus and no form of self-promotion.

The Holy Spirit emphasized that the acceptable spiritual sacrifices to the Lord are impossible to do without the grace supplied by the Holy Spirit. We face obstacles when  we attempting to commune with the Lord without the help of the Holy Spirit. Romans 8:26. Jesus established this foundation for union with the Lord clearly in John 6:63 which reads these words: “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.”

This makes it perfectly clear in our relationship with the Lord that nothing performed in the flesh, no matter how noble or religious it is, can produce spiritual results. Even Jesus, who was God in the flesh, did not speak, minister, or act in His strength or name until He had returned in the power of the Spirit after His forty-day fast in Luke 4:14–15. The ministry of Jesus only began after the Holy Spirit had empowered Him for service.

This pattern was also carried on by the Early Church with first the Holy Spirit leading and guiding then they operating in His strength. Throughout the book of Acts, this pattern is unmistakable where the Holy Spirit is the initiator of the events which happen as was in Acts 4:8 which reads “Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said pointing out that it was the Holy Spirit speaking through Peter which meant the words had the Lord’s backing as they were flowing from the Holy Spirit.

This pattern was also seen in Acts 6:3 where leaders had to be “full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom in order to serve the people.” Holy Spirit-driven action was the absolute requirement for anyone doing the Lord’s work. The Holy Spirit always holds preeminence in New Covenant ministry.


The Apostle Paul reinforces this principle with spiritual law in Galatians 6:8 where he points out that if one sows to the flesh he will of the flesh reap corruption; but if One sows to the Spirit he will from the Spirit reap everlasting life. This reveals the eternal principle of sowing and reaping which the Lord spoke in Genesis.8:22. This applies to prayer which must begin in the Spirit when we pray and must be harvested in the Spirit. The Holy Spirit made it clear that any prayer birthed in the flesh brings no divine result. Only Spirit-led prayer always produces life with miraculous answers to prayer.

The Holy Spirit warned against flesh-based spiritual effort by reminding me of an instance which is a sobering example of a respected Pentecostal leader who fasted sixty days, solely with a desire to surpass Moses and Jesus in the number of fasting days. His motive he said was not Spirit-led but it was flesh-driven ambition. However when he finished the sixty days, the Holy Spirit asked him this question: “Now that you have overtaken Moses and Jesus in days of fasting, what has it accomplished in My Kingdom?”

The minister then realized that he had gained nothing spiritually but only human admiration from his congregation whom he repented to after the Holy Spirit had corrected him. He realized it was a futile feat and a waste of his time, and taught him (and others) who he would warn about the danger of doing “spiritual” activities without the help and guidance of the Holy Spirit.

“The Holy Spirit spoke of Jesus being the ultimate Model of Spirit-led prayer and action because Jesus lived every moment of His life on earth in alignment with the Spirit.”
 

Jesus said in John 5:30 that “I can of Myself do nothing because I seek not My own will, but the will of the Father who sent Me”and again in John 6:63 that the flesh profits nothing. Making it clear that action in the flesh no matter how sincere it is always results only in loss. Whereas every action in the Spirit brings forth divine outcomes.

This truth makes clear our call for today concerning how we approach spiritual actions which is to ask the Holy Spirit as an example before you release words in prayer “precious Holy Spirit, what am I missing, and what do You want me to pray?” Because when He guides prayer our focus becomes clear, our strength is renewed, our prayer becomes effortless, our answers become consistent, and our communion becomes life-giving. 

We know that just one word from the Holy Spirit can position a believer for breakthrough, direction, harvest, and triumph. So when your prayer is Spirit-born, your answers become a daily reality which glorifies your Father in heaven because you bring forth much fruit for the Kingdom. 

In the name of Jesus, I decree that from this day forward, you will no longer operate in the flesh or pray from human impulse. The Holy Spirit becomes your Guide, your Breath, your Counselor, your Intercessor, and your daily Source of spiritual food and you will be able to discern His voice, follow His leading, and enter prayer with divine precision.

I declare that every spiritual sacrifice you offer will be acceptable and God-centered and you will sow to the Spirit and reap from the Spirit life. I declare that  you will move only when the Spirit moves you and you will speak only what He breathes into you and as you yield fully to Him, answers to prayer will flow into your life as a continual stream.

I declare that you rise up now into the lifestyle of Spirit-led communion where your prayers carry power, your steps carry direction, and your life carries divine results. May the Holy Spirit position you today for your greatest season of triumph and guide you into the harvest of every promise appointed for you in Jesus’ mighty name. Amen.