Author: root

During my communion time with the Holy Spirit, He revealed to me the immeasurable value that every followers of Jesus holds before the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. The Holy Spirit calls us as followers of Jesus to awaken to our true identity in Christ and not according to our human experience, failures, or feelings, but according to the Lord’s eternal purpose and His declaration over our lives.

The Holy Spirit declared the indisputable fact that we the followers of Jesus are no longer just merely sinners saved by grace, but we are the sons and daughters of the Father of glory. We were created for glory, and not for shame, disgrace, or defeat. The Lord’s intention has always been for His children to reflect His nature to the nations and to demonstrate His power visibly so that people may come to know Him as the Father of glory.

The follower of Jesus’s true position is found in Ephesians 1:3, where the Lord has already blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus. This is the follower of Jesus’s present position of being seated with Christ in heavenly places, and empowered by every spiritual blessing, and equipped to prosper in every area of life according to the Lord’s purposes. The Holy Spirit is urging the followers of Jesus to allow this truth to flood our hearts and minds, by cleansing away every lie, false belief, insecurity, and distorted identity that has polluted our understanding of who they truly are in Christ.

The Holy Spirit then addressed the many intense attacks, trials, and spiritual assaults we as followers of Jesus often experience. He spoke of how many question their significance because they feel so insignificant from the world’s eyes so why the attacks? However, the Holy Spirit revealed that the very intensity of the enemy’s attacks is the evidence of the greatness of the Lord’s purpose upon their lives that he considers it necessary to challenge it with opposite tactics to frighten us away from it.

He pointed out that just as no one launches powerful weapons against an insignificant target, the enemy does not employ his strongest weapons against those who pose no threat to his kingdom. His relentless assaults demonstrate that he recognises the greatness of the Lord’s calling and purpose upon God’s people. Satan seeks to intimidate, discourage, and pressure us the followers of Jesus into surrendering before we ever step into what the Lord has ordained for our lives. His goal is to prevent the Lord’s purpose from becoming a reality in our lives on earth.

Therefore, the Holy Spirit is calling for the followers of Jesus to respond as Isaiah 60:1 commands which is to: “Arise, shine; for your light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you.” So rather than retreating in fear because of the attacks or speaking words of insignificance concerning your call, we must arise, by fully embracing the Lord’s declaration over their lives, and actively destroy the works of the devil. The enemy and certainly not the Lord’s people are the ones who should flee.

The Holy Spirit emphasised the fact that we the followers of Jesus cannot afford to continue declaring ourselves to be “nothing.” Instead, we must begin speaking boldly, by believing the word, and living according to the Lord’s perspective regarding our lives. Our calling is to reflect the glory of Jesus upon the earth and not shame.

The Lord then reaffirmed the follower of Jesus’s identity through 1 Peter 2:9–10, declaring that God’s people are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own special people who are called to proclaim the praises of Him who called them out of darkness into His marvellous light. Those who once were not a people but now are the people of God, who once had not obtained mercy but now have received mercy.

The Holy Spirit stressed that this identity does not depend upon our feelings, circumstances, personal opinions, or human reasoning. It rests entirely upon what the Lord has spoken and done to secure us this position. He further declared these words that:” What the Father says we are is our true identity.” This truth echoes the Father’s declaration over Jesus in Luke 3:22, where the Father’s voice established Jesus’ identity before His ministry publicly unfolded. Likewise, we as Jesus’s followers must receive our identity from the Father rather than from the opinions of people or the failures of the past.

The Holy Spirit then directed my attention to Judges 6:12, where the Angel of the Lord greeted Gideon speaking these words:” The Lord is with you, you mighty man of valour!” At that moment Gideon’s outward condition contradicted the Lord’s declaration. He was hiding in fear, threshing wheat in a wine press while Israel lived under Midianite oppression. Gideon only saw his weakness, fear, slavery, and hopelessness but the Lord saw a deliverer in him. So rather than addressing Gideon’s fear or rehearsing his failures, the Lord spoke directly to the man He had created Gideon to become.

The Lord’s declaration over Gideon awakened his true identity and divine purpose concerning his life. Initially though Gideon questioned the Lord’s words, as he wondered how someone so fearful and insignificant could be called a mighty man of valour. He even questioned whether the Lord was truly with Israel because miracles seemed absent from their lives. Yet it is the Lord’s perspective that prevailed over Gideon’s feelings about himself and the decline of the miraculous in Israel.

As Gideon eventually embraced the Lord’s identity for him, his entire life circumstances changed. He became a mighty leader through whom the Lord performed extraordinary miracles, defeated Midian, and established great victories for Israel. His name ultimately became associated with triumph rather than fear because he accepted what the Lord had declared about him.

The Holy Spirit is now extending that same invitation to every follower of Jesus. Just as Gideon had to abandon his false identity and receive the Lord’s declaration over his life, followers of Jesus today must reject every lie of failure, inadequacy, shame, insignificance, and defeat. We must on purpose embrace the Lord’s calling for our live, by arising in faith, and start walking in the purpose the Lord has already ordained for our lives on this earth.

As we the followers of Jesus accept our true identity and actively obey the Lord’s calling, our lives will become sanctified vessels through which the Lord’s glory shines brightly. Many of you will encounter the reality of the Lord’s transforming power as you witness His glory manifested through your now surrendered lives.

The Holy Spirit also referenced the life of blind Bartimaeus, who threw off his outer garment before approaching Jesus, symbolising the deliberate casting aside of his old identities, limitations, shame, and hopelessness. Likewise, the followers of Jesus are called to throw off every garment of defeat and every lie spoken by people or circumstances over you and instead approach Jesus with a renewed confidence in who He declares you to be.

Remember that as a follower of Jesus you have been chosen by the Lord to proclaim His praises and to shine ever more brightly in His marvellous light. The Holy Spirit is calling His people to receive this revelation, then arise in faith, and begin walking boldly in your God-given identity so that the Father’s glory may be revealed through your lives to the nations.

In the mighty name of Jesus, I declare that every lie concerning your identity is broken off your life today. May the Father of glory awaken you to who He has created and called you to be. I declare that you are no longer defined by shame, failure, fear, rejection, or past experiences, but by the Word of God and the Father’s declaration over your life.

May every spiritual blessing that has already been given to you in Christ become increasingly manifest as you walk in your heavenly position. I declare that you will arise and shine, for your light has come and the glory of the Lord rests upon you. Every assault of the enemy shall only confirm the greatness of the Lord’s purpose within you and will not succeed in intimidating you from your calling.

Like Gideon, may you embrace the Lord’s true perspective above your own, by walking in boldness, to destroy the works of the devil, and become a mighty instrument through whom the power, glory, and praises of Jesus are revealed. May you cast off every garment of defeat, receive fresh grace from the Holy Spirit, and reflect the Father’s glory so that many will turn from darkness into His marvellous light in Jesus’ mighty name, Amen.

During my communion time with the Holy Spirit, the Lord emphasised the importance of how we as followers of Jesus use the spiritual gifts and inheritance He has already provided us to make us successful in life.

The Holy Spirit revealed that our success or failure in many areas of life is not determined by whether we possess spiritual gifts, but by how we actively use them as He intended to make our way prosperous and find good success. The divine provision the Lord gives us alone does not produce spiritual maturity but our intentional participation through taking the relevant action and obedience to do what we are told is what means we experience what the Lord purposed for us.

The Holy Spirit then drew my attention to Jude’s exhortation in his letter about us building ourselves up on our most holy faith by praying in the Holy Spirit. He then asked me an important question saying: Are we merely grateful that we can pray in the Spirit, or are we actually using this gift to build ourselves up? Do we really understand what it means to build up oneself? There is a significant difference between possessing the ability to pray in the Spirit and consistently exercising your praying it with understanding so that spiritual strength is developed which impacts your spiritual results.

To illustrate this truth, the Holy Spirit compared spiritual gifts with gym equipment. One having access to exercise equipment does not automatically strengthen the body but only regular use of the equipment develops muscles and produces a healthy physique. Likewise, the Holy Spirit has given us the ability to pray in the Spirit, but only our consistent practice of doing it daily is what builds up our inner man and strengthens our faith to lay hold of the blessings from the Lord.

The Holy Spirit then directed my attention to John 7:37–38, where Jesus declared these words: “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me… out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” The Holy Spirit then asked more searching questions such as are we allowing these rivers of living water to flow freely from our hearts to minister life to others? Or are we continually coming to Jesus thirsty in ourselves to drink from the river of life so that our own rivers remain full? Or are our spiritual rivers overflowing, or have they become shallow because we have neglected fellowship in our praying in the Holy Spirit?

The Holy Spirit emphasised the fact that we as followers of Jesus must continually return to Jesus to drink in more deeper of the Spirit so that our lives overflow with living water capable of refreshing and ministering to nations of people. As I reflected on over 34 years of walking with the Holy Spirit, this message affirms that everything Jesus speaks is true, dependable, and confirmed throughout Scripture.

The Holy Spirit always reveals truth so we Jesus’s followers may possess an unwavering confidence in His ability to do the impossible. This confidence is reflected in 2 Timothy 1:12, where Paul declares these words that: “I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.”

Meaning that the truths of the Holy Spirit are not merely theories or religious ideas we do but they are living realities that consistently produce results when applied according to the pattern ordained by the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit then expanded my understanding of the “living water” Jesus described in John 7:37–38 by tracing its heavenly source throughout the Book of Revelation: In Revelation 1:15 – Jesus’ voice is described as the sound of many waters.

In Revelation 4:6 we see that before the Lord’s throne is a sea of glass like crystal. In Revelation 7:17 we find the Lamb leading His people to living fountains of waters. In Revelation 14:2 we see Heaven’s voice is heard like the sound of many waters and in Revelation 22:1 we see A pure river of the water of life proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. The Holy Spirit revealed the fact that every voice proceeding from heaven carries the sound of these living waters flowing directly from God’s throne.

Therefore, when Jesus said that rivers of living water should flow from us His followers, He intended that His people would become earthly channels through whom heaven’s life, truth, and power flow into every situation on earth. So returning again to Jude’s instruction, the Holy Spirit stressed that we Jesus’s followers are responsible for building ourselves up through praying in the Holy Spirit. The Lord supplies the river, but each of us must choose to drink and continually draw from it.

The Lord will not pray in the Holy Spirit on our behalf because He has already provided the gift of speaking in other tongues, but we must faithfully yield our tongues to speak the words He gives us. Spiritual growth only comes through us exercising what the Lord has entrusted to us. The Holy Spirit reminded me of a personal testimony during a prolonged season of consistently praying in the Spirit, how the Holy Spirit granted me a vision in which I saw a single flowing river gradually expanding into a vast oasis with abundant cascading waters flowing in from every direction.

Following this encounter with the Holy Spirit, there was an extraordinary increase in my ministry effectiveness, including numerous deliverances in peoples lives and a remarkable outpouring of miraculous works I had never experienced before. This experience confirmed the fact that faithfully exercising the gift of praying in the Spirit produces greater spiritual capacity, authority, and fruitfulness through greater manifestations of the operation of the Hoy Spirit through signs, wonders and miracles which began happening in my life on a daily basis.

The Holy Spirit concluded this time by reminding us the followers of Jesus of the fact that spiritual gifts are not given merely to be admired or appreciated but that they have been are given to be used to bring deliverance to men. So just as exercise equipment fulfils its purpose only when used to exercise our bodies, spiritual gifts only fulfil their purpose through our faithful daily practice of using them in prayer.

The Lord desires His people to remain spiritually built up, by continually being prepared, and ready for every good work He appoints us to carry out on His behalf. Finally, this message calls for us as followers of Jesus to return to the passion and diligence we had when we first began praying in the Spirit. It is an invitation to for us to experience a fresh awakening, with renewed intensity, and deeper fellowship with the Holy Spirit.

As we the followers of Jesus faithfully use what the Lord has already placed within us, we will become all the more spiritually strengthened, equipped for service, and increasingly available for the Holy Spirit to accomplish miracles, by fulfilling the Lord’s purposes and plans in our lives, and bring our lives into rich spiritual fulfilment.

In the mighty name of Jesus, I declare that you will no longer neglect the inheritance the Holy Spirit has placed within you. Grace is being released for you now to build yourself up daily through praying in the Holy Spirit. May the rivers of living water flowing from the throne of God overflow through your life with fresh power, wisdom, revelation, and compassion.

May every place of spiritual dryness in your life be transformed into an oasis of the Holy Spirit’s presence. I declare that your inner man is being strengthened, your faith is increasing, and your first love is being rekindled. I declare that you shall become a vessel through whom the life of heaven flows freely, bringing healing, deliverance, miracles, and hope to many.

May you remain continually prepared for every good work, by walking on purpose in the fullness of your divine inheritance and accomplishing all that Jesus has ordained for your life, to the glory of His Name. Amen.