OPEN HEAVENS (Thursday, 19th December, 2013)

THEME : THE HOLY SPIRIT

MEMORY VERSE: And when he is come, he
will reprove the world of sin, and of
righteousness, and of judgment (John
16:8)

READ: Hebrews 1: 8-9
8. But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne,
O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of
righteousness is the sceptre of thy
kingdom.
9. Thou hast loved righteousness, and
hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy
God, hath anointed thee with the oil of
gladness above thy fellows.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR : PSALM 91 – 93

MESSAGE: It is one thing to receive the anointing
and another to keep on growing in it.
There are people who had the anointing,
but today, everything has virtually
ebbed out. It is possible to connect with
the Holy Spirit and to continue to flow in the power of the anointing even at
increasing levels. If this is your desire,
then you cannot toy with sin. “Thou hast loved righteousness, and
hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy
God, hath anointed thee with the oil of
gladness above thy fellows.” (Hebrews 1:9)
The anointing and righteousness have a
symbiotic relationship. If you are living
in sin, the Holy Spirit will keep a distance
from you and so will the anointing. If
you are holy, the anointing can easily
flow through you. If you want higher levels of the anointing or you want to
sustain it, then you must increase your
level of holiness and be far separated
from sin. You can say you know of some people
who are not living holy, yet they still
have the power. I have seen a lot of
people who operated under a demonic
power, usually their end is disastrous.
There are two kinds of power – God’s power and the power of the devil which
he stole from man. Goliath is an example
of someone with demonic power. If you
study carefully, you will find out that
like Goliath, the devil uses his agent for a
while and abandons them to destruction down the line. Satan has no value for
the life of his devotees! He is also not
committed to them beyond a certain
point. But our God is committed to the
end. He will defend His anointed.
Whenever His anointed faces the agents of darkness, God is even more present in
such situations. Hook up with the Holy
Spirit because, of all the personalities in
the Godhead, He is the most jealous of
His holiness. The word ‘holy’ is not used
before the name of the Father or the Son, but the Holy Spirit cannot do
without it. This is why He is present
with those who value His holiness. Little
wonder He is rightly called Holy Spirit.