You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore. Psalm 16v11 Yes, in the presence of the Lord there is fullness of joy. When we say, practice the presence of God, it simply means, become God conscious in all that you do, in all of your daily living, talking, walking life. Engage God in your day. Whenever you remember, just invite the Holy Spirit in. Say to him as you get up in the morning, “good morning Holy Spirit”. During the course of your day, when you are overwhelmed by chaos or an unexpected situation, call on the name of Jesus and you will suddenly feel his presence fill your heart. Even in a joyful part of your life, speak his name and begin to thank him for his goodness in your life. This is a personal choice each of us have to make if we are wanting more in our lives. It is a glorious choice to have an intimate walk with God, it fills your life with a wealth of wisdom and power for each day. Give God a chance to change you today. CONFESSION/PRAYER Lord God almighty I need you more and more each day. Holy Spirit help me to practice being in your presence each and every day. You are my helper and comforter in every moment of my life. I give you all of me as you have given me all of you.
Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart. Luke 18v1 But you, dear friends, carefully build yourselves up in this most holy faith by praying in the Holy Spirit, staying right at the center of God’s love, keeping your arms open and outstretched, ready for the mercy of our Master, Jesus Christ. Jude 20 There are many types of prayer. Prayer of petition, where you make requests on behalf of others. Warfare prayer, where you command evil spirits to flee etc. However, in the life of a believer, praying is staying connected to God. Prayer helps us to hear God and receive direction in our lives. Prayer is essential. You may start out not knowing how to pray, but as you spend time in the presence of the Lord, you will grow to love prayer because it brings peace and allows you to learn the voice of God. it’s the most wonderful fellowship you will ever having. You should set aside time each day to pray. You may say I am too busy to pray, the response to that would be, you will be even busier if you do not pray. God can make things happen that would not be possible in your own strength. Give God a chance, it’s so worth it. In your relentless pursuit of your God given calling, prayer is a divine connection to heaven that gives you authority on this earth. CONFESSION/PRAYER Holy spirit I give myself to you to help me develop a time to worship the father and a prayer language to speak to him. I need his spirit of counsel and might in my life. I need direction for each and every day, so my prayer life prepares me for each day.
And the Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him— The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and strength, The Spirit of knowledge and of the [reverential and obedient] fear of the LORD—Isaiah 11v2 The same spirit that raised Christ from the dead reigns in us. This is the presence of the Holy Spirit. This spirit of counsel rests in us as well. It is the spirit of wisdom and understanding that helps us in our daily lives. When we meet people who are in need of counsel, you will find this spirit of counsel well up on the inside of you and you will begin to speak words to the people, not realizing you had this on the inside of you. The presence of God makes you rich in wisdom and understanding so the spirit of counsel can help you in your everyday life. God placed his spirit in you so you can be an extension of him on this earth. Let the Holy Spirit use you in counselling others. It’s God’s way of reaching out to his people through you. This is the wealth and riches he talks to us about. The debt of love to others. CONFESSION/PRAYER The spirit of the Lord rests on me as it rested on Jesus. Holy Spirit help each and every day so I can reach out when someone is in need of counsel. It is not my own words that I speak, it is your words, so it brings healing to the hearer.
“I tell you truthfully, I have not found such great faith [as this] with anyone in Israel. I say to you that many [Gentiles] will come from east and west, and will sit down [to feast at the table, and enjoy God’s promises] with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven [because they accepted Me as Savior], Matthew 8v10 Jesus was talking about the centurion who showed great faith when he said to Jesus, only say the word and my servant will be healed. This man had great faith, he understood what authority was and he knew if someone with authority spoke, the situation had to change. He had never heard Jesus before, but he recognized that he was not an ordinary man and whatever he commanded would be changed. This is what great faith can accomplish. And suddenly a violent storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was being covered by the waves; but Jesus was sleeping. And the disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Lord, save us, we are going to die!” He said to them, “Why are you afraid, you men of little faith?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was [at once] a great and wonderful calm [a perfect peacefulness]. The men wondered in amazement, saying, “What kind of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?” Matthew 8v26 In the above scripture Jesus shows what little faith cannot accomplish. They were afraid of the storm because their faith was weak. They had been listening to Jesus teach and preach, yet the word of understanding had never entered their hearts. In your God given calling, you will have to spend time in the word and in prayer to get to know Jesus more, to grow from weak faith to great faith. You will change your world with your faith. Invest in your faith. CONFESSION/PRAYER Holy Spirit teach me daily to grow my faith, I desire great faith so I can move mountains and speak to situations so they can change, not only for me but for those around me as well. My faith drives out fear from my life.
“Go into the world. Go everywhere and announce the Message of God’s good news to one and all. Whoever believes and is baptized is saved; whoever refuses to believe is damned. Luke 16v14 Salvation was a gift from Jesus, it was free, however we have been commissioned to go out into all the world and win the lost. Jesus came to seek and save the lost. Do you remember the joy in your heart when you first got saved and got to know Jesus. You could not wait to go to church and listen to the word. There are many dying souls out there who have never been touched by the master’s love. They are broken and emotionally scarred. They need a touch from the master’s hand. We are the carriers of the presence of the Lord and his love permeates our very being. We need to share this good news with the broken who need Jesus so desperately. You have to take your eyes off yourself and look out the window of your world to see the world out there as Jesus sees it. It is a commission we have been given and as we fulfil it, we will experience a joy that cannot be explained. Ask the Holy Spirit to show you how. This is part of your God given calling, to be a soul winner, winning souls to Christ. CONFESSION/PRAYER Holy Spirit let me see through your eyes, the lost and needy so we can reach out and make a difference to the lives of people around us, populating heaven and emptying out hell.
Be full of and controlled by the Holy Spirit so when you walk into a room the atmosphere changes. Your joy should be infectious, people around you should feel it. In the midst of chaos let your peace overwhelm those around you. Become the solution to those around you as you have a wise answer of the tongue to speak a word in season to those who do not know what to do. Let your speech be gracious and full of love and wisdom so people look to you to assist when needed. Speak to the environment you are in and let the presence of God infiltrate that environment and change it for good. In the presence of the Lord is fullness of joy and at his right hand are pleasures for ever more. CONFESSION/PRAYER Holy Spirit fill me with your anointing and power so my very words and actions change my environment. I speak life to every situation and the moment I come into a place the very atmosphere Is changed because of God’s presence in me.
“Do not judge others, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn others, or it will all come back against you. Forgive others, and you will be forgiven. Matthew 6v37 God alone is judge of all. As the scripture says here, we should not judge others. When we judge or condemn others, we are opening the door for us to be judged and condemned. We are called to love all men and women, not judge them. It is so easy for us to stand as judge someone in their situation but we must understand, we have never walked in their shoes. None of us know why they are in the position they are in. We are not sure how we would respond in the same situation, so instead of judging, we should love and pray for them. Practice the language of silence at this time, it is not your business, so leave well alone. You never know when or if you will ever be in that situation, so be still and let God be God, he alone is the judge of all. There will be many opportunities where, in your God given calling, you could judge others as you interact with various people. Be relentless in your life and forgiving of others so you too will experience the same love and forgiveness when you are in a similar position. CONFESSION/PRAYER Holy Spirit help me to be forgiving and loving towards others. Help. Me not to judge what I do not understand. The position of judge and jury is that of the Father so help me in my love walk with others.
“I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself. Jeremiah 31v3 The love of God is from everlasting to everlasting. His love for us never changes. No matter what we do or how far away we go from him. His love never changes. This love is the “agape” love of God. It is unconditional, it is not dependent on how we behave. Nothing we can do in this life, will change this love. This God kind of love should then cause us to understand that no matter what, our God loves us and will never leave us no matter what. He works all things together for our God. All we have to do is to trust and believe. Jesus said to Jairus when he heard his daughter was dead, he said “Jairus, fear not, only believe”. Do not let any negative thoughts of failure affect your perception of God. God is good all the time and he loves us unconditionally. We are loved by our God. At the forefront of our minds and our hearts we must be determined and understand that God loves us. Be relentless with this love of God in your God given calling so you can lead men to Christ. CONFESSION/PRAYER Perfect love casts out all fear. Our faith worketh by love. We are loved and cherished by our God. His love never fails. His love is from everlasting to everlasting. We are established in this beautiful, unfailing love.
Give to all persons therefore that which is due to them: tribute to whom tribute belongs, custom to whom custom is due, fear to whom fear belongs, honour to whom honour pertains. Owe nothing to anyone, but to love one another. For he who loves another, fulfils the law. Rom 13v7 Respect and honour are one of the basics we should practice in our life in our God given calling. It takes a lot of humility to do this. It takes a lot of maturity to recognize the need to do this. The benefits for obedience in this area are invaluable. The blessings that come on your life because you choose to honour those above you. As you honour others, so too will you be honoured. We are asked to honour our mother and father and this comes with a blessing of a long life. A wife is asked to honour her husband and this brings glory to God. Showing honour does not make her subservient but rather establishes God in her heart and keeps her strong as it is not always easy to show honour when you see the faults in your husband. However you have to look past this to honour as you see him as God sees him. CONFESSION/PRAYER Holy Spirit train my spirit to recognize those in authority over me and help me to give honour where honour is due. In every area when honour is needed, teach me how to show honour and live righteously in Jesus name.
give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again. Luke 6v38 Giving is a characteristic of our heavenly Father. Our Father is very concerned about us and would love for us to live our best life so he sent his only Son Jesus to die for us, giving us salvation. We find that this characteristic resides on the inside of us. We too love to give. I am not only talking about money, I am talking about kindness and compassion to others. Reaching out a helping hand to those in need etc. When it comes to giving to the kingdom of God, that is elementary stuff, it should be something we do automatically in response to our gratefulness to God for what he has done for us. It is part of the return on investment that God has invested in us. There is another part to this. In receiving, it is dependent on our relationship with others, as it is men who shall give into our lives. We can only receive from people with whom we have a good relationship. So practice your love walk in your giving and you too will receive a reward on your investment into the lives of people. In your God-given calling, the area of giving will be cultivated in your life by the Holy Spirit as he helps develop your character. CONFESSION/PRAYER I am a giver, I give of my resources and of the love God has placed in my heart. I invest in the kingdom of God by my giving and I invest in peoples lives by what God has place in my life. holy spirit help me in my giving.
Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life. Prov 4v23 Guard your heart from offense. When you are hurt because of some incident or something someone has said, refuse to let your heart be affected. Refuse to let the pain of the issue get so deep in your heart that you are not able to move on. You have to cast down every imagination and every negative thought out of your mind and heart or it will depress you and sap you of all your strength and energy. You just cannot afford this. It takes too long to pick yourself up again. It steals your joy and causes you to focus on the negative things in life. The next stage from this would be complaining and every time you meet someone the first topic will be the hurt and pain. Guard your heart with all diligence, for out of this beautiful heart of yours, flows the issues of life. Be determined, be resolute about guarding your heart. The Holy Spirit will comfort you and strengthen you during this time, allowing you to be relentless in your God-given calling. CONFESSION/PRAYER Holy Spirit I commit my heart to you, help me to guard my heart against any invaders that would come to destroy my peace, joy and strength. The course of my life is dependent on your purposes and your will for my life. So I refuse to allow anything to affect my heart.
Ye know this, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. James 1v19 We have two ears and one mouth, yet our mouth gets us into more trouble than anything else. Practice the art of listening. Ask the Holy Spirit to develop your listening skills so that you can become better at listening. I mean not just hearing something casually but listening intently when someone speaks. When we listen we absorb what is being said and we formulate an opinion or it helps us make a proper decision as we have given careful attention to what is being said. Most times when someone is speaking we are thinking ahead to what we will say, so we do not really hear what the person is saying. We lose out so much when we do this. Also the person who is talking to us feels we do not care because we were not really listening to what they were saying. This is why the Spirit of God through the word says, listen to what the Spirit of God is saying. When you develop an ear to listen, you also get to really hear God in his still small voice and this is a start to a journey of wonderful fellowship with the Holy Spirit. It helps and keeps us relentless in our God given calling. CONFESSION/PRAYER Abba Father I dedicate my ears to you, so you may teach me by the Holy Spirit to cultivate a habit of listening carefully when you speak and also when I am engaged in a conversation with others. A trained listening ear that also receives faith to live successfully.
“Blessed [content, sheltered by God’s promises] are the merciful, for they will receive mercy. Matthew 5v7 We all want people to show us mercy, but when we are wronged, we instantly want to lash out. We want the person to know they have done wrong. We show by our attitude that the person has wronged us. How does God respond to us when we have failed. He shows mercy. If our heavenly Father shows mercy, we too need to show mercy. When we show mercy to others we are sowing seeds for our own life. so, when or if we fail, which we will, others will show us mercy. In our interaction with people, in our God given calling, we will have many opportunities to show mercy so that we are effective in our calling and purpose. So let us start today to show mercy so our heavenly Father will show us mercy too. CONFESSION/PRAYER Holy Spirit, teach me how to be merciful to others. I have received the mercy of God so daily I want you to pour out mercy into my heart so I show mercy to others.
For by your words [reflecting your spiritual condition] you will be justified and acquitted of the guilt of sin; and by your words [rejecting Me] you will be condemned and sentenced.” Mat 12v37 What we say, is what we get. We have to guard the way we speak, we have to ensure that the words that come out of our mouth are words that build and not break. Our words shape our future and our present so just try to imagine how important the words you speak are. The bible says, out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. This just means, what you spend time on will enter your heart and this is what you will speak. Listen more and speak less. Place a premium on your words, ask the holy spirit to help you with your words. Even when you are under pressure, do not respond compulsively, guard your mouth. In your God given calling, your words will either build someone up or break them down. So, from today, watch your words. CONFESSION/PRAYER Holy Spirit put a guard on my tongue and a sentry at the door of my lips. Teach me to be slow to speak and swift to hear. Give me the tongue of the learned, so I can speak a word in season to the weary. By the power of the holy spirit I shape my future with my words.
And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. Rom 12v1-3 The way we think determines who we are. It is imperative that we allow the Holy Spirit to come in and start to help us to renew our mind. The old way of thinking will not help us in this new way of living. We have been called to live a higher life in Christ Jesus. We are new creation beings. We have the mind of Christ so we need to think God thoughts. All negativity has to go. Thoughts of failure and fear have to leave our lives if we want to see good success. The only way to renew your mind is to spend time in the presence of God in prayer, read your word at least once daily, meditate on the scripture that has touched your heart and the word will change you. Ensure you find yourself in the house of God, faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. you hear the word of God in the house of God. CONFESSION/PRAYER Holy Spirit you are my helper. I give my mind and thoughts to you so you can renew my mind. Give me a hunger for the word and let revelation knowledge from the word enter my heart and mind so I am renewed day by day.
