WALKING IN THE SPIRIT

WALKING IN THE SPIRIT


I TALKED TO YOU SUNDAY MORNING ABOUT BEING FILLED OR BEING SPILLED. HAS ANYONE HERE ALREADY SPILLED WHAT THEY RECEIVED SUNDAY?

IT HAPPENS SOMETIMES, THE DEVIL DOES HIS BEST TO CAUSE US TO LOSE THE JOY OF THE LORD, TO ROB US OF OUR BLESSINGS & KEEP US FROM HAVING THE POWER OF GOD.

FOR JUST A WHILE I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT WALKING IN THE SPIRIT OR STAYING CHARGED.

WHEN PAUL TOLD US TO BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT THERE WAS A REASON.

Acts 1:8​ But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me ……..

WHEN YOUR FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT YOU RECEIVE POWER
POWER TO WITNESS FOR THE LORD.
POWER TO SERVE THE LORD
POWER TO LIVE FOR THE LORD

HOW MUCH POWER?

SOME OF THESE RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES ARE SMALL AND DON'T HAVE A LOT OF POWER. HOW MUCH POWER CAN WE GET BY BEING FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD?

Luke 10:19 ​Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

POWER OVER ALL!

ALL THE POWER OF THE ENEMY

NOW, IN ORDER TO STAY ENDUED WITH POWER, WE NEED TO STAY HOOKED UP TO THE SOURCE OF POWER.


SO NOW PAUL TELLS US THIS:

Gal 5:25​ If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

WALKING IN THE SPIRIT WILL KEEP US CHARGED!

WE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE ALMOST EVERYTHING IS GOING WIRELESS. WE HAVE THESE NEW LITHIUM BATTERIES THAT KEEP A CHARGE FOR HOURS ON END GIVING US THE FREEDOM WE NEED TO BE ON THE MOVE. I THINK THAT MIGHT BE WHAT GOD HAS IN MIND WHEN HE SAID WHEN YOUR FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GO HE WAS GIVING US PORTABLE POWER! BUT HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THESE BATTERIES REQUIRE CHARGING OVER & OVER & AGAIN & AGAIN? IF WE FAIL TO CHARGE THEM OVERNIGHT THEY'LL FAIL US THE NEXT DAY & USUALLY WHEN WE NEED THEM THE MOST SO WE HAVE TO CHARGE THEM.

SO PAUL SAYS BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT - "GET CHARGED"!

BUT THEN HE SAYS ONCE YOUR CHARGED - "STAY CHARGED"!

HOW DO WE STAY CHARGED? BY CONTINUING TO GET CONNECTED TO OUR SOURCE OF POWER.

WE NEED TO BE RECHARGED WITH HOLY GHOST POWER DAILY AND WE CAN DO THIS BY WALKING IN THR SPIRIT.

WE NEED GOD DAILY!

Deut 31:6​ Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

Josh 1:6-7 Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them. Only be thou strong and very courageous, ……..

SO HOW CAN WE BE STRONG OR REMAIN STRONG?

BY BEING FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT AND BY WALKING IN THE SPIRIT DAILY.

WE RECEIVE POWER AFTER WE'RE FILLED WITH HIS SPIRIT. WHEN WE'RE FILLED, WE'RE STRONG. WHEN WE'RE STRONG, THE DEVIL CAN'T PUSH US AROUND.

1 Cor 15:58 ​Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

STEDFAST WALKING IN THE SPIRIT EQUALS BEING FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT. BECAUSE, IT'S WHEN WE'RE FILLED THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GO OUT & BE THE WITNESS THAT GOD HAS CALLED US TO BE.

WALK IN THE SPIRIT SO THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO STAND AGAINST ALL THE WILES OF THE DEVIL WHEN HE SENDS EVERYTHING HE HAS AGAINST US.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT AND FILLED WITH HIS POWER. ONCE WE'RE FILLED, WE NEED TO STAY FILLED. THE ONLY WAY I KNOW HOW TO STAY FILLED IS TO STAY HOOKED UP WITH GOD BY WALKING IN THE SPIRIT.

DAILY WE NEED TO WALK WITH THE SPIRIT BECAUSE IT IS GOD WHO IS:
LEADING US
GUIDING US
KEEPING US

BEING FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT ISN'T JUST A ONE TIME DEAL.

IF I WAS TO FILL A GLASS WITH WATER & SET IT ON A SHELF IN A DAY OR TWO THAT GLASS WOULD NO LONGER BE FILLED IT WOULD HAVE LOST SOMETHING. SO IN ORDER TO KEEP IT FILLED I WOULD HAVE TO KEEP FILLING IT.

WHEN WE'RE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT IT ISN'T SOMETHING THAT SIMPLY NEEDS DONE ONCE & NEVER AGAIN.

HOW MANY KNOW WE LEAK?

IN ACTS CHAPT. TWO THE 120 WERE FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST AND PETER WAS ONE OF THEM BUT THEN AGAIN

Acts 4:31​And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.

WITHOUT WALKING IN THE SPIRIT OUR BATTERIES WILL RUN DRY. WHEN OUR BATTERIES RUN DRY, THE DEVILS ATTACKS BEGIN TO GAIN GROUND AND WE BEGIN TO LOOSE BATTLES.

WE LOOSE SO MANY BATTLES UNTIL WE FIND OURSELVES COMPLETELY DEFEATED; READY TO GIVE UP & QUIT.

WE NEED TO BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT & THEN WALK IN THE SPIRIT.

WHEN WE LIVE LIVES FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT, WE WILL BE LIVING LIVES THAT ARE STRONG IN THE POWER OF THE LORD'S MIGHT.

EVERY NIGHT WHEN I GO TO BED I PUT MY PHONE ON THE CHARGER. WHEN I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING, IT IS FULLY CHARGED & WILL LAST ME ALL DAY.

EVERY MORNING WHEN I WAKE UP, I BEGIN TO PRAY, "LORD, I NEED YOUR POWER FOR THE DAY BEFORE ME. GOD FILL ME WITH YOUR SPIRIT."

RIGHT THERE HE CHARGES ME THAT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND THE THINGS THAT SATAN THROWS AGAINST ME TODAY.

EVERYDAY I HAVE TO BE FILLED WITH HIS SPIRIT
EVERYDAY I HAVE TO WALK IN HIS SPIRIT

BECAUSE, EVERYDAY I KNOW THERE'S A DEVIL OUT THERE DOING WHAT HE CAN TO DEFEAT ME IN MY WALK WITH GOD.

IT'S GOD'S DESIRE THAT WE BE FILLED WITH HIS POWER & HIS MIGHT.

WE CAN DO THIS BY DAILY STAYING IN TOUCH WITH JESUS, KEEPING OUR BATTERY FULL AND STAYING FILLED WITH HIS SPIRIT. THAT GIVES US POWER OVER ALL THE POWER OF THE DEVIL.

I HAVE MY PHONE CHARGER RIGHT BESIDE MY BED. WHEN IT NEEDS CHARGED, I KNOW WHERE THE CHARGER IS AT & I GO PLUG IT IN.

THE SAME PRINCIPLE WORKS FOR MY SPIRITUAL LIFE.
I KNOW WHERE MY ALTAR IS AT
I KNOW WHEN I NEED TO GET ON MY KNEES & BEGIN TO CHARGE MY SOUL

WHEN I'M CHARGED I RISE UP & I WALK IN HIS POWER AND HIS POWER ALLOWS ME TO LIVE A LIFE OF VICTORY.

WALKING IN THE SPIRIT IS A LIFE OF VICTORY.

ARE WE FILLED OR ARE WE SPILLED?

OUR PRAYER MUST BE, "LORD FILL ME WITH YOUR SPIRIT
ENDUE ME WITH YOUR POWER AND KEEP ME CHARGED."

AND WE DO THIS BY STAYING HOOKED ON A REGULAR BASIS WITH OUR POWER SOURCE.