What Have You Been Doing with the Spirit of God Within You?

Several times in the Old Testament, Scripture tells us that the Spirit of God came upon certain people. We see this with Saul in 1 Samuel 11:6 and Samson in Judges 14:6 and 14:19, among others.

When the Spirit came upon them, God empowered them to accomplish great things, including leading His people into battle and giving them victory.

The same Spirit of God now dwells in every believer. But the question is: What have you been doing with His presence?

Have you given Him the wheel to navigate your life, or are there still areas of your life you have not allowed Him to enter?

The Spirit who empowered these men is the same Spirit who dwells in us. Through salvation, we have the privilege of walking with Him, seeking His guidance, and depending on Him in every area of our lives.

We have direct access to Him. We can ask Him to show us the way out of difficult situations, seek His wisdom in pressing decisions, and rely on His direction when we do not know what to do.

Unlike the days of Old, when the Spirit of God came upon people for specific assignments. But today, through salvation, the Holy Spirit dwells within us at all times. By faith we walk in fellowship with Him and allow Him to lead us.

The Holy Spirit can only manifest His guidance in your life to the extent that you involve Him.

Therefore, make it a culture to speak with Him—not only in quiet moments but also amid the noise and busyness of everyday life. Involve Him in your decisions, invite Him into your challenges, and seek His direction in all things.

Make fellowship with the Holy Spirit a daily practice, not an occasional experience.

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CAN WE SEE IT?

While listening to a sermon in my local church, the Holy Spirit highlighted these words in my heart: God calls us for a review and changes our perspectives.

The words were familiar, yet somehow unfamiliar.

When God says, “Come now, let us reason together” (Isaiah 1:18), is it possible that our capacity to reason may not yet be aligned with His? Could it be that even when we reason through our lives with family and friends, we sometimes arrive at conclusions that cause others to pause, ponder, and even call out our errors?

As the Holy Spirit pressed these words upon my heart, I began to realize something: sometimes, I really cannot see what God is able to do—not necessarily because I doubt His ability, but because I am yet to comprehend the possibilities from His perspective.

Our minds cannot always grasp the full extent of what God desires to accomplish in us, even when our hearts long for those very possibilities.

Ephesians 3:20 (ESV) says:

“Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us,”

As I studied the book of Ephesians, my attention shifted from the possibilities of what God can do to the possibilities my mind can conceive.

To seek alignment to the abundant God can do and the great power he has poured out  in us is God's work of salvation. Until our mind is break open, and there are no more barricades resisting us from stepping and conceiving the thoughts he has for us.

Perhaps, then, the question is not only whether God can do exceedingly abundantly above all we ask or think, but also whether we are willing to let Him transform the way we think.

Our minds must be renewed. The barriers of fear, limited understanding, and old perspectives must give way to the truth of who God is and what His power can accomplish in us.

Today, can we take a new position in prayer?

“Lord, empower my mind to perceive new possibilities according to Your power at work within me."

Perhaps this is when Ephesians 3:20 becomes even more personal to us: when we begin to recognize that God's ability extends far beyond the boundaries of our imagination.

We no longer allow fear to define the limits of what we can conceive. Instead, we choose to see God's greatness, trust His power, and remain open to the transformation He desires to work in us.

Can we see it?

Perhaps not fully yet. But as He renews our minds, we can learn to see beyond what we have always known and trust the One whose power exceeds what we can ask or imagine.

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God the Regulator of Times and Seasons.

 

The essentiality of time cannot be overemphasized. Time is a system created by God, and man was placed within it so that his affairs and journey on earth could be regulated. We see this clearly in Ecclesiastes 3:1–8 (NIV):

“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens…”

God is a Regulator. He regulates our times and seasons. Whenever there seems to be a delay, we naturally begin to ask questions: Why is this taking so long? When will this happen? Why do i feel stocked?

What you need to do life and to fulfil the purpose for which you were created have already been given by God. But what God does is regulate the times and seasons in which those things come into manifestation.

God deals with us within the context of generations, bloodlines, and environments. The enemy understands patterns. He has been navigating the earth long before we appeared. So he has seen your fathers and your fathers’ fathers. He has studied the bloodline, and the patterns present and so he knows the weaknesses that can be exploited.

One of the things the enemy attempts to do is pervert time.

Just as sexual perversion exists, perversion of time also exist. Here the enemy seeks to interfere with what God intends to accomplish in a person's life. Because he studies patterns and seasons, he then identifies what is coming and begin working to prevent it long before its manifestation.

He tries to distort a person causing them to be stock in a season or wasting time on what was never part of their journey, so that when the appointed time and season for what God has ordained finally arrives, that person will be found unprepared.

But what God does in the midst of all this is mind-blowing.

At the very moment the enemy thinks, “I've got this. Look at the way his life is failing,” he forgets that nothing happens outside the authority of the Regulator. God is still regulating how far the enemy can go.

Even in the midst of what looks like delay, God is doing a deeper work.

He is building capacity.

He is building meekness.

He is building strength.

He is developing the inward man so that, at the appointed time, what He has deposited within you can be released.

There are things that cannot be released until the outer man has been dealt with. Until the outer man is shattered, the inward man cannot be fully released.

Sometimes, what looks like a delay is actually a divine reset for every true believer.

Perverted times leads to being stuck in a cycle. It is like being trapped in a loop. You keep trying to move forward, but somehow, year after year, it feels as though you are still standing in the same position.

Let us consider the development of a child.

There is a time to sit.

A time to crawl.

A time to stand.

And also a time to walk.

A child cannot be forced into a season before the capacity for that season has been developed. In the same way, the life of a man is divided into times and seasons.

There is a time to start.

There is a time to wait.

There is a time to move.

There is a time to hold on.

There is a time to let go.

There is a time to walk away.

There is a time to run.

It is time to align yourself with the Regulator and allow Him to regulate your times and seasons according to His purpose.

And for those who have found themselves stuck in a season because of misalignment, unable to discern the changes, or experiencing patterns that seem to have followed their bloodline, God is calling you to bring it before Him.

Ask Him to break every wrong cycle.

Ask Him to remove every yoke.

Ask Him to realign you with His timing.

Because the enemy may understand patterns, but God controls the times and seasons.

Your life is not out of control.

Your season is not outside His reach.

The Regulator is still on the throne.

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Do You Not Know?

“Do you not know?”

This question can be intriguing because, when it is asked without context, our minds immediately begin to wonder what the subject is. We may assume it has something to do with a transaction buying, selling, or rendering a service. But when the Apostle Paul asks this question, he is pointing us to something else: our identity, our bodies, and the One to whom we belong.

Paul writes:

“Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.”

1 Corinthians 6:19–20

The human body was created by God as the earthly vessel through which we live and interact with the world. For the believer, it is also described as a temple of the Holy Spirit. The Apostle Paul emphasized on this when he addressed the Corinthian church concerning sexual immorality.

His message to the Corinthians is still relevant to us today.

Many at time people live as though grace gives us the freedom to do whatever we want. We say, “God understands. His grace covers everything.” But Paul asks us a confronting question:

“Do you not know?”

Have we forgotten who we are?

Sexual immorality has become increasingly normalized in our world. Many people have been made to believe that the more your sexual experiences, the better you are to keep man. Sexual Purity is now portrayed as old-fashioned, restrictive, or unrealistic.

But Paul asks, “Do you not know?”

So I ask: Was man created for sex, or was sex created to serve the purposes of God within the boundaries He established?

We must not continue in immorality when Christ is calling us to purity?

Purity is not merely physical. It begins in the mind, continues in the heart, and is expressed through our actions.

Some people may claim to be physically pure, but sometimes the only reason they have not fallen into certain sins is because the opportunity has not yet presented itself. True purity goes beyond the absence of opportunity. It is a decision of the heart to honour God at all cost.

Do you not know that your body is a habitation of the Holy Spirit?

You were bought with a price—the price was the blood of Christ.

Just pause and think about that for a moment.

Your body is not merely yours to use however you please. Your life belongs to God. Your body belongs to him.Your mind belongs to Him. Your sexuality belongs to Him. And every instruction God gives concerning our lives is ultimately for our good.

When we engage in sexual immorality, we do not merely dishonour God; we also dishonour our own bodies.

We see Apostle Paul going on to explain that our bodies are members of Christ. Therefore, we must be careful about what we unite ourselves with. The one who joins himself to a prostitute becomes one with her, while the one who is joined to the Lord is one with Him in spirit.

This is why we must strive to live sexually pure lives—in mind, thought, and action.

It time to desist from sexually perverse behaviour, be intentional about what we expose our minds to like porn.

Pornography does more than provide temporary pleasure. It can condition the mind to desire and normalize what God calls us to reject. It can whisper, “Take it. You don't have to wait. You don't have to exercise self-control. You can have it now.”

But we often fail to recognize that some of the struggles we experience today may be connected to things we permitted into our lives in the past.

Every interaction leaves an imprint. Some experiences can fragment the soul, distort our understanding of intimacy, or create doors through which destructive patterns enter our lives.

Did you not know that you are joint heirs with God.

And as an heir when the king ask to desist, He is not trying deprive you but preserve you.

Jesus did not die merely so that we could say we are saved while continuing to live according to the patterns of the world. He purchased us so that we could become His.

“You are not your own, for you were bought with a price.”

Therefore, we must ask ourselves:

What are we allowing to inhabit the space that belongs to God?

Can the same heart that houses the Holy Spirit continually make room for things that contradicts Him?

What is flowing from us?

What are we feeding our minds?

What are we entertaining in our thoughts?

What are we allowing our eyes to see?

What are we allowing our bodies to participate in?

And perhaps most importantly:

Do you not know?

Do you not know that you are God's temple?

Do you not know that you were bought with a price?

Do you not know Good is God's desire for you?

Do you not know that His boundaries are not meant to destroy your joy, but to protect it?

God is sending an invitation to you today telling you that it is time to let go pornography, of immoral behavior and come to him, He will help you.

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The Motive Behind the Message

In a world where many are eager to turn on their ring lights and speak on different issues, we must understand that not everything that shines is a reflection of the true light. A person may speak eloquently, quote Scriptures accurately, and appear to stand for the truth, yet the motive behind their actions may tell a different story. While our words may reveal what we want people to hear, our motives reveal what is truly in our hearts.

It is possible to do the right thing for the wrong reason. It is possible to preach Christ without being driven by a genuine love for Christ. The message may be right, but the motive behind delivering that message may be wrong.

This was the reality the Apostle Paul addressed in Philippians 1:15–18. While he was in prison, some people preached Christ out of love and goodwill, while others did so out of envy, rivalry, and selfish ambition. They were proclaiming the same Christ, but they were not driven by the same motives.

This raises an important question that every believer must sit with and answer: Is it enough to be involved in the work of God, or does God also pay attention to the reasons we do what we do?

Let us consider the words of the Apostle Paul in Philippians 1:15–18:

“Some, it is true, [actually] preach Christ (the Messiah) [for no better reason than] out of envy and rivalry (party spirit), but others are doing so out of a loyal spirit and goodwill... But what does it matter, so long as either way, whether in pretense [for personal ends] or in all honesty [for the furtherance of the Truth], Christ is being proclaimed? And in that I [now] rejoice, yes, and I shall rejoice [hereafter] also.”

Today, we see people preaching Christ for different reasons. Some do so out of love for His Word and a genuine desire to fulfil the Great Commission, while others preach out of envy and rivalry. We also see people twisting the Scriptures to suit their own desires and agendas.

Yet, the Apostle Paul expressed his joy that Christ was being proclaimed, despite the questionable motives of some who preached Him. His statement reveals an important distinction: the message of Christ can be proclaimed even when the motives of the messenger are questionable.

Scripture declares that the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea (Habakkuk 2:14). In this light, the different reasons people may have for preaching Christ do not change God's ultimate purpose to make His glory known.

However, this should never become an excuse for us to preach with impure motives or to twist the Scriptures to suit our own desires. Rather, as people who desire to be vessels unto God, we must ask Him to do a work in us that reflects the very Christ we desire to proclaim.

We must allow God to examine our hearts and purify our intentions so that our service to Him is not merely an outward display of religious activity but a genuine expression of love, obedience, and devotion.

Otherwise, we may find ourselves standing before the Lord, recounting all we have done in His name—how we preached the Gospel and carried out different religious activities—only to discover that our hearts were never upright before Him.

Beloved, today, I want you to examine yourself and answer these questions:

For what reason do you preach the Word? For what reason do you follow Jesus?

Are you motivated by love for God and a genuine desire to see His will fulfilled, or are there hidden motives that need to be surrendered to Him?

The truth is that Christ will be preached, and the Gospel will be heard. But as vessels entrusted with this commission, may we not be found wanting before the One who called us.

May our lives reflect the Christ we proclaim, and may our hearts remain pure before Him.

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Did You Forget?

There are times when we walk into a room in search of something, only to get there and completely forget what we went in for. We just stand there, thinking, What was I looking for again?

It happens to me.

As I have been studying the book of Galatians, I have come to see the Holy Spirit in a different light the One who lives within me and reminds me that I have been redeemed.

Did you forget who you are?

Did you forget that what God has prepared for you came with more than enough for you?

The Holy Spirit reminds me in this season that He Himself is the One in my heart, reminding me that I have been redeemed.

For the things I struggle to believe, accept, or may have simply forgotten, the reminder is right there in Galatians.

The Spirit of the Lord within me is a redeeming Spirit. God sent His Spirit into my heart as a reminder of His love for me and His goodness toward me.

Galatians 4:3 (ESV)

“In the same way we also, when we were children, were enslaved to the elementary principles of the world.”

The ones who were once bound have now been made free through the Spirit of the Lord—the Spirit who reminds us of our liberty in Christ Jesus.

Hey Miracle,

God is saying to us today: Those who were once bound have been set free by His Spirit, the very Spirit He has placed within our hearts.

So, if you have forgotten, remember again.

The Holy Spirit is within you, reminding you of who you are and of the goodness of the God who redeemed you.

Can you ask the Holy Spirit to remind you who you are in Christ?

Stay Revived!

The Voice of the Blood

When we look at the lives of Cain and Abel, we see that Cain killed his brother Abel. After this event, God spoke to Cain, He said:

Genesis 4:10
"The Lord said, 'What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground.'"

From this Scripture, we can see that blood has a voice and the ability to speak. If the blood of a man could cry out to Elohim, the Creator of the universe, then how much more powerful is the blood of Jesus Christ, which was shed for the remission of our sins?

The blood of Jesus was shed for our benefit, our deliverance, and our salvation. We see that through the shedding of Abel's blood, Cain came under a curse because of his actions. This reveals that blood carries spiritual significance. If the blood of a human being could speak and bring judgment, then the blood of a divine being, Jesus Christ can also speak, it has the power to bring freedom, redemption, restoration, and deliverance.

When we come into the economy of the Trinity, we must understand that Jesus was given for our redemption, and it is the Holy Spirit who makes that redemption a reality in our lives. Through the blood that Jesus shed on the cross, we have access to forgiveness, freedom, and reconciliation with God. So we must come to God in faith, believing that by the blood of Jesus we are redeemed and set free.

The blood of Jesus speaks even in silence. When it speaks, every other voice becomes mere noise because the blood speaks with authority. It speaks to rectify, to conclude, to deliver, and to restore. The blood of Jesus is one of the believer's greatest weapons in spiritual warfare. When you come before God by the blood, you do not need to defend yourself; the blood speaks on your behalf.

The blood was necessary to break the curse that came upon mankind through sin in Genesis 2. We see throughout Scripture that God is intentional about the significance of blood. While the shedding of innocent blood brought judgment, the shedding of the blood of Jesus brought redemption to humanity.

So when you face familiar spirits, confront them by the blood of Jesus. When you encounter negative patterns and cycles that seem impossible to break, confront them by the blood. When illegal agreements, evil covenants, or accusations are speaking against your life, your destiny, your career, your marriage, or your family, plead the blood of Jesus over these situation.

Declare in faith that the blood of Jesus is speaking for you. Trust in the Lord's redeeming power, for by His blood He has come to set the captives free and bring prisoners out of the pit where there is no water. The blood of Jesus speaks mercy instead of judgment, it speaks freedom instead of bondage, victory instead of defeat, and life instead of death.

The blood of Jesus is still speaking, and when it speaks, every other voice is silenced.

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