Day# 9 of 10 Days of Prayer
Day 9 Of Ten Days Of Prayer
A Fresh Visitation And Filling Of The Spirit
September 9, 2015
Welcome to Day 9 of ten days of prayer. Hope you get a chance to drop in and pray. Leave us a note. Even just a short note … Like … “I’m Praying!!!”
Continuing with the prayer that made the earth shake. Acts 4:23-31
We are going to get results as we pray!!!
The first thing we do is: Focus On The Lord — Magnify His Great Name!
The second thing we do is: Get A Proper Perspective Of Our Adversaries.
The third thing is: Lord grant us all BOLDNESS!
The fourth thing is: Boldness to declare His Word.
The fifth thing is: Stretch Out The Healing Hand
The sixth thing is: Authentication Of Signs And Wonders
Acts 4:30 “By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.”
We can see that this is exactly what happened. God answered their prayer. He will answer our prayer!
Acts 5:12 “And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people;…”
Acts 4:31 “And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.”
The early church, who lived in the shadow of the risen Christ, cried out for signs and wonders. We are called to relationship with God that is unexplainable. As believers our lives should be saturated with the GLORY of God. We are children of the Most High God and the supernatural is written in our DNA! It is unnatural for us not to have a hunger for the impossible to be in constant manifestation in our lives.
Today we will pick up where we left off in Acts 4:23-31.
Today the seventh thing is: A Fresh Visitation And Filling Of The Spirit.
These disciples had already experienced the baptism in the Spirit in Acts 2. So this was a fresh supernatural visitation and empowering of the Holy Spirit. You may have experienced the baptism of the Spirit but are you walking in the empowerment of the Spirit for right now. Several times the believers experienced fresh infilling of the Spirit.
There are seasons of refreshing that come from His presence that empower us for “kairos” moments. There are fresh anointing’s for new seasons. I’ve experienced them. They have been a regular part of church history. REVIVALS
They cried out for a fresh touch of God to face the challenges of their day. We need to cry out for a fresh anointing for our day.
I will add a few testimonies of revivalists from church history. These are some of the very experiences we have had before. Read these below:
Charles Finney. In his MEMOIRS (New York: A. S. Barnes & Co., 1876), pp. 20-21, he provides an extensive account of his experiences at this time, including the following:
Without any expectation of it, without ever having the thought in my mind that there was any such thing for me, without any recollection that I had ever heard the thing mentioned by any person in the world, the Holy Spirit descended upon me in a manner that seemed to go through me, body and soul. I could feel the impression, like a wave of electricity, going through and through me. Indeed it seemed to come in waves and waves of liquid love; for I could not express it in any other way. It seemed like the very breath of God. I can recollect distinctly that it seemed to fan me, like immense wings. No words can express the wonderful love that was shed abroad in my heart. I wept aloud with joy and love; and I do not know but I should say, I literally bellowed out the unutterable gushings of my heart. These waves came over me, and over me, and over me, one after the other, until I recollect I cried out, “I shall die if these waves continue to pass over me.” I said, “Lord, I cannot bear any more;” yet I had no fear of death.
How long I continued in this state, with this baptism continuing to roll over me and go through me, I do not know. But I know it was late in the evening when a member of my choir–for I was the leader of the choir–came into the office to see me. He was a member of the church. He found me in this state of loud weeping, and said to me, “Mr. Finney, what ails you?” I could make him no answer for some time. He then said, “Are you in pain?” I gathered myself up as best I could, and replied, “No, but so happy that I cannot live.”
He turned and left the office, and in a few minutes returned with one of the elders of the church, whose shop was nearly across the way from our office. This elder was a very serious man; and in my presence had been very watchful, and I had scarcely ever seen him laugh. When he came in, I was very much in the state in which I was when the young man went out to call him. He asked me how I felt, and I began to tell him. Instead of saying anything, he fell into a most spasmodic laugher. It seemed as if it was impossible for him to keep from laughing from the very bottom of his heart.
Evan Roberts … Welsh Revival
The manifestations of the Spirit, in some things, are very strange. Sometimes He will twist the body this way, and that, and the meaning is dark to you. . . . Some things in the manifestations are very peculiar to you. You have gone on wondering about them. Don’t think it strange that the Spirit works in you in many ways. His work is more than two-fold work. It is manifold. This is puzzling many minds. They see the Spirit shaking. They hear Him singing. They FEEL HIM LAUGHING [emphasis in the original], and they are sometimes tried with His various twisting and jerking’s, as though He would tear them to pieces. . . .
[They] feel as it were an electric stream passing through the body, which is an exciting of the nerves, which have their central seat in the pit of the stomach. It is from thence that the jaws are moved in speaking with tongues. . .
Azuza Street
Glen A. Cook provided his testimony, in which he wrote:
I could feel the power going through me like electric needles. The Spirit taught me that I must not resist the power but give way and become limp as a piece of cloth. When I did this, I fell under the power, and God began to mold me and teach me what it meant to be really surrendered to Him. I was laid out under the power five times before Pentecost really came. Each time I would come out from under the power, I would feel so sweet and clean, as though I had been run through a washing machine. .
These are days of great revival again. This generation needs to see a glorious manifestation of God’s tangible power.
Okay … Let’s pray!
PRAYER DIRECTIVES:
Spend some time making God big in your life. Proclaim His greatness!!!
See yourself seated with Him, reigning and ruling.
Embrace a bold Spirit!
Be rich in the power of the Word.
Expect your hands to be tools of loosing the blessing … HEALING HANDS!!!
Know that when you use the NAME Of JESUS all the power of Heaven is available.
Pray for signs and wonders to increase.
Pray for a openness in the body of Christ to a radical revival of the Holy Spirit!
Pray for a deep hunger to fill the heart of God’s people.
Pray for a supernatural shaking of the church that will result in a fresh filling of the Holy Spirit.
It’s TIME … Thank you for the GLORY!!! Isaiah 9:7 “Of the increase of His government and peace There will be no end,…”
This Jesus God raised up, and of that all of us are witnesses. Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you both see and hear. Acts 2:32-33
Father we ask that you would remove from us and our midst all hints of striving and sweat and that we all might simply receive the Holy Spirit, His work, power, and presence in our lives on the basis of Christ having been exalted, His merits. Take away from us through greater and deeper revelation of Christ any sense of having to earn or prove ourselves, twisting Your arm or qualifying ourselves. Let us hear that word of faith, speak it, and receive that which you are so willing to freely give. We ask for this outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the whole of your body, that we all would be empowered to testify of Jesus and Your love and purpose for us in Him. His testimony is not complete without manifestations of Your Spirit and power so fill us again, and help us to see our need for His presence and power in all we do, In Jesus name, Amen.
God, I love the words in the song Oceans.
You’ve never failed, and you won’t start now.
It is so wonderful to know we can build a life upon this reality. A life without end and without ever being orphaned from a wonderful family Take me deeper than my feet could ever wander and my faith will be made stronger this is love that endures and grows and is found in One who truly loves, and liberally shared among His family.
Oh God. What we have in you is beyond compare. It’s just better and bigger and further reaching and deeper touching and and there’s just no end to it. Thank you.
Where are my opportunities today to reveal your kingdom and presence into the lives of those I live among? Make certain my eyes can see them and that I know what to do. To just exist and not show my life that’s found in you, in some ways would be such a loss and be selfish of me. The good that I have in you begs to be shared. Begs to be expressed in ways that prove your existence – in a way that the receiver of your life from my hands and words can find bedrock truths and experiences that they can live their own lives upon. That the impact of your reality busting on on what they considered normal life changes them forever – and changes them to seeing and delighting in a bigger and more wonderful life then they ever did imagine. Entering into a life affair (aka) a love affair with you, so that this truth is known of them for the rest of their days. It is said that: “Being in love is when reality becomes better than the best of dreams”. So many I know dream of health restored and peace found and love to be the bedrock of their lives and marriages and friendships; and the truth that I know, is, in you this in normal good stuff. I want them to, like I do, know this moment by moment all the days of their lives and I want to be one of an army of people bringing this to world who does not seem to be able to see it.
God I want their experience in you to encompass every aspect and degree of their entire world and existence in it.
This is what you want. And you ask for labourers to join you in accomplishing this work. And it’s my honour to partner with you. And the most wonderful thing of this is, I get to enjoy your fellowship in all of this. And life just don’t get no better than that. Thank you Dad, may this way of seeing reality become the norm for millions and billions of people in these days on this earth at this season of time. How can I expect anything less and see Your Kingdom come on earth, even as it is in heaven.
Love ya.
Father, this day we declare Your majesty and unrestrained glory! For you are truly glorious in every aspect, and without any limitation. We stand in the appointed place, the place you have called us to, in that place called in the Spirit where you dwell. We stand in confidence, in the boldness that comes knowing you already welcome us, love us and approve us because of Jesus. We speak with Your words of power and proclaim the manifestation of a new, unprecedented season of miracles, signs and wonders that confirm and validate Your Word. We are both complete and content in You and also desperate for more of You! Stretch forth Your Hand to heal that all will know Your Love and authority. All your children shout – Kingdom Come! Your Will be done in this earth as it already is in heavenly places! Give Your people greater hunger and capacity for Your Presence that all the world will know of Your Glory!
Yay God! We love Your presence. We thank you for manifesting your power through the church, thank you for signs and wonders, thank you for grace that allows us to run boldly into your throne room.
I declare Psalm 143:10 that you teach us to walk in Your ways because you are our God, may your sweet Spirit guide us on level paths.
We embrace the Kingdom, we treasure our relationship with You. Thank you for setting before us a banqueting table. In the very presence of evil with laugh and dine with the King of Kings.
Bless the Lord oh my soul and all that is within me! May signs and wonders increase insurance lives. Open up all the gates in people’s lives to a radical revival, a great harvest of souls! May we hunger for more, more of You Lord, more of the manifested Kingdom to come, Your will being done on earth as it is in heaven. Shake it up real good God and bring a fresh filling of love, joy and peace that draws the Nations to You. We love You Jesus, glory to Your name – I desire to burn with the fire of Your Spirit!! Come on!
Thank you lord For revealing so many spiritual truths and realities to your children! I thank you that this week I’ve learned that all things were made for your pleasure and that when we worship at church or in our lives it is to bring you Pleasure and to bring you joy!!!! I pray that the next generation will let our ceiling be their floor and take living for you and worshiping you to a new level. I praise you that you are saving so many souls and restoring so many lives. God you are so good and hear our prayers always. God almighty it’s all about you !!! In Jesus name Amen.
Have been praying!! Lord, as we yield to you on the inside of us, release your power to touch all around us so you can meet every single need in their lives. Touch all those that we pass on the street or wherever we are by your Presence moving out of us into them and their lives. Manifest yourself through your people, your Church, in ways unprecedented. People need your love, Lord, and may we be those vessels of your kingdom being released from within us. Teach us Lord, to let go and let YOU!! Amen…..
Dear Father.
What would my life look like if I actually lived 100% committed to you? 100% yielded to you? 100% flowing with you with not a single step a tick or tock out of time of perfect union with you?
You know, I want this.
You know I want to be part of family that aspires to this and gets there.
I am so glad you give to us the desire of our hearts.
Dad, sometimes I look and I see like sleeping men walking and dreaming, having something close to what could be, but not close enough to be in perfect step. In our dreams we see wonderful works of salvation and graciousness and intense intimacy with you and our brothers and sisters, of the delightful fun found in your presence and fellowship again distributed liberally among our family members and I wish – I euchomai – to see it fuller in the lives of those I hope for, and I see, and I know. Father your everyday reel of accomplishments is like a combination of the highlight reels of our lives – I want our reels to be like yours. And I may be presumptuous – but I will be, I want to see this. I want to see a host of people, not hundreds, not thousands but many many millions of people walking before you, with you in the most intricate of dances and in perfect step and not a tick or tock out of step and time. What would my world look like if even 10 % of the population had a mature top level of skill and execution of dance with you like well trained athletes do at the peak of their performance. In The Holy Spirit, this ought to be normal living. Because in Him who is so magnificently good and accomplished, this our partner, our delightful paraclete, can carry us along like we are leaves blown in the wind – yielded and thrilled and caught up in the dance and fellowship, having our full attention and giving us His full attention.
For the joy set before Him, my Beloved endured the cross to allow this to come into the reality of His Beloved’s lives. Our lives. The finished work of the cross sets in motion this level of intimacy and closeness and I want to see this with my own eyes in the lives of many many people across the earth. And no! It’s not toooo much to ask for. In fact, I see this as a foundation stone, that gets built upon. Come on Dad. I don’t want to be among the crowd of witnesses in heaven looking down on the earth and seeing this, I want to see it in my generation on this earth in this season of time.
You know the full extent that my word picture portrays. Even I can’t see that big and my words fall so short. So let the picture you see, be the world we see in all your glory and beauty.
Love ya
James