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It is easy to die for Christ, but I think it is a little difficult to live for Christ. To live for Christ many years, it is very hard.
the love of God within our hearts forces us, constrains us, enables us, and empowers us to go for Him.
I don't mean, by telling you this story, that you need a special vision to know God's will for your life. What I mean is that you must have definite assurance. It might come through a vision, or the Word of God, or when someone preaches the Word. It can come in many ways. But you must desire to know that God has called you for a special purpose.
True revival always brings persecution.
So if everyone that is of the world praises us, we really had better look hard at what we are doing.
Finally I realized that this really would be a privilege. God said to me, "The place of humility and lowliness is the real place of blessing." I really determined to do that, because that is the safest place to be, the place of humility.
We receive the baptism of the Spirit by faith alone. We know we have it, and we can have it, because God's Word promises it. We know when we ask for the Holy Spirit we will never receive an evil spirit but we will receive the Holy Spirit. If we have this confidence in our God, we can pray and ask Him to baptize us in the Holy Spirit. Remember that Jesus is the only One who will baptize you in the Spirit.
There is a difference between the demonic and the Holy Spirit's power. When the demon possesses you, he just forces you to do what he wants. But when the Holy Spirit possesses us, He will never use force. He wants you to submit yourself and yield yourself willingly to Him.
The baptism in the Holy Spirit is only the beginning of higher spiritual blessings and usefulness. Don't expect the Holy Spirit to manifest all His gifts at once. As you walk in the Spirit and He leads you in ministering to others, He'll manifest himself through you more and more.
Help us to trust You, Lord, very simply and let You do Your work in our lives and meet our needs. We thank You, Jesus, that before You meet our needs, You want to meet us first.
