Luke 11:13 (ESV)
If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to
your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to
those who ask him!”
Charles Finney wrote about how God gave him mighty
infillings of the Holy Spirit. He said, "These infillings went through me,
as it seemed, body and soul. I immediately found myself endued with such power
from on high that a few words dropped here and there to individuals were the
means of their immediate conversion. My words seemed to fasten like barbed
arrows in the souls of men. They cut like a sword. They broke the heart like a
hammer. Multitudes can attest to this...Sometimes I would find myself in a
great measure empty of this power. I would go and visit, and find that I made
no saving impression. I would exhort and pray with the same results. I would
they set apart a day for private fasting and prayer...after humbling myself and
crying out for help, the power would return upon me with all its freshness.
This has been the experience of my life."
D.L Moody said, "I believe firmly that the moment
our hearts are emptied of pride and selfishness and ambition and everything
that is contrary to God's law, the Holy Spirit will fill every corner of our
hearts. But if we are full of pride and conceit and ambition and the world,
there is no room for the Spirit of God. We must be emptied before we can be
filled."
Let's get right with the Lord today. Let's set aside some
time to get before Him and empty ourselves of the world's influences and our
selfish ways that we might be filled with His power and anointing! There's so
much work to be done!
Dear Lord, help us empty our self of the things of this
world so that we may be completely filled by You. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.
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