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Monday December 15
"Oh, that You would rend the heavens [and] come down!" Isaiah 64:1 NKJV
Jesus told the disciples just before He left this earth to return to heaven: "I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with the power from in high" (Lk 24:49 KJV). As a redeemed child of God, the Holy Spirit lives in you (see Ro 8:9). But this promise indicates that you can also have the Holy Spirit resting upon you and empowering you. How did the disciples respond to this promise? "All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer" (Ac 1:14 ESV). Author Larry Sparks says, "For too long, the Western church has tolerated a prayer culture defined by lack of results." Then he gives us this strategy for a divine visitation: "Review God's promises for a Holy Spirit outpouring. Become possessed by them. And 'tarry' in devoted, sustained, persevering prayer until revival promises become revival realities. That's exactly what the disciples did." We make the mistake of assuming that outpourings of the Holy Spirit are sovereignly fixed dates in heaven's calendar. One of the greatest promises God made to us is this: "In the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh" (Ac 2:17). As long as "all flesh" has not experienced this outpouring of God's Spirit, we must continue to pray, " Oh, that You would rend the heavens [and] come down!" You say, "What can I do?" Do what the disciples did: "All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer." Begin to pray each day for a divine visitation of God's Spirit.
Monday December 15
"Oh, that You would rend the heavens [and] come down!" Isaiah 64:1 NKJV
Jesus told the disciples just before He left this earth to return to heaven: "I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with the power from in high" (Lk 24:49 KJV). As a redeemed child of God, the Holy Spirit lives in you (see Ro 8:9). But this promise indicates that you can also have the Holy Spirit resting upon you and empowering you. How did the disciples respond to this promise? "All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer" (Ac 1:14 ESV). Author Larry Sparks says, "For too long, the Western church has tolerated a prayer culture defined by lack of results." Then he gives us this strategy for a divine visitation: "Review God's promises for a Holy Spirit outpouring. Become possessed by them. And 'tarry' in devoted, sustained, persevering prayer until revival promises become revival realities. That's exactly what the disciples did." We make the mistake of assuming that outpourings of the Holy Spirit are sovereignly fixed dates in heaven's calendar. One of the greatest promises God made to us is this: "In the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh" (Ac 2:17). As long as "all flesh" has not experienced this outpouring of God's Spirit, we must continue to pray, " Oh, that You would rend the heavens [and] come down!" You say, "What can I do?" Do what the disciples did: "All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer." Begin to pray each day for a divine visitation of God's Spirit.
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