THE CHOSEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL

THE CHOSEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL...

DATE: THURSDAY, 26TH NOVEMBER 2015.

THEME: YOU NEED THE HOLY GHOST TO BE EFFECTIVE

TEXT: Acts 1:8
8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

MEMORY VERSE: And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high. Luke 24:49

MESSAGE:
Christian faith is all about righteousness, power and joy in the Holy Ghost. Without the Holy Ghost, you cannot do much as a Christian. Jesus Christ knew this. That is why He told His disciples to tarry in Jerusalem until they have received the Holy Ghost. Acts 1:4-5 says “And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me…but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.” Truly, without the Holy, the apostles would not have succeeded no matter how they tired. But as soon as they received the Holy Ghost, in Acts 2 they were empowered. Boldness came upon them and they began to remember what the master taught them and the things written by the prophets. And without wasting time Peter preached and 3,000 souls repented. He preached again, 5,000 souls repented, then the apostles were everywhere preaching and doing miracles. This would not have been possible without the Holy Ghost. The same Holy Ghost is what is needed by all to operate effectively, whether you a Pastor, worker, leader, H.O.D, ordinary member, whoever you are, you need the Holy Ghost.

Holy Ghost will help you to pray, preach, live a holy life style, overcome trial and temptations, endure persecution, bear one another’s burden and do many things in the body of Christ. And so Holy Ghost is not designated to certain group of people in the church. Everybody needs Him. If you want be a champion in Pastoral work, evangelism, visitation etc, you need the Holy Ghost. Even to do secular job outside the church, you need the Holy Ghost. Whoever you are, desire and covet Him to come and dwell in your life. When He comes into you, you will be a changed fellow.

PRAYER POINTS:
Pray all manner of prayer and ask the Holy Ghost to come into you and dwell.

If He is already dwelling in you, pray that He will fill and overflow in you.

AMEND YOUR WAYS: If you are not born again you must do something as a matter of urgency. He that commits sin is of the devil (1 John 3:8). If you are into lying, cheating, bitterness, keeping malice, pride, manifesting anger, quarreling, unforgiveness, hatred, envy, contention, strife, gossiping, taking or giving bribe, selfishness, kidnapping. If you are into masturbation, fornication, adultery, prostitution, abortion, lesbianism, homosexuality, you need to repent. Are you into idolatry, do you make or use charms, rituals, bow down to images, Are you into occultism? Do you smoke cigarette, cocaine, heroine? Are you lusting, covetous, alcohol drinking, divorcee or into worldliness?, you must stop bleaching your body, or painting your lips, eyes, fixing attachments, weave-on, earrings (Gen 35:2-4) Are you one of those that put on nude dresses, short skirts, transparent dresses to seduce (A seducer is not a Christian) do you wear trouser as a woman? Repent and give your life to Jesus Christ.
LET'S PRAY: If you want to give your life to JESUS pray this short prayer with me: Almighty God, I come unto you in the name of Jesus. Father I confess that I am a sinner. All my sins I confess to you. I am very sorry for all my sins. Lord I promise you that from today I will never continue in them anymore. I believe that Jesus Christ died and rose again on the third day for my justification. Almighty God, use the blood of Jesus to wash my sins away. Lord Jesus, come into my heart, be my Lord and Personal Savior. I surrender my life to you. Cancel my name from the book of death and give me grace to make Heaven. AMEN!

AUTHOR: PASTOR LAZARUS MUOKA.