DANCING WITH GOD! - Femi Akinwunmi

When I meditated on the word Guidance, I kept seeing "dance" at the end of the word. I remember reading that doing God’s will is a lot like dancing.

When two people try to lead, nothing feels right. The movement doesn’t flow with the music, and everything is quite uncomfortable and jerky.

When one person realizes that, and lets the other lead, both bodies begin to flow with the music.

GOFAMINT VICTORY MONTH PRAYER POINTS FOR DAY 23: ENJOYING THE LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT DAILY

THE GOSPEL FAITH MISSION INTERNATIONAL (GOFAMINT)

DAY 23 : FRIDAY 24TH JANUARY 2014

TEXT: JOHN 16:12-13

FOCUS: ENJOYING THE LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT DAILY

INSIGHT FOR EFFECTIVE PRAYING

Many people love the guidance of the Holy Spirit but are not ready for His
leadership, we should be ready for both “I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. “Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth: for He shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever He shall hear, [that] shall He speak: and He will shew you things to come”.

His leadership is to teach, correct and rebuke us where necessary. These will only make us to be the person He desires us to be.

Anybody who is enjoying the leadership of the Holy Spirit and His guidance will hear from God before it happens, he will see what others do not see, he will not fall into the error of Satan, doing God’s work will be easy for him because he will work with the master plan of God.

Holy Spirit, He is God in Spirit, this enables Him to be everywhere helping the believers to achieve the original purpose and plan of God.

We should learn how to invite Him into our lives, worship Him and learn to listen to His gentle voice.

LET US PRAY

1.     God the Holy Spirit, take Your abode in me.

2.     Father, baptize me afresh with Your Spirit.

3.     Holy Spirit of God, direct the rest of my life for Your glory.

4.     In Jesus name, I receive fresh fire of God.

5.     Holy Spirit, always lead my life as You wish.

6.     Endow Your gifts upon my life in Jesus name.

7.     Holy Spirit, please; let me hear when You speak.

8.     Holy Spirit, uphold me not to sin against You.

9.     Holy Spirit, always do Your work through me.

10.   Those who need baptism of the Holy Spirit should come before the altar for ministration.

GOFAMINT VICTORY MONTH PRAYER POINTS; ENJOYING THE GUIDANCE AND THE LEADING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ON DAILY BASIS

THE GOSPEL FAITH MISSION INTERNATIONAL (GOFAMINT)

DAY 20:  TUESDAY 21ST JANUARY 2014 TEXT: Romans 8:1-16

FOCUS: ENJOYING THE GUIDANCE AND THE LEADING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ON DAILY BASIS

INSIGHT FOR EFFECTIVE PRAYING

Human knowledge and perception in life are limited in scope and operation. With that, what one can achieve or attain is limited.

God knows this and that is why He made a provision for a Counsellor. “And I will pray the Father and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you forever. Even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know Him; for hedwelleth with you, and shall be in you”  (John 14:16-17).

The Comforter is no other but the Holy Spirit. His purpose of coming to this world was to represent the God-head and assist the believer to fulfill their mandate on earth. With Him, the era of failure is gone. There is no room for excuse of failure in Christian life. Every failure in any area of Christian life can be attributed to the absence of the Holy Spirit. At a point in time in Paul Apostles life, it was failure galore as he expressed it in Romans 7:14-24. The story however changed in his life in the next chapter, Romans chapter 8 which is our Scripture reading today. The more of the Holy Spirit we have in our lives the better. That is what makes our prayer today crucial and pertinent. However, it all depends on how hungry we are.

Let us pray:

1.      Holy spirit of God, we are hungry and eagerly waiting for You today. Manifest Yourself in our midst and fill us to the brim in Jesus’ name.

2.   We confess that we are weak, come and fill us with Your power and turn our lives around  positively in Jesus’ name.

3.   Without You we can do but nothing, meet us and fill our lives with Your power, Holy Spirit, that we may be able to do what we are supposed to do in life in Jesus’ name.

4.   Open our eyes to see Your glory and to walk in the consciousness of Your presence all the days of our lives in Jesus’ name.

5.   Help us to know the way and the will of the Lord more and be committed oh blessed Holy Spirit.

6.   Holy Spirit, we desire a more intimate relationship with You, keep us closer to Yourself in Jesus’ name.

7.   Give us hearing ear and seeing eyes that we may hear You clearly and follow You closely in Jesus’ name.

8.   We dont want to walk alone in the wilderness of this world, guide and lead us as You did to Israelites in the wilderness in those days through the pillar of fire and cloud, dear Holy Spirit.

9.   Help us not to rely on our human wisdom or the arm of the flesh to run the affairs of our lives in Jesus’ name.

10.   Holy Spirit, we need You as the vicar of our Church, work through our ministers that divine will and purpose shall be fulfilled in our Church.

11.    Work in the lives of  all our members and workers that they may be preaching and witnessing wherever and whenever they expected to do so.

12. Help us not to disobey You in important areas of our lives any longer and turn our failures to success in Jesus’ name.

13.    Whatever You want each of us to do, help us to understand and do likewise.

14. Wherever You want each of us to go for You, help us to hear and heed in Jesus’ name.

15.    What is my “Isaac” that You want me to give to You sacrificially? Tell me and help me to give it to You.

16.    Wherever there is any short-coming and short-fall in our lives, Holy Spirit, fill the vacuums with Your fullness.

17. Help me and every member of my family not to grieve You all the days of our lives in Jesus’ name.

18. Grant us the power to fulfil our destiny and our mandates in life in Jesus’ name.