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Holy Spirit Filled

Holy Spirit Filled

Beloved,

We have just spent the month of January in consecration, cutting off the old and making space for the new life which is found in Him

We all need more of the Holy Spirit, who fills us with His presence.

Before we do anything and before we start the day let us remember to ask the Holy Spirit — our Comforter — to be with us and to dwell within us.

Jesus told His disciples the same thing:

And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from

Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, ‘which,’ He said, ‘you have heard from Me; for John truly baptised with water, but you shall be baptised with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.’”
Acts 1:4–5

Wait!

In a world full of movement and busyness, which causes impatience, we are directed to wait on Him.

Why?

Because He is our guide for the day, and for every day.

He gives us peace and strength to carry on in love, with wisdom and power. Especially when we’re struggling.

We are called to live Spirit-led lives, not flesh-led lives.
This is part of the new covenant.

What can you do?

Make February a month of beginning each day by waiting on the Lord in stillness.

Make this an everyday habit before you leave your house.

The Holy Spirit responds to obedience, and a more impactful way of life will follow us if we take Him seriously. Make Him important!

Jesus said He would never leave us nor forsake us — and this is accomplished through the abiding presence of the Holy Spirit.

The Sailboat

A sailboat is dependent on the wind to reach its destination without it, it simply drifts aimlessly.

Take every opportunity to allow Him to lead by being filled.

The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
John 3:8

Let us all live this year with a divine purpose, not a drift on the sea.

Let us all live the full life He died to give us on the cross, a life lead and filled by His Holy Spirit.

And as the Lord lives, may He be patient and compassionate with us all each day. Ask Him to give you understanding in all things.

Bless the Lord.

The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, until the day in which He was taken up, after He through the Holy Spirit had given commandments to the apostles whom He had chosen Acts1

Endued With Power

Endued With Power

Beloved,

As mentioned on Sunday, this month would be a good time to focus on being filled with the Holy Spirit.

Wherever you are in your walk, you need to hear the words of Christ:

“These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.”

And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures.

“Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And you are witnesses of these things.”

“Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high.”
Luke 24:44–49 ]

The Promise of the Father

The Lord is saying: before you work for Me, you must receive My Spirit. You need more than human strength.

He did not say, “Read this book and off you go.”

He said, “Wait.” My Spirit will go with you.

Wait for Him.
Wait on Him.
Wait. Until you receive Him.

For Us — Today

God is the same yesterday, today and forever. He does not leave us at a disadvantage in 2026.

The same Spirit that empowered them is also given to us.

Holy Spirit Language!

We do not need Greek, Hebrew or Latin to know Him. The language of the Holy Spirit is love.

Want a Great Year Ahead?

Start here:

1. Ask the Lord daily to fill you with His Spirit — earnestly and sincerely.

2. Begin a new habit: when you wake up, speak to the Holy Spirit. Ask Him to help you through the day.

3. Throughout the day, ask the Holy Spirit to remind you to speak with Him. He will help you.

4. Ask Him to teach you, show you something. He is the teacher and Spirit of truth.

5. End your day with gratitude — thanksgiving and praise. He loves to sing and praise Jesus through you. The Word and the Spirit!

If you make this commitment daily, and stick to it – you will begin to notice a shift within you.

A growing sensitivity to His leading.
An opening of the well.
The removal of blockages.

He will guide you into all truth.

More power.
More love.
More of You Holy Spirit in my life.

May you all meditate and take these into your heart.

Bless the Lord

Therefore understand today that the Lord your God is He who goes over before you as a consuming fire.”Deuteronomy 9:3

WANTED – WORSHIP PARTNERS

WANTED – WORSHIP PARTNERS

Beloved,

This is a reminder from Sunday: we are called to be filled with the Holy Spirit daily.

His role is not only to convict the world of sin, but also to remind us that we have been made righteous by God through Jesus Christ.

He lives in us so that Christ may be glorified through our lives.

The Holy Spirit seeks willing worship partners every day.

He who believes in Me… out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”
John 7:38

How it works

This living water flows from within us. It begins with gratitude.

As thanksgiving rises from the heart, it becomes joy. And joy leads us into true worship. It’s a Spirit.

The LORD is my strength and my shield; My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart greatly rejoices, And with my song I will praise Him
Psalm 28.7

He is Calling You.

He desires to worship the Father through you — through your voice, your praise, your thanksgiving, and your body and your surrendered heart.

Will you allow Him to sing, rejoice, and glorify God through you?

To Apply:

Attend the Audition.

Go to Him privately in the secret place. Be still. Ask Him to help you worship Him. He will guide you!

Being Spirit-Filled – The Benefits

When the Holy Spirit lives and flows freely within you:

He Helps renews your mind

He strengthens your inner man

He removes heaviness and brings peace

He gives hope and clarity and healing

He replaces stress with joy

He restores spiritual life and vision

This is not emotion alone — it is spiritual life flowing from the source of life.

How to Get Started Today

Think about how the Lord has helped you personally

Thank Him sincerely, in your own words

Raise your hands as an act of surrender

Allow the Spirit to give you psalms, melodies, and songs from your heart

Speak, sing, or pray freely to Him. Let yourself go!

I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting; 1 T2.8

Worship begins with gratitude and flows into joy.

It has always been about Him.

It will always be about Him. Jesus!!

Bless the Lord. Start now in gratitude, thanks giving and joyful worship.

But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and in truth
John 4.23

Godly Fear

Godly Fear

Beloved,

Just to continue a little from Sunday’s message:

“There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment, a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, who gave alms generously to the people, and prayed to God always.

About the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God coming in and saying to him, ‘Cornelius!’ And when he observed him, he was afraid, and said, ‘What is it, Lord?’ So he said to him, ‘Your prayers and your alms have come up for a memorial before God
Acts 10:1

The God Who Sees Us

The Lord responds to a heart that reveres Him. The Scripture says something remarkable: “a devout man and one who feared God with all his household.” Because of this, the Lord sent His angel with this message: “Your prayers and your alms have come up for a memorial before God.”] We can all develop devout hearts!

God sees. God listens. Nothing done in reverence toward Him is forgotten.

A Sign of Godly Fear

Church, let us remain in continual communication with the Lord throughout the day—in PRAYER, in fellowship, in quiet devotion, in worship

Godly fear draws us into relationship, not distance.

It reminds us that He sees us and hears us and is our Heavenly Father.

Ask the Lord:

“Lord, help me develop a devoted and faithful heart toward You.”. Let me not take you likely.

It says of Cornelius, “he prayed to God always.” As we grow in this reverent fear, the Lord, according to His will, may He open our eyes to see the divine ones.

Peter Affirms Godly Fear

Later, Peter declared:

“In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality. But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him
Acts 10:34–35

Godly fear positions the heart to be accepted, submitted and responsive to Him.

For Us

As we close February, let us ask the Holy Spirit to develop in us the Spirit of the fear of the Lord—not a fear of terror or condemnation, but a deep, reverent, all-consuming love and honour for God.

A fear that draws us to speak with Him, to pray, to worship, and to walk closely with the One who sees us and loves us. He is always listening.

May the Lord bless you and keep you. As the Lord lives,
may He show His loving kindness to us all the days of our lives. Live in praise towards Him.

Remember to live empowered by the Holy Spirit—the life Christ died to give: not a life of lack, but of abundance.

Bless the Lord.

For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death. 2 Cor 7.10

Good Friday Service

Good Friday Service

Beloved Church,

What an awesome time we had on the streets this Good Friday.

It was such an honour to lift up the cross for Jesus Christ, just as He was lifted up for us.

What a powerful reminder that His love was the driving force behind it all.

As it is written in Gospel of Luke 15:7:

“There is joy in heaven over one sinner who repents…”

So as we come into Resurrection Sunday, we do so with expectation and joy, knowing that heaven itself rejoices over every life turned to Christ.

Have a blessed Saturday. Come ready with your praise and worship. We are expecting those whom hearts have been open by God to be baptised, so please be in prayer for them, that their lives will be a testimony of God’s grace and new life.

See you all tomorrow.

As the Lord lives may His supernatural grace be with you all to the very end.

Bless the Lord, Bless the Lord always!

[This poor man cried out, and the LORD heard him,
And saved him out of all his troubles. Psalm 34.6-7
The angel of the LORD encamps all around those who fear Him,
And delivers them.

Not by might nor by power

Not by might nor by power

Beloved,

Human strength will only get us so far — but the power of God will take us all the way.

This has always been the message — from the Old Testament to the New — and it remains the same today:

“Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,” says the Lord of hosts.

When David faced Goliath, he knew God would back him — or he would fall before all of Israel.

It was all or nothing.
And it is the same for us today. Let’s trust God with our whole life and He will not fail us.

The Cross

Christ faced the cross for us. He won the battle in the flesh for us.

He conquered Satan, sin, and death — so that we can walk in victory today. The same kind of victory David had.

Our weapon is the sword of truth — the Word of God

Are you using it?

Are you declaring His
Word over your situation?

Are you standing on the Word — the Rock, our cornerstone?

Are you making every effort to be filled with the Spirit daily.

We are told to drink!

Ask yourself!

Victory is not in our strength, but through His Spirit in Us.

God has already given us the power we need for breakthrough and change — but we must keep moving forward in the Spirit.

So be encouraged as you read this message and always be in prayer without ceasing with great joy.

Bless the Lord. As the Lord lives may His Grace and Strength be with you to the very end.

Drink!

[ For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink into one Spirit. 1 Cor 12.13

Beloved,

Beloved,

As I was out for my walk this morning — running, walking, and talking to the Lord — I saw a glimpse of a city with many people walking around, as if I were in the midst of them.

I believe that even though we are here on earth, our real citizenship is in heaven, and it means something.
Acts 22:22

And they listened to him until this word, and then they raised their voices and said, “Away with such a fellow from the earth, for he is not fit to live!”

Then, as they cried out and tore off their clothes and threw dust into the air, the commander ordered him to be brought into the barracks and said that he should be examined under scourging, so that he might know why they shouted so against him.

And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said to the centurion who stood by, “Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and uncondemned?”

When the centurion heard that, he went and told the commander, saying, “Take care what you do, for this man is a Roman.” Then the commander came and said to him,

“Tell me, are you a Roman?”

He said, “Yes.”

The commander answered, “With a large sum I obtained this citizenship.”

And Paul said, “But I was born a citizen.”

We are Re-born Citizens

By faith we are already placed in the Holy city if we continue with the Lord daily.

Paul also confirms this in the following passage:

Phil 3:20

For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subdue all things to Himself.

A Glorious Body

Beloved, enter into the Spirit and let Him open your spiritual eyes so that you may be encouraged. We have the Holy and divine one with us – so do not fear. We are protected
by the Lord.

Dwell on this: We will not remain in this old body forever, but will receive a glorified new body and a spiritual city as a dwelling place.

Have a blessed day in victory, since the Victor lives in us.

Bless the Lord and praise His Holy name always.

[But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

Promise of My Father

Promise of My Father

Beloved,

We have just come through the season of Lent — the Last Supper, Good Friday, and Resurrection Sunday.

So the question is: what’s next?

“Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high.” Luke 24:49)

This is what comes next.

Jesus told them to tarry to wait, until they were clothed with power from above.

For us as believers today, we already have access to the Holy Spirit, with us and in us.

But in this season, let’s be intentional about Him. Let’s walk with Him more closely each day.

How He Helps Us

1. He leads you in the way of righteousness
Live a life led by the Spirit, not by impulse or the flesh.

2. He gives you power to change
True transformation comes from within, through relationship. He shapes us to become more like Christ.

3. He brings abundant life
When we are connected to Him, the source of life, we gain wisdom, guidance, and the ability to make right choices daily for a better tomorrow.

Tree of Life

Think of a tree in blossom, life flowing from the roots, through the trunk, into the branches, and out to the leaves.

That is what life in the Spirit looks like. Let the Holy Spirit flow through every part of your life body, soul, and spirit.

One thing

If you can do just one thing each day, let it be this:

Tarry.

Wait. Linger. Be still.
Patiently make space for His voice, His guidance, and His presence.

Before you start your day, and throughout it, take moments to connect with the Holy One.

He is waiting for you.

May you grow, little by little, in making time for the Holy Spirit — until your life overflows with the abundance that comes from walking with God.

Because without Him, we can do nothing.

Bless the Lord.
And as the Lord lives, may He continue to show us mercy by His grace to the very end.

Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!
The LORD of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our refuge.
Selah
Psalm 46:10

Word & Power

Word & Power

Beloved,

We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers, remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father. Knowing, beloved brethren, your election by God.

For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance as you know what kind of men we were among you for your sake.
(1 Thessalonians 1:2–5)

The Word

We all love to read the Word of God to understand what God has said and what He is saying to us today. It is the voice of the Good Shepherd written down to guide and direct our lives.

However…

We are reminded that the Gospel does not come in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit.

This means God’s power, through the Holy Spirit, is actively working in our lives. As much as we value reading the Word, we must also experience the presence and working of the Holy Spirit, who abides in us and leads us into all truth.

Don’t be fooled by those who present the word only.

For Us

Let us remind ourselves: we are not alone.

God’s Spirit is in us and with us, alongside the Word of God. He gives us the power to live this Christian walk daily. not just in knowledge, but in reality.

This means the miraculous and the supernatural working in our life.

Be Encouraged

In this season leading up to Pentecost,
the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, let us remember who we are.

We are people in whom the Spirit of God dwells.

Let us seek to demonstrate this daily in how we live.

This is a good time to ask the Lord to help us grow.

Wherever we are in our walk, to receive more power to do what He has called us to do.

Short Prayer

Father in heaven,
You know my heart.
Help me to connect more deeply with Your Holy Spirit in my daily life.

Let my walk not be in word only, but also in power.

Lead me, strengthen me, and fill me afresh.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

As the Lord lives may He continue with His grace towards us as a good, good Father.

Bless the Lord. I say bless the Lord always.

[18Now some are [puffed up, as though I were not coming to you. 19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord wills, and I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power. 20 For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power. 1 Cor 4.18]

Love…

Love…

Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.1 Cor 13.4]

Love Conquers All

The strongest power in the world is love, and by this we mean the unconditional love of God the agape love that goes on forever and ever.

But how do we attain, access, or walk in this type of love?

We Are Given the Answer

Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us
Romans 5:5

Love Is a Person

The Holy Spirit is the love of God poured out into our hearts. We need to practise this type of agape love every day, since we have access to Him. Love lives in us.

However, this does not mean we are to roll over, be taken advantage of, or walk in compromise.

Love speaks the truth in love, is lovingly fierce, strong, bold and wise and does not compromise.

Love also protects just as you would pull a child back from running into the road, or pull people out of a burning fire.

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us
Romans 5:8

May we all walk more in this type of supernatural love not of the flesh, but from the source of the Holy Spirit who abides in us.

Bless the Lord, and may we all grow in the love of God and bear fruit, that the world may know we are His disciples.

By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”
John 13:35

COME EXPECTING. LEAVE ENCOURAGED. LIVE EMPOWERED.