Welcoming the Holy Spirit

As a follower of Jesus Christ you may well be accustomed to welcoming the Holy Spirit into your life afresh at the start of each new day. But, maybe just like me, you would welcome Him in general by, say, asking for His anointing to live another victorious day ahead.

While attending the Saturday service at City Harvest Church on 1 November 2014, I was enlightened by Pastor Kong Hee on four specific areas in which we could welcome the Holy Spirit.

As adapted from Pastor Kong's sermon, we can specifically:

1. Welcome the Holy Spirit into our Thoughts

The entrance of God's Word is a light which gives us hope or vision for the future. To teach us the Word of God, we have the Holy Spirit who will illuminate our thoughts so that we could understand the things of God.

The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of revelation who reveals the secrets or mystery of spiritual truths. It is God's will for the saints to know His truth, but we need the Holy Spirit to make the truth plain to us. "To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory." (Col. 1:27; NKJV)

The Holy Spirit has the power (ability) to impart spiritual wisdom to us. This was Apostle Paul's prayer for the saints in Ephesus, "... that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,.." (Eph. 1;17-20; NKJV)

As we synchronize our thoughts with the written Word of God (logos) in the realm of the Spirit (the 4th Dimension), our 3-Dimensional world will be shaped and influenced so much so that we can flourish like a tree planted by rivers of water, fruitful, evergreen and prospering in life. (Ps. 1:2-3)

2. Welcome the Holy Spirit into our Visions and Dreams

We may have buried visions, borrowed visions or original visions. If we do not have a clear vision and/or dream yet, we can keep praying until it is done in the 4th dimension (i.e., the realm of the Holy Spirit). 

The Holy Spirit will not fail us; He incubates our visions and dreams. "And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your young men shall see visions, Your old men shall dream dreams." (Acts 2:17; NKJV)

3. Welcome the Holy Spirit into our Believing

In Mark 9:17 ~ 21, a man brought his son who has a mute spirit before Jesus Christ for healing and made this remark: "But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”

"Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.” " (v.23)

"Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!”" (v.24)

We need the Holy Spirit to teach and guide us to have right believing in the Word of God; He will deposit the spirit of faith into our inner man.

4. Welcome the Holy Spirit into our Words

Let the Holy Spirit teach us to speak words of blessing to ourselves. For example, we could say: 

"I am healthy, wealthy, wise, decisive, consistent, strong and full of the fruit of the Holy Spirit." 

"I am blessed and highly favoured." 

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." 

"I am the head and not the tail, above only and not below, blessed in my coming in and going out." 

"No weapon formed against me shall prosper."

Even when I was attending my first few services in City Harvest Church at Jurong West around 2005 or so, I recall Pastor Kong declaring that we (the saints and joint heirs with Christ) are "the head and not the tail". 

For sure, I had heard this before. But, when he spoke those words, they permeated into my spirit man. Yes, it does make a big difference who speaks the logos. When spoken by a man or woman who knows God and walks with His Spirit closely, there is power in what they speak based on the Word of God.  

Takeaway

My spiritual takeaway from this message is that there could be areas of our lives such as family relationships, studies, work, ministry or business which may appear like in the beginning when the heavens and the earth were without form, and void. (Genesis 1:1,2)

However, as we allow the Holy Spirit to hover over our thoughts, visions, dreams, beliefs and spoken words, we will be so in tune with God's Word (His mind) that we will begin the speak forth His Word for the Holy Spirit to empower and create a brand new beginning in these areas which have been hopelessly challenging up till now.

"Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God." (1 Cor. 2:12; NKJV)

P.S. If you interested, please click here to check out resources by Pastor Kong Hee.