Impartation by laying hands

"For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;" Romans 1:11 Our opening scripture shows us that impartation is intentional. The word impart above means to give away. Do you know that spiritual graces and gifts can be transferred to you through the laying on of hands? The Bible tells us in Deuteronomy 34:9, "And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded...

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Change by the Word

"Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord." 2 Corinthians 3:17-18 We see from our opening scripture that the Holy Spirit changes us in proportion to the Word of God we are exposed to. The glass in the scripture above refers to the Word of God. In 2 Corinthians 3:2 Paul said, "Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read...

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Be a true worshipper.

"God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth." John 4:24 One thing the Lord taught me when I just got restored to Christ was to live for His purpose. Secondly, He taught me to do all I do according to the leading of His Spirit. I was a new convert when the Holy Spirit began to teach me these things. The Lord taught me that if I did all I did for Him from my mind and the flesh, all my efforts will be useless. I was only seventeen years old when the Lord began to teach me these things. It is important...

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Spirtual understanding.

"But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." 1 Corinthians 2:14 Our opening scripture shows us that the natural man cannot know the things of the Spirit of God because they are spiritually understood. Because he cannot understand it, he cannot receive it. Therefore, the key to receiving is understanding. For instance, I understand giving and receiving. I know that when I sow my seed, there will definitely be a...

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Understanding the new creation 2

"Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more." 2 Corinthians 5:16 From our opening scripture, we see that the man in Christ has lost all his affiliations to the flesh. Therefore, as a Christian, if you are Yoruba, Ibo or Izon, it is your flesh that is Yoruba, Ibo or Izon. Your spirit which is the real you has no tribe just as it has no gender. Galatians 3:26-28 says, "For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many...

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Understanding the new creation 1.

"For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith." 1 John 5:4 Understanding that you have been born of God gives you victory over the world as a Christian. It is the key to consistent victory in your life. When you understand this truth there will be no more defeat for you in your life. You have to understand that just as the natural man is born with his father's DNA, so also the new creation has God's DNA inside him. In Acts 17:28-29 Paul said that, "For in him we...

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Born of the Spirit

"Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit." John 3:3, Being born again is actually the rebirth of the human spirit. When we say that an individual is born again, we are saying that his spirit has received the life and nature of God. John 1:12-13 says, "But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:...

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Why you must grow 2

"Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;" Galatians 4:1 Our opening scripture shows that you can be a child as long as you want to be. The word 'child' is from the Greek word 'nepios.' A nepios refers to an infant or someone who is childish in thinking. Have you met such adults? Their bodies grew but their minds did not grow. Therefore, as long as a Christian remains a child in his thinking, he is not different from a servant. In other words, he will not be able to...

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Why you must grow 1.

"Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;" Galatians 4:1 The Bible is teaching us from our opening scripture that we cannot function in the fullness of our authority in Christ unless we grow. If you don't grow, you will be limited in your spiritual life. You will be weak and God will not be able to do much with your life. The Bible says in 2 Corinthians 4:16, "For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day."...

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Grow up spiritually

"But his delight and desire are in the law of the Lord, and on His law (the precepts, the instructions, the teachings of God) he habitually meditates (ponders and studies) by day and by night." Psalm 1:2(AMP) Your spiritual appetite is an indication of your spiritual health. Naturally, how do you know someone is sick? He loses his appetite for physical food. In the same way, if you do not have appetite for the Word of God, you are spiritually sick. This is because the Word of God is food. Jesus said in Matthew 4:4, "... It is written,...

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Knowing what is prepared

"But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him." 1 Corinthians 2:9 Our opening scripture shows us that the things that God has prepared for those that love Him are not revealed to the senses. 1 Corinthians 2:10 shows us how these things that God has prepared for those that love Him are revealed. He says, "But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God." God...

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Measure your love.

"If ye love me, keep my commandments." John 14:15 In the kingdom of God, love for God or Jesus is measured by obedience. Love is not measured by singing, neither is it measured by dancing. It is measured by obedience. John 14:21 says, "He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: …" Jesus is teaching us here that we can know those who love Him by their attitude to the Word of God. James 1:22 says, "But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves." You cannot claim to be a lover...

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Function in understanding

"When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart…" Matthew 13:19 You cannot receive what you do not know, and whatever you receive that you do not know you will eventually lose. This means that you cannot sustain anything that you receive without understanding. If you function in an anointing without understanding it, you will not be able to sustain the manifestation of that grace on your life. Our opening scripture also shows us that...

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"The Spirit of Truth, Whom the world cannot receive (welcome, take to its heart), because it does not see Him or know and recognize Him. But you know and recognize Him, for He lives with you [constantly] and will be in you." John 14:17(AMP) In August 2002, the Holy Spirit said to me, "If you will recognize me as a person, I will thrust you ahead of those you envy." Do you recognize the Holy Spirit as a person? The Holy Spirit is a person and He wants us to recognize and relate with Him with that understanding. He is not a thing, that is...

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He guides into all truth.

"But when He, the Spirit of Truth (the Truth-giving Spirit) comes, He will guide you into all the Truth (the whole, full Truth). For He will not speak His own message [on His own authority]; but He will tell whatever He hears [from the Father; He will give the message that has been given to Him], and He will announce and declare to you the things that are to come [that will happen in the future]." John 16:13(AMP) Our opening scripture reveals to us that the Holy Spirit does not speak His own message, but He speaks what He hears...

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The ministry of the Spirit.

"But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: …" 1 Corinthians 2:9-10 Our opening scripture shows us that the things of God are revealed to us by the Holy Spirit. If you want to know God or the operations of God, then you must have a relationship and fellowship with the Holy Spirit. In John 16:13 the Bible says, "Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide...

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Be Spirit concious

"And when they had come opposite Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them." Acts 16:17(AMP) In our opening scripture, we see that Paul and those with him wanted to go and do something good. They wanted to go and preach the gospel to those in Bithynia, but the Holy Spirit did not permit them. I wonder how many Christian missionaries and ministers have been restrained by the Holy Spirit, but because they were not Spirit conscious, their lives were lost in the line of duty. You have to be Spirit...

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Follow the promptings of the Spirit.

"Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia," Acts 16:6 I want you to notice in our opening scripture that the Holy Ghost forbade Paul and those with him from preaching the Word in Asia. How did Paul know? He knew because He was attuned to the Holy Spirit. He didn't just do things because he wanted to do them; he did the things he did because he was led by the Holy Spirit to do them. Do not carry out ministry or service in the house of God from...

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Serve with your heart.

"Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. But in vain they do worship me," Matthew 15:7-9 Our opening scripture shows us that worship that is not from the heart is empty. Scripturally, your heart refers to your spirit. This emphasizes to us that whatever you do for God must come from your heart, because if it is not coming from your heart, there will be no reward. Those Christians who do not understand...

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Be passionate for the Spirit

"For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit." Romans 8:5 What things are you after as a child of God? Are you driven by fleshly desires or the passions of the spirit? Be driven by the passions of the spirit. Be driven by the things that please God. Daniel was a man that was driven by the passions of the spirit. The Bible says concerning him in Daniel 1:8, "But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat,...

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Be guided from your spirit

"But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding." Job 32:8 God guides you from your spirit. This is why you need to know how to function and flow in the spirit so that you can receive guidance from your spirit. Some of God's children want to receive guidance from God by hearing an audible voice, but God doesn't always speak in an audible voice. He guides you most times through your spirit. When Jesus walked this earth, He said in John 5:19, "… The Son can do nothing of himself, but...

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Live from your spirit

"The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him." Zachariah 12:1 You are not just flesh and blood. The Bible says in our opening scripture that God "…formeth the spirit of man within him." The real you is inside your body, and that real you is your spirit. Your body is your house. You live in your body. Job 4:18-19(AMP) says, "Even in His [heavenly] servants He puts no trust or confidence, and His angels...

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Serve God with your spirit

"For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, …" Romans 1:9 Our opening scripture shows us that the primary way by which we serve God is with our spirit. We don't just serve God by the activities we engage ourselves with in the house of God. If your spirit is not involved in your service to God, it is not accepted by Him because it will only be coming from your flesh. The Bible tells us in Romans 8:8, "So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God." When you worship God from your flesh without that...

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The faculties of the spirit

"For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh." Philippians 3:3 Today I will like to let you know that there are three faculties of the spirit. Firstly, your spirit has an organ called the conscience. Your conscience is your inward monitor. In Romans 9:1 Paul said, "I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost," Secondly, your spirit has the faculty of intuition. This means that God is able to teach you and...

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Sanctified Completely

"And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." 1 Thessalonians 5:23 The word ‘sanctify’ in our opening scripture, is from the Greek word 'hagiazo.' It means to make holy. This means that our opening scripture could read thus, "And the very God of peace make you holy, wholly; …" This also shows us that man exists in three realms: spirit, soul and body. Paul prayed saying, "…I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body...

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The realm of creativity 2

“I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.” Proverbs 8:12 You can go farther than where you are now if you can learn to relate with the Holy Spirit. He will give you the answers and solutions to the problems in the world today. For instance, the polio vaccine was invented by a Christian known as Jonas Salk in 1952. What about George Washington Carver? He was also a Christian and his discoveries were not based on experimentation. He understood that creativity was from the Spirit. When Thomas Edison...

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  The realm of creativity1. “God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.” John 4:24 Our opening scripture proves to us that God is a Spirit. Therefore, if a Spirit produced matter, then the realm of the spirit is more real than the material realm because it was created out of the realm of the Spirit. The Bible tells us in Genesis 1:1, “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” That suggests to us that the realm of the spirit is the realm of creativity. So, if anyone is going to...

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