MOVING IN THE SPIRIT – A CALL TO DISCIPLESHIP - A FAITH BASED HUMANITARIAN AND EVANGELICAL ORGANISATION

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September 4, 2022

MOVING IN THE SPIRIT – A CALL TO DISCIPLESHIP

2nd SEPTEMBER 2022

“Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’- John 7:38

Every Christian is called to be a disciple of Christ and to move in the Holy Spirit. Jesus promised those who believed in him an inner flow of the Christ Spirit – “Out of their hearts will flow rivers of living water”. While the meaning of that may not be clear to many people, it reminds us of the great potential that we possess as Disciples of Christ. What is very clear to me is that the Holy Spirit makes His appearance at a point in our life, baptizes us, does a surgical operation on our hearts by way of circumcision, thereby letting loose from the heart, a great inner flood of power in the character and nature of God. Every Disciple is being called to recognize this upsurge of power, for it contains the very essence and power of God which is the CHRIST SPIRIT. This is the power and the spirit of the son of God made manifest by the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit reveals and manifests the Christ Spirit; this happens when we receive baptism in the Holy Spirit. To move in the spirit means to move along with the Christ Spirit, in conjunction with the Holy Spirit. The manifestation of the Christ spirit in you makes you a SON OF GOD under the control and influence of the HOLY SPIRIT.

To flow with the spirit, the son of God must be united with the Holy Spirit, keeping in step with Him, and missing nothing He may want to do through him. There is usually no mistake about that; “The Holy Spirit will speak only what He hears from the father”, and this is usually in alignment with the scriptures. God wants intimacy with you today. To flow with the Spirit, a SON OF GOD must learn God’s ways, style, gentleness, indignation, impulses, and manner of doing things just like Jesus understood God. In other words, flowing with the Spirit is to do what pleases God and what He prompts you to do by the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit gives us prophetic revelation about the plans and purpose of God for us and humanity. It is time to become a true worker and disciple of Christ, a true son of God. The harvest is plenty, the labourers are few.

PRAYER

Father in the name of Jesus Christ, today, I lift up my head to the heavens to behold thy glory. Lord, sprinkle upon me thy divine waters and clean me from all my filthiness, idols and iniquities. Father, I declare I possess a new heart and a new spirit. Lord, removed my heart of stone and give me a heart of flesh. Therefore, I declare thy spirit fills me and I flow with thy best intentions from this day onwards. AMEN

FURTHER READING: JOHN 1:12-14

Mary Lawrence-Dokpesi

Mary Lawrence-Dokpesi was born in Nigeria to Patrick Abuda Obeakemhe and Juliana Fatimatu Obeakemhe, both from Ogbona Town. With a master’s degree in law, she was called to the bar at the age of twenty-two, and she is currently the principle partner of the law firm Mary Lawrence-Dokpesi & Associates. She is also the founder of two philanthropic organizations: the Living Waters Mission and the Rose Croix Foundation. In addition to law, Lawrence-Dokpesi was drawn to spiritual pursuits at an early age, having begun studying philosophy, theology, chaplaincy, and spirit therapy by the age of eighteen. Inspired by her spiritual calling, she has produced ten intensively researched manuscripts on spiritual matters. Although Understanding the Spiritual was the last to be written, it is the first to be published. Lawrence-Dokpesi is a mother and a wife living in the city of Abuja, Nigeria.