"be filled with the Spirit" Ephesians 5:18b NKJV
It is impossible to run on empty for long. Sooner or later, your going to run out of energy. Take a car for instance, if it gets low on fuel or the charge runs out, the car will soon stop because it no longer has the substance to carry on. Take this analogy and personalise it. Are you running very close to empty? Have you been doing so much that you have neglected to 'fill up' on the Holy Spirit.
Jesus said to the Samaritan woman at the well: 'Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.' John 4:13-14
In this analogy, Jesus told the woman, that whoever drank this water would thirst again, but He could offer 'Living Water'. The water He was referring to was the Holy Spirit. Whoever is without Him, will need to rely on their own energy to get through each day. But with the Holy Spirit, they would be like a fountain of fresh, living water gushing out, leading to life in abundance.
Are you baptised in the Holy Spirit? Look at the difference this makes in Acts 2. The Holy Spirit came upon Peter and the others, with power. In fact, it was like a fire which spread to the whole of the crowd in Jerusalem. Peter, who had cowardly denied Jesus just a few weeks earlier, now stood and preached a sermon where at least 3000 souls came to Jesus. The place was in pandemonium, with people speaking in other languages and wondering what was happening. This is the difference the Holy Spirit makes in a person's life - dynamite power!
If you've never had this happen to you, here's your opportunity:
Dear Lord, please baptise me in Your Holy Spirit, enabling me to speak in tongues and have the fire of God within me, so that I never run on empty again. In Jesus' name. Amen'
Speaking in tongues will come with practice; the main thing is, you will now be power-packed and have the ability to change lives. You'll make mistakes, of course you will, because you're not perfect - yet. However, if you stay close to Jesus, people will notice this fact.
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