HEAVEN ON EARTH 189
When I wake up and pray that kind of prayer, the
anointing floods me like an ocean at high tide. In the
moment I totally surrender, God begins to flow through my
ministry. Nothing less will do.
I have often wondered why, in my own meetings, the
Spirit directs me so often to pray for healing. And I have
wondered why my ministry has been accompanied by
people who fall under the power of the Holy Spirit. But
when I look at the results of the meetings, I see that every
manifestation of the Spirit is for one purpose: to bring
people to Christ.
It is a demonstration that God is alive, that He is still
"moving" in the lives of people. I have seen thousands of
people literally fall under the power of the Spirit, and I
believe that just a small touch of God's power is all they
felt. But it demonstrates the awesome strength of the
Almighty, and it draws people to the Savior.
Being healed or even being "slain in the Spirit" is not a
prerequisite for heaven. There is only one door—Christ the
Lord. Never take your attention from the purpose of the
Spirit on earth. He is the Spirit of the Father and the Spirit
of the Son, leading people to confess that Christ is Lord.
As I began my ministry I never ceased to be amazed at
the power of the Holy Spirit. He's gentle, but He's powerful.
The grass withers, the flower fades,
Because the breath of the LORD blows upon it.
Surely the people are grass. (Isa. 40:7)
The Holy Ghost is not a weak personality.
As both a young Christian and a new minister I often
stood back and watched the Lord at work. I knew it wasn't
me that was touching lives. It was the sovereignty of God
and the operation of the Spirit. I just watched in
elliott
(Elliott)
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