Filled with the Holy Spirit
And with that, he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. ~ John 20:22 As we anticipate revival in this generation (we sure need one), one of our main prayers as Christians has become this: Lord, fill us with the Holy Spirit. We believe the answer to this prayer is manifesting the gifts of the Holy Spirit, but this is not the complete truth revealed in the word of God. By their fruit, you shall know them, not by their gift (Matthew 7:1-20). If it was so, then John the Baptist was not full of the Holy Spirit because the Bible recorded that he performed no sign (John 10:41), but far from it, the same Bible stated that he was full of the Holy Spirit from his mother’s womb (Luke 1:15). I believe this is the primary reason we have not had this prayer answered in its entirety yet, as we want to use the Holy Spirit for our pleasure. Like James said to the twelve tribes dispersed: You ask and, do not receive; because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasure (James 4:3