- YESTERDAY WE SAW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO BE JOYFUL
- WE MUST SERVE THE LORD WITH GLADNESS OF HEART AND JOY IF WE WANT ABUNDANT BLESSING JOEL 1:12
- DEUT 28:47-48 SAYS OTHERWISE GOD WILL MAKE US SERVE THE ENEMY IN HUNGER AND LACK IN SERIOUS BONDAGE
- PSALM 100. ADVISES US TO SERVE THE LORD WITH GLADNESS
- AS WE PRAYED FOR THE JOY OF THE LORD IN OUR LIVES,THE LORD BROUGHT UP THE STORY OF THE WOMAN AT THE WELL IN JOHN 4:13-14
- ACCORDING TO THIS SCRIPTURE, WHAT WE RECEIVE AT SALVATION IS A WELL OF LIFE
- IF YOU WANT THISWELL OF LIFE,IF YOU WANT THIS ETERNAL JOY YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN AND SPIRIT FILLED
- IT IS IMPORTANT TO BE SAVED IF YOU WANT THIS WELL OF LIFE JOHN 4:15-18
- JESUS COMPARE THIS GREAT DEPOSIT OF JOY IN OUR LIVES TO A WELL AT SALVATION
- BUT AFTER SALVATION AS YOU RECEIVE THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,IT BECOMES A FLOWING RUVER JOHN7:37-39
- WE ALL KNOW HOW USEFUL A WELL CAN BE
- YET IT IS OFTEN POLLUTED BECAUSE OF FREQUENT USE
- TOO MANY PEOPLE FETCH WATER WITH DIFFERENT MEANS-DIRTY ROPES BUCKETS ETC.
- ANIMALS CAN DROWN IN THE WELL, PEOPLE THROW DIRTY INSIDE WELL
- THE WELL CAN DRY UP TOO
- BUT YOU CAN RE-VISIT THE WELL FROM TIME TO TIME TO DIG OUT AND CLEAN OUT ALL THE DIRTS AND POLLUTIONS
- IN THE SAME WAY OUR CHRISTIAN LIFE CAN BECOME WEARISOME, BURDENSOME, TIRESOME, FOR MANY REASONS:
- THE BURDENS OF CHRISTLIKENESS
- PERSECUTIONS
- CONSTANT ABUSE ETC.
- OUR WELL CAN BE POLLUTED OR CLUTTERED UP BY PEOPLE USING OR ABUSING US
- THAT IS WHY OUR WELL MUST BE A WELL OF WATER CONSTANTLY SPRINGING UP
- IT MUST BECAME A FLOWING RIVER OF LIFE AS WE SEE IN JOHN 7:36-39
- HOW? BY MAKING SURE WE RECEIVE FULL BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT MATT 3:11-12
- BAPTISM OF THE HOLY GHOST MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY BAPTISM OF FIRE
- THE FIRE MUST PURGE AND CLEANSE YOU INSIDEOUT
- MANY OF US DON’T PRAY FOR CLEANSING AND FRESH FIRE OF THE HOLY GHOST
- DON’T JUST SPEAK IN TONGUES WHEN YOU ARE IN NEED OR IN TROUBLE
- IF YOU DO THAT YOU WILL NOT REALLY BE FILLED WITH JOY-
- JUST BURDENS AND PROBLEMS AND PRAYERS THAT ARE FILLED WITH COMPLAINTS NOT JOY
- IF YOU DON’T ENTER HIS PRESENCE WITH SINGING AND THANKSGIVING,THRE WILL BE SOME ISSUES WITH OUR FATHER .CHECK OUT THE LORD’S PRAYER MATT 6:9-13
- DON’T JUST USE TONGUES TO DISCUSS PROBLEMS AND BURDENS WITH YOUR FATHER
- YOU MUST DESIRE TO ALSO PROPHESY 1 CORINTHIANS 14:1-5, 13-15
- DESIRE TO COMMUNICATE MYSTERIES WITH THE FATHER OF ALL SPIRITS
- DESIRE TO FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM
- NUMBERS 11:25
- 1 SAMUEL 10:5-7
- ACTS 19:1-6
- WE ARE PROMISED THIS GREAT REVIVAL OF VISIONS, DREAMS AND PROPHECY THESE END TIMES ACTS 2:16-21
- BRETHREN GOD WANTS TO RESTORE YOU SPIRITUALLY FIRST
- THEN RESTORE YOU OTHERWISE EZEKIEL 36:24-30
- YOU MUST COVET EARNESTLY THE GIFT OF PROPHECY
HOW TO OPERATE THE GIFT OF PROPHECY
- YOU MUST BE SAVED
- YOU MUST BE A SINGING AND PRAISING WORSHIPPER 2 KINGS 3:11-17, ACTS 13:1-2
- YOU MUST KEEP YOURSELF IN FAITH AND IN THE LOVE OF GOD JUDE 20-21
- YOU MUST LOVE GOD’S WORD, PRAYER, EVANGELISM, GIVING, FORGIVENESS, PEACE AND JOY ETC.