Title: You cannot do it on your own.

“For John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.””??Acts? ?1:5, 7-8? ?NKJV??.

Even after being with Jesus Christ for three and half years, the disciples of Jesus Christ remained fearful, powerless, impotent, timid, weak, immature and carnally minded. Remember Simon Peter denied Jesus Christ three times, even in front of a little girl, he was fearful, living behind locked doors for fear of Jews. One day it all changed. 

Point of reflection:

What changed? Even Jesus Christ had told them not to leave Jerusalem until they were endured or clothed with power from on high (Luke 24:49, Acts 1:4). On the day of Pentecost, the disciples were filled with the Holy Spirit  and were transformed, everything changed.

 The Holy Spirit is the game changer.

 The disciples became bold, fearless, witnesses of Jesus Christ who demonstrated the power of God and undeniable miracles. Even ordinary disciples like Stephen, Philip and others demonstrated the power of God after being filled with the Holy Spirit.

 You need this power too.

 Even Jesus Christ Himself only started preaching after being filled with the Holy Spirit (Matthew 3:16). You need to have a passionate desire to be filled with the Holy Spirit.

 His word says in Luke 11:11-13 NKJV: "If a son asks for bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish? Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”

How much more will God give the Holy Spirit to those who ask. First you need to be born again by believing on the Lord Jesus Christ and the work He did when He suffered and died for our redemption and rose again. You also need to denounce every working of the enemy satan and his demons upon your life.

Do you desire to be filled with the Holy Spirit? When you are ready-

Prayer of consecration:

 My Father in heaven in the name of Jesus Christ, I thank you today for Jesus Christ, that He died so that my sin may be forgiven. Thank you that He rose again for my justification. Today I acknowledge Jesus Christ as Lord of my life. I renounce you satan, your demons and every manifestation of evil in the name of Jesus Christ and I ask you Father in the name of Jesus Christ to fill me with your Holy Spirit, right now. Thank you Father for hearing me. In Jesus Christ name I pray. Amen.

 ??Planetministries.org.uk

Additional resource:

 Planetministries.org.uk/message/turningyoursituationaround.