Choirs cannot worship God on your behalf. You must learn to worship God yourself. In (Ephesians 5:18-19)

Scripture implies that you should sing very often, even in your conversations with other people.

Everyone on earth is a worshipper; people worship one thing or the other. The way to know what a fellow worships is to check what he or she holds in high esteem.

When people cannot do without checking their phones or scrolling through them, such phones have become objects of worship. When someone can do anything for money, that fellow is worshipping money.

Worship also means submission. You submit to whomever or whatever you worship. When you submit to God, He comes and dwells in you.

“Spend some time worshipping God for His greatness, faithfulness, and mercy every day.”

MEMORISE: “O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.” – Psalm 96:9

The word of God is a potent tool for recharging your spiritual battery, and this is why you must spend quality time studying, memorising, and meditating on the Scriptures daily.

While digitisation is good, it is important to meditate on Scriptures and know some of them by heart, as this will prepare you to face anything the enemy brings your way.

One way to know if you are really filled with God’s word is to check your conversations. Matthew 12:34 says that it is out of the abundance of the heart that the mouth speaks.

The more you study God’s word, the more like Him you will become (2 Corinthians 3:18).

~God’s word is powerful; it is alive and sharper than any two-edged sword (Hebrews 4:12). As you fill yourself with His word, He will show you things, relationships, and places that can quickly drain your spiritual battery and puncture your faith.

MEMORISE: “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.” – Colossians 3:16

When you are angry, for instance, you may not hear God speak because your flesh has risen above your spirit. (Kings 2:23-24)

I have observed that whenever the flesh rises above the spirit, there will be a need to retreat into an atmosphere of worship. In that atmosphere, as the Lord descends on you, He will refill you again.

Whenever you start feeling overly confident in your abilities and attributing what you have achieved to your hard work and sacrifices, the enemy is setting you up for a great fall, and you need to retreat and retrace your steps.

“When your flesh rises above your spirit, go on a retreat and receive a fresh infilling of the anointing so that you can overcome the weaknesses of the flesh and fulfil God’s purpose for your life.”

MEMORISE: “This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.” – Galatians 5:16

Clearly, what he needed was rest and food to continue the journey. (1 Kings 19:5-8) When you refill, you have the capacity and strength to go farther in God.

When virtue leaves a fellow, it has an impact on the body; if that fellow does not rest, he or she may become too weak to do more.

Jesus could consistently do great works because He always took time out to refill. He said that His followers would do greater works than He did (John 14:12), and this means they must also refill constantly as He did.

“Do not think you are indispensable such that you keep using your spiritual battery even when you know that you are exhausted. You might discover the hard way, like Elijah, that there are others who can easily take your place (1 Kings 19:15-16). Find those people now and train them so that they can join you in doing some of the work.”

MEMORISE: “And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.” – Mark 6:31

After periods of high spiritual activity where a lot of the anointing is used up, it is important to be refilled to at least the level that you were before, if not even higher.

You must remain vigilant and sensitive at all times because you have an enemy who never takes a break. He always goes around like a roaring lion, seeking whom to devour (1 Peter 5:8).

Have you just had a great victory? It is not time to let your guard down; it is time to return to the secret place to recharge and refill, and guard your heart with all diligence so you can remain fit and relevant for God’s next agenda.

“The Bible recorded many instances where Jesus retreated to refill. For example, after a major ministration in Mark 1:34, the next verse says that He retreated into a solitary place to pray. He’s our perfect model, and we must do the same to remain relevant in God’s kingdom.”

MEMORISE: “Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.” – Mark 14:38

Discouragement can make people say things that would limit them in life and negatively impact their destiny.

While you cannot stop discouraging circumstances from happening, you can choose how to respond to them.

Like David, you can encourage yourself in the Lord. God is able to keep you from falling (Jude 1:24). He is also able to give you a mighty turnaround, but you must put your trust in Him.

“Do not allow discouragement to make you say the wrong things.”

MEMORISE: “And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.” – 1 Samuel 30:6

The devil looks for little cracks(subtle ways) in the someone′s life that he can exploit to cause them to lose the anointing gradually until they become empty – then, he strikes.

Believers who toy with sin will first experience a leakage of the anointing, and if they do not repent, it will ultimately lead to death (Romans 6:23).

A believer might still be functioning in the gifts of the Spirit, but if he or she is involved in secret sins, the anointing will begin to leak.

The problem with leakage from a container is that the time it is discovered is usually when the remaining content has become too little to be useful or when the container is totally empty; by then, it is already late.

“If you have been toying with sin, this is the time to wake up; please deal with them now before they destroy you. Those toying with sin are courting destruction. Nobody may know what you are doing in secret, but God knows, and you can be sure that the devil knows too.”

MEMORISE: “Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.” – Song Of Solomon 2:15

There is no limit to how much of the Holy Spirit you can carry because God wants you to be filled to overflowing.

Jesus Christ said that those who are thirsty can come to Him and drink. Out of their bellies will flow rivers of living water – not one river but rivers – that is a tremendous overflow of the Holy Spirit.

No matter how filled you are with the Holy Spirit, you must continually long for more. You must make it a habit to spend quality time in His presence to the point where you will stop being conscious of time.

PRAYER POINT
“Father, please fill me until I overflow with Your Spirit. Let rivers of living water flow out of my belly, in Jesus’ name.”

MEMORISE: “He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.” – John 7:38

Drunk people don’t see things the way others do. Likewise, when someone is filled with the Holy Spirit, he or she can look at a crippled man and see him running about.

When you’re drunk with the Holy Spirit, you’re no longer in control of your life. You will go wherever He asks you to go and do whatever He asks you to do. You won’t argue with Him when He tells you to do something.

Drunkards are never satisfied with a previous day’s drunkenness, so they return to the bottle daily. When you are filled until you overflow with the Holy Spirit, you will keep returning for more.

The more He fills you, the more you will want Him, and the more of Him you have, the more your life will overflow with His miraculous power.

ACTION POINT
“Ask God for a fresh infilling of the Holy Spirit every day.”

MEMORISE: “And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.” – Acts 2:4

Being rich in mercy, and this means that God has more than enough for everyone; hence, He can never run out of it.

As great as God’s mercy is (Psalm 57:10), it is only available to those who genuinely repent of their sins, surrender their lives to Jesus, and make a commitment to living a holy life.

Only those who fear God will partake of His overflowing mercy (Psalm 103:11).

“Those who fear God will always enjoy His overflowing mercy.”

MEMORISE: “But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)” – Ephesians 2:4-5

When you praise God, you please Him, and when you please Him, He makes even your enemies to be at peace with you (Proverbs 16:7).

When you go out of your way to praise God, He goes out of His way to shower you with abundant blessings.

To really give overflowing praise to God, you cannot set limits to your praise; you have to praise Him without ceasing. (everywhere you go and while going about your daily activities).

“Don′t wait for God to do something for you before you praise Him. Praise Him in season and out of season. Just the fact that you get up from bed in the morning is enough reason to give Him praise. In return, God ensures that He meets your needs even before you ask so that you can put more time and focus into praising Him. Before any trouble comes, He settles it so that the flow of praise does not stop.”

MEMORISE: “Praise ye the Lord: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.” – Psalm 147:1