Left Behind Cont.

Now I want to share some powerful quotes telling what we need to be praying for and seeking, as we prepare for the Lord's soon coming and seek to finish His work here on earth! This is incredible guys!!!!! Don't let your mind glaze over......don't let yourself be "left behind" on this exciting movement!

"The descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Church is looked forward to as in the future, but it is the privilege of the church to have it now. Seek for it, pray for it, believe it. We must have it, and Heaven is waiting to bestow it!" Evangelism pg 701

Why is this "Latter Rain" and outpouring of the Holy Spirit sooooooo vital for our lives today???

Because we need REVIVAL.....and CLEANSING to be READY for Jesus to return!!!

- The Holy Spirit will prompt us to spend more time in Bible study and prayer, thus transforming us into the Character of Christ and preparing us to meet Him. (Ps 42:1-2, Matt 6:33)

-The Holy Spirit will teach us to identify when Satan is throwing stumbling blocks across our path. (Eph 6:12, I Pet 5:8)

-The Holy Spirit will teach us to pray in deeper ways. (Rom 8:26, Eph 6:18)

-The Holy Spirit will make the scriptures become the Living Word. (Heb 4:12, I Pet 1:23)

-The Holy Spirit will convict us in deeper ways of our sinfullness. We will not have peace until we confess and turn away from every known sin. (Ps 51:1-2,7,9-11,17)

-The Holy Spirit will help us loose our infatuation with the things of earth and look towards our heavenly Canaan. We will seek to purge our homes and lives of anything that gives Satan an inroad or influence in our lives. (Gal 5:16-17, Rom 8:5-9)

-The Holy Spirit will give us a sense of urgency to share with and pray for others salvation. We can't just keep sitting idly by, minding our own business, when many around us are about to be lost!!!! (Matt 24:14, Job 22:29-30, Luke 13:6-9)

"I saw that many were neglecting the preparation so needful and were looking to the time of 'refreshing' and the 'latter rain' to fit them to stand in the day of the Lord and to live in His sight. Oh, how many I saw in the time of trouble without a shelter. They had neglected the needful preparation; therefore they could not recieve the refreshing that all must have to fit them to live in the sight of a holy God." FLB 337.4

"There needs to be a waking up among God's people, that His work may be carried forth with power. We need the Baptism of the Holy Spirit." Evangelism 559

"Why do we not hunger and thirst for the gift of the Spirit, since this is the means by which we are to receive power?? We do not talk of it, pray for it, preach concerning it? The Lord is more willing to give the Holy Spirit to us than parents are to give good gifts to their children. For the baptism of the Spirit, every worker should be pleading with God." Testimonies Vol 8, pg 22

And one last POWERFUL Quote that I just read this morning, as I was reading Christ Object Lessons. This is incredible guys!!!!

"In the great and measureless gift of the Holy Spirit are contained all of heaven's resources. It is not because of any restrictions on the part of God that the riches of His grace do not flow earthward to men. If all were willing to receive, all would become filled with His Spirit...All Heaven is waiting for the channels [you and me] through which can be poured the holy oil to be a joy and blessing to human hearts." Christ Object Lessons pg 419

Just imagine, what is at our very finger-tips, if we'd only ask.....

Obviously, I'm really excited about what I've been reading and studying, as I realize it is the KEY that we need to not only be prepared in our own hearts to meet Jesus [the work that Christ started when we first came to Him through the "former rain"], but that it is also necessary to complete the work in spreading the gospel to all the world. Just like in the day of Pentecost, God promises that once again, the Holy Spirit will be poured out with excess.......but only those who are open and seeking will receive it. Some will not even be aware that it has come!!!!!!!

Let's not be the ones LEFT BEHIND!!!!!!!

*For more insight and study on this exciting topic, read "The Baptism of the Holy Spirit" by Dennis Smith, or go to: http://www.operationglobalrain.com/ and see how you can become part of this exciting movement!