John 7:37-39 “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. “He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.’”
God holds us responsible to answer this call. The very essence of our Christian life is how deep we enter into the rivers of living water. We are the temple of the Holy Spirit. The level of water we carry in the temple is determined by how we respond to the call of Jesus to “Come and drink”.
Spiritual growth and transformation are what the believer must be displaying. We have to transform from natural believers to spiritual believers. The process appears in this way – A change in lifestyle, attitude, thinking, and habits.
As we become more and more aligned to the Word of God, the presence of God increases in our lives. It is our job to build. It is His job to fill.
In the beginning our thoughts and ways are not aligned to God’s. Holy Spirit is sent to help us in our weakness. He searches our hearts to know what is in our minds. He knows God’s mind.
Romans 8:27 and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
Tongues equalize our thoughts with God’s thoughts. He intercedes according to God’s will. After a long time of speaking in tongues, you start to get spiritual thoughts in your mind.
Holy Spirit is the full display of God’s power – Revelation, Wisdom, and Understanding.
The Spirit of Revelation receives the revelation of the facts beyond flesh and blood.
The Spirit of Understanding means to receive insight into interpreting this revelation.
The Spirit of Wisdom receives insight into how to apply this revelation in your life.
Without the Holy Spirit you cannot last through the last days.
dr jonathan david
As you pray in tongues, a prophetic word will appear in your mind. You proclaim it and prophecy it.
Tongues is for talking directly to your Father, to edify and build up the inner man. Tongues is filling the atmosphere with praises of God. Proclaiming the praises of God is the greatest barrier for your life. God dwells in the praises of His people. But through tongues you cannot minister to the church. For edifying the church you need to speak a prophetic word.
1 Corinthians 14:19 however, in the church, I desire to speak five words with my mind so that I may instruct others also, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue. Pray that you may interpret.
1 Corinthians 2:13 which things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words.
1 Corinthians 14:12 So also you, since you are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek to abound for the edification of the church.
We should learn to interpret; converting an unknown language to a known language.
We should have less of worldly talks and more of God’s words and God’s thoughts
Ephesians 6:18 With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints,
1 Thessalonians 5:17 pray without ceasing;
Praying without ceasing can be done only in tongues; Not possible in the natural language. As we work, we can pray in tongues. There is no need to be loud. We can pray in our spirit.
As you pray in tongues, you become more and more familiar with God’s presence or the absence of God’s peace.
The absence of peace or the absence of the Presence of God is a sign that something is wrong with your life. You may be dry, empty, and moving towards the flesh. Quickly repent and turn to Christ. Holy Spirit is your helper. He is the only one who can help you in your weakness. Cry out to Him, cling to Him.
Don’t go running to a friend. Run to the Holy Spirit. He is your helper. He is your best friend.
John 7:38, 39 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.’” But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given because Jesus was not yet glorified.
When the Holy Spirit Lord speaks, be ready to proclaim it with your mouth. Don’t kill the word that comes in your mind with your own reasoning and understanding. As you pray in tongues, concentrate on what you are saying. Let your ears hear it. That is how the river starts flowing out from you. We are releasing God’s perception out. We are releasing the river.
You must learn to discern the rising and retreating of the Holy Spirit. When the Spirit is rising, He will be unstoppable until you feel it is done.
It is an acquired ability to partner with the Holy Spirit.
dr jonathan david
When the Holy Spirit Lord speaks be ready to obey immediately. Keep the river of God flowing unhindered in your innermost being.
1 Corinthians 14:15 What is the outcome then? I will pray with the spirit and I will pray with the mind also; I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with the mind also.
I will is a place of determination; a positioning in the Spirit. Worshipping in songs in tongues is a powerful form of worship. Your spirit is consistently worshipping its creator even if you are engaged in some other task
Holy Spirit is important in praying and worshipping in warfare. As we pray, we execute vengeance on the enemy.
Psalm 149:5-9 Let the godly ones exult in glory;
Let them sing for joy on their beds.
6Let the high praises of God be in their mouth,
And a two-edged sword in their hand,
7To execute vengeance on the nations
And punishment on the peoples,
8To bind their kings with chains
And their nobles with fetters of iron,
9To execute on them the judgment written;
This is an honor for all His godly ones.
Praise the LORD!
The indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit is the Glory of God within us. Then we have access to the revelation of God at all times
Why cannot we flow in the Spirit?
Contaminated doctrine
A life built on contaminated doctrines cannot hold the living waters of God. For eg. Wrong doctrine says “God understands, live your life on your own terms. Whatever you do, you are already forgiven”. The gospel is not a permission to stay in your sin nature. For eg. “You cannot be offended and anointed” (Quote by Dr Tunde Bakare). The Word of God clearly says after tasting the forgiveness of God you MUST forgive those who offend you. But if you choose to harbor bitterness, rage, anger and strife then you cannot stay in the presence of the Holy Spirit.
Jeremiah 2:13 For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, The fountain of living waters, To hew for themselves cisterns, Broken cisterns That can hold no water.
You choose to forsake the Holy Spirit.
Instead, you choose broken cisterns – false doctrines or beliefs that cannot contain the Holy Spirit. False doctrines produce double lives.
Contaminated seed
If we store up the truth in our hearts then we produce a life that pleases God. But if we allow our hearts to love something other than our God then we are already taken.
Jeremiah 2:21 Yet I planted you a choice vine, A completely faithful seed. How then have you turned yourself before Me Into the degenerate shoots of a foreign vine?
Everyday our lives should contain Word Study, Worship, Prayer and Discipleship. These four things keep us from taking in the wrong things. We must guard our heart.
Your quality of life comes from the river. When you flow in the supernatural, the level of the Holy Spirit dimension is high. Leading a life lead by the Holy Spirit is the highest form of life there is. The presence of the Holy Spirit should be increasing in us.
We are the carriers of God’s presence to the terrains He sends us into. We must be the ones to bring Holy Spirit everywhere we go.
It is the river that makes people glad.
You are the light of the world. You are the salt of the earth.
Check if your life is conducive to the Holy Spirit. The atmosphere of holiness, purity, and unity attracts the Holy Spirit. Check if anything is displeasing to Him. Anger, hatred, impurity attracts demonic spirits
So you choose your atmosphere because God manifests if a person is right. Be the man on the ground. Be available for God. Water is flowing from the throne of God.
Some days you may have a low battery. Low water. You go dry. Flat. God is disciplining you. You must rise up from there. Go in tongues until the river comes alive. The water cannot be a dead pool or dead pond. It’s got to be moving. Water should always bubble over. Activate the power to rise. Do all the spiritual exercises to keep yourself full
You have to learn how to manage the water within you.
Evaluate your own water level
If you don’t know how to measure that is dangerous. If you have a careless attitude then you can destroy all that is built into your life
Low tide means not enough water. You cannot swim. Under demonic control
Ezekiel 47:1,2 Then he brought me back to the door of the house; and behold, water was flowing from under the threshold of the house toward the east, for the house faced east. And the water was flowing down from under, from the right side of the house, from south of the altar. He brought me out by way of the north gate and led me around on the outside to the outer gate by way of the gate that faces east. And behold, water was trickling from the south side.
Water is trickling Why? Something is blocking it. What is that in your life?
You will run dry if you don’t maintain a personal relationship with God and you have no prayer life or a weak prayer life. Quickly repent of whatever is blocking the river in your life and return to God. Blast out in tongues until the river is flowing.
Ezekiel 47:3 When the man went out toward the east with a line in his hand, he measured a thousand cubits, and he led me through the water, water reaching the ankles.
Water up to ankle level. This is the beginning. Starting from the lowest level. Beginners are at this level. At the time of salvation, Lord is already in. At this level, we can walk in and walk out. Because of the low level of water, we cannot breakthrough. No commitment to Christ yet. In this place, it is easier to do the natural than the spiritual. There are many chances of sinning
Surrendering is the secret to reach the next level
Ezekiel 47: 4a Again he measured a thousand and led me through the water, water reaching the knees.
Knee level
It means kneeling down. Respect for the life of the Spirit. 60% increase in water level. Holy Spirit moves from being ‘with you’ to be “in you”. More of Christ. He increases more. You decrease. You desire this more and more.
Ezekiel 47:4b Again, he measured a thousand and led me through the water, water reaching the loins.
Waist deep
Loins include the reproductive organs meaning our fruitfulness in the spirit. Tremendous blessings come through. We begin to be productive. Multiplication takes place. We must wade deeper and deeper into the water.
Ezekiel 47:5 Again, he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not ford, for the water had risen, enough water to swim in, a river that could not be forded.
Enough water to swim in
A river that cannot be forded is us being carried by God. Totally approved by God. You are standing in the presence of God. Nothing is stopping you. It is the highest level. God is taking over more and more of your life until it is no longer your will, but the Lord’s will. You have chosen to be a prisoner of the Lord, totally yielded.
The higher we go in God lesser we have control over ourselves.
Ezekiel 47:7,8 Now when I had returned, behold, on the bank of the river there were very many trees on the one side and on the other. Then he said to me, “These waters go out toward the eastern region and go down into the Arabah; then they go toward the sea, being made to flow into the sea, and the waters of the sea become fresh.
The waters you carry must finally reach the sea of humanity. Follow the river to fulfill your destiny.
At what point in your life can the water not be forded? You have to decide. You have to choose to wade deeper and deeper into God.
This is your choice
If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink
Rehoboth 
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