Daily EncouragementSample

Some Christians are reluctant to claim this promise because they are aware that they already have the Spirit of Christ (Rom. 8:9). It is surely a misguided reluctance.

To pray Paul’s prayers after him is to pray for the Holy Spirit: “I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better . . . I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being” (Eph. 1:17; 3:16ff).

To pray with those who are used by God in revival is to ask for the Holy Spirit. Griffith Jones of the Methodist Revival in Wales writes:

I wish I had more of the unction of this Holy Spirit to carry me through the work of my day, and to assist me to live in a closer communion with God. It has sometimes refreshed my soul to consider that among all the precious promises in the Holy Scriptures, there is not one more full, and worded in stronger terms of assurance; than that of the heavenly Father giving the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him, Luke 11:13. And this should put us upon asking in faith, which can never fail to succeed.