Spiritual Quietness

Spiritual quietness is a prerequisite to receiving from the Lord. When we talk about spiritual quietness, we mean quietness on both the inside and outside.

For you to receive God’s word into your spirit, you first have to decongest it of all other matters competing for your attention.

The affairs of life; what to drink, what to eat, and what to wear are always clamoring for attention. They want to be meditated upon.

Do you know that many Christians, even when they are praying, their minds keep racing about from one issue to the other?

With the school fees for the children who must resume in a weeks’ time and there is no sign of what to eat for the rest of the week; the wife who must be dealt with for the rude manner in which she responded to enquiries about certain household issues. The list is endless.

In the long run, he has not prayed intelligently for even one item, thus rendering the whole process completely useless and ineffective.

A good Christian will keep all these from his heart. This is what makes it possible to plug into God’s frequency.

Paul the Apostle said,
…study to be quiet…
1 Thessalonians 4:11

And “Night unto night sheweth knowledge” (Psalm 19:2).

The night is a most valuable time for spiritual exercises because it is the most quiet part of the day.

God’s voice is still and small, you need quietness to hear it. Because it is still, you have to be still to hear it. Take advantage of quietness and meet with God. You need it.

It is the quietness you take advantage of that determines how well you can receive.

Study to be quiet. It takes some degree of quietness to receive from the Lord.

Thus, when a man of God says he can’t attend to you at a particular time, it is not pride, it only means that he must see God first before he sees you.

Meekness

Another thing that determines how well you receive from God is meekness.

Nothing is more destructive than pride – pretending to know what you do not know.

God will only teach you what you do not know. He will only teach the meek His ways.

The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
Psalm 25:9

Everything God has promised has a way to it. God’s word is the way. You find out from Him and He will show it to you.

All you do is to recognize that you don’t know. Recognize that you are learning and that God could use any instrument to teach you.

When you see higher men than you in ministry, sit down at their feet and learn. But first, you have to agree that they know more than you do. This is meekness. This is the way to learn.

Getting hooked to the supernatural is a personal spiritual encounter which you have to position yourself to receive.

The word of God is the spiritual fuel you need. It is the carrier of supernatural forces from heaven.

Cultivate the spirit of meekness, free yourself from activity, practice quietness, and take a good adventure into the word of life.

When the word of God gains entrance into you, you will radiate the glory of God. You are meant to walk in the realm of the supernatural.

David Oyedepo

Prayer for Salvation and Baptism in the Holy Spirit

Heavenly Father, I come to You in the Name of Jesus. Your Word says, "...whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved" (Acts 2:21).

I am calling on You. I pray and ask Jesus to come into my heart and be Lord over my life according to Romans 10:9-10.

"If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." I do that now.

I confess that Jesus is Lord, and I believe in my heart that God raised Him from the dead.

I am now reborn! I am a Christian—a child of Almighty God! I am saved!

You also said in Your Word, "If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: HOW MUCH MORE shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?" (Luke 11:13).

I'm also asking You to fill me with the Holy Spirit. Holy Spirit, rise up within me as I praise God. I fully expect to speak with other tongues as You give me the utterance (Acts 2:4).

(Begin to praise God for filling you with the Holy Spirit. Speak those words and syllables you receive—not in your own language, but the language given to you by the Holy Spirit. You have to use your own voice. God will not force you to speak.)

Now you are a Spirit-filled believer. Continue with the blessing God has given you and pray in tongues each day. You'll never be the same!

Jesus is Lord!

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