SEVEN STEPS TO RECEIVING THE HOLY SPIRIT {STEP 7} (DAILY DIET E-BOOK SERIES 02 DAY 53)

 Step Number 7 

Keep the candidate from being distracted. For instance, don't permit a crowd to gather around the candidate, giving instructions all at once. This will confuse a person. I like to have only a few workers whom I have specially instructed to help folks receive the Holy Spirit. Many times folks are a little slow about yielding to the Spirit, but if someone is there to help encourage them to yield to the Holy Spirit, people can more readily receive. For example, when going swimming, sometimes it is hard to get some folks in the water, but if you will take the lead and get in the water and swim around and say, "The water sure feels good," they will be encouraged to get in the water too. 

Similarly, sometimes you can simply speak in tongues yourself after praying with the candidate, and this will encourage the candidate to "follow you into the water," so to speak — into the baptism of the Holy Spirit. 

I have been in Full Gospel circles for more than fifty years, and I have seen nearly everything happen you can mention when people were seeking the Holy Ghost (and a lot I don't want to mention). For example, I have seen dear folks at the altar seeking the Holy Spirit while someone on one side of them was yelling in one ear, "Hold on Brother, hold on." Someone else might be hollering in the other ear, "Turn loose, Brother, turn loose." Someone kneeling right behind them would be patting him on the back hollering, "Let go, Brother, let go." Then someone sitting right in front of them would be shouting something else at the top of his voice. Many have still received the Holy Spirit this way, not because of this kind of behavior, but in spite of it! However, even though multitudes have received, many honest and sincere believers have been driven away. 

We will see more folks filled with the Holy Spirit if we will follow scriptural practices. Therefore, don't allow several people to crowd around candidates who are seeking the Holy Spirit. And don't allow more than one person to give instructions at one time, because that would cause the candidate to become confused. Let one person instruct him how to yield to the Spirit. If others are standing nearby, have them pray quietly in tongues, not in their own language. If people are praying in their own native language, that person receiving the Holy Spirit can hear what they are saying, and it will distract him. In other words, he might get his mind on the others and what they're saying. And many times people will not yield to God if they are listening to what people around them are saying. You will find that by following these seven steps, you will help believers receive the Holy Spirit immediately without tarrying. As you assist believers in receiving the Holy Spirit, you will feel personally blessed and rewarded for your part in their receiving this wonderful gift of the Holy Ghost.

FFT: Keep the candidate from being distracted!

ACTION POINT: Kindly reflect and practise the seven steps to receiving the Holy Spirit.

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