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The following excerpt was taken from Contact with God by Jeanne Wilkerson.

It is important to never take this glorious gospel for granted! You may think that you will always have the bright light of God’s Word available to you, but darker days are coming. You can’t just sit in the seat of ease in Zion after you have been saved and filled with the Holy Spirit. You must maintain your spiritual life and keep yourself sharp in the Word. You must allow the same source that produced that life-the Holy Spirit-to sustain it.

The gospel can be compared to light. It is like the moving of the sun, which rises on one horizon, crosses the heavens, and sets in another horizon. While we have the sunlight, the gospel, it is day. But the Bible says the night is coming, and unless we continue to walk in the light, the darkness will overtake us (John 12:35).

According to Romans 15:19, Paul took the gospel to a place known as Illyricum. After he did, the churches and people were so blessed by the beautiful light of the glorious gospel that signs and wonders followed. Today that same region is known as Albania.

It is the place where Paul performed so many signs and wonders in the name of Jesus, and the glorious gospel was proclaimed with all of its beauty and power. Through Paul, the people of Albania saw the gospel manifested through powerful signs and wonders.

But notice the more recent history of this nation where so many miracles had been performed. Albania is the first nation in the world to declare herself totally atheistic. Today it is a communist nation, and most of the people are Muslims.

In 1967, after a fiery speech by Albania’s ruler, two thousand convents, monasteries, mosques, and churches were taken over to be put to use for “better purposes.” The ministers and priests were assigned to hard labor, and since 1967, the practice of Christianity has been totally forbidden. Bibles were collected and burned, and even the mere possession of a Bible warrants one’s being shot by a firing squad.

It is hard to believe this is the same place that once saw such mighty signs and wonders!

A broadcast from the capital city of Tarana reported that severe measures had to be taken to erase Christianity from the minds of the people-extreme measures such as sealing Christians in barrels and rolling them alive into the sea.

The bishop of Duress in Albania was enclosed in an iron cage the size of his body. Inside, the walls were covered with spikes that penetrated his flesh. He was then pushed along the streets until he died. The London Daily Telegraph reported that several priests had been shot by firing squads.

Children are placed in state nurseries from birth. Their parents are not allowed to have custody of them. They are given two hours visitation privileges daily to spend with the child, if both the child and mother desire it. Over half the population in Albania is under twenty-five years of age.

Less than five percent of its citizens are ever permitted to leave the country. Albania is the second smallest country in Europe, the size of Belgium. It is bordered by Yugoslavia, Greece, the Adriatic, and Ionion Seas. It is Europe’s most primitive, backward nation, though the Communist party’s chief objective is to create a “new man.”

This place that had actually witnessed the birth of the gospel and had seen the signs and wonders of our God within its borders is no longer walking in His blessings. Sadly, if in our own lives we don’t take advantage of God’s hour of visitation, as in the case of Albania, we will not always enjoy divine demonstrations from God.

Freedom is the most valuable commodity in the world. People who travel to the underprivileged nations of the world will often tell you what a privilege it is to enjoy religious freedom in America. For example, a friend of mine who traveled to preach at a church in a communist nation told me about the adversity he witnessed.

He said that the Christians in that country spend hours upon hours crying out to God to give them just a few hours of freedom to preach the gospel.
We can pray for people to be saved, but we must also be obedient to go and bring the gospel to the people.

In light of the vision Oral Roberts had in July of this year, this next portion is a vision that Kenneth Hagin Jr. had in 1985:
I’m sure you’ve seen, while driving in the dark, off in the distance, a mighty glow against the skyline-some large, metropolitan city, fanning its light against the night sky.

I began to see the world, I saw the glow as it came from the North American continent, out of the United States, this glow. I saw that it got brighter, and brighter, and brighter, and began to spread north, south, east, and west.

It spread until, as the globe turned, I could see it encompass islands of the sea, other countries, and the darkness was driven away, light began to encompass these countries. Even as the light came to some of them, they weren’t all black and dark, but sort of in twilight, but some were completely amassed in darkness, and this encroaching light would make them bright.

I said, “Lord, what is the meaning of all this?” it had encompassed the whole earth.

He said, “This is the last day revival that people have been talking about. It’s the new WAVE people have been talking about. This is the MOVE of the end time of the Holy Spirit. And it’s not just a revival that’s going to reach one nation, not a revival for a few ’spots’ around the world, as you saw what seemed like twilight in some of the countries, that was where there is something happening already.

“This revival will encompass the whole world. It will involve My people all over the world who are willing in this last day to be mature, and to do the job that I’ve called them to do. It’s not going to happen easily, as one would think, or that it seems that it does to others.”

I said, “What do you mean?”

He said, “It’s going to happen as My people begin to call on My Name, and ASK for the anointing and the power of God to move in the Church-not move on me individually; not move on our group; not move on our denomination; not move on the so-called “faith” people; or this people or that people. But as MY people fall on their faces and begin to pray, and say, ‘God, we want a revival-we don’t care whether it’s through us or someone else-we want a revival of the power of the Spirit of God!’”

“Then,” He said, “it’s going to happen. It’s already started, because the glow you began to see, not only in your country, but also in the other countries who were in twilight-that’s the people of God who are hungry for revival.”
Kenneth Hagin Jr. then delivered this prophetic word:
“Some will say, ‘I don’t know about this.’ Others will say, ‘Let’s watch!’ and they will be like the fifty prophets that watched Elisha.”

“But I say to you this night, if you will bow before Me in prayer and praise and will not be ashamed of the Holy Spirit and the demonstration of the power of God, I will lead you into the greatest anointing that you have ever known! And your churches will grow. And everything that you do will turn to victory!”

“And there will not be anything that can stand in your way and that can defeat you! But you will march arm in arm, running to tear the devil’s kingdom apart. And gathering souls from the harvest field as you run! Because the revival is now at hand!

“And it shall be poured out upon all of those that are willing to be God’s vessels, dedicated to the power of God and not be ashamed if somebody calls them this or that or something else. And not be ashamed to stand and demonstrate the power of God in the face of all odds that says, ‘It can’t happen!’”

God says, “I will be with you. I will anoint you and there will be a revival. I am only looking for vessels. Will you be that vessel?”

I encourage you to commune with our Father. The Word must be present in our lives, but it is the Word and the Spirit that fills us!

The power of prayer will come through in your worship to the Father. The words that we get from heaven will not only bless us, but they will bless others in our lives as well. Those Holy Gost inspiried words that come in worship and prayer are full of power because they are full of Him!

God is the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. He is our everything!

The following prophecy was given by Kenneth E. Hagin on January 24, 1988
“For He is high, and He is holy and you cannot worship Him with man’s means. Yea, you dare not come into His presence in your own holiness of righteousness. Come into His presence clean and holy but thou canst not make thyself clean, neither can thou make thou self holy. For man alone is an utter failure. But you can come into His presence because His Blood cleanseth you from all sin. You can come into His presence because His Blood has atoned for your sins. You can come into His presence because His Blood has atoned for your sins and all are washed away. And you are made unto your God kings and priests. So, put on your robe of righteousness and enter into His presence with thanksgiving and allow the Holy Spirit, Who dwells in your spirit to teach you to be reverent.”

“Yea, come not with the clamorings of the flesh. There shall come a time, in fact the day has now arrived that you will learn to worship Me,” saith the Lord of Hosts, “on a different level in which you have worshiped. Even learn to praise Me on a different level in which you have learned to praise. For so much of that which has been in that manifestation among you has only been in the flesh. But now you will come into the broad place of the Spirit. Come with a reverence. Come with a humility. Come with a desire to fellowship with Me. Come not in arrogance. Come not in the energy of the flesh. But rather, come with a humble spirit. Crucifying the flesh. Not letting it dominate you or even endeavor to worship Me as such. But come in a spirit and oh that can only be as you respond unto the Holy Spirit.”

“For even in worship as the Father would have you to worship Him. For He is high and He is holy. And you come not unto Him as you would come unto man. And you give not Him applause as you would man. For you must not bring Him down on the level of man, but you must come up on the level where He is in holiness and reverence. Worshiping Him and Him alone. Worshiping Him and Him alone. Worshiping Him and Him alone.”

“And then shall the Spirit of God descend upon you like a mighty rain from heaven. Mighty rivers shall flow out of you and ye shall be known as a reverent worshipful people. And ye shall be known as a supernatural people. For the supernatural will be ordinary with you. And it shall be said of you as it was said of those days gone by, they that have turned the world upside down are come hither also.” Hallelujah!

“For you are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s” 1Cor.6:20

Your body is not your own. Therefore what you do with it is not solely up to you. You have been bought with a price. You have been paid for by the sacrifice of the Son of God. Your body belongs to God. It is the temple of the Holy Spirit (1Cor.6:19). The Amplified Bible says it is the sanctuary of the Holy Spirit.

God gave us the gift of the Holy Spirit to help us live sepearted unto Him - to walk in holiness. It is the Holy Spirit within you who prompts you to do the will of God.

What would you expect if you received a spirit of unbelief? Unbelief. If you received a spirit of lust, what would you expect that spirit to promote? Lust.

You haven’t been given the spirit of unbelief or lust. You have been given the Holy Spirit of God Himself. God’s own holiness. His own Spirit came to us when we were born again. To do what? To promote holiness and separation of our lives, our hearts, our very lifestyles and every action unto God.

Some people say not doing certain things will make you holy.. like you can’t wear certain clothes, you can’t wear your hairstyle a certain way, or you can’t wear makeup and so on. None of those things will make you holy. They all affect the outer man. Those kind of things are the law and the law won’t make you holy.

Only Gods Spirit will make you holy. Our being united to the Lord in such a way that the Holy Spirit of God is leading us, guiding us and directing us in life is holiness. God loves you. He paid a high price for you. So glorify Him in your body. Honor Him with your lifestyle. Obey the promptings of the Spirit of God within you.

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Prov.20:5 “Counsel in the heart of man is like water in a deep well, but a man of understanding draws it out.”

This woman at the well here is just totally amazed why Jesus is asking her to draw water from the well for Him. There is some sarcasm and prejudice here. Jesus didn’t have any prejudice towards her though. But she probably had met some Jews that treated her badly. She is wondering if Jesus as a Jew would have talked to her if He hadn’t need anything.

This woman has s lot of bitterness in her. When there is bitterness in you, you have to change before you receive from the Lord. These things hinder you and your heart from being receptive. The bible says: faith works by love. If you have a lot of hate, animosity, bitterness and prejudice in you; that’s not love. When love is not operating and faith works by love; faith will not work.

You cannot harbor ill will, animosity or prejudice against people and walk in faith to have victory. You just cannot do it. You also cannot be shallow to judge everybody by somebody’s actions. You cannot say “all women are that way” or “all white people are that way” or “all men are the same”. Because they are not. Don’t label people so quickly.

This woman at the well here is convinced that the Jews don’t have any dealings with the Samaritans. She might have missed out if it hadn’t been for Jesus here in this situation. This whole passage is around a well and they talk about the well and about water. Jesus took this opportunity to talk about salvation isn’t it?

John 4:13-14 Jesus says “all who drink of this water will be thirsty again. But whosoever takes a drink of the water that I will give him shall never, no never be thirsty any more. But the water that I will give him shall become a spring of water welling up (continually) within him for eternal life.”

Jesus is talking here to her about the work of the Holy Spirit in the new birth. When you are born again, you have the Holy Spirit on the inside of you. He is the spirit of life. There is also a following experience that everybody should receive and that is the baptism of the Holy Spirit. That has to do with an endowment of power upon a person. It gives you power to be a witness for Jesus.

This endowment of power is described in John 7:37  “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.” There is a difference between a well and rivers.

The well describes the work of the Holy Spirit in you for your own personal benefit. You draw water out of the well for your own personal benefit. But the rivers flow out. The rivers are not contained in one container. The Holy Spirit wants to flow through you; come upon you to touch other people’s lives as well. That is the rivers.

We need the well and we need the rivers. We need it all. The well has more to do with your personal life. The woman said here: “Sir, the well is deep and you don’t have anything to draw with. Where are going to get this living water?” Maybe you feel that way; the well is deep and you think you don’t have anything to draw with”. You don’t how to get anything out of the well.

You have to understand that within you is the Holy Spirit; the Greater one. The Holy Spirit is God and he lives inside of you if you are born again. All that He is and all that He has is in Himself and He is in you. So, all that He is, is in you. And all that He has is in you. There is a reservoir inside of you of unlimited resources. The strength of God is inside of you, the life of God, the wisdom of God, the knowledge of God, the understanding of God, the love of God, the peace and the joy of God, IN YOU!!

Come back and learn how to draw it out.