Matthew 16:24-25 ‘Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.’

DAILY READING; • Acts 20:1-16; Judges 13; Job 41

Katherine Kuhlman so greatly manifested the power of the Holy Spirit that sometimes when she entered a building, the people in the vicinity would suddenly begin to fall under the Anointing. Her meetings were electrified by powerful moves of the Spirit with amazing manifestations of miracles, signs and wonders.
Kathryn often said that anyone could experience such operation of the Holy Spirit in their life if only they were willing to pay the price as she did.
According to her “Paying the price” was not a one-time experience, but rather a commitment and determination to follow God each day of one’s life.
While growing up, Kathryn was known for her independence, self-reliance and a desire to do things her way. However after giving her life to Christ, she began to understand the crucial need to daily die to the flesh and totally surrender her life to God.
As she got to know God more she began to realize that certain characters in her life would have to be taken to the cross, so that the Holy Spirit could flow through her.
Kathryn often spoke of how she had to embrace the cross and make a full and complete surrender of everything to Jesus. Kathryn’s yielding to the will of God did not come easily. But as she submitted to a lifestyle of prayer, fasting, worship and study of the Word, a change began to take place in her life.
As she paid the price of dying to self and relentlessly seeking God, she soon encountered the Anointing of the Holy Spirit that greatly distinguished her ministry globally and led to the mighty manifestations of.power that transformed many lives.

Everyone God has used to bring revival has always been a man or woman of prayer whose life was first cleansed by God’s purifying fire before it overflowed with His power.
God works in us, before He can work through us. He will cleanse, purge and purify us with His fire, before His power will flow through us.
Through dying to the flesh, our lives become consecrated wholly to God, where He can move us and use us to accomplish His will on earth.

We must understand that the flesh is an enemy of our spiritual progress. Many times our spirit is willing to follow Christ but the flesh is too weak to do so. No matter how much we desire to obey Christ, if our flesh remain alive, we will face a difficult journey of daily struggle with our carnal nature.
Romans 8:7 tells us that the carnal mind is an enemy of God and not subject to the law of God. This is why it is necessary for us to take up the cross, before we can successfully follow Jesus.
The cross is symbol of dying to self. At the cross of Calvary Jesus shed His Blood and died for our sins.
He arose and gave us the power to overcome the struggle with the flesh through living a life of being crucified with Him.

‘Paul said in Galatians 2:20 says ‘I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.’

To experience great success this year, we must choose to live a life of being crucified with Christ. There can be no more room for spiritual laxity or pampering sinful tendencies. And one of the ways we can achieve this is by engaging in a lifestyle of praying and fasting.
Certainly, as we fast and pray in this season, we will be empowered to live a crucified life of denying the flesh and experiencing a mighty flow of the Spirit in our lives.

PRAYER: Lord, Please enable me to constantly discipline myself to walk in Your Will. In this season, by Your grace I shall overcome every spiritual laziness and press forward in Your high calling upon my life in Jesus Name.
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God is preparing you for the season He prepared for your breakthrough WORDBITE 222.