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Psalm 42:1-2 says ‘As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God…’

DAILY READING • Luke 9:1-27; Genesis 15; Psalm 8

James Gordon Lindsay is a famous revivalist preacher, author, and founder of Christ for the Nations Institute.
He authored more than 200 books, and played a vital role in the ministry success of scores of healing evangelists during the 1940s and 1950s. He also assisted in the establishment of 100s of churches in various countries.
Gordon Lindsay was born and raised in Zion City, Illinois, which was built by John Alexander Dowie, the famous healing evangelist.
Gordon’s parents were active Christians, and he grew up in an atmosphere of healing and Pentecostal experience. But as he grew up, Gordon lacked a personal experience with God.
It took a life threatening sickness that almost cut short his life, for him to seek to develop personal faith in God for his deliverance.
As a young man, Gordon became stricken with a critical case of ptomaine poisoning. For days he lay dying and it appeared like the end of his life had come.
A number of people prayed for him, including Dr. John G. Lake, the great healing evangelist. Although John G. Lake professed confidence that the Lord had answered the prayer, Lindsay did not experience deliverance immediately.
With his life hanging in the balance, Lindsay was then tasked to develop his own faith to see the manifestation of his healing. He began studying the Word and reading typewritten sermons. While reading these messages, faith suddenly sprang into his heart and he knew for certain that God had healed him! With this revelation he arose from his deathbed, instantly healed.
Gordon Lindsay continued to grow his faith and later became an independent Pentecostal evangelist.
Lindsay, created international outreach programs for the distribution of Christian literature and support for foreign missionaries. He also sponsored international mission campaigns and started a radio program and was the forerunner of the present Christ for the Nations Institute headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

It’s never enough to just have a general knowledge of God without a personal encounter with Him.
You may have been born in Church and been a Christian all your life, but until you have your own encounter with God, you may never experience manifestations of His power and miracles.
In times of trials and temptations, it is your depth of personal faith in God that will determine your level of victory . It is those that know their God that will be strong and do exploits.
Therefore to live a triumphant life of great impact, we must seek our own testimony of personal encounter with God. Every great man or woman who manifests God’s power today, all came to a point of spiritual ‘desperation’ in seeking after God, until He revealed Himself to them.
Likewise, if we desire to see the manifestations of His power in our lives, our hearts must greatly hunger for more of God.
It is a spiritual law that only the hungry shall be filled.
Matthew 5:6 says those who hunger and thirst after righteousness shall be filled.
God’s Spirit is poured out in abundance upon those who hunger and thirst after Him.
If our desire is to see the power and glory of God, then we must be thirsting, craving, longing and panting for it through a diligent search in the Word and prayers.

Psalm 42:1-2 says ‘As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God…’

Our hearts need to pant after God as a way of life.
Just as our physical body hungers for food to survive, our spirit man relies on our connection to God to survive and thrive. Our nutritional source of spiritual energy and power is God’s Word.
God has sent His Word to heal us and deliver us from the destructions of sickness, poverty, troubles etc. But people perish for not acquiring in-depth knowledge of the Word.
The more we know the Word, the more we will know God personally and develop strong faith that will guarantee us victory over life’s challenges.
More importantly, a deep and intimate knowledge of God, enables us to maintain a Heavenly focus as we run life’s race, knowing that there awaits us an eternal reward and the greatly desired “Well done, good and faithful servant!’.

PRAYER; Lord, Please enable me to always give the study of Your Word top priority in my life, so that I can know You intimately and be empowered to overcome and do exploits on the earth in Jesus Name.
QUOTE;
God’s Word is God’s ‘prescription’ for every area of your life, let God’s Word fix every situation in your life. WORDBITE 222