18 <\/sup>I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nWe are not called to be timid. Rather be bold as lions! Jesus did not leave us as orphans. His promise was for one that would come after him. The one who would be called a “counsellor” and a “comforter”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
God is faithful to his word. He watches over it to perform it. He saw this promise come to pass. Our counsellor, the one for whom the disciples had to been told to wait for arrived. When he did, they were empowered to step out of hiding. They were empowered to go out and turn the world upside down for God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We live in such a beautiful time. Instead of waiting for God’s visitation, he is resident in us. The Holy Spirit is with us. Samson had to wait for the spirit of God to come over him. When Saul prophesied after being anointed King, he too had to wait for the spirit of God to come over him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
You have that very spirit here and now. If you have received the gift of the Holy Spirit, it is one that you carry for the rest of your life. We are doing nowhere near what we are empowered to do, by virtue of having the Holy Spirit residing in us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We should not become comfortable in being passive Christians. To have and not use the gift of the Holy Spirit is to waste this amazing gift that we have. Imagine what our cities would look like if more and more of us would pick up the mantle that the disciples picked after they had God’s visitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prayer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Heavenly Father, we thank you for the gift of the Holy Spirit. We are grateful that you did not leave us as orphans in this cold world. Lord, I pray for everyone that will read or listen to this. In the mighty name of Jesus, let your spirit be poured into them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lord whatever burden they have been carrying, we know that it is not by chance that they are reading this. There is a purpose for this very moment. May they not finish reading this and remain as they were. Your Holy Spirit brings with it liberty. As they read this, liberate their mind and their hearts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Give them the fullness<\/g> of joy. Wherever there is lack, fill them oh God. In Jesus’ name. Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The value of experiencing God\u2019s visitation cannot be overstated. This is something that King David had an incredible grasp of. At his lowest moment, he would have given everything but the presence of the Lord. He would have given up the kingdom, fame and all that came with it, but \u201ctake not your Holy Spirit.\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"podcast_url":"","podcast_explicit":"","podcast_captioned":false,"podcast_duration":"","podcast_filesize":0,"podcast_mime":"","enclosure":"","podcast_season_number":"","podcast_episode_number":"","podcast_episode_type":"","podcast_transcript":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"full-width-content","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[37],"podcasting_podcasts":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.prayerrelay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/The-Key-to-Experiencing-Gods-Visitation.png?fit=1024%2C512&ssl=1","blog_images":{"medium":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.prayerrelay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/The-Key-to-Experiencing-Gods-Visitation.png?fit=300%2C150&ssl=1","large":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.prayerrelay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/The-Key-to-Experiencing-Gods-Visitation.png?fit=1024%2C512&ssl=1"},"ams_acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.prayerrelay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/The-Key-to-Experiencing-Gods-Visitation.png?fit=1024%2C512&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4eBDD-wD","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayerrelay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayerrelay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayerrelay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayerrelay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayerrelay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayerrelay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayerrelay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayerrelay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayerrelay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayerrelay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2023"},{"taxonomy":"podcasting_podcasts","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayerrelay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcasting_podcasts?post=2023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}