Oh, strengthen my spirit, Lord Jesus

Into my heart! -D. V
Strengthen our spirit Lord, with power! - D. C
Today! Don't delay! - S. K
Oh Lord Jesus! Spread more into all of our hearts! - K. N

Thank you Lord for your spreading into each part of our being!

BEING STRENGTHENED INTO THE INNER MAN

Ephesians 3:8 reveals that the apostle Paul preached the unsearchable riches of Christ. All the believers have received these unsearchable riches. In these chapters we have seen and received the riches of Christ. However, we still need to pray that these riches would be applied to us and become our enjoyment. For this we need to pray, as Paul did, to be strengthened into our inner man (v. 16). Here Paul seemed to be saying, “O Father, strengthen the believers into their inner man. Do not strengthen them into their mentality or into their physical bodies but into their inner man. ” The inner man is our spirit. Although we all need to be strengthened into our spirit, into our inner man, the natural strength of our mind needs to be reduced. Many Christians are strong in their mentality. They have a large head but a very small spirit. Their mind is filled with thoughts and imaginations. While they are sitting in a meeting listening to a message, their thoughts may travel around the world. Furthermore, they find it very easy to talk. However, if you ask them to pray, they will immediately be quiet. Prayer requires the exercise of the spirit, but talking comes out of the exercise of the mind. Those with a large mentality find it easy to talk but difficult to pray. This proves that their inner man, their spirit, is weak. Thus, they need to be strengthened into the inner man and reduced in their mentality. If this takes place, their head will become smaller, and their spirit will become larger. As a result, they will like to pray more and talk less. They will begin to say, “Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! Jesus is Lord! ” They will enjoy saying this because their spirit will have been strengthened and expanded. We all need to pray, “Lord Jesus, strengthen my spirit and restrict my mind. ”

CHRIST MAKING HIS HOME IN OUR HEART

We also need to pray, “O Lord, strengthen my spirit so that You may make Your home in my heart. ” When we were saved, the Lord Jesus came into our spirit. How much of Christ do you have in your spirit? If you sense that you have little of Him in your spirit, you should pray that He would strengthen you into your inner man. If you learn to call on the Lord, your spirit will be filled with Christ as the life-giving Spirit. This is the way to be strengthened into the inner man. The more you say, “O Lord Jesus, ” the more Christ will come into you, spread into your heart, and take it over. As Christ spreads in you, He makes your heart His home (v. 17). Although all Christians have Christ in their spirit, few have Christ in their mind, emotion, and will, which are the different rooms of our heart. Christ desires to fill all these rooms and to make our heart His home.

BEING FILLED UNTO ALL THE FULLNESS OF GOD

According to Ephesians 3:19 , eventually, we shall “be filled unto all the fullness of God. ” This means that we shall not simply have Christ in our spirit but that He will make His home in our heart and take over our entire being. As a result, we shall inwardly be filled unto all the fullness of God. When we are filled unto all the fullness of God, we become the practical and prevailing church. This church is the kingdom of the heavens with the authority of God to overcome the power of Satan. By this we see that the building of the church does not come by outward organization but by the inner life, that is, by having Christ fill us, saturate us, and permeate us until we are filled unto all the fullness of God. This is Christ’s way to build His church.

The Kernel of the Bible

Chapter 14 CWWL, 1977, vol. 1 (LSM)

Salvation does not require the paying of a price, but maturity does. To obtain the oil in the lamp does not require one to pay a price, but to obtain the oil in the vessel does. The regenerating Spirit is given for free, but to obtain the filling Spirit requires that we pay a price. If we are even a little willing for the sake of the Lord to put aside some of our desires, prospects, knowledge, position, family, material possessions, career, views, perceptions, and all the other things related to us, then the Spirit will fill us up. The more we forsake, the more the Spirit will fill us. How much we forsake is how much the Spirit will fill us. We may use a glass of grape juice as an example. When you empty a little of the juice, the air will fill up the glass a little more. When you empty more juice, more air will fill the glass. When the glass is fully emptied, the air will fill up the entire glass.

Thank you, Lord, for entering our hearts today with your love. We are truly grateful for your kind and wonderful acts of kindness.

I love Thee, Jesus. More today than yesterday!

For it is God who operates in you both the willing and working for His good pleasure. Philippians 2:13

This God is actually the Spirit of Jesus Christ Himself with His bountiful supply. The willingness is within. The willing takes place in our will, indicating that God's operation begins from our spirit, and spreads into our mind, emotion, and will.

Oh Lord, teach me to open my heart. Teach me to touch you as the Spirit in my spirit.

Lord Jesus....
Oh Lord Jesus...
To Him who is able to do it
Above all we think or say,
We open our hearts wide and welcome
Him into our heart today.

Praise the Lord!

It's a beautiful hub. The Lyrics touched my heart, imagine the hymn sung.