Host The Holy Ghost

Luke 10:38-42 ¶ " Now it came to pass, as they went, that he "Jesus" entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.

39 And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard his word.

40 But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.

41 And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things:

42 But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her."

Today I want to talk to you about hosting the Holy Spirit, or you could say… hosting the presence of God.

I believe that this is the cross road we stand at today… Are we the body of Christ, going to satisfy ourselves, with the activity of opening and closing doors, or to say it another way— just going through the motions… Just carrying on in the flesh? Or are we going to admit that we may be making a lot of noise with our keys rattling, and opening, and closing doors, but what we need, and what we want, is the power of the Holy Ghost?

Isaiah 10:27 says, “it is the anointing that destroys the yoke.”

The yoke represents anything that hinders, binds, or oppresses. It can also be sickness— mental, emotional or physical, it can be disease, debt, or lack.

The yoke represents anything that the devil can put on you, to steal your joy, and rob you of the abundant life Jesus gives.

Nothing but the anointing can break Satan's power.

Nothing else can deliver the bound and oppressed.

Nothing else can heal the sick, and the diseased.

You can copy it, or you can imitate it, but you cannot manufacture it.

There is only one place to get the anointing, and that is from the fellowship and the communion of, and with the Holy Ghost.

That is the key ingredient, and the master key, that the church must have.

I believe that without the power of the Holy Ghost, the church is going to become just another casualty of war.

Either we are going to be saturated, inundated, and endued, with power from on high, and we fight back with the power of the Holy Ghost, or we will end up as more casualties, on the battlefield of life.

If we are going to have the power of the Holy Spirit, we must learn how to host the Holy Spirit.

Our aim and our goal in life as Christians, as disciples of Jesus Christ, has got to be more than the rapture, or to go to heaven when we die.

Our aim and goal of our lives as Christians should be two fold.

1. To know him, to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, and to have fellowship and communion with the Holy Spirit.

2. To make Jesus known— to be a living revelation and manifestation of his will in the earth.

That means that Jesus lives through us, and he does the same things through us, that he did when he was here in his flesh.

Jesus didn’t make disciples just so they could go to heaven. He made disciples to multiply himself in the earth, and to manifest himself through. To heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, cast out devils and raise the dead.

That was why they needed, and we need the Holy Ghost. Because it is the anointing of the Holy Ghost that gives us the power over the devils kingdom— to destroy his works… to break his power and set people free.

This is why we have to be like Mary, and learn the art of hosting the presence of God.

Now I want to speak about three main elements to hosting the Holy Spirits presence.

1. Make room… This phrase means… to do whatever is necessary to make a place for someone or some thing. To move things around, or to discard things, or even add on extra space.

2. Give place… This is different from make room, but this can't happen without making room first. To give place means to yield to, and submit to, by extension it means to want or to desire— and to give liberty and freedom of expression.

3. Accommodate… This even goes further than the first two. It means to make comfortable, to seek to please, to create a desired environment. By extension it means to consult with, having the desire to please.

The beautiful thing about the Holy Spirit is this… He is a perfect gentleman, he will only come where he is invited, and he will only do what you give him the freedom, and the liberty to do.