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• Healing the Sick

While on earth, Jesus Christ healed the sick with the power of the Holy Spirit (Acts 10:38) and He wants us to do same in this age as well (Mark 16:15-18). As a Medical Doctor and a Christian, I can boldly attest to the fact yes; we care but it is God that heals and He does so through the Holy Spirit. In fact, it is only the Holy Spirit that makes improbable healing probable. I will now narrate a testimony to back this notion up.

Around 1.30 am one day, a three and a half year old boy was rushed to us in Benin City, Nigeria with Severe Malaria Fever and Severe Anaemia (his blood level was dangerously low and incompatible with life). He was in the throes of death when he came in and as part of our treatment plan, he was to have urgent blood transfusion otherwise, by our estimation, he would die in a jiffy. Sadly, we had no blood in our hospital to transfuse him with and his parents were too poor to go elsewhere for treatment. His condition soon got rapidly worse and the only thing we could do, was to watch and pray and rely on the Holy Spirit to keep him alive as we had by then, done all we possibly could. Miraculously, he stabilized after a while even though, his condition was still very critical. And at 8 am (i.e. over 6 hours of being with us), when the morning shift commenced, some of us pooled resources together and got him properly treated and he recovered fully in a short time. Please remember that we earlier estimated that he would die in a bit without blood transfusion but, the power of the Holy Spirit kept him alive. Approximately two years later, I ran into his mum and she practically dragged me to where he was; smartly dressed in his spotless school uniform, ready to go to school. The power of the Holy Spirit sure healed him. This power is still available for use to heal the sick and you can have it if you wish in Jesus name. Amen.

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• Witnessing to People

Witnessing to people and winning souls for Christ are wise and rewarding activities that every committed Christians should engage in (Proverbs 11:30, Daniel 12:3). But this can only be possible with the power of the Holy Spirit. No wonder, my earliest Pastor made sure that we got baptised in the Holy Spirit on time. And immediately afterwards, we were filled with immense power to boldly witness to everyone in sight and nothing could stop us (Acts 1:8). The Holy Spirit also stirred us to witness to people through Drama Ministration, Christian Journalism, Televangelism, Preaching, Teaching, Youth Mentoring and the Care of the Elderly among others. Meanwhile, these were activities that most of us were too busy, too indifferent and probably too ‘posh’ to go into ab-initio. But with the help of the Holy Spirit, we embraced and utilized them effectively to lead many souls to Christ. You too can achieve a similar feat and even more, through the power of the Holy Spirit. But you have to seek Him first.

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• Introduction

The Holy Spirit is the driving force behind all committed Christians. And if truth be told, it is doubtful if we can achieve anything meaningful without Him. That’s why Jesus Christ laid emphasis on the need for the Holy Spirit to replace Him on earth (John 16:7) to make our lives easy to deal with.

The Holy Spirit made His debut in history on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:1-4) and He assists humanity in many ways. For example, He guides us into all truth and tells us things to come (John 16:13). He also helps, teaches and reminds us all things (John 14:26). Besides, He is instrumental to our being able to speak with new tongues (Acts 2:4). A lot of people received the Holy Spirit via the laying of hands (Acts 8:17) but it worth’s being mentioned here, that the disciples received Him when Jesus breathed on them (John 20:22).

When the Holy Spirit descends on an individual, He confers on him or her immense power to carry out great exploits (Acts 1:8). Sadly, many people do not fall for this truth. To them, there is nothing exceptional about the Holy Spirit or at best, He is a mystery which has no role to play in today’s world therefore, He should be ignored. Well, I disagree with such people and I want to prove them wrong by demonstrating that the Holy Spirit is undeniably real, powerful and relevant in this era. I will now give some examples, out of the several things, that He is capable of assisting us to do and I will support each example, with a suitable testimony.

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• Conclusion

We have seen over the past six days that we Christians have several effective power tools at our disposal which we can unleash on the Devil and his agents with grand results. The tools include among others, the Human Tongue, the Word of God, Holy Spirit, the Blood of Jesus and the Name of Jesus. But we cannot use them legally except we first belong to Jesus Christ (Matthew 15:24-26) or better still, except we are born again. Therefore, if you truly desire to use the tools and do well on earth, then you must give your life to Christ today (if you haven’t yet) as tomorrow may be too late. When you are through with this simple but important task, then you can use them freely as you wish and you can be sure of excellent results in Jesus name. Amen.

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• The Name of Jesus

The name of Jesus is another brilliant Christian Power Tool which is available for use to perform wonders. And Jesus Christ Himself, verified this claim in Mark 16:17-18 as follows: ”And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; 18 they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover”. We also need the name of Jesus, to stay on top of all encumbrances (Philippians 2:9-11). Meanwhile, we don’t need any special training, power, or anointing before using it. All we need is boldness to do so! Therefore, go out today and every day and use it boldly to move mountains not only for yourself, but for the entire humanity as well. And I am positive that you’ll never regret doing so.

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• The Blood of Jesus

Remember that each time you drink the Holy Communion wine, you partake in the blood of Jesus (Luke 22:20); a key Christian Power Tool. It is highly effective in overcoming the Devil (Revelation 12:11) and in cleansing sins (Revelation 1:5). Besides, it guarantees life (John 6:53), peace (Colossians 1:20) and freedom (Zechariah 9:11-12) among others. Please, do not hesitate to plead the blood of Jesus upon yourself and upon your family members as well as your business, finance, ministry, health, etc. whenever you feel threatened by the Devil and his agents and leave the rest for God to sort out for you and you’ll not be disappointed in Jesus name. Amen.

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• The Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit is a first-class Christian Power Tool. He is very adept at helping, teaching and reminding people all things (John 14:26). He also rouses them to preach the gospel (Acts 1:8), speak in tongues (Acts 2:4), heal the sick (Acts 10:38) and prophecy (Joel 2:28). The Holy Spirit is so crucial to the world that no one can do anything meaningful without Him. That is why Jesus Christ vehemently stressed the need for the Holy Spirit to replace Him on earth (John 16:7). Please do all you can to be filled with this special Spirit today and every day and you will flourish even while others are regressing in Jesus name. Amen.