Beloved, hear the call of God: “God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth” (John 4:24, NASB). True worship is not found in the sound of your voice nor in the beauty of your words. It is found in a heart ignited by the Holy Spirit. Only the Holy Spirit can enable you to worship in Spirit and Truth.
Without the Spirit, your prayers are hollow and your songs are empty. But when the Spirit moves upon you, your worship becomes a sweet aroma rising to the throne of God. “For we do not know what to pray for as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words” (Romans 8:26, NASB). Only the Spirit can make your worship acceptable before the Father.
The Church has always moved forward by the breath of the Spirit. Augustine, Chrysostom, Luther, Charnock, Wesley, Finney—all were vessels in the hand of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit gifted them, empowered them, and used them to call generations back to worship in Spirit and Truth. Without the Spirit, their names would be forgotten. With the Spirit, their lives still echo the glory of God.
Today, the Spirit still calls. He has not abandoned His Church. His gifts have not ceased. He gives as He wills, empowering the weak, emboldening the timid, stirring the faithful. “Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,” says the Lord of armies (Zechariah 4:6, NASB). You must worship in Spirit and Truth, for nothing else will reach His heart.
Beloved, cast aside every reliance on the flesh. Worship in Spirit and Truth. Pray by the Spirit. Serve by the Spirit. Live by the Spirit. “If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit”(Galatians 5:25, NASB). The Father seeks such worshipers—those who abandon themselves to Him fully, who drink deeply of the life of the Holy Spirit.
Cry out today:
Holy Spirit, breathe on me.
Teach me to worship the Father as He desires.
Fill every word, every prayer, every act of devotion with Your life.
May I worship in Spirit and Truth, until I see His face.
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Breathe on me, Breath of the living God;
Break every chain, awaken my song;
Fill my worship with Your holy fire,
That I may dance in the courts of the King.
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Prayer:
Holy Father,
I stand before You, poor and needy, yet welcomed in love.
Fill me with Your Spirit, O Lord. Teach me to worship in Spirit and Truth.
Let my prayers ascend by Your power; let my worship be a fragrance You receive.
May the life of the Spirit pulse through every part of me, until Christ is fully formed within.
In Yeshua’s Name I pray, Amen.
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