How to turn on the power switch?

“He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.” Matthew 3:11

When you make a commitment to Jesus you receive the Holy Spirit. He resides in you and will never leave you. You cannot be effective for God in any role of life without the fullness of His Spirit. If you try to live drawing upon your own resources, you will lack the strength of the hand of God.

The baptism of the Holy Spirit is the act of becoming empowered by God. It does not necessarily relate to receiving any specific spiritual gift from God nor do you have to possess a gift from God as a sign that you have been baptized by the Spirit.

At some point in time, you will be equipped by God with spiritual gifts but it is God who chooses the gifts and the timing. God knows everything about you and how you can best be utilized to do His work.

The Holy Spirit supplies all the resources to lead a powerful life for God. Apart from His Spirit you can do nothing! You are just a weak and helpless believer.

Pray for God to baptize you with the Holy Spirit. This is a commitment to receive new life from the Spirit.  Ask Him to fill you with the fullness of His Spirit. This is how you appropriate the Spirit in you and walk with God.

It is important that you regularly go before God and ask Him to convict you of anything in your life that is not pleasing to Him. Sin quenches the power of the Holy Spirit. So instead of operating on a full tank you will have a half tank or less. This is the clash between God and self. The more self in your life, the less of the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit is your super charger! He wants to supply you with more than you ask or think. He is the only way you can be one with God!