The Scripture - Chapter 16

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For the last few chapters we have been discussing a deeper experience of Christ, and in the last chapter we looked at how to deal with sins and confession. Let us now go on to consider what other experiences with Him go deeper still.

Let us take the Scripture first. Is there a deeper use you can make of the Scripture than has been mentioned up until now?

Remember please, from an earlier chapter that reading the Scripture is a way into prayer. Remember, too, that what you read may become prayer. Is there yet more scripture can provide? Yes you can use the Scripture in yet a more refined manner than has been mentioned before. Let us consider that way. I will give you a brief, practical description.

First come before the Lord and begin to read. Stop reading just as soon as you feel yourself being drawn inwardly. Stop reading when you feel the Lord drawing you in your inward parts to Himself. Now simply remain in stillness. Stay there for a while. Then momentarily, proceed with your reading; but read only a little. Always cease reading each time you feel a divine attraction drawing you deeper within.

What can you expect beyond this state?

From time to time you will begin to touch a state of inward silence. What shall be your response to such an experience? One thing is this: no longer burden yourself with spoken prayer. (At this time, to pray out loud, or in any conventional way, would only draw you back from an inward experience and draw you back to an outward, surface prayer.)

You will be attracted to silence so there is no reason to force yourself to speak.

But if you do not speak, what shall you do? Nothing! Simply yield to the inward drawing! Yield to the wooing of your spirit. Your spirit is drawing you deeper within.

One other word.

In all your experience of Christ, it is wisest for you to stay away from any set form, or pattern, or way. Instead, be wholly given up to the leading of the Holy Spirit.

By following your spirit, every encounter you have with the Lord is one that is perfect… no matter what the encounter is like.


Reading from Good morning Holy Spirit?

The minute my work was finished I went home and rushed upstairs and just started talking to Him. “Oh Holy Spirit, I’m so glad to be back here alone with you.” Yes He was always with me, but my bedroom became a very sacred, special place. Sometimes, when I wasn’t working I stayed home all day just having a personal communication with Him.

What was I doing? Having fellowship. Fellowship with the Spirit. And when I wasn’t at work or in my room, I tried to go to church. But I didn’t tell anyone what was happening to me. When I left the house in the morning He left with me. I actually felt someone beside me. On the bus I’d feel the urge to start talking with Him, but I didn’t want people to think I was crazy. Even at work, there were times when I whispered things to Him. At lunch, He was my companion. But day after day, when I got home, I hopped up those stairs, locked the door to my room, and said, “now we are alone.” My spiritual journey continued.

Let me explain that many times I wasn’t aware of His presence. I knew He was with me, but I became so accustomed to Him that I did not feel the electricity of those special times.

But other people felt it. Many times when my friends came to see me, they began weeping because of the presence of the Holy Spirit. Once Jim Poynter called to say, “I want to pick you up and take you to a Methodist Church where I am singing. You can sing with me if you’d like.” I wasn’t really a singer, but I helped him out once in a while.

That afternoon I was once again lost in the anointing of God’s Spirit. Then I heard Jim honking the horn. I ran downstairs and to the car, I actually felt the Lord’s presence running with me. The moment I Jumped into the front seat and shut the door. Jim began to weep. He began to sing that chorus, Hallelujah!, Hallelujah! He turned to me and said, “Benny, I can feel the Holy Spirit in this car! Of course His presence is in this car where else would it be? To me it had become the norm. But Jim could hardly drive. He continued to weep before the Lord.

Once, my mother was cleaning in the hallway while I was in my room talking with the Holy Spirit. When I came out, she was thrown right back. Something had knocked her against the wall. I said, “whats wrong with you Mama? She answered, “ I don’t know” Well the presence of the Lord almost knocked her down.

As time went on I lost my desire just to go out with the young people at church to have fun. I just wanted to be with the Lord. So often I said, “Lord, I’d reather have this than anything the world can offer.” They could have their games, their entertainment, their football—I just didn’t need it.

“What I want is what I have right now,” I told the Lord. “Whatever it is , don’t let it quit.” I began to understand more fully Paul’s desire for “the fellowship of the Holy Spirit.


Experiencing the Depths of Jesus Christ by Madame Jeanne Guyon
Other resources on praying scripture:
“Praying The Bible” The book of prayers by Wesley & Stacy Campbell...Please feel free to share this with a friend by sending them a link. Why not e-mail me with your comments.