Day 31 - Principle 11: Open Yourself to the Flow of God's Spirit

Somebody said that the Christian life isn't difficult.  It is impossible.  That's why we have the Holy Spirit.

Selwyn Hughes, in 15 Ways to More Effective Prayer, says: "Sometimes one hears the expression: 'I need all the help I can get'.  Ever said that?  Well, if Christians are to exercise their rights and privileges at the place of prayer, achieve great victories and reach new spiritual heights, then they are going to need all the help they can get.  We have all the help we need in the Person of the Holy Spirit.

"The more you let the Holy Spirit to flow into and through your life the greater will be your prowess in prayer.

"Andrew Murray ... emphasised the need for utter dependency on the Holy Spirit when he wrote: 'In every prayer the triune God takes a part; the Father Who hears, The Son in Whose Name we pray, and the Holy Spirit Who prays for us and in us.  How important it is that we should be in a right relationship to the Holy Spirit and understand His word!'"

In Acts 1 Jesus tells the disciples to wait in Jerusalem until they receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon them.  If the disciples needed it, I need it much, much more...