How To Minister To The Lord?

As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them (Acts 13:2)

 It’s our priestly responsibility as Christians to minister to the Lord, and it’s important in this special month of Fellowship, that you understand how to do it, and the benefits that accrue from it. The first thing to do in ministering to the Lord is to focus your attention on Him in worship. Secondly, learn to speak words of praise to Him from your spirit; words that extol His majesty. Such praise should have content.

 For example, simply saying, “Lord, I praise you,” isn’t enough. You’ve got to tell Him what you’re praising Him for. Tell Him how wonderful, loving and kind He is; you ought to give substance to your praises of Him this month. So in ministering to the Lord you focus your attention on Him and praise Him from your spirit with words of worship and thanksgiving. The Lord responds to you when you minister to Him like this.

 When the apostles ministered to Him and fasted as we read in our opening scripture, He responded by giving them direction regarding an important issue. In the same way, God gives you guidance and enlightens your spirit as to what you need do in specific circumstances as you minister to Him. He ministers strength to you and prepares you for the task ahead. Glory to God!

Your fellowship with the Holy Spirit becomes effective as you learn to minister to Him from your spirit; He participates in everything you do and dispenses His blessings into your life. You also experience His transportation as He moves you from one level of glory to another.

 

So make it a conscious practice everyday to minister to the Lord; and you’ll experience supernatural protection, impartation and growth as he had declared concerning you this month.

 

Fellowshipping Through Prayer

And he spoke a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint (Luke 18:1).

There are three levels of fellowship that you must work on in this special month of Fellowship. The first level of fellowship is the fellowship with the Father and the Son through the Holy Spirit and one of the ways that the Holy Spirit accomplishes this in our lives is through prayers.

In Luke 18, the Lord Jesus taught on the importance of prayer. Man is a spirit and his needs are essentially spiritual. This is why he always craves for that spiritual contact with God, who is described in Hebrews 12:9 as “the Father of spirits.”

What a blessing to know that you can communicate directly with your heavenly Father; that you can have His hundred percent attention through prayer: “For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil” (1 Peter 3:12). This is one reason you ought to always be excited to pray. Some people only pray when they need something. That’s wrong! The time of prayer isn’t just a time to ask God for things; it’s a time to commune or fellowship with Him. That’s the time to hear what He has to say and receive direction for each day’s activities and challenges.

The Bible says concerning Jesus that, “…in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed” (Mark 1:35). Jesus took prayer seriously while He was on earth, because He understood the importance of communing with the Father. On another occasion, it was recorded that He prayed all night (Luke 6:12). Though He was (and is) the Son of God, He didn’t take prayer for granted. He understood prayer as an effective way of communing with the Father.

The moment you understand and embrace this truth, your life will become richer and you’ll be more productive in all your endeavours. You need that continual fellowship with God to function effectively this month, otherwise, everything you do will be meaningless, and will have no spiritual impact. Do you see why you should take your prayer life more seriously? In this month of Fellowship, learn to rise up early to commune with the Lord, and do this as often as you should. Hallelujah!

 

Fellowship with the Lord By Meditating on His Word

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works (2 Tim. 3:16-17).

The first level of fellowship that you must work on this month is, the fellowship with the Father and the Son through the Holy Spirit; and the first way that the Holy Spirit accomplishes this in our lives is through prayers. The second way is through meditation on the Word of God.

In this special month of Fellowship, you must take out time to meditate on the Word of God daily. This is because the Holy Spirit helps us fellowship with the Father and the Son through the Word of God. The Father teaches and counsels us through His Word.

There are those who say that “experience is the best teacher,” and some others say that “life itself is the best teacher”; both are not true. It may be possible for you to learn a few things from your experiences in life, but the best teacher in life is God’s Word; the instruction manual for living. That’s why the Bible says, “Every Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching” (2 Timothy 3:16-17 WNT).

There’s no better way to be a success in life than to follow the Word of God and do what it says. There are folks who only learn through terrible experiences the things they could have learnt if they had only followed the Word of God. Such people experience crises in their business, marriage and other areas of life. But you don’t need to learn that way. You don’t have to lose all your investments to learn how to handle your finances properly. Neither do you need to have experienced a rocky marriage before you learn how to love your spouse. This is why in this month of Fellowship; you must fellowship with the Lord by studying and meditating on His Word.

David said, “thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path” (Psalm 119:105). The Message Translation puts it this way: “By your words I can see where I’m going; they throw a beam of light on my dark path.” This means that as you fellowship with the Lord by studying and meditating on His Word, the Word of God illuminates the paths of your life; it gives you direction and the `know-how’ to succeed in life. Through the counsel of the Word you’ll be saved from regrettable experiences. Hallelujah!

You don’t have to live by “trial and error”; stick with the Word, and everything about your life will work out beautifully well. Yielding to the Word of God and living by it will make you a wonder to others. They’d begin to ask how come life is so easy for you! The answer is simple: the Word of God has become the pilot of your life. So, fellowship with the Lord by studying and meditating on His Word. Glory to God!

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