Thanks Lyricb and Techluck, here's more on the same theme -
FREE POWER DOWNLOADS by Mick
The perfect example of being born again is when the psycho Christian-killer Saul was zapped bigtime by the holy spirit on the road to Damascus,then changed his name to Paul and became one of the greatest Christians of all.
But for most of us,the holy spirit doesn't come all at once like that,rather it trickles into us day by day,year by year as long as we keep seeking The Truth.
In modern terms,by seeking God and Jesus we are "logging on" to them,opening a communication link through which the holy spirit begins downloading into us.
"After Jesus spent the night in prayer,everybody tried to touch him because power was coming from him" (Luke 6:12-19)
Prayer is a great way of logging on to God to get a "power download", it doesn't have to be a long formal prayer, just a chatty few little words will do.
For example,Johnny Cash says in a line from a song - "I talk to Jesus every day, and he listens to every word I say, no secretary ever tells me he's been called away, I talk to Jesus every day".
Personally I often say "Jesus remember me" any number of times throughout each day if I'm feeling low.
In a sense, talking to Jesus is like touching him in much the same way as the woman with a haemorrhage who touched his cloak and was cured -
Jesus said - "Someone touched me, I know that power has gone out from me." (Luke 8:46) |