There was this retreat during a weekend 6 years ago, where I had to lead worship and I needed a fresh song of praying for the Holy Spirit. I was looking for a short and simple song that would express a worshipper’s prayer to receive the Presence of the Lord.
Well, to cut it short, I never found that new song and so I took the other alternative and wrote one myself.
Lyrically, this song is only a 4 liner and more of a repetitive chant than a full fledged worship song.
I also used it on the final day of that retreat and amazing things happened!
We initiated that particular session with this song and then led the congregation into a prayer acknowledging and surrendering to the Lordship of the Holy Trinity.
Then, we encouraged them to lift up their own free prayers asking for the Spirit’s infilling and then it happened!
As if on cue, one of them broke down crying out “Jesus, I love You, I need You!” and fell to the ground, then another followed suit, then another and so on…though I’ve seen this happen before, it never fails to amaze me that all we have to do is just call out and He answers!
I saw soul-healing, some receiving the gift of tongues, some starting to believe in God more firmly and a deliverance also took place. And to think that all it took was this simple 4-line prayer to start it all – what an incredibly good and generous God we serve!
“… you will receive the power of the Holy Spirit which will come upon you…” - Acts 1:8
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