God desires to baptize His people in the Holy Ghost and fire. I remember being a young person many years ago who would watch people get baptized in the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking of tongues. I came home one day and as I stood in my bedroom I said, “Lord if this is real then baptize me in the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues.” As soon as I declared that to God it was as if the heavens opened up and the Holy Spirit invaded my heart as the language of heaven began to come off my lips and everything began to shift in my life. To be baptized in the Holy Spirit means to be immersed in the Spirit or to be filled with the Holy Spirit. Imagine your spirit, soul, and body being immersed in the Holy Spirit until you walk in power! Be sure to watch the video podcast as I expound on this topic. However, I want to give you 8 things that will happen when you are baptized in the Holy Spirit.

Every blood-bought believer in Jesus Christ must defeat the power of temptation. Temptation is defined as a desire or craving for something, especially something considered wrong. In Greek, it means a trial, testing, probation, or the process of being tried.

The nation is infused right now with people falling into sin as we are seeing it at the highest level of leadership across this nation. We have entered the hour of the great falling away. Every blood-bought believer must defeat the power of temptation. You must understand that temptation will come but God will always provide a way of escape.

We live in an hour where there has never been more of a need for discernment. Yet there is such a lack of discernment in the earth. People can’t seem to discern the patterns of the enemy. They can’t discern his spiritual traps that get them into a mess. Imagine a spirit realm in which hell is having a hay day because of what the powers of darkness are doing but it is going undetected by the believer. The reason that you can see somebody serving God for years and then suddenly the enemy wipes them out spiritually is because of a lack of discernment. If you cannot discern your enemy you cannot destroy him. Anything that you can expose by the power of the Holy Spirit you can also expel!

I believe not only America but the earth is entering it’s darkest hour. It will be the hour of the greatest spiritual warfare the earth has ever seen. We must arise and shine no matter how dark it gets on the earth.Isaiah 60:1–3 says, “Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, And deep darkness the people; But the Lord will arise over you, And His glory will be seen upon you. The Gentiles shall come to your light, And kings to the brightness of your rising.”I believe not only America but the earth is entering it’s darkest hour. It will be the hour of the greatest spiritual warfare the earth has ever seen. We must arise and shine no matter how dark it gets on the earth.Isaiah 60:1–3 says, “Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, And deep darkness the people; But the Lord will arise over you, And His glory will be seen upon you. The Gentiles shall come to your light, And kings to the brightness of your rising.”

Sudden chaos is consistently filling the earth as worry and fear grip the hearts of so many people. God desires that His people walk in peace instead of worry. Peace in Greek means to join to tie together into a whole. It also means essential parts are joined together. You are spirit, soul, and body. When spirit, soul, and body are joined together to God then peace will manifest in your life.

We live in an hour where we must be more discerning than we have ever been. The enemy has many plots and schemes in the last days that are assigned to wage war against your walk with God. The enemy’s primary goal is to steal, kill, and destroy. Once you can discern how the enemy operates then you will become more effective in overthrowing his battle strategies against your life.

The word father means the ability to impart life. The heart of God has never been and will never be to give you some type of generic faith. He desires to impart His life into you which carries an authentic transforming faith. The Word of God reveals that God desires to give you the gift of faith.

Signs of the times are happening at a rapid pace in the earth as there is great spiritual turbulence. One thing that must remain intact and extremely healthy is your faith. It is imperative to believe God for great and powerful things no matter what is happening around you. You are called to fight the good fight of faith and finish the race. One day you will stand before God and give an account for your life and then receive a crown that He will place on your head and then you will place it at His feet.

Praise must become a lifestyle of communication with God. The atmosphere of your life should not determine your praise because every atmosphere is a perfect time to praise God. When things are going great we must praise Him. When things are hitting our lives from every angle we must praise Him. We must praise Him in the midst of peace and praise Him in the middle of spiritual warfare. There is never a time that it is not a good time to give God praise! Praise is a constant dependable spiritual weapon that brings a supernatural shift to any atmosphere. Take a moment and meditate on some of these verses about praise.