Christian Healing Ministry - Devotionals

Devotional for October 19, 2026

BE SO MINGLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT

SCRIPTURE READING - 📖 Ephesians 5:18

“And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit.”

Additional Verses

📖 Ephesians 5:1-19; Revelations 3:14-22

Many Christians have been so blinded by the pleasures of this world so much that evil has overtaken them rather than the Holy Spirit of God to overtake them. It is sad that Christians are not making use of the Holy Spirit they have been given by God. When a person is born again he or she receives the LORD Jesus Christ and when you surrender yourself to Him, He fills you with the Holy Spirit. Once the Holy Spirit fills you, it is your duty to develop the Spirit in you or else you will remain in stage one. When you develop the Holy Spirit in you, it means that the Holy Spirit is filling your whole body and being. Being mingled with the Holy Spirit means that you no longer live alone but it is Christ Who now lives in you. Galatians 2: 20says, “I have been crucified with Christ and l no longer live but Christ lives in me. The life l live in the body, l live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” Once you take for granted the Holy Spirit and you do not develop Him in you that is when you will be over-taken by the pleasures of this world. In other words, you become a diluted Christian, a Luke-warm Christian. And once you are luke-warm, the LORD will turn His face away from you and spit you out of His mouth according to Revelation 3:15-16 which says, “I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot; I would thou be cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, l will spue thee out of my mouth.” I want to challenge you that if you give someone you love a gift and this person does not use this gift properly, do you think you will be happy about it, watching the one you love misusing that gift? That is the same way the LORD Jesus Christ feels when God’s children misuse or take for granted the Holy Spirit Whom He gave you to be your Helper, Comforter, Advocate and Teacher. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 says, “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.” Be filled with the Word of God always. The above text mentions that we should not be drunk with wine. This wine is symbolic. It simply means that you should not be conformed to fleshly desires but rather be attached to the Word of God so much and His Holy Spirit will make you drunk. Staying spiritually awake and serving God wholeheartedly daily without compromising the Word and doing what it says to you. Alleluia!

Prayer

Dear LORD Jesus Christ, I thank You that it is no longer I that lives but it is You who lives in me. I ask that You keep filling my every fiber and whole being with Your Word. In Jesus Christ’s name l pray. Amen.