Jeremiah TiptonFounder in president of David Hernandez ministries

Holy Spirit, I need you

7 May 2025 · 1 min

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In this short devotional, the speaker urges listeners to abandon self‑reliance and instead live in daily dependence on the Holy Spirit. He defines living in one's own strength as neglecting prayer, Scripture, and fellowship with the Spirit, and contrasts it with a surrendered lifestyle that includes continual prayer, reading the Word, and inviting the Holy Spirit’s presence regardless of success or failure. The message emphasizes that a surrendered day yields more fruit than a century of striving, and calls listeners to set aside pride, preferences, fears, and doubts, repeatedly declaring, “Holy Spirit, I need you.” The speaker also points listeners to the resource “Holy Spirit: God Within You” at encounterthespirit.com for deeper learning.

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Don't try to live in your own strength. You know what it means to live in your own strength? It means to go without prayer. It means to go without the Word. It means to go without fellowship with the Holy Spirit, to go without acknowledging His presence. It's that simple. You involve the power of the Holy Spirit. You invite Him to be a part of what you're doing every day through simple acts of surrender. So now we say, Lord, if I'm doing well, I'm going to pray and I'm going to read the Word and I'm going to invite Your presence. If I fail, if I make a mistake, I'm still going to read the Word. I'm still going to pray. I'm still going to invite Your presence. It's this committing to making contact daily. It is this clinging to the precious Holy Spirit that causes you to live in that dependence upon Him. And we accomplish more in a surrendered day than we can in 100 years of striving. So set aside your pride, set aside your preferences, set aside your fears and your doubts. Say this, say, Holy Spirit, I need you. To learn more about the Holy Spirit, get Holy Spirit: God Within You at encounterthespirit.com.