Seven Steps to Receiving the Holy Spirit
The following are seven suggested steps to helping someone receive the Baptism in The Holy Spirit:
- Help the person to understand that just as God the Father gave the Holy Spirit on the day
of Pentecost, it is still available to believers today. It is a free gift that the believer only
has to receive.
- Help the person to understand that any born again believer may receive the Baptism in
the Holy Spirit and is ready to receive, because He is born again.
Acts. 2:38
- Tell the person to expect to receive the Holy Spirit when hands are laid on them.
Acts. 8:14-17
- Tell the person what to expect. Tell him that he may not “feel” anything, that the
important thing for him to do is open his mouth and speak. The Holy Spirit will act
on his vocal cords and mouth and speak through him. He must not yield to imagination
thinking “Oh, that is me doing that.” He should open his mouth and speak whatever
comes out. Tell Him it may sound like garble or gibberish, but to keep speaking in faith.
Acts 10:44-46
Acts. 19:6
- Explain to the person to totally disregard any previous teaching he has had on obtaining the
Baptism in the Holy Spirit. Help him to see that it is not fake, or him in the flesh. Help him
to understand, by speaking strictly what the Word of God says, that it is God’s will for Him to
be baptized in the Spirit, that it is a free gift from God. That it comes from the Spirit not the
mind.
Ephesians 5:17-19
Luke 11:11-13
- Encourage the person to open his mouth wide, to take a deep breath and say, “Father, I am
receiving the Holy Spirit right now by faith.” Encourage him to speak audibly and to speak
whatever he hears, but not in English or his native tongue. As he speaks constantly
encourage Him. Encourage him to pray boldly and join him in praying in tongues.
7. Never crowd around someone who is being prayed for to receive the Baptism
and do not let a crowd gather. Others may stand back and support the person by
praying in the spirit quietly with him. The last instruction to be given should be to encourage the person to pray often in his prayer language, it will edify him
and strengthen him.