When someone has a genuine personal encounter with Jesus Christ as their Savior, their heart is impacted by God’s love and grace, and the certainty of knowing they need to be forgiven and rescued by Him. But after salvation, they need impactful encounters with the Holy Spirit that bring empowerment for transformation and service. If their encounter with Jesus as Savior is not followed by regular encounters with the Holy Spirit, they run the risk of losing the fruit of salvation encounter – and that fruit is permanent change.

Yet how many Christians are under the impression that having a single encounter with Christ as their Savior is enough? Some believers simply think there is nothing more to look for, but there are others who harden their hearts and are satisfied with only the initial encounter of salvation. The truth is that God wants to reveal Himself to us in a continuous way as the Almighty One – as our Father, Provider, Miracle Worker, Healer, Protector, Defender, Deliverer, and Supplier of everything we need!

An encounter with the Holy Spirit also provides the very thing that most believers are missing in their lives – a deep desire for the continual presence of God. That is why those who have a divine encounter suddenly feel an insatiable longing for more of God, and they begin to seek and pursue Him. They do not want to live outside of His presence nor return to the world, to loneliness, or to sin and evil. The permanent desire for more of God opens the doors for the Holy Spirit to further work within them and through them. A desire for more of God guarantees divine supernatural activity. Wherever there is a lack of hunger for God, the Lord has nothing to work with.