Onboard ship to India, young Hyde received a letter speaking of his need for the Holy Spirit. He was offended and tossed the letter aside. Conviction set in however, and he began to plead for the Holy Spirit. His prayers were clearly answered before he arrived in India.

In 1871, two women felt burdened to pray that Moody be baptized by the “Holy Ghost and fire.” His ministry was struggling at the time. The ladies’ prayers had their desired effect. Moody soon joined the ladies in praying for the Holy Spirit. 

Then one day Moody said, “God revealed himself to me, and I had such an experience of his love that I had to ask him to stay his hand. I went to preaching again. The sermons were not different; I did not present any new truths, and yet hundreds were converted. I would not now be placed back where I was before that blessed experience if you should give me all the world.” – Dwight L. Moody (W. R. Moody, The Life of D. L. Moody, New York: 1900, p. 149)

Our source of power and spiritual significance is the same as it was for Hyde and Moody. We too can be, no, must be, filled with the Holy Spirit and with power. “The descent of the Holy Spirit upon the church is looked forward to as in the future; but it is the privilege of the church to have it now. Seek for it, pray for it… We must have it…” (Ellen White, Evangelism, p. 701).

We have every right to pray for, to believe for, the daily baptism of the Holy Spirit. “Our Heavenly Father…desires His people to…pray for power, expect power, and receive power” (Ellen White, Heavenly Places, p. 338).