THE NECESSITY OF CRYING OUT TO GOD TO LIVE IN COMMUNION WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT – Apostle Yves CASTANOU

When the foundations are destroyed… what can the righteous do?

I have a question for you: are you sure that the foundations of your spiritual life are solid? The psalmist asks a chilling question: “When the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?” (Psalm 11:3). Yes! Even the righteous can fall when the foundations are weak. Even the elect. Even the anointed. Even you. You pray, you prophesy, you fast, you even carry the Bible under your arm, but God is asking: “What are you built on?” Because when the storms come — and they will come! — it won’t be your song, your charisma, or your three-piece suit that will keep you standing. It will be your foundation. Your communion. Your real life with God.

So hear this: If you don’t want to be swept away like a dead leaf in autumn, you’re going to have to CRY out to God. Not just pray. Not recite. Not whisper. Not just open your mouth without conviction. But CRY OUT, bleed internally, groan from your soul, cry out from your heart! The times are serious. And growth in Christ will never be accidental. GROWING will require crying out to God for your foundations. You want to last? You want to go far? You want to break through? Learn to cry out for communion with the Holy Spirit.

Without a foundation, you’ll be swept away

Jesus speaks plainly in Matthew 7:24–27. He doesn’t beat around the bush. Two kinds of men. Two houses. Same rain, same storm, same winds. But two completely different outcomes: one stands. The other falls. Why? The foundation. The rock. Not appearance, not singing, not clothes. The FOUNDATION! Jesus says that the one who hears HIS word AND puts it into practice is like a wise man who builds on the rock. The fool, the senseless man, is the one who hears BUT does not put it into practice. You can go to church every Sunday, take notes, even pray out loud. But are you putting into practice what God is teaching you? You’re not tested in the room, you’re tested in the storm.

Building on sand is easy. It’s fast. It makes noise. It draws the admiration of people. But when the wind blows, everything collapses. Many have cardboard ministries. They sing as if they know God, but their hearts are empty. 2025? You want this year to be your year of growth? Then place your hand on your chest and declare it: 2025 is my year of growth in Christ, but not without a foundation! Because the day you stop speaking to your soul, to your spirit, to creation, to the atmosphere, you stop moving forward. And even worse, you start to suffer.

Prayer is not a gift

It’s a lifestyle. A spiritual reflex. A vital urgency. Men must always pray and never give up (Luke 18:1). Jesus said that. And when Jesus speaks… you listen or you collapse. If you want to grow in Christ, you need to cry out for authentic communion with the Holy Spirit! Listen to this word: communion. It’s not a religious principle. It’s not about singing three songs on Sunday. It’s a deep friendship, a sacred intimacy, a spirit-to-spirit fusion with the living God!

You seek power without relationship, miracles without foundation… but God doesn’t operate on that basis. He IS the foundation. He IS the rock. And you will not build anything solid without Him. You want to write your life in greatness? Cry out for His presence! Weep for His intimacy! Long to know Him! It’s the cry of the heart that touches God’s heart. Not automatic recitations. Not lukewarm prayers.

From the ends of the earth I call to you, my heart growing faint; lead me to the rock that is higher than I. (Psalm 61:2)

That’s a cry, not a recitation. A call for help, not a poem. Why did David pray like that? Because he knew there are heights he would NEVER reach without God’s help. And I tell you the same: there are levels, dimensions, ministries you will not reach without a sincere, prolonged, desperate cry to God.

Those who walk with God pay the price

You want to walk with God like Moses, like Abraham, like Jesus? Then listen carefully: it is not reserved for a spiritual elite. It is for those who are willing to cry out for communion.

Moses spoke with God “as one speaks to a friend” (Exodus 33:11). Abraham was called “a friend of God” (James 2:23). Paul said:

We make it our goal to please Him (2 Corinthians 5:9)

You think that happened automatically? You think it was easy? NO! They worked at their relationship. They prayed. They wept. They longed. They asked for the grace to be pleasing to God. Paul never said: “I’ve arrived.” He said: “I’m striving to please God, whether I live or die.”

And you? What are you living for? To be seen? To sing? To shine in some small intercession group? Or to be pleasing to God? Some people pray for houses, for marriages, for cars… but they never pray to please God. Never. They pray for breakthrough without seeking presence, for solutions without love for the Lord. And you want to last? You want to shine eternally? DON’T WASTE YOUR LIFE IN SUPERFICIALITY! Cry out to God to please Him! That’s true greatness!

The Holy Spirit did not come so you could get chills. He came to lead your life. He came to walk with you. Not as a tourist. Not for two hours a week. EVERY DAY. Every heartbeat. Every breath. But communion must be cultivated. It’s a walk, not a visit. It’s a relationship, not a routine. Walking with God means living with a constant, burning desire to PLEASE HIM. Not to please men. Pastors. Likes. GOD. And you cannot please Him if you don’t learn to know Him.

You only know God superficially? You need to cry out. Are you weak? That’s good. Because God gives strength to those who cry. Are you constantly tempted? Perfect! Because God strengthens those who cry. As long as man cries out, God speaks, God acts. But the moment you fall silent, you’re swept away by the desires of the flesh.

Walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. (Galatians 5:16)

It’s flesh or Spirit. Not both. You want to be pure? Cry out! You want to stop sexual sin? Cry out! You want to tame your tongue, your pride, your appetite? Start crying out! Because no one walks by the Spirit without crying out to walk WITH the Spirit.

A man can become a friend of God

The Holy Spirit is a person. A divine person. A person who seeks friendship. A person who doesn’t force Himself, but waits. He waits for you to desire. To open up. To say: “Holy Spirit, I want to be pleasing to You.” It’s in this cry, this sacred desperation, that communion is born. And from that communion comes transformation. God doesn’t want to bless you superficially. He wants to take you as you are — dirty, fragile, broken — and make you a friend. Your calling is not just to have a ministry. Your calling is to know God. Your mandate is to please Him. You are called to be His friend. He was with Enoch. He wants to be with you.

But you won’t reach that level by accident. You’ll have to cry. You’ll have to live in blessed dissatisfaction, in refusal of superficiality, in thirst for His burning and authentic presence. Because a friend remains in communion even without a mic. Even in silence. Even in darkness. And one day, God will say: THIS WOMAN IS MY FRIEND. THIS YOUNG MAN IS MY FRIEND. This church, that’s My dwelling. That’s where I walk. That’s where I reveal My glory. Amen.

Let us pray together

Father, I don’t just want to know Your name. I want to know Your heart. I want to become Your friend. Teach me to cry out to You. Don’t let me settle into a life without foundation. Teach me to walk with the Holy Spirit day after day. Change my heart. Give me hunger for Your presence, thirst for Your Word. I want my life to be pleasing to You. Stir in me the desire to please the Holy Spirit more than to please men. I want You, not just Your blessings. So I cry: Take me higher! In the mighty name of Jesus, amen!

🙏 If you’ve never given your life to Jesus, say this prayer in faith:

Lord Jesus, I acknowledge that I need You. I believe You died for my sins and that You rose again. Today, I accept You as my Lord and Savior. Transform my life and lead me into a deep walk with Your Spirit. Amen.

At the heart of the Bible

  • Psalm 61:2 – From the ends of the earth I call to you, my heart growing faint…
  • Galatians 5:16 – Walk by the Spirit…
  • 2 Corinthians 5:9 – We make it our goal to please Him…
  • Colossians 2:6-7 – Walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him…

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