The Necessity of Crying Out to God to Walk with the Holy Spirit – Apostle Yves CASTANOU

The necessity of crying out to God to walk with the Holy Spirit

“I can’t stay where I am! Oh God, I cry out to You! Help me!” That’s my cry. That’s my urgency. That’s my pain. Is there anyone here who’s tired of living a powerless Christian life? Have you ever prayed saying, “Lord, where are You?”

O God, hear my cry! Be attentive to my prayer! (Psalm 61)

This is neither an automatic prayer nor a religious plea. This is a cry from the heart. A cry from someone who is thirsty! A cry from someone tired of pretending! A cry from one who wants to live God, to truly live His presence!

Yes, the Christian life cannot be reduced to going to church, singing two songs, dancing a little, listening to a sermon, going home and starting over. No! There’s more to it than that!

Call to me and I will answer you. (Jeremiah 33:3)

Why does God ask for a cry? Because that cry proves your thirst. That cry proves you’re no longer content with your state. That cry proves you know you can’t do it alone. That cry opens the heavens! That cry draws the Holy Spirit.

That’s why today I’m speaking to you about an imperative the church has abandoned: the necessity of crying out to God to walk with the Holy Spirit. Not to live religion. No! But to have a living, burning, continual communion with the Spirit of the living God.

A thirsty heart attracts heaven

Have you ever cried at night saying, “Lord, I want more of You, I want to know You, I want to walk with You”? Have you ever been frustrated after a prayer retreat because you knew there’s a spiritual level you haven’t yet reached? That level of communion where you don’t even need to say a word and God responds. That level where the atmosphere changes when you enter a room. That level where your very presence troubles demons. That’s not a dream. It’s a reality… reserved for those who CRY OUT!

I cried out with all my heart; answer me, Lord! I will obey your statutes. (Psalm 119:145)

He knew that even obeying God requires God’s help. You want to walk in purity? You want to resist the flesh? You want to please the Holy Spirit?

  • You have to CRY OUT!
  • Crying out to God is not just talking, it’s proving to God that you no longer want what you’re living now!
  • It’s a holy rebellion against spiritual mediocrity.
  • It’s a spiritual battle over your calling.

When you’re fed up with yourself, your weaknesses, your compromises, you cry out to God! When you weep and say, “Holy Spirit, I don’t want to live like this anymore,” then heaven stops. Then God leans in. That kind of thirst is what draws God. It’s not the noise. It’s not the singing. It’s the thirst! It’s the authenticity! It’s the cry of a thirsty soul. And when God sees a soul that’s thirsty, He fills it.

The pure heart, the foundation of walking with the Spirit

But to walk with the Holy Spirit, you must pay attention to one thing: your heart. Ah, your heart!

Jesus said in Mark 7:21-23, that it’s from the heart that all things that defile a man come: adulteries, impurity, slander, jealousy, pride, strife, etc.

You want God to dwell in your heart? Then start by saying, “Lord, scan me.” Purify me from the inside. Let the blood of Jesus wash your heart. Because God hates sin. And He will not walk with someone who keeps sin as a treasure.

  • You want to walk with the Holy Spirit? Start by crying out: “Purify my heart!”
  • David, after sinning, didn’t just ask for forgiveness. He cried out:

Create in me a pure heart, O God! Renew a steadfast spirit within me. (Psalm 51:10)

You must pray this every day. Not one day. Every day! Because we are bombarded by the filth of the world, through what we see, through words, offenses, wounds.

And as long as these impurities are in your heart, listen to me carefully, they attract evil spirits. Demons are like flies. They are drawn to rot. The spiritual waste of your soul is an invitation to the devil. As long as your heart is not pure, you will remain vulnerable. You will remain weak, even if you know many verses. You can say “in the name of Jesus” a thousand times, and the demons laugh at you. But when your heart is purified by the blood, when your hands are innocent, oh, God listens!

You want to see God’s fire? You want to live revival? Start with a pure heart. And then, let your heart cry out.

If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. (John 7:37)

But He didn’t say, “if someone knows many verses” or “if someone has been in church for years.” No, it’s thirst, real thirst, that draws God.

A cry that shakes the heavens

There are things that only get revealed when you’re willing to cry out. Dimensions you’ll only see when you cry out. Answers you’ll only receive after several days of fasting and DEEP CRIES from your soul.

Call to me, says the Lord, and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known. (Jeremiah 33:3)

Listen to me, there are mysteries asleep in your spirit that your mind has not yet grasped. There are hidden callings, gifts, graces, visions you haven’t received yet because you haven’t CRIED. Not whined. Not moaned. Not repeated a phrase. No, cried like a desperate man. Like someone only God can save. Am I talking to someone here?

And when we cry like that, as a desperate man or woman, God comes. He comes. He does not resist the anguish of a true heart. Not a well-performed prayer. No. A thirsty soul. The Spirit of God comes down on those who understand that their true power will only come by crying out to God day and night. Like the widow in Luke 18. Jesus said she got justice because she wouldn’t stop.

Do you really want to walk with God? Cry out day and night. Not once! Until heaven opens.

Becoming men and women who shake their generation

We weren’t saved to live a religion. We were called to walk with God. Like Enoch, who walked with God and was no more. Like Abraham, the friend of God. Like Moses, who spoke with God face to face. Like Daniel, whom even pagan kings called “servant of the living God.”

Can God still find men and women like that today? Or are we too busy chasing our careers, our followers, our titles, our houses, our wedding plans? Wake up!

Look at the testimony of Tommy Hicks. A man who fasted three times for 40 days! One single cry: “Where are You, Lord? Use me!” And God used him to shake entire nations. Mass healings. Presidents falling to their knees. The whole of Argentina shaken.

You too can be that voice. But it all starts with your cry. It all starts with your thirst. It all starts with a pure heart. A transformed life. A fire that never goes out.

Let us pray together

Lord, I come to You with all that I am. I’m tired of spiritual lukewarmness, tired of a Christian life with no impact. Today, I cry out to You! Don’t leave me where I am! Give me a pure heart, a true heart, a burning heart. I thirst for You, glorious Holy Spirit. I want to walk with You. I want to know You. I want to be like You. Ignite in me a fire that will never go out. In the mighty name of Jesus, amen!

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

Lord Jesus, I acknowledge that I need You. I believe that 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 on Your path. Amen.

At the heart of the Bible

  • Psalm 61:1 – O God, hear my cry! Be attentive to my prayer!
  • Luke 18:7 – Will not God bring about justice for His chosen ones, who cry out to Him day and night?
  • Galatians 5:16 – Walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
  • Psalm 24:4 – The one who has clean hands and a pure heart.
  • Romans 12:1 – I urge you… offer your bodies as a living sacrifice.
  • Luke 9:23 – If anyone wants to come after Me, let him deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow Me.

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