"The Windows of Heaven: God is Pouring Out His Spirit!" - Paulette Reed

"The Windows of Heaven: God is Pouring Out His Spirit!"

Paulette Reed, Surprise, AZ

The Elijah List

On the eve of Pentecost, the Lord began to speak to me about His season of celebration and power that we are now beginning to enter into. Many have prayed, fasted and waited years, even lifetimes, to see the power of God manifest on the earth. We've cried out to the Lord, "There's more, there's more, we know it, we see it in Your Word. We see the action in the book of Acts and if it's You, Jesus, we want it!"

I believe we are about to see our prayers answered as the windows of Heaven open.

In the Old Testament the Feast of Pentecost was a time of celebration and jubilation. God had stepped down from Heaven to the top of Mount Sinai to speak to His people (Exodus 19–20), where they were blessed to have received the Law (Torah). In the New Testament, this feast took on a celebration of power when Holy Spirit descended on His people in the Upper Room (Acts 2:1–5) and the Church was birthed. (Photo via flickr)

Pentecost is the fourth of seven Biblical feasts, and it is the final spring feast. Granted, the feasts were originally intended for the worship of God in Israel, but we, as New Testament Gentile Believers, are graphed into the family of God. The Feast of Pentecost is truly a time to rejoice and a good time to reflect, remembering milestones and how far God has brought us [the Church] as we have journeyed with Him through our lives.

God established each of the Biblical feasts so that we would be able to discern the times and seasons in which we live. When we recognize and embrace those seasons we can step into our destinies as ambassadors for Christ.

Here is the Download From Heaven:

1. We must all be in one accord. Of course, this is always true, but we are not where we need to be at the present moment. It's a season of unity as God's people gather together, spiritually speaking. And when God's people dwell together in unity, there God commands His blessing. God wants to bless so that we can bless others as we share the Gospel with a hurting world, caring for the poor, the orphans and the widows.

2. We are in a time of divine reversal. Genesis 11 teaches us about the Tower of Babel and the confusion brought to the people of the land once God scattered their languages. Pentecost, on the other hand, is the reversal of that event. After receiving a fiery Spirit, the disciples found themselves proclaiming the Gospel in every language of the world so all could understand and hear them praise the Lord. We've stepped into a season of clarity. 

May our spiritual eyes and ears be open like never before as we receive revelation from the Lord. (Photo by Jennifer Page "Fire Starter Poem" via elijahshopper.com)

3. The waiting is now over. Just as the original 120 followers of Jesus waited for God's power to descend upon them, we have done the same in our own day and time. We have prayed and sought the presence of God, and we have received an outpouring of His Spirit. We are now in a season of action. It is time to stop talking about our plans and actually begin doing them by the power that the Spirit gives us.

4. Miracles, signs and wonders. As we step into this new season we are about to see a demonstration of the Spirit in signs, wonders, and miracles, that hasn't been seen since the early Church. 

5. The winds of Heaven are blowing. May you feel the winds of Heaven at your back as you move from a time when things seemed difficult to a time where the assignments of God are easily entreated.

6. This is a season of new things. In this new season, try not to resist change and be sure to avoid the seven deadly words: "We never did it that way before." God is about to do a new thing in our midst, and we must be a people who recognize His presence and not get stuck in the old things. 

7. We are in a season of suddenlies. Don't think it strange as we begin to see breakthrough and answered prayers in abundance (Acts 2:2). Yes, we have been crying out for these things, longing for the Kingdom of Heaven to break into our present circumstances. Now we are in a season where God will "suddenly" show up, manifesting His power and giving us the breakthroughs we have been longing for. (Photo via Pixabay)

8. It's time to celebrate the generosity of the Lord and to be generous with what God has given to us. We find instructions for how to celebrate Shavuot [Pentecost] in Leviticus 23:22. Here is God's command to the people of Israel: "When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, nor shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the Lord Your God." 

9. It's a time for the bride to make herself ready. When God gave His Law, His Torah (Exodus 20–23), to His people, He took her as His bride. The Old Covenant was a marriage contract between God and the people of God (Jeremiah 3:1–6, 14). The Lord made His "vows" to protect, safeguard, prosper, and bless His bride, if they obeyed His voice. They said, in effect, "I do" (Exodus 19:4–6; 24:7–8). May we remember that in marriage, all that our Heavenly Bridegroom has is ours, and all that we have is His. So, let's each do our part to declare His Kingdom, glory and power on earth as it is in Heaven. 

10. Fire. When the disciples were in the Upper Room, praying for an outpouring of God's Spirit, the Holy Spirit descended in tongues of fire upon each person there, thus giving them fresh vision and passion to fulfill the work of God. Whenever the fire of God comes on someone, it always creates a greater passion for Him, accompanied by a greater passion to serve Him in the context God has set us in.

Let's rise up and seek Him like never before, believing that He is about to pour out His Spirit in a fresh and new way, remembering that 2015 is the Year of the Open Window.

Paulette Reed
Prophetic Arrow Ministries

Email: info@propheticarrow.org
Website: propheticarrow.org

Paulette Reed is a powerful preacher, prophetic minister, encourager, and author. She is a full-time revivalist/evangelist. Her passion is to share the love of Christ and unite people to the inexplicable love of our Heavenly Father, exhorting them to arise and shine! She is an extremely accurate prophetess who has been raised up to bring hope and healing to the Body of Christ. Without a vision the people perish, so the Lord is using this handmaiden as His mouthpiece to speak forth individual and corporate vision, catapulting people into their destinies. Paulette loves to see God's people awakened and proclaim the active extension of the Kingdom on earth as it is in Heaven. She ministers in the revival anointing accompanied by revelatory ministry, healing, miracles, signs and wonders.

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Still Waiting - Now Think On This by Steve Martin

Still Waiting

- Now Think On This

by Steve Martin

“And so, having patiently waited, he (Abraham) obtained the promise.” Heb. 6:15 NASU

So how many years did Abraham wait for the promise? His promised son? 5, 10, 15 years or more? It was 25 years after the Lord had promised to Abraham that a son, whom he named Isaac, was born to Abraham and his wife Sarah.

^{“Now the Lord said to Abram,}

^{"Go forth from your country,}

^{And from your relatives}

^{And from your father's house,}

^{To the land which I will show you;}

^{And I will make you a great nation,}

^{And I will bless you,}

^{And make your name great;}

^{And so you shall be a blessing;}

^{And I will bless those who bless you,}

^{And the one who curses you I will curse.}

 ^{And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed." Gen. 12:1-5 NASU}

^{So Abram went forth as the Lord had spoken to him; and Lot went with him. Now Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his nephew, and all their possessions which they had accumulated, and the persons which they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan; thus they came to the land of Canaan.”  Gen. 12:1-5 NASU}

Later in Gen. 21:5 it tells us that “Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.”

Are you still waiting for a promise to be fulfilled that the Lord had given to you? I know I am.

Sometimes I get tired of waiting. If I had my way, surely those things I heard many years ago would have come to pass by now. I wouldn’t have taken any detours; I would have stayed on the narrow path; I would have known exactly what I was to do when I was to do it. But I didn’t have my way (or maybe I did and that is why I am still waiting!)

Or maybe the Lord knew all my steps I was to take, and in spite of all that, He still is working out His plan, on my behalf, and that I will receive those promises. So that is what I will continue to believe.

Waiting on the Lord is a sign of faith. If you don’t have faith, you don’t wait. You jump right in to what seems right, without seeking the Lord for His direction, and you then reap what you have sown. But to wait, day in and day out, year after year, requires a faith that His faithfulness will be proven in the end. No matter what the circumstances look like now, you have a confidence that the Lord’s word is true, and thus so it will be.

Whether the wait is for something to happen in a relationship, a financial situation to come about, or there is a desire to get married and raise a family…we each have dreams, hopes and promises that we wait to come. It is in those times of days, months and years of waiting that our maturity and confidence should be growing. After all, an oak tree doesn’t grow up overnight. Neither does a city get built in a day.

As I head out to the car each morning for the daily trek up the interstate to the accounting job, by faith I thank the Lord that the time for this current assignment will come to an end, and the desires in my heart, which I believe He put there years ago in my youth, are yet to come about. Doing the best job I can, while on this job, says to the Lord, “I will be faithful here as You yourself will prove of Your faithfulness when that time comes.”

Waiting can be tough. Often we are tempted to give up, to quit, to say I can’t keep up with this much longer. But as we take time to spend with the Lord each day, to receive His encouragement, our hearts and spirits will be strengthened. Grace will be available to wait the wait, and in the meantime to be faithful where we are.

I am still waiting. I will continue to wait. For He is the One I ultimately wait on, and time and time again He has proven Himself faithful.

Now think on this,

Steve Martin

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Now Think On This #170 “Still Waiting” by Steve Martin 

Date: In the year of our Lord 2015 (04.16.15) Thursday at 1:00 pm in Charlotte, NC

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Sometime, Somewhere by James Ryle

Sometime, Somewhere 

by James Ryle

Identity Network

 

Learning to Wait Upon the Lord to Fulfill His Promises

 

"And the scripture was fulfilled that says, 'Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,' and he was called God's friend." (James 2:23, NIV)

 

Nothing in this world is better than being God's friend. All other blessings flow from that one fountain. The first man to ever know this was Abraham.

 

His story began with a whisper, some say. One night while he was standing near a grove of mulberry trees with a group of friends, a strange breeze rushed in from nowhere and rustled the leaves a bit. Some say that's all it was - just a strange wind. But Abraham heard the Voice.

 

The look on his face did not go unnoticed by the other travelers, for it seemed as though he had seen a ghost. No, he didn't see one - he only heard one. And it was a Holy Ghost.

 

The Voice, tender and befriending, called him by name - "Abram." We know him today as Abraham. And the Voice that spoke to him that night we now know as the God of Abraham.

 

They were friends, you see.

 

Their friendship began when Abraham believed. And what was it exactly that Abraham believed? Simply put, he believed God. Whatever God said to him, no matter how impossible or unlikely it seemed or sounded, Abraham believed that the One who spoke was true and able to do what He had said.

 

Wouldn't you like to be God's friend? Then believe Him; trust Him to do whatever He says He will do - no matter how impossible it may seem to man.

 

Abraham has led the way. Listen to how Paul puts it in his letter to the Romans:

 

"When everything was hopeless, Abraham believed anyway, deciding to live not on the basis of what he saw he couldn't do but on what God said he would do. And so he was made father of a multitude of peoples.  God himself said to him, 'You're going to have a big family, Abraham!' Abraham didn't focus on his own impotence and say, 'It's hopeless. This hundred-year-old body could never father a child.' Nor did he survey Sarah's decades of infertility and give up. He didn't tiptoe around God's promise asking cautiously skeptical questions.  He plunged into the promise and came up strong, ready for God, sure that God would make good on what he had said." (Romans 4:18-21, The Message).

 

What crazy, insane, impossible, and most unlikely thing has God promised you? And now does it all seem hopeless; certain never to happen? Well, you are on the brink of becoming friends with God! Just believe Him - and then do what He says to do.

 

Surely the Lord's word of promise to you will come to pass - sometime, somewhere.

 

We know from history that it happened for Abraham, and we therefore rest assured that it will also happen for us - no matter how long we have to wait for it.

 

A Promise That Spanned the Centuries

 

Perhaps one of the most astounding things about what God said to Abraham was the time span between the promise and when it finally occurred.

 

The Bible says, "Then the LORD said to him, 'Know for certain that for four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country that is not their own, and that they will be enslaved and mistreated there. But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out with great possessions" (Gen 15:13-14 NIV)

 

Consider how truly astonishing is this Promise.

 

At the moment God spoke this word, Abraham was childless and over 100 years old. Sarah his beloved wife was barren - unable to produce children. Nevertheless - God told him that he would be the father of many nations.

 

Specifically, God told Abraham that his descendants would be "strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved and mistreated there. God also told him that He would "punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out with great possessions."

 

In that instant Abraham knew that it would happen - sometime, somewhere. For that's what God's friends do - they trust, and they wait.

 

Waiting on God's Timing

 

The promise given to Abraham would not come to pass for at least fifteen hundred years. Think about it. First Isaac had to be born and grow to manhood. He then would marry Rebekah and have two sons, Jacob and Esau.

 

Jacob would grow to manhood and marry Rachel, and have twelve sons. Joseph was one of the twelve. He was mistreated by his own brothers, sold as a slave to a Gypsie caravan and carried away to Egypt. Once there he endured several years of accusation, abandonment and abuse.

 

Then Pharaoh had a troubling dream and learned that there was a Hebrew prisoner who could interpret it for him. Thus, Joseph steps out of prison onto the great stage of history and rises in power to second in all of Egypt.

 

Eventually his father, Jacob, and his brothers join him there and God blesses them for an extended season.

 

Then Pharaoh died, and a new ruler rose to the throne. His policy changed everything. He enslaved the Hebrews and forced them into hard labor. This slavery would last four hundred years - just as God has told Abraham centuries earlier!

 

And then, just as He said He would do, God punished the nation where they were treated as slaves and raised up Moses to lead His people out of Egyptian bondage on their historic journey to The Promised Land.

 

And the Bible tells us, "He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes" (Psalm 105:37). They came out of Egypt with great plunder, just as God said they would. You see? What God says - happens! And the same will prove true for you - sometime, somewhere.

 

The question is, "Are you willing to wait?"

 

"God is not a man, that He should lie, neither a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?" (Number 23:19)

 

God holds Himself accountable to see that what He has promised, He will do. God's promises are sure, and will never fail; they will come to pass just as God has said. Always.

 

Yet, between every promise and the Promised Land - there is a wilderness. And like Abraham, we must not waver, but be strong in faith as we make the dry journey to the place of promised blessings. For it is yet before us, there in the distance - sometime, somewhere.

 

Encouraging Examples

 

Think of what it must have been like for Noah to wait 120 years for the rain to fall. Or, think about how it must've been for David as he waited to become King of Israel - even though Samuel anointed him when he was a boy.

 

And consider Moses, who refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, and choose rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin." Why would he do such a thing? The writer tells us - "for he looked to the reward" (Heb 11:24-26).

 

The reward he anticipated was to be the man God would use to deliver His people out of Egyptian bondage. However, it would not happen until forty years later!

 

Moses endured the heat of the desert knowing that God would bring to pass His promise - sometime, somewhere.

 

Jesus Himself, after that glorious moment in the Jordan River when the Holy Spirit descended upon Him as a dove, and a Voice spoke saying, "This is My Beloved Son" - even so He was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted of the devil forty days.

 

Oh, how many times have great spiritual moments been followed by long periods of drought, and difficulty!

 

And Paul the Apostle, after his dramatic conversion of the Damascus Road, spent three years in the desert, and then another fourteen years of tent-making in Troas. Seventeen years passed between his conversion and his commission!

 

How did he make it? He knew that he was called by God to preach the gospel to the Gentiles - just not yet. It would happen sometime, somewhere.

 

Years later when Barnabas visited Antioch and saw that the Holy Spirt was poured out upon the Gentiles. He immediately went to Troas and brought Paul back with him to Antioch. Thus was born the first of many mission trips - ultimately taking Paul to stand and preach Christ before Caesar himself!

 

And while imprisoned waiting to stand before Caesar, Paul began writing letters to the churches he had started. Those letters are now part of The New Testament, and have been read and loved by millions of Christ's followers around the world and throughout history!

 

Are you beginning to get the picture?

 

We can be sure that part of God's promise involves delay and suffering. We will be tested by delays and experience suffering as we wait - yet His Word will come to pass….sometime, somewhere.

 

Paul wrote, "I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us" (Rom 8:18).

 

Are you willing to wait?

 

Your waiting is not in vain, for God is at work as you wait.

 

Five Things God Does When We Wait

 

"I waited patiently upon the Lord, and He heard my cry," David writes in his Psalm. The structure of the Hebrew wording reads this way - "In waiting, I waited." In other words, what else are you going to do?

 

God has made it so that there will be times in our lives where we wait; and the waiting can be long and dry. Between every Promise, and the Promised Land - there is a wilderness. And you must pass through it to receive your inheritance. God gave you the promise so that you could make it through the desert!

 

And know this, that while you are "waiting" God is working. Here are five things He does while we wait.

 

#1 - He opens our hearts for spiritual insights.

 

"Lead me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; on You I wait all the day" (Psalm 25:5)

 

Joseph Parker, a Congregationalist preacher of the 19th Century, said, "If we do not get back to spiritual visions, glimpses of heaven, and an awareness of a greater glory and life, our altars will grow cold and we will lose our faith."

 

I have a small book I found several years ago called Snappy Sermon Starters. It provides pastors with nifty ideas for sermons. Seriously? Can you imagine Peter flipping through the pages of such a book looking for what he should say on the Day of Pentecost?

 

God opens our hearts to His truth and teaches us when we wait upon Him.

 

#2 - He preserves our integrity.

 

"Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for You" (Psa.25:21). The word integrity means "to hold together under pressure; it is the quality, or state of being complete, undivided." God strengthens our integrity and preserves us in times of pressure when we wait on Him. Otherwise we would be tossed to and fro, uncertain about anything and unable to stand for one thing.

 

#3 - He relieves our anxieties.

 

"Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him; do not fret because of him who prospers in his way" (Psalm 37:7). Two great bandits are forever seeking to plunder our palace. Their names are Hurry, and Worry. God calls us into times of waiting so that He can drive them from our lives. Nothing can frustrate Hurry and Worry more than to be held inactive in God's inflexible grip of Timing. And so we wait.

 

#4 - He removes wrong motives from our hearts.

 

"My soul, wait silently for God alone, for my expectation is from Him" (Psalm 62:5). Our need to survive has equipped us to be manipulators of people and things - all in our own self-interest. But these things don't work on God. No amount of pleading, crying, being angry, pouting, cursing or any other thing can move Him from His time-table. Once we realize this, we surrender all these carnal tactics and yield to His will alone - "for my expectation is from Him."

 

#5 - He keeps us focused on what He is doing.

 

"They soon forgot His works; they did not wait for His counsel" (Psalm 106:13). If we fail to wait for God's counsel, we will soon forget His works. And when that happens we become feathers in the wind - blown all over the place with no purpose, and no peace.

 

So my friends, let the words of the Psalmist become your own confession, especially in those times when all you can do is wait - "wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in His word I do hope" (Psalm 130:5). You will not be disappointed! For some time, somewhere what you are waiting for will happen!

 

Conclusion

 

Read this delightful poem by 20th century American writer and poet, Ophelia G. Browning

 

Unanswered yet the prayer your lips have pleaded in agony of heart these many years?

 

Does faith begin to fail? Is hope departing? And think you all in vain your falling tears?

 

Say not the Father has not heard your prayer; You will have your desire sometime, somewhere.

 

Unanswered yet? No, do not say ungranted. Perhaps your work is not yet wholly done.

 

The work began when first your prayer was uttered, and God will finish what He has begun.

 

If you will keep the incense burning there, His glory you will see sometime, somewhere.

 

Unanswered yet? Faith cannot be unanswered; its feet are firmly planted on the Rock; amid the wildest storms it stands undaunted, nor shakes before the loudest thunder shock.

 

It knows Omnipotence has heard its prayer, and cries, "It will be done"-sometime, somewhere.

 

Prayer

 

Father, give us the grace we need to wait during those times when You are silent and Your presence is unknown.

 

Remind us of the promises You have spoken, and let us trust in Your unfailing love and faithfulness to do what You said You would do.

 

Guard our hearts from the assault of dark powers that would seek to undermine our faith and discredit Your word. Amen

 

James Ryle

www.truthworks.org

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Bobby Conner:

The Bliss of Waiting and Abiding

The Elijah List

The Lifestyle of Waiting

The Lord Jesus spoke to me in a very strong tone, stating, "When it comes to seeking ME, I detest multitasking!" 

We cannot develop this ability to hear from the Lord unless we first learn to wait upon the Lord (see Isaiah 40:31).

This "waiting" must be experienced in times set apart in which we are alone with Him (see Psalm 46:10-11). These set-apart times must have a place within our daily life experience. Our seeking is not haphazard or hit and miss: it must be a lifestyle (see Psalm 27:8)!

The true seeking of God is a continuous seeking. It has to do with the position or attitude of our spirit being lifted toward the Lord. Our heart must be attentive to His presence, and our ears must be open to His voice. 

We must continuously live in an attitude of worshipful listening, hearing and heeding the direction of God's Spirit. 

A yielded life is essential.

He sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God; and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him prosper. II Chronicles 26:5

The Spirit of Truth is seeking hungry-hearted saints who are desperate to hear and heed the voice of God, wholly following the Lamb of God – those who personally know Him and have received an understanding of His ways (see 1 Corinthians 2:6-7). 

We only come to maturity by personally knowing Him. And how do we come to know Him? By spending time with Him in His Presence our entire life takes on a new vibrant outlook (see 2 Corinthians 3:18). 

(Photo via Freeimages)

We must pay close attention to nourishing our soul, making sure our spirit-man is not anemic and malnourished. How do we do this? 

By continually abiding in the Wisdom and guidance of the Word of God! God does promise that if we seek Him, great will be our reward.

I love those who love Me, and those who seek Me diligently will find Me. Riches and honor are with Me, enduring riches and righteousness. My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold, and My revenue than choice silver. I traverse the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of justice, that I may cause those who love Me to inherit wealth, that I may fill their treasuries.Proverbs 8:17-21

How To Wait Upon the Lord

It is imperative that we learn how to better surrender to the Spirit of God and how to be directed by His Spirit. 

Our being guided by the Spirit means that we have developed an appreciation and respect for His presence. 

This begins by meditating in the Scriptures so that we may convey true revelation of the Word of God to those who seek to know Him. When I am studying the Scriptures, I seek to allow the Word to enter into me and me into the Word. I see myself within the setting of the event unfolding in the pages of the Word of God (see Hebrews 4:12).

Guidance by the Spirit without words is the result of an active relationship with Jesus, in which His presence abides within us and we abide in Him, "knowing" His Spirit through the deep inner perception of our spirit.

I will instruct you and teach you in the way in which you should go; I will guide you with My eye. Psalm 32:8

Two Aspects to Waiting on the Lord

There are two aspects to our waiting on the Lord:

• The first has to do with our withdrawal from all activity. Through this separation unto God, we enter into a consciousness of His presence. This consciousness can be described as an attitude of anticipation and worship. So the first step in beginning a true seeking of God is for us to set aside time in which we quietly wait to hear His knock upon the door of our spirit. 

The enemy of our soul will also be knocking, however. Remember, this is a very important point: The devil will always attempt to distract you with thoughts, to turn your mind away from things above (see Colossians 3:5).

• The second aspect of our waiting on the Lord is learning how to continuously abide in His presence no matter the activity at hand. This continuous abiding hinges on the first experience of withdrawal:

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"Therefore whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God" (I Corinthians10:31).

It is possible for us to be separated unto God, "shut in" with the Lord, in the midst of activity (see Matthew 6:6). This will take time, as it does not come easily, or at once. The devil – the foe of your soul – will attempt to steal your intimacy with Jesus. He will distract and disturb you anyway he can with the goal of disrupting your seeking God.

This higher level of relationship begins with our entering our set-apart place and then waiting on the Lord during specific times, times which are set aside for this purpose. Then we can carry His presence out with us to abide in all that we do.

Never forget: True prayer is an audience with the KING!

Assure Your Heart of His Presence

It is reported concerning the early disciples that they were ignorant and untrained; however, it was evident that they had been with Jesus (see Acts 4:13).

Reassure your heart that God is "omnipresent." He is always with you, attentive to your every thought and feeling. Consider Jeremiah 23:24: "'Can anyone hide himself in secret places, so I shall not see him?' says the Lord; 'Do not I fill Heaven and earth?' says the Lord."

We can encourage ourselves with the fact that the Lord is present, no matter how we may feel. 

This is a tremendous truth, and will greatly help us – once it captures our heart. Our remaining conscious of the fact of His presence as we wait on the Lord is like recharging a battery: It is a renewing process of His life flowing into our lives and a joining of our spirit with the Lord through faith. His presence will gradually become our delight.

Another way to understand this is that we, being a branch, are to draw the life of the vine into our spirit.

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I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. John 15:5

As our mind is renewed by waiting on the Lord, it is brought closer to His mind – and we come to understand His ways. Consider I Corinthians 2:16: "...But we have the mind of Christ." This truth is worked into our spirit as we spend time in the Lord's presence, waiting upon Him.

Be Determined To Wait

The only way for us to enter this relationship of His abiding presence is to begin waiting upon the Lord on a regular basis, with a determination not to stop until we have met with and supped with Him.

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind...Romans 12:2

As we seek first the Kingdom of God, the blessings and overwhelming benefits of God flood our lives (see Matthew 6:33). The overwhelming bliss and joy of a soul prospering in the favor of God is a noble quest. A truth we must grasp is money and material things do not bring lasting satisfaction and joy of soul.

As we become relentless, determined not to stop, as we meet and sup with Him, both our waiting and our abiding in His presence will become our highest joy (see Psalm 16:11)!

Bobby Conner
EaglesView Ministries

Email: manager@bobbyconner.org
Website: BobbyConner.org

Bobby Conner: This "Gentle Giant" is uniquely anointed with refreshing humor and razor-sharp prophetic accuracy, which has been documented around the world. Bobby's dynamic capacity to release outstanding demonstrations of the miraculous – healings, signs and wonders – reveals the very heart of the Father toward us! 

Surviving a dramatic abortion attempt by his mother, being rescued again by the hand of God from drug dealing and suicide, the story of Bobby Conner is a display of a man who now walks in his God-ordained destiny to set others free! Highly esteemed as an internationally acclaimed conference speaker, Bobby has ministered effectively to over 45 foreign countries as well as here in the States for many years.

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