We are going on a journey or an adventure together. There are 2 main pathways that we are going to follow. Pathway of relationship that leads to deeper intimacy with God. Pathway of responsibility leads to greater kingdom rulership.
Rick Joyner – “Torch and the Sword”: “The body of Christ is about to go through a metamorphosis. It has been like a caterpillar crawling along the ground, but is about to emerge into a glorious butterfly which soars above the earth. The church that is about to arise will be more at home in the heavenly realm than the earthly.”
“There is a door standing open in heaven, and there is an invitation for us to go through it. Those who answer this call will be caught up into the Spirit, with the result that they will always be seeing the One who sits on the throne. This is the ultimate purpose of all, true prophetic revelation- seeing the glorious, risen Christ and the authority He now has over all.”
“This is not a fantasy. True Christianity is the greatest adventure that anyone can ever have on this earth. True church life, the way it was intended to be, is a supernatural experience. It is life from another realm beyond this earth that brings true life to the earth.”
2 Cor 4:18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
Seer and prophetic gifts – distinguishing or discerning spirits that can be imparted as a seed but needs to be cultivated.
We need to engage the angelic beings who are sent to guard and guide us. We need to walk by faith.
Heb 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.
Basic preparation for the journey. Faith. Basic truths. The language of the spirit. Base camp – Spirit building.
You are a spirit you have a soul you live in a body. Your spirit makes you God conscious and you can engage God who is spirit and spiritual dimensions. Your soul (heart or subconscious mind) makes you self conscious and aware. Your body or earth suit makes you world conscious and aware.
1 Thes 5:23 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Gen 1:26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in our image, according to our likeness; you are made in the image of God with creative ability and power.
There is the eternal world. There is the physical world. There is the unseen world. You have access to all dimensions through your spirit soul and body. Your spirit and soul also have a dimensional form.
You are a house of God therefore God lives in you.
Gen 28:12, 17 And he dreamed that there was a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it! He was afraid and said, How to be feared and reverenced is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gateway to heaven.
John 14:20, 23 In that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode (home) with him.
Now you are a house of God.
1 Corinthians 3:16 Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
1 Corinthians 6:19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?
Luke 17:21 Nor will people say, Look! Here it is! or, See, it is there! For behold, the kingdom of God is within you, in your hearts and among you, surrounding you.
Spirit realm is connected to you because heaven or God’s kingdom is in you. Therefore you have access to God the heavenly spiritual realm and God has access to you. You are a gate of that spiritual heavenly realm and a God Channel.
John 1:51 And He said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see the heavens opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man. “
You live under an open heaven with an invitation to interact with the spiritual realm both eternal heavenly and unseen angelic.
Matthew 3:16-17 After being baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and lighting on Him, and behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased.”
Revelation 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me.
You must give a daily invitation to fill you and flow through you. This is the access point to the Pathway of relationship.
Revelation 4:1-2 After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things.” You have to accept the invitation. This begins the pathway of responsibility.
Revelation 3:18 I advise you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.
Jesus is your source and supply for this journey, but you must draw from Him. John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Heb 4:12 For the word of God is living and active. Jesus is the Word of God. He will be your guide, doorway and anchor on this journey.
John 14:16-17 I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.
The Holy Spirit is also your helper on this journey to guide you to truth or reality-John 16:13-14. But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come. He will glorify me, for He will take of mine and will disclose it to you.
You can hear God’s voice and receive God’s thoughts and see or perceive what He is doing. John 10:27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; Vital truth to believe by faith and experience daily.
John 10:1-4 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep. To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he puts forth all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.
John 10:9 I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
We have access to the spiritual unseen and eternal heavenly realms. Jesus is the door we can follow Him in and out
Ephesians 1:3, Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
Ephesians 2:6 and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, You are a gateway of heaven on earth.
The kingdom of God is in you. It flows from heaven inside your spirit through your soul and body. You have authority to create and control the spiritual atmosphere around your life.
John 4:14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”
John 7:38 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.
Ephesians 1:18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be opened, enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
Three engagements exercises:
Open your spiritual eyes, engage your imagination. God is going to send His Spirit around you and speak from heaven to your spirit. Father is going to come into the unseen realm around you so you can engage Him. You can go through the open door to meet Jesus in the heavenly realms.
Close your natural eyes relax, open your spiritual eyes, engage your imagination. Start thinking about the doorway of heaven open over you now. Start thinking about God standing in the open door. Start allowing your imagination to picture these truths.
Matthew 3:16-17 After being baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and lighting on Him, and behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased.“
Feel His Spirit rest on you now: You are under an open heaven. I declare you are my beloved son, and I am well pleased with you. I call you My children and I am your Father, you are mine and I am yours. I legitimize you as my child. I call forth your spiritual destiny.
I call your spirit to attention. Listen with your spirit to the words that I your heavenly Father have for you. The Spirit of your Father gives witness to your spirit that you are My son. I bless your spirit with the spirit of sonship and the mindset of sonship. I bless you with a deep heart identity as My very own child, securely loved in My family I bless you with the settled assurance that I have a future and hope for you and I have written your days in My book with love for your best interest and My ultimate glory . I bless you with the deep knowledge that I know what you need and I have all the resources of the universe to meet that need.
Listen with your spirit to My words for you. My Spirit testifies to your spirit that you are My child. I bless you with the ears to hear the testimony of the Spirit of the Lord, the Spirit of knowledge, wisdom & understanding, the Spirit of counsel, power and fear of the Lord.
I bless you with being tuned into Me with eyes for seeing, ears for hearing and a mind for understanding according to the Spirit.
I bless you with being led by the fullness of My Spirit of truth to see things as I see them in the heavenly realms.
I bless you with the deep knowledge that you are an heir with your brother Jesus to all of My treasuries.
I bless you with the confidence that you lack for nothing that you need, spiritually, emotionally, mentally, physically & practically.
I bless you with the sure understanding that I want you to have My blessings and My glory to possess your birthright.
I bless you with the desire to press forward to see the glory that I am revealing. I bless you with a heart that does not rebel or shrink back from the opportunities I put before you daily.
I bless you with a hunger for the manifestation of My glory day by day in you and through your life.
I declare that you are no longer a slave, orphan or victim.
I declare that you are mine and I am yours. I am your inheritance & you are My Inheritance.
I declare that I am your Father & you are My son & I give you access to your heavenly home.
I give you access to the river & tree of life in your heavenly home. I call you to be a gateway of heaven on the earth.
You are my child and I call you to be displayed as a mature son on the earth.
Prodigal exercise: Father God is standing before you but you have a huge weight chained around your neck and can’t look at Him.
Guilt, shame, sin in your past, hurt & unforgiveness, responsibility, heaviness. Surrender it to Father; allow him to break the chain, feel lightness.
Look up and see the Father waiting arms open, love in His eyes. Come to Him. Feel His loving embrace. Feel the ring of sonship He puts on your finger.
Feel the clean robes He puts on you. Enjoy the joy & celebration of His heart. Feel His acceptance & restoring love. Feel His affirmation.
Revelation 4:1-2 After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things.”
Accept the invitation to come.