Vision is never just about the direction that we are moving towards. It is also about the height at which we are expecting to travel in the Holy Spirit. To be in Christ is to experience His exultation. Everything about being in Christ is concerned with elevation. We need the spirit of wisdom and revelation… Continue reading To solve your problem you must get above it
Category: Levels
Proclamation on the level you are at, is the key to the next level
In the spirit we must talk our way into everything. We must speak out loud the word of God. What we believe must be spoken aloud into the atmosphere of our circumstances. We speak from the inner man of the spirit into the outer world of our life situation. Faith comes by hearing and confession.… Continue reading Proclamation on the level you are at, is the key to the next level
Earth bound
How much is our thoughts, emotions and desires earthly orientated? Like Enoch, we must become more at home in the heavens than we are here on earth. We were created to walk on this earth in our bodies while our spirits soar into the heavens. We must seek to walk in Heaven’s standards and ways.… Continue reading Earth bound
Learning about the world of the Spirit
Every new level presents its difficulties, because people are accustomed to one atmosphere and then they step into a whole new one. Can you tell the difference between reading the Old Testament and the New Testament? In the Old Testament, with its stories of wars and kings and judgments, all the things that happened were… Continue reading Learning about the world of the Spirit
The challenge of change
I think we are ready for the next level, the next breakthrough. Consider the former years: Five years ago were your song services different? Was the seating arrangement different? Were the services different? Before there is the creativity of God, there is the chaos (Genesis 1:2). The devastation has to come to an existing order… Continue reading The challenge of change
I will follow you today
We can become so enmeshed with our circumstances and their solution, or with our emotions and trying to handle them, that we miss the very thing God is doing. We are living on too negative a plane if all we are wanting is the solution to problems or the improvement of our self-control. The Kingdom… Continue reading I will follow you today
The laying on of hands-then what?
Conflict and battle are always a sign of an imminent new step. The first thing you do when you reach a new spiritual level is cast out devils. You might think that you would first make converts, but you do not. In the commission in Mark, Jesus said, Go ye into all the world, and… Continue reading The laying on of hands-then what?
Along with the hands-part two
God said that my hands were never to be empty. I finally got the message; it is the heart of God in human hands. The Lord, the heart of God, is moving through His servants’ hands. Be aware of yourself as a recipient of the flow of the Lord Jesus Christ through to you. The… Continue reading Along with the hands-part two
… Along with the hands-part one
The Lord is bringing us into a new level, where we will receive by impartation. Are you prepared for it? Isn’t this what you have waited for? Have you been frustrated to the point where you thought, “O God, is it ever going to happen? I’ve been on the back burner for so long; how… Continue reading … Along with the hands-part one
No tranquilized volcanoes
Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of His might. Put on the full armor of God, that you may be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of… Continue reading No tranquilized volcanoes
Don’t read it, eat it!
A most effective time to break through to a greater level in the Lord comes when we cease to function by our understanding of our circumstances, and we reach up because we feel a burden in the Spirit. Then we are reaching in to be totally one with the heart of the Lord, and our… Continue reading Don’t read it, eat it!
You are prepared! explode!
The Lord is launching us into what is indeed a whole new beginning. After it explodes in our hearts, like the expanding mushroom cloud of a nuclear blast, it will spread with the swiftness of a prairie fire. We have passed through a number of stages during the past years. A tremendous flow toward restoration… Continue reading You are prepared! explode!
Are you a turkey?
According to God’s law of reproduction, everything brings forth after its own kind (Genesis 1:24–25). Dolphins can communicate with humans by responding to certain whistles and other sounds. They are very intelligent; they have a brain similar in size to the human brain. On the other hand, dinosaurs supposedly had a tiny brain; some speculate… Continue reading Are you a turkey?
Teach that worm to fly
How do we move into the new spiritual level that God is bringing to us? What is the next step in becoming a Kingdom church? When God speaks a fresh Living Word to a congregation of believers, it may seem as if He is preaching to a bunch of worms about flying. Hearing the Word… Continue reading Teach that worm to fly
You must see it for yourself
The Word of God has a progressive, unfolding quality to it. The Lord indicated this when He told His disciples, “I have many things to tell you, but you are not able to bear them now” (John 16:12). In I Corinthians 3:2, Paul pointed out, “You ought to be ready for the meat, but you… Continue reading You must see it for yourself
Lonely? Run after Him!
As God brings us into spiritual maturity, we experience many adjustments of growth. We experience blessing as well as desolation, over and over again. We may not understand this process, but it is evidence to us that the Lord is drawing us into a closer walk with Himself. When you are trying to reach into… Continue reading Lonely? Run after Him!
They did eat of the old corn
Truly we have been among those who have been thrust into a new level, and we do not know whether we will like it or not. As we have entered into this day, it has been like entering into a strange land and partaking of new and strange foods that we are not accustomed to.… Continue reading They did eat of the old corn
I have worms in my manna
The Lord laid a message on my heart which I think will be a blessing to you from the book of Hebrews. Then He said, “Behold, I have come to do Thy will.” He takes away the first (speaking of the first covenant of the Law) in order to establish the second. Hebrews 10:9. This… Continue reading I have worms in my manna
Let’s get it together
Now the Lord said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all the men who were seeking your life are dead.” So Moses took his wife and his sons and mounted them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. Moses also took the staff of God in his hand.… Continue reading Let’s get it together
Are you able to bear it?
I would like to explain a principle about things that you should not know about, that you must not know about or they would be to your own hurt. Certain knowledge can be too big a burden for some people to bear. One woman who could not be told a secret, would evaluate it as… Continue reading Are you able to bear it?
Contented or discontented
The most difficult thing is not preparing a sermon, that’s fairly easy; but in seeking “What is the message the Lord wants? What is He saying?” I came to this one thing that the Lord kept speaking, over and over again: that which will help you go on in to the difficult days ahead, to… Continue reading Contented or discontented
Brother, where dwellest thou?
The fourteenth and fifteenth chapters of John deal with progressive levels in our spiritual life, plateaus to which we attain. Even with Christ’s disciples, there were levels of discipleship. The Word tells us the Lord deals with us without partiality; nevertheless, there were always those who went a little farther with Him. Peter, James, and… Continue reading Brother, where dwellest thou?
Living on the spirit level
People who are not walking in the Spirit, and their spirits are not open to God, cannot take the meat of the Word. They stumble; they back off when deep things of God are preached to them because it is more than they can handle. The apostle Paul was careful not give them meat when… Continue reading Living on the spirit level
Be ready for the new
And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, that were beyond the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, that were by the sea, heard how that the Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that… Continue reading Be ready for the new
The formula for new levels
Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth after their kind”; and it was so. And God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every thing that creeps on the ground after… Continue reading The formula for new levels
I was watching Satan fall
Are you tired of being within range for Satan to harass you? Satan is completely defeated, but there are areas in which Satan is still allowed to move; and that is by divine design. If you want to be free from his assault, you have to move into an area where he has been cast… Continue reading I was watching Satan fall
The breaking of day
Before Jacob or Esau was born the Lord foreknew them. Jacob he loved but Esau he hated. Esau is a type of the flesh. The flesh is unredeemable, it cannot be saved, and it must be crucified. Esau sought a place of repentance, but he could not find it. But Jacob was different. He sought… Continue reading The breaking of day
Are you earth bound?
The Bible always comes alive to our hearts in a special way during a period of afflictions and testings. How can we hope to understand some of David’s cries in the Psalms unless we also experience the same deep afflictions and testings, the same despair he felt when he saw the arrogance and prosperity of… Continue reading Are you earth bound?
Different levels
We go from grace to grace, faith to faith, strength to strength, and glory to glory. We go from one level to the next in our spiritual growth in God. The grace of God is the flow of the Spirit of God in our life. Grace is the influence of the Spirit, his nature and… Continue reading Different levels
Come up higher
The whole purpose of the Day of Atonement was that there should be the goat of removal (“azazel” in Hebrew). The high priest laid his hands on the goat and confessed his sins and the sins of the people over the scapegoat, then they led it out into the wilderness. It was done, as we… Continue reading Come up higher
Where dwellest thou?
The fourteenth and fifteenth chapters of John deal with progressive levels in our spiritual life, plateaus to which we attain. Even with Christ’s disciples, there were levels of discipleship. The Word tells us the Lord deals with us without partiality; nevertheless, there were always those who went a little farther with Him. Peter, James, and… Continue reading Where dwellest thou?
The right to become
As the days of the manifestation of the sons of God approach us, we are eager to become sons. We want glorified bodies and divine health; we want everything of God’s provision. However, certain spiritual changes must precede those physiological changes. We must first experience an overwhelming manifestation of the divine nature before our release… Continue reading The right to become