More on the language of the Spirit

Conference in Cape Town, South Africa, not to be missed

I am getting ready to head to Zimbabwe and South Africa for the next three weeks where I will be working with a number of different churches. I am especially looking forward to being at the conference above at my home church, The Bay Community Church. These guys hold a deeply special place in my heart as it was Jeff and Viv Kidwell, and the many amazing people in this church that helped me grow in the prophetic and things the of the Spirit. If you are in Cape Town, make sure to get to these meetings! I am typing this blog in Swindon, where I have been ministering at Gateway Church. We have seen a phenomenal outpouring of God’s Spirit as a number of people have testified to being healed. One lady was healed this morning of chronic back pain that she had for more than 10 years! Another lady was healed of retinopathy (damage to the retina). More than that, it seemed as if the power of the Lord was present in a very unusual way, in particular this morning! It’s been an amazing time, and if it is anything to go by, I think Zimbabwe and SA are in for a treat!

Here are some more ways the Holy Spirit sill talk to us, My next blog will probably take a detour and talk a little bit about what I feel the Lord is doing in these days. I feel we are n the brink of a very exciting move of the Holy Spirit in the second half of this year!

trances

The most common encounter of a trance is recorded in Acts when Peter has a trance (Acts 10:10). Now this is a very interesting encounter and forms the basis for the breaking out of Salvation amongst the Gentiles. Please note that the gospel coming to us as part of the gentile nations was as a result of a revelatory experience. Now many people seem to be afraid of this word trance as it sounds very ‘new agey’! This word is a biblical word and we are not to be afraid of it!

The Greek word trance is closely associated with the word ecstasy. It speaks of displacing your ordinary state of mind with an elevated, God given state in order to receive prophetic revelation. I have had one encounter where it felt like I was suspended in time as God began to speak to me about a new shape of prophetic ministry. I was in a meeting where I ‘fell’ into an encounter with God for about a half-hour. It felt like time stood still and God began to speak to me about not domesticating the prophetic ministry. I was clearly involved in it and at times felt physically what was happening. When I came out of f the trance, I felt encouraged and strengthened.

visions

Heaven Touches Earth, The Kings Arms, Bedford, UK 9-11 June 2011

There are different types of vision listed in the bible. I will try and briefly explain them to you. An open eye vision is when you see clearly with your eyes in the physical(Paul had a vision! Acts 16- there is many encounters listed in the bible such as this one!) This has not happened to me often. I was once in an area in South Africa called Clarens when the Lord opened my eyes to physically see the host of heavenly angels around the mountains. It was amazing! The bright light shining from them was startling!

Sometimes it seems as if something is superimposed over the natural. This often happens when I see angles or when I am involved in bringing deliverance. I see the demon walk in with the person.

A moving vision is like a movie that is being show to you as you encounter God. I often get these as I prophesy over people. You will hear me say ‘I see you …’ in my prophetic flow. This is because I am actually seeing something above them or around them I will declare what I am seeing. Often as I am describing a room or an encounter someone might have had, it will be like a movie and there will be details that I will recount from that. Ezekiel received revelation in the form of visions from God when he received his prophetic encounter (Ezek 1). He is seeing something moving and taking shape as he prophesies.

Another type of vision is the inner open vision. This is when your eyes are open, yet you are seeing the picture in your mind. Many people receive this kind of visionary experience but do not recognize it from God because they have not understood it as more than just their imagination! This speaks of the eyes of your heart (Ephes 1:18). The word heart is sometimes translated as understanding or mind. In other words the eyes of you mind is seeing something that you are to comprehend and understand.

Then finally a closed vision is when your eyes are closed and you receive revelation. I have had powerful encounters with God when I have had these pictorial and symbolic visions. They have helped shape and prepare me for what God wants. I had an encounter with God where he walked me through a stadium telling me about some of the nations I would go to and minister in. A number of them have come to past many months after receiving the vision.

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