Jul 10
9
SECRET FOUR
In order to get more faith – exercise what you already have
Are you a Fallen Angel? Or the Son.
(Part C)
I also have learned that I may have many preconceived ideas that limit my ability to pray effectively, meaning, that is, for results. For example, I find that often I am locked into thinking that things can only be resolved in one way. When in fact there may be and most likely are myriad ways for the SOURCE to work out any particular situation. My preconceived ideas tend to limit me to seeing only one way – I have found it to be very helpful to relentlessly ask SPIRIT to take away my preconceived ideas and to give me His vision until I see things from SPIRIT’s perspective. It is truly amazing, just as one example, when I have been steeped in looking at some Bible passage in one particular way that all of a sudden I see it in an entirely different light after asking (impudently demanding) that SPIRIT get rid of my preconceived notions.
Another thing I have found to be of importance in demanding to know God’s will for a specific situation is to realize that I have preconceived ideas that may have their foundation in the Scriptures, but the timing may be way off for realization. Let’s take healing for a physical malady, just for example.
I know that it is a truth that the SOURCE generally wants us to prosper and be in good health. I never, EVER, pray for somebody to be healed simply because I happen to know this. Just because it is God’s will for us to live in perfect health does not mean that some of us do not live in ill health and confusion. We know that many do.
Often their ill health and confusion comes as a result of poor habits and their attitude. Sometimes other factors such as deep-seated conflicts exist. Sometimes, as with the boy having the epileptic-like seizures, the underlying cause is demonic. So, when I am praying about a particular situation such as a request that I intervene on somebody’s behalf for healing – I demand to be in God’s will and demand to have His own Spirit so that I will know what to do next. Usually what I “receive” while praying is borne out by probing with the person to find out what is going on behind the scenes from their perspective.
I had it on my fingertips just now to write, “For the life of me, I do not understand why all of the foregoing is so troubling to some people and causes so much argument.”
Do you face your Demon or run away?
I just heard, “Oh yes you do.” Twenty years ago the foregoing two paragraph would have scared the dickens out of me. The first time I witnessed a demonic entity manifesting before my own eyes… and knew that it could be nothing else… especially when it was dispatched in rather dramatic fashion – my whole life was turned upside down.
Prior to that experience, if I had read anything like what I have written here, I would have been filled with fear. That seems so silly now. Way back, a couple of paragraphs before I began inserting the foregoing excerpt I wrote: “and talk about how we begin to exercise the faith we already have. Faith that many of us don’t realize we have.”
Here it is: Ask the following of the SOURCE: “I want to know if I should be demanding more faith? I want to do nothing that isn’t YOUR perfect will for me. I want to know.” While asking, if you are comfortable with it, I suggest you rap with your knuckles on any surface and keep on rapping while you impudently and persistently insist upon an answer, it may seem silly and some religious teachers will tell you that such a practice borders on witchcraft and that you better be careful because an evil spirit can give you an imitation and lead you into deception.
Some religious teachers may call this presumption and not faith. My retort is that teaching what Jesus taught is presumption, or worse yet, is what is going to lead to your being deceived by evil spirits and is presumption of the highest order! How dare they?!!! Consider the fact that such teachers are standing in opposition to what Jesus said. That could provide us with a clue as to how they dare to do it, could it not?
Let the following seep through your consciousness. Jesus’ allegory for doing this knocking and demanding as a little child – was the reminder that we as imperfect human parents know how to give our children what they ask for. Would we give them a poisonous snake (a symbol for an evil spirit) when they asked for a fish (a symbol for Christ). Of course not – his finale of this teaching was, “how much more of His own Spirit shall your perfect Daddy (the proper translation from the word he used in the Aramaic) give to those who persistently demand to get more?
Exercise what faith you do have in pursuing His answer as to whether you should get more. Jesus said get it! So, are we going to follow Jesus’ instructions, or do we prefer listening to religious teachers who themselves do not exercise dynamic faith or powerful prayer because of their own limiting preconceptions?
In Freedom,
Brad
Don’t miss the dynamic discussion over this subject, Ryan and Brad face off on this one! Go to the podcast page and scroll down to podcast 9. Podcast 9 Seven Secrets Pt 4 – C