Hello Friends, I welcome you to today’s Perfect WORDS, perfect WORKS and perfect WONDERS (WWW) series titled, ” *Perfect Testimonies and Images of Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
I would like to pose these questions which we will attempt to Provide answers to as we go along and they are these
_*1) If you and i are the bride of Christ, and wife of the Father according to scriptures in Rev 19:7,9;Rev 21:2,9; Jer 3:14,20;Isaiah 54:5-6; Hosea 2:15-23; Ephesians 5:23-33; Romans 7:1-4; 2Corinthians 11:1-4 and host of other scriptures, when we close our eyes and commune in the secret place, who are we focusing on visually speaking? Or do we just close our eyes and focus on empty space? How many of you will marry a husband you do not have an image of or a presence of or experience of?*_
_*2) What is the component of our makeup, that engages or acts as an interface to the spirit realm since we are spirit beings? How do we open this gateway into the spirit realm where God is for communion with Him?*_
_*3) Why is the bible so particular about the mind, or our thought life? Like the need to think of the right things – Philippians 4:4-9; The need to have our minds transformed as our reasonable service to God in Romans 12:1-2, Ephesians 4:22- 24; A double minded person cannot receive anything from God -James 1:8; Set your minds on things above where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God – Colossians 3:1-2; Taking every thought captive because we are not fighting against flesh and blood in 2 Corinthians 10:3-6; Solomon, the wisest man said that we should guide our hearts with all diligence in Proverbs 4:23 and host of other scriptures to buttress this point about how crucial the mind is to our Christian success stories?*_
Before I go on, if you missed our last post titled, “As a Christian, you are Royal Priesthood , A king and A Priest! Be one in practical terms + How does this honourable function outplay in Real Life?”, Follow this link
https://www.otakada.org/as-a-christian-you-are-royal-priesthood-a-king-and-a-priest-be-one-in-practical-terms-how-does-this-honourable-function-outplay-in-real-life/
I have been on this topic or series of topics above for over a month in Meditate mode and I have been asking the Holy Spirit to give me understanding and wisdom to present it in a way that when you read it or hear it or watch it, you will get it because the question surrounding our thought life is a bomb 💣 that is waiting to explode in our experience with God and man if we understand it’s place in our whole makeup and our relationship with our creator. This last question also flows into the first two questions. As we answer the third, we will get answers to the first two and vice versa. So, please stay with me.
I will start with the last question about our mind.
Your mind, in the centre of your soul is made up of our intellect, our emotions and our will.
Our soul is our identity or footprint in the spirit realm. Your soul, refered to your mind consist of those crucial element that defines you and I as a person.
Your soul is the gateway between the physical realm and the spirit realm. Your soul or your mind opens the door to the spirit realm. It helps you interact and engage the spirit realm and at the same time engage the physical realm, through your physical body. You have a physical body and a spiritual body. The spiritual is the body that will rise to meet Christ at His return. Remember, we are spirit.
Your thought can be picked up like hot butter in the spirit realm especially when it has become a stronghold of thought patterns that has gone through Meditation over a long period of time. Remember, the scripture says as a man thinks in his heart, so is he.
Anyone with a good dose of discernment can pickup those thoughts. Even children can pick this up easy but the can’t express it in words.
Thoughts, the say, have presence. What you think is already manifesting in the spirit realm and as a thought in and around you.
If someone does not like you and is smiling to you or at you, you can pick this up because it is written all around them and women are very good in this.
This razor sharp instinct or discernment of women comes to play when raising children. To be able to discern what the child that cannot speak wants.
You move back and forth in the spirit realm with your thoughts, the energy that thought carries and the direction of your will matter. The stronger your will (desire) is concerning any engagement, the greater is the energy released and the emotion that accompany that will. There is no reason why there wouldn’t be a response to prayer or desire. Jesus confirmed this to His disciples in
Mark 11:22-24
King James Version
22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
Desire is important in prayer. That was why James said in James 5:15-17
Amplified Bible
15 and the prayer of faith will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another [your false steps, your offenses], and pray for one another, that you may be healed and restored. The heartfelt and persistent prayer of a righteous man (believer) can accomplish much [when put into action and made effective by God—it is dynamic and can have tremendous power]. 17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours [with the same physical, mental, and spiritual limitations and shortcomings], and he prayed [a]intensely for it not to rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months.
You can see that forgiveness is in the mind, fervent prayer is in the mind also. When you are angry or bitter with people, it sucks the whole life out of you to the extent that you don’t have enough fervency in the place of prayer.
Prayer is a positive energy. Bitterness is a negative energy. Those two cannot be in the same room. They will neutralize one another and you have no results.
That was why in the verse of Mark 11:22-24 where Jesus talked about desire, He concludes with verse 25 of Mark 11 :
25 And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”
Bitterness, unforgiveness neutralizes our prayers.
That was why Hannah’s prayer for answers came very quickly because she was fed-up and that fueled her desire for change. When most women pray, their emotions are involved compared to men. We men tend to reason things out more times than women. Women’s prayers get answered more quickly than men because prayerful women throw everything in.
In 1 Samuel 2:1-10, She prayed so intensely without her mouth moving and Eli thought she was drunk. She poured everything she has got into that prayer and after that, she did not have energy to worry any more.
Some of our prayers are too casual that is why we are not receiving answers to our prayers.
Everywhere we see Jesus perform miracles, the scripture says He was moved with compassion. Compassion is a very strong emotional energy. Combine that with a strong will for change – desire, miracle happens just as for Jesus, so shall it be concerning you in the name of Jesus Christ.
How do you open this gateway of the mind to the spiritual realm where you can engage God? We need to engage the spiritual realm where God is. Remember, as many that are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God Romans 8:14
You do this by intense, heart engaging, soil engaging praise, worship, songs that raises the energy level of your emotions, your intellect towards God( Your intelect is fueled by knowledge which the Holy SPIRIT Activate through scripture, that becomes your Wisdom and understanding and your strong will or desire to worship in spirit and in truth.
Not every worship song can get you tuned or turned on at those levels. You need to try the one that works for you. It has to get to a point where you are no longer aware of your environment. You are no longer aware of your troubles. Your only desire is Him and Him alone, to please Him with all your heart, your soul and your mind.
In prayer to God, you need to virtualize who you are talking to. Virtualize God’s throne, virtualize walking into that throne room and virtualize presenting your case thought for thought or word for thought. How do you virtualize if you don’t know how God’s glorified body looks like or Jesus’s or the Holy Spirit?
Scripture is full, giving us detail of how God looks like and heaven environment so that your engagement with Him will become real to you and not you looking at some open space in darkness.
God has a feature or image like man. Just like Jesus.
We will present the scriptures to you on how these three deities who have spoken so elaborately about themselves and by announcement through others gives us a better relational understanding about them – Deep rooted understand
As we read through all of these reference scriptures, get a picture of them. Get their emotions, their will and their intellect. Combine all of that, you have a God who can be read, seen, engaged with anytime, anyplace and anywhere.
Of course, when they show up on earth, they carry earthly element or bodies or things that easier reference here on earth.
When Christ, came to my room in 2006, He was dressed like a middle eastern man, in rope but was carrying too much energy that nothing can withstand the raw power in and around Him.
Enjoy, Meditate and apply. We have also provided artist presentation of the images of God has depicted in scripture above and in the video. They might not be exact, but it does gives an overall summarized view.
The realm of God has more things out there that have no earthly resemblance. There are colours and brilliance that have no earthly replica that we can relate to.
Now we begin with 67 Scriptures about the Spirit here. Full text via link
https://www.otakada.org/perfect-testimonies-and-images-of-the-father-son-and-holy-spirit/
