Living in the Secret Place
How to hear God’s voice
Bill & Susan Dupley
Communion with God Ministries
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Seminar Overview
Session 1
Living in the Secret Place
Key to Healing of Body Soul and Spirit
Session 2
The Four Keys to Hearing God’s Voice
God is Passionate about communicating with us
Session 3
Going beyond reason to revelation
Session 4
Key # 1: Recognize Gods Voice as Flowing Thoughts
What God’s voice Sounds Like
Session 5
Key # 2: Quiet Your own thoughts
How to eliminate obstacles to Hearing God’s voice
How to instantly remove all idols from your heart
How to effortlessly still your mind
Session 6
Key # 3: Look for Vision as you pray
How to Restore Your Visionary Capacity
How to receive visions from God
Session 7
Key # 4: Write Down the Flow of Thoughts and Pictures & testing for accuracy
How to make hearing God’s voice a lifestyle
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Session 1
Living in the Secret Place
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The Secret Place
Psalm 91:1 He that dwelleth in the secret
place of the most High shall abide under
the shadow of the Almighty.
John 14:1 "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in
God; trust also in me. [2] In my Father's house are
many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I
am going there to prepare a place for you. [3] And
if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back
and take you to be with me that you also may be where
I am. [4] You know the way to the place where I am
going."
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God’s plan & Purpose for us
Life
John 10: [9] I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. He will come in
and go out, and find pasture. [10] The thief comes only to steal and kill and
destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
Joy
John 15: [11] I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may
be complete.
Peace
JN 16:33 "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this
world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.“
Fulfillment
PS 37:4 Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Prosper
Jer 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper
you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future..
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Benefits of the cross
o 1st Benefit/Exchange/Exchange of the Cross: It was on the cross
that we became one with Christ.
o 2nd Benefit/Exchange of The Cross: Jesus was made sin for our
sinfulness that we might be made righteous with His righteousness.
o 3rd Benefit/Exchange of the Cross: Jesus was punished that we
might be forgiven.
o 4Th Benefit/Exchange of the Cross: Jesus died our death that we
might share His life.
o 5th Benefit/Exchange of the Cross: Jesus endured our poverty that
we might share His abundance.
o 6th Benefit/Exchange of the Cross: Jesus was made a curse that
we might receive the blessing.
o 7th Benefit/Exchange of the cross: Jesus was wounded that we
might be healed.
o 8th Benefit/Exchange of the Cross: Jesus was cut off by death
that our old man would die and that we might be joined to God
eternally.
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7th Benefit of the cross: Jesus was wounded
that we might be healed.
Isaiah 53:5d “…and by His stripes we are healed.”
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He exchanged his pain that we could be free
from Physical pain
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He exchanged our bondage to past hurts,
addictions and demonic strongholds for His
freedom from emotional suffering
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He defeated Hell and Satan and exchanged it
for our demonic oppression
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Effects of Emotions (Soul) to Physical (Body)
Dr. S.I McMillen
“None of these Diseases”
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Diseases that are caused by or aggravated by emotional stress.
Dr. S.I McMillen “None of these Diseases
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How does emotional stress impact the body
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Solution for emotional stress
COL 3:15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members
of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. [16] Let the word
of Christ dwell in you richly …. [17] And whatever you do, whether in
word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God
the Father through him.
Phil 3:6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and
petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. [7] And the
peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts
and your minds in Christ Jesus.
PHP 4:8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever
is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if
anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things. [9]
Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me-put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.
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Facts and conditions about healing
It is God’s will to heal
I am Jehovah Rapha your Healer
Ex 15:26 He said, "If you listen carefully to the voice of
the LORD your God and do what is right in his eyes,
if you pay attention to his commands and keep all
his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the
diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the
LORD, who heals you.“
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Facts and conditions about healing
Ex 23:24-25 Do not bow down before their gods or
worship them or follow their practices. You must
demolish them and break their sacred stones to
pieces.
[25] Worship the LORD your God, and his blessing will
be on your food and water. I will take away
sickness from among you,
[26] and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I
will give you a full life span.
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Facts and conditions about healing
Summary of conditions mentioned here are:
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You need to listen to God
Do what is right in his sight
Give ear to His commandments
Keep all His statues
Don’t bow down and serve idols
Worship The Lord
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Session 2
The Four Keys to Hearing God’s Voice
God is Passionate about Communicating With us
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"I am the good shepherd and know my
sheep and am known of mine”
John 10:14 kjv
“My Sheep hear my voice and I know
them”
John 10:27 kjv
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Rhema versus Logos
“JN 17:6 "I have revealed you to those whom
you gave me out of the world. They were
yours; you gave them to me and they have
obeyed your word (Logos). [7] Now they know
that everything you have given me comes
from you. [8] For I gave them the words
(Rhema) you gave me and they accepted them.
They knew with certainty that I came from
you, and they believed that you sent me.
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Biblical Illustration
1CH 28:2 King David rose to his feet and said: "Listen to me, my brothers
and my people. I had it in my heart to build a house as a place of rest
for the ark of the covenant of the LORD,
1CH 28:11 Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the
temple, its buildings, its storerooms, its upper parts, its inner rooms and
the place of atonement. [12] He gave him the plans of all that the
Spirit had put in his mind for the courts of the temple of the LORD
and all the surrounding rooms, for the treasuries of the temple of God
and for the treasuries for the dedicated things.
1CH 28:19 "All this," David said, "I have in writing from the hand of the
LORD upon me, and he gave me understanding in all the details of the
plan."
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“I will stand at my guardpost
I will keep watch and see
What He will speak to me...”
Then the Lord said, “Record the
vision...”
Habakkuk 2:1,2
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Key #1
“I will stand
at my guardpost
Stated briefly
Quiet yourself in the Lord’s
presence
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Key #2
I will keep
watch and see
Stated briefly
Look for vision as you pray
Fix your eyes on Jesus
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Key #3
What He will
speak to me...”
Stated briefly
God’s voice often comes as
spontaneous thoughts
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Key #4
Then the Lord said,
“Record the vision...”
Stated briefly
Write out the flow of
thoughts and visions within
you (two-way journaling)
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Personal Application:
Journaling Exercise
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Lord, do you love me?
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Facts about our Heavenly Father
He loves you.
o In Romans 8:15 we are given the right to call out
and all him Daddy
He has no favorites
o In Acts Chapter 10 verse 34 we are told our
there He is not a respecters of persons. He
shows no favoritism
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Learning to hear is learning to trust
Matt 7:9 "Which of you, if his son asks for
bread, will give him a stone? [10] Or if he asks
for a fish, will give him a snake? [11] If you,
then, though you are evil, know how to give
good gifts to your children, how much more
will your Father in heaven give good gifts to
those who ask him!
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Ministry prayer
Father I ask your forgiveness I have judged You as
having favorites. I repent of this judgment. I
recognize that you are Lord and you know what’s best
for me and I ask you to show me any obstacles to
keep me from receiving your best for my life.
Father I ask forgiveness for embracing the lie that
you want to talk to other people, and not to me, I
break agreement with this lie and embrace the truth
my Heavenly Father wants to speak to me and I can
hear Him
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Three Categories of Thoughts
1. Spontaneous Positive Thoughts=Holy Spirit
2. Spontaneous Negative Thoughts=demons
3. Analytical Thoughts=Self
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One Inner Screen—Three Projectors
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Biblical Safeguards for Hearing God’s Voice
1.
You are a born-again Christian, having accepted
Jesus Christ into your heart as your Lord and
Savior, and having had your sins washed away by His
cleansing blood.
2. You accept the Bible as the inerrant Word of God.
3. You demonstrate your love and respect for God by
your commitment to knowing His Word.
4. You have an attitude of submission to what God has
shown you from the Bible.
5. You have two or three spiritual advisors to whom you
go for input on a regular basis.
6. Know the Character of your Heavenly Father’s Voice
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Nine benefits to hearing God’s Voice
1. Intimacy with God
“He who is of God hears God’s words (Jn.8:47)
You will develop intimacy with God and He shares the secrets of His Heart.
He will counsel us and heal our hearts
2. Healing our Hearts and Healing our Family and relationship
Ex 15:26 He said, "If you: listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your
God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his
commands and keep all his decrees, Statues, laws I will not bring on
you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the
LORD, who heals you."
3. You will know His Plans & Purpose for you
“If you abide in Me, and My words [rhema] abide in you,
you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.”
Jn. 15:7, NKJ) JER 29:[11] For I know the plans I have for
you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to
harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. He will help us shape our
dreams and show us how to bring them into fruition
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Nine benefits to hearing God’s Voice
4. Effective ministry – Reveal His strategies for ministry and
intercession
“For He whom God has sent speaks the words [rhema] of God, for God
does not give the Spirit by measure.” (Jn. 3:34, NKJ)
He will reveal his plans and purpose for us, Give us insights into people and
cultures ahead of time. He will show us what He is doing. He will give
us creative strategies for ministry. Some churches are doing Spiritual
reading at fair grounds and listening to God for people.
5. Authoritative teaching
“The words [rhema] that I speak to you I do not speak on My own
authority; .” (Jn. 14:10,
We will be able to do bible studies with God and mediate more effectively
6. Productivity
“‘Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your
word [rhema] I will let down the net.’” (Lk. 5:5, NKJ)
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Nine benefits to hearing God’s Voice
7. Life
“It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words
[rhema] that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.” (Jn. 6:63,
8. Faith
“So faith comes from hearing and hearing by the word [rhema] of Christ”
Rom. 10:17
9. Move from Rational Christianity to Supernatural Christianity
JN 5:19 Jesus gave them this answer: "I tell you the truth, the Son can do
nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing,
because whatever the Father does the Son also does.
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You have want to hear God’s voice
1 CO 12:[31] But eagerly desire the greater gifts.
1CO 14:1 Follow the way of love and eagerly desire
spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy.
1CO 14:39 Therefore, my brothers, be eager to
prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues
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Ministry Prayer
Father I recognize that I have stopped asking to
hear from God, in fact I have even discounted
the value of prophetic voice. I ask your
forgiveness. I want to hear from God. I desire
earnestly spiritual gifts especially the gift of
prophecy.
I ask you to speak to me to teach me to know
your voice, and to speak forth the words he
gave me two others to encourage, comfort, and
build up the body of Christ. Thank you
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Spiritual Counselors
Providing an Umbrella of Protection
“Obey your leaders, and submit to them; for they
watch over your soul, as those who will give an
account. Let them do this with joy and not grief,
for this would be unprofitable for you.”
Hebrews 13:17
“In the multitude of counselors there is safety.”
Proverbs 11:14
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What to Look for in a Spiritual Counselor:
1. A close friend, one who knows the sheep, and whose
sheep recognize his voice.
2. One who has a solid biblical orientation.
3. One who can sense the voice of the Spirit of God in
his own heart.
4. One who is willing to commit himself to the sheep,
who will invest his time and energy, and is willing to
lay down his life for the sheep for whom he is
responsible.
5. He himself receives counsel.
6. He is ahead of me in the area.
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What to submit
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I submit anything I’m unsure
about
I submit all major decisions
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Spiritual Counselors
Obey (Greek: Peitho – allow yourself to be
persuaded by)
Submission is an openness to the
Spirit-led counsel and correction of
several others, while keeping a sense of
personal responsibility for our own
discernment of God's voice within us.
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Ministry Prayer
Forgiveness for spiritual abuse
Father I have found it difficult trust leaders as a
result of the things I have suffered at the hands of
leaders and have now been reluctant to consider
letting my guard down and asking anyone to be a
spiritual counselor for me. I need help in this area,
to trust again. I now that I should forgive but it is
hard, please help me.
Father as an act of my will I forgive_________ for
spiritually abusing me. They owe me nothing. Please
help me trust another and please give me someone I
can feel safe with to be my spiritual counselor
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A Letter to Your Beloved
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Personal Application:
Journaling Exercise
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Lord, who should I submit
my journaling to?
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Praying with an Idol
“…any man in the house of Israel who
sets up his idols in his heart, puts right
before his face the stumbling block of
his iniquity, and then comes to the
prophet, I the Lord will be brought to
give him an answer in the matter in view
of the multitude of his idols.” (Ezek.
14:4)
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Praying With An Idol
Idol
(Issue)
The answer comes back
through the idol: “Yes”
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Praying Without An Idol
Issue
The answer comes back from Jesus:
“Caution – No”
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The Principle:
The intuitive flow comes out
of the vision being held before
one’s eyes.
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Personal Application:
Journaling Exercise
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Lord, what do you want to
say to me about idols in my
heart?
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Session 3
Going beyond reason to revelation
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A Theological Backdrop for Experiencing Spiritual
Intimacy
Enthrone the Spirit
Dethrone the Mind
(Rationalism)
(Spirit Control)
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Rationalism Defined
“Reliance on reason as the basis for
establishment of religious truth; a
theory that reason is in itself a
source of knowledge superior to and
independent of sense perceptions.”
Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary
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Realize that knowledge
can be transmitted
Spirit to spirit.
(I Corinthians 2:9,10)
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The Spiritual World and the Physical World
1st World View
2nd World View
Space/Time
Touch
Taste
Sight
Smell
Hearing
Energy/Mass
The Box
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Rational Christianity
Spiritual Christianity
1. Code of ethics
1. The power that
works within
2. Laws
2. Intimacy (Abba
Father)
3. Works
3. Romance (marriage of
the Bride)
4. Head knowledge
4. Illumined truth
5. Theology
5. Spirit encounter
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Rational Christianity
Spiritual Christianity
6. External guidance
6. Inner witness
7. Self effort
7. Fused strength
8. Conscious level only
8. Dreams, visions,
communion
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John 5:39,40. you search the
Scriptures, because you think
that in them you have eternal
life; and it is these that bear
witness of me; and you are
unwilling to come to Me, that
you may have life.”
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Jesus encourages us to go beyond Rational
Christianity
JN 4:7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her,
"Will you give me a drink?" [8] (His disciples had gone into the town to
buy food.)
JN 4:16 He told her, "Go, call your husband and come back."
JN 4:17 "I have no husband," she replied. Jesus said to her, "You are
right when you say you have no husband. [18] The fact is, you have had
five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you
have just said is quite true.“
JN 4:28 Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town
and said to the people, [29] "Come, see a man who told me everything I
ever did. Could this be the Christ?" [30] They came out of the town
and made their way toward him.
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Required
courses
electives
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Spiritual Intimacy: The Desire of God’s Heart
1. Creation (Genesis 3:8)
2. Nation of Israel (Deuteronomy 5:22-31; James
2:23)
3. David (Acts 13:22)
4. Jesus — The Full Expression of God’s Desire
(John 17:3)
5. Mary and Martha (Luke 10:38)
6. Paul (Philippians 3:10)
7. Us (Hebrews 12:18-26) “Do not refuse Him Who
is speaking.”
8. Eternity (Revelation 19:7)
God created us for the Supreme Purpose of having a
love relationship with Him.
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A Letter to Your Beloved
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Personal Application:
Journaling Exercise

Lord what would like to say
to me about intimacy and
the relationship you want to
have with me?
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Session 4
Key # 1: Recognize Gods Voice as Flowing Thoughts
What God’s voice Sounds Like
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Key #1
God’s Voice (Rhema)
Is Sensed as a
Spontaneous Thought,
Idea, Word,
Feeling or Vision that lights upon the
mind
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Kind Of Rhema
Kinds of Rhema
Biblical Example
Most Life-Giving
I speak that which
God is currently
speaking (i.e. my
rhema comes forth
from His rhema
“…the words (rhema) that I say…I do not speak on
my own initiative but the Father abiding in me does
His works” (John 14:10)
“…the words (rhema) which thou gavest me I have
given to them…” (John 17:8)
(See also Luke 1:38, 5:5; John 5:19,20,30;
8:26,28,38; 2 Cor. 12:4; Eph 6:17; Heb 11:3
Somewhat Life Giving
I speak the written
word of God
“…stand and speak to the people in the temple, the
whole message (rhema) of this Life” (Acts 5:20)
Neutral
I speak out of
myself
“… by the mouth of two or three witnesses every
fact (rhema) may be confirmed “ (Matt 18:16)
Somewhat Destructive
I speak the
generalized word of
Satan which I have
heard in the past
“….every evil word (rhema) that men shall speak,
they shall render account for it in the day of
judgement” (Matt 12:36)
Most Destructive
I speak that which
Satan is currently
speaking
“….we have heard him speak blasphemous words
(rhema) against …God (Acts 6:11)
“The tongue is a fire…set on fire by hell “ (James
3:6)
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Three Categories of Thoughts
1. Spontaneous Positive Thoughts=Holy Spirit
2. Spontaneous Negative Thoughts=demons
3. Analytical Thoughts=Self
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7 Biblical principles that support for the concept that
spontaneous thoughts are the voice of the spirit world
1. All thoughts are not our thoughts.
II Cor. 10:3 For though we live in the world,
we do not wage war as the world does. [4] The
weapons we fight with are not the weapons of
the world. On the contrary, they have divine
power to demolish strongholds. [5] We
demolish arguments and every pretension
that sets itself up against the knowledge of
God, and we take captive every thought to
make it obedient to Christ.
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2. Paga – the chance encounter (Pop into your head
or dreamed)
The Hebrew word for intercession is paga, which
literally means “to strike or light upon by chance,”
or “an accidental intersecting.”
GE 28:10 Jacob left Beersheba and set out for
Haran. [11] When he reached a certain place, he
stopped for the night because the sun had set.
Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his
head and lay down to sleep. [12] He had a dream in
which he saw a stairway resting on the earth,
with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of
God were ascending and descending on it. [
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3. The river of the Holy Spirit flows within the
believer’s heart.
JN 7:[38] Whoever believes in me, as the
Scripture has said, streams of living water
will flow from within him." [39] By this he
meant the Spirit, whom those who believed
in him were later to receive. Up to that time
the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus
had not yet been glorified.
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4. Naba, the Hebrew word for prophet, literally means
“to bubble up.”
GE 20:6 Then God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I
know you did this with a clear conscience, and so I
have kept you from sinning against me. That is why
I did not let you touch her. [7] Now return the
man's wife, for he is a prophet (Naba), and he will
pray for you and you will live. But if you do not
return her, you may be sure that you and all yours
will die."
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True Prophecy
Hebrew
Definition
Expanded
Meaning
Inner
Poise
False Prophecy
Naba
Ziyd
Bubble up
Boil up
His prophecy
bubbles up.
He boils up
his prophecy.
His prophecy
gushes up.
He cooks up
his prophecy.
Fix eyes on
Jesus and tune
to spontaneous
flow.
Fix eyes on
self’s desires
and devise a
word or vision.
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5. We are a temple of the Holy Spirit.
1CO 6:19 Do you not know that your body is a temple of
the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have
received from God?
6. The Christian’s spirit is fused to the Holy Spirit.
PR 20:27 The lamp of the LORD searches the spirit of
a man; it searches out his inmost being.
7. We are a branch grafted into a vine.
JN 15:5 "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man
remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit;
apart from me you can do nothing.
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Character of God’s Thoughts
1.
They are like your own thoughts, but
spontaneous, not analytical
2. They can easily come as God speaking in the
first person.
3. They are often light, gentle, and easily cut
off by any exertion of self (own thoughts,
will, etc.).
4. They will have an unusual content; they will be
wiser, more loving and motive-oriented than
your thoughts.
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Character of God’s Thoughts
5. They will cause a special reaction within your being
(e.g., a sense of excitement, conviction, faith,
life, awe and peace).
6. When embraced, they carry with them a fullness
of strength to carry them out, and a joy in doing
so.
7. Your spiritual senses are trained as time goes on,
and it becomes easier to hear God.
God is speaking to you all the time, and you do hear
his voice. Formerly, you were just grouping all
thoughts together and assuming they were yours.
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Apostle Paul
GAL 1:11 I want you to know, brothers, that the
gospel I preached is not something that man made
up. [12] I did not receive it from any man, nor was
I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation
from Jesus Christ.
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Study
vs.
Meditation
“How to Receive Revelation Knowledge”
Free at: www.cwgministries.org
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• Thoughts from my mind are analytical.
• Thoughts from my heart are spontaneous.
• Biblical meditation combines analysis and
spontaneity.
• 2TI 2:15 Do your best to present yourself
to God as one approved, a workman who does
not need to be ashamed and who correctly
handles the word of truth.
II Timothy 2:15 NIV
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Meditation Defined
Joshua 1:8
[Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it
day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it.
Then you will be prosperous and successful.
Here is Joshua 1:8 from Strongs
1897 ‫[ הָ גָה‬hagah /haw·gaw/] v. A primitive root [compare 1901]; TWOT
467; GK 2047; 25 occurrences; AV translates as “meditate” six times,
“mourn” four times, “speak” four times, “imagine” twice, “study” twice,
“mutter” twice, “utter” twice, “roaring” once, “sore” once, and “talk”
once. 1 to moan, growl, utter, muse, mutter, meditate, devise, plot,
speak. 1a (Qal). 1a1 to roar, growl, groan. 1a2 to utter, speak. 1a3 to
meditate, devise, muse, imagine. 1b (Poal) to utter. 1c (Hiphil) to
mutter.
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Meditation
Meditation (God’s use of every part of both hemispheres of my brain as
He fills and flows out through my Heart by His Spirit
1.
Is endorsed 18 times in the KJV bible
2.
Is God in action within the individual
3.
Is God granting revelation through the heart and mind which has been
yielded to Him
4.
Results in Wisdom from above – pure, peaceable, gentle (James 3:17)
Mediation applies the following principles
1.
Gal. 2:20 – I let Christ live through me
2.
Rom 12:1 – I am yielding my outer faculties to the indwelling Spirit
(to “Flow” – John 7:38)
3.
Is. 11:2 When reasoning together with God. I receive a spirit of
wisdom and understanding and knowledge
4.
John 5:19, 20, 30 – I’m living as Jesus did. Out of divine initiative ,
doing what I see and hear my father doing
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Biblical Basis for Meditation and Results
1. Joshua 1: [8] Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth;
meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do
everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.
Results: You will be Prosperous and successful
2. PS 1:2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he
meditates day and night. PS 1:3 He is like a tree planted by streams of
water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not
wither. Whatever he does prospers.
Results: 1. Bring Forth Fruit
2. His Leaf will not wither
3. He will prosper
3. PS 63:5 My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods; with
singing lips my mouth will praise you. PS 63:6 On my bed I remember
you; I think (meditate) of you through the watches of the night.
Results: 1. My soul is satisfied
2. I will Praise you with singing
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Biblical Basis for Meditation and Results
4. PS 77:12 I will meditate on all your works and consider all your mighty
deeds. PS 77:13 Your ways, O God, are holy. What god is so great as
our God? PS 77:14 You are the God who performs miracles; you
display your power among the peoples PS 77:15 With your mighty arm
you redeemed your people, the descendants of Jacob and Joseph.
Results: 1. Faith
5. PS 119:23 Though rulers sit together and slander me, your servant will
meditate on your decrees. PS 119:24 Your statutes are my delight;
they are my counselors.
Results: 1. Confidence when people slander you
2. Wisdom and consult
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Biblical Basis for Meditation and Results
6. Ps 119:48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I
have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes. 49 ZAIN. Remember the
word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope. 50 This
is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me
Results: 1. Comfort in my affliction
Your word quickens me
7. PS 143:5 I remember the days of long ago; I meditate on all your works
and consider what your hands have done. PS 143:6 I spread out my
hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land.
Results: 1, Worship
2. Spiritual Thirst
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Mediation involves 2 things:
Praying the Scriptures – “Soaking in the Word”
Beholding the Lord – “Soaking in the Supernatural”
Soaking in the Word
Meditate on the Word to understand what the Word is saying – grasp the
meaning – to know the Word & do the Word.
Joshua 1:8 “Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth;
meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do
everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.”
Meditate on the Word to understand the concepts – the heart of it – in
relation to the character of God. Ps. 119:15 “I meditate on your
precepts and consider your ways.”
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Meditation involves 2 things:
Praying the Scriptures – “Soaking in the Word”
Beholding the Lord – “Soaking in the Supernatural”
Soaking in the Supernatural – Beholding Him
A passion for God’s presence will bring us into the
supernatural realm.
As believers, scripture encourages us to set our
attention on heavenly things. In fact it is some what
of a command.
Col. 3:1-3 “…set your hearts on things above, where
Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your
minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you
died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.”
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Meditation on Scripture
Ps 29
There are seven attributes of the voice of the Lord
3 The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of
glory thunders, the LORD thunders over the mighty
waters.
4 The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the
LORD is majestic.
5 The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; the LORD
breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.
7 The voice of the LORD strikes with flashes of
lightning.
8 The voice of the LORD shakes the desert; the LORD
shakes the Desert of Kadesh.
9 The voice of the LORD twists the oaks and strips the
forests bare. And in his temple all cry, "Glory!"
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“I want to know God’s thoughts…
…the rest are details.” Einstein
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Ministry Time
“I choose biblical meditation over Western study from
this point on in my life. Father, by Your grace I
will use biblical meditation when I come to the Bible
and to every other book or area I explore, because
I want divine revelation, not man’s reasoning. Holy
Spirit, please remind me whenever I slip back into
merely study. Thank You.”
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Personal Application: Journaling Exercise
JN 15:4 Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch
can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine.
Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. JN
15:5 "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man
remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart
from me you can do nothing. [6] If anyone does not
remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and
withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the
fire and burned. [7] If you remain in me and my words
remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given
you. [8] This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much
fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
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Declaration
“I choose to honor the river of God within me. I
choose to tune to it (Him) and to honor
spontaneous thoughts and spontaneous pictures
that light upon my mind, as I believe they are
coming from Almighty God.
I choose to posture my heart properly before God
so I can receive divine flow continuously. I
choose His anointing upon and through me. I
choose divine initiative over my initiative.
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Session 5
Key # 2: Quiet Your own thoughts
How to eliminate obstacles to Hearing God’s voice
How to instantly remove all idols from your heart
How to effortlessly still your mind
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Key #2
Quiet yourself so you
can hear God's voice
“My soul, wait in silence for God only,
For my hope is from Him.”
Psalm 62:5 NASU
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Removing Outer Noise
1. Remove External distractions
• Get away from phones and children
• Turn off the computer and
blackberry
2. Remove tension by sitting comfortably
(I Chronicles 17:16)
3. Tap into the quietness of the world in
the early morning/evening
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Removing Inner Noise
Problem
Solution
1. Thoughts of
things to do
1. Write them down so
you don’t forget them
2. Thoughts of sinconsciousness
2. Confess your sin and
clothe yourself with the
robe of righteousness
3. Mind flitting
about
3. Focus on a vision of
Jesus with you or do any
right-brain activity
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Role of Music in hearing from God
2KI 3:14 Elisha said, "As surely as the LORD
Almighty lives, whom I serve, if I did not
have respect for the presence of
Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not look
at you or even notice you. [15] But now bring
me a harpist."While the harpist was
playing, the hand of the LORD came upon
Elisha [16]
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Removing Inner Noise
Problem
Solution
4. Need to get in
touch with your
heart
4. Begin singing and
listening to the
spontaneous song
bubbling up
from your heart
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Removing Inner Noise
Problem
Solution
5. I don’t Have
enough time to
do this. Need
for additional
time to
commune
(To busy to be
quiet)
5. This is an Ungodly
Belief. Realize that
times when you are
doing automatic
activities (bathing,
exercising, routine
jobs, etc.) are
ideal times for hearing
from God
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Removing Inner Noise
Solution
Problem
6.
Worry: Worry is a
type of Idolatry.
What ever we worry
about something it
can become bigger
than God.
6.
Write down your
worries and decide if
they are bigger than
God.
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Personal Application:
Exercise
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List all things that you worry
about?
Decide if they are bigger than God
Declare that God is bigger and
repent of Idolatry
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Identifying the
State of Being Still
Physical
Calm
0
Physical
Tension
1
2
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Identifying the
State of Being Still
Focused
Attention
On Jesus
0
1
Distraction
2
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Identifying the
State of Being Still
Letting Be
0
1
Over-control
2
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Identifying the
State of Being Still
Receptivity
0
1
Activity (Doing)
2
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Identifying the
State of Being Still
Spontaneous
Flow
0
1
Analytical
Thought
2
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Characteristics
of the State of Stillness
1.
Cease striving; let go; relax (Ps. 46:10 NASB)
2. Not doing-but BEING (in touch with)
3. Living present tense
4. Experiencing Him in this moment (I AM)
5. The key emotion is peace
6. It cannot be forced or hurried
7. It is allowed to happen
8. In your stillness God takes over and an active flow wells up
within you
9. It’s called being in spirit (Rev. 1:10)
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Personal Application:
Journaling Exercise
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Lord, please talk to me about
becoming still and entering into
your presence.
Where would you like to meet me?
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Session 6
Key # 3: Look for Vision as you pray
How to Restore Your Visionary Capacity
How to receive visions from God
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Key #3
Look for vision
as you pray
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383 References to
Dream, Vision and Seer
Range: Genesis 1:1 to Revelation 22:21
Subjects:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
dream
vision
see
look
eyes
Vision is the key that unlocks the door to the
inner world
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1. “Then He said, ‘Hear now My words: If
there is a prophet among you, [I] the Lord,
make Myself known to him in a vision, [and] I
speak to him in a dream.’”
Numbers 12:6 NKJ
2. “O Lord, God of Abraham, Isaac, and of
Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the
imagination of the thoughts of the heart of
thy people, and prepare their heart unto
Thee.”
I Chronicles 29:18 KJV
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3. “Then Jesus answered and said to them,
‘Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do
nothing of Himself, but what He sees the
Father do; for whatever He does, the Son
also does in like manner.’”
John 5:19
4. “‘And it shall come to pass in the last days,’
says God, ‘that I shall pour out of My Spirit on
all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall
prophesy, your young men shall see visions, your
old men shall dream dreams.’”
Acts 2:17 NKJ
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Protestantism’s 500-year-old
Bitter Root Judgment and Inner Vow
Ungodly belief
Visions and supernatural are not for today
Focusing your heart on Images is Idolatry
The Inner Vow:
Therefore I will reject all uses of images in
my Christian life.
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Protestantism’s 500-year-old
Bitter Root Judgment and Inner Vow
The Fruit:
•Many Protestant books on systematic
theology do not even include a section on
dream, vision, imagination, or any other
application of the use of the eyes of one’s
heart.
•Protestants don’t excel in the arts
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Differences Between Idolatry and Setting an
Image in One’s Mind
Idolatry
Image
The Author
Man
God
The Goal
Worship
the idol
Never worship
the image; use
the image as
stepping stone
into divine flow
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Differences Between Idolatry and Setting an
Image in One’s Mind
Idolatry
Image
The Action
The idol
remains
dead
Divine flow is
prompted
The Prayer
Pray to
the idol
Never pray to the
image; as divine
flow is activated,
communication with
God is established
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Differences Between Idolatry and Setting an
Image in One’s Mind
The Purpose
Idolatry
Image
To worship
the thing
To focus one’s
heart before God
The Attitude Stiffnecked;
proud of
heart
Seeking God
humbly
The Control
Issue
Watching God in
action; Christianity
Manipulating
God; magic
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Defining Kinds of Vision
1.
Spontaneous vision on the screen within
your mind
2.
Spontaneous vision while in prayer (Psalm
23:1-6)
3.
Seeing a vision outside of yourself (II
Kings 6:17)
4.
Vision while in a trance (Acts 10:10-23)
5.
Visionary encounter through experiencing
dreams
(Acts 16:9-10)
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Principles of Visionaries
1.
Make it your goal to be like Jesus, Who was
a constant visionary (John 5:19,20; 8:38).
2.
We are to look for vision
(Habakkuk 2:1,2).
3.
We are to look in the vision until the vision
has stopped flowing (Daniel 4:10,13; 7:2,9,13
NASB).
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Principles of Visionaries
4.
We realize that we can have encounters with
Jesus, God, and angels in visions in our minds,
and that these are actual spiritual encounters
(I Kings 3:5-15; Dan. 4:4,5,10,13,14; 7:1,13-16;
Matt. 1:20; 2:12,19,22).
5.
A natural way to present the eyes of our
hearts before God is to visually enter a Bible
story and allow God to move in it as He wills,
or to fix our eyes upon Jesus, asking Him to
meet us and shower us with His grace
(Hebrews 12:1,2; Revelation 4:1,2).
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Decision Prayer
Father today I decide to receive your
visions and dreams.
I pray that I might receive the Spirit of
wisdom and revelation, so that I may know
You better. I pray also that the eyes of
my heart may be enlightened in order that
I may know the hope to which You have
called me, the riches of Your glorious
inheritance for the saints
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Why Is the Use of Imagination, Images,
Dreams and Visions Important?
1. God has commanded us to
imagine His Word (“meditate”) (Joshua 1:8 & I
Chronicles 29:18).
2. Divine creativity comes through image
(Exodus 25:9-22; 35:35).
3. When God reasons, He uses imagery (Isaiah 1:18).
4. When Jesus taught, He used imagery (Matthew
13:34).
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Why Is the Use of Imagination, Images,
Dreams and Visions Important?
5. As Jesus lived, He ministered out of vision
(John 5:19, 20).
6.God has declared that one of the primary ways
He communicates with us is through dream and
vision (Numbers 12:6; Acts 2:17).
7. God counsels us through our dreams at night
(Psalm 16:7).
8. Personal transformation occurs as we look into
the spiritual realm (II Corinthians 3:18; 4:18).
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Why Is the Use of Imagination, Images,
Dreams and Visions Important?
9.
Pictures are powerful and produce heart
faith (Genesis 15:1,5,6).
10. Our worship is to be full of imagery
(Psalm 36:5,6).
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Principles for Interpreting Dreams
1. Most dreams are symbolic.
2. The symbols will come from the dreamer's life.
3. The dream generally speaks of the concerns
which your heart is currently facing.
4. The dreamer's heart will leap and "witness" and
say, "Aha!" when it hears the right
interpretation.
5. Never make a major decision in your life based
only on a dream without receiving additional
confirmation.
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How to Recall Your Dreams
1.
Say to yourself, “I believe dreams contain a
valid message.”
2.
Ask God to speak to you through dreams as you
fall asleep.
3.
Put your journal beside your bed and
immediately record your dreams upon
awakening.
4.
Get eight hours of sleep.
5.
Awaken naturally, without the use of an alarm
clock.
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Allowing God to Restore Your Visual Capacity
Problems:
1. Disdaining the Visual and Idolizing the Rational
2. Fear of entering into cultism
3. Cutting off the visual capacity in order to avoid
the sin of lust
4. Cutting off the visual capacity in order to avoid
some unpleasant scene (Distorted images)
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Suggestions for Becoming
Open to Seeing in the Spirit
1. Enter a Bible story using vision.
2. When interceding, picture the person you’re
praying for, then picture Jesus in the scene,
near the person.
3. Listen to your dreams
4. During worship, open the eyes of your heart
to see what you are singing and allow the
Holy Spirit to carry the vision where He
wants.
5. Picture things you know are biblically true.
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How do we test what we hear and see
1. The origin of the thought
2. The nature and content of the thought
(image and words)
3. The fruit in our lives
4. The character of your Heavenly Father
5. The names of God
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1. The origin of the thought
Self
Satan
Born in mind. A flashing
image.
A painting of
a picture.
Was mind
empty, idle?
Does image
seem
obstructive?
God
A living flow of
pictures coming
from the
innermost being.
Was your inner
being quietly
focused on
Jesus?
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2. The nature and content of the
thought
Self
Satan
A painting of Negative,
destructive,
things
pushy, fearful,
I have
accusative.
learned.
Violates
nature and
Word of God.
God
Instructive,
upbuilding,
comforting.
Vision accepts
testing.
Afraid to be
tested.
Ego appeal.
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3. The Fruit in our lives
Self
Variable
Satan
Fear,
compulsion,
bondage,
anxiety,
confusion,
inflated ego.
God
Quickened
faith, power,
peace,
good fruit,
enlightenment,
knowledge,
humility.
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4. The Character of our Heavenly Father’s voice
Characteristics of the Father
Lies about the Father
He cares for you and plans to bless
you and prosper you
He loves you unconditionally
He has plans to hurt you or
destroy you
You have to earn His love
He has no favorites
Some people are special to God
and some are not.
He gives sickness, failure, trial
He gives good gifts
He gives you your hearts desires
He gives life and joy
He withholds what you really
wants, takes away what you love
He gives death and misery
He has not religious, he is your
Dad
He loves religion and requires
pomp and title and position
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4. Character of our Heavenly Father’s voice
Characteristics of the Father
Lies about the Father
He doesn’t change,
You can never be sure what He
wants. He changes His expectations
He loves mercy
He loves justice
He protects us and we can trust
him
He leaves us defenseless
He is the Father of promise &
provision
He wants us to never have enough,
to keep us humble,
He will never leave you alone
He will leave us alone so we can
grow strong
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5. The Names of God
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o
o
o
o
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Jehovah-Jireh (The Lord will provide) - Genesis 22:14
Jehovah-Raphe (The Lord my Healer) - Exodus 15:26
Jehovah-Nissi (The Lord my Banner) - Exodus 17:15
Jehovah-Shalom (The Lord my Peace) – Judges 6:24
Jehovah-Raah (The Lord my Shepherd) - Psalm 23:1
Jehovah-Tsidkenu (The Lord my Righteousness) - Jeremiah
23:6; 33:16
o Jehovah-Shammah (The Lord is there) - Ezekiel 48:35
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What is an Ungodly belief
Ungodly beliefs don’t line up with the heart of God,
or God’s word yet we believe them anyway.
o Rom 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world,
but be transformed by the renewing of your mind
(from ungodly beliefs), that you may prove what is
that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
o Prov. 23:7 says “ As a man believes in his heart
so he is.” We are what we believe.
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Where do we get our beliefs?
o
o
o
o
Life’s experiences
Family Heritage
Repetition (reinforces beliefs)
We teach that which we are taught,
so we pass negatives on.
o The natural mind and the World’s
standards and thinking
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The results of ungodly beliefs
Ungodly beliefs impact those very areas
that we lost in the garden when man
sinned, namely:
o
o
o
o
a
a
a
a
poor self image.
warped sense of significance
lack of security
striving for acceptance
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Our Responsibility regarding ungodly Beliefs
2CO 10:3 For though we live in the world, we
do not wage war as the world does. [4]
The weapons we fight with are not the
weapons of the world. On the contrary,
they have divine power to demolish
strongholds. [5] We demolish arguments
and every pretension that sets itself up
against the knowledge of God, and we take
captive every thought to make it obedient
to Christ.
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Dealing with Ungodly Beliefs
“To replace ungodly beliefs we need more than
a ”one-liner” from the Bible that states an
opposite to my old belief system. It is not enough
for our brain to memorize a new verse which
counters the ungodly belief we are holding. We
need more than a new verse; we need a new faith.
Faith born in revelation, when God speaks into our
heart enlightening us to new insights from the
Holy Scripture”
“From Prayers that heal the heart: Mark Virkler”
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Personal Application:
Journaling Exercise

Lord please speak to me
about my Ungodly Beliefs?
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Notes Page
Session 7
Key # 4: Write Down the Flow of Thoughts and Pictures &
testing for accuracy
How to make hearing God’s voice a lifestyle
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Key #4
Journal (write)
your prayers and
God’s answers
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Three Books of the Bible
Which Clearly
Illustrate Journaling:
Psalms
Revelation
Prophets
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5 benefits of journaling
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Frees you to write in faith, knowing you can
test it later.
Enables you to receive whole pages, rather
than single phrases.
Keeps your mind occupied and therefore out
of the way.
Helps you recall the message after a period
of time.
Helps you persevere during periods of
waiting.
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14 Practical Suggestions for Journaling
1. Journal when you are alert and ready.
2. Write in a notebook, type, or use a hand-held
tape recorder.
3. Grammar and spelling are not critical when
journaling.
4. Keep your journal secluded, and use codes
when necessary.
5. Date all entries.
6. Include your communion with God, dreams,
visions, interpretations, etc.
7. God will cause your journal to naturally focus
on faith, hope, and love (I Corinthians 13:13).
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14 Practical Suggestions for Journaling
8. Have a good knowledge of the Bible as you journal so
that God can draw upon that knowledge.
9. When you begin to journal, write down the question
you have. This will facilitate getting a response.
10. As you are learning, you may want to journal daily.
11. Skip a line when you move from God speaking to you
speaking, and vice versa. Re-read your last entry
before you begin your next entry
12. Review entire journal when notebook is full and write
a brief summary.
13. Don’t ask for dates
14. Journal in the area God has given you authority and
responsibility.
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The Leader’s Paradigm for Discovering Truth
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Foundation: a working knowledge of the
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Balancing the Six Pillars in Various
Situations
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Relational and counseling: Mostly illumined
Scripture and journaling.
2.
When seeking specific, directive guidance:
Rely more heavily on peace in your heart,
counsel of others, and what experience of life
is saying back to you.
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Principle:
All prophecy is conditional,
based on man’s response
(Ezekiel 33:13-16;
Jeremiah 18:7-10).
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Safe Guards in Journaling
1. Do not Neglect the Body of Christ
2. Cultivate a humble, teachable spirit.
Never allow the attitude, “God told
me, and that’s all there is to it.”
3. Have a good knowledge of the Bible so
that you can test your rhema against
the Logos
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Safe Guards in Journaling
4. Journal the areas you have authority in. God
gives us revelation for the areas in which
He has given us responsibility and
authority.
5. Be fully committed to sharing with two or
three spiritual advisors
6. Check to be sure your journaling experiences
are leading to greater wholeness and
ability to love and share God.
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The Fine-tuning Dial
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A Full Assurance of Faith
Inner heart sprinkled clean from
an evil conscience
Bodies washed with pure water
(Ephesians 5:26)
Sincere heart
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Habakkuk,
A Biblical Model
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How to internalize this new truth
How do you live it?
How do you make it relevant?
How do you make part of your lifestyle
Four steps:
1. Hear a new idea
2. Through revelation God will allow your
heart to accept it
3. Acquire the new skill
4.
Practice the new skill
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Obstacles to internalizing this new truth
1.
When anyone hears the message about the kingdom
and does not understand it, the evil one comes and
snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is
the seed sown along the path.
2.
The one who received the seed that fell on rocky
places is the man who hears the word and at once
receives it with joy. [21] But since he has no root,
he lasts only a short time. When trouble or
persecution comes because of the word, he quickly
falls away.
Matthew 13: 1-22
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Obstacles to internalizing this new truth
3.
The one who received the seed that fell among the
thorns is the man who hears the word, but the
worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth
choke it, making it unfruitful.
But the one who received the seed that fell
on good soil is the man who hears the word
and understands it. He produces a crop,
yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times
what was sown
Matthew 13: 1-22
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Apply the message to heart issues
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