Why you aren't experiencing the Spirit and the Supernatural
I want to get straight to the point. You are a believer in Jesus who has read and known of Jesus' miracles in the Gospels and the amazing Acts of the early Church. You greatly long for the touch of the Holy Spirit as You have in mind Jesus' promises for not only His Spirit but His greater works too (John 14:26, John 16:7)
But where does that leave you? Why aren't you experiencing more of the Holy Spirit and these miracles? Is it because of the teachings you hear or the church you go to (or don't go to)? Is it because of a certain sin, hidden or known? Is it your ancestry? Or was that really just for another time?
We get all sorts of questions, and I will get to the major points in a second, but before I do, let me say that 20 years ago I decided to follow Jesus - whatever that means. Even though I very rarely went to church during that time and had very few, but a very precious few, solid believing friends I grew in my walk with the Lord and my study of the Scriptures. Though no one taught me how to do this, I suddenly began speaking in tongues about one year after I accepted the Lord (whatever that means too). About 10 years later, I would hear and recognize the voice of the Holy Spirit, very clearly and very frequently. Five years later I began to actually see, experience and perform miracles of various kinds, such as healings and even a single exorcism (telling a demon to leave a person). I have written about how to jump into these things elsewhere (*see below for more info).
So very early in my walk with the Lord on I began speaking in tongues, years later I began hearing the Lord's Spirit, then years after that - seeing and performing miracles. And now, just now, literally not two months from this day, I have been experiencing a flood of prophetic dreams, visions, and words, seeing Jesus, angels and other things and you can read about that all here on this page (click here) including 'how to' articles.
The goal of me writing all this today, is that I want your Spirit-Life to accelerate and hope you don't have to wait 20 years like I did and if you have waited a long time or even longer than me, please by all means do not put this off... this is YOUR INHERITANCE IN CHRIST... it's yours and it's God's delight that you plunge in and desire to enjoy it and serve Him as you do so.
Anytime you see a FIRST in the Bible. pay attention! Jesus' key to abundant life started with such a first. Seek First His Kingdom and His Righteousness and All These Things shall be Added to you. Mt 6:33
Here is what the Kingdom of God actually means, this is how you define it: The Kingdom of God is the Reign, Authority and Power of Jesus Christ made manifest in your life, on earth and in the world.
That's why Jesus taught us to pray "Your kingdom come."
Let me ask you, have you reached a revelation about the Kingdom, His Righteousness (not yours!) and what SEEKING it FIRST and above everything means?
If you set your mind on Seeking God's Kingdom and His righteousness first, you build your life in such a way that will be prepared for the work of the Holy Spirit. This is why it's so important.
If this was a requirement for basic things of life (Mat 6:33), how much more the deeper, spiritual aspects of our walk with God?
The concept of repentance is another loaded term (very often abused and misrepresented in my opinion). Jesus came preaching the Kingdom saying "Repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand." In other words, the first words of Jesus in preaching was about the Kingdom and Repentance, that's how crucial and important this topic is.
But repentance for the one who is a child of God is not about crying and feeling guilty and condemning and then asking God to forgive so you can feel better and then doing it all over again. This is the world's concept of repentance and it has infiltrated the church and kept Christians weighed so much with guilt that they are spiritually, dwarves unable to grow. Friends, this is what GUILT does; this is what thinking about your sins does. People in the church are so focused on "my sins, my sins, my sins" every second word is about their sins. Well who is being exalted in their life like this? Is it the power, reign and authority of Christ (the Kingdom and Jesus the King)? Or is it encouraging them to be bound to this cycle of sin and guilt?
Don't get me wrong, the only reason I can write so confidently that your sins are forgiven is because of the ultimate Sacrifice on our behalf because of all the sins of each and every person, past, present and future... that Sacrifice was made by the Son of God, on the Cross!
Child of God, YOU are totally forgiven not only now, and yesterday but also tomorrow and forever. That's the power of the Blood of Jesus shed on the Cross. Can you understand this?
Where does that leave repentance? Repentance is about letting go of your self-sufficiency - it's about changing your heart and mind about your sense of self-sufficiency. You see, self-sufficiency is the ROOT of each and every sin you will ever commit. Really it is!
But when you start repenting in this way and I daresay, living a lifestyle of repentance you will start to bear fruit of repentance which is such a good and effortless thing! The key is to let go of your self-sufficiency.
Why is this so important? Because in order to experience the Holy Spirit and let Him work with mighty results in your life, you need to learn to trust and yield to the Lord.
Which brings us to the next thing.
I want to credit a guy called Mel Bond for showing me this statement. All he did was put the word 'easy' in Paul's letters to Romans a few times and yet what an ANOINTED word! How strategically it was placed - for me, at least. Why? Because it tore off spiritual scales on my eyes that made me think it was not only hopeless for me to expect victory over sin but that it was always a battle to avoid sin in the first place. And that's the mistake we are all doing as children of God.
Those of us who are indwelt by God's Holy Spirit - I'm addressing my bros, sisters, it's already EASY for us to yield to Righteousness! But we're so focused on resisting sin. Do you see the difference? One mindset is focused on fighting sin and the flesh, when instead all we need to do is RELAX and YIELD to God's Righteousness in us as we see and understand the Cross and what Jesus accomplished for us already.
This is the way to experience real and quick results, no kidding (click here for more on this). And why is this so important?
Again, this teaches you to start yielding God. It's a very spiritual exercise that may not seem like it's filled with the Spirit, or the Spirit's gifts, or the supernatural, but it is a spiritual discipline that is absolutely key to experience more of the Lord and His greater works.
What does it mean to be born again?
We hear it from many people, especially evangelical circles. I say I'm born again and have said it for two decades. But let me tell you a secret. We've been using it ALL wrong!!!
Whoa! Really? Really. Here's why: Being born again is entirely spiritual, not intellectual or rational.
Let me elaborate. Jesus said unless we're born of the Spirit, born again, we can not see the Kingdom of God (see John 3:3,5). In other words, we are born on this side of eternity, with a spirit waiting to be born! But until Jesus comes and lets His Spirit birth your spirit, and obviously you're willingness has a role to play, this does not happen. So those who are not yet children of God are not born again and as result they can not see the manifestation of the power, authority and reign of Jesus or in other words, the Kingdom of Heaven.
But then, why are so many believers in Jesus unable to see His Kingdom manifest?
I believe every child of God is born again but not all of us are awake or cognizant (2 Cor 5:17) of the fact that our spirit has really been born anew! We don't realize that being a New Creation (as Paul spoke of here) is a very spiritual experience.
Most Christians operate their Christianity on a purely intellectual and rational level but have very little if any spiritual and Spirit-Fire experiences. Let me elaborate.
You see long ago Adam ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and his spirit life fell. There was a spiritual death that occurred, long before there was physical death in his body but his rational mind and heart remained intact. So today all humans are born with their intellect, their mind, intact but there's a part of us - our spirit - that are not yet born.
What happens when one person becomes a true believer in Jesus and His Finished Sacrifice of the Cross? Their spirit is born! But there is a clash between the rational part of our soul against the new spirit and creation. The rational part of us is not willing to really accommodate the spirit, afterall we've lived years with our rationale and now that we are 'born again Christians' we continue to live as rational beings but this part of our being fights with the new spirit in us.
Most Christians, including myself, live by the rational part of our being and we therefore need to learn to live in total harmony with the spiritual part of our beings. Some people think being spiritual is being stupid. Not at all! Our spirit and mind were made to work together as one, in perfect and amazing harmony. (Please click here for more on this).
Which brings us to our final point. No, there is no magic formula. And maybe even if you have wanted this so badly, I hope you now realize it requires a major paradigm shift in our thinking. This is what Paul meant when said our minds had to be renewed (Rom 12:1) because the world has been teaching us to only think in the mind and the ways of our mind are far more mature than our new, baby spirit.
But what is then, spiritual growth? It is simply to learn more of how to CONNECT with the HOLY SPIRIT in every situation you find yourself on a daily basis.
In His teaching on how we needed pray, Jesus encouraged and almost pleaded us to ask for the Spirit:
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The Works I do shall you do and greater works than these shall you do... John 14:12
And these signs will accompany those who believe: In My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not harm them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will be made well. Mk 16:17,18
But where does that leave you? Why aren't you experiencing more of the Holy Spirit and these miracles? Is it because of the teachings you hear or the church you go to (or don't go to)? Is it because of a certain sin, hidden or known? Is it your ancestry? Or was that really just for another time?
We get all sorts of questions, and I will get to the major points in a second, but before I do, let me say that 20 years ago I decided to follow Jesus - whatever that means. Even though I very rarely went to church during that time and had very few, but a very precious few, solid believing friends I grew in my walk with the Lord and my study of the Scriptures. Though no one taught me how to do this, I suddenly began speaking in tongues about one year after I accepted the Lord (whatever that means too). About 10 years later, I would hear and recognize the voice of the Holy Spirit, very clearly and very frequently. Five years later I began to actually see, experience and perform miracles of various kinds, such as healings and even a single exorcism (telling a demon to leave a person). I have written about how to jump into these things elsewhere (*see below for more info).
So very early in my walk with the Lord on I began speaking in tongues, years later I began hearing the Lord's Spirit, then years after that - seeing and performing miracles. And now, just now, literally not two months from this day, I have been experiencing a flood of prophetic dreams, visions, and words, seeing Jesus, angels and other things and you can read about that all here on this page (click here) including 'how to' articles.
The goal of me writing all this today, is that I want your Spirit-Life to accelerate and hope you don't have to wait 20 years like I did and if you have waited a long time or even longer than me, please by all means do not put this off... this is YOUR INHERITANCE IN CHRIST... it's yours and it's God's delight that you plunge in and desire to enjoy it and serve Him as you do so.
Here are the things you must deal with to position yourself to plunge in this amazing world:
1) Understand what the Kingdom is... then seek it FIRST
Here is what the Kingdom of God actually means, this is how you define it: The Kingdom of God is the Reign, Authority and Power of Jesus Christ made manifest in your life, on earth and in the world.
That's why Jesus taught us to pray "Your kingdom come."
Let me ask you, have you reached a revelation about the Kingdom, His Righteousness (not yours!) and what SEEKING it FIRST and above everything means?
If you set your mind on Seeking God's Kingdom and His righteousness first, you build your life in such a way that will be prepared for the work of the Holy Spirit. This is why it's so important.
If this was a requirement for basic things of life (Mat 6:33), how much more the deeper, spiritual aspects of our walk with God?
2) Repent - this means you need to let go of your self-sufficiency
The concept of repentance is another loaded term (very often abused and misrepresented in my opinion). Jesus came preaching the Kingdom saying "Repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand." In other words, the first words of Jesus in preaching was about the Kingdom and Repentance, that's how crucial and important this topic is.
But repentance for the one who is a child of God is not about crying and feeling guilty and condemning and then asking God to forgive so you can feel better and then doing it all over again. This is the world's concept of repentance and it has infiltrated the church and kept Christians weighed so much with guilt that they are spiritually, dwarves unable to grow. Friends, this is what GUILT does; this is what thinking about your sins does. People in the church are so focused on "my sins, my sins, my sins" every second word is about their sins. Well who is being exalted in their life like this? Is it the power, reign and authority of Christ (the Kingdom and Jesus the King)? Or is it encouraging them to be bound to this cycle of sin and guilt?
Don't get me wrong, the only reason I can write so confidently that your sins are forgiven is because of the ultimate Sacrifice on our behalf because of all the sins of each and every person, past, present and future... that Sacrifice was made by the Son of God, on the Cross!
Child of God, YOU are totally forgiven not only now, and yesterday but also tomorrow and forever. That's the power of the Blood of Jesus shed on the Cross. Can you understand this?
Where does that leave repentance? Repentance is about letting go of your self-sufficiency - it's about changing your heart and mind about your sense of self-sufficiency. You see, self-sufficiency is the ROOT of each and every sin you will ever commit. Really it is!
But when you start repenting in this way and I daresay, living a lifestyle of repentance you will start to bear fruit of repentance which is such a good and effortless thing! The key is to let go of your self-sufficiency.
Why is this so important? Because in order to experience the Holy Spirit and let Him work with mighty results in your life, you need to learn to trust and yield to the Lord.
Which brings us to the next thing.
3) Righteous Living - Realize it's EASIER to yield to Righteousness than to sin
Those of us who are indwelt by God's Holy Spirit - I'm addressing my bros, sisters, it's already EASY for us to yield to Righteousness! But we're so focused on resisting sin. Do you see the difference? One mindset is focused on fighting sin and the flesh, when instead all we need to do is RELAX and YIELD to God's Righteousness in us as we see and understand the Cross and what Jesus accomplished for us already.
This is the way to experience real and quick results, no kidding (click here for more on this). And why is this so important?
Again, this teaches you to start yielding God. It's a very spiritual exercise that may not seem like it's filled with the Spirit, or the Spirit's gifts, or the supernatural, but it is a spiritual discipline that is absolutely key to experience more of the Lord and His greater works.
That was just a warm up! Are you ready to really start?
4) Awaken your spirit
We hear it from many people, especially evangelical circles. I say I'm born again and have said it for two decades. But let me tell you a secret. We've been using it ALL wrong!!!
Whoa! Really? Really. Here's why: Being born again is entirely spiritual, not intellectual or rational.
Let me elaborate. Jesus said unless we're born of the Spirit, born again, we can not see the Kingdom of God (see John 3:3,5). In other words, we are born on this side of eternity, with a spirit waiting to be born! But until Jesus comes and lets His Spirit birth your spirit, and obviously you're willingness has a role to play, this does not happen. So those who are not yet children of God are not born again and as result they can not see the manifestation of the power, authority and reign of Jesus or in other words, the Kingdom of Heaven.
But then, why are so many believers in Jesus unable to see His Kingdom manifest?
I believe every child of God is born again but not all of us are awake or cognizant (2 Cor 5:17) of the fact that our spirit has really been born anew! We don't realize that being a New Creation (as Paul spoke of here) is a very spiritual experience.
Most Christians operate their Christianity on a purely intellectual and rational level but have very little if any spiritual and Spirit-Fire experiences. Let me elaborate.
You see long ago Adam ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and his spirit life fell. There was a spiritual death that occurred, long before there was physical death in his body but his rational mind and heart remained intact. So today all humans are born with their intellect, their mind, intact but there's a part of us - our spirit - that are not yet born.
What happens when one person becomes a true believer in Jesus and His Finished Sacrifice of the Cross? Their spirit is born! But there is a clash between the rational part of our soul against the new spirit and creation. The rational part of us is not willing to really accommodate the spirit, afterall we've lived years with our rationale and now that we are 'born again Christians' we continue to live as rational beings but this part of our being fights with the new spirit in us.
Most Christians, including myself, live by the rational part of our being and we therefore need to learn to live in total harmony with the spiritual part of our beings. Some people think being spiritual is being stupid. Not at all! Our spirit and mind were made to work together as one, in perfect and amazing harmony. (Please click here for more on this).
5) Seek the Spirit and let Him lead you
But what is then, spiritual growth? It is simply to learn more of how to CONNECT with the HOLY SPIRIT in every situation you find yourself on a daily basis.
In His teaching on how we needed pray, Jesus encouraged and almost pleaded us to ask for the Spirit:
So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!” Luke 11:13The Holy Spirit dwelling in us - who is God Almighty and God is the Spirit - is our greatest Inheritance in Christ! Greatest!
Ok, now what? - one word - YIELD to the SPIRIT
No matter how many churches you go to, sermons you hear, prayers that are prayed for you or books you read, if you're not really advancing in the things of the Spirit, nor experiencing Him more even though you greatly desire to see His touch and experience Him more... here is the Key Message in all of this - LEARN TO YIELD TO THE HOLY SPIRIT. This is a spiritual exercise that you need to train yourself on. It involves a heart that truly seeks the Kingdom, a repentant attitude as I defined above, living righteously and working out His Righteousness in our very lives, being awake to our New Spirits and asking and waiting for the Holy Spirit.
All that is in one phrase - LEARN TO YIELD TO THE HOLY SPIRIT. Take baby steps and don't be afraid! Always remember, that if you focus on your sins and not on the Cross and Jesus' Righteousness, that's a recipe for spiritual stagnation and many workings of spiritual (and physical) death. Always remember, you are fully forgiven and it is His desire for you to thrive spiritually and live abundant lives, more abundant that anything the world can give you or imagine.
All that is in one phrase - LEARN TO YIELD TO THE HOLY SPIRIT. Take baby steps and don't be afraid! Always remember, that if you focus on your sins and not on the Cross and Jesus' Righteousness, that's a recipe for spiritual stagnation and many workings of spiritual (and physical) death. Always remember, you are fully forgiven and it is His desire for you to thrive spiritually and live abundant lives, more abundant that anything the world can give you or imagine.
So press forward! Yield to the Holy Spirit! And greater things are coming for you! May the Lord enlighten your eyes with spiritual understanding and multiply His Grace to you. I can't wait for the outpouring that is about to come on your life. Amen.
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