Forgiveness Force

There is an army of believers who will release a government of benevolent grace and goodness into the land. There are many divisions or regiments of this armed services force.

Even now generals and commanders are emerging. Forgiveness is the boot-camp for entrance into this powerful force.  

Those who join will be equipped to loose the captives from darkness. They will be equipped to bind the forces of the enemy with grace & truth. Those who forgive the most will have the most powerful weapons at their disposal. 

"Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

Again I say to you that if two of you agree on anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, I am there in the midst of them."

Matthew 18:18

Forgiveness is possibly the most powerful force to be experienced on our planet. Even beyond Nuclear, Mother Nature or Lazer force.

Forgiveness is what released Jesus to resurrect from the grave and forcibly take the keys of death & Hades away from Lucifer. 

Forgiveness was released by Jesus on the cross in the midst of His brutal suffering and betrayal. 

Remember, He too needed forgiveness...for He had absorbed  every cruel, evil, wicked, selfish, and violent act of all of mankind into Himself. He soaked it all up, just like Light absorbs darkness, what a big surprise for the enemy! 

He absorbed All... All sin from all generations,  from the beginning of time until the last human to live on planet earth. Past, present,  and future has been accounted for. This is incomprehensible to the human mind. This is why He had to be both man and Divine.

So Christ became our sin and He forgave all of mankind including Himself. Jesus is forgiveness- it is 'Who' He became on the cross in the very face of death;

 yet it was always Who He was as the son of man and son of God. He embodied Forgiveness for us.

I encourage anyone reading this to go back and read my blog on the "Records Room". There are scrolls 📜in the Heavenly Courts and storerooms which record All of our actions and words. That's sobering, right? 

There are scrolls which record our good plans too. Thank goodness there is a remedy so we can be released to be our "best person". We all have things we regret or want to erase or even hide.

THEY ARE KEPT IN HEAVEN, IN THE RECORDS ROOM AND ARE WAITING TO BE RELEASED...AND DISINTEGRATED, DEMOLISHED, BURIED UNDER THE SEA...

through the act of forgiveness. Repentance is the other side of the coin of forgiveness. They operate together. Hand In hand. 

There is power at our command, waiting just a word away from our mouths, just a gesture away from our hands. 

Sitting right next to the record scrolls- are all of our Good Plans and Heavenly Designs. God already has a Master Plan awaiting your command, to be released in the place of judgments against each of us. 

Though we live on a fallen planet and we have generational error embedded within our DNA (memories)- we also have an alternate plan already laid out for us.

In the Records Room are both: destiny scrolls and justice records. Scripture declares Christ had this planned from before the foundations of the earth. 

Being a God of Justice, He knew people would miss it due to free will and being separated from His Light. He knew we would need an alternate plan. 

We were, originally,  tiny, innocent, pure lights delighting within His being. We were conceived within Him before we were conceived on earth. 

HE knew that if He sent us on an adventure to planet earth....He would also have to come and experience that same epic event. 

Being both just and loving He made a plan for our good. We had free will to come here just as we have free will within this natural realm.

All of our destinies, gifts, calls, and wonder-filled, creative-filled plans  were also written into our DNA within the womb. This is why we often feel conflicted within. One contrary  plan seems to be written over the original. 

The original was also recorded in heaven, in a realm outside of time; there those scrolls do not diminish nor can they be tainted by our bad experiences or bad choices. HOW Wonderful! Thank the Lord! 

We have a free will to leave them there or to retrieve them through forgiveness just as Jesus retrieved the Keys of death and Hades.

"For you (Yahweh) formed my inward parts; you covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

My frame was not hidden from you, when I was made in secret, and skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. 

Your eyes saw my substance being yet unformed. And in your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them"

Psalm 140:13, 15,16

Here the ancient scripture declares- you and everyone you know has a special 📜scroll in heaven! A master Plan.

Can you see the records which the internet has stored on The Cloud? No, but you can down load them if you have the right connection. So it is with those who are connected to this supernatural force of forgiveness! 

That first scripture (mentioned in my opening) regarding binding and loosing in heaven and 🌎 on the earth, follows a description of how to reconcile in all of our relationships.

Reconciliation is a Divine Design! 

Binding and loosing was a gift given by Jesus through His forgiveness. In prayer, one day, I was taken to The Records Room. The Angel standing there, told me, "The Lord is waiting for you to release forgiveness so  The Scrolls (of God's good will) can be released to each individual". 

"For I know the thoughts I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek me and find me when you search for me with all your heart." 

Jeremiah 29:11,12

Jesus first message was..."Repent for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand." What was He talking about? He was saying, the kingdom is within your reach. It is by taking a hold on forgiveness. 

Notice He did not list a checklist of the peoples sins. His first message- Kingdom at hand. His last message- forgiveness. See the focus? He was here to restore relationship. He rebuked the pharisees for making it difficult to gain a grasp or hold on heaven. 

He said, "The kingdom is at hand".

The focus on sin within the modern day church is a religious distraction and a device to keep us from knowing the wonder of forgiveness. 

(by the way I'm not saying sin isn't present or that we don't need to repent, I am saying too much sin consciousness distracts us from the wonder of being born again)

What a joy to know forgiveness is within our reach. And we can powerfully release it to every relationship we have encountered. 

When we release forgiveness we are giving the record of justice (for each individual) back into the hands of an all powerful God who is perfect in love & immaculate in His justice. 

He is fearfully pure and Holy and He desires for us to return to Him the way He sent us into the world. He made us, He sent us and He made the way for our return.

Forgiveness is retrospective and retroactive meaning it flows both forward and backward from the Giver to the receiver; it flows to and from the one who sends it.

We can release it to a person and it must flow back upon us as well. It also can be released to all of our generations, forward and backward. Forgiveness has no limits. Well just one- free will. 

If you cannot confront the actual individual you can always take them before The Courts of Heaven. Releasing forgiveness and placing them in Yahweh"s hands means the accuser or prosecuter (Lucifer) cannot accuse you of your own trespasses or debts.

Also, if that individual is not ready to receive your forgiveness, what then? Forgiveness becomes a document which is sealed by The Courts of Heaven, your angel is charged with delivery. It will be held by the angel watching over that individual until such time as they are able to deliver it. God is so faithful. From the Courts of Heaven, from angel to angel for safe keeping, then Holy Spirit goes to work on our behalf. It's an infallible system of love.

David committed adultery and manslaughter (2nd degree murder) yet he said this in Psalm 51, when confronted with his sin by a prophet of God: 

"Against you, you (Yahweh) only, have I sinned and done this evil in Your sight-" Psalm 51:4 

How could David say that to the Lord? He knew that Jesus had purchased every debt. He was a prophet, He saw The Cross. He was a king and he understood how government functioned, as well. Once a decree has been made, well, that's the outcome. Period.

What freedom, what power, what peace, what release is at our disposal to help our families and our communities reach their full potential!!! And we of- course benefit as well. 

When Jesus was remembering John the Baptist, following his death, He said, "The violent take the Kingdom by force". He was talking about the character and powerful ministry of John the Baptist.

The Word 'force' here was the Greek word "harpazo". It is used in one other place in scripture where it says, " We will be 'caught up' with Him in the air". This is the well known "rapture" scripture.

It is not referring to human force, it is supernatural force...the same Holy Spirit force of forgiveness which raised Jesus from the dead. 

The other word- violent- is referring to our human will. We have free will to take hold of the kingdom. We have permission to take hold of His forgiveness with absolute force.

WARNING:

DO NOT GO A.W.O.L! (Absent with out leave) because then you can be used by the enemy! In the armed forces, of Holy Spirit, there is absolute order and respect of command. 

Now, hear me well, in ministry to the hurting and lost, we are never to use our human strength, human charisma or human aggression to minister to His redeemed.

We are to be clothed in the uniform of gentleness & humility. No exceptions. We all wear The GARMENT of the Lamb. There are commanders and you should know who they are, and show the proper respect, but there is NO RANK in this army!

We are to be moved by compassion as Jesus was. We are to be lifted up, caught up by the "harpazo", the sweet force of the Holy Spirit. We are never to be judgmental since this position belongs to YAHWEH who alone is able to release:

ALL FORGIVENESS.

He is the only one worthy and capable of judgment.

There is a "Forgiveness Force" a military militia combining humans and angels to take hold of the Kingdom of God.

They will administer the Divine Design scrolls to the earth. We each have an extravagant, exquisite scroll written with the hand of Yahweh; and they are worth pure gold. Actually, they are written in gold fire 🔥and embossed with silver and crimson. 

Would you like to be part of that Force? I am all in and I am not going to leave a soul out of the reach of my forgiveness list. Even those who have passed. Remember forgiveness is released outside of time. 

The sign of the release of these forces will be seen even in the news. There will be national signs that will release joy into the earth. 

It's 100% ALL IN. 

I am at attention, I have takin' a knee and am awaiting my orders. As I pray I allow Holy Spirit to show me the list and to empower me to make an act of my will to forgive each one. It is a decree, an outloud proclamation. 

It may be instant or it may be by layers and a process. It's not a feeling but an action. Eventually, the memories will no longer trigger or hurt. They will simply be memories and they will often become your greatest asset and most powerful weapon of warfare. 

Where you were hurt or felt deeply offended or unfairly rejected- this will be your greatest authority to restore and heal and love others who have not known His perfect, transcendent love.

Forgiveness Force. 

You are wanted. 

No age, weight  or height limit. No ethnicity or gender or family or nationality is excluded. 

Join up now. 

Your future can be so much brighter! 

 ( See my book Zamiyr and I discuss another division of God's Armed Forces-The Cloud Corp.)

Ask for Your Song!

 "You shall have a song as in the night when a holy festival is kept, and gladness of heart as when one goes with a flute, to come into the mountain of the Lord, to the Mighty One of Israel. 

The Lord will cause His glorious voice to be heard, and show the descent of His arm..." 

Isaiah 30:29,30

Everywhere I go...later,  the LORD's emphasis is on The Song.

In 2020, one week after the shut down ...I had a dream that a handful of people came together on a street corner to sing to the LORD...

no instruments...no amplifiers...

supernaturally their voices were amplified because heaven joined the song. I awoke with such joy.

The message...Song is The Way...the Lord's Way.

Friday July 23 Sean Feught came here to Temecula and his ministry is based on praise. He began going to war zones and just singing to the Lord. It was changing the atmosphere. 

When the riots began here in the U.S. he began to go to those places. I had been watching his progression across CA. and beyond & knew this was a part of my dream being fulfilled. 

Thousands came out to join the song of the Lord in Temecula. He's been to at least 128 cities now. Don't even doubt the way it changes things. He believes in pushing back the darkness with worship. 

What would happen if we all stepped outside our door on the same day and just began to sing? 

The Lord has told me,

this is coming! 

Supernatural, spontaneous, powerful, unifying Song from heaven. I know it seems too simple but it is a real manifestation of Jesus, who is THE WAY- THE TRUTH- THE LIFE. 

And He is- THE SONG. 

"But no one says, 'Where is God my Maker, Who gives songs in the night, who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of heaven?' Job 35:10

Did you know there is a small country which ousted a Russian occupation with song? It's documented on a Nova documentary. They sang hymns and patriotic songs. 

Today, I felt compelled to open fb for church ⛪ and immediately Tim Sheets church, Oasis Church, opened up. Behold, the speaker, (Tim's daughter) is sharing on the power of praise! 

Her son was healed from a stroke with the power of a praise song!!! She shows a video of him singing with her! Another confirmation to focus on song.

You do not need to be musically inclined to have a song, an overcoming song. The scripture above declares...

"You shall have a 🎵 song!"

It is Father God's Sovereign will to provide you with a song. Jesus is called The Song of Songs for that reason. This is one of His sacred titles. This, more importantly, is WHO HE IS.

I know it feels almost impossible to just open your mouth when in pain, depressed or grieving...I know. I wrote an entire book on the power of song yet this year I have been in such grief, I can barely push myself to sing to Him. 

Our atmosphere has been filled with an oppressive CENSORSHIP spirit. Do not allow it to close your mouth. You have a choice.

Sing sing sing. 🎶 

The sound of The Liberty Bell ringing over our nation will be released through our Song of Praise. He is certainly worthy of all our songs and more. 

Ask for your song. Ask! It is yours for the asking. 

"Speaking to one another in Psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your hearts to the Lord." Eph. 5:19

"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in Psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord." Colossians 3:16

This phenomena is literally changing the dark and violent atmosphere in our land with Sean Feught and citizens who come out to sing. It can fill your home and neighborhood. 

Ask for your song, it is a gift, it is your inheritance as a believer in Yeshua. It is a gift for overcoming this world. Sometimes we don't know how to pray but we can simply sing. It releases life into the atmosphere. 

Scripture declares- Jesus inherits His Father David's gift of song. It is confirmed in 2 New Testament scriptures very clearly. 

"I will declare your name to my brothers; in the presence of the congregation I will sing your praises. " Hebrews 2:12

"Therefore, I will praise you among the Gentiles; I will sing praises to your Name." Romans 15:9

Ask for your song in the night, when the dawning comes it will be all that sweeter because you chose to sing in the darkness. 

Drinking of YAHWEH'S Character

There are many benevolent bottled water companies which donate their proceeds to underdeveloped people & regions. 

What if we could go a step further and bottle the expertise these people needed to prosper? 

Say the same water which would support their endeavors would also give them all the wisdom they needed to succeed? Wouldn't they delight in drinking fully from this source? 

Yahweh has provided this for us in what Yeshua described as Living Water! We can actually drink of His essence, His character, when we drink of His Source Waters.

This Living Water is the 3rd part of-

 Father, Son, Holy Spirit. 

Holy Spirit is described in many different ways within the Gospels. Water like the holy trinity is designed as 3 in one. H2O.

In the natural, water sustains all life; and so it is with spiritual water. As you read His Word- you can drink of Him. As you worship, you can drink of Him. As you pray & minister to others, you can drink of Him. 

Water was designed to operate & replicate the action of giving. As a demand is placed upon it, more flows out.

John the Baptist described Holy Spirit as a dove or a baptism in Living fire. Jesus described Holy Spirit as Living Water and THE PROMISE. 

After Jesus resurrected, He blew with His Holy breath upon the disciples and said, Receive the Holy Spirit. HE also called His breath, His counterpart:

 THE COMFORTER. 

This is just a small sample of the descriptions of Holy Spirit but I want to focus here, on the Living Water.💧

We are created as a trinity like Yahweh, like water; we have a Spirit, soul, body. How do we absorb the character of Yahweh when drinking His Living Water? 

As in the natural, if we drink too much coffee, tea or sugared drinks, the true need and thirst for pure water can be masked. So it is with our spiritual body, which is not as visible as the natural body. Nothing can substitute for Living Water.

We are not as aware of our Spirit as our body or even soul which seem to make their needs ever present! Lol. To drink, of the Spirit, we need to slow down and quiet ourselves for times of refreshing.

Those who are runners or athletes are very careful about hydrating their bodies. They soon learn the benefits or consequences when they neglect to hydrate. 

We need to develop our awareness of our need for Living Water; once we begin to do this, we also begin to observe the benefits.

Whatever form water takes on earth, you will find a comparison within scripture of Holy Spirit- the Living Water. Holy clouds, rain and wellsprings are described throughout the text of The Word.

"The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade [cloud] at your right hand. The sun shall not strike you by day nor the moon by night. The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul." Psalm 121:5,6

This scripture in Psalms is repeated in Revelation 7:16 where the saints are enveloped in the glory cloud of God's presence. 

The Living Waters, in the form of a cloud, shade us from the sun which can represent government or principalities & powers. The cloud shades us, protects us and preserves us.

"In the light of the Kings face there is life, and His favor is like the clouds." Proverbs 16:15

The favor of God is signified by the cloud. The clouds give us rain:

"For He (Yahweh) draws up the drops of water; which distill as rain from mist, which the clouds drop down and pour abundantly on man. " Job 36:27

"He seals the hand of every man, that all may know His work." Job 37:7

Here we see a picture of God stopping man's work so that man can take notice and receive instruction and refreshment. 

The Living Water 💧in the form of rain demonstrates God's intention to provide in abundance; giving us rest and releasing wisdom.

Rain causes an oxygenation and cleansing in the atmosphere as it falls! The same is true when spiritual rain falls into our churches and into our individual souls. What a wonder! 

The rain spills into rivers and collects in underground reservoirs. So Yahweh provides a cleansing, renewing cycle to form, all around us, for our benefit. It's genius! 

The rainbow 🌈 Covenant of God, with Noah, following the flood; is still under Contract to this day. It manifests in the rain. What amazing grace! 

"For with you (Yahweh) is the fountain of life." Psalm 35:9

The good news is Yeshua came here to live as one of us so that we could have access to His fountain of life. In fact we can have a mini fountain right inside of us. 

"Is anyone thirsty? Let him come to me and drink. He who believes in Me, as scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water."

 John 7:37, 38

This water is spiritual, supernatural and given freely. There is no end to the supply. Just ask. It will never harm and you can't ever ask for too much.

It is so safe because it is the very substance, essence and character of Jesus which is being offered through Holy Spirit. 

"And the word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth" 

John 1:14

He gave of His own being- His own heart- to release abundant grace and truth. He paid the price in order to freely release this wonderful supply of refreshing, wholesome, Living Water.  

There is forgiveness, cleansing, hope, faith and love within the Living Waters of Life. 

"Ho! Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you who have no money, Come buy and eat." 

Isaiah 55:1 

His love is all the currency you will need. His forgiveness is the dispenser. It is a gift of value beyond measure. Just ask.

"And the Spirit and the bride say, Come! And let him who hears say, come! And let him who thirsts  come. Whoever desires, let him take of the water of life freely."

Revelation 22:17

Connect

Let's get right to the point. Do we have the authority, as believers, to cast out demons, to wrestle with principalities & powers?

Do we have a right to command angels?

 Do we have a right to decree God's Word over situations and expect to see a change? 

Do we even want to be involved in that kind of warfare? Please read on, this will give you hope and a sense of security in Jesus.

We are coming to a place on histories time line and to an apex on God's Sovereign time line...when spiritual warfare and prayer power are coming forefront into everyone's view. It's unavoidable.

For example: these current day riots are not at all like those of the 60's or 70's. There is a madness in the behaviour that is vile and beyond simple anger. There is an unveiled "kill, steal and destroy" which is sourced in evil.  

Whether we like it or not; the veil between the supernatural and the natural realm is growing thin. Why is this happening? Because both godly people and ungodly people are pulling on supernatural forces like never  before.

 We don't want to operate in presumption because that will cause more harm than good. Just ask the 7 sons of Sceva!? (Acts 19:14)

WE NEED TO BE CONNECTED TO A POWER SOURCE! 

The authority, peace and clarity we walk in is dependent upon who and what we are connected to:

Who- Jesus,  What- God's Word. 

Who- Holy Spirit, What- His love which He "sheds abroad in our hearts". 

Who- His warrior angels, What- "The Voice of His Word".

"Bless the Lord, you His angels, who excel in strength, who do His Word, heeding the voice of His Word." Psalm 103:20 (also see Hebrews 1:14 regarding the ministry of angels)

Psalm 103 is a foundational Psalm which lists all the benefits of salvation. What is "the voice of His Word"? It is The Holy Spirit quickening a Word in your mouth, in a time of need. He has not left us helpless! He has given us an arsenal.

Jesus promised His disciples, "If my word abides in you, you will ask what you want and it will be done for you." John 15:7 Who do you think does 'what we ask'? Holy Spirit and warrior angels! 

This instruction was given at The Last Supper, the disciples were about to go through very difficult yet exciting times and He was preparing them. He does that, He prepares us, ahead of the event. 

Thankfully it is not about our spiritual prowess or cunning or manpower. Yes, some are called to this kind of warfare but everyday believers will see more than their fair share of battles- just because of the day and age we are living in. I want to give you hope, assurance and comfort in this arena.

Honestly, I have often been repelled and fearful about being involved in "spiritual warfare". It's a bit scary and otherworldly to most of us. You are not alone in this. Unfortunately, ignorance is not bliss. Not at all.

Here's the definition of CONNECT. 

I awoke one day, recently,  with this word CONNECT emblazoned on my eyes & mind. 

CONNECT: L. To bind.

 1. To join or fasten together usually by something intervening. 2. To place or establish in relationship

 a. Join,unite b. to have relationship

So to give an answer to the opening questions...Do we have authority, Do we have a right to command?

The whole answer is in this word CONNECT.  Scripture says Jesus is our Mediator. He is our CONNECT to all provisions of supernatural kind.

In the Gospels Jesus laid hands on the disciples and sent them out to do powerful deliverance and healing. He was THE CONNECTION between heaven and earth. 

His virtue flowed into them. They did not go to seminary or read some intellectual treatise to release their "inner power" or go to a tech free weekend to release their "inner voice".

In the scripture in Ephesians 6:12 it tells us;

"We wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in Heavenly places. Therfore take up the whole armor of God."

My first response is, no thanks, I'm not into wrestling! Not my kind of contact sports. I would rather do hugs. No. I will sit this one out. 

Yet, sometimes the battle comes to our door, without our call. We haven't asked for this but the darkness oversteps and violates our civil boundaries. 

Ephesians 6 is a bit intimidating but...we forget that the CONNECT is already mentioned in chapter 5.

"Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is....be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in Psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord." Eph.5:17

Colossians 3:16 fills in the missing part...it is The Word of God which they are singing about! His promises, His power, His CONNECTION to us. It instills faith and courage into our very core.

We are to be joined by the Connector. The Word of God connects us. Holy Spirit connects us. Praise and thankfulness connects us. Holy angels connect us. Compassion connects us to His source of power.

Jesus went about delivering and healing ALL because He was moved by compassion. He was given all authority but what moved Him was compassion.

Within the connector is perfect love and "perfect love casts out all fear". 

I remember one day as a Kindergarten teacher. It was naptime and my students were resting on mats on the floor. I looked down and saw a huge hairy spider near one of my children sleeping soundly and innocently just inches away.

I absolutely hate and fear spiders. Yet something supernatural took over. Before even thinking I had that thing scooped up and out the door in seconds. My CONNECT- love and compassion- immediately took over.

This is how He feels about us. He will respond faster than a thought. Call upon the name of JESUS.

If we ask the Lord, He will not hold back from us. He is THE CONNECT.  He will fasten His power and love around us like a seat belt. Like armor. Like a mantle. Like an invincible coating of glory skin. 

You were designed to become transformed into a super hero. Like Clark Kent, regular Joe by day but come the night, there is another dimension unveiled. 

This supernatural bond cannot be broken or frayed or snapped. He will scoop us up into His arms if we choose to make The Connection; we have a free will. The good news is, The Lord is more than willing to be your CONNECT, your COVERING.

When reading a scripture that requires an action or response which you feel is asking too much; always ask the Lord to show you the CONNECT. HIS CONNECT. 

He does not require you to do any warfare alone. His angels are waiting to respond to His command within His Word. When His Word is alive within you...they will respond. He said, "My Word is near you, even in your mouth."  

Usually, if you come into a challenging situation, the Lord will, already,  have given you cues; He prepares us ahead of time. We have to walk out our "overcoming" but He sees the path from outside of our time-zone.  

This is why we stay in The Word on a daily basis. Ask for your CONNECTIONS as you walk out your life challenges and as you face those inevitable spiritual battles. 

Always wait on Him first, ask for your CONNECT then respond His way.

The Cloud

Within the cloud is a deep, profound 🤫 quiet. The cloud- representing the glory or palpable presence of God. 

I have been in meetings where the congregation entered into worship (with no other agenda than) to draw near to the Lord; I have witnessed, with my natural eyes, the soft white surround of a misty cloud. 

It was dense & pure white and waving my own hand in front of my face, it was barely visible. The people sitting next to me were barely visible within a soft white fog. It was absolutely wondrous. And so, so hushed and quiet! You do not soon forget an event like this. Meetings, in general are not very quiet. Someone is always talking. Oh help us Lord?! 

In Matthew 17: 1-10 Jesus takes 3 disciples into a mountain and is transfigured before their eyes. Moses & Elijah appear & speak with Jesus. Peter, in his befuddlement, eager to explain the unexplainable,  speaks out of turn. Though his response about building tabernacles was a learned response, he was trying to apply an expectation taught to every Jewish young man.... 

Yet, it was not the true or whole message of the visitation...

The transforming message which booms out of the cloud is this; 

"This is my beloved son,

 Hear Him." 

It was Father God, Himself,  who had Tabernacled. with them all, embracing them, within His own Being, within His Holy cloud. 

"Behold, the Tabernacle of God is with men." Revelation 21: 3

Father God desires to show the 3 disciples that the coming events of The Passion, are motivated by love, pure love; and to reassure, that they were already spoken of by Moses and Elijah within scripture. This may be why John alone was able to stand with the women at the foot of the cross. The others had fled. John had stood with Jesus within the cloud.

The cloud of God is a place of being embraced by deep love and pure Revelation in the holy fear of God. It is a place to hush up and listen, observe and listen some more. It is a place of saturation. 

I saw the cloud and experienced the cloud before I ever experienced the deep, profound quiet. The deep profound quiet of supernatural listening.

Can you enter the deep profound quiet of being stunned, transfigured, awed into silence, heart softened and pliable by the Radiant sound of HIS VOICE? Are you willing to wait, to wholeheartedly pursue Him? 

First the surround of  comforting Holy Spirit, then the arresting, hallowing silence, then attentive, full focused, awe struck  listening. 

If it weren't possible to individually hear His voice, this scripture and opportunity would not have been highlighted and offered within scripture. Its an offer to come away with Him. "Come away beloved."

Many in the western church have taught that believers only hear from the Lord by following Pastors who truly know God's Word. When actually, we are, each responsible, individually, to come to know Jesus within scripture but

also individually responsible to know His voice. We cannot substitute Pastors word or just scripture alone. We "know in part".

"To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and He calls His own sheep by name and leads them out. Yet they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of a stranger." John 10: 3,5

He calls each sheep by name, have you heard Him call your name? In this place of quiet, I have heard Him call me by name...

then, in the quiet, He wrote it, in fire, across my heart. 

It is too profound, I cannot speak it out loud. Yet Jesus spoke it and wrote it, in intimacy, to me alone. No one will ever take that treasure from me! 

You, my child, need to hear your own name. It will take your breath away and noone will ever again cause you to doubt whether you have heard His marvelous sound.

It is a dichotomy of knowing His Word and knowing His voice, distinguishing His voice from all other voices. 

We test all voices against His Word and vice versa, we test our understanding of His Word by hearing His instruction.

We have much "man teaching" which He will refine out of us with His voice. Some man teaching He will confirm and what joy when He does! 

When my husband and I lived back in Orange County, we attended a Vineyard. One of our classes was in Contemplative Prayer. We studied some of the writings ✍ of the desert fathers and other well known books on the subject. We studied scripture, books...

 discussed  and practiced the art of listening to Jesus.

It was more than a class, it was a workshop. We practiced what we learned and shared what we experienced (and heard) in the following weeks. 

We all held each other accountable to God's Word (to see how each "voice" matched God's Word). When there was error we gently and humbly corrected misunderstandings...

 together as we were all learning and the workshop was a safe place.

At our home we welcomed a couple of friends, I would sing a few verses in scripture and then we all went quiet. We were instructed to empty our minds of mental debate & distraction but not to be void...it was to focus on a favorite scripture. 

Our goal was to begin with 20 minutes of quiet. Eventually the quiet times grew. At first 20 minutes was a stretch. When we sensed people were coming out of the quiet, those who desired would share what they heard and saw. 

Without a single contradiction or irregularity we discovered each of us received a corresponding, matching, unifying  focus and directive. 

We discovered we could trust Holy Spirit. This usually led us to prayer for a person or congregational or global event. Sometimes it was just reassurance and pure comfort from the Holy Spirit. 

Such peace saturated our beings that it became difficult to leave that beautiful quiet cloud. 

When our workshop came to an end we invited Father Joseph to instruct and reinforce what we were learning. He was a monk who lived, at that time, at the San Juan Capistrano Mission. 

He was one of us in that he was Spirit filled and trusted Jesus for his salvation.

Father Joseph had trained at the St. Francis of Assissi.monastery. A couple of our group continued to meet with him, to sing and pray with him in the St. Francis of Assisi. Garden. It was a glorious time.

What I can tell you first hand, is that once you have entered into that deep, profound quiet of God's cloud...

 it is difficult to listen to words of vanity. It becomes easier to hear Jesus voice and to discern interference. 

Hearing His voice and meditating on God's Word becomes such a deep pleasure and delight. It becomes a hunger and thirst for His presence and His righteousness.

It most certainly whets your thirst for God's  written Word.

His Word draws you to His voice and His voice causes you to hunger for His Word. The Cloud comforts and surrounds and helps you enter the deep, profound quiet of Holy Spirit.

It's the beginning of mystery & the Holy fear of God.

Out of the cloud, Father God has commanded the blessing, 

"He is my beloved Son, Hear Him."