Session 1 – Preparing your thoughts
Time is literally ticking away. It has been for decades, honestly, for centuries. Those that have gathered weekly around a sermon are left struggling. Our reasons for attendance may be noble: We value the scriptures and know that our lives are to be anchored in truth. It is sad that those times of studying the scriptures that are meant to launch us into an encounter with the person of Jesus Christ, more often than not, does not happen. We are given the invitation but without someone to show us how to access the ‘mystery’, a step by step road map to get there, with proof positive that it is readily achievable, most live with the desire to personally know Him, but rarely attain a personal, interactive, one on one relation with their triune God. Learn life-changing biblical steps on how to communicate with and make God number one in your life, love your neighbor, and yourself all the while transforming your mind as commanded by God. Prepare to hearken unto God and finally know how to daily live in peace and victory under all situations as a beloved Child of God. This self-paced course is designed for the Saints, the born-again (John 3:3), baptized (Acts 2:38), believers (Mark 16:16) with a basic understanding of the Word of God (Acts 17:11) and the triune essence of God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit (John 10:30, John 1:1, John 14:26) that strongly desire to ‘Hearken unto God’ (Deuteronomy 28:1). Even though this is a self-paced course we beg you not to move past any session that you did not complete or did not attain the desired results. You will not accomplish anything by doing that other than frustrating yourself and quitting this course. Not all babies walk on their ninth month birthday. Some walk sooner, some much, much later. Love the fact that God made you different from every person that has or ever will live. You are special in His sight, set aside for special work. The Holy Spirit will respond to you at your appointed time. Praise God for that. You are here, reading this on this day, at this time, for reasons only known by God! Prepare to open your heart and mind to living in the spirit (John 4:24, Galatians 5:25). We have such a short time to share this mystery that the Apostles were given at Pentecost. When the end times come and the Holy Spirit is removed from this world, this gift of love, this blessing given to the Saints will be removed, and at that time lawlessness will run ramped (2 Timothy 3:1-5, 1 Corinthians 13:10). There are 20 sessions in the course. In what we call Session 21, a bonus session, just three short weeks away, we will share with you several unmistakable times when the Holy Spirit moved us, ministering angels came to help, or heavenly intervention took place in our lives. When we each realize that we need God, our Father, our Creator, and the magnitude of Christ’s sacrifice, plus the blessing of the gift of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit an all it entails, we decide that we must be open and obedient as we hearken to God. Once we ask for God to be our Father, accept the blood of Christ as atonement for our sins, we have been bought with a price by His blood and through baptism. We must count the costs. We are His slaves, siblings, co-heirs, a royal priesthood, and soldiers in an invisible battle with the heavenly hosts against the princes and rulers in heavenly places, battling in our everyday lives. With the following prayer, altered slightly from Ephesians 3, as it was given to me during my thirteenth session when I asked; ‘Holy Spirit, can you tell me about agape love?’ And received an answer in such an unusual way that it could have only been from the Holy Spirit residing in me. If you wish to hear about the full account please contact me and I will share those amazing details. It was this ‘Mystery’ of the gospel that was revealed: We too, are sitting side by side with Paul as prisoners of Christ Jesus on behalf of the saved and future saved. If all of this is so, and you have heard of the dispensation of that grace of God which was given us for you; that by revelation by the Holy Spirit, was made known unto us, that we too can unravel the end times ‘mystery’, which is the personal ability for each believer to have a ‘real’ relationship, working knowledge, daily communication, instant access, with Christ, aka The Holy Spirit, who resides in our physical bodies, His temple. Paul wrote before in few words, whereby, when you read, you can perceive his understanding in this ‘mystery’ of Christ; which in other generations was not made known unto the sons of men, as it hath now been revealed unto His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit, plus us who are a far off. (ACTS 2:39, Eph 3:1-5) This course has helped us, and others, to tap into this ‘mystery’. Although I was growing from the meat of biblical training, until session ten I was still not convinced that this training was getting me anywhere else. But I now see how vital the foundation work is. However, as a result of the response from the Holy Spirit, it has changed me, mentally and spiritually, and though I loved God before… I am totally captivated by Him now. I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that all I have suffered and ever will, will be a mighty small price to pay in order to endure to the end and take the hand of my beloved. We all have gone through the valley of the shadow of death, known blessings and curses, been alone and in the company of loved ones, yet until we live as ‘new men and women’, by the spirit and not the id, which is the ‘old men and women’, we will not know His joy. We must bear our cross daily, die to self, forsake vanity and lust, come out from the world, and be his bride. All baptized believers are fellow-heirs, and fellow-members of the body, and fellow-partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus, through the gospel. It is the gospel; His, death, burial, and resurrection that has made each of us ministers, according to the gift of the Holy Spirit, of that grace of God, which was given us according to the working of His power. Unto each of us, who are less than the least of all saints, were given this grace, to preach unto the World the recently unsearchable riches of Christ; and to make all men and women see, hear, taste, smell, experience what is the dispensation of the ‘mystery’ which for ages has been hid in God who created all things; to the intent that now the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places might be made known, through the body of Christ, those with the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, the manifold wisdom of God, according to the eternal purpose which He purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him. It is now that I ask you not to turn away, as so many did to Paul when they heard of his tribulations for them and the unfolding of the mystery. It is for you that we bow our knees to our Father, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory: that ye may be strengthened with power through His Holy Spirit in the inward man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end, that you being rooted and grounded in love, may be strong to apprehend with all the saints, His agape love, that is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge, that you may be filled unto all the fullness of God. Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, unto Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus, unto all generations forever and ever. Amen. At this point, if you are hungering and thirsting to discover this ‘mystery’ and want to learn how to ‘hearken unto God, and then click on the button below to be taken to our special sitemap that links you to all sessions. When you arrive there click in the link for Session 2. Heavenly Father, we thank you for bringing this member of our family to our site. May you bless this child of yours who is seeking, allow them to benefit from the mystery, to have full communication access with the Holy Spirit, and all who partake of this course, and may their desire to grow closer to you increase with every moment, if this be your will, In Jesus name we ask this, Amen.
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