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Understanding the Spirit Realm Pt.3

Secrets From the Vault

Music from the vault of his vision.

“In 1993, I had a vision. I saw the Lord seated on the throne and at his left hand was a vault. He opened the vault and inside were songs. And the Lord said to me, “These are my favorite songs. These are the songs that minister to Me and bless my people. And I will pour them out into the earth… some to you and some to others. Watch what I will do. -Fred Hammond**

Released in 1995, “We’re Blessed,” by Fred Hammond & Radical for Christ (RFC), enabled us to learn Biblical truth and “get our praise on.” Start the chorus, and many will finish it for you:

We’re blessed in the city
We’re blessed in the field
We’re blessed when we come and when we go
We cast down every stronghold
Sickness and poverty must cease
For the devil is defeated
We are blessed

The song came from a signature album from Fred & RFC that introduced a new style of worship music to the contemporary gospel audience.

The lyrics refer to a portion of the third and final speech of Moses as recorded in Deuteronomy 28. Chapter 28 references the blessings and the curses of the covenant between God and His people.

Moses appointed Joshua as his successor before climbing Mount Nebo to be with the Lord forever. (Deut. 34:5) The blessings listed in Deut. 28:1-13 are glorious, but there is an “if” stipulation.

We can experience the blessings if we do what God tells us to do. Conversely, if we disobey, an inglorious menu of curses will befall us listed in the remaining 54 verses of Chapter 28. 

Thirteen verses deal with blessings while 54 verses address the curses. Why the imbalance?

Now for a painful dose of reality: individuals, neighborhoods, cities, regions, and nations live under curses. The dark and tragic events that play out daily over media illustrate the consequences of humanity’s disobedience to God. Sin is at the root of every curse. (Proverbs 26:2)

Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant. (Galatians 6:7, NLT)

There is a one-word remedy for curses: REPENTANCE. Make a 180-degree turn. Curses break when we forsake our ways to follow God. (Gal 3:13-14)

After many years walking students through the Bible, I have concluded that the greatest enemy to the people of God is the people of God.

In my forty-plus years of life experience as a born again Christian, I have concluded that the greatest enemy to the people of God is the people of God.

In my sixty-plus years of living with myself, I’ve concluded that my greatest enemy is myself. I’ve gotten in my own way more than the devil or anyone else.

A slight adjustment in your lifestyle can open a floodgate of God’s blessings in your life. The great Apostle Paul was always about examining himself. We should do likewise. Now is the time for us to get REAL with where we are and make things right.

“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:9)

All of us have issues. The Bible says, “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” (1 John 1:8)

We must be intentional about our desire to walk in the blessings of God, and history is not on our side.

Israel obeyed God as long as Joshua was alive. After his death, every man did what was right in his own eyes. (Judges 17:6; 21:25) You can imagine the outcome.

Beginning a 600-plus mile journey to Babylon (modern-day Iraq) in exile from Jerusalem.

God’s people experienced the consequences of disobedience. Foreign powers breached the walls of Jerusalem. The city of David was set aflame, and they leveled Solomon’s Temple. By 586 BC, the Assyrians and Babylonians took all but the poorest survivors into captivity.

No foreign power could defeat mighty Israel. The Jews failed because they disobeyed God and brought curses upon themselves. Mark this. 

The devil can’t curse or conquer you. His trick is to deceive you into an act of disobedience as he did Eve in the Garden of Eden. Original sin rooted in demonic deception resulted in the Fall of humanity.

No individual or devil in hell can prevent you from achieving God’s purposes in your life, but you must get out of your own way. 

Lord, help me get out of my own way and help your people to do likewise.

Let’s end this on a positive note. Click on the video below to hear Fred and RFC sing “We’re Blessed.” God Bless! Press On!! Kevin 

**https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0358690/bio. Not the best internet reference. I have heard Fred give this testimony a number of times and can find a better reference upon request.

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The Supernatural – Dreams & Visions

It is likely that God has been speaking to you in dreams.  In the days to come, God will increasingly unveil His secrets through dreams and visions.

I figured these kinds of experiences happened to other people but not to me.  I didn’t receive any warning that I would have this encounter, it just happened.

It was Wednesday, 26 March 1996, in the wee hours of the morning. It all started when I woke up with this excruciating back pain. I crawled to the bathroom and back.

I managed to get in bed afterward, but the pain lingered.  It was awhile before I got some relief and then it happened.

As I lay there, I found myself rising out of my body towards the ceiling.  I then had the sensation of traveling at an incredibly high rate of speed then I came back down. I rose out of my body a second time and had the same experience.

When my professor saw it as a hospital room, it clicked and all made sense.

I went traveling a third time, but this time I arrived at a destination. I found myself in what appeared to be a hotel room or something similar.  I was in bed and there was a television in the corner of the room displaying nothing but static.

As I sat in bed, all of a sudden, this four-legged creature approached the foot of the bed.  This creature was not very tall and looked part rat and part dinosaur. 

I had my full senses. This was not a dream.  I was having what the Bible refers to as a night vision.

This creature -which I believe was a demonic spirit- and I maintained eye-to-eye contact.  I saw everything, the details in his face, etc., in high definition. 

Instinctively, I jumped into a karate stance right there in the bed.  Then I began rebuking this creature in Jesus name, and…the vision ended.  (Luke 4:41; 9:42) Needless to say, I was in shock and awe.

Did you know you have angels guarding you? Psalm 91:11

Something very interesting happened after that vision. I got out of bed, put my clothes on, went for a walk, and all my back pain went away.

Now I know all this sounds strange so let’s pause here for a moment. The Bible is full of accounts of God speaking to people through dreams and visions.  

God spoke to Abraham, Jacob, and Joseph through dreams and visions.  (Gen 15:1, 12-16; 41:1-7; 46:2-4).  Joseph the earthly father of Jesus had four dreams related to the birth and protection of the Savior. (Matthew 1:20; 2:13; 2:19; 2:22)

Daniel is famous for his dreams, interpretations, and night visions. (Daniel 2:28; 4:5; 2:19)

It is likely that God has been speaking to you in dreams.  In the days to come, God will increasingly unveil His secrets through dreams and visions.

Be open. God wants to use you in this dimension.

And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, That I will 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. And on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days; And they shall prophesy. (Acts 2:17-18)

Why does God speak to His people through dreams and visions?  God’s kingdom is not of this world.  The mysteries of God’s kingdom are for those who know Him and serve Him.

Conversely, the knowledge of God is foolishness to philosophers, scholars, and brilliant debaters who reject Him. (1 Corinthians 1:20)

Interestingly, God takes delight in concealing His secrets even from those who love and serve Him.  Why?

“It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.” (Proverbs 25:2)

Allow me to cut to the chase:  God wants you and me to seek Him! 

God is always extending to His people the invitation to go deeper.  Too many Christians are content to live on the surface, bypassing God’s invitation to explore the depths of His wisdom and knowledge. (Isaiah 45:3; Col 2:3)  

I began earnestly praying to God for an understanding of my night vision.

In the process of doing so, I sent an email summary of my experience to one of my divinity professors at Regent University.  Let me provide a little context before I tell you how he responded. 

In early to mid-March, my wife, Vanessa and I discovered that she was pregnant.  On 21 March, -five days before my vision- she began having complications with the pregnancy. I immediately notified my professor of the complications and he began to pray for us. 

I will provide excerpts from his email response: “In this demonic vision, the Lord was letting you know the place the enemy wants to take you. As I prayed it looked like a hospital room, possibly signifying the loss of a baby.”

“If you rebuke the enemy -the thought that you are going to lose the baby- the attack against Vanessa and the baby will go away much the same as your back pain went away.”

Praise the Lord!  Vanessa and I stood in faith, but our faith came under fire a few days later after a visit to Dr. T. for an ultrasound.

Dr. T could not find a heartbeat during the ultrasound.  She scheduled us for a follow-on visit about a week later but she was not very hopeful.

I relayed this disheartening news to my professor. He said, “Kevin hold out in faith until there is an absolute confirmation of the results.”  Vanessa and I kept believing.

I drove to the hospital for that second ultrasound appointment on the morning of Tuesday, 9 April.

As I drove into the parking a song came on the radio, “Show Up,” by John P Kee.  To say that the lyrics spoke to our situation would be an understatement.

When I heard this song…it was a done deal!

“If there be anyone who’s going through. We have the answer to the problem for you. Trust and obey, and never give in. Only the strong shall survive and win. Just ask the question and the answer shall come. Just exercise your faith and know He’s the One. If there is no sign, keep this in mind. He’ll show up on time.”

I turned up the volume and was shouting the victory in the car before we received any results!

Dr. T conducted the examination.  Dr. T located the fetus.  Dr. T heard a heartbeat.  God…showed up on time!!

Vanessa and I had three lovely daughters at the time. On 24 November 1996, Kevin D Willis II was born.  I wanted so badly to have a son, and one of the main reasons was for my wife.

There is something special about mothers and sons, and any mother who has a son needs no explanation.

Our son just graduated from Liberty University with a degree in graphic design and is serving the Lord with his talents. 

God used a night vision to engineer a sequence of events that enabled Vanessa and I to hope against hope and receive God’s miracle answer! 

This is the beginning of a series on Dreams, and Visions.  I am asking the Lord to help me make you more sensitive to this NORMAL and very Biblical form of Holy Spirit revelation.

It is likely that God has already been speaking to you in dreams.  In the days to come, God will increasingly unveil His secrets through dreams and visions.

Stay tuned and I pray that the Lord will give you greater revelation on mysteries of the Kingdom of God concerning you. God Bless! Press On!!  Kevin

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How to Hear from God Part 4-The Supernatural

It would be tragic for you to live your entire life and not realize the extent to which God has supernaturally gifted you, and desires to channel His power through you.

I watched in disbelief, but I could not deny it.  I was not a Christian at the time. The three of us were alone in the chapel at Camp Hovey, Korea in the winter of 1978. 

“Brother, the Lord just spoke to my heart.  You got wife problems.”  The young Soldier now joined me in startled disbelief.

How did Master Sergeant (MSG) White know that this Soldier, whom he’d never met before, had wife problems? Turns out he did have wife problems. White then began to tell him how to set matters right with his wife.

I later asked MSG White, who was also a Baptist preacher, how he knew the Soldier had wife problems?  He replied, “Sometimes the Lord will reveal to you what is going on in another person’s life so you can help them.”  What??!!

I didn’t know what to think. I had not been to church in over a decade. Church to me was dry, boring, and full of older, uninteresting people.    

I started spending time with MSG White. He seemed to be a walking problem solver who loved serving people. His influence was instrumental in me giving my life to Christ only weeks after I met him.

Gradually at first but over time, the unthinkable occurred. God began speaking to me, and most often while I was in the process of serving others.

I never get used to it. It still amazes me that God speaks to me. David said it like this: “What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him?” (Psalms 8:4)

God will make you smile if you will yield to Him.

It saddens me that many individuals experience a dry religion.  There is so much more!  The premise of this series follows: 

“If God promised to guide you, tell you, speak and declare to you, (John 16:12-15) then why would He make it difficult for you to hear His Voice?”

You are a candidate to hear the Voice of God, and you are also a candidate to walk in the supernatural power of God. 

Previous articles have outlined the fundamental requirements to hear from God.  Now let’s reveal more hidden treasure.

“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” (Mark 10:45)

Those who set their hearts to seek God diligently, and serve others, can experience the supernatural gifts of the Holy Spirit.

The Bible has a number of gift lists, but our focus will be on the nine gifts of the Spirit outlined in 1 Corinthians 12:7-11. You will find this passage at the end of this article.

These gifts find expression in the lives of committed believers who serve others.

When you become the bridge between God and the needs of others, His power will flow through you.

MSG White was not sharing God’s “inside” information to impress that young Soldier; White was trying to help the young man so the Holy Spirit “helped” MSG White, help the Soldier.

Herein lies the critical point.  God’s knowledge is for service not arrogance.  God’s knowledge is to help not horde.  God’s knowledge is to set free, not to make you important in the eyes of others. 

If you want to help others, God will impart His secrets to you and channel His power through you.  He will stir things in you, that will astound you.  You just have to remember.  It’s not about you. It’s about others.

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson

I have shared this quote with hundreds of federal government employees as part of a presentation on self-awareness. Through coaching, I helped many of them discover talents they did not realize they had.

I could not engage with these employees from a faith-based standpoint for obvious reasons, but listen. God created you! He has deposited things in you -even beyond the nine gifts of the Spirit- that are hidden. 

It would be tragic for you to live your entire life and not realize the extent to which God has supernaturally gifted you, and desires to channel His power through you.

God wants to talk to you about you. God also wants to talk to you about others if your motivation is to serve. 

Why? Because God wants to heal broken humanity and He primarily uses human vessels to do so.   

Okay Kevin…how do I access this hidden treasure? Very simple. You ask for it. Jesus said:

“So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him.” (Luke 11:13)

Important! Don’t miss God due to pride.  You see, for many, the baptism in the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in other tongues is the entry point to access the power of God. 

Please don’t reject what God has for you.

Speaking in tongues may seem strange at the beginning.  This fact explains why Paul gave specific instructions on how the gift of tongues is to be regulated in church gatherings.  (1 Corinthians 14:22-29)

Still, the apostles that performed miracles, established the church, and wrote the New Testament, spoke in tongues. Paul spoke in tongues more than his contemporaries.  (1 Corinthians 14:18)

These men rose out of weakness and received supernatural power that turned the world upside down. (Acts 17:6)

I was turned off by speaking in tongues back in Korea in 1978.  Pride got in the way.  I earnestly asked God for eight of the nine gifts and especially prophecy.  I did not want the tongues.  Well…tongues was the first gift I received. First, I had to humble myself.

It is a tragedy that so many young people (Generations X, Millennials, and Generation Z) are missing out on an empowered, purposeful life that could eclipse anything they can imagine.  

No matter your age group or demographic…

It would be tragic for you to live your entire life and not realize the extent to which God has supernaturally gifted you, and desires to channel His power through you.

Ask the Lord for His supernatural power and keep asking for it. Humble yourself. Begin serving others, and in the process of serving, the Holy Spirit will begin to help you, help others!

Get ready for the new you. God Bless! Press On!! Kevin 

Bible
Word of God

“But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: 8 for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, 10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. 11 But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills. (1 Corinthians 11: 7-11)

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