Do you pray before major decisions or at other times when you know you need my help? How long do you pray? How do you know when you are done? You can make a prayer of a single sentence, but prayer is not like mowing the lawn or washing the dishes where it is obvious when you are done. Consider the Biblical example of all those who have persevered in prayer to obtain their desire. Consider the importunate widow. These are the fervent effectual prayers that avail much. If you sense the need for prayer as a burden, then the lifting of that burden will show that you are done. Even with no change in the situation the peace that surpasses understanding will inform you it is time to act. 

Nuclear physicists talk about binding energy. The same concept applies to human relations. Friends and organizations must have some organizing principle that holds them together, otherwise they will drift apart. This applies to churches as well. This energy must be present to hold a group together, but it can be positive or negative. The easiest way to gain unity is to unify against a common enemy. Yet knowing what you are against is not life giving in the same way as knowing what you are for. Beware of groups that use opposition to hold them together. This can be toxic to everyone in the group. 

Do you know what the word ‘Bible’ means? It means ‘book’. You treat this as a sacred word for a sacred book, but that is the meaning of the term. One of the books in the Bible is called the book of Revelation. Perhaps that is a term that should be applied to the entire Bible. You understand that you are not under the law. Do you look at the Bible as a book of the law? It is easy to do in your culture of intellect. If you are willing to see the Bible as a book of revelation, that is a departure from the line upon line and precept upon precept approach. Search the scriptures and see that they testify of me, and come to me to have life. 

Question I received in an email from one of our readers: My young daughter went home to be with Jesus three months ago. When receiving counseling prayer about this, God showed me a vision of her in heaven with Jesus. They were playing and laughing together and she told me she was happy and not sick anymore. This encounter has brought my husband and me tremendous peace and comfort, but someone told me that it wasn’t “safe”. I’m just wondering… is it okay? 

Answer: During inner healing prayer times, we have been blessed to see Jesus give people glimpses of their loved ones in heaven and allow them to interact with them. This has provided powerful healing to the wounds in their hearts and changed their lives. The transformation is instantaneous and you can see their countenance change right before your eyes.

You are right that some folks may caution about this, because they may think it is "calling up the dead."  It isn't. There is a distinction. Let us share several examples of godly heavenly encounters and then we will follow these stories with a chart showing the distinctions between conversing with the dead and Jesus-initiated heavenly encounters.