Category: Unconditional Love

375. Discover the Secrets of the Merkabah

Mike Parsons – 

What is the Merkabah?

I want to share some insights into our core or innermost being, known as the Merkabah, and delve deeper into its significance. The Merkabah serves as a focal point for the “rivers of living water”—the flow of abundant, immortal life and spiritual energy distributed within us. It grants us access to limitless grace and living light energy. But what is the Merkabah, and how can we activate and use it practically?

You may encounter many interpretations of the Merkabah online, some of which might seem weird or mystical. If you decide to research further, please use discernment, as there is a lot of misleading information about it. You’ll likely come across mystical and New Age concepts that use similar terminology but may obscure the truth with layers of deception. The words may sound the same, but the truth can be hidden, which is why spiritual discernment is essential.

I would not recommend delving into Jewish mystical texts like the Kabbalah for the truth. Jesus is the Truth, and we do not need to seek it in old religions that ceased with the destruction of the temple. You might find terms like “sacred geometry,” “Sephiroth,” or “Metatron’s Cube,” which may be confusing or even enticing. I encourage you to focus on God, Jesus the Truth, and the Holy Spirit as our guide on this journey of discovery.

Please do not just accept what I am saying. Take it back to the Father and get first-hand revelation (not information) so that you can embrace it for yourselves.

Merkabah, which you may sometimes see spelt “Merkabah” or “Merkaba,” is actually three words combined: “Mer,” meaning a light rotating within itself; “Ka,” which refers to the human spirit; and “Ba,” signifying the physical body or the reality that the spirit holds. In the Bible, “Merkabah” is translated as “chariot” and appears 44 times, often a vehicle of light or a chariot of divine power.

In Ezekiel, for instance, the throne of God is described as the Merkabah, represented by a four-wheel chariot driven by four living creatures, the Chayoth,—each having four wings and four faces (man, lion, ox and eagle). These figures symbolise aspects of our nature aligned with the order of Melchizedek, a topic for further exploration. In other texts like Jeremiah and Isaiah, Merkabah is associated with chariots in a whirlwind, underscoring its connection to divine movement and power.

In Ezekiel, three angelic types are linked to the Merkabah: the Chayoth (living creatures), the Ophanim (wheels within wheels), and the Seraphim (burning ones). These beings often connect to humanity’s cherubic nature, carrying God’s image through the four faces of the order of Melchizedek: Lion, Ox, Eagle and Man; or King, Prophet/Oracle, Legislator and Priest. In 1 Chronicles 28, the instructions given to build the temple link the chariot (merkabah) with the Cherubim and the Ark of the Covenant.

The Merkabah is described as a spirit body surrounded by counter-rotating fields of light, the “wheels within wheels,” spirals of energy that allow the spirit body to transcend dimensions: the “chariot of ascension”. In ancient Egyptian thought it was rotating light that would transport the spirit and body from one realm to another. It is often represented by two interconnected tetrahedrons of light, forming a “stellar octangular” or a star tetrahedron—a symmetrical geometric shape where one tetrahedron points upwards and the other downwards. Other sacred geometrical shapes are contained within it, such as the seed of life and Metatron’s cube. It represents heaven and earth, connected through our spiritual and physical positions.

However, our focus is not on its appearance but on how it functions and how we can engage with it practically in our lives. The Merkabah connects to our energy field and operates as a transducer of zero-point energy—a limitless source of life-giving energy, essential for health and wholeness. This energy field can fluctuate between low frequencies, which might bring imbalance or illness, and higher frequencies that foster abundant life and unity. The Merkabah is woven into our genetic code, our eternal identity, and the merging of the eternal with the physical. It reveals the true essence of who we are in God and in union of spirit, soul and body.

According to Ecclesiastes, eternity has been set in our hearts, and I believe this eternity is the Merkabah, where time and eternity converge within us. Here, our innermost being resonates with our original identity in God. Our existence is designed to be at rest, balanced in love, joy, and peace—a harmonious state that releases the energy of immortality. This requires integration of spirit, soul and body, a unity that releases abundant life and limitless energy. Immortality is challenging when we’re fragmented or divided; it requires transformation, a surrender of the soul to let divine energy flow from within.

The Merkabah is composed of intertwining layers of living light, quantum or “zero-point” energy, creating a tight matrix at our core that, when activated, begins to spin and grow. This spinning light appears spherical and acts as a conduit, interfacing with the unified quantum field around us. It allows us to connect with everything, as it ties into the divine fabric, the ether, in which all creation is held together.

The Merkabah acts as a conduit for zero-point energy, drawing limitless energy into the body. As the sons of God, we may soon understand how to tap into this energy source, enabling us to function independently of earthly power grids. Imagine the potential—one sugar cube of zero-point energy could power 400 billion galaxies!

Uses of the Merkabah

Safety
One of the Merkabah’s purposes is safety, or protection. The Merkabah is an energy field—a generator, really. Now, I know this may sound like science fiction, but it’s actually something that science is beginning to uncover. This energy generates a protective field around us that shields us from all sorts of harmful forces—whether entities, physical attacks, or even negative electromagnetic fields. All those things that can impact us physically, the Merkabah can help shield us from by creating a protective barrier from within.

Travel
Another powerful use of the Merkabah is travel. The Merkabah can transport us—body, soul and spirit—from one place to another. This means it can enable translation, transrelocation, and even trans-dimensional movement, all powered by the energy within.

Healing and Regeneration
The Merkabah is also instrumental in healing and regeneration. It can help rejuvenate our soul and physical body by generating abundant life energy within. This energy works with our subtle energy fields, interacting with the natural flows within us. Many years ago, concepts like energy meridians might have been dismissed as quack medicine, but they are now being recognised scientifically. More and more, people are using these insights to generate healing frequencies that support wholeness. As we connect with the unified field, this energy flows in, raising our frequency and helping us live in the fullness of life, health and even immortality.

This healing energy from the Merkabah is not just about extending life—it is about living with abundance and vitality. We don’t just want to ‘not die’; we want to thrive and be who we are meant to be in relationship with God. And this energy flows through frequencies of intention—love, joy, and peace—bringing us into rest and helping us access the life force of God within. In my own meditations around rest, I have learned to draw on this flow of love, joy and peace. I have experienced that deep stillness, learning how this energy flows and works within, and have trained my senses, as described in John 4 and John 7, where rivers of living water can flow from our being, energising our core and distributing life through the seven gates, or chakras.

The Seven Energy Gates (Chakras)
These energy gates are also known as seals or chakras. ‘Chakra’ is just a Sanskrit term meaning “disc of energy.” There are seven primary gates: the crown, third eye, throat, heart, solar plexus, sacral, and root. Each has its own function:

– Crown: Connects us to the heavenly realm
– Heart: Grounds us in the realm we live in
– Root: Links us to the rest of creation

These three are foundational; the other chakras come into play when we function in insight, communication, creativity, or feeling. All seven gates work together to generate the energy we need to fulfil our calling and purpose on a daily basis.

The Merkabah can be activated and developed through intentional practice, meditation, and by focusing our consciousness. From a place of rest, energy flows more powerfully, energising spirit, soul and body, creating an energy field around us. This is like the story of the temple described in Ezekiel, from which living water flows outward, becoming ankle-deep, knee-deep, waist-deep and so on, bringing life wherever it goes.

The Merkabah can be developed or enhanced by drawing energy down from heaven to earth through our body as a gateway; through our first love gate, through the very presence of Father, Son and Spirit in us. Conscious intentional grounding allows flowing of spiritual energy from
the River of Life into and through the body, and it is both cleansing and
energising. it is a flow of Living Water which is designed to bring about the
abundance that God intends us to live in.

Signalling and Communication
The Merkabah also connects us to the grace of God and the living light within everything, enabling us to communicate with others, angelic beings, and all of creation, even across dimensions. Using the principle of quantum entanglement, our spirit can reach anywhere within the universe, instantly connecting us to that reality. This allows us to connect with and engage across realms in a way that transcends both distance and time.

Sensitivity 
Through practice, using the Merkabah increases our sensitivity to physical and spiritual sensations. We learn to tune into energy fields, sensing the atmospheres in different spaces. Hebrews 5:14 talks about training our senses to discern between good and evil, which is achievable through intentional practice.

Joy
Joy, too, is associated with the Merkabah; as Jesus said, His joy is within us so our joy may be complete. When we are filled with energy and health, we are naturally more joyful and grateful, and that overflows as positive, life-giving energy toward others and creation.

Abilities 
With the Merkabah, we also have the potential to unlock spiritual abilities such as telepathy, telekinesis, pre- and post-cognition, and enhanced creativity. These gifts, aligned with our identity in God, are part of how we were originally created.

Broadcasting
The Merkabah lets us broadcast energy—reaching others, in this and other realms and even in other dimensions. Through focused, intentional energy, we connect and make these connections with people, realms and more.  I have done this many times; to begin with I did not know how to do it, other than just do it! But then God then showed me that this is what the energy in me enabled me to do; when I released it from my innermost being, it was energised within the Merkabah and connected me to other realms, dimensions, and particularly to people I was trying to reach and connect with in this realm.

The frequency of our sonship is broadcast through the Merkabah within us, which contains multiple portals designed to connect with various dimensions of heaven and other dimensional realities. These dimensions are tuning into our frequency, seeking connection and help. Our responsibility is to ensure we broadcast love, joy, peace and rest, intentionally focusing positive energy across these portals. This is how I engage effortlessly—by choosing to connect through my innermost being, not my mind, but through a union of thought and being, aligned with the Father’s heart and intentions as He reveals them to me.

Convergence and Coherence
The Merkabah serves as a hub that connects us to God’s heart and our heavenly identity and position of government in Christ, bringing heaven to earth. We are intended to be a point of convergence between time and eternity, heaven and earth. When we are in this state, there is a coherence—a rhythm of the heart, mind and spirit working in unity. We are designed to operate in harmony, without discord, which is when our spirit, soul and body are truly in union and oneness. This is the ideal state for living in health, wholeness, and even immortality.

Non-linear, multidimensional lifestyle

When the heart, mind and emotions align, we find ourselves in harmony with God, with each other and with creation. Everything was made to be in union, to be one.  As we grow into our identity as sons of God, we mature into a non-linear, multidimensional way of life, much like Adam would have if he had continued along the path of the Tree of Life toward an ascended state. Through this journey, we discover how to reconnect to the Eternal Now—outside the realms of time and space. Unconditional love will gradually transform us, transfiguring our bodies and renewing our minds into a fully expanded state of consciousness. This is not just knowledge; it is a deep awareness of who we truly are. We will live in complete knowledge of our identity as sons of God, rooted in rest—a state of being rather than doing. Everything flows naturally from this place of rest. We no longer need to “do” to find our identity.

We can start by visualising the Gateway of First Love opening within us, connecting with the life energy of love, joy and peace as a river of living water. This living water flows in us, fills us, and then flows through us, allowing a stream of spiritual energy to circulate within and around us. By consciously surrendering to this flow, instead of resisting or trying to control it, we we consciously choose to be in harmony—spirit, soul and body united and whole. When we are in sync, we can intentionally activate our energy gates, visualising the “wheels within wheels” spinning and generating a powerful flow of life force energy. This flow energises the Merkabah, creating a kind of hydroelectric turbine effect that powers our abilities, enabling us to operate at our full potential, beyond the limitations we have been used to.

At this level, we become co-creators with God. We are not just observers but participants in the creative process, able to engage frequencies of light, sound and intention to manifest our choices and bring new realities into being. For example, the first time I created something, it was at the Father’s prompting. Without fully understanding how, I trusted His guidance and released a creative energy from within my innermost being, which took form as a galaxy. Over time, I learned to do this intentionally, responding to the Father’s call by focusing my energy and intention. In another instance, I released a blue light, calling people to arise in their sonship. Now, I understand how this energy flows from within me, and I have repeated it numerous times.

On one more recent occasion, I was asked by Guardians in a heavenly courtroom to create more Guardians, as they were needed. At first, I hesitated and checked it out with the Father, as He had not asked me directly. He reassured me, reminding me that I knew how to release creative energy, just as I had done before. So, aligning my intention with the Father’s heart, I created the Guardians and assigned them to the Council, who then placed them to dimensional portals in constellations across the cosmos. I shared this experience with others; some asked, “Can we do that?”—and they did. They approached it with their own (perhaps more creative) style, coming up with descriptions of what the Guardians looked like, their colours, and all the details. For me, it was more about just releasing that creative energy from within. All of us can do that. We each have the Father, Son and Spirit’s creative force within us; we just need to focus it with intention and a willing “yes.”

When we pray for someone or lay hands on them for healing, the energy we draw on is the life of God flowing through us. It is not from us independently; it is the river of life within, redirected to a specific need—someone’s DNA, heart or body. Sometimes healing happens even when we are not fully aware of what we are doing, but as we grow in understanding, we become more intentional, seeking alignment with the Father’s heart. Jesus did only what He saw the Father doing, and this is how we are called to operate as well: in love, rest, humility, and from the Father’s heart. This way, we avoid drawing attention to ourselves or taking any glory. Living this way, we become vessels of God’s love and creative energy, bringing freedom, restoration and healing.

This may all sound rather technical, and it can be complex, but for me it’s simply the life I live. I have practised and developed these ways of operating until they have become second nature. Now, I no longer have to think about activating gateways or focusing on specific aspects of my identity. Instead, I am constantly connected with the Father’s heart and receiving whatever knowledge I need from Him. As I walk in my identity as a son, all I require to fulfil my purpose flows to me naturally.

For the most part, this means I just enjoy everyday life. I live each day in love, joy and peace. I live loved, I love living and I live loving. Admittedly, it’s not always easy, and there are people we are called to love who may not “deserve” it (by our standards). But if Jesus could forgive those who hurt Him, then we too can extend unconditional love. By embodying this love, we become a channel for living energy in the world, bringing life wherever we go and contributing to the restoration of all things.

Our destiny as sons of God is to release this love and creative power in everyday life, transforming and renewing the world around us simply by being who we are. When we allow God’s life and energy to flow through us, we create a field of love that touches and changes lives. Just by ‘being’, we can bring about transformation and let the reality of God’s love impact everyone we encounter.

Activation: Energise the Merkabah

Close your eyes.
Start breathing slowly.
breathe in slowly;
hold it,
and breathe out slowly,
breathing in
the very breath of God,
the life of God,
focusing your thinking on God who is love.

And as you’re breathing in,
let love flow, flow and flow into you,
flow around you, flow into you,
and let it rest upon you so you can be still.

Let God love you,
And feel and sense
the unconditional nature of that love,
where you can be still and know that He is love.

You can be still and know that He is love.
Be still and know that He is joy.
Be still and know that He is peace.
Be still and know that He is truth,
and light, and life,
and limitless grace and triumphant mercy.

It may take a little bit of time sometimes
to slow down your thinking and focus on love.
Come to that place of love.

[And as you’re doing that,
I’m just going to release some sounds,
and these frequencies.
I want to encourage you
to let the frequency and sound
of the intention of love
touch your physical,
emotional,
and spiritual being.
Let this sound go around you,
and in you and through you
generating energy, frequency.]

Jesus is knocking on that door within your first love gate,
you can picture that door, picture Him knocking.
Beyond that door is a well;
choose to open the door
and drink from the well, from the fountain.
It’s living water.
It’s flowing as a frequency and an energy of life.
And as it begins to flow,
flow with it as it forms a river.

Choose to flow with it
as these waves of energy,
begin to flow within your innermost being;
that river flowing through the gateways of your spirit,
flowing through your soul,
just beginning to converge in the core of your being,
the Merkabah
which begins to energise –
energy forming, spinning, increasing.
Flowing from you,
as rivers of living water
energising each gate.

Energising your crown,
your ability to connect to heaven.
Energising your spiritual insight,
knowing truth and revelation;
Energising what you think and what you say,
when you speak,
speaking with the energy
of the voice of God as an oracle,
Energising your heart,
feeling and releasing love,
unconditional love.

Each of those seven gates,
the creativity, feelings
deep within your innermost being,
the gut instincts, the knowing,
energised, connecting you to creation, the root
grounded with that unified quantum field.

You are connected,
you can become spaghettified,
every atom of your being can be connected to creation.
Feel and sense creation.
Feel and sense your sonship touching creation – broadcasting, communicating, beyond yourself,
through those portals within your innermost being.

You may want to travel along that portal,
you may want to send a message,
an intention of love to someone in particular.
Focus that intention of love
and let it travel through that entanglement you have
with someone that you carry in your heart,
to touch them with love.
Limitless energy
generated from your innermost being,
flowing around you,
creating an energy field –
a field of light,
a field of love.

You can choose to stay in that place.
If you’re engaged, just feel free to stay there.

This is not something that is just a one-off, but something that we need to develop. We need to practise day after day,
practise generating flow; so that we can learn to become sensitive, and learn to focus these things in our lives, and through our lives to others and out into creation itself.

 

371. Mindset of Immortality

Mike Parsons

Physical age

Your age does not have to dictate a decline in energy or health. In fact, I have more energy now than I did in my twenties. I can manage my energy because I generate what I need to do whatever I need to accomplish. This highlights that physical age is not the same as how one feels or lives. For instance, I am 66 years old, but how I feel and how I live are what truly matter. While it is true that everyone gets older with each passing day, this does not necessarily lead to decline, either in health or vitality. Ageing does not have to bring deterioration to the cells, as my own cells are functioning perfectly well.

From this perspective, it is about mindset rather than appearance. There are people—like desert fathers or ancient ones—who, while they may not look young, possess the ability to choose how they experience life. For example, a friend of mine encountered someone ancient in spirit, and at different times, this person appeared both young and old. When asked how this was possible, the person replied that they could choose how they appeared.

Sometimes, people associate wisdom with age or appearance, while others see youth as a purely physical attribute. However, it is actually the mindset by which one lives that determines the true measure of vitality, not how one looks. This ancient person explained that they could appear a certain age to some, and another age to others, depending on what they wished to convey. I believe that when we embrace the mindset of immortality, we are no longer controlled by age; instead, we rule over it. Immortality becomes an expression of our state of being and consciousness, rather than just physical appearance.

For example, Jesus appeared differently to different people after His resurrection. When He appeared to Mary, she did not recognise Him as Jesus and mistook Him for a gardener. Some may say that she was crying and thus could not see clearly, but that is not the case. Similarly, on the road to Emmaus, Jesus walked with disciples who knew Him, yet they did not recognise Him either. His appearance must have changed, only revealing Himself to them later in a form they could recognise. When He appeared to Thomas, He allowed him to see His wounds as proof of who He was. I do not think He carried those wounds everywhere, but He revealed them specifically so Thomas could see and believe.

I firmly believe that, as we live more fully in this reality of sonship, we will be able to choose our appearance. Personally, I do not worry about how I look, as I know how I feel and how I live. I do not need to look twenty; that would be quite odd for my family and those around me. While it would not bother me to look twenty, I am content with my 66-year-old appearance. More importantly, the cells in my body are not decaying, because ageing is not synonymous with death.

Jesus aged from infancy to His thirties, and had He not given Himself up to death, He would have continued ageing without succumbing to natural causes. He chose death so He could take on our mortality and bring us life through His resurrection. Therefore, it is all about the mindset we choose to live in. I live in a mindset of immortality, where physical ageing is irrelevant.

I have no desire to be alive at a hundred if I am not fully healthy and able to fulfil my purpose. What is the point of living if one is not enjoying life, full of energy and vitality? This is why many people do not consider immortality; they do not want to continue living the kind of life they currently lead. But for me, I am fully at peace with my life and I enjoy it. I believe we will learn to live in this world without being subject to it, focusing on the quality of life rather than merely its duration.

Quality of life

The quality of life, not just the fact that it will not end, is what defines true immortality. You could live for 500 years, but if you are bedridden and immobile, the quality of life is lacking. Immortal life is more about the quality of existence than the simple fact of not dying. The key question is, what quality of life would you choose to have, and can you maintain it despite the pressures around us that encourage the acceptance of death?

From a young age, people are programmed to see ageing as leading inevitably to death, rather than to wisdom or maturity in sonship—the state of living as a fully realised child of God. This mindset must shift to one of immortality, where age is irrelevant and eternal life is defined by the abilities and opportunities it offers. These abilities include the capacity to dwell in both spiritual and physical realms, travel by thought, and exist in multiple dimensions. Immortality is far more than the absence of death; it is about living life in its fullest, as God intended.

Many people have different views on immortality. Some might think it simply means not dying, but in reality, it requires preparation for a long and fulfilling life. How will you live if death is no longer a concern? Jesus promised abundant life, yet the enemy seeks to rob, kill, and destroy. The focus should not be on avoiding death but on embracing the abundance of life that Jesus promised.

Consider this: if you were to live for the next hundred years, would you continue working to earn a wage, or would you find a way to provide for yourself supernaturally? These are important questions because our current financial systems are not designed to last for centuries. Most pension schemes are built on the assumption that people will live for a few decades beyond retirement, not a hundred years. If your pension pot runs dry, what then? The financial systems of the world, which rely on electronic money with no real assets behind them, are fragile. When they collapse, we will need a new way of living—one that is not dependent on these systems.

God will give us insight into how to prepare for this future, so we can live free from the world’s control. Jesus, after His resurrection, was able to manifest food and ate with His disciples. There are even people today, known as breatharians, who believe they can survive on air alone. These are just some examples of how we might live differently if we embrace a mindset of immortality and prepare for the changes to come.

As systems collapse—financial, political, and otherwise—people will need to look for solutions beyond what the world currently offers. This could be a manifestation of God’s Kingdom on Earth, as it is in Heaven. Those who trust in today’s systems will find themselves needing to transition to something new, and we, too, must find a way to live in alignment with Heaven’s reality.

So, it is not enough to say, “I will not die.” The real question is, “How will I live?” Abundant life is our focus, not merely the avoidance of death. We should be asking ourselves what that abundant life looks like and preparing for it now, with a perspective that enables us to choose our reality. Many people are not yet thinking this way, but it is a mindset we can all embrace.

368. No, Your Heart is “Not “Deceitfully Wicked”

Mike Parsons –

The heart is deceitful

We cannot know who God really is other than through unconditional love, and we cannot know our true identity other than through unconditional love, because it is revealed in that loving relationship with God himself. The verse I want to highlight here is Jeremiah 17:9. When you compare the NIV with the Septuagint, you see how God’s view of mankind has been twisted by the incorrect translation of this verse.

In the NIV, it reads: “The heart is deceitful above all things.” That’s a powerful statement. “And beyond cure.” Well, that’s a pretty hopeless statement: “The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?” Now, that statement has had a major effect on how people view themselves and others, putting them in a position where the soul is never fully healed, made whole, or restored, because if it’s so wicked, deceitful, and beyond cure, how can it be? It’s beyond healing, beyond restoration. But I don’t believe that’s true.

The heart of man is deep

So, what does the Septuagint say? In Jeremiah 17:9 (which is Jeremiah 17:5 in the Septuagint due to the differences in verse structure), it says: “The heart of man is deep beyond all things, and it is the man. Even so, who can know him?” In reality, what this is saying is that our heart is not wicked, deceitful, and beyond cure. Instead, it is deep beyond anything we could understand ourselves, and it really is who we are. Therefore, we cannot know who we really are in our own flesh, in our own understanding; it has to come through our relationship with God.

This different translation shapes how we perceive ourselves and others. The NIV gives a very low view of humanity. I was conditioned by that view: man being wicked, corrupted, totally depraved. It created a theological spectrum of “worm theology” – the belief that you are no one and nothing, and you had better hope that God has mercy on you. Even after receiving salvation, many Christians still don’t believe who they truly are. They still believe they need to be humble and think poorly of themselves, giving them a diminished view of being sons and Christians, less than what God intended us to have.

The value of the soul

If our heart is deceitful, desperately wicked, and beyond cure, then what hope is there for us? It fosters the mindset of always being a sinner “saved by grace.” It’s a bit like the story of Winnie the Pooh and Eeyore, who always has this downbeat attitude: “Oh, I’m no good, and everything is going to be bad.” It creates that dynamic. This degrades the soul’s value and worth, leading to a belief that you can never really trust it.

When we first enter into a relationship where our spirit and soul are reconnected with the Holy Spirit, there’s a struggle between the soul and spirit. The soul is accustomed to dictating how we live based on what we believe, our upbringing, and our experiences, while the spirit brings us into the revelation of who we really are, revealing our true eternal nature. It draws us back to the fact that God has placed eternity in our hearts and wants to bring us into an amazing relationship, where we come home and return to Him.

That relationship is completely undermined by the degrading of the value of the soul. In the early church, especially within the Catholic tradition, this mindset led to self-persecution – people whipping themselves, kneeling on broken glass, and engaging in horrendous acts. Why did they think that way? Because they believed they were lesser than God intended. This view creates suspicion of the soul and devalues humanity. By degrading humanity, there’s a gospel message to sell: “We’re so bad, we need saving,” using the fear of punishment to sell that message.

Fearfully and wonderfully made

The reality is, God doesn’t view us as bad. He sees us through the lens of Jesus and who He made us to be – His sons. We’ve always been His sons; we’ve never not been His sons. But that’s not how I was taught to believe. I was taught to believe that I wasn’t good enough and never would be. And while we can’t be good enough in our own strength, when we become who we truly are, we begin to live out a whole different dynamic of sonship.

The Septuagint actually says the heart of man is deep beyond all things, and it is the man. The human heart is deep, multifaceted, and amazing, created in God’s image and likeness. Psalm 139 says we are fearfully and wonderfully made. God has a vast sum of amazing thoughts about us, and we need to learn those thoughts. Our minds need to be deconstructed from the negative things we might have believed, so we can know the truth of agreeing with God about who we really are.

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366. Decoding the Old Testament | Beyond the Literal

Mike Parsons

A very literal perspective

A lot of our understanding of the Old Testament comes from what we’ve been taught from a very literal perspective. However, much of the Old Testament can also be figurative. There’s poetry, and all sorts of things which can have a deeper meaning for us. In Noah’s day, the flood is often referred to in terms of Jesus being the Saviour, and it’s illustrative of how God came and rescued those who were willing to get on the ark.

What we must be careful of is not taking this too literally, as it was written with a different understanding of God. They didn’t have the New Testament understanding of God, nor did they know God in the way Jesus revealed Him. Their perspective was through their own understanding at the time. When we look at it now, we see it doesn’t line up with the God that Jesus came to reveal. So it’s our understanding that needs adjusting, not the idea that God was ever like that. God didn’t destroy the world.

Figuratively as well as literally

Now, there are those who say, “Yes, but the world was totally corrupt, and there were no genetically pure people left other than Noah.” Illustratively, of course, God desires that nothing within us be contrary to His image, the image He created us in. Our lives are being transformed by the renewing of our minds so that we come into that correct image. You can view these things figuratively as well as literally.

When it comes to questions like Sodom and Gomorrah—who caused the fire and brimstone? Well, who causes earthquakes? God doesn’t cause them. Who causes many other things? These are often the result of the natural world being in tension, not yet restored, groaning and longing for the sons of God to be revealed.

Fire and brimstone

Now, when you look at fire and brimstone—fire is often seen as God’s consuming fire. But we tend to think God destroyed them with fire. Fire could also be seen as a purifying force, a purification of what Sodom and Gomorrah represented, rather than a literal destruction of two cities. Some people believe they’ve found Sodom and Gomorrah, pointing to tar pits in the Middle East.

Brimstone actually means “God’s presence”—it’s the word “sulfur.” Brimstone is mentioned in the Book of Revelation, and the word used is “Theon,” from “Theos,” meaning “God.” So, brimstone signifies the presence of God, and God’s presence is purifying. These stories can be seen in that light. I know God didn’t cause these events because He doesn’t pour down judgment on people in that way. However, He does judge things that operate against the truth and will bring fire and brimstone to anything in our lives that hinders us from knowing and experiencing the truth and His love. But He’s not destroying people—He’s destroying the obstacles in our way.

There are different ways to look at it. Ultimately, I believe that God is love, God is good, and what He intends for us is to know His goodness and love. A lot of the Old Testament stories are figurative, but they’re written in a way that often doesn’t differentiate clearly between sowing and reaping. If someone sowed something bad, they reaped the consequences, not from God, but as a result of their actions.

The one who accuses

So, who brings about the consequence? The one who accuses and then comes to execute that accusation. We sow, and we reap the accusations against us for what we’ve sown. You could say the enemy brought the fire. In the undifferentiated view of God, if something bad happened, they thought God must have done it. But it could have been the enemy bringing the consequences of their behaviour, as the enemy seeks to rob, kill, and destroy.

Jesus said the enemy comes to do just that. So, who brought fire and brimstone? The enemy. Who brought the flood? You could say the enemy, or you could say the Earth itself reacted to the violence and horror, as described in Genesis 6, where violence was continual. The Earth washed itself clean. There are different ways to view it.

God is good

What I do know is that God is love, God is good, and He doesn’t kill or punish anyone, even if the Old Testament seems to say otherwise. Jesus came to reveal the truth. He said, “You’ve heard it said, but I’m saying to you,” and “If you’ve seen me, you’ve seen the Father.” Jesus didn’t destroy anyone. He only wanted to gather them to Himself because that’s what love does.

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365. I Don’t ‘Believe’ In Unconditional Love

Mike Parsons

I don’t believe in God’s unconditional love

When I’m talking about the unconditional love of God, it’s my personal experience that God loves me unconditionally. That doesn’t mean things don’t go wrong. His love for me is His love for me as a person, and therefore, no matter what happens to me, or what I’ve done, or what’s been done to me, His love doesn’t change. But that doesn’t mean He can step in and change everything for everybody. We live in a world that is fallen, a world that is broken. It’s being restored, but it’s not yet fully restored, so things do go wrong.

I don’t have an answer, obviously, as to why some prayers seem to work, and some prayers don’t. We do things that we think are right, yet things don’t always work out. There’s no real answer to that. But when I have experienced God’s unconditional love—and it is an experience, not just a belief—I don’t believe in God’s unconditional love; I know His unconditional love through experience. God loves you as an individual, and that love is unconditional.

Difficult things happen

Unconditional love keeps no record of the past and wants to bless you for the future. In the context of free will, which God has given everyone, we live in a world where difficult things happen and people make choices. We live in a world that is not yet fully restored. When I look at sickness, disease or tragedies, whether they be earthquakes or other disasters, because I know God loves me in that way, and I have that face-to-face relationship with Him, it doesn’t cause me to doubt God. I realise that God can’t stop everything; otherwise, there would be no free choice, and therefore no love. You can’t love someone by force, and God doesn’t want us to be forced to love Him. He wants us to choose to love Him.

Unconditional love goes both ways, of course. In fact, love has to be unconditional, or it isn’t love. If God puts a condition on His love, then I’m earning a reward for my behaviour. If I put a condition on God, then I’m also only loving Him because He’s done something good for me. I love God inherently because He’s my Father; I’m in relationship with Him, I know His goodness, and I choose to love Him. But I also feel that love because I’ve felt His love for me, and He’s always been there for me, no matter what has happened in my life.

Where can we go?

When I find myself in a difficult situation, unsure of what to do or think, I go to God and ask Him to reveal what He wants to reveal to me. Sometimes He provides a direct answer to my questions, and sometimes He doesn’t. But I’ve learned to trust Him. When it comes to trusting God, I think of when Jesus said to His disciples, “Are you going to leave me?” I believe this was after He talked about “Eat my flesh and drink my blood” in John 6. And the disciples said, “Where can we go? You have the words of eternal life.” For me, it’s like that: there is no one else. There is no other option. I trust God, and I know God is good.

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361. Quantum Entanglement | Face to Face with God

Mike Parsons 

A State of Being

When it comes to engaging with God throughout my day, much of it is more of a state of being rather than actively going and doing something. I find myself face to face in the spirit realm with God, heart to heart, all the time. It’s a multi-dimensional way of living, where you’re not always consciously doing something with your soul or mind. However, that doesn’t mean you aren’t spiritually engaged constantly. My soul is quantumly entangled and connected, so at the core of my being, I’m always connected to Heaven and to God.

Sometimes this connection is a cognitive engagement where we talk and share. But more often, it’s just a heart-to-heart connection—what I call ‘cardiognosis’, or knowledge of the heart, where I’m in tune with Him. My spirit is engaged, and I benefit from the flow of life, energy, revelation and truth by simply being with Him, rather than by doing many things. I actively enjoy life here, whether I’m working outside, talking to people, or doing my daily tasks. I draw on the Spirit within me, without feeling the need to do something specific to connect with God.

Resting in God’s Presence

This way of being is never a religious chore; there’s nothing I ‘have’ to do. I enjoy being in that state of rest and peace, and I remain consciously sensitive to the Father’s presence or Jesus within me, no matter what I’m doing. Whether I’m gardening, working in my workshop, or out in the fresh air, I find joy in these activities because I know God loves them too. After all, God is a great gardener, and Jesus was a carpenter. Sometimes I feel inspired, and sometimes I just sense that they’re enjoying my company as I go about my day.

I don’t engage in a lot of religious practices; instead, I enjoy just being. I enjoy hanging out, chatting and taking walks. Even when doing something mundane, like you testing milk or other routine tasks, I can still feel that connection to God’s peace and rest. The religious system often tries to convince us that we’re not doing well enough, but the truth is, God’s love is unconditional. He doesn’t place conditions on His love; He wants us to know that we’re approved and affirmed just as we are.

God simply wants relationship

God doesn’t see anyone as more important than another. He loves us all equally, even though we each have different roles in life. From God’s perspective, we are all His children, and if we can truly grasp that, we can free ourselves from the pressure of trying to serve or please God out of obligation. Jesus only did what He saw the Father doing—there was no list of tasks. Instead, He was in constant relationship with the Father. This is what Jesus was describing in John 14 when He said, “Where I am, you may be also.” He was talking about an intimate relationship of rest.

Jesus invites all who are weary and burdened to come to Him for rest. The world and the religious system often push us towards stress, striving and worry about whether we’re doing enough. But God simply wants a relationship with us. He doesn’t want servants or slaves; He wants to share life with us, enjoying our common interests.

Thankful for God’s presence

I love sharing my life with God, sensing His joy in being with me, without feeling the need to do religious tasks. I encourage you to relax, enjoy life, and take moments throughout your day to centre yourself and refocus on that place of rest. I know that when you’re busy, you need to stay focused on what you’re doing. But every now and then, it helps to pause and be thankful for God’s presence. When I first started doing this, I set my watch to ping every hour, reminding me to refocus, be grateful, and acknowledge God’s presence with me.

This practice helped me to approach my work, not as something I ‘had’ to do, but as something I did with joy. If you are testing milk, you are serving others; I see it as a way of blessing people. Everything I do is done as before God, and that makes it a blessing. I don’t worry about whether I’m doing enough because I know God’s love is unconditional. If I did nothing, He would love me just the same, and if I were busy all day, He wouldn’t love me any more.

My identity comes from being in Him, not from what I do. No matter who you are or what you do, God sees you as He created you to be. He wants us to discover our true selves, freeing us from the sense of duty and religious obligation. God doesn’t want us to do things for Him; He wants us to do things with Him. Living in that place of rest, in partnership with God, is a completely different way of being.

[Mike was answering a question from a Patreon ‘Ask Mike’ tier supporter whose paid work involves testing milk].

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360. The Reality of Unconditional Love (Meditation)

Mike Parsons
with music by Samuel Lane

A tranquil remix of a Mike Parsons’ activation taken from his 2022 Unconditional Love series, session 5, with a binaural beats soundscape by Samuel Lane https://linktr.ee/smlmusic

I encourage you to close your eyes.

Come to that place where you start
to focus your thinking and your intention
on engaging with the Father,
engaging Jesus,
engaging unconditional love.

It might help to slow your breathing down.
Begin to relax.
Start thinking and focusing on God, who is love.

Breathe in deeply the unconditional love of the Father.

As you breathe in slowly,
as you open up your heart,
open up your mind,
open up your whole being,
let unconditional love flow over you.
Let it rest on you.
Be saturated in it, and let it flow through you.
Let it penetrate.
Let it be absorbed into you.

Be still.
Be still and let God love on you.
Let Him reveal that truth to you:

Love, unconditional love,
touching your heart
touching your mind,
every part of your soul.
Be still and truly know God as unconditional love.
Be still.

Hear God speak to you.
Be still and know that I am unconditional love.
Be still and know that I am unconditional love.
Let those words sink in.

Be still and know that I am unconditional love.
Be still and know that I am abundant joy.
Be still and know that I am abundant joy.
Be still and know that I am overwhelming peace.
Be still and know that I am overwhelming peace.
Be still and know that
I am the way, the truth, and the life.
I am limitless grace,
and I am unconditional love
and triumphant mercy.

If you know that there are things in your past
that hold you back,
things that you still feel guilty over,
things that you still can’t forgive yourself for,
that you can’t let go,
just invite love, joy and peace to fill you,
to flow over you,
to flow in you,
and touch every particle of your being
with unconditional love.

And as that love fills you,
it can’t be contained within you.
Let it flow out of you like rivers of living water,
creating an atmosphere to live in of rest,
that you can bring that rest to others,
that you can bring that joy and peace to others.

Feel the unconditional love
flow through your whole being.
Be still.
Be still.

Let God’s love now touch you,
touch you in those areas
that it’s never touched before.
Heal you in those areas
that have never been healed before.
Free you in those areas
that have kept you in bondage to works.

You’re in a safe place.
Heaven is open.
The Father desires
that you would enter into His very heart.
Come face to face in love.
Find that place of restored innocence
in the realm of light.

Bathe in the radiance
of the light that’s coming from Him,
from His face:
the light of love,
the light of truth.
Let that go into deeper levels of your very being.
Don’t hold back through fear.
Let go.
Trust.
Trust in God’s goodness,
trust in God’s mercy.

That you can just live loved,
free from guilt,
free from shame,
free from condemnation.

All your old rags,
your dirty rags of your own self-righteousness,
let it go.
Let Him put new clothes on you,
the new ring of sonship on you.
Just as the prodigal came.
The father didn’t look at what he’d done.
The father celebrated his return
and rejoiced, to celebrate
that that which was lost has been found.

Let your identity be restored
so you can live in that place of love.
Then you can love living,
enjoy the joy of life.
Live loving: be merciful,
choosing to forgive and release all things.

Rest in love, joy and peace.
Wait in that place.
Be open to go deeper and deeper
and deeper into love.

If you struggle to believe,
let Him impart to you right now His faith,
His faith to believe who you truly are,
to believe the vast sum of His thoughts about you,
to believe that you are the apple of His eye,
the treasure of His heart.
You are precious, precious to Him.
You are uniquely, wonderfully made.
You are special.
Let that truth be imparted to your hearts right now.
Let Him give you the ability to receive it
freely, without cost.
Embrace the reality.

Receive all that you need
because He has an abundance,
exceedingly, abundantly
beyond all you ask or think or even dream.

Let Him expand your conscious reality to go beyond,
into the lavishness and abundance
of His unconditional love,
limitless grace,
and triumphant mercy.

If you are in that place, just rest there.
Stay there as long as you want.
You can’t exhaust the depths of it.
There are always deeper places to go into God’s love.

00:00 Focus
01:19 Be still
04:51 Let God’s love
09:10 If you struggle
10:36 Expand your reality
13:20 Stay

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357. Faith IN Christ, or Faith OF Christ? What’s the difference?

Our True Identity

I believe our true identity comes from God’s faith in us, not our faith in God. So, what about the faith needed for our salvation? Where does faith come from? How much faith is needed? Whose faith saves us? These are all valid questions that many people ask, but I think they ask them because they don’t fully understand the reality of what God has done. They think we need to do something to make what God has done work for us.

I believe God wants us to understand that the very fabric of the universe is founded on grace and faith—but not ours, His. His grace is limitless. Ephesians 2:8 says, “By grace, you have been saved through faith; that is not of yourselves.” It’s very clear here: the faith through which we are saved is not ours; it’s the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

So, I can’t come to God and say, “Look at my great faith that saved me,” because I never had that measure of faith—and I don’t think anyone does. What we do have is the gift that enables us to come to the realisation of what the truth is, so it’s not by works. This is what defines the difference between the Old and New Covenants: how faith worked in the Old Covenant and how it works in the New. The key question is whether faith is a gift from God or something we try to generate ourselves through works or effort. The reality is that it has nothing to do with what we do at all—by grace, through the gift of God’s faith, not by our own faith or works.

Saved by Our Faith?

So, we are not saved by our faith in God but by the faith that comes from God. The meanings are slightly different. The faith of God means God has enough faith for our salvation, and the faith from God means He gives us the faith to come to the realisation of how He feels about us. It’s often translated as “our faith in God,” but it isn’t actually our faith—we didn’t create it; it was freely given to us by God.

God has an amazing way of looking at us, filled with wonderful thoughts, and each one of those thoughts is good. In English, it’s usually translated as “faith in,” but in Greek, it’s more accurately “faith of” or “faith from.” That small change in wording can make a huge difference to our experience, understanding, and daily walk with God.

One perspective drives us to constantly strive to have enough faith, often leaving us afraid we don’t. The other invites us to simply receive faith from Him and rest in the fact that His faith is enough for us. We don’t need to strive.

Let’s look at some Bible verses that address this. Philippians 3:9 says, “And may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ.” That’s the usual English translation. If we read it as “faith in Christ,” it suggests that righteousness comes from my own faith. But if we change the wording to “faith from Christ,” it reads: “And may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the law, but that which is through faith from Christ—the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of the faith that comes from Christ.” That makes a huge difference in how we understand righteousness. It’s no longer based on our faith but on the righteousness Christ imparts to us.

‘In’ Fits a Works-Based Theology

The word ‘in’ fits with a works-based theology, but “of” or “from” fits with a grace-based understanding. Galatians 2:20 is another scripture: “I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.” Now, how many people have tried to crucify themselves daily, taking up their cross, trying to follow Him, and living in misery, wearied and burdened by the attempt to be good enough to please God or earn His love? So many are still caught in that trap.

We were crucified with Christ because when He died, we died with Him—not because we did anything, but because He did it on our behalf. It’s no longer I who live; Christ lives in me, and I now live as a new creation in Christ. The life I live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God—or, more accurately, by faith from the Son of God. This changes everything. My relationship with God isn’t based on how much I can believe, but on His faith and the faith He gives me to enable that relationship.

The King James Version gets this right: “I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live, yet not I, but Christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” It’s all about the unconditional love of God and the gift of life through Jesus. Through Him, the world can rediscover its lost identity as children of God.

Who Is More Faithful: God or Me?

So, whose faith saves me and sustains me: my faith in God or God’s faith in me, given to me? Definitely the latter. Am I relying on my small measure of faith, or am I trusting in God’s faithfulness? God is faithful to do what He promised. He predestined us to a face-to-face, restored relationship in love, and this has always been His intention for each of His children.

So, does “in” or “of” really matter? Absolutely, it does. It makes a huge difference in how we live our daily lives. One places the burden of faith on us; the other reveals faith as a gift, enabling us to rest in God’s grace and faithfulness. So, who do you think is more faithful—Jesus or us? I know the answer to that, and I’m sure you do too.

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346. Ageing and Immortality

Mike Parsons – 

Death is a promotion?

The mindset around death needs to change. We have been conditioned to believe that death is a promotion to another realm and state of being, and that this is a good thing. This is how it has been presented to us. However, when it talks about Jesus bringing life and immortality to light through this good news, and Jesus saying in John 6 that you don’t need to die… Because most people have died, it’s so hard to believe that.

Societal Conditioning

From virtually the moment we can talk, we are conditioned to understand that we are going to die one day. This concept is ingrained into everybody, making it not just a religious concept but a societal one. Death is seen as inevitable. Some people try to cheat death through their own efforts, such as seeking ‘eternal’ life through various means like cryostasis, where their heads are preserved after they die, hoping their consciousness can be revived one day. There are also attempts to eliminate death through nanotechnology. All these efforts reflect our best attempts rather than realising that death has no part in us.

We must deal with the physical body because our soul and spirit aren’t going to die anyway. It’s only the physical body that’s the issue. We often accept the idea that from dust to dust, we will return to dust one day as if that was God’s intention from the beginning. However, Jesus rebalanced that notion by saying that you don’t need to die if you eat His flesh and drink his blood. This has become ritualised into taking communion and spiritualised to mean that you won’t die spiritually. But Jesus meant it physically. Eating his flesh and drinking His blood meant fully embracing who He was, not literally eating His flesh and blood. Communion is an element of that, but it goes beyond just the ritual into living with His breath and life, as everything about Him is life and there is no death in Him.

Transformation and Renewal

Now, obviously, our physical body may have things attached to it and within our DNA which reflect our earthly inheritance rather than our heavenly one. So, that needs changing. It’s not just a mindset change; there’s also a physical transformation of any death within our cells. Our cells need to be renewed and not destroyed. The ability of our cells to renew themselves needs to be restored, and they need to learn how to communicate what brings about that change and restoration.

The things within ourselves that, within normal thinking, lead to death need to be dealt with physically as well. Breathing in His life constantly can put us in a state of continual renewal and restoration. But does that mean we will have the same physical body forever? No, because there’s a limitation to our physical body that Adam didn’t have. His spirit was around his body, not the other way around.

There needs to be a restoration of the balance of the relationship between spirit, soul and body that God intended, that our bodies, spirit and soul would come back into the correct balance, harmony and design that God had for them. Jesus, when He died, had a resurrection body. His physical body died, but He had a resurrection body with certain abilities different from His physical body while he was alive. This body allowed him to do things differently, which shows a transformation that we will also undergo to bring about a different relationship between spirit, soul and body than we have now.

He had a resurrection body. We died with Him and were raised with Him, and we are in the process of that being fully formed in us. Our thinking can stop this process because “as a man thinks in his heart, so is he”. If you think in your heart that death is the answer, then you will probably die. Our thinking needs to be in alignment for the outworking to take place. It’s not just about thinking it and it will be; there’s a process of our whole body being renewed and the relationship between spirit, soul and body being transformed into what it should have been. That may have different ways of outworking – I don’t know.

The Nature of Aging

Do I have a resurrection body now? Yes, in one sense, because I have died and was resurrected with Him. But in another sense, my mind is coming into agreement with what that means, and my thinking has an effect on that. Hence, the renewal of my mind to agree with God about my physical state needs to take place. There hasn’t been a lot of history of teaching or experience to draw on regarding this. Some people are said to be alive after hundreds of years because they have embraced this concept, but not many people have met them, making it difficult to provide concrete examples.

I believe it starts with belief, which then brings about the transformation of our physical nature. The cells of our being need to align with God’s intention. This poses the question of aging. Are we going to age? If aging has a consequence with death, then we should not be aging to bring death. Jesus aged from a baby to a full-grown adult. What would he have done if He had not moved into a resurrected body? We don’t know because He didn’t do it.

But nothing in our body should hinder us from fulfilling our destiny in God. There may be some people who, like Enoch and Elijah, might be translated into another state of being without going through physical death.

We don’t know yet. Some people might know that there’s a time when they’re not going to be here. But we don’t need to equate that time with death. It may be that I’ve fulfilled all that I need to fulfil, so this part of my destiny is complete, and I don’t need to be here any longer, therefore I will just move on.  But I think there will be a transformation in the nature of our physical being at some stage – or in process – whichever way it occurs.

Mike discusses immortality at length in his teaching series on Unconditional Love.
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337. Unleashing Joy

Mike Parsons

Video Summary

Laughter was a big thing in the 1990s, especially around 1994 in Toronto. But it was happening before that in places like Vineyard and with Rodney Howard-Browne in Pentecostal circles. Laughter seemed to be something God used to get our attention, bringing joy that made our joy complete. Sometimes, what God is doing in us is so overwhelming that it has to come out, bringing a sense of joy and helping us enjoy life.

Laughter is a joyful thing, especially when you don’t even know why you’re laughing. It feels freeing, especially for us Brits who tend to be quite reserved. I remember during the laughter movement, I was in a men’s worship setting where we were all a bit stiff. This guy said, “God wants to knock the British stuffing out of you,” and he started whacking us with a Union Jack cushion. All our inhibitions just disappeared, and we worshipped in a way we’d never done before. It was life-changing for me, making me feel free to express myself in worship and even dance, something I’d never done before.

Before that experience, I was always worried about what others thought and felt restricted. But once those inhibitions lifted, I felt free to express myself. I think God wants us all to be free, not restricted or inhibited, and laughter helps us let go of our dignity and just enjoy the moment. Laughter is a way to express the joy God has put in us. It can be healing and liberating.

This year, I built birdhouses and we started feeding birds in the garden. Watching the birds has been a lovely experience, seeing how they feed their chicks and care for them. It’s a beautiful picture of how God provides for us and cares for us. Birds sacrifice a lot for their chicks, constantly flying back and forth to feed them. It’s been delightful watching them grow and become independent. Similarly, God wants us to depend on Him as our source of life. Even as we mature, He remains our source, continually feeding and equipping us.