398. Embrace Transformation and Renewal

Mike Parsons

Twelve High Chancellors’ houses

On my fourth engagement with the fire stones, I engaged with Wisdom regarding my sonship, identity and governmental authority. Wisdom began taking me on a journey, revealing deeper aspects of sonship. This relationship with Wisdom prepared me to go deeper with the Father.

Wisdom gave me a staff and a seal on a chain, placing it around my neck. These symbols of authority granted me access to the Twelve High Chancellors’ houses. I didn’t even know about these houses until Wisdom brought me there. Because of the seal and staff, I was recognised as having authority to enter. The staff also gave me access to Satan’s trophy room through a fiery door on Wisdom’s Heights, where I discovered my lost heritage and identity, as well as mantles and scrolls stolen by the enemy through deception, guilt, condemnation and shame. These weren’t just my scrolls; they belonged to many others. We can claim these back and have them restored.

Eventually, this led me into the consuming fire of God’s love, where I could preach to those in that place of refining love and help them come into a relationship with God. All of this unfolded as I embraced my authority as a son to operate in God’s love. Wisdom continued to guide me, unveiling a fuller understanding of my role as a son of God and showing how all of us share that same role.

As I embraced transformation, Wisdom guided me through the Twelve High Chancellors’ houses. These experiences tied closely to the Dance Floor mysteries, which facilitated the transformation of my life back to my origin. Cycles of change began to unfold as I engaged with God, transforming my thinking to align with His. When I entered the Chancellors’ houses, they felt familiar—almost like déjà vu, as if I had been there before, though I hadn’t. But I had danced in the mystery of those experiences, and there was a recognition of that within me, providing a sense of comfort and security.

The first of the twelve houses was the House of Precepts. This experience was deeply symbolic, designed to help me engage with and understand God’s revelations without needing every detail. The house was filled with countless windows, and each window represented a facet of God. Opening these windows allowed me to glimpse into the perichoresis of God in the Eternal Now, in which I discovered deeper aspects of His nature and character. Each precept of God gave me greater understanding of who He is and, in turn, who I am. Every encounter became a catalyst for metamorphosis – change and transformation.

Looking back, I realised that cycles of change had always been part of my life. Now, however, I understood them and could actively participate in the process. By embracing these cycles, the transformation accelerated. Through encounters on the fire stones and within the Twelve Chancellors’ houses, my identity and sonship were progressively unveiled. These experiences facilitated the process of transformation, bringing me closer to my origin.

I didn’t transform myself; I participated in the transformation process. My mind was renewed as I experienced the unconditional love, limitless grace and triumphant mercy of God. These encounters deconstructed old patterns and reconstructed my thinking in alignment with His love.

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Living Sacrifice

Now, in those days, this was all really new to me. It wasn’t easy, but God made it easier for me because He gave me a reference point and an anchor for the process of transformation I was going through. That anchor was Romans 12:1-2.

Therefore I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.

God used those familiar verses to help me understand and proactively cooperate as I chose to be a living sacrifice and then embraced the deconstruction and renewal of my mind that would take place. At that point on my journey, I still needed biblical confirmation to give me a sense of security. Later on, God Himself became my confirmation, and love became my place of security. But God was gracious and merciful, and He used what He knew would give me a sense of safety in this process.

Romans 12:1 says, “Therefore, I urge you, brethren.” Paul is clearly encouraging them strongly. “I urge you” is a really strong phrase—stronger than we might think today. It’s a very strong injunction. “By the mercies of God” means we don’t present ourselves in our own strength, for our own purpose, or with our own motivation. It is by the mercies of God that we can do this: to “present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, your spiritual service of worship.”

In other words, this is about our relationship with God. It’s about acknowledging who God is and surrendering to Him as God in our lives—letting go of the idea of being the god of our own lives. I presented myself as a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God.

The verse goes on: “Do not be conformed”—pressed into a mould—”to this world.” That could mean the religious world, the cultural world, the political world, or anything else. But then it says, “Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” It’s the renewing of our mind that brings change, transformation, or metamorphosis.

“So that you may prove what the will of God is.” What is the will of God? It’s not a list of things we’re supposed to do. It’s about who we are. We are called to prove who God chose us to be—who He created us to be. That is “good, acceptable, and perfect.”

You are perfect. People often think, “Oh, the will of God is perfect,” and yes, it is. But the will of God is also good and acceptable when we embrace it. What this verse is really saying is that how God created you is good, acceptable, and perfect because you were made in the will of God.

So, every day, I presented myself as a living sacrifice to Jesus, my high priest, and let Him prepare me to be who I am. I didn’t approach this thinking, “Okay, I’m a living sacrifice, so what do I need to do to change? How do I renew my mind? Should I go on some program or course to fix my thinking?” Instead, I gave myself completely to Him and trusted him to prepare me.

Activation

When we do activations, many people ask, “How do I feel God’s love? I can’t feel God’s love—what does it even mean to feel God’s love?” Often, when I say, “Feel God’s love over you,” people respond with, “I don’t know what it is” or “I’m struggling.” Whatever your love language is, be open to experiencing it in some way. You might not immediately feel or fully understand it, but your spirit will engage with it. God will love you through a language that resonates with you and lets you know you’re loved. Maybe it is just through His presence. Maybe you’ll feel an emotional connection—or perhaps you won’t feel anything at all. But that doesn’t mean nothing is happening.

Don’t try to analyse it; just relax. You don’t need to figure out what the words mean or strive to understand them. Instead, let them resonate with you. You may feel an emotion, or you may not, but I can guarantee that God is doing something good in you. Allow yourself to relax. Don’t tense up or try too hard; simply let God do what He wants to do. Whether you feel it or not, God loves you, and He wants you to know his love. He wants you to know His love in relation to who you truly are.

So now, I’d encourage you to relax as we move into a short activation.

Close your eyes and slow your breathing.
Focus on your breath and begin to slow it down,
turning your thoughts to God as love.
Concentrate on the truth that He loves you and wants to show you His love.

Start breathing deeply.
As you breathe in, you are breathing in the unconditional love of the Father. Breathe in, and breathe out, slowly and deliberately.
Consciously engage with what you’re breathing –
His very essence, His love.

His unconditional love, flowing through your entire being,
just as the breath you take in is transported from your lungs to your blood, and then to every part of your body.
As you breathe in His unconditional love,
it will touch your innermost being.

Be still and let God love you, whatever that looks or feels like for you.
Relax and begin to sense, feel, or receive His love.
Let His love, joy and peace –
those precepts, those characteristics of his nature –
touch you.

Maybe make you feel peaceful, or joyful.
Maybe make you feel content, or safe, or secure.
Whatever it is, as His love flows through and around you,
you will begin to be in an atmosphere of rest –
resting in His love, resting in His work, resting in what He has already done.
Resting in who He made you to be.
Resting.

397. God’s Love Remains

Mike Parsons

What has happened and what God has done—he is the same God, and he hasn’t changed. He remains a God of grace, mercy and love. If Adam hadn’t followed Eve, God’s grace, mercy and love would still have applied to her, and she could have received that if she had chosen not to continue on her own path. God would have made a way for her to be restored because his desire is always for relationship. He desires us to come into that relationship, but it requires us to let go of our own way.

Adam wasn’t deceived, though; Eve was. She was deceived into letting go of what she already had to try and attain something she could never achieve. That striving, born of separation, left her and the rest of mankind worn out, trying to become something God already saw them as. The idea of “you can be like God” was redundant because she already was like God. But now, this had to be done independently of him.

Adam chose to follow her. Perhaps it was out of a desire to see her redeemed, though he didn’t understand what would come from that decision. In doing so, both lost their identity, and the struggle to regain it brought a flood of emotions: “Who am I? Why am I here? What is all this about?” This separation affected how Adam engaged with God, no longer able to connect with him as he once had. Yet, even then, God met them. While they hid in the bushes, feeling guilty, naked and ashamed, God came to them.

Throughout history, God has continued to meet us, drawing us back into relationship with him. If Eve had chosen to turn back, would she have had to wait for Jesus? No. The fiery sword was there, and she could have chosen to enter. Perhaps Adam might have helped her to do so. But, in the end, they didn’t. They chose otherwise, setting humanity on this independent path that so many still follow today.

Jesus came to fully undo everything lost through their choices. God has remained consistent—a loving, merciful God who has always worked to restore us. This is why I don’t believe Eve would have been banished forever or left without the opportunity to return. God’s grace and mercy would have triumphed over her mistakes.

Their choice, however, shaped human history. Their line brought forth the promise of redemption in Jesus, as prophesied. He overcame, undoing the enemy’s deception. The same enemy who had deceived Eve tried to deceive Jesus in the wilderness, offering shortcuts and power apart from God. But Jesus resisted, succeeding where Adam and Eve had failed.

Through Jesus, we now have the opportunity to experience what Adam and Eve were originally designed to enjoy. God’s loving kindness never changes or fails, and whatever it would have taken for Eve to be restored would have been possible. His grace, mercy and love would always have been sufficient. Although they didn’t make that choice, Jesus came to undo the damage, restoring our vision of who we are so we can live in that truth.

396. Finding Balance: Spirit, Soul and Body in Union

Mike Parsons

It’s an interesting thing when you look at the Merkabah, the energy gates, the Sephiroth and the Tree of Life, and how they all relate to spirit, soul and body being fully in union and oneness. It’s not about being pulled one way or the other. I think being out of balance is where the soul is in control and starts taking energy, applying it for its own ends. You could call that a DIY perspective.

God’s built certain basic needs into us—needs He wants to meet, things He wants to provide. But when we’re not looking to Him, we start looking to other people to meet those needs. That’s when we start drawing from them instead of from God, which is out of balance. When the soul is dominant, it can even draw on the energy of the spirit to outwork its own humanistic perspective.

Spirit – Soul Balance

When spirit and soul are balanced, they’re not in tension or pulling against each other; they’re in relationship. Within the body, they work together. Then, when you look at someone else, you’re not looking at them from a selfish or physical perspective. Instead, you see their beauty—that is, who God created them to be. And that beauty could be physical, spiritual, emotional or about their character. There are so many aspects to it.

God wants it all balanced so that spirit and soul are in harmony, not competing. When they’re in balance, the energy flowing between them isn’t corrupted or perverted. It’s not being drawn off independently of our relationship with God. Beauty then becomes about seeing people the way God sees them, not based on what they can do for us or just their physical appearance.

Seeing People Through God’s Lens

When we’re in a balanced place, we can see people as God sees them—looking at their whole being, their aura, even the energy around them. It’s about honouring the person for who they are, who God made them to be. That includes encouraging them, nurturing them, helping meet their needs and seeing beyond the physical.

God meets our five core needs—purpose, security, significance, love and acceptance. But as sons of God, we can also encourage others in their purpose, give them security in our relationships with them, affirm their significance, love them unconditionally and accept them as they are.

A Kingdom Culture

So many people, especially women, feel pressure to look a certain way to gain acceptance. Some even go to extremes, like plastic surgery, to meet those expectations. But in the kingdom, we need a different culture—one where we see beyond the physical to the spirit and soul. We need to demonstrate what it means to honour people for who they really are.

This is where the energies within us—living water from our innermost being—come into play. Spirit and soul need to be in harmony and balance. If they’re off-balance, whether spiritually or emotionally, it affects how we live. You can’t be so spiritually focused that there’s no practical outworking in everyday life. Heavenly things need to be demonstrated on earth—“on earth as it is in heaven.”

Living in Oneness

When spirit, soul and body are in union and harmony, we have the energy we need to be ourselves. That balance comes through renewing our minds, healing our hearts and focusing our energy with the right motive—one of union and oneness with God. It’s about doing things from that balanced perspective, not from a soul-driven or selfish motivation.

When we’re balanced, we can look at someone and see the whole person—their frequency, their aura, their being—and honour who God created them to be. We can bless them with our attitude and approach, seeing them with love and respect. It’s about recognising the beauty and wholeness of the person, just as God intended.

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395. Soul Ties | Recognising and Releasing Toxic Relationships

Mike Parsons

When it comes to relationships and the connections that form between individuals, these are often referred to as soul ties or emotional connections. Some of these ties can be negative, especially if they involve people who drain energy from you or have impure or unholy motives. Such connections can cause problems in your life.

Cutting Negative Ties

The key to dealing with these ties is intention, desire and choice. Since these connections are spiritual, it’s important to ask the Father to help disconnect them. Hebrews describes the Word of God as being sharper than a two-edged sword, capable of dividing soul and spirit. This isn’t referring to the Bible, but to Jesus as the Living Word. He can sever the spiritual connections between souls, setting you free from any negative ties that feed off your energy or bring negativity into your life.

Steps to Freedom

  1. Forgive and Release
    Begin by ensuring your heart is free of bitterness, resentment, anger or frustration toward the other person. Forgive them—not because they’ve asked for it, but because it’s your choice to let go. Release them from any perceived debt or obligation to make things right. Forgiveness is about freeing yourself as much as it is about freeing them.
  2. Ask God for Help
    Once your heart is in the right place, ask God, or Jesus as the Living Word, to sever any unhealthy spiritual connections. Choose to cut the ties and ask Him to free you from them. This includes releasing any energy or influence they have over you.
  3. Maintain a Positive Attitude
    After severing these ties, maintain an attitude of love and blessing toward the person. Wish them well, but do not allow them to reconnect with you in a negative way. Sometimes, people may try to re-establish harmful connections. By standing firm in your freedom and relying on God’s help, you can prevent this from happening.

Protecting Yourself

If the individual has been involved in harmful spiritual practices such as witchcraft or cursing, breaking the tie ensures they no longer have a spiritual connection to you. This also protects you from further harm. Stand firm in the knowledge that a curse without cause cannot affect you. You can even ask God to assign angels to safeguard you from any residual negativity.

Living in Freedom

It’s essential to stay in peace and rest, trusting in God’s protection. When negative people or situations arise, they don’t have to affect you if you remain shielded in your relationship with the Father, Son and Spirit. Being clothed in light ensures that darkness cannot penetrate. Once the internal connections are severed, external ones cannot form.

Relationships change over time, and it’s okay to move on from certain connections. However, always ensure that you act out of love, keeping your heart pure and free from resentment. This allows you to maintain your freedom and live unaffected by negativity.

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394. Salvation Isn’t What You Think!

Mike Parsons

Mike Parsons reflects on memes and quotes from social media.

Salvation isn’t what you think. People often view the miracles and healings in Jesus’ ministry as separate from what He accomplished on the cross, as if healing bodies and restoring lives were somehow different from the salvation of our souls. But Jesus’ entire ministry—His healings, His miracles, His death, and His resurrection—are all part of the same mission: bringing us into God’s shalom, into God’s peace.

Shalom, in Hebrew, means wholeness, the healing of all that is wrong. The word we translate as “salvation” is sozo, which means saved, healed and restored—a perfect reflection of shalom. Look at how Jesus shalomed people. He didn’t just forgive sins; He made broken people whole. When He healed the lepers, He wasn’t simply curing disease. He was restoring them to community, dignity, and life itself.

As Brian Finley says, “When Jesus healed, He didn’t just fix the physical; He restored lives in every way.”

Jeff Do writes, “The resurrection of Jesus from the dead is the new birth of all humankind. He who is the firstborn from the dead is the firstborn of all creation because all creation has been made alive in Christ.” What Jesus did is for all creation. Everything He created, He reconciled to Himself.

There are so many great and uplifting quotes like these. I encourage you to look for positive and encouraging messages that reflect love and grace. When you see a quote, meme, or post, ask yourself—what frequency does it carry? Does it reflect love and kindness? Is it full of grace? Or does it feel harsh, unloving, judgmental or unkind? We must be cautious not to embrace negativity when there is so much positive encouragement available. Focus on what uplifts and inspires.

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393. Nurturing Your Faith | Preparing for God’s Blessings

Mike Parsons

If you’ve heard God say something, the timing of it is always the issue. When it comes to God promising something or directing us in some way, there’s usually a preparation taking place. We go through a process of preparation, and during that process, it’s a matter of pondering or cherishing what He said in your heart. Remember when Gabriel, the angel, talked to Mary about being the mother of Jesus? She pondered or treasured those things in her heart.

We don’t have to be passive, but we can do what we do in a reflective, meditative way in rest. Resting is about considering what it will be like for that to be fulfilled even before it happens. For example, in Mark 11, it talks about praying, believing you have received, and you will receive. That is what it’s like to ponder what God says in your heart—you are effectively incubating it.

You are the incubator, creating the conditions that bring about the pregnancy, so to speak, for that word to come into reality. You can’t rush pregnancy. You don’t want it to be premature. You want to be ready. Therefore, nurturing yourself, as you would during pregnancy—eating the right food, getting enough sleep, and so on—is all part of preparation.

When it comes to seeing, God will show you how to do that when you’re ready. He’s preparing you for it, and there may be other people, situations, or things that aren’t in place yet. Trust in what He’s saying, nurture it, incubate it, and grow it inside you until it’s ready to manifest. Stay in a place of rest.

However, you don’t have to be passive. The meditation process involves picturing and engaging it in your heart so that you are living in the reality of it even before it has physically manifested. That’s the key. How you do that is important. There’s nothing wrong with calling things that are not as though they are, but it’s about your attitude rather than trying to make it happen. You’re realising the fulfilment of the promise.

For me, instead of declaring that something is going to take place, I adopt an attitude of thankfulness and gratitude for its reality. By creating an atmosphere of thanksgiving and joy around it, I feel joyful and live in the future, in a way, while still being present. This approach keeps me grounded and positive as I engage with the reality of what God has promised.

If you sense opposition—things hindering or stopping—you can seek to understand what it is. If it’s something in you, ask God to deal with it. If it’s external, look into that. Generally, though, stay in rest and approach the reality of the promise with positivity and trust. Keep a positive attitude, set a positive intention, and allow your whole way of thinking to align with living in the reality of the promise so it can manifest.

Be open to whatever God does in the preparation process. This will help you come to a place of peace, joy, and love, trusting God for His protection, provision, and blessing. When the timing is right—God’s timing, not ours—you will see the fulfilment of what He has promised. We can’t force the timing. If you’re trying to force it, you’re likely acting out of anxiety, fear, or worry. Instead, stay in a place of rest and trust. Do whatever the Father shows you to do as you move forward.

The closer you are to the Father’s heart, the easier it becomes to sense His desire to bless you and work things out for you. He is a good God who wants to bless you and bring His goodness into your life.

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392. Training Your Spirit | Practical Steps to Engage with God

Mike Parsons

It is a journey to come into a dynamic where you’re able to engage with God and feel His presence, sense His presence, and know His presence in different ways. These ways vary, and different people have different experiences, so you can’t rely on someone else’s experience—you need to find what works for you.

That being said, there are things you can do. The Engaging God programme, which we run, helps people journey from the beginning to mature experiences as sons of God. It delves into practices and exercises to build your spirit, train your spirit to engage, and teach it to sense and discern. Hebrews talks about training our spirit through practice—repeatedly doing something to make our spirit active.

In my own journey to seeing in the spirit, which I’ve shared online, I can trace it back to around the year 2000. That’s when God began speaking to me about meditating. At the time, I didn’t have any concept of meditation, but He guided me through it, teaching me how to hear His voice. I would encourage everyone to focus on hearing before trying to see.

By hearing, I don’t just mean an audible voice, but also sensing God’s thoughts within your mind. The mind is where everything is received—natural vision and sound are all interpreted by electrical impulses in the brain. Similarly, spiritual information is processed by the mind and decoded into things we see, hear, feel, sense or know.

I spent four or five years learning to hear the voice of God, initially through the Bible. I meditated on Bible verses, sometimes even on one word, mulling it over in my mind, repeating it and focusing on it. For instance, I meditated on the verse, “Be still and know that I am God.” I would focus on the word be: “Be… be still… be still and know…” As I did this, I found that thoughts came into my mind that weren’t mine—thoughts from the Holy Spirit. It took me years to become confident in this practice.

Eventually, I began to speak to God directly rather than relying on the Bible. I would picture Jesus sitting opposite me, ask Him a question, close my eyes and wait for His thoughts to enter my mind. His thoughts were distinct from mine, and over time, I learned to hear Him clearly. After mastering this, I eventually learned to see, although now I no longer need visions to know where I am, what I’m doing, or what I’m engaging in spiritually.

It’s important to come to a place of rest before pursuing anything. I now use a meditation called “Meditation for Rest,” which is just five to ten minutes long. It helps me calm down, stop striving and relax. The harder you try, the harder it becomes. You need to let go of your own agenda and allow the Father to set the direction. Rather than asking for specific outcomes, just come into His presence and share your heart, asking Him to reveal His presence to you.

To activate your imagination, you can use a physical object. I often use a door. Think about a door in your home—its colour, material, handle, and details. Picture it in your mind. You can even stand in front of the door, look at it, then close your eyes and visualise it. Imagine opening the door and engaging with Jesus or the Father. This is not about forcing your imagination to create something, but about perceiving what happens.

The word “see” in its root meaning is to perceive. Communication and engaging with God is about perceiving, not just seeing. Perception can come through seeing, hearing, sensing or simply knowing. Many people feel impressions or just know things intuitively. Practice and allow your senses to lead you into deeper connection.

If you find yourself falling asleep during meditation, that’s fine—your spirit is still engaging. Often, our minds get in the way, and sleep helps the mind step aside, allowing the spirit to fully engage. Eventually, your spirit will communicate with your soul, and you’ll begin to understand and experience what you’ve engaged with spiritually.

Jesus said, “My sheep hear my voice,” so it is always your time to hear Him. God isn’t holding anything back. The process is about training your senses and coming to a place of rest where you can receive. Sometimes, blockages can come from our own pressure or desperation. Instead of striving, desire His presence and trust that He will meet you.

Jesus is the door to the Father, and that door is already open. If you struggle, it might be due to a mindset shaped by tradition or past experiences. These can be renewed so you can engage fully with God’s unconditional love. You don’t need to earn or perform for His love—just let Him love you. The key to entering rest is to allow God to love you in the way you need to be loved.

As you practise this and come into a deeper awareness of His presence, things will begin to open up. Let God guide you, and over time, you will find it becomes easier. You are unconditionally loved, and God is not holding anything back. Just rest, relax, and let Him lead the way.

391. Living in the Supernatural

Mike Parsons

 

When it comes to experiencing the presence of God in the supernatural, we tend to have a perspective on what we think the supernatural is. Therefore, it’s anything above normal, everyday life. What I would say to you is that God wants us to live as though the normal is what is called the supernatural. But it’s not a suspension of normality; rather, it’s living in the presence of God within the life that we live. And that is a relationship, and the relationship takes time to develop. You know, although you say, “Well, I want the reality rather than just knowledge or information,” that’s fine. That’s what God wants us to have. But what that looks like must be how He has designed it to look for us, not like anybody else. You can’t look at my life and compare my life to yours because we are different. I have a journey; I’ve come from a place, and I’ve gone through processes in my life to bring me to the place where I now am, and I have a purpose in God in that.

I would encourage you to develop your relationship. Forget about what you think the supernatural is. Just start to develop a relationship with God, which is in the reality of your life.

Now, that can start with what’s inside. God is in you. Start with engaging God in you. Don’t start with, “I want to go to heaven,” “I want to do this,” “I want to go to this dimension,” or “I want to do that.” Start with God every day. Jesus said that within us is a fountain of life in John 4, from which we can drink. That’s a source of life of the Spirit. That is supernatural because it’s not coming from the natural, but it’s coming from a heavenly, spiritual dimension.

So, living a spiritual life in the natural world, you can draw and drink from that source, which is what you’re saying: “I am not going to go for any of these worldly sources for my life. I am going to engage in that reality with You.” And don’t put an agenda on it. The key is not to put an agenda so that you are determining what that process will look like and what it will look like to live in the spiritual dimension within this natural world. Let Him lead you on that journey. Let Him dictate it. But I would encourage you to spend the time developing the relationship, and in the relationship, allow Him to lead you on the journey. So, spend time with Him without an agenda.

Just enjoy His presence. Ask Him to reveal His presence, show Himself, so you can feel His love. Do the meditation for rest exercise that we have available. It’s a very simple exercise. I do it in the Patreon sessions. Close your eyes, and you can do it right now. Close your eyes, just come to a place of peace and rest. Get comfortable, start to think about the presence of God the Father. Start to think about love. Start to think about joy and peace, and just focus your attention and your thinking on the presence of the Father.

You can then think about a river or a fountain within you and turn inwards with your thinking to the presence of the Father within you, within your spirit. Just choose to drink from that fountain. Picture the fountain if you can, or just choose with your imagination to say, “No, I’m going to drink from the fountain. I’m going to receive spiritual life. I’m going to receive spiritual energy. I’m going to receive love.” Love is filling me. Love is filling me. It’s bubbling up, it’s increasing in me. Joy is filling me. Peace is filling me.

And as you drink deeper and deeper, that becomes your source. Then, whatever the experience is, whatever you’re feeling about the experience, just practise. Just train your senses through practice every day. Just turn inwards, thank God for His presence in you. Thank Jesus, thank the Holy Spirit, thank the Father for them being within you. Thank them for placing within you a fountain of life, of energy, of spirit that you can draw from. Be grateful, be thankful, and just bit by bit, begin to develop.

And, you know, I’ve done lots of stuff about hearing the voice of God and being still. Generally, it’s being still, so you can know God.

Be still and know that I am God.
Be still and know that I am loved.
Be still and know that I am peace.
Be still and know that I am joy.

Sometimes we have to stop trying and just rest and be still. Then begin to focus our thinking, our attention on Him, so that we can begin to feel and sense what it is to be connected to the presence of the Father within us, and then let it go from there.

When it comes to angels, you know, I only do what the Father shows me to do. You have your own angels. So, again, what I would encourage you to do rather than me trying to send my angel to you so you can have an experience, is that you’re reliant on me. That isn’t going to teach you how to do it for yourself. So, what I would do again is close my eyes. I would begin to think about the angels that are behind you. They’re with you. They’re your angels, they’re assigned to you. Begin to think about them. Focus your thinking on them.

Then, thank them that they’re there and thank them for helping you in your life. Talk to them and ask them what their names are. See if any thoughts come into your mind. Every day, after you’ve engaged God, just engage those angels. Thank them that they’re with you. Ask them to help you in the day, help them to go forward. If you’re travelling, ask them to do things for you. Just become conscious so that you can begin to experience that reality. But don’t strive and stress for it. Just gently practice it.

You’re going to engage your angels. If you engage them, you’re not likely to experience them if you don’t engage them. So, choose to engage them, even if you can’t see them or can’t feel anything. They’re there, so engage them as if they are there. Talk to them, thank them, communicate with them, and they’ll begin to communicate with you. It might be a thought, it might be an impression, it might be a word in your mind, but they will begin to communicate, just as the Father will communicate. Just draw from the right source.

Practice, practice, practice. Don’t get frustrated. Don’t set the agenda for what it looks like. Just choose to give yourself the time as a priority in your life to make room to experience these things, and things will grow and develop. You can live in a spiritual dynamic in everyday life as God intends you to do.

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390. The Essence of Wisdom: Living in Union with the Father

Mike Parsons

 

When we think of wisdom, we often consider it as insight into what to do in a particular situation. However, wisdom is more about understanding the heart of the Father in that situation. We are then motivated by the Father’s heart, not by a set of actions we feel we must take. The expression of the Father’s heart can be revealed in many different ways, as there isn’t just one prescribed way to act. There are multiple ways that people might respond to a situation, all in line with the Father’s heart.

‘Cardiognosis’ refers to the heart-to-heart relationship in which the Father constantly reveals His heart to us, in every situation we face. We are called to be an expression of that heart in every dynamic of our lives. Wisdom, therefore, is the expression of the Father’s heart through us. It is being who we are in each moment, reflecting the heart of the Father. To understand the Father’s heart is to know Him intimately. It is through this experiential knowledge that we are guided and directed. Wisdom is the outworking of the Father’s heart within us, shaping our actions.

Many people seek to know their purpose, their scroll, or their destiny—what they are supposed to do. However, God doesn’t reveal to us what we are supposed to do; rather, He reveals who we are. When God shows us who we are in relationship with Him, He also reveals His heart. This allows us to outwork His heart through our own identity.

The scroll is, in fact, a revelation of who we are, not a list of tasks we must accomplish. This mindset challenges the common view, which often revolves around a works-based mentality—what do I need to do, what is God’s will? But God does not necessarily reveal His will in specifics; He reveals His heart, and from that place of intimacy, we act.

Jesus exemplified this perfectly: He only did what He saw the Father doing. This wasn’t about seeing a specific action; it was about the revelation of the Father’s heart. Jesus lived in constant union with the Father, expressing this oneness throughout His life. Jesus said, “I and the Father are one. If you’ve seen Me, you’ve seen the Father,” and this is how God wants us to be too. When people see us, they should see the Father because we are His sons and daughters.

Knowing the Father’s heart frees us, allowing us to express ourselves in line with His heart without rigid formulas. The Father’s heart is expressed differently through each of us because we are all unique. When we engage with others, we do so from our individual perspectives, which are shaped by our redemptive gifts and the way God made us.

This diversity is essential. If we all engage in the same situation, each of us will express the Father’s heart differently based on who we are. This is why we need more than one person to reflect the Father’s heart—it’s not about performing an exact action but about being the person God created us to be.

This understanding of wisdom brings freedom. We don’t need to strive to do things “the right way” or fear doing something wrong. Instead, we are free to be an expression of God’s heart—expressing His love to those around us. When we engage with others, we are sharing God’s love and passion for them. This creates a deep connection where people feel how much God cares for them.

In every situation, I can be an expression of the Father’s heart. It doesn’t matter if I know exactly what to do or if I am following a specific set of actions. What matters is that I am being me—an expression of God’s heart. My scroll isn’t a checklist of tasks, but the freedom to live as God designed me.

This freedom is rooted in intimacy. To know the Father’s heart, we must be close to Him; we cannot engage from a distance or through mere intellectual understanding. Cardiognosis is a heart-to-heart union with God, where His heart is continually revealed to us, and we receive it deeply, not just in our heads, but in our hearts.

As we grow in intimacy with God, we will begin to experience the illumination of our hearts. This deeper, instinctive understanding will guide us in outworking the Father’s heart. It’s not always about doing something specific—it’s about being the person God made us to be, reflecting His love and wisdom in every moment.

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389. More Than A Belief

Mike Parsons

Mike: I don’t believe I’m out of the ordinary. I’m a normal sort of person who likes normal, everyday things. You know, I like sports, I like movies, I like normal, everyday stuff. I like making things, I like the garden. I’m not a mystic in a cave somewhere; I have a very normal, everyday life. If I can do it, coming from the background I’ve come from—which didn’t even believe in the gifts of the Spirit or anything, and had no real intimacy with God or any concept of what that might be—if God can do it with me and bring me to a point of dwelling in His presence and living this relationship, then I think that’s possible for everybody.

Mentoring participant: “Listening again to Kay Fairchild, her question this week was, What are we waiting for? She was speaking about Romans and the verse absent from the body, present with the Lord—and how we, as Christians, think we have to die and be absent from our body to actually be with God – and that’s not true. But she said our beliefs are the big picture, and what we believe determines our reality. That’s why people have believed they have to die to go to heaven. She believes we came here upright, that God had finished everything, and we were already upright but simply not aware of it. Because of that belief, these lies have dictated our lives, like penal substitution and other doctrines. She was using Romans 8:19, about the earnest expectation, and explained that our belief about waiting is wrong. There are different meanings of waiting, and essentially, we have to have the maturity to be the sons of God—we already have it.

Mike: Yes, there’s a sense that everything God has done—making us justified, righteous, reconciled, forgiven—all of that is already done from His perspective. But people don’t believe it, and because of that, people don’t experience it. We experience what we believe. So, while it is finished and the work is done, not everyone is living in that finished work because they either don’t believe it’s true or believe a twisted version of it.

Maturity is a measure of growth. You could say, “I’m a child, I’m not mature,” but you could also be an adult and still not mature. It’s not just physical but also about the knowledge of who we are and who God is. Maturity comes when we fully know who we are in the mirror of God’s face. If we have a distorted view of God, we’re not mature in knowing the reality of who we are, and we live in an immature state.

Now, if you think of maturity as growth, you’re not mature until you grow. I can’t say, “I’m 25 years old,” if I’m 3 years old. You have to go through the process of maturity, which is a relational process. In our relationship with God, the truth is unveiled and revealed, so we can then live in that truth. God has done everything for that truth to be outworked, but we don’t just know it as a programmed download.

While the work is finished, we’re not complete in the maturity process until all the things in our lives hindering us from knowing, understanding, and living that truth are removed. That’s a process of maturing, healing, and wholeness. I know some people will say, “Before the foundation of the world, I was perfect.” Yes, your spirit was, but when you came into this realm with a body and a soul, it was a less-than-perfect environment.

Our spirit is disconnected from what we learn in the soul through everyday life. We’re programmed by the life we live, not by what our spirit knows to be true. Until our spirit is reconnected to our soul through reconnecting with God, the spirit can’t bring the soul back into wholeness and agreement with what we always knew in the spirit. Cognitively, our soul doesn’t align with our spirit until this happens.

My soul has never been in the state that my spirit was before the foundation of the world. My soul was born with lost identity. Some say their soul was right, but I’m not talking about original sin or Adam’s loss—it’s lost identity. None of our souls know who we are because we’re born in a disconnected state from God, even though He remains connected to us, loves us, and wants us to know the truth.

That truth has to be relationally outworked on the journey to rediscover who we are from His perspective. Just because God says, “This is how I see you,” it’s not our truth until we mature into it. It is the truth, but it’s not yet true for me. There’s a distinction. What God says about me is absolutely 100% true, but it’s not yet the truth for me until I come into conscious awareness and it is outworked in my life.

This is a relational process that takes time. The time it takes depends on the relationship we establish with God. For some, their relationship with God is the absolute priority, and they spend nearly every day engaging with Him, knowing Him in ways most people don’t. Most people, however, have jobs, families, and responsibilities. These compete with their relationship with God. That’s not wrong. If you have a family, you need to be a good parent; if you have a job, you need to work well.

Still, our relationship with God should be prioritised. A young mother homeschooling four children will have less time than a retired person with no obligations. God understands this. It’s not about how much time you spend, but about the desire and intention. If my desire is for a relationship with God, I will pursue it to the best of my ability.

No one has more time than anyone else—we all have 24 hours in a day. It’s about what we do with that time. A parent may only have half an hour before the children wake up, but they can pursue God in that time.

The waiting isn’t about sitting back and hoping for the best—it’s about pursuing the relationship. It’s not about manipulating God through fasting or prayer. He’s already done the work. He wants us to relationally know the truth so it transforms us, renews our minds, and aligns us with the truth of who He created us to be.

There are various ways of looking at it. Some believe that the finished work of Jesus means everything is done, and therefore, it’s true in them now. However, I think those who teach that can inadvertently cause people to feel condemned when they don’t experience it that way, and many people, of course, don’t. It’s like saying, “I’m saved now because Jesus died for my healing,” and then assuming that everything in your physical body is instantly renewed and healed. But we know that’s not true for most people who have discovered a relationship with God. So, it’s not automatic—because if it were, there would be no relationship.

For me, the danger in allegorising everything in terms of the Bible is that it can make things seem unreal when they are, in fact, real, treating them as merely spiritual. For example, I’ve heard people like K. Fairchild say, “Heaven is in you,” and while there’s a sense in which the kingdom of God is within us, they almost suggest that there is no actual, real heaven to go to. Now, I know the presence of God in us is a manifestation of heaven with us, but it’s not heaven itself. The heavenly realms, the spiritual realms, and angels do not live within me. They exist in a spiritual dimension of a real place. It may not be physical as we know it, but it’s no less real.

The danger in saying that everything is allegorical or spiritual is that it could lead to dismissing literal realities, like angels, fallen angels, or even the devil, treating them as just accusations in our minds that cause us not to believe the truth. People who take that view don’t see angels as personal beings, and they miss out on a lot if they reduce everything to a purely spiritual matter between God and them.

There’s a balance to be struck. Often, when the pendulum swings back towards where it should be, it swings a little too far in the opposite direction before settling in the right place. Some people get caught in that swing, going too far one way. I believe in personal fallen angelic beings and literal angels, and I believe in a real heavenly realm that can be encountered. We are seated with Christ in these heavenly realms, and it’s not just figurative. While it’s true that we rule and reign with God in our lives, the heavenly reality is actual, and we must factor that in.

The reality of our relationship with God has to be balanced. There are extremes on both ends of the spectrum. On one side, there’s the belief that it’s all done, that we just have to believe, and that’s it. But most people who try to embrace that find that it doesn’t quite work that way. They struggle and feel guilty for not having enough faith to just believe that everything is done. On the other end, there’s the idea that it’s all about us, and we have to work out our salvation with fear and trembling, doing it all ourselves. There are extremes on both ends, but the balance is in the middle: God has done it all, and we must come into the reality of that.

Romans speaks of creation longing and waiting for the sons of God to be revealed, not talking about us waiting to be revealed, but creation waiting for us to mature enough that they can recognise our sonship, instead of seeing our childish immaturity. When we fully embrace who we are, creation will be set free into the glorious freedom of the children of God. That freedom is tied to our glory, the fullness of who we are in God’s eyes. If we don’t embrace who we truly are, creation won’t be set free in its entirety, because it’s ultimately down to us, with God, to express the oneness we have with Him. This is what allows creation to recognise our sonship in the union with our Father, not independently of Him.

When people allegorise too much, it’s easy to miss the literal realities, and this can be problematic. There are spiritual stories in the Old Testament, and while they can carry spiritual truth, the people who wrote them often did so from their own understanding, without a full knowledge of God. The Holy Spirit can certainly bring truth out of those stories, but you don’t need to make every story an allegory to understand it. If you have a relationship with the Holy Spirit, Jesus, and the Father, they can reveal truth directly to you. There’s no need to go through a mediator like a book to understand God.

Jesus is the truth, the living Word of God, and I think there’s been too much focus on finding God in the Bible through allegory or stories. Why spend time trying to understand God through these stories when you can meet Him, follow Him, hear His voice, and encounter Him every day? I don’t see the point of spending so much time trying to understand Him through a book when the relationship itself is where the truth is revealed. It’s about understanding God through relationship, not through a book.

Now, if people are used to the Bible and need it as a frame of reference, I understand that. But many teachers don’t have a personal experience of Heaven. They don’t engage with God on the inside in a deep, personal way, and they’re trying to explain the relationship using the allegories and truths found in the Bible. While the finished work of God and His grace are important, the relationship itself is the key. People who miss the mystical dimension of the relationship might use the Bible to explain things, but they’re not sharing their personal experiences of face-to-face encounters with God. They’re still making it about a belief system, not about a lived experience.

Believing what Jesus says is important, but it’s so much more meaningful when you experience Him face to face. It’s vastly different from just believing what the Bible says He said. You can resonate with the love and grace of God, but if you’re not encouraging people to have those real encounters with Him, you’re missing the point. It’s not just about believing a set of doctrines or ideas; it’s about living the experience of truth.

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