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403. So you think the ‘Word of God’ is the Bible? Think again!

Mike Parsons

The Bible, the Word of God?

I couldn’t move beyond, as long as I was restricted by my mindset and belief system, which was deeply rooted in evangelicalism. For years, I held the absurd notion that certain Bible verses referred to the Bible itself as the “Word of God.” But none of those verses mean the Bible, even though my deceptive sola scriptura programming led me to believe they did. I read the text and interpreted it in the way I had always been taught.

The Bible is a collection of writings, compiled over centuries, that wasn’t formally assembled until around AD 385. It couldn’t possibly refer to itself as the “Word of God” because it didn’t exist in its current form. Those who wrote its books had no idea they would one day be gathered into a single volume called The Holy Bible. That title was given by man—not by the Bible itself, and certainly not by God.

Misunderstood verses

Here are some examples of verses I misunderstood because of my conditioning:

Psalm 119:105: “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” I immediately assumed ‘word’ referred to the Bible.

Ephesians 5:26: “That He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word.” Again, I thought ‘word’ meant the Bible—it doesn’t.

Ephesians 6:17: “Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.” I thought of the Bible as the ‘sword of the Spirit.’ But in reality, Jesus is the Word of God, and the words He speaks are the Word of God. This verse doesn’t refer to the Bible. My children even played a computer game where you would ‘draw your sword,’ which was portrayed as the Bible. You’d take it out from under your arm and use it as the ‘Sword of the Spirit.’ That just reinforced the idea that the Bible itself was the weapon, which was completely inaccurate.

1 Timothy 4:5: “For it is sanctified by means of the word of God and prayer.” To an evangelical, as soon as ‘word of God’ and ‘prayer’ are mentioned in the same sentence, it automatically means the Bible and prayer—because that’s what we were taught.

2 Timothy 2:15: “Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a worker who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth.” Again, I was conditioned to interpret ‘word of truth’ as the Bible. In the King James Version, it even says ‘study to show thyself approved,’ which led to the belief that studying the Bible was what made you acceptable to God. But that’s not what it means at all.

We need to embrace a deeper understanding. Jesus said, “My sheep hear My voice, and they follow Me.” He didn’t say, “By reading the words in the Bible.” It’s about hearing His voice and following Him. Of course, some of the words Jesus spoke might speak to us today, but not all of them were meant for us. Many were directed to the people He was speaking to at the time.

Hebrews 4:12: “For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating as far as the division of soul and spirit.” I thought this meant I had to use the Bible to separate my soul and spirit. When I heard teachings about soul and spirit separation, I believed this was something I had to do. Thankfully, God had a completely different way. Jesus, as the living and active Word of God, was able to separate my soul and spirit and reintegrate me into wholeness.

2 Corinthians 3:18: “But we all, with unveiled faces, look as in a mirror at the glory of the Lord, and are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.” When I read this, I had no idea it meant I could look into God’s face and see Him directly—face to face—and be transformed by the image reflected back to me. I thought it meant looking into the Bible and trying to identify the image of God in it so I could imitate it. I was so caught up in this evangelical belief system.

Hebrews 6:5: “And have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come.” Again, I interpreted ‘word of God’ as the Bible. But I don’t see it that way now.

1 Peter 1:23: “You have been born again, not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is, through the living and enduring word of God.” Once more, I could only see this as referring to the Bible, rather than to Jesus—the living and enduring Word of God in me, bringing life.

1 John 2:14 says, “I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God remains in you, and you have overcome the evil one.”

When preaching on this, I would have said something like, “You need the Word of God! You need to feed on the Bible! You need to read it daily so that it’s in you, and then you’ll overcome the evil one and grow strong.” But the reality is that the ‘Word of God’ in this verse refers to Jesus, who is in us. He has already overcome the evil one, and we overcome through Him. At the time, I would have thought John’s letters—now included in the Bible—were the key to their strength. However, their strength came not from intellectual knowledge, but from their personal, experiential knowledge of Him.

Titus 2:5, which instructs women “to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, and subject to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be dishonoured,” was another verse I misunderstood. I was taught this meant wives needed to submit to their husbands to avoid bringing dishonour to the Bible. But let’s set the record straight. This isn’t about women submitting to their husbands in some rigid hierarchy. Instead, it’s about being in a mutually respectful and loving relationship. It’s about mutual submission in the context of Christ’s example. The focus is on living in a way that honours God, not enforcing roles for the sake of protecting a book. Jesus is the Living Word of God, and He calls us into relationship with Him.

When we talk about the ‘Word of God,’ it’s essential to recognise that this primarily refers to Jesus, not the Bible. God’s words, whether spoken directly to us today or recorded in Scripture, can be meaningful. But the emphasis must remain on Jesus, the Living Word, who is still speaking and guiding us. He wants us to hear His voice and follow Him.

All God-breathed writings

Now, let’s address 2 Timothy 3:16, a verse often quoted in evangelical circles: “All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness.” This verse is frequently used to argue that the entire Bible is inspired, infallible, and inerrant. However, there are several issues with how this verse is traditionally interpreted.

First, the word ‘all’ doesn’t mean everything indiscriminately. Second, the term ‘scripture’ is often mistranslated with a capital ‘S,’ implying it refers to the entire Bible. The original text doesn’t imply this. In fact, when this was written, the Bible as we know it didn’t even exist—it wouldn’t be compiled for another 300 years.

Let me read this verse from Young’s Literal Translation, which translates it as: “Every writing God-breathed is profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that is in righteousness.” Notice the difference? It says every God-breathed writing is useful—not that every part of the Bible is God-breathed, nor that it refers specifically to the Bible at all.

This means that writings inspired by God—whether ancient or modern—are profitable and beneficial. God is still breathing inspiration into people today, and those writings can be just as useful for teaching, guidance and correction as any ancient text. This isn’t about elevating the Bible to an infallible status but recognising the broader scope of God’s inspiration.

God is still breathing inspiration into people today, and those writings can be just as useful for teaching, guidance and correction as any ancient text.

Unfortunately, I was conditioned to believe that this verse proved the Bible was infallible, inerrant and the ultimate authority. The evangelical mantra reinforced this: “The Bible is inerrant, infallible, and inspired.” But when you take a closer look, 2 Timothy 3:16 doesn’t say anything about the Bible being inerrant or infallible. It simply states that inspired writings—those breathed by God—are beneficial.

We must break free from the deception of assuming these verses mean something they don’t. God is still speaking today, and the Living Word—Jesus—continues to guide and transform us through His voice and presence.

This video blog is an excerpt from Mike's current teaching series, Restoring First Love. Get the full length videos every month, only at eg.freedomarc.org/first-love

So let’s take a few minutes to engage with God, with unconditional love.

Close your eyes,
begin to still your heart,
and still your mind.

Start to slow down your breathing.

Focus your thinking on God.
Focus your thinking on engaging unconditional love.

Breathe in deeply.
And as you breathe in,
you are breathing in
the unconditional love of the Father for you
as his child.

Wait in that place.
Be still.
Let the love of God,
that unconditional love,
rest on you.

Let Him reveal Himself
as pure, unconditional love.

Perhaps now,
you want to ask Jesus, as the Truth,
to speak something specific to you?

“You have heard it said,
But I say unto you.”
Maybe some belief system,
maybe the way you’ve looked at God,
maybe the way you have been programmed
with religious thinking,
some mindset or belief system.

Open up your heart.
Ask Jesus, as the Truth,
the Living, Active Word of God,
to show you something
where is He saying,
“You’ve heard it said, you believe this
but I am saying unto you… this.”

Listen to His voice,
revealing something at this moment
that will bring truth to you.
Just let that frequency of his voice engage you.

399. Become Acquainted With Perfection

Mike Parsons

Acquainted with perfection

Become acquainted with perfection. To accommodate yourself to the delight and good pleasure of him will transform your thoughts afresh from within (Romans 12:2 Mirror Bible).

“Become acquainted with perfection…”
That can be challenging for many, as they struggle to see themselves as perfect. This is often because they view themselves through the lens of their present circumstances rather than seeing themselves as God sees them—as who He created them to be.

When we accommodate ourselves to his delight and good pleasure, it transforms our thoughts from within. By agreeing with who he made us to be and with who he is, our thinking is renewed. This transformation is not by an external but an internal process, where we embrace the life of God in us.

The word for transformation—also translated as transfiguration or metamorphosis—comes from the Greek word metamorphoō. It combines meta, meaning “change after being with,” and morphoō, meaning “changing form in alignment with inner reality.” True transformation happens after being with Him, as we are changed to reflect our authentic selves.

It’s important to realise that we don’t need to change ourselves through our own efforts. Instead, it’s intimacy with him that brings about change. This change flows from our inner reality—who we are, our true nature, our scroll, and our authentic real self. This is what will bring about the external transformation: realising that inner scroll of who we were made to be.

Jesus demonstrated this transformation in the Transfiguration.

And six days later Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John, and brought them up on a high mountain by themselves. And He was transfigured before them; and His garments became radiant and exceedingly white, as no launderer on earth can whiten them (Mark 9:2-3).

This wasn’t about his physical garments; it was a revelation of his true nature as a spiritual light being. There aren’t any particularly high mountains in or around Jerusalem, so this could signify the heavenly Mount Zion that Jesus was introducing them to. Jesus was showing them who he really was. The word transfigured here is the same as transformed—metamorphoō. He gave them a glimpse of his true glorious identity, his true majesty in light. Seeing Jesus as he truly is also helps us see ourselves as we truly are—as sons of God. If we are willing to embrace this metamorphosis from lies to truth, we’ll understand that we’re not meant to remain earthbound caterpillars. We’re meant to be like butterflies—able to soar in the heavens and live in both realms (a butterfly can both land and fly). We are destined to live in a totally different dynamic, a spiritual dynamic that goes with the physical. Jesus demonstrated this reality to show us what is possible.

After being with God in an intimate, face-to-face relationship, we are transformed. And it is face to face: we are not going there hiding, walking backwards or afraid to face him. [Now, I was afraid to face him, and literally I couldn’t face him until I had gone through my Dark Cloud experience; but I did engage him in a relationship that brought about transformation.]

This relationship brings about inner change, aligning us with our true origin and who we are at our core. The third strand of our DNA reflects this inner reality, and when it comes into alignment, we are transformed through encounters with God.

This video blog is an excerpt from Mike's current teaching series, Restoring First Love. Get the full length videos every month, only at eg.freedomarc.org/first-love

Agreeing with God’s mind

Agreeing with God’s mind (metanoia) brings transformation through the renewing of our minds. This renewal allows us to know our true origin, aligning us with it. We are made in the image and likeness of God, which means we are designed and created to be Godlike—that is our true identity. Renewing our minds is key to transformation so that how we think about ourselves aligns with how God thinks about us.

The Greek word for renewing is anakinosis. Ana means “up” or “completing a process,” and it intensifies kainos, which means “make fresh and new.” Properly understood, this renewal refers to a new development—a transformation achieved by God’s power, not by our own efforts. It is not by self-help, self-improvement, or a makeover. Instead, it is allowing him to transform us through encounters that renew our minds.

But we all, with unveiled faces, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit (2 Corinthians 3:18).

This means we don’t need to approach God with a covering—whether that covering is self-righteousness, offerings, or sacrifices. We come with unveiled faces, without fear, doubt, or unbelief. We can go and engage God as he is. When we look at the essence and character of God, we are being transformed into the image of what we are looking at. We look into the mirror of his face and look into his glory, so that we can see our glory reflected back. Through this, we are transformed from glory to glory and embrace who we really are.

This process happens gradually because if God showed us the full truth of who we are all at once, we wouldn’t be able to handle it. It would overwhelm us. So, he reveals it bit by bit, glory to glory.

To experience this transformation, we need face-to-face encounters with God. When we look into the mirror of his face, we see our reflection in his love. During these encounters, relax—don’t get tense or try to make something happen. Just allow God to do whatever he wants to do. Whether you feel it or not, God loves you and wants you to know that love. He wants you to know it in relation to who you truly are.

Face to Face with God (Activation)

I’d encourage you to begin now to relax as we enter into a short activation. Close your eyes and slow down your breathing. Start to focus on your breathing. Let it slow down. Begin thinking about God as love. Focus your thoughts on him loving you, wanting to show you his love.

Start breathing deeply. As you breathe in, know that you are breathing in the unconditional love of the Father. Breathe in, and breathe out slowly and deliberately. Consciously engage with what you are breathing—you are breathing in his essence, his love.

As you breathe in this unconditional love of God, feel it flowing through you, touching your innermost being. It moves in and around you, creating an atmosphere of rest. Rest in his love. Rest in his work. Rest in what he has done and in who he made you to be.

You are in a safe place—this is a safe place. In that safety, you have the choice to step out of the boat, to abandon yourself, sinking into the vast ocean of his unconditional love. He is there. Sink deeper, and deeper, and deeper.

As you sink deeper into his love, the Father longs to meet you. He wants to embrace you. Fix your thoughts on the Father’s embrace, on meeting him face to face, even in the depths of his love. The Father will draw near to you. You may sense it, feel it, or see it. He wants to hold you, to breathe his life into you so you can receive his living words, his living breath. He desires to be face to face with you in the intimacy of this wonderful relationship. You are safe in the Father’s arms of love. Secure. No fear. Perfect love casts out all fear.

As you are embraced within the depths of his love, listen. The Father may communicate his thoughts to you—those wonderful thoughts he has for you, his original desire for you. Allow yourself to be entwined with him, with the Father, in love.

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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.

This video blog is an excerpt from Mike's current teaching series, Restoring First Love. Get the full length videos every month, only at eg.freedomarc.org/first-love

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.

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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352. Relational Beings of Limitless Potential

The complete fifth session of the current monthly teaching series by Mike Parsons, “Restoring First Love”, originally delivered live in a Zoom with our Patreon patrons. These full length sessions are normally only available to patrons and at eg.freedomarc.org/first-love.

Video Summary

“Mankind’s union with God is the original thought that inspired creation.”
– Francois Du Toit.

Reflecting on my journey with God, I see how He has led me into an extraordinary union and intimacy that I never imagined possible. Initially, I struggled to grasp His love for me beyond the theological, but He gradually revealed my true identity as His Son. In 2008 and 2010, my encounters with God began to go beyond Bible reading: I started meditating on specific verses but soon realised the connection to Heaven was always open.

Experiencing the rivers of Eden flowing through my heart deepened my intimacy with Him. Embracing my experiences without overanalysing them, I used journaling to revisit and deepen them. Opening my heart daily to God became a way of life, guiding me into constant communion.

During a group encounter, I encouraged people to picture a door and invite Jesus in. One participant’s experience in going back through that doorway inspired me to do the same. This shift allowed for a continuous flow between heaven and my heart, guided by Jesus, the Father, or the Spirit.

I engaged with the garden of my heart, resting and planting seeds of testimony by the River of Life; seeds which grew into trees, bearing fruit. My journey included discovering gemstones, scrolls, and a waterfall. Behind the waterfall, I encountered a cave where Enoch gave me transformative quests. These experiences brought me to the Tree of Life and the Throne of Grace. A profound moment under the waterfall showed me God’s love for everyone, even those who have caused harm, removing judgment and deepening my compassion.

On the Throne of Grace, I received a scroll of destiny from the Spirit of the Fear of the Lord. In an intense encounter, the consuming fire of God purified it, leaving only love. Plunging down a waterfall into the Father’s Garden, I felt a deep connection with creation and discovered the origin odf my design. This opened new realms of understanding and intimacy with the Father.

These encounters were all about drawing closer to God in intimacy. The more I have walked this path, the more I have understood the Father’s heart is focused on restoring both our sonship and all creation. In future sessions, I’ll share more about these revelations, and we can explore them together.

Activation: Deeper Into Love

A separate video of this activation is available on our Patreon page, free to view for all; it will be released on YouTube on September 5th.

I’d like to guide you through an activation, to engage wherever God leads you. The key to these experiences is to trust in God’s unconditional love, letting go of control and allowing Him to direct your journey. As you engage in this exercise, be open to the Father’s leading, and embrace the love He shows you.

To start, find a comfortable position, close your eyes, and begin to relax. Focus on connecting with God as your Father or Jesus as your friend and brother. Slow your breathing: inhale deeply through your nose, hold it for a moment, and then exhale slowly.

As you breathe in, draw in the unconditional love of the Father, filling every part of you with His love. Picture yourself cocooned in this love, safe and secure. Allow yourself to sink into the ocean of unconditional love, going deeper and deeper. Stay there for a few minutes.

If you wish to continue, picture a door in your spirit with a handle on your side. Open it and invite the Father, Son and Spirit to embrace you. Feel their love, acceptance and affirmation. Hear them say, “You are my beloved child, in whom I am well pleased.” Stay in this place of love and peace for as long as you like.

If you want to go yet further, envision following the flow of the river into Eden. Step into the river and let it carry you through the heavenly realms. Enjoy the river’s life-giving flow. Look into the water for gems or scrolls, pick up and eat those that attract you, and receive the life and truth they offer.

Stay there, or choose to follow the river upstream to a waterfall. Walk or float under it, feeling God’s love cascading over you. Let the sound of the waters resonate with your heart. Feel God’s love for you and for others. Allow this love to inspire you to forgive and love others as He loves you. Release any unforgiveness or hurt by choosing to forgive and let go.

Feel free to stay in this space or continue exploring as you wish.

347. Activations, Meditation and Visualisation

Mike Parsons

Video Summary:

To really grasp what the book (Engaging the Father) is about, I’d suggest reading it first to get the overall idea without focusing on the activations. Once you have a good understanding, go back and do the activations separately. This way, you won’t be distracted by wondering what’s next while trying to do the exercises. Reading the book might take a few hours, but doing the activations could take a week. Truly embracing the lifestyle and experiences described might take a month or more. It’s a commitment that many struggle with because of our busy lives, but that’s how we truly learn—through repetition and practice.

I’ve spent many years practicing meditation, starting around 2000, focusing on Bible verses and drawing spiritual insights. By 2008, I had a significant encounter in heaven, after years of visual and meditative practice. Initially, it was difficult since I wasn’t raised with meditation, but over time, it became second nature.

Understanding how to switch between the left and right brain is key. For example, I practised with a YouTube exercise where a spinning ballerina can appear to spin in different directions based on brain dominance. Initially, I couldn’t control how I saw it, but with practice, I learned to switch my perception at will.

This skill is useful in problem-solving and creativity. In my workshop, I might start with left-brain analytical thinking but switch to right-brain creativity when stuck. Practising this switch helps in various situations, like making something for Debbie—who often needs to give me detailed instructions because my functional creations might not meet her aesthetic expectations.

You have to practise these skills; it’s not easy, but with perseverance, it becomes instinctive. Spiritual exercises are always beneficial, even if the results aren’t immediately apparent. Over time, you absorb spiritual knowledge, sometimes without realising it. This process is like osmosis: knowledge becomes part of you naturally.

Engaging with God in spiritual exercises can lead to knowing things instinctively. Sometimes, insights may come unexpectedly during conversations. It’s a gradual process, but a steady drip can soak you as effectively as a downpour. Even if you can’t pinpoint when the change happened, you’ll feel different over time as these spiritual practices become part of you.

Note: Mike’s latest books, Engaging the Father and Into the Dark Cloud, contain links to recordings of many activations (spiritual exercises) that you can do as you read through the material (or not) – and repeat as often as you need afterwards.

269. Into the Heavenly Realms

Mike Parsons
with Jeremy Westcott –

Back through the door

Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. (Heb 4:16).

When I first started engaging in my spirit, I was just captivated by God. Who wouldn’t be? To see the face of God, to look into His eyes, to be embraced by the Father…

Then I began leading activations for others to engage. One time with the church here, people were feeding back afterwards and one lady said ‘I went back through the door’. I had never thought of doing that myself but it is a two-way gate which also gives us access to the realms of heaven. It is like a wormhole into a different dimension. We can step through and follow the river of life back upstream to its source at the throne of grace.

The river of life

The river of life is amazing to experience. It is the essence of the life of God. We can get into the river; the river can flow in us; we can drink from the river; we can even breathe in the river (it is not H₂O). There are waterfalls along the river and it flows through the Father’s garden (a wonderful place to explore). The Tree of Life grows on the banks of the river: its fruit is there for us to eat and enjoy, in season all the time. It is not just a passage in the Book of Revelation for us to read and think, ‘Oh, that’s nice’. It is there for us to engage personally, and it is available now.

And so we come to the Throne of Grace, which is a real place, and we can go there. In fact we have all the resources of heaven available to us, just like Jesus.

If you’re unfamiliar with all this, you can ask Him to show you around, to introduce you to some of the things in Eden. I could give you a guided tour, but I could only show you the places I would go. He can take you wherever He wants to take you: those are the places where you need to go! Let’s go there now.

Close your eyes¹ and think of that door in your spirit.
Let that door form in your imagination.
By faith reach out to the handle and open it.

Welcome the Father’s presence into your spirit.
Allow your whole being, spirit, soul and body engage Him in a loving embrace.

Ask the Father to take you back through the door into Eden…

Step through the veil and you are transported into the realm of Eden.
Ask the Father to show you whatever you need to experience.

You might jump into the river and experience the life flowing around you, in you and through you.

You might go upstream and engage with the waterfalls cascading down. You can float up a waterfall in heaven, laws of physics like gravity are not an issue in the realms of heaven.
Or walk along the pathway, enjoying the colours, fragrances and frequencies.

Cross the bridge and go into the Father’s garden.
If He takes you into His garden, it is the most beautiful expression of paradise and of perfect rest.

Or keep walking up the pathway to the Tree of Life. Eat the fruit, take the scrolls that are there and engage with them. (When you receive things in the realms of heaven, mostly it is best to eat them, to take them into yourself, so that you begin to absorb whatever goodness they contain. They may not look like food but you can eat gemstones or scrolls, for example, and that will unveil revelation for you).

Maybe the Father will take you to the Throne of Grace, where you can sit on His lap, place your head on His breast where you can feel the rhythm of His heart. You can offload any needs you have onto Him and come into perfect rest. I used to make up excuses to go to the Throne of Grace because I loved sitting on His lap, until I realised I didn’t need an excuse: He loved me being there as much as I did.

Wherever He takes you, go with it. Be still and rest there. Don’t try to skip over ‘rest’ too quickly. While you rest, He works. Stop trying to do things and learn to just be.

When I first started engaging like this, I would spend hours at a time. This has just been a few minutes, a taster, if you like. If you want to come back and visit some of these other places, you can! Sometimes the desire of your heart will take you there. Come back and spend as much time as you like pursuing relationship with the Father here.

¹ Listen to this audio version of this engagement, during which Mike played Identity in A by SML Music:

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268. Beyond the Physical Realm

Mike Parsons
with Jeremy Westcott –

The more we engage with the Father, the more we are transfigured and transformed, growing and maturing in wisdom and grace. The first dimension in which we engage is in the Earth, the physical realm, but in the spiritual atmosphere of an open heaven.

Convergence of time and eternity

The cloud of His Presence, the cloud of the Father’s glory, comes around us and God speaks to us from where He is, out of eternity. Truth will be revealed to us from His perspective, not necessarily ours. That is why I suggest we do not try to figure it all out or try to understand it, just to receive. Your spirit will receive and digest it, and the Holy Spirit will bring it to your mind when you need it.

That goes for all the things that He has spoken to you throughout time and eternity, even if you have not heard or understood them! There is a convergence of time and eternity in the moment that He speaks. He is always speaking from the eternal now, so He is not restricted by the constraints of time. He may speak words you understand, or He may speak directly to your spirit.

“When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, that is the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify about Me, and you will testify also, because you have been with Me from the beginning” (John 15:26).

“But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; He will glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you. All things that the Father has are Mine; therefore I said that He takes of Mine and will disclose it to you” (John 16:13-15).

He will reveal all that you need to know to fulfil your destiny as a son of God.

Intimacy within

Beyond the physical realm, we can also engage in our spirit and hearts, the spiritual dimension. Wherever we are, we can experience the same intimacy within, all the time. We never have to feel in any way separated from God because Father, Son and Holy Spirit have chosen to come and dwell within us. We can learn to engage them there.

Our soul and spirit are contained within our physical body but the dimension of our spirit is a little like Dr Who’s Tardis – bigger on the inside than it appears on the outside. So you can have a garden within your soul, within your heart, acres and acres of soil to be cultivated. Jesus talked about the different conditions of the soil of our heart in the Parable of the Sower, and you may find there are beautiful areas in your soul but also some parts that are not so good. God desires us to cultivate it all so that none of it is hard, stony or weedy. So, as a house of God and a gateway of heaven, the Father dwells in us.

We should develop and nurture this ‘first love’ relationship, experiencing how much He loves us. Within that relationship God is looking to restore our hearts. Then we are able to love Him in return; able to fully express our love towards Him without any restrictions, limitations or hindrances caused by the hurt and damage most of us have incurred in our lives. Everything you encounter in God can be planted in the good soil of your heart, where you water it, and in due course you see young shoots coming through which grow up and produce fruit in your life.

Jesus invites us

Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me. He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. (Rev 3:20-1).

So Jesus invites us to open the door in our spirit to allow the presence of God to fill us. When our spirit is full, that presence overflows and fills the garden of our heart, fills our soul with His presence. This is essential to the promise that follows, that we will be seated with Him on His throne, exercising authority and participating in the government of the Kingdom.

Most of us have lived off the trickle that flows under the doorway that Ezekiel describes. Therefore we do not yet have rivers of water flowing out of our innermost being, we have a trickle. All the gifts of the Spirit and the fruit of the Spirit that we have experienced so far have been as a result of that trickle. Imagine what our lives would be like if the flow of the river of life in us were ankle-deep, knee-deep, waist-deep, over our heads! That trickle is amazing, but what would it be like if it were a flood?

The Lord is my best friend and my shepherd.^[b]
I always have more than enough.
He offers a resting place for me in his luxurious love.^[c]
His tracks take me to an oasis of peace, the quiet brook of bliss.^[d]
That’s where he restores and revives my life.^[e]
(Ps 23:1-3a, TPT).

Close your eyes¹and think of that door in your spirit.
Let that door form in your imagination.
By faith reach out to the handle and choose to open the first love gate.

Welcome the Father’s presence into your spirit
Allow your whole being, spirit, soul and body,
to engage Him in a loving embrace.
Invite the Father into the garden of your heart

Let Him lead you to the green pastures or to your secret place.
As you are lying in the Father’s presence in your garden
Let Him begin to restore your soul
to face-to-face blameless innocence,
revealing wonderful truths to you of who you are.

Every night I send my soul into the garden of my heart to lie down with my Shepherd in green pastures. My spirit is active in heaven, and I go to sleep. When I wake up, sometimes I am aware of the conversation we have had during the night, and sometimes not. But I have set my soul in a place where it can engage with God all night; you can do the same. Why not try it tonight?

(1) Listen to an audio version of this activation: