CHANGING OUR CONSCIOUSNESS

[FAITH]

We need to stir up the holy gifts within us  -  they (THE GIFTS) begin to be released again when we remember God's goodness to us --  when we learn to meditate in our heart on His past faithfulness and His love for us.

Hindrances to Heavenly Access include:

1. FORGETTING GOD'S PAST FAITHFULLNESS

 

          Mark 8:17-19  -  "Is your heart still hardened?  Having eyes, do you not see?  And having ears, do you not hear?  And do you not remember?  When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments did you take up?"

 

        The disciples had lost the power of their understanding, and they were seeing in the natural, not with their spiritual eyes. 

 

2. NOT EXERCISING YOUR SPIRITUAL SENSES

 

          Hebrews 5:14  -  "But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil."

           Sensitivity comes by using what God gives us. The phrase "reason of use" means "habit or practice" in the Greek.  Practice hearing the Lord's voice by:

              Soaking

              Being heavenly minded

              Waiting -- expecting God will show-up

              Laying hands on the sick

 

3. FAILURE TO HEAR HIS VOICE "TODAY"

          Hebrews 3:7-9  -  "Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says:  'Today, if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of trial in the wilderness, where your fathers tested Me, tried Me, and saw My works forty years'"

         

          We should expect to hear from the Lord every day.  Every day is "today".  Sometimes it's a small nudge or an impression through a scripture. We shouldn't expect third heaven visitations each day, but we should hear from our Father each day.

 

4. THE CARES OF THE WORLD

 

          Mark 4:18,19  -  "Now these are the ones sown among thorns; they are the ones who hear the word, and the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful."

         

         You can't engage the revelatory when you are too caught up in the things of this world.  When you are too focused on the temporal, you can't focus on the eternal realm.  If your heart treasures the things of the world, then you will have a hard heart.

 

5. FAILURE TO REALIZE THE WORD IN OUR SPIRIT THROUGH AFFIRMATION, MEDITATION AND VISUALIZATION.

 

6. THE DECEITFULNESS OF SIN

 

              Hebrews 3:13  -  "But exhort one another daily, while it is called 'Today',  lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin."

 

Exhort and disciple others into their Christ identity so they will be effective in carrying out God’s purpose for their life – which would include bearing fruit that remains for God’s Kingdom.

 

              Questions to Ask Myself:

 

1. WHICH IN THE ABOVE LIST IS BLOCKING ME FROM MY HEAVENLY ACCESS?

 

2. HOW BADLY DO I WANT TO ACCESS HEAVEN IN MY DAILY WALK?  WHAT IS MY PLAN OF ACTION?

 

3. Do I have enough love in my heart to disciple others in their spiritual development?

 

 

ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY

https://afministry.ning.com/