Without its aid you cannot grow into the divine state, the divine likeness, the divine peace, and the fadeless glories and unpolluting joys of Truth will remain hidden from you. Meditation is the intense dwelling, in thought, upon an idea or theme, with the object of thoroughly comprehending it, and whatsoever you constantly meditate upon you will not only come to understand, but will grow more and more into its likeness, for it will become incorporated into your very being, will become, in fact, your very self. If, therefore, you constantly dwell upon that which is selfish and debasing, you will ultimately become selfish and debased ; if you ceaselessly think upon that which is pure and unselfish you will surely become pure and unselfish.

Ephesians 3:19 [That you may really come] to know [practically, through experience for yourselves] the love of Christ, which far surpasses mere knowledge [without experience]; that you may be filled [through all your being] unto all the fullness of God [may have the richest measure of the divine Presence, and become a body wholly filled and flooded with God Himself]! (Amplified Bible)

Tell me what that is upon which you most frequently and intensely think, that to which, in your silent hours, your soul most naturally turns, and I will tell you to what place of pain or peace you are travelling, and whether you are growing into the likeness of the divine or the bestial.

There is an unavoidable tendency to become literally the embodiment of that quality upon which one most constantly thinks. Let, therefore, the object of your meditation be above and not below, so that every time you revert to it in thought you will be lifted up; let it be pure and unmixed with any selfish element; so shall your heart become purified and drawn nearer to Truth, and not defiled and dragged more hopelessly into error.

Meditation, in the spiritual sense in which I am now using it, is the secret of all growth in spiritual life and knowledge. Every prophet, even the Saviour became such by the power of meditation. Jesus brooded upon the Divine imminence until at last he could declare, “I and my Father are One.”

Meditation centred upon divine realities is the very essence and soul of prayer. It is the silent reaching of the soul toward the Eternal. Mere petitioning prayer without meditation is a body without a soul, and is powerless to lift the mind and heart above sin and affliction. If you are daily praying for wisdom, for peace, for loftier purity and a fuller realization of Truth, and that for which you pray is still far from you, it means that you are praying for one thing whilst living out in thought and act another. If you will cease from such waywardness taking your mind off those things the selfish clinging to which debars you from the possession of the stainless realities for which you pray; if you will no longer ask God to grant you that which you do not deserve, or to bestow upon you that love and compassion which you refuse to bestow upon others, but will commence to think and act in the spirit of Truth, you will day by day be growing into those realities, so that ultimately you will become one with them.

He who would secure any worldly advantage must be willing to work vigorously for it, and he would be foolish indeed who, waiting with folded hands, expected it to come to him for the mere asking. Do not then vainly imagine that you can obtain the heavenly possessions without making an effort. Only when you commence to work earnestly in the kingdom of Truth will you be allowed to partake of the Bread of Life, and when you have, by patient and uncomplaining effort, earned the spiritual wages for which you ask, they will not be withheld from you.

If you really seek Truth, and not merely your own gratification; if you love it above all worldly pleasures and gains; more, even than happiness itself, you will be willing to make the effort necessary for its achievement.

If you would be freed from sin and sorrow; if you would taste of that spotless purity for which you sigh and pray ; if you would realize wisdom and knowledge, and would enter into the possession of profound and abiding peace, come now and enter the path of meditation, and let the supreme object of your meditation be Truth.

At the outset, meditation must be distinguished from idle reverie. There is nothing dreamy and unpractical about it. It is a process of searching and uncompromising thought which allows nothing to remain but the simple and naked truth. Thus meditating you will no longer strive to build yourself up in your prejudices, but, forgetting self, you will re- member only that you are seeking the Truth. And so you will remove, one by one, the errors which you have built around yourself in the past, and will patiently wait for the revelation of Truth which will come when your errors have been sufficiently removed. In the silent humility of your heart you will realize that

There is an inmost centre in us all
Where Truth abides in fullness

Select some portion of the day in which to meditate, and keep that period sacred to your purpose. The best time is the very early morning when the spirit of repose is upon everything. All natural conditions will then be in your favour; the passions, after the long bodily fast of the night, will be subdued, the excitements and worries of the previous day will have died away, and the mind, strong and yet restful, will be receptive to spiritual instruction. Indeed, one of the first efforts you will be called upon to make will be to shake off lethargy and indulgence, and if you refuse you will be unable to advance, for the demands of the spirit are imperative.

To be spiritually awakened is also to be mentally and physically awakened. The sluggard and the self-indulgent can have no knowledge of Truth. He who, possessed of health and strength, tastes the calm, precious hours of the silent morning in drowsy indulgence is totally unfit to climb the heavenly heights.

He whose awakening consciousness has become alive to its lofty possibilities, who is beginning to shake off the darkness of ignorance in which the world is enveloped, rises before the stars have ceased their vigil, and, grappling with the darkness within his soul, strives, by holy inspiration, to perceive the light of Truth while the unawakened world dreams on.

The heights by great men reached and kept,
Were not attained by sudden flight,
But they, while their companions slept.
Were toiling upward in the night.

No saint, no holy man, no teacher of Truth ever lived who did not rise early in the morning. Jesus habitually rose early, and climbed the solitary mountains to engage in holy communion.

If you have to commence your daily duties at a very early hour, and are thus debarred from giving the early morning to systematic meditation, try to give an hour at night, and should this, by the length and laboriousness of your daily task be denied you, you need not despair, for you may turn your thoughts upward in holy meditation in the intervals of your work, or in those few idle minutes which you now waste in aimlessness ; and should your work be of that kind which becomes by practice automatic, you may meditate while engaged upon it. That eminent Christian saint and philosopher, Jacob Boehme, realized his vast knowledge of divine things whilst working long hours as a shoemaker. In every life there is time to think, and the busiest, the most aborious is not shut out from aspiration and meditation.

Spiritual meditation and self-discipline are inseparable; you will therefore,commence to meditate upon your Pattern, the Master, Jesus, your elder Brother and Firstfruits. Who first went to the Father, who opened the way to the Father through His broken body. Yes, when the veil was sheared, and His body slumped on the cross, the way into the Holy of Holies was opened to us all. For only by looking at the cross, and beyond, in meditation, will you be able to understand how unworthy, carnal flesh can become as white as snow and perfect in the sight of your heavenly Father.  Only then will you understand the price that was paid for you.

You will begin to question your motives, thoughts, and acts, comparing them with your Ideal, the perfect Pattern, and endeavouring to look upon them with a calm and impartial eye. In this manner you will be continually gaining more of that mental and spiritual equilibrium without which men are but helpless straws upon the ocean of life. If you are given to hatred or anger you will meditate upon gentleness and forgiveness, so as to become actually alive to a sense of your harsh and foolish conduct.

You will then begin to dwell in thoughts of love, of gentleness, of abounding forgiveness; and as you overcome the lower by the higher, there will gradually, silently steal into your heart a knowledge of the Divine Law of Love with an understanding of its bearing upon all the intricacies of life and conduct. And in applying this knowledge to your every thought, word, and act, you will grow more and more gentle, more and more loving, more and more divine. And thus with every error, every selfish desire, every human weakness; by the power of meditation is it overcome, and as each sin, each error is thrust out, a fuller and clearer measure of the Light of Truth illumines the pilgrim soul.

Thus meditating, you will be ceaselessly fortifying yourself against your only real enemy, your selfish, perishable self, and will be establishing yourself more and more firmly in the divine and imperishable self that is inseparable from the Spirit of Truth. The direct outcome of your meditations will be a calm, spiritual strength which will be your stay and resting-place in the struggle of life. Great is the overcoming, power of holy thought, and the strength and knowledge gained in the hour of silent meditation will enrich the soul with saving remembrance in the hour of strife, of sorrow, or of temptation.

As, by the power of meditation, you grow in wisdom, you will relinquish, more and more, your selfish desires which are fickle, impermanent, and productive of sorrow and pain; and will take your stand, with increasing steadfastness and trust, upon unchangeable principles, and will realize heavenly rest.

The use of meditation is the acquirement of a knowledge of eternal principles, and the power which results from meditation is the ability to rest upon and trust those principles, and so become one with the Eternal God. The end of meditation is, therefore, direct knowledge of Truth, God, and the realization of divine and profound peace.

Let your meditations take their rise from the ethical ground which you now occupy. Remember that you are to grow into His image by steady perseverance. If you are a Christian, meditate ceaselessly upon the spotless purity and divine excellence of the character of Jesus, and apply his every precept to your inner life and outward conduct, so as to approximate more and more toward his perfection. Do not be as those religious ones, who, refusing to meditate upon the

Law of Truth, and to put into practice the precepts given to them by their Master, are content to formally worship, to cling to their particular creeds, and to continue in the ceaseless round of sin and suffering. Strive to rise, by the power of meditation, above all selfish clinging to partial gods or party creeds; above dead formalities and lifeless ignorance. Thus walking the highway of wisdom, with mind fixed upon the spotless Truth, you shall know no halting place short of the realization of Truth. He who earnestly meditates first perceives a truth, as it were, afar off, and then realizes it by daily practice. It is only the doer of the Word of Truth that can know of the doctrine of Truth, for though by pure thought the Truth is perceived, it is only actualized by practice.

After preparing your heart by following the sample of the Lord’s prayer, elaborating on it regarding your own life, the first meditation is the meditation of meeting with your Master and Friend in a place of love and peace.  Spent time there to look into the loving face of your Redeemer, Jesus, and embrace Him while He waits for you with open arms.

Enjoy in silence if you like, His presence while walking the beaches and the pathways of a heavenly garden. So adjust your heart that you long for the weal and welfare of all beings, including the happiness of your enemies, as He once did on earth, forgiving those that unjustly crucified Him.

Now, also think of all beings in distress, vividly representing in your imagination their sorrows and anxieties so as to arouse a deep compassion for them in your soul. Even those near to you will feel the healing presence of the Healer in their lives as you channel the power of His love towards them.

Meditate on the joy of answered prayers, in which you think of the prosperity, blessings and peace and healing of others, and rejoice with their rejoicings.  Give you gratitude for these to God, for His alone are the glory and the power.

Then there is the meditation of impurity, in which you consider the evil consequences of corruption, the effects of sin and diseases. How trivial often the pleasure of the moment, and how fatal its consequences. Talk to Him and desire the empowerment to bring a change in your world, to be a being of light, to become like Him, to offer yourself with unselfish desire and without vanity to be an object of His glory to the world.

Meditate on serenity, in which you rise above hate, tyranny and oppression, wealth and want, and regard your own fate with impartial calmness and perfect tranquillity.

But whether you engage in these particular meditations or not matters little so long as your object is Truth, so long as you hunger and thirst for that righteousness which is a holy heart and a blameless life. In your meditations, therefore, let your heart grow and expand with ever-broadening love, until, free from all hatred, and passion, and condemnation, it embraces the whole universe with thoughtful tenderness.

As the flower opens its petals to receive the morning light, so open your soul more and more to the glorious light of Truth. Soar upward upon the wings of aspiration; be fearless, and believe in

the loftiest possibilities. Believe that a life of absolute meekness is possible; believe that a life of stainless purity is possible; believe that a life of perfect holiness is possible; believe that the realization of the highest truth is possible. He who so believes, climbs rapidly the heavenly hills, whilst the unbelievers continue to grope darkly and painfully in the fog-bound valleys.

So believing, so aspiring, so meditating, divinely sweet and beautiful will be your spiritual experiences, and glorious the revelations that will enrapture your inward vision. As you realize the divine Love, the divine Justice, the divine Purity, the Perfect Law of Good, or God, great will be your bliss and deep your peace. Old things will pass away, and all things will become new.

The veil of the material universe, so dense and impenetrable to the eye of error, so thin and gauzy to the eye of Truth, will be lifted and the spiritual universe will be revealed. Time will cease, and you will live only in Eternity. Change and mortality will no more cause you anxiety and sorrow, for you will become established in the unchangeable, and will dwell in the very heart of immortality.

Gen 5:24 And Enoch walked [in habitual fellowship] with God; and he was not, for God took him [home with Him].

(Revised article extract from the book “From Poverty to Power” – author unkown)

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let’s say you trust God for something specific in your life and you know that it is something good and positive and in accordance to the Bible.

For example: You might trust God for financial provision, a good job or independence, and it doesn’t happen. The question then comes to you “Is it God’s will for my life?”

Someone recently asked me this question: “I know that God wants to bless us all the time, in our finances, in our health and in everything we do. But the problem is that very often people talk about God’s will and how a lot of people in the bible were poor and suffering and they were people that loved God, for example Lazarus in Luke 16:19-31. Was it God’s plan for Lazarus to be poor and sick?”

First let me say that we are encouraged to pray and believe for anything, whether it is something we want or need:

Mark 11:23-24
Truly I tell you, whoever says to this mountain, Be lifted up and thrown into the sea! and does not doubt at all in his heart but believes that what he says will take place, it will be done for him. For this reason I am telling you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe (trust and be confident) that it is granted to you, and you will [get it].

Philippians 4:6
Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition (definite requests), with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God.

Mathew 6:8
… for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.

We have been created by God as co-creators on earth. This means that we will have the natural desire to always seek increase in our lives. One of the most common causes for depression is the fact that people have lost their vision for the future. They have accepted as fact in their minds the idea that their future holds no increase or change of circumstances for them. They have lost hope and feel stuck in what see and experience around them.

Sometimes, we might not receive what we ask for immediately. The reason is that we are on earth for the purpose of learning, growing and maturing our soul lives. We need to work on our motives and soul growth first to qualify and be ready for some of the things we ask for, but eventually, we will receive what we have asked for if we keep on believing and working in the natural to develop the opportunities presented to us from a higher Influence in order to make it happen. Many believe they can ask for anything and God will just supply it while they are sitting back and passively watching the horizon for the thing to appear from nowhere out of heaven, and if it doesn’t happen, they will say “It was not God’s will that I should not receive it” or “God said ‘No’”.

As we grow in soul maturity, spirit knowledge, and faith, we will find that our needs and wants become Kingdom directed. In other words, our motives, ideals and what we desire or have obtained by materialistic means, become subservient to our higher calling as co-creative souls with the creative Spirit of God. As we get attuned to God and come in line with God’s will, we then start to see provision, healing and blessings flow into your life as we adhere to one principle that is the most important pivotal spiritual key to a life of increase and success.

Everything you do in life, your work, your riches, independence, all should be directed to bring you into the right circumstances so that you can best utilize your God-given talents and abilities to expand and co-create with the Spirit of God with the purpose to expand the Kingdom of God on earth. The kingdom of God is first established and increased in your own life, your family and then in the lives of others that come in contact with you.
This is the ultimate key to success and increase, and specifically on a materialistic level if you objectively read this scripture within context:

Mathew 6:33 But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom and His righteousness His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides.

These are incredible powerful verses we find in the Bible, and if it doesn’t work in your life, the fault is not with God or His promises, it is to be found within your own mind, your attitudes, your believes, your words and your actions. For any miracle or supernatural interference to manifest in the physical, our thoughts, words and actions must be in agreement. This is how faith for the supernatural is released to produce miracles.

The presence of God in you will increase in your life in all aspects and you become a co-creator with God, empowered to ultimately manifest His kingdom in this three-dimensional realm by means of the spiritual gifts resulting in miracles, signs and wonders as Jesus has demonstrated so wonderfully.

Meditate for a moment on these verses in the Bible:

Mathew 18:19 Again I tell you, if two of you on earth agree (harmonize together, make a symphony together) about whatever [anything and everything] they may ask, it will come to pass and be done for them by My Father in heaven.

Mark 11:24 For this reason I am telling you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe (trust and be confident) that it is granted to you, and you will [get it].

John 14:12-14 I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, if anyone steadfastly believes in Me, he will himself be able to do the things that I do; and he will do even greater things than these, because I go to the Father

And I will do [I Myself will grant] whatever you ask in My Name [as presenting all that I AM], so that the Father may be glorified and extolled in (through) the Son.

[Yes] I will grant [I Myself will do for you] whatever you shall ask in My Name [as presenting all that I AM].

John 15:7 If you live in Me [abide vitally united to Me] and My words remain in you and continue to live in your hearts, ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you.

John 16:23 … I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, that My Father will grant you whatever you ask in My Name [as presenting all that I AM].

1John 3:22 And we receive from Him whatever we ask, because we [watchfully] obey His orders [observe His suggestions and injunctions, follow His plan for us] and [habitually] practice what is pleasing to Him.

1John 5:15 And if (since) we [positively] know that He listens to us in whatever we ask, we also know [with settled and absolute knowledge] that we have [granted us as our present possessions] the requests made of Him.

This spiritual power will not be released into your life before your soul (conscious mind) has not adapted and accepted as the highest law, the principles of the law of the Spirit (the highest law of the Spirit of God is love). Spiritual “head knowledge” or even knowing and practicing religious doctrine, is powerless if spiritual revelation is not meditated upon (Psalm 1) until it is the ruling and controlling knowledge in our higher, spiritual mind (the subconscious) and you are constantly progressing into greater harmony and “in tune” with God’s “mind and thoughts” (God’s will). Meditation and prayer brings us into oneness with the Father Spirit.

People who claim that it is God’s will for some to be rich and others not, or some to be healed and others not, should then explain if all these Bible passages are lies. If God lies, then He is not divine and He cannot be trusted at all.

Jesus said: “ I only do the will of my Father” – John 5:30

Did Jesus heal all the sick that came to him in faith – YES

Jesus said: “I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows).” John 10:10

Do you believe it for all aspects of your life, spirit, soul and body?
You can take the following scripture to your heart for provision in spirit, soul and body:

2Corinthians 8:9
For you are becoming progressively acquainted with and recognizing more strongly and clearly the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ (His kindness, His gracious generosity, His undeserved favor and spiritual blessing), [in] that though He was [so very] rich, yet for your sakes He became [so very] poor, in order that by His poverty you might become enriched (abundantly supplied).

Let us look at the case of Lazarus, the poor beggar, lying at the entrance of a rich man’s house in Luke 16:19-31

In this passage the story is told to contrast between the rich and healthy man, and the poor, sick Lazarus. Now what is the actual message of this passage of scripture?

1. To tell us that all rich men go to hell and all poor fellows go to heaven? No, Jesus is teaching the people that the condition of the heart, your spirit, and soul determines where you will end up. This is in contrast with what many on earth might view as success. Jesus is using this contrast between the false security in earthly riches and the meek and humble true nature of a man’s heart to bring the message over. The message is not against riches, but the fallen state of a man’s heart in contrast with his seemingly successful earthly life.
2. To tell us that it is God’s will for some to be rich and others to be poor and sick?
   This is even more ridiculous as nothing is mentioned in this passage that Jesus might have walked passed this sick man who was asking for healing, and then Jesus would have said: “No, it’s not the Father’s will for you to be healed, stay sick so that God can use your story to show that people who are sick and poor should be contempt with their situation”

So why was Lazarus sick and poor all his life? The Bible doesn’t say because Jesus told this story to emphasize the fact that we are saved, not by earthly status and splendour, but by the ways of our hearts, by faith and living for His kingdom by demonstrating God’s love towards others. What I do know is that there are other scriptures that directly address the issues of healing and abundant living. We don’t have to refer to a scriptural piece that in essence has nothing to do with the concept of poverty, riches or health, to try and prove something that contradicts the rest of scripture.

There are numerous other Bible scriptures that clearly and directly spells out God’s will for us to be healed and to increase in abundance, in fact, Jesus clearly states that this is the reason He came to earth; to show us the way into victory and abundant living by God’s grace while on earth. Grace is what we can obtain by faith. Math 6:33, John 10:10, Isa: 61:1, Luke 4:18, 1 Peter 2:24

If you have ever wondered what God’s will is, look at what Jesus did and taught. He demonstrated the perfect will of the Father. He healed all the sick and never lacked to pay for anything. He even increased food and withdraw money from the mouth of a fish when the money bag was not at hand. He also walked on water, calmed the storm and made wine from water and performed many other supernatural miracles.

Why are some good folks sick and/or poor in this life? Well, one passage states the following: So that God’s glory and love can be demonstrated through the miracles of healing and/or blessings. One example is the story of a man born blind, the disciples suggested all sorts of reasons for the man’s blindness, but Jesus said something very important:

John 9:3-4
Jesus answered, It was not that this man or his parents sinned, but he was born blind in order that the workings of God should be manifested (displayed and illustrated) in him.
We must work the works of Him Who sent Me and be busy with His business while it is daylight; night is coming on, when no man can work.

This is a clear example that it is God’s will to demonstrate His love through healing miracles. Shouldn’t we also demonstrate the same deeds of love and power in the lives of those in need?

John 15:16 You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you and I have appointed you [I have planted you], that you might go and bear fruit and keep on bearing, and that your fruit may be lasting [that it may remain, abide], so that whatever you ask the Father in My Name [as presenting all that I AM], He may give it to you.

Well, to do that we also need to get ourselves healed and blessed in the process, don’t we?

So why are not all our prayers answered to heal the sick or receive what we want?

The answer is a simple one in my opinion:
Because we don’t walk on water yet like Jesus.

Why don’t we walk on water yet?
Because of our lack faith as Jesus has so many times pointed out to His disciples.

Why are we lacking in faith?

Because we don’t spent the time Jesus has spent in the presence of His Father every day and from youth to meditate and learn about the things of the Spirit (See also Psalm 1). We don’t enter into the “Secret Place of the Most High” (Psalm 91) where we can receive this faith, provision, blessings and protection and live a supernatural life as promised in this most powerful Psalm describing the supernatural life. On a soul level, we are not fully developed yet, we are trying to accomplish things in our own power and by our earthly intellect instead of believing we can walk on water, heal the sick, calm the storm, increase food, change water into wine etc. etc.

Our spirits can be perfectly saved through spiritual re-birth and becomes perfect and one with God’s Spirit. Our souls are saved through the process of the washing by the Word of God that we obtain be reading and meditating God’s Word. Only then can we start to apply these principles in our daily lives. We should buy out time in God’s presence to receive revelation and spiritual impartation.

To hide our own lack of spiritual power and shortcomings on a soul level, many would say that it is God’s will for this person not to be healed, or its God’s will that I am poor, or it is God’s will that this calamity has killed so many people.

Whenever I pray for someone and that person is not healed, I look into my own soul, and I can clearly see many reasons why I have failed… for if everyone was instantly healed, I would probably stop learning and developing on a soul level, I might even become boastful and my own ego might be become too big for me and others to handle. But thank God for the miracles I do experience so many times!

Every time I fail on a spiritual level, I go back to God, dissatisfied with myself and my lack of spiritual development, and then I try again, I seek for more revelation, I learn… and I grow in spiritual power.

Jesus said: I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, if anyone steadfastly believes in Me, he will himself be able to do the things that I do; and he will do even greater things than these, because I go to the Father. (John 14:12)

This is God’s will, for you and I; to grow in spiritual power and to live the same powerful life that Jesus was able to live on earth!

Ask, seek and knock to enter into God’s presence!

To help you in your soul journey to grow in God’s power, I have written this very comprehensive study based on the revelations and practical examples whereby I have tested and proved for myself, each and every principle over the span of more than twenty years. This is a book about miracles, signs and wonders and how to make them happen – Entrance to Power.

Entrance to Power

Then I saw Him approaching from the opposite direction.  Our eyes met, He smiled at me. He was dressed in a white robe laced with blue and gold.  Those deep blue, piercing eyes were looking into my very soul, touching me with an intense love and unconditional acceptance.

My excitement, expectation and appreciation for Him were nothing matched against His acceptance of me.  He turned around and started walking with me in the direction I was going.

We started talking and I asked a few questions.  We walked together, sometimes talking, sometimes just enjoying each other’s presence.  I remember how I placed my hand on Jesus’ shoulder and how He has put His arm around my shoulders.  For me, it would be a strange thing in this life, being hugged by another man like this while walking on the beach, the intimate feelings on a soul level, but being hugged by Him was just something that cannot be explained.

I was enjoying His presence, trying to match His feelings towards me, but it is impossible! The more I tried projecting my appreciation towards Him, the more He would engulf me with His love and acceptance.  After another period of silence, I decided to mention another apointment that was scheduled for the next day.

I talked to Him about my friend Andries, who would be visiting me the next day.  Andries was 29, and he weighed 36kg.  Twenty years of suffering from the after-effects of the brain tumours he had developed at age 9, the operations, several strokes and heart failures had finally worn him out.

His health was taking a turn for the worst during 2007.   I could sense Jesus’ compassion for our brother.  I must have been lost in His presence, not noticing that we are not on the beach anymore, we entered into a clearing from the dense bushes into a heavenly scene!   I was not on a beach somewhere on earth anymore.

I stood before a building with huge doors, it swung open as we got near and Jesus stood back, indicating that I should enter in.  I stepped forward into an amazing environment illuminated with soft and subdued hue.  The building stretched almost as far as the eye could see.  I looked at the uncountable number of objects on the row upon row of racks that stretched into the far end of the building.  Some of the objects were glowing with soft neon blue or green colours.  There were instruments and machinery connected to some of the objects.  Limbs, body parts and organs were neatly aligned as far as the eye could see.  Jesus was standing behind me, watching me and smiling at my astonished look.

I looked into the subdued, far end of the building, noticing an object glowing against the wall to our right.  I knew that I was supposed to go there and have a closer look.  I walked down one of the long corridors with racks on both sides towards the object I saw glowing.  As I came near to it, I recognised a complete brain, both lobes, the brain stem connected to the long strings of nerves hanging from it.  It was glowing and pulsating with life…

“It is glowing because it has been activated by the prayers of people that were praying for Andries’ healing, it is ready to be utilized now”.  Jesus’ spoke to me without audible words, His thoughts and mine were connected.

“Can I take it along then?” I thought of asking.

“No, tomorrow is the time, when they visit you.”

“Thank you Jesus, I’m so glad you will be there to heal him, I know I couldn’t do anything without You”, I remarked with feelings of utmost relief, gladness and gratitude.

“No, I’m not going to come and heal him……, you will have to come here, with Andries, and collect his healing…”

Jesus explained: “Many times, healings are manifested because of the Father’s love and grace.  The miracles you see is glimpses of heaven manifested on earth and it demonstrates the Fathers’ will and love for you. What the Father really desire, is for His children to learn to come into heaven and seek a relationship with Him.   I have already done everything I could on earth to open the way for everyone to enter in and take hold of all that is already theirs by inheritance.”

I understood now, why everyone is not healed when we pray for them on earth, God wants us there!  He is keeping the best for when we will grow up spiritually to meet with Him in the “Secret Place”.  All of a sudden, I understood fully what Psalm 91 means. In addition, Psalm63 is an awesome revelation of this kind of experience.  There in the sanctuary, the Holy of Hollies, everything is available – there! Supernatural protection, healing and provision. We want God to bring it to us all the time, but He is there, waiting for us to enter in and lay hold of every spiritual blessing in the heavens!

As we walked back to the beach, I promised Jesus that I would bring my brother into heaven the next day.  I made an appointment with Him.

The previous three months or so, I  had been listening to quite unorthodox teachings by Ian Clayton, a series called “Supernatural Encounters“. His teachings regarding his encounters with God in heavenly places opened up a new level of spirituality to me.  I was also practising deeper meditation based on these teachings during prayer time.  The object of this prayerful meditation is to enter into the twilight zone between being consciously awake or asleep, and to allow the sub-conscious mind to come into a higher state of “super-consciousness”.  I believe the sub-conscious mind’s ability to connect to the spiritual ream, was what we lost with Adam’s fall.  If we can eliminate our SELF-awareness, get it totally out of the way and bring our spirit and subconscious to a more conscious level, we can actually (after much practice to crucify the flesh and the natural mind), be transfigured into heavenly realms where we can actually meet and talk to God, Jesus, angels and other good spirits from the kingdom of Light.  Far-fetched?  Well, this miracle was exactly the proof and confirmation I was looking for, that what I was getting involved in, was truth and a higher level of spirituality mostly undiscovered by believers in general.

I am not yet able to consciously enter into God’s presence in such a super-conscious state where my senses could actually perceive God in absolute conscious reality. However, I know that by faith we can obtain what is not yet seen.

The Friday evening before Andries, his mother Rykie and his sister Juanita arrived, I got the feeling that this is not going to be just another praying and “laying on of hands”-session to get this healing manifested.  I decided to spend my time in deeper prayerful meditation and visualization, talking to God about Andries.  I wanted to make an appointment with God for the next evening when they would be visiting. A great part of my writings is about defining the correlation and explaining the powerful principles of visualisation when combined with faith.  I have come a long way, yet I know I am spiritually underdeveloped (as I believe humanity in general still is).  In my book Entrance to Power, I am trying to bridge this void, to enable people to find the entrance into a higher spiritual dimension.

The next day, I asked Andries and his family members to accept the fact that this session is going to be different from what they might be used to.  I briefly told them about my experience and they understood right away. I was glad their spirituality and faith was on a level that could make this miracle possible.

We entered into prayerful meditation. I spoke, briefly describing in simple words the experience we were having, again on the beach, meeting with Jesus, walking and talking with him.  In the vision, I took my brother on the same path with me and Jesus and to the building. We arrived at God’s store room. We entered into the building through the large doors and we went straight to the far end with the glowing brain.  I took the brain and nervous system off the instruments and the hooks.  We walked back to the beach with Jesus, thanking Him for this precious time with Him.  In my lounge, Andries was sitting on the chair in front of me.  I was standing behind him, and I took the new brain (virtually by visualization and by physical demonstration) and I lowered it into His body from the top of his head.  I told him that from now on, all pain and migraines would disappear, all nausea and lack of appetite.  He will gain weight again, and all damaged parts of the old brain where they operated on him, the scars in his brain from the strokes, everything was now healed.

Afterwards, for the first time, Andries was his own self again, talking to us.  We sat and listened as he told us about his life, the traumas, the victories, the faith and his visions of heaven.

This healing was a miracle and a blessing from God and I have to pass all gratitude, glory and praise on to my heavenly Father.  I believe that in this specific case, it was God’s intention to manifest a little piece of heaven in the lives of a few people and a this family in a very special way.  I also believe that the way we were led to approach this miracle was quite unique (for me at least) and an invitation from God to seek His face and presence in the “secret place of the Most High” (Psalm 91).

We touched heaven and the garment of Jesus!

If only we would seek God’s face, and not only His miracles, we could have it all!

To read the full testimony of this miracle healing– click here.