adventure # 12: angels all around

Hello dear friends and fellow adventurers

I've been promising you that I will share my encounters with angels with you - and I am finally delivering. Today's post and video is part 1 in a 3-part series all about angels. The first two posts and videos focus on my personal experiences with angels and the 3rd post and video is an in-depth Biblical study on angels.

So here are my suggestions for how we can immerse ourselves in the topic of angels this week.

Monday

Watch the video. Here it is for your convenience.

Tuesday

Read Chapter 17 of my book. It is here that I detail the intervention that my angels created for me.  

Wednesday

Meditate on the following Scripture and give thanks to God for what it is saying. 

Psalm 91:11-12

“For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways. On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.” -Psalm 91:11-12

God offers His pure and selfless love through the use of His angels. According to the psalmist, God commands many angels to guard us. God commands those faithful spirits who are nearest to Him, who come from Him and are marked by Him to guard us in all our ways. God’s promise through the psalmist to Jesus applies to us as well.

Thursday

Meditate on this Scripture today and give thanks to God for what it is saying. 

Matthew 18:10

“Beware that you don’t look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels are always in the presence of my Heavenly Father.” -Matthew 18:10

This is one of the key passages in the Bible regarding guardian angels. There is no doubt that good angels help protect us. They also reveal information and minister to believers in general. The big question for many people is whether each person is assigned a guardian angel. While Scripture nowhere states that an angel is assigned to every individual, we know that we are in the presence of angels, and they are here for good.

Friday

You are surely aware that Jews gather with their family and friends on a Friday evening for Shabbat. Listen to these two versions of a favourite Shabbat song, in which the angels are acknowledged and welcomes. Let me know in the Comments below which version you prefer. 

Saturday

Just go out into Nature and enjoy God's good provision, knowing that angels are all around to guard you and minister to you according to God's perfect will. 

Sunday

Go to church - its the one place you are assured of being in the presence of the Lord's good angels! 

In next Monday's video, I continue my explanation of my angelic encounters..so I do hope you'll keep a lookout for that. Until then..Avante! 

Adventure #1

In this week, I did two things that I haven't done for ages - I fasted, and I spent a whole morning just worshipping the Lord and praying in tongues. The fast happened because our church called for a time of corporate fasting. I don't know why (well, I do know why, it's called apathy) but I haven't fasted for quite a few years now so, I'm not going to lie, I found it tough going. But then..suddenly..two days later, I found myself doing something else I haven't done for ages and that is, spending an entire Saturday morning just worshipping the Lord and praying in tongues. And out of that time came a lot of stuff to share with you guys as well as some private ministry from the Lord.

So, you tell me..coincidence? I don't think so.

Dear adventurers, it's exciting to think that in merely drawing near to God, we end up activating very real encounters - but I'm also aware of your busy schedules so I don't want to load you with too much. I'll leave it to you to decide what you can manage from my suggestions below for this week. For those of you who are actually registered on the Explore Your Story adventure, you'll also receive this list in an email so you don't have to keep coming back here every day.

Monday

Watch the first of our Explore Your Story videos. Here it is for your convenience. Don't forget to comment and share your experiences either under this blogpost or on the youtube channel.

Tuesday

Pray in tongues for 5 minutes. If you don't pray in tongues, you never have before, you're scared of it, you're not sure if its Biblical or for today..or whatever, just let me know and we can chat further about it. 

Wednesday

In the video I make mention of the time I 'flew' over Table Mountain in a panel-van. I don't want to get too much into this right now because I am going to do a whole video on translocation but in the meantime, check these Scriptures out and have a little think about them:

“… and immediately the boat was at the land to which they went” (John 6:21)

“…. the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more…… but Philip was found at Azotus; and, passing through , he preached in all the cities….” (Acts 8:39-40)

Thursday

In the video I also mention that I would love it if you all wrote your stories down and we could publish them together. I know of at least one of you who is doing that already. How about you? It doesn't have to be your whole life story..it can even be just one story of a time when you really experienced God as real in your life or the story of how you came to be a believer. Let me know if you're up for this. 

Friday

Pray in tongues for 10 minutes. 

Saturday

Close your windows, curtains and doors and worship like nobody's watching - 'cos nobody is, except the angels and the Father and Jesus and the Spirit and, who knows, some other spiritual beings that might be hanging around (not that they'll hang around very long once you start worshipping of course!) hmmmm that's quite a lot actually. Here are some of my suggestions for worship music I love:

https://youtu.be/r7p09AgfvQw (if you got saved in the 80's, this music will especially take you straight to the Throne Room)

https://youtu.be/aQEgS5_3nac (if you got saved in the 90's, this will especially release your heart)


https://youtu.be/huFra1mnIVE (talk about dynamite coming in small packages, this is one of the best live worship experiences EVER - and BTW, how gorgeous is her makeup?)

Sunday

Go to church. Even if they don't practice flying over Table Mountain there. Go to church. 

So, that's it for this week. Until next time. Avante.