Hearing The Holy Spirit

To hear more from the Holy Spirit, we should always acknowledge Him. If we “miss” what is saying and operate in the flesh or soul, it is necessary to restore our connection to Him. One of our team members had this dream to show what needs to be done:  

Dream 

In a school auditorium a quartet of boys were performing. They were off key and didn’t really know the words, but the huge crowd loved them anyway. 

In the next scene a team member and two other girls were pushing red dollies (box movers) around on the stage and were performing as if in a musical in a theatre. A small audience of family members watched as they paraded around. 

Occasionally the dollies would slip and hit the performers in the face, causing their mouths to bleed and the loss of their canine teeth. 

Once the performance was over, they went backstage where Lynn Hardy applauded their efforts by letting them know that sometimes accidents happen. A female teacher had their intact, unharmed, and neatly wrapped teeth in a bag. The teacher smiled encouragingly as she handed each person their missing teeth. 

New & Old Wineskin: Formula & Witchcraft Prayers

 Every great revelation of power and authority from God undergoes the same process:  

• Discovery: That is the moment of an initial realization of something hidden or forgotten in the Bible. Seeds of this new or renewed information are planted and take time to grow. 
• Acceptance: New discoveries are not widely accepted at first. After some time, they become more mainstream resulting in a revival. 
• Formula: As revelations become widely known and accepted, man creates a formula for how to operate in it. 
• formula prayers: 1 + 1 = 2 -- We say this and expect to always get the same results 
• Degradation: Eventually, every power-based revelation loses the anointing of God as man takes control.

Heavenly Language

Pray at all times (on every occasion, in every season) in the Spirit, with all [manner of] prayer and entreaty... (Ephesians 6:18 AMPC) 

But you, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life. (Jude 1:20–21 AKJV) 

Throughout the New Testament, there is mention of “praying in the Spirit” which is the same as praying in “an unknown tongue.” Dr. Andrew B. Newberg; a neuroscientist, Professor, and Director at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, did a study of the brain and compared brain scans of Buddhist monks and Franciscan nuns praying in their normal way against the brain scans of people who were praying in the Spirit. The study showed that the frontal lobe of those praying in the Spirit was mostly dormant while the monks and nuns who were praying in their own language, the traditional way, had a normal level of frontal lobe activity. The frontal lobe region of the brain is where the “language center” resides. Even those who uttered gibberish showed activity in this part of the brain. This study concluded that when people were “praying in the Spirit,” it wasn’t coming from their own mind. 

Strengthening Your Spirit

Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you through and through; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept complete and [be found] blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Thessalonians 5:23 AMPC) 

Paul’s prayer for the Thessalonians demonstrates that we are a three-part being, just like our Creator. God is a spirit, and we are spirit beings who have a soul and live in a body. This is why Paul listed the three parts to every human in this order. Many Christians have been taught that they have a spirit, soul, and body, but they may not understand the role of each of them. Some believe the soul and spirit are the same but as you can see, that is not what the Bible says. 

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12 AKJV) 

We could not divide the two if they were one and the same. The spirit is the part of us that is connected to God and Heaven. The soul is our mind, will, and emotions: that connects to the things of this Earth. It is God’s will that the spirit rule over the soul and body. The soul with its memory, will, and emotions depends on the functionality of your brain and body for it to express itself or be conscious. The spirit can exist on its own, apart from the soul and body. 

Who Should Receive Charges in the Courts of Heaven

VIDEO: Receiving Charges

In the first Courts of Academy workbook: Courts of Heaven Foundations, you were placed before the Throne of Grace where Jesus is contending for you. You should be: 

• Learning God’s ways and applying it to your life 
• Confessing any sin that is revealed 
• Turning from that sin 

Doing this allows Jesus to remove charges and bring restoration into your life. Who is better than the Lord to handle things in the Courts? You should take advantage of this time of gentle correction. 

The way our team receives charges in the Courts is unique. For this reason, under most circumstances, we ask that people go through the Academy before taking this step. Petitioners should go to the Courts to receive charges when: 

Receiving MORE from the Courts

Each new revelation from God seems to be so effective as it begins, then it begins to degrade over time. Why is this? God is always the same, so why do things change? 

We must find the answers to these questions now because the revelation of the Courts of Heaven is in danger of becoming ineffective; an "old wineskin." To understand why, we need to know what the Bible says about old wineskin. If you have not been immersed in the Christian culture, this term may be unfamiliar to you. What does it mean to be an “old wineskin?” Three out of the four accounts in the Bible record our Lord talking about this, so it must be important:

Demonic Attachments

Levels of Demonic Attachments 

Over the last few years, my team and I have taken hundreds of people to the Courts of Heaven to become free of attacks from the enemy. Some of the questions I am asked quite often are:  

• What does it feel like when you are under an assault by the enemy?  
• What is part of normal life?  
• What is an attack, resulting from a demon or a demonic attachment?  

To really understand these questions, let’s look at the commonly accepted, well-known, tactics of the enemy. There are three stages of influence demons can have upon a person. 

1. Depression 
2. Oppression 
3. Possession 

Familiar Spirits and the Courts of Heaven

VIDEO: Other Spirits

And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set My face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. (Leviticus 20:6 KJV) 

The term “familiar spirits” is used in the Bible to describe those who use information gained through demons on a regular basis. In those days, these people would have included psychics, tarot card readers, palm readers, witch doctors, along with wizards. Is it harmless to get your palm read? Or to go to a tarot card reader?  

According to the above scripture, there is a stiff penalty for associating with spirits who are not from God: He turns His face from us. This means we will lose God's favor and His presence. If you were cut off from your people, you couldn't go to the temple to pray or to offer sacrifices. For Christians this means that your prayers will be hindered if you listen to familiar spirits!