Thoughts/excerpts from Patricia King's "Spiritual Revolution"

I have been reading an eye-opening book by Patricia King called “Spiritual Revolution.” I am learning so much and I definitely recommend it to anyone hungry for more of the supernatural in your life! This book talks about all kinds of things like angelic visitations, visions, miracles, hearing the voice of the Lord in different ways, and “third heaven” experiences. You may be a little doubtful of some things at first but she is so genuine in her experiences and uses scripture constantly to back up the things she believes. I love the way she talks about living by faith. Here are some of the passages that I wanted to share with you.

In the beginning of the book, she talks about the different types of supernatural occurrences that are happening today, all over the world. But she starts out focusing on the evil ones, from the Kingdom of darkness. We, as the body of Christ have a responsibility to give a true example of the supernatural!
“These true signs and wonders will be the standard raised up against the flood of the counterfeit demonic outpouring. We must walk in the true in order to expose and swallow up the false.” She talks about the “sad reality that of those that believe that God's power is real today, very few are actually operating in much of it at all, including herself.” I began to understand a bigger purpose for the supernatural, for signs and wonders. I always had a hunger for these things but now I understand that it goes beyond a hunger to be satisfied in myself. As a follower of Christ I have a responsibility to display the true supernatural realm of the Kingdom of heaven to expose how evil the works of the enemy are. We cannot simply talk about how terrible the things are that the enemy does through the occult and other practices, we must fight back. Satan is creating counterfeits, but what about the true originals?! We must keep them alive, instead of shrinking away from anything supernatural in fear. She challenges us believers with these questions: “ Again, how will we ever learn to discern the counterfeit if we are not familiar with the real thing? How will the unsaved ever embrace the truth if they only know the false?”

She talks about the vital importance of experiencing God versus simply reading about him in His Word.
“Successful and meaningful relationships are based on a choice to love as well as to experience that love. If you were to take the experience dimension out of a relationship, you would more than likely be left with a cold and empty association and not a relationship at all. If you were to read the biography of the President of the United Stares, it doesn't mean that you have a relationship with him. It simply means you know about him. If you had coffee with him, however, or went for a walk with him, or allowed him to take you on a personal tour of the White House, then you could perhaps say that you had a small measure of relationship with him. What makes the difference? It is the experience dimension. The more experience you share with someone, the deeper your relationship becomes.”

“He would be so disappointed if we said “Reading the Bible is all I need. I can find everything I need to know about You, Lord, through Your Word. It doesn't matter to me if I experience Your love, presence, or power.” This would break His heart, for He longs to give us experience with Him and to receive our love as well. He is a relational God. When He was suffering on the cross, He had an expectation. He endured the cross for the joy set before Him. Experiencing an eternal love relationship with you is that joy.”

Wow, I just had never heard things said quite this way before, but it makes SO much sense!! How heartbreaking is it that we are letting ourselves, as the body of Christ, be satisfied with knowing about God instead of experiencing Him as a person!

She also approaches it from the opposite standpoint and cautions “Experience orientation is valid if it has a place of right priority within your heart. Experience, for the sake of experience, however, has no eternal value at all, and the idolatry of it could possibly lead to great deception. Experience in knowing Him, His Kingdom, and His Righteousness, however, is our upward call in Christ Jesus.”

Anyways, I have already written lots here....didn't even write nearly everything I wanted too... But hopefully it will give you more encouragement to be seeking after the supernatural and experiencing the one true God!

I love you guys!