The LORD replied, "I will personally go with you, Moses, and I will give you rest-everything will be fine for you." Fourth, when we have Gods presence, we have rest ( Exodus 33:14 Close Exodus 33:14 My enemies retreated they staggered and died when you appeared. Says Adam and Eve heard the voice of God and hid because they sinned.) Third, the manifest presence of God turns back our enemies ( Psalms 9:3 Close Psalms 9:3 So they hid from the LORD God among the trees.
When the cool evening breezes were blowing, the man* and his wife heard the LORD God walking about in the garden. You will show me the way of life, granting me the joy of your presence and the pleasures of living with you forever.* Marilyn says it is important to cultivate Gods presence through the Holy Spirit: First, because in His presence there is fullness of joy ( Psalms 16:11 Close Psalms 16:11 But when you begin to experience Gods presence, it changes you and you won't ever be the same." "Sometimes we desperately need visitations, because our problems can be so tremendous. "That was the manifest presence of God," says Marilyn. People in the back started laughing in the Spirit and the entire front row fell on the floor, drunk in the Spirit. She thought, Whats so funny? Then a man fell into the aisle, and at that point, her teaching was over. All at once, people on one side of the church began fanning themselves, and soon they started laughing. On the second night, Marilyn continued in the Psalms. Several people reported that they had visions of what God was doing in their lives. People stayed and basked in the presence of God. When the altar call was over and the service dismissed, no one left. She began teaching on the Psalms and people began crying. By the second day, Marilyn knew something was cooking. People were being saved and filled with the Holy Spirit. Wonderful things began happening in her meetings. "I felt as if I were living in a capsule of the presence of God," she says. She was adjusting to a 16-hour time change and jet lag, but it was as though her body didn't need any sleep for four days. Once when Marilyn came home from an overseas trip and was on her way to Texas, she had an unusual awareness of the Lord's presence.
, God inhabits the praise of His people." Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. "Learn to live in an atmosphere of praise," says Marilyn, "because, according to Psalms 22:3 Close Psalms 22:3 We need to be able to touch Him and know Him in a personal way. We need the manifest presence of the Holy Spirit in our daily lives at home, church, school, on the job, and in our families. "If we can allow the Holy Spirit to work in us the way He wants to work, then He can produce what He wants in us." "God thinks the process of preparation is just as important as the finished product," she says. Marilyn says that God wants to bring Holy Spirit revival to the body of Christ, but it takes preparation on our part. It was gentle and sweet, but she thought, God, what is this? This is strange to me! God answered, Thats the Holy Spirit, and I want to show you that I blow you where I want you to go. She began to rock back and forth almost involuntarily. One night, while standing in a meeting and praising the Lord, Marilyn had an unusual encounter with the Holy Spirit. He just blew gently, giving me a hunger to pray and read the Bible." "At first, I didnt sense Him," says Marilyn. Marilyn says when she was younger, the Holy Spirit began moving on her once she became born again. Then again, sometimes He comes in like a rushing mighty gale like when the disciples were all filled with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit can come into our lives like a sweet, gentle breeze. John 14:16 Close John 14:16Īnd I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate,* who will never leave you. "He is called to be with you as long as you live," says Marilyn. According to Jesus, the Holy Spirit is "another Comforter," Jesus being the first. Marilyn reminds us that the Holy Spirit is a person who dwells in and communicates with us.
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