Opening the Gates of Heaven Perry Stone

T HE P URPOSE OF M EDITATING I S TO H EAR

Meditating on the Word or upon the Lord is for more than resting in His presence. If a person is continually talking or speaking, it is impossible for that person to listen to another person or hear what another is saying. As previously stated, I believe in prayer, including seasons of long prayer and intercessory prayer. However, I am also aware that there are two directions on the ladder—one goes up and the other comes down. My prayers go up, but the answers come down. At times, part of the answer involves acting upon something that the Lord spoke to me in my spirit. This answer comes by being sensitive to the inward leading of the Holy Spirit. There are times we are to be still and know that the Lord is God (Ps. 46:10). When we allow our minds to cease from mental activities and concentrate entirely upon the written Word of God, then we can glean important nuggets that are dropped into our spirits by the Holy Spirit. Each person should have a special private place, or as Christ said, a prayer “closet” (Matt. 6:6, KJV ) in which to meet with the Lord one on one. Through meditating, insight and revelation moves from the mind to the spirit. T WO P OWERFUL E XAMPLES In November in the late 1970s I was preaching in Danville,