Opening the Gates of Heaven Perry Stone

lying across the front pew. I was not asleep and not totally awake. I had been quiet for about twenty minutes after praying for several hours. Without sounding overly sensational, the feeling I had was of being caught somewhere between earthly things and heavenly things, sort of in a spiritual vortex. The phrase came completely by surprise and unexpectedly. However, since 2001 our weekly telecast has carried the name Manna-fest . Both revelations occurred at the conclusion of lengthy prayers but also during times when I was quiet and still. Remember, it is impossible to hear from the Lord as long as you are speaking. Your prayers and words are climbing the ladder. However, your answers will be sent from the heavenly temple to you, and it is important to have a spiritually trained ear to hear what the Spirit is saying to you. M EDITATING ON S OMETHING I NSTEAD OF N OTHING I want to clarify further between the world’s method of meditating and the biblical manner of meditating. Both use the same word, meditate , but their ideas differ. Secular teachers teach a person how to clear the mind and think on nothing. In the Bible, believers must become quiet or still, but they are to use their knowledge to muse upon or to think about the subject or spiritual matter about which they are concentrating. Joshua and David concentrated upon the Word of God.