Opening the Gates of Heaven Perry Stone

Others see Mary holding the infant Jesus. Some will visualize the cross or the resurrection. When I see Christ in my mind, I see Him as John did in Revelation 1— wearing a white garment with a golden belt, His eyes like fire, His hair as white as snow, His feet like a polished bronze, and His radiance as bright as the sun (Rev. 1:14– 16). Without a sanctified imagination , how could we believe that we receive something when we pray before it actually comes to pass (Mark 11:24)? If I pray for someone in my bloodline to receive Christ, my faith vision must see that person rejoicing in church before they ever pray at an altar. If someone needs a healing, our minds must line up with our spirits as we see health, and not a picture of death and destruction. This is not mind over matter , as some suggest, but it is simply meditating upon what you desire to see occur before it occurs. It is impossible to honestly confess with your mouth something that is not in your heart, since out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks (Matt. 12:34). The unbelief and mental struggles that chain a person to doubt can be broken when that person begins to muse over and over again upon the promises from God’s Word. As you rehearse the passages of Scriptures that are special to you, then the light of revelation will bring rays of illumination to your mind. M EDITATING IN