SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES
(Jeremiah 33:3) "Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not."
(Psalms 91:1) "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most high shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty"
(Ephesians 2:18) "For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father."
(Ephesians 1:17-18) (17) "That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:" (18) "The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,"
(Ephesians 1:19-23) (19) "And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power," (20) "Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places," (21) "Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:" (22) "And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church," (23) "Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all."
(Ephesians 3:14-18) (14) "For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ," (15) "Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named," (16) "That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;" (17) "That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love," (18) "May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;"
(Ephesians 3:19-21)(19) "And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God." (20) "Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us," (21) "Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end." Amen.
(Matthew 13:11) "He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given."
(Psalms 84:11) "For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly."
PREFACE SUMMARY
Dear reader, I am bursting with excitement as I began writing this awesome message for those of you that have a deep craving and desire to know God in a more intimate way which will better equip you to teach others the reality that we have a high priest at the right hand of God who can be touched with the feeling of our infirmities for he was once one of us.
Beloved we find in (Proverbs 25:25) the words "as cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country" and beloved, in this message, we will discover a glimpse of this most intimate place referred to in the book of Psalms ninety one as the secret place of the most high God.
(Psalms 91:1) "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most high shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty."
Beloved reader, did you know that when we discover how to enter and dwell in the power of the Secret place, the power of the Holy Spirit that resides within us will protect and hide us so that we cannot be disturbed by the enemy?
Dear reader, we will discover through this message a profound truth revealing how the "Holy Spirit often called the comforter and guide will give us the strength we need to overcome our weaknesses including our physical surroundings.
Beloved, the Holy Spirit does this through deep intercession and groaning's that we do not understand, but as we spend time in his presence, we can ask him to reveal his secrets to us for God said in his word that it is his good pleasure to give us the mysteries of the kingdom and he will withhold no good thing from us.
(Matthew 13:11) "He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given."
(Psalms 84:11) "For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly."
THE DOOR TO THE SPIRIT
(Ephesians 1:17-18) (17) "That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:" (18) "The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,"
(Ephesians 1:19-23) (19) "And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power," (20) "Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places," (21) "Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:" (22) "And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church," (23) "Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all."
Dear reader, before I get into the deep truths of divine intimacy, let me say that singing our favorite songs that may give us an emotional high are nothing unless we are in true worship coming forth from the adoration that is in our hearts and that is why some people tend to fall back in the same routine leaving church feeling like they missed something.
Beloved, did you know that there are some people in today's church caught up in all its forms and schedules, who leave the church service more entertained than elevated?
Church, my prayer is that if you have enjoyed this message so far that you will open your heart to discover the secret benefits available to all that will dwell and abide in that most holy place where only few have arrived.
Saints, we begin our message by studying the first and third chapters of the book of Ephesians where we will find the Apostle Paul praying for the church at Ephesus the most important prayer that a person can pray for another believer and notice how he is not praying for their financial well being or their health, but he is praying that almighty God will give them a deeper revelation of who he is and the plan he has for his people.
Dear reader, notice how Paul in this first chapter of Ephesians is praying and asking God to grant a prayer to the church at Ephesus that only the Holy Spirit is able to give and remember beloved reader that the Holy Spirit is the one who will open the door and introduce the father and son to us. (Ephesians 2:18) "For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father."
Saints, notice that Paul in this powerful prayer is not asking for more strength, more motivation or more determination for these men but for them to be endued with spiritual wisdom and revelation that would bring them to a greater understanding and revelation of the knowledge of God.
Beloved, did you know that when we pray by the scriptures mentioned in this chapter, we are praying a prayer that God recognizes because only a spirit filled believer would be able to pray this prayer and get results?
Dear reader, notice how Paul begins his prayer by acknowledging God in a personal way as being the almighty God, the model father of all created beings that gave us Jesus and notice how he asks God to give the church at Ephesus a deeper revelation asking him to reveal his plan to redeem mankind his greatest creation including his plan to adopt that wonderful creation into his family as sons and daughters of God who will one day bear the image of his Son.
Beloved, did you know that when you pray this prayer, you are praying a prayer that God recognizes and his Holy Spirit will not only point you to the deeper things of God, but will personally become your guide to lead you there for the word declares that we have access to God by his Spirit.
(Hebrews 9:14) "How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?"
Dear reader, in closing, notice how this verse reads that Jesus offered himself to God through the eternal Spirit and if he being the other Adam needed the Holy Spirit to approach to atone for our sins, then how much more do we need him in this day of grace?
Beloved Saints, if you are sincere in your desire for more of God in your life, I suggest you begin praying this prayer found in Ephesians the first chapter and the third chapter every time you have some free time and I assure you that you will get god's attention for this prayer will open the door to deeper things in the Spirit fulfilling the scripture found in Jeremiah thirty three and verse three.
(Jeremiah 33:3) "Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not."
WHAT IS TRUE WORSHIP?
Dear reader, are you hungry for that deeper walk and do you seek an intimate relationship with the living God then I strongly suggest you study the life of King David and find out what real worship is all about for God declared him to be a man after his own heart.
Saints, King David was a true worshiper and did you know that true worship begins when we see our Lord for who he is as we through his Spirit catch a glimpse of his majestic Holiness?
Beloved, did you know that we worship God in our heart and we praise him with our voice to vent out the worship that is filling our heart therefore our worship should be centered on how we esteem (Value) (Admire) him for who he is and what he has done for us?
Dear reader, I want you to know that there is power unleashed when we enter into true worship and praise for there is an old saying that when the praises go up, the blessings come down which better said when the people of God begin to pray, the power of God is on display.
Beloved, do you not know that when we vocalize in praise the worship that is in our heart, we will get God's attention and as we enter into his presence, the burdens that are attempting to hold us captive will loose their hold for now we do not have our eyes on the problem, but on him who loves us and gave himself for us.
Saints, true worship begins in the heart and not only is it released when we praise him in a church service, but it is released when we are doing errands to help build his kingdom.
Dear reader, the best way to describe how we can worship him by working in his kingdom, whether it be helping our pastor working as an usher, working in the youth group or even cleaning the rest rooms for all of these functions are needed to be successful in our ministry outreaches and the best illustration to describe what I am speaking about would be for me to tell a little story of an actual experience that took place in my life which might seem funny to some but it sure was not funny to me.
Beloved, I was visiting some church friends in North Carolina that had gathered to clean up around their church however there was just me, a church elder and a deacon that showed showed up to perform the work.
Dear reader, I remember it being a hot summer day and I remember an ugly grown incline behind the church that needed what we in Tennessee call grubbing which consisted of cutting all the growth down including digging up their roots to keep them from growing back.
Beloved, I remember the deacon was busy mowing the yard and I was hard after cleaning up that messy eyesight growing behind the church for to me, it was not good for people to drive by seeing that awful mess especially on God's property.
Dear reader, I was working hard to get this area cleaned up when the church elder who was watching it all from his chair sitting in the shade, motioned with his hand for me to stop and come to him.
Beloved, the church elder informed me that I was not getting paid and I needed to slow down working so hard in that hot sun, but it was in that moment that I informed him that I enjoy working that hard for I am working for God.
Dear reader, I proceeded to inform him of the many cars that have passed that have had to witness that awful eyesore on God's property maybe even making comments to people in their car about why don't these people who claim to love God make an effort to clean up his property?
Dear Saints, I informed the church elder that this is my way of worshipping God for as I am cleaning up his property, I am venting out the worship that is in my heart through my actions because when I finish my chore, people are going to drive by and instead of asking questions about an eyesore on God's property, they are going to be making comments such as, "I bet that church is under new management and maybe even make plans to attend the next service."
Beloved, don't you know that the enemy was so upset with me that he caused a small lizard to crawl up my pants which I did not discover until I got to my apartment and began to run water to enjoy a nice hot bath.
Dear reader, God saw to it that the lizard did not move in my clothes until I started removing my pants to get in my bath and that is when the thing jumped out of my pants to run for cover.
Saints, if that thing would have moved in my clothes while waiting on my bath water, I probably would have had a heart attack thinking it was a serpent of which I hate both dead ones and live ones.
Beloved, no wonder Paul stated in the book of Romans that when he would do good, evil is present but dear reader, through it all including the forty five minute ride having to sit in the bed of a pick up truck to get back to my apartment, God's protecting hand was upon me through it all and that same God will protect you.
ENTERING THE SECRET PLACE
Dear reader, did you know that solitude is the key to hearing God’s voice in knowing Him and preaching His word with an anointing that will break the grasp that the powers of darkness have on the people?
Solitude = "The state or seclusion meaning the state of one who is alone. solitude may imply a condition of being apart from all human beings or of being cut off by wish or circumstances from one's usual associates."
Beloved, did you not know that when we dwell in this intimate place with God, the powers of darkness cannot pervade for it is our private time of knowing God and experiencing Him in a way that can only be described as complete intimacy?
Beloved, Jesus said that when we pray, we are to go into our closets in private and did you know that it is in that private place that Satan is restricted and cannot hear our prayers because we are covered by the shield of His love?
Saints, it is time to get past the Sanctuary of worship and enter into a wonderful relationship with Christ who is not flesh and blood but an Eternal Being.
Beloved, nothing should ever be allowed to take the place of being in his presence and there should never be a question in our mind when it comes to our relationship with him on who should get the preeminence in our life.
Saints, I am talking about people places and things including family which are temporal and will come to an end but our place of being in direct relationship with our Lord will determine how much he can trust us with in the world to come.
Beloved, we have got to get past regular worship which is filled with man made forms and agendas which exemplify the flesh more than the creator where people leave the meeting more entertained than elevated.
Dear reader, we must come to a place of holy reverence for who he is, and what he has done for us, that we might be called sons and daughters of the most high God.
Beloved reader, when are we going to get tired of church in the norm which places no boundaries on sin with sold out pastors preaching a gospel that will allow the flesh to stay alive?
Dear Saints, there is something wrong when the world can come into a church and sit comfortably in their meetings with no conviction of sin with no preaching against their ungodly way of life.
Beloved, did you know that when we enter in and seek God's presence with our whole heart, we are guaranteed by his word that he shall be found?
Saints, did you know that the problem plaguing the church today is simple, "people want a neat religion that they can control that allows them to sit comfortably in their sin?
Beloved Saints, there is nothing the church needs more today than a fresh encounter with the holiness and presence of the living God where the fire of God will fall in our midst stripping away those putting on a show that are operating in worked up flesh which they call the workings of the Spirit.
Church, did you know that for several years, many men and women have risen making attempts to bring God down to their level in an attempt to lower his standard including his requirements for living?
Dear reader, when his presence and holiness is introduced to us by his Spirit, the masks of pretense are stripped off for it is then that we will discover that he is the Standard who has called all men and women to repentance.
Beloved, did you not know that the scriptures reveal instances where great men of God trembled and fell on their faces when they found themselves in the presence of God's Holy Angels?
Dear reader, our God is Holy and his Spirit is called Holy for a reason which should serve us warning that he will not be mocked and beloved, we can only imagine what it will be like to meet this awesome Eternal being one day when we stand before him to give an account of the life we lived on earth.
Saints, this Awesome Creator has extended unto each of us an invitation to accept his pardon and his grace through the finished work of his Son Jesus Christ in giving his life as a ransom for all that receive his pardon.
Beloved, I believe through this message that this awesome God is calling us to come out of the outer court of the sanctuary and into the inner court of his presence and grace.
Saints, did you know that Christ has offered to share his Glory and his throne with his people for does not the Holy the scriptures declare that one day we shall judge Angels?
Dear reader, I love to tell people that approach me concerning my walk with Christ, that they can go drink from the same fountain that I drink from and that is the fresh clear water of the Holy Spirit by spending time with him in solitude. A-Men
THE SECRET TO ANSWERED PRAYER
Dear reader, I have found that God has answered more of my prayers when I spend time in his word and maintain my prayer time which is usually three to four-thirty in the early morning hours which the bottom line would be that it is more successful to get your prayers answered when the Lord is present.
Beloved, Perry Stone Jr. gave me a book one time which I made a mistake and loaned to another minister which never ever offered to return my book, but in the book was a letter found in a Turkish monastery that Pilot had written the emperor Caesar which caused him to validate the resurrection of Jesus and declare him to be one of the Gods.
Dear reader, in the letter Pilot mentioned Malchus who had been placed with over a hundred men to guard the tomb of Jesus who said that around three in the morning a blue light appeared over the tomb and remember Saints, that there is record that a blue light appeared in the holy of holies when the high priest would enter once a year to offer the sacrifice for the people.
Beloved, the letter read that when the blue light appeared they heard the sound of music and noticed the dead walking in their grave clothes but beloved, the letter said during all of this that the ground began to shake and when they lifted up their eyes, the huge stone had been rolled away exposing the entrance into the tomb of Jesus.
Saints, I love it when God wakes me up at (3am) to pray and the first thing that I do is to go wash my face, comb my hair, make sure I have on a decent shirt, brush my teeth, and use my mouth wash then I get one of my favorite bibles to place on a chair as I reach for a small pillow to place on the floor as I find some soft instrumental worship music to charge the atmosphere.
Beloved, the whole time I am preparing to enter his presence, I do so with excitement because I am going to be spending time with the one who awakened me to join him in the secret place of prayer.
Dear reader, I take my walk with God serious and the best way to describe why I take all these precautions to go before him is because "He is a King."
Beloved, I will cover more on this later but right now, I wish to relate the intimate secret in praying the prayer we studied in the first chapter of Ephesians, because no one outside of Christ can pray this prayer for it must be prayed in the Spirit.
Beloved, I now ask you if you are ready to develop that special prayer time and pray these scriptures every day in your special prayer time then I strongly suggest you memorize these powerful scriptures and get them in your spirit man?
Beloved, I found that most demonic activity has calmed down in the early morning hours and some years back beloved, while driving my 18 wheeler, I would utilize this time to memorize and pray the scriptures found in the first and third chapter of the book of Ephesians.
Saints, every time I had a spare moment on my hands to pray, I would catch myself quoting and praying these scriptures which served to open a door for me into another level with God.
Dear reader are you ready to go deeper into the tings of God, then turn to the third Chapter of Ephesians and start at the fourteenth verse where we find the Apostle Paul launching deeper in this prayer and thanking God for who he is in a spirit of worship?
(Ephesians 3:14-18) (14) "For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ," (15) "Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named," (16) "That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;" (17) "That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love," (18) "May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;"
(Ephesians 3:19-21)(19) "And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God." (20) "Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us," (21) "Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end." Amen.
RECOGNITION IN THE COURTS OF HEAVEN
(Ephesians 3:14-16) (14) "For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ," (15) "Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named," (16) "That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;"
(Ephesians 3:17-18) (17) "That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love," (18) "May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;"
Dear reader, listen quietly as you read these powerful verses starting at the sixteenth verse where Paul asks God to grant unto them to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man that they might know the unfathomable Love of Christ.
Beloved, notice that Paul is praying for spiritual growth including the well being of these Ephesian people that they might know the length, the depth, and the height of God's love shown to us through the giving of his Son to suffer our penalty of death that we may become sons and daughters of the most high God.
Saints, after we have accepted God's free pardon for our sins and after we have been adopted as sons and daughters into his royal family, this prayer states that there is nothing that we can think of that he is not able to bring to pass and the bottom line to this kind of praying is, God will honor this prayer and the Christian life with his mercy as the foundation for honoring our petition.
Beloved Saints, now that we have discovered the secrets to entering into God's awesome presence, I feel I should remind you that entering God's presence could be likened to a court room here on earth and the more you give study to this court system, you will discover that there is more than one court in heaven and one of the courts is called the court of mercy as seen in the seventh chapter of Daniel.
Dear reader, to give an illustration of the way court operates, let's say that you are in court to support a friend and as the trial proceeds, you may think of something which could help your friend but when you rise from your seat to enter the presence of his attorney, you are stopped by the bailiff who is an officer of the court for you are restricted as to your movements and speech because you are not recognized as an officer of the court.
Beloved you were stopped because only officers of the court with their clients are the only ones authorized to enter that area for they are the only ones authorized by the court to speak to the judge who has the control concerning everything that will take place in their court.
Dear reader, I suggest to learn more on this subject that you look up Robert Henderson or Francis Myles and I do believe that Robert Henderson has several free videos available on YouTube that will open your eyes to the courts of heaven.
Beloved Saints, I am recognized as an officer in the courts of Heaven partly because of the high call of God on my life and ministry, but also because I have spent many hours down through the years conducting ministry business in the courts and have been granted access into the courts by his Spirit.
Beloved, please remember that there are no shortcuts with God and great faith comes from years of experience working in his ministry not only learning the schemes of our enemy but taking what we have learned to help us grow in the things of God.
Dear reader, our entire life with its ups and downs has served as a training ground to help us not only mature in our faith, but these trials were deigned to help us not fall for the traps set by our enemy to rob us of our faith which caught us off guard before.
Saints, in closing, can you reflect back on your life and remember how God came through for you at what seemed like the last minute, and did so against impossible odds which spiked your faith to declare boldly that he that called you is faithful and true?
(Ephesians 3:20-21) (20) "Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us," (21) "Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen."
MY CONCLUSION
Dear reader, did you know that all our songs, praise, prayers, communion services, preaching and our giving reflects upon the mercy of God that is clearly seen in Jesus Christ the Son but let us take warning that we should not rush into his presence expecting a right now solution to what we need?
Beloved the word says in the book of (Philippians 4:6-7) for us to "be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Saints, did you know that before a dignitary is able to visit and make a speech in a town there will be secret service agents come in and do a complete research on the town to make sure that the one they are assigned to protect will be safe?
Beloved reader, the word beloved in Matthew the fifth chapter speaks that " the pure in heart shall see God and beloved this is not only speaking of a future event where the righteous will be rewarded for their deeds in Heaven but it is speaking of a place where the Holy Spirit will bless and open the door of access into divine fellowship with the father and the son.
Beloved, the pure in heart would be those that are hungry for God which means that they are pure in their commitment to him who are often referred to as the meek that shall inherit the earth which better described as the ones having their spirit under control living a lifestyle that pleases God.
(Psalms 24:3-5) (3) "Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place" (4) "He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully." (5) "He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation."
Beloved a good example of entering in would be to do a study of (Psalms 24:7-10) where the people for several minutes would sing for the priests to open the massive door to the temple singing "Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in."
Beloved the priests would sing back to the people quoting Psalms twenty four, "Who is this King of glory" and the people would sing back, ".The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory"
Saints, this must have been as sight to see as the priests and the people would sing this psalm to one another but after they have finished this ritual, the priests would open the massive gate leading into the temple.
Beloved, we have now come to a closing of this important message and my prayer is that it will get in your spirit to develop a hunger for God and his word that will ignite an inward fire in your belly that you can take to the nations.
Beloved reader, do not get discouraged and know that the devil will try his best to stop anything you do for God for there is a high price to pay on the anointing but if God can use me to accomplish his cause and purpose throughout the world, then I can rest in knowing that if you prayerfully apply this message to your life, God will be praised and glorified in all you do to further his purpose on earth.
Dear reader, because of his mercy, my whole life that was upside down and empty of meaning is now one of worship and adoration for this wonderful God whom I love to call my friend.
Dear reader, I never attempt to stop people from using my writings including my books to further the gospel but all I ask is that they do not attempt to change the message because my words are breathed on by God's Spirit.
(Matthew 25:21) "His lord said unto him, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord." A-Men
(Psalms 19:14) "Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer."
International Evangelist
Jerry W. Hulse Ph.D.
Miracle Life Church International
