How to Receive from God

Look around at the people who are rocking and rolling in the kingdom--the ones who are experiencing God in a tangible way on a daily basis-the Heidi Bakers, the Todd Whites, the Pete Cabreras, just to name a few.  I’m talking about the ones seeing miracles and manifestations of the Spirit. How did they get there?  What is the one thing that all of these people have in common?

They have all opened their hearts

 toward God.

Once I realized this, I began to meditate on opening my heart toward God one night before I went to sleep. The next day, I began to receive revelations from the scriptures like never before. It was as if Jesus were explaining them to me Himself.

Another time I meditated on this, I got really emotional. I could feel Him in my heart saying, “I love you, I love you, I love you. I have so much more to bless you with, so much more, so much more, so much more…” This opened me to a place of peace so that I wanted to experience His love more and more and wondered what He had to bless me with.

Another time, He spoke in my heart “Fear not: All these things you fear –in Me, you’re safe.” I know I’ve read the words ‘’Fear not” a million times in the bible, but hearing them directly from Him to me brought them alive. It helped me to trust him.

When your heart is open, you actually receive what the Lord is saying to you. He speaks to us all the time, but when our hearts are closed, we’re not listening.

Here are two different easy ways to open your heart:

1) Imagine your heart is a flower opening up toward the sun.

2) Imagine standing at a door and the door opening up. Jesus is standing there and       you tell Him to come on in.

I've discovered that this is a magnificent tool for connecting more deeply with God. If you do this all the time, then your heart is always in receiving mode to receive the things God has already given you.

You can do it for specific things you're trying to receive. Ask him what he wants you to receive right now since your heart is open.

Do this every night before you go to sleep. You can do it anytime, while you're at work or standing in line at the grocery store.

Since He often speaks when you do this, it’s a natural prophetic activation tool. Try it right now. It only takes 2-3 minutes. What is God saying to you now that your heart is open?