We had a rockin' discussion this morning at our internship class about the presence of angels in our daily activities. Some of it was biblical, some more theological and much of it experiential. What did we conclude? Well...1. We are quick to recognize the presence of a demon and act on it, but don't recognize the presence of an angel with as much conviction. For some reason, most felt they needed to be a bit more convinced if someone said "I felt the presence of an angel, although I didn't actually see it". And, that is not good.
2. Most had desire to see angels but not much interest in seeing demons. I understand...
3. We were quick to state that there seems to be a biblical precedent for finding angels all-too-attractive and tending toward worshipping them when they were around. That, too, was a bad thing and one we wanted to keep in mind. God is our focus...exclusively...utterly...forever...
4. Although a few of us had brief encounters with angels in the natural realm (seeing them in some form), almost all of us could say they had the experience of feeling like there was an angel in the room with us at one time and being almost...able....to see....it..... Turns out they are more present in our experience than we were realizing, despite not actually seeing much.
5. We all want to see them!
6. We love Jesus even more as we consider these ones as servants of Him, acting on His behalf to minister to us in some form.
7. God is totally in control and neither angel nor demon has anything to say or do to you without His permission granted. Don't you love the safety you feel in that?
Tonight we are meeting at Shane and Kristi's place for our Tuesday pm intercession meeting. We are putting aside the under-30 focus for this week to call out as a community for more revelation and direction. Come if you are in the neighbourhood!
Brian Creary
Ministry Director
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