I’m just back from a three-day conference with Graham Cooke. We heard some of most profound spiritual messages I have heard in over a decade. Graham encouraged us to do Heaven a favor. Stop associating with your old identity. You’re talking to a corpse. How crazy is that? Your angels will thank you for remaining in Christ, you’re a new person in Christ. It’s not a behavior issue, it’s an identity issue. Simon became Peter, James & John became “Sons of Thunder”, Paul became Saul.
Hurts, wounds, rejection and emotional trauma are a part of our lives, both before and after salvation. Fortunately, we serve a God who is committed to our physical, emotional and mental healing. His goal is to bring us into the fullness of life in the Spirit.
The biggest thing I heard at the conference was that people are hungry for real spiritual depth, an infilling of the Holy Spirit. It was a sold-out conference of 600 of us coming from Alaska, Texas, and beyond. Some ladies I talked with are headed to California in a few days to catch Stasi and John Eldredge’s Advanced Captivating conference. Like spiritual hippies, people are trying to find what I called Bethel points – places where Heaven is invading earth. This was certainly one of them.
(The disk set of the conference is available for about $30 from http://www.brilliantbookhouse.com in a few days. Ask for the Portland conference disk set.More details here soon.)
Carl is a researcher, writer, speaker based in Portland, Oregon. He has authored many books and available for speaking engagements. Order his latest book “Beyond Illusion” directly from this website or enjoy the Kindle version on Amazon.
