There is an amazing description of how spiritual events take place in our lives. In Luke 24 the resurrected Christ is walking veiled to the disciples, and they did not even know HIM!<\/p>\n
They said to each other, \u201cDidn\u2019t our hearts burn within us as he talked with us on the road and explained the Scriptures to us?\u201d Luke 24:32<\/p>\n
I wonder how many times we have stood in the presence of such greatness, and not really recognize the significance until later on.<\/p>\n
I can tell you my story of a man that I heard of. \u00a0When I came to hear him speak. It totally changed my life forever. \u00a0As I heard him speak it made so much sense to my heart, but my mind and understanding could not connect the dots. These sayings of his created so much peace in my heart and chaos in my mind, to the point as to which I had never been before. \u00a0You have to understand, I am not a jump on the bandwagon guy. \u00a0But if I have experience in and belief, I\u2019m going to annoy you with my bandwagoness\u2026 I don\u2019t jump easily to something that is NEW just because it\u2019s new. But I saw the effects in my own heart and those around me who heard. \u00a0These words offended my self righteous religiosity, but liberated the inside of me to no end. Very hard experience to describe to you. \u00a0It\u2019s like me trying to tell you what water taste like! \u00a0Good luck with that one.<\/p>\n
Hearing him over and over made so much sense to me. I was crushed by the fact that I had spent almost 20 years in the religious realm, \u00a0totally devoted to the God Realm and serving 110%! And I couldn\u2019t believe that I had never heard any of this kind of truth! \u00a0And to hear him made me feel so blessed, like I can\u2019t believe I\u2019m hearing this! I saw the miracles and peoples\u2019 response.<\/p>\n
I remember eating dinner with him many times. \u00a0Every time without fail the wait staff were totally drawn to him. It was almost embarrassing, I mean every where we went, people just talked and talked and wanted to badly to be around him. It was so common, it was totally expected every where we went. We would have to peel him away from people. I remember him having a \u00a02000.00 pair of shoes from some place in Italy, have no idea the name, but still \u2018Hanging with the little people\u2019. His heart was with the people, but his mission was to challenge the church leaders of the day. For that is the only way to create change overall.<\/p>\n
As our relationship grew I would meet him on trips just to \u2018hang out\u2019 and serve in any way I could to make life easier on him. I learned through him not only the protocol of the church, and the Christianize, but also the deeper purpose of the mission. \u00a0I have never seen a place that wasn\u2019t drawn to him. But I have to tell you, in the gathering of the elect there was a special presence. When you gather the spiritual, and those with perception of the anointing there was a very special Draw on the Presence.<\/p>\n
And every single time this man opened his mouth whether in the pulpit, or at the dinner table, or in private; I was never ceased to amazed. I can say with full assurance that he changed my life forever. My mind, my spirit, my theology is all the better and more solid than ever before.<\/p>\n
I can remember the bliss that filled me thinking about the great movement I was a part of. \u00a0Not in any prideful way but a sincere love and devotion to the path that was laid out before us by God. I mean it seemed so great and perfectly fit! Overwhelmingly blessed beyond measure. \u00a0But we slowly became a threat to the status quo and system of the day. \u00a0The gazing eyes of the lack of respect was stinging. Not realizing that we were not the enemy! \u00a0Many times we would have to leave abruptly after meetings because people did not \u2018agree\u2019 with him as he laid out the spiritual plan. \u00a0Many of those \u2018spiritual leaders\u2019 would have him come and hold meetings only to use his gift and difference to add monetary blessings to their own work. You see I have seen him so many times be tolerated<\/strong><\/em> and not celebrated<\/strong><\/em>. \u00a0I know most people don\u2019t know this but many of those with gifts of the spirit can easily get prostituted for that gift! \u00a0I know many don\u2019t want to think of this, but said leaders have many times brought people into their congregations to do one of several things:<\/p>\n 1. Bring a stirring and commitment beyond the normal realm of commitment. (revival spirit)<\/em> You can see where this man clearly would and could not be a good candidate for some of these.<\/p>\n He is the simple man and woman\u2019s guide; and every religious leaders nightmare. \u00a0You see when he speaks I could see the simple people freed into the presence, and the religious blinded. \u00a0Even by the same teachings, it would sear the heart of the religious and harden, and free and feed the hungry and called at the very same time!<\/p>\n Often imitated, Mar Enoch Ashe There is an amazing description of how spiritual events take place in our lives. In Luke 24 the resurrected Christ is walking veiled to the disciples, and they did not even know HIM! They said to each other, \u201cDidn\u2019t our hearts burn within us as he talked with us on the road and explained the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,10],"tags":[14,6,12,7,11,13],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/markmarshall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/markmarshall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/markmarshall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markmarshall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markmarshall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/markmarshall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39,"href":"https:\/\/markmarshall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37\/revisions\/39"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markmarshall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/38"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/markmarshall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markmarshall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markmarshall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n2. To confirm, affirm, the current leaderships path<\/em>
\n3. To create buzz about the mission of the church, and fund projects<\/em><\/p>\n
\nmany times hated
\nnever celebrated\u2026.<\/p>\n
\nBeloved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"