Taking a Spiritual Risk

I’ve taken a break from Cowboy Jesus for the past several months. But I’ve decided to write this morning out of a spiritual nudge that just won’t go away. Please excuse all punctuation and spelling errors. As you know, these are not my spiritual gifts.

I’ve decided to take a risk. For years I’ve wondered if I should share with you how I pray and meditate, and what happens to me as I pray. I’ve wrestled with it because I believe in Jesus teaching to go to your closet and pray in silence to God who hears your prayers. But the spirit just keeps pushing me to share with you. So, I'm jumping in.

I’ve decided to do this as a way of encouraging you in your prayer life. Praying and meditating is a significant part of my life. I start each day with forty-five minutes to an hour of prayer and meditation. My entire spiritual life and ministry rises out of this silent time. Some times I have ecstatic visions, other times I’m bathed in light, still others are just quiet times where I sit in silence and meditate upon the names that I pray for. I feel pushed to share these things out of three desires. One: that it will encourage you to take some quality time each morning, or at some time in your day, to pray as well. Two: that if you want me to pray for you, your family, or some situation in your life, that you’ll let me know and I will add you to my list. Three: Since God won’t let me go with this nudge, I'll feel that I'm faithful to this call.  For some reason I’m supposed to share with you what happens to me. I ultimately don’t know why. I feel embarrassed because a lot of my spiritual experiences are a bit . . . out there. But enough of the excuses and explanations. I’ll begin with what happened to me this morning.

For years I’ve just wanted to learn how to be silent. Sometimes that’s all that happens. If nothing more I’m silent and silence is good.  However, for the past year, I no longer feel that this works for me. I find instead that after about ten minutes of silence my soul wants to soar, wants to engage the divine and explore and experience the presence of God.

This morning in silence I bowed before my Guardian Angel and my three Lisa’s, my primary spirit guides.  Do you know that you have a Guarding Angel and spirit guides? They are a significant part of my life.  I’ll share more about my angels and how to discover them in a later post. My angels asked me if I was ready.  I felt tired this morning so I held back. They asked again if I was ready. I agreed. They lifted me like a rocket into the spiritual heavens where I was surrounded by divine light. Yes, it was like a rocket. Suddenly I exploded into divine light. I floated in the light and enjoyed the divine presence. It was from the midst of the light that I began to pray.

 I began by praying for my family. I start with Phoebe. I pray that God will surround her with the healing light that I’m floating in. I pray that God will bind us together as partners. I pray that God will help me to always cherish her and to remember her throughout the day.  If you do nothing else I encourage you to pray for your partner.  They are your primary relationship.  Pray that God will encourage you to always cherish the gift of their presence in your life.

I then pray for my kids. I pray that God will protect them and give them abundant life. I pray for my mother and my mother in law.  I pray that God will keep them in good and sound health. I pray for my siblings, and my nephew’s and nieces. Over the years of praying for my family I feel a deep spiritual divine protection. I feel that God surrounds and walks with them. It’s not that God will keep terrible things from happening to my children, or my family, but it’s that God walks with them.

 I then pray for a the list of people that have asked me to pray for them. I pray for healing, not for curing. I bathe these people in the healing light that I’m surrounded with. I don't pray that my prayers will be answered, just that God will surround them in holy light. Again, if you want me to add you to my list, shoot me an email, a text, or share it here on Blogger or Facebook.  If you feel comfortable sharing on FB, it allows others to pray for you as well. Maybe we can start a whole community of people that pray for each other. Maybe that's why God wants me to share. Let's see where the Spirit leads this.

I then pray for my coworkers, for the church staff. I pray for the congregation. I'm silent and wait for God to bring to me other people and situations. I'm always amazed at who I'm supposed to pray for. Some people I know, others are complete strangers.

I end my time of prayer in silence. I listen to God.  Eventually, there is a sense that I’m finished.

The angels remind me that this light of God always goes with me. They lower me back to my body. The light dissapates.

I end by saying, “Namaste.”

Some days this is all that happens. Other days there are visions, vista's, holy tongues, and divine experiences. I'll continue to take the risk and periodically share with you what I experience. 






I’ve taken the risk. I’ve followed the divine push. I’ll continue to share with you hoping if nothing more that it will encourage you to open your soul to the spirit of God. Since I'm taking the risk, I encourage you to take the risk as well and share with me what happens to you when your spirit soars.