Heaven on Earth
BT: ………….. that verse where the scripture says I want … God desires that we haven heaven on earth, as it is on earth as it is in heaven. And some of the people, they are enduring as Christians, waiting to die to go to heaven and enjoy it. But God has already made provisions that we can have it on earth as it is in heaven.
RR: Heaven on earth?
BT: Heaven on earth. And we have literally tapped into that as we have … I think we ended yesterday’s program with having received the baptism of the Holy Spirit and how it literally turned our lives. Before we received the baptism of the Holy Spirit, we were born again, we were saved. But we found out that being saved was not enough. My husband was a minister’s son, raised in a house with a godly mother and a godly father. But when we got married and both of us was saved, we found out that being saved was not enough. And it was six years into our marriage when we received the baptism of the Holy Spirit. And we were young ministers in the Lord, pastoring a traditional Baptist church, but it just seemed like we were not tapping in on the things of God. And so one day we were at church and we loved church. We would go to church and we would sing our songs and at 12 o’clock … you could just almost close your eyes and know what was going to happen. It’s such a ritual, routine. And so one day we went home and we just looked at each other and we said, “You know, God, if this is all there is to Christianity and even pastoring a church, we want out because your Word says that … have made promises and that signs and wonders and miracles are to follow you. And if we’re following you, these things are going to be following.” And so God talked in our spirit. We had a desire to want to know more about God. And when there is a desire, God always … the Word of God says he will fill those.
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