It's Supernatural

SID: Hello, Sid Roth your investigative reporter here with Gary and Kathy Oates and Gary, here’s what’s been going on with me: I’ve been practicing what you teach in your book and I have to tell you, I love it. And you made a comment to me that there is an accumulative thing that is going on. It’s sort of like, with me, my eyes have not been opened to see angels at this point.

GARY: Yet.

SID: Yet. We’re on the same wavelength. However, I’m seeing something; I wonder if others are reporting it. I’m seeing extraordinary favor in my life. I’m seeing divine appointments. I’m bumping into people I have no way I’m supposed to be bumping into. It’s sort of like, and with me, I do it first thing in the morning, and by putting God first and not asking for anything, getting clean as you said and being still before God, I kind of almost imagine my head being on Jesus’ breast. That’s where I’m at right now. Are you hearing similar experiences?

GARY: Oh absolutely, absolutely. And that’s our experience as well. See what happens when you come into the presence of God… you seek the presence of God every day like that, just more of Him, more of His presence, that’s the beginning point. When His manifest presence comes on you, that’s the starting point. That’s the doorway into the supernatural. You see, when you’re experiencing His manifest presence, that’s when He brings revelation to you, that’s when your eyes are open to see into the spirit, you begin to have visions, dreams, all kinds of supernatural encounters.

SID: Gary, encourage me. Tell me about one person that went a period of time before everything opened up.

GARY: Yes. In fact there was a pastor that was in one of our meetings and he left disappointed. He said I’m just not one that’s inclined toward this at all, I’m not mystical or anything, and he said I am disappointed. I wanted to see something. And 6 weeks later I got a phone call from him and he said Sunday morning in church during worship time, as we were worshipping God, God spoke to me and He said Do you want to see something?

SID: Oh!

GARY: And he said yes. And he said right then, God opened his eyes to a parade of angels coming right toward him, one right after another. He saw healing angels, worshipping angels, he saw warrior angels. He said my life has been totally transformed. I’ll never be the same. And he said, but you know, since that day that I left disappointed, I began to press in for more of God’s presence in my life every day. And he said that’s the key.

SID: Well you know Gary, I’m pressing in for all that I’m worth but I want you to press in right along with me. And I’m going to tell you something else: if I never see an angel (but I will), if I never see in that invisible world (but I will), just pressing in and loving God… I told God even if I never do, I want to keep doing this. You know why? It’s the major purpose of life. The shma, which we learn in Judaism love God with all of your heart, spirit, soul, and strength and love your brother as yourself. That is my goal but I want to start, you see I can’t love my brother if I don’t have that intimacy with God because it is from that intimacy that true love can radiate from an individual and that is what you want. The only way that you are going to have this is by developing your own intimacy with God, be like the bible says a “wise virgin” and when the bridegroom knocks don’t go outside looking for oil. You’ll be so filled with the presence of God with the spirit of the living God that your ears and eyes will be open to what he says and does.