TOG returns to the spiritual, literary classic, Saint Teresa of Avila's Interior Castle. We dive back into the Mystical Fifth Mansions - Chapter 04. Where Teresa gives a deeper explanation on the Prayer of Quiet, she describes it as a step in the Sacrament of Spiritual Marriage, a Seventh Mansion experience in the interior life of deep prayer. In the Fifth Mansions, she explains that in this stage of spiritual development, the soul is in a state of per-betrothal to the indwelling Jesus Christ. So pull up a chair by the fire and tune in to the podcast as we examine the details of the mystical prayer of union through the words of our experienced guide, Saint Teresa of Avila!
Post Edit Correction - on the third waters. I gave the wrong representation.
In the Third Water the Lord Himself takes over the watering of the
garden through irrigation. Whereas in the First Water the well could run
dry and one would have to wait until it filled up again, in this Third
Water the Lord provides an endless stream of water for irrigation. This
is the Fifth Mansion in which the Lord enters the center of the soul. In
the prayer of simple union the interior faculties of memory and
imagination are penetrated with the divine light of the Holy Spirit. As
the soul becomes transformed it undergoes a radical detachment from
worldly concerns. The garden is becoming lush with blooms. There are
different levels or intensifications of this mystical prayer of union.
Once the soul has experienced this indwelling it retains a certainty of
the experience.
Thank you for stopping by our little sacred place on the Internet. If you have any questions about the Fifth Mansions Chapter 04, leave them in the comments, or over on our Facebook page, A Field Guied to Advanced Spiritual Warfare. Next time we visit the Interior Castle we will be diving into the deeper supernatural Sixth Mansion. Very exciting topics lay ahead!
God Bless
Rev. Mike
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Welcome to episode 31! In this podcast, we dive back into my book, A Field Guide to Advanced Spiritual Warfare - Chapter 07. Our topic is hearing God and prophetic ministry in spiritual warfare and supernatural ministry. An exciting subject matter for me, I reflect on my history of learning to hear God and developing my prophetic ministry. I have been to some crazy places and had interesting supernatural experiences that I glean from in presenting this topic. We'll discuss how you can learn to hear from God. ! will also discuss beginning prophetic ministry to advanced topics of ministry etiquette. And we answer some interesting questions along the way. Pull up your easy chair by the fire. Get yourself a beverage, kick back and enjoy some quality time with the Holy Spirit.
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Show Notes
Already correcting myself, I fumbled the scripture of the lying spirits in the podcast as 2 Samuel. At time = 49:05 minutes.
Whoops.
1 Kings 22:19-22 (ESV)
19 And Micaiah said, “Therefore hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing beside him on his right hand and on his left;
20 and the Lord said, ‘Who will entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one said one thing, and another said another.
21 Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, saying, ‘I will entice him.’
22 And the Lord said to him, ‘By what means?’ And he said, ‘I will go out, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And he said, ‘You are to entice him, and you shall succeed; go out and do so.’
I
frequently discuss why we shouldn’t go outside our domain of authority
and talk to angels, or try to put ourselves in the throne room of
heaven. Do you know why? The modern church's view of angelology and
demonology is wrong. It is not what Elijah, Ezekiel, and the saints
believed. Where did the Apostle Paul get his language and context from
Ephesians 6:12? It is not a choir of angels. They’re not even angels. An
angel is specifically a messenger sent by God for a task. These bad
guys in Ephesians 6:12 are divine spiritual beings - not messengers.
Did you know that demons are not fallen angels? Get the book! Highly
recommended for the Tales of Glory audience!
Get a copy of THE book you need in your training library for spiritual warfare!
A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare - the power to PULL the IMPOSSIBLE from the HEAVENLY REALM
was written by Michael Norton while he was a street minister on San
Francisco's Night Strike Homeless ministry under Bob Johnson. Michael
documents what he experienced and how the Holy Spirit trained him to
move in the Holy Spirit's empowerment during spiritual encounters. This
book is a must-read for anyone serious about entering into spiritual
warfare ministry. This book has been used as training material for
spiritual warfare for Teen Challenge and Cleansing Streams.
Back cover information on A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare.
A Field Guide to Advanced Spiritual Warfare - Deliverance, Exorcism, and the Healing Effects of Ritual Abuse was
written by Michael in 2017, seven years after his first manuscript, A
Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare. This book delves deeper into the
question of the difference between deliverance and exorcism. Michael
reveals information on identifying and working with Satanic Ritual Abuse
and his work with numerous survivors. Another powerful book to pick up
for spiritual warfare training and counselors wanting to know about
handling these darker cases of fracturing and demonic possession.
YouTube Playlists to the M16 Ministries Training Series on Spiritual Warfare
Thank you for tuning in! Our next podcast, when we dive back into A
Field Guide for Advanced Spiritual Warfare, we'll dive into chapter 8!
Follow
along and buy the book! A Field Guide to Advanced Spiritual Warfare is
available on the upper right panel of this blog page.
If you like the podcast, be sure and give us a
thumbs up on your listening platform. Help get the message out on Tales
of Glory! Also, if you would like to bless the ministry, and help us
keep the light on in the M16 bunker, go to the donation button on the
right hand side of this blog page.
In episode 30, Tales of Glory, I host another fireside chat, discussing the topic of deliverance ministry with children, and how you discern Dissociated Identity Disorder from demonic presence. What is the difference between a triggered-switched in part and a demonic manifestation? How do you minister with children who have been traumatized? This fireside chat is off the cuff. Sorry guys, none of my amazing Powerpoints. Hope you enjoy!!
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Show Notes
Till Next Time
Hope you found this content interesting. If you have any questions please post them in the comments section.
Tales of Glory returns with A Field Guide to Advanced Spiritual Warfare - Chapter 06 - Strongholds!!!
In this episode, we dive into Strongholds! What are they? How do they differ from the contemporary Christian literature deliverance perspective? Are strongholds our behaviors or demonic oppression? Are all people seeking deliverance ministry demoniacs as they claim? How do you discern those who are demonized from those who are dealing with their behaviors? Deliverance ministry can be tricky and deceptive. How do you identify dissociative identity disorder and trauma survivors? How is this ministry different from deliverance ministry? We cover these perplexing issues that surface in most ministry sessions involving strongholds.
Deliverance ministry and strongholds are not as straight forward as popular Christian authors tend to portray. They can be nasty, tangled, and complex to resolve. This episode covers the complex spiritual road to healing the whole spectrum of strongholds.
I
frequently discuss why we shouldn’t go outside our domain of authority
and talk to angels, or try to put ourselves in the throne room of
heaven. Do you know why? The modern church's view of angelology and
demonology is wrong. It is not what Elijah, Ezekiel, and the saints
believed. Where did the Apostle Paul get his language and context from
Ephesians 6:12? It is not a choir of angels. They’re not even angels. An
angel is specifically a messenger sent by God for a task. These bad
guys in Ephesians 6:12 are divine spiritual beings - not messengers.
Did you know that demons are not fallen angels? Get the book! Highly
recommended for the Tales of Glory audience!
Get a copy of THE book you need in your training library for spiritual warfare!
A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare - the power to PULL the IMPOSSIBLE from the HEAVENLY REALM
was written by Michael Norton while he was a street minister on San
Francisco's Night Strike Homeless ministry under Bob Johnson. Michael
documents what he experienced and how the Holy Spirit trained him to
move in the Holy Spirit's empowerment during spiritual encounters. This
book is a must-read for anyone serious about entering into spiritual
warfare ministry. This book has been used as training material for
spiritual warfare for Teen Challenge and Cleansing Streams.
Back cover information on A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare.
A Field Guide to Advanced Spiritual Warfare - Deliverance, Exorcism, and the Healing Effects of Ritual Abuse was
written by Michael in 2017, seven years after his first manuscript, A
Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare. This book delves deeper into the
question of the difference between deliverance and exorcism. Michael
reveals information on identifying and working with Satanic Ritual Abuse
and his work with numerous survivors. Another powerful book to pick up
for spiritual warfare training and counselors wanting to know about
handling these darker cases of fracturing and demonic possession.
YouTube Playlists to the M16 Ministries Training Series on Spiritual Warfare
Thank you for tuning in! Our next podcast, when we dive back into A
Field Guide for Advanced Spiritual Warfare, I might dive into prophetic
ministry and spiritual warfare, chapter 7. Pondering this one, for next
time. I know I promised you guys last time chapter 7. But it's gonna happen!
Follow along and buy the book! A Field Guide to Advanced Spiritual Warfare is available on the upper right panel of this blog page.
If you like the podcast, be sure and give us a
thumbs up on your listening platform. Help get the message out on Tales
of Glory! Also, if you would like to bless the ministry, and help us
keep the light on in the M16 bunker, go to the donation button on the
right hand side of this blog page.
Tales of Glory returns to The Field Guide of Advanced Spiritual Warfare book, we're in chapter 5, Spiritual Authority in Christ! What is spiritual authority? Why does Jesus Christ have preeminence over all gods? What are the lower case 'gods'? In this episode, I bring the Tales of Glory listeners up to date where I am at with researching spiritual warfare, especially, as it pertains to the topic of spiritual authority in Jesus Christ. We're always growing in this ministry. There is so much to learn and so many ways to grow in Jesus Christ and His marvelous creation.
Lots of good updates in this chapter. Should make it interesting for those of you who are following along in the book, or already read the book, or took a spiritual warfare class from me in the past. Lots of exciting material, packed into a whopping hour and a half (my apologies to Wendy for making a long show this go around!). But it's some good stuff and brings you up to speed on where I am at in this particular subject since I wrote the book in 2017 (way back during the pre-pandemic days).
Enjoy the material! Below are the links to the youtube video with the powerpoints, and links to the podcast sites.
I
frequently discuss why we shouldn’t go outside our domain of authority
and talk to angels, or try to put ourselves in the throne room of
heaven. Do you know why? The modern church's view of angelology and
demonology is wrong. It is not what Elijah, Ezekiel, and the saints
believed. Where did the Apostle Paul get his language and context from
Ephesians 6:12? It is not a choir of angels. They’re not even angels. An
angel is specifically a messenger sent by God for a task. These bad
guys in Ephesians 6:12 are divine spiritual beings - not messengers.
Did you know that demons are not fallen angels? Get the book! Highly
recommended for the Tales of Glory audience!
Get a copy of THE book you need in your training library for spiritual warfare!
A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare - the power to PULL the IMPOSSIBLE from the HEAVENLY REALM
was written by Michael Norton while he was a street minister on San
Francisco's Night Strike Homeless ministry under Bob Johnson. Michael
documents what he experienced and how the Holy Spirit trained him to
move in the Holy Spirit's empowerment during spiritual encounters. This
book is a must-read for anyone serious about entering into spiritual
warfare ministry. This book has been used as training material for
spiritual warfare for Teen Challenge and Cleansing Streams.
Back cover information on A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare.
A Field Guide to Advanced Spiritual Warfare - Deliverance, Exorcism, and the Healing Effects of Ritual Abuse was
written by Michael in 2017, seven years after his first manuscript, A
Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare. This book delves deeper into the
question of the difference between deliverance and exorcism. Michael
reveals information on identifying and working with Satanic Ritual Abuse
and his work with numerous survivors. Another powerful book to pick up
for spiritual warfare training and counselors wanting to know about
handling these darker cases of fracturing and demonic possession.
YouTube Playlists to the M16 Ministries Training Series on Spiritual Warfare
Thank you for tuning in! Our next podcast, when we dive back into A Field Guide for Advanced Spiritual Warfare, I might dive into prophetic ministry and spiritual warfare, chapter 7. Pondering this one, for next time. Or I could stay on course with the book and do the next chapter (6) on strongholds. I'll check in with Jesus and see where He wants to go with this.
If you like the podcast, be sure and give us a thumbs up on your listening platform. Help get the message out on Tales of Glory! Also, if you would like to bless the ministry, and help us keep the light on in the M16 bunker, go to the donation button on the right hand side of this blog page.
Welcome to the Tales of Glory podcast. This is episode 27 of our podcast and we are diving back into Saint Teresa of Avila's literary classic on prayer, the Interior Castle. We're diving into the Fifth Mansions Chapter 03. Going deeper into the prayers of union with God and this time we examine the "prayer of love your neighbor". Teresa elaborates on the importance of Jesus' second commandment, to love your neighbor. Join us in the podcast as we learn from the master of prayer and interior prayer life, Saint Teresa of Avila.
Thank you for tuning in! We're moving through the mansions, and next time we enter into the Fifth Mansions - Chapter 4!
If
you like the podcast, be sure and give us a thumbs up on your listening
platform. Help get the message out on Tales of Glory! Also, if you
would like to bless the ministry, and help us keep the light on in the
M16 bunker, go to the donation button on the right hand side of this
blog page.
Tales of Glory dives into Santa Teresa of Avila's Fifth Mansions Chapter
02.
In chapter 02, Saint Teresa explains to us her classical metaphor of ascetical and mystical prayer life - the silk worm and the butterfly. Here she explains how the silk worm is like a soul in the First through Third mansions, developing from a beginning to advance prayer interior life. As the soul prays, like the worm feeding on the mulberries, the soul begins to go deeper (cocoon) in Jesus Christ. Where it makes its home before emerging later as a butterfly (a soul in the mystical states of prayer life).
Pull up your cozy lounge chair next to the fireplace. Pour
your self your favorite beverage and sit back as the Doctor of Prayer of
the Catholic Church edifies us in these amazing experiences with God in
our interior life.
I found this hard bound copy of Saint Teresa of Avila's Interior Castle on Thriftbooks website. It's the same manuscript we use on Tales of Glory and the HTML manuscript I post in the show notes section here.
'Til Next Time
Thank you for tuning in! We're moving through the mansions, and next time we enter into the Fifth Mansions - Chapter 3!
If
you like the podcast, be sure and give us a thumbs up on your listening
platform. Help get the message out on Tales of Glory! Also, if you
would like to bless the ministry, and help us keep the light on in the
M16 bunker, go to the donation button on the right hand side of this
blog page.
