The Lesson

Although I go through this in the book, I'm going to borrow some materials from some of the workbook to bring a greater understanding as to why the imagination is important. It's a matter of sanctifying our imagination and letting go of of paradigms, usually formed from religious teachings, that tell us we can't use our imagination.

Everything begins with the imagination. Our imagination is the “eyes of our heart” where we’re seated with Christ “in Him.”

Our heart is a greater thinking organ than our brain. The Bible says that out of the abundance of our heart, the mouth speaks. (Luke 6:45) When we sanctify our imagination, God honors what’s in our heart. There’s no need to fear imagining what you see because when we “see in the spirit,” we do so through a sanctified imagination. If this process concerns you, then say something like, “Father, by faith like John did in Revelation 4:1, I accept the invitation to ‘come up here.’ Through the eyes of my heart – my sanctified imagination – I yearn to see, hear, sense, and feel what you desire to show me about your kingdom.” Imagine Jesus taking your hand and leading you. Leave it there and move forward.

Without the use of the imagination, we couldn’t picture anything in our mind. If I ask you to describe your childhood home, you do so from memory. But you couldn’t do it without the aid of your imagination. Can you describe what activities you participated in and what you ate yesterday? As you think about it, more than likely, pictures come to mind. That’s your imagination at work. Where we struggle is describing things we’ve never seen or experienced before. This involves exercising our spiritual senses, so they begin to work as God designed. We learn to “practice” seeing in the spirit just like we practice a playing musical instrument.

Through what we call “ascension,” we see ourselves in the heavenlies like John did in Revelation 4:1. I also call this the “come up here” principle. Eventually, we learn to function “in Christ” from our heavenly position as standard protocol. I go into more detail concerning ascension in the main book. As you go through this workbook, you’ll practice the ascension principle through a sanctified imagination.

Activation!

This lesson is all about using our sanctified imagination. In order to "function" beyond kingdom high school, we must understand that our sanctified imagination is necessary. You may still feel like you're wading through muddy waters in this. That's OK! I did for nearly a year before it started to make sense. Now, that's because I didn't have anything to compare it to. God still met me in that wandering. None of the time was wasted and it won't be for you either. Take your time. Get on the journey, and allow YOUR timing to work for you!

That being said, if you're still struggling with the use of your imagination, consider these simple exercises:

Practice "seeing" your favorite childhood home. Grab a visual of what that home looks like. Walk through it in your mind. See yourself pick up items in your bedroom.
Next, picture an event that was special to you. See it play out in your mind. Watch the "movie" of that event in your mind. How does it make you feel now? Do you have a different perspective now than you did before? Write down your thoughts.
If you can do the above two things, your imagination is working well! This is seeing with the eyes of your heart! There's nothing wrong with your imagination. It's a matter of using it now to see the things in the heavenly realms.
We move now onto another activation. If you could meet Jesus anywhere, where would that be? Visualize that place in your mind and "go there." Invite Jesus to join you there. From that point, journal what you see, sense, hear, and feel. Come back to this place often and expand your visual sense where you see more details. Journal all of it. Journal the conversation or "sense" of the conversation in this place.
After #4 is done for a while, as Jesus where HE'D like to meet you. If something odd comes to your mind, that's probably the place. Write what comes to your mind first. Then, visualize that place and go there! Come back to this place often and expand your visual sense where you see more details. Be sure to journal!

Lesson 6: The “Come-Up-Here” Principle

Module 1 – Part 1 of Kingdom Maturity

Module 4: Energy Centers Activations

Module 5: Kingdom Shift - Preparing for God's Global Reset

Module 6: Maturing as a Mystic (Main book)

Module 7: Roundtable Discussions

Individual Ekklesia Teachings