The School of the Eagle &#8211; Level 1

49:00 minutes

Listen to Richard Kinney’s talk “Hearing God for Yourself and Others.”

Questions on "Hearing God for Yourself and Others"

Work on these guiding questions to help you think more deeply about the class “Hearing God for Yourself and Others”.

Questions on “Hearing God for Yourself and Others”

Why are so many people uncomfortable with the prophetic? What is the difference between liking the “idea of God” and actually liking God?
Why is it important to be “flexible” in relationship with God? To be willing to be surprised? To step out of a predictable little box we may have tried to put Him in?
Can all believers prophesize or only those with a special gifting? Can practicing help you to get better at doing prophecy and healing others?
Is prophecy mostly about pointing out people’s faults and sins? What is God trying to do by giving someone a prophetic word? What is a “code” word?
What is one of the signs that a prophetic word is really from God? What effect will it have on a person?
Talk about the need to take risks if you are going to practice giving prophetic words. What are some cautions you need to use?
God gives us the gift but we need to “tend” it. What does it look like to “tend” a gift of prophecy?

Section 1: Prayers

Section 1: Personal Application

Pray these prayers and to help you live a life more connected to God and who he has made you to be.

Prayers

Heavenly Father, open my ears to hear your voice and open my eyes to see into your heavenly realms. I repent for anyways I have not believed You wanted to speak to me or show me things. I want Your boldness Holy Spirit to take risks and step out and practice being a messenger of Your words of encouragement and insight to other believers. Fill me with Your love and show me how You see me and others.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Heavenly Father, come and touch me by your Holy Spirit. Cause me to grow where I am immature, where I am unschooled. Take away my prejudices and judgements against other Christians who operate in some of these areas that we don’t understand or haven’t done much in. Help me to be teachable, humble, willing to receive, willing to be wrong so you can come and have union and oneness with me.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Use the following questions to help you incorporate these truths into your life personally.

Personal Application Activity

Take some time and sit quietly before the Lord in a relaxed position with your eyes closed. Ask Him to help you to focus your heart and mind on Him and Him alone. Then ask Him to give you a picture or a word from Him. Don’t be discouraged if nothing happens at first. Remember the Bible says, “Ask and you will received, seek and you will find, knock and the door will be open to you.”

If you have a hard time seeing or hearing, then ask God to reveal what blockages you may have to being able to hear and see. Even if you do hear and see to a certain degree, it is still a good idea to be open to whatever God may want to show you that is hindering you from advancing further in this area.

Section 1: Scripture for Meditation

Hearing God for Yourself and Others Quiz

Meditate on these verses to help you incorporate the Word into your heart.

Scripture for Meditation

1 Corinthians 14:1

Follow the way of love and eagerly desire gifts of the Spirit, especially prophecy.

Numbers 11:29

But Moses replied, “Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all the LORD’s people were prophets and that the LORD would put his Spirit on them!”

Acts 2:16-21

But this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel: “‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams; even on my male servants and female servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.

See what you have learned so far in this section:

Hearing God for Yourself and Others Quiz

Answer these questions:

What are some of the different ways God can deliver a prophetic word?
Why is being emotionally healthy important for a person doing ministry such as giving prophetic words?
How do you handle it if you have a word for someone but it may embarrass them?
What if you make a mistake? What should you do? How should you feel about yourself?
What may keep you from practicing trying to give a prophetic word? Ask God to help you with that.

Section 1: Answer Keys

Mixing Power and Love: The Gifts of the Spirit

Compare your answers and responses to these ones.

Questions Answer Key

Why are so many people uncomfortable with the prophetic? What is the difference between liking the “idea of God” and actually liking God?

Because they are actually uncomfortable with God. They don’t want to be vulnerable and take the risk of being hurt. Whereas God is willing to risk His own heart, we are more prudent. You can’t control the real God but you can put your idea of Him into a box and imagine Him (the idea of Him) to be quite reasonable.

Why is it important to be “flexible” in relationship with God? To be willing to be surprised? To step out of a predictable little box we may have tried to put Him in?

He is so much bigger than us. We can’t control Him or predict Him. We can so shield ourselves from hurt and risk that we never venture forth in relationship. Or we can risk making ourselves vulnerable to life, relationship and failure in the hope we can be met by God in a surprising and fun way.

Can all believers prophesize or only those with a special gifting? Can practicing help you to get better at doing prophecy and healing others?

All can. It is a matter of practice and investing yourself in some training like books and such. Finding someone more experienced than you and having them mentor you is also a good idea.

Is prophecy mostly about pointing out people’s faults and sins? What is God trying to do by giving someone a prophetic word? What is a “code” word?

God accentuates what is good and right about people. He is the God of all encouragement (Romans 12). He is always seeking to move people forward in relationship with Him by a prophetic word. A code word is a special word God will put into a prophetic word to let you know for sure it is from him.

What is one of the signs that a prophetic word is really from God? What effect will it have on a person?

It will cause change in their lives. If they obey it, their lives will go better.

Talk about the need to take risks if you are going to practice giving prophetic words. What are some cautions you need to use?

Don’t embarrass people in front of others. Be positive and don’t embellish. Seek help from those who are better at prophecy than you.

God gives us the gift but we need to “tend” it. What does it look like to “tend” a gift of prophecy?

Quiz Answer Key

What are some of the different ways God can deliver a prophetic word?

Dream, vision, impression, word, word of knowledge or wisdom

Why is being emotionally healthy important for a person doing ministry such as giving prophetic words?

It needs to be done out of love and an act of giving, not a way to raise your own importance or self-esteem.

How do you handle it if you have a word for someone but it may embarrass them?

Speak to him/her in private. Always let love be your guide.

What if you make a mistake? What should you do? How should you feel about yourself?

We should expect to make some mistakes. When we do, we need to correct ourselves, apologize if necessary and then keep trying.

What may keep you from practicing trying to give a prophetic word? Ask God to help you with that.

Fear of looking silly or taking a risk. Fear of making a mistake. Lack of belief that God would speak to you or use you to touch someone for him.

Section 2: Mixing Power and Love: The Gifts of the Spirit

48:00 minutes

Listen to Nancy Moelk’s talk “Mixing Power and Love: The Gifts of the Spirit.”

Mixing Power and Love: The Gifts of the Spirit Questions

Work on these guiding questions to help you think more deeply about “Mixing Power and Love: The Gifts of the Spirit” concepts.

Questions on “Mixing Power and Love”

What two goals do God’s power and love desire to bring in us?

What three things happen when God’s word is set forth such as in prophecy?

How is a “rhema” word (word for the moment as opposed to the “logos” which is the written word and also used to refer to Jesus, “the Word of God”) like a medicine?

Why is it important to find out God’s strategy?

How is prophecy similar to head lights on a car? Do you see everything perfectly? Why is it still helpful?

What is the result of operating in the gifts of the Spirit but not in love?

What is charismatic witchcraft?

Section 2: Prayers

Section 2: Personal Application

Prayers

Heavenly Father, We thank You for the gifts You have given us through Jesus. We want to receive and we want to develop in whatever gifts would be pleasing to You. We want to do them in love. Set us up for success in this area. Guide us to resources and people who can train us and to mentor us in these areas. We know You want to do this for us. And cause us to grow up in knowing Your love so that all we do is representative of Your heart.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Use the following questions to help you incorporate these truths into your life personally.

Personal Application Activity

Ask God to work with your heart and give you love for yourself based on His love for you and to guard you from using prophecy to try and make yourself important or valuable.
Ask God to lead you to the resources He recommends for where you are in your walk with Him to mentor you in prophecy and such. You will be surprised at how interested He is in answering that prayer!
When you visit a restaurant or a store, why not ask the Lord to give you a word of knowledge or encouragement for the waitress or the clerk. This is a great way to practice and also to bless someone who may not know how much God loves them.

Section 2: Scripture for Meditation

Mixing Power and Love: The Gifts of the Spirit Quiz

Meditate on these verses to help you live a life more connected to God and who He has made you to be.

Scripture for Meditation

1 Corinthians 14:1

Follow the way of love and eagerly desire gifts of the Spirit, especially prophecy.

Ephesians 4: 1-8

1 Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, 2with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love, 3being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling; 5one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all.

7But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift.

8 Therefore it says,

“WHEN HE ASCENDED ON HIGH,

HE LED CAPTIVE A HOST OF CAPTIVES,

AND HE GAVE GIFTS TO MEN.”

11And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, 12for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; 13until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ.

1 Thessalonians 5:19-22

Do not quench the Spirit. Do not treat prophecies with contempt but test them all; hold on to what is good, reject every kind of evil.

Section 2: Answer Keys

See what you have learned so far in this section:

Mixing Power and Love: The Gifts of the Spirit Quiz

What are two ways the enemy tries to negate the gift of prophecy?

Look at Ephesians 4: 1-8 and use it to answer the following questions:

As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

7 But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it. 8 This is why it[a] says:

“When he ascended on high,

he took many captives

and gave gifts to his people.”[b]

Why does Paul go into such detail in verses 1-6 on treating each other with love before he goes on to speak about the gifts of the Spirit.

List some of the purposes for the gifts of the Spirit.

What is essential to the development of spiritual gifts?

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Prophecy: Close to the Heart of God

Compare your answers and responses to these ones.

Questions Answer Key

What two goals do God’s power and love desire to bring in us?

To bring His Kingdom in us and in others.

What three things happen when God’s word is set forth such as in prophecy?
- Creates things that are not there
- Changes things that are
- Provides power to destroy things that shouldn’t be there

How is a “rhema” word (word for the moment as opposed to the “logos” which is the written word and also used to refer to Jesus, “the Word of God”) like a medicine?

It is given for a particular condition or disease for a particular person in a particular season of his/her life.

Why is it important to find out God’s strategy?

We may be doing good or helpful or meaningful things but it is not what God is interested in for that time or place.

How is prophecy similar to head lights on a car? Do you see everything perfectly? Why is it still helpful?

It helps you to see in the dark, not perfectly but enough that it is much better than having no light at all.

What is the result of operating in the gifts of the Spirit but not in love?

Brings damage and hurt to the body of Christ. A person doing that is a menace.

What is charismatic witchcraft?

When we put our own desires and demands on others through prayer instead of praying in love for God’s will for them.

Quiz Answer Key

What are two ways the enemy tries to negate the gift of prophecy?

Doesn’t exist for today is one way and, the other is to encourage so much ineffective use of it that people won’t pay attention to it anymore.

Look at Ephesians 4: 1-8 and use it to answer the following questions:

Why does Paul go into such detail in verses 1-6 on treating each other with love before he goes on to speak about the gifts of the Spirit.

Must be used in love to be effective and honor Christ.

List some of the purposes for the gifts of the Spirit.
- for the equipping of the saints for the work of service,
- to the building up of the body of Christ;
- until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God,
- to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ.
What is essential to the development of spiritual gifts?

Use it or lose it. Get mentoring or training by someone more experienced. Spend time on it.

Section 3: Prophecy: Close to the Heart of God

47:00 minutes

Listen to Richard Kinney’s and Nancy Moelk’s talk, “Prophecy: Close to the Heart of God.”

Prophecy: Close to the Heart of God Questions

Work on these guiding questions to help you think more deeply about the lecture, “Prophecy: Close to the Heart of God “

Questions

Answer these questions True or False:

The real fun of prophecy is being close to the heart of God.
The main point of prophecy is to be able to see into the past and future accurately.
God longs for us and wants to be with us and is fascinated with us.
The people who have achieved a degree of holiness and are into ministry are of particular interest to God.
Living through life without being able to hear from God is like driving in the dark with no headlights.
Not everyone has a gift of prophecy but each of us can hear God speaking to us.
God is excited about people and is interested in what is good about them. He never looks on a person with disdain.
Giving prophecy allows us to see others and ourselves through His eyes.
People who do the work of God are especially able to see and embrace the love God has for them personally since taking care of God’s business automatically helps you to get close to Him.
If we see ourselves the way God does, we come to a realization that God can still enjoy us and have fun with us even though we are flawed.
The result of being able to receive God’s incredible Fatherly love is that we begin to change deep inside and being with the Father begins to melt the sins from the inside out.
The reason so many churches that follow the Bible do not practice or believe in prophecy is that not much is spoken about it in the Bible.
The children of Israel were very happy to speak with God along with Moses.
Even though we are taught to model our lives after Jesus in much Christian education, it should not concern us that we are not expected to prophesize or do anything miraculous like He did almost every day of His life.

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Section 3: Prayers

Section 3: Personal Application

Pray these prayers and to help you live a life more connected to God and who He has made you to be.

Prayers

Let your power and presence come on us. Let Jesus Christ who is the spirit of prophecy come upon me. Let the love and power and heart of God be upon us. Let us be filled with Him. Let the power of prophecy descend on me and let angels come and minister to me to help me hear better. I want to grow in this area in You, Lord.

In Jesus’ name.

Use the following questions to help you incorporate these truths into your life personally.

Personal Application Activity

1. Have you been able to grasp deep inside yourself that God finds you fascinating and fun? That you are not a little bug or worker ant to Him. You are not a nameless face lost in the sea of humanity but a cherished and enjoyed little child that belongs to Him.
2. Having better contact with God would help our lives in every aspect. We need that connection and insight in daily life. We need a quiet time when we can sit with God and say I need to hear from you. Practice asking Him specific questions and wait for answers. Take a risk of allowing God to show Himself to you what He says to you in the secret place of your heart.
3. Here are some things you can do to help yourself in learning to hear His voice: Set aside time to talk to Him. Go be around people who hear well and ask them to pray for you. Many things are caught, not taught. Let the more mature prophetic people rub off on you.
4. The devil will try to make you doubt that you have heard from God. Many times the first thing we hear is God speaking to us. Remember, the devil wants to discourage you so you won’t even try or quit.
5. You can’t learn without making mistakes, so don’t assume you will always get it right. Even Olympians have to practice and make many mistakes before they can easily and accurately do their gifting.
6. We want to focus on what is right about us and what is right about other people. People are always expecting you to focus on what is wrong with them. But if we want to be like God and reflect His heart then we have to agree with His insistence that what is right about all of us is much more important than what is wrong about us. That is His heart. He is aware of our sin and knows it is serious but He thinks we are exciting and doesn’t want us to be overwhelmed by our sins.
7. God only focuses on what is wrong with us when it is time to fix it. Most of us have the same bad things in our background. But He knows how to restore our soul from the inside and being with Him and receiving His picture of us and love for us is key in that process.
8. God wants to see us come alive with the fire of God and confidence and come into all God meant for us to be. The object of talking with God is to get in touch with someone who loves you. It is not just about information–it is about a relationship with someone who loves you. That is the fun about being prophetic.
9. So get quiet and listen to God. Step out and practice. Get with a small group so you can have a safe place to try and make mistakes. We will be able to help one another grow and to stir one another to good works and full, abundant lives. Speak in love as a standing rule. Look to God to guide you in practical matters.
10. Let God destroy your theology because it is too small for Him to fit in. He wants to keep showing you more and more and more. If you insist on Him being in your box you will miss so much. Take some chances with God. Tell Him, “I want to hear your voice better, what should I do or not do? Go or not? I give you my day, any ideas?”

Section 3: Scripture for Meditation

Prophecy: Close to the Heart of God Quiz

Meditate on these verses to help you live a life more connected to God and who He has made you to be.

Scripture for Meditation

1 Corinthians 14: 1-5

Pursue love, and desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy. 2 For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God, for no one understands him; however, in the spirit he speaks mysteries. 3 But he who prophesies speaks edification and exhortation and comfort to men. 4 He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church. 5 I wish you all spoke with tongues, but even more that you prophesied; for[a] he who prophesies is greater than he who speaks with tongues, unless indeed he interprets, that the church may receive edification.

Psalm 23

1The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.

2He makes me lie down in green pastures,

he leads me beside quiet waters,

3he refreshes my soul.

He guides me along the right paths

for his name’s sake.

4Even though I walk

through the darkest valley,

I will fear no evil,

for you are with me;

your rod and your staff,

they comfort me.

5You prepare a table before me

in the presence of my enemies.

You anoint my head with oil;

my cup overflows.

6Surely your goodness and love will follow me

all the days of my life,

and I will dwell in the house of the Lord

forever.

John 10:3-18

The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. 5But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.” 6Jesus used this figure of speech, but the Pharisees did not understand what he was telling them.

7Therefore Jesus said again, “Very truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. 8All who have come before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep have not listened to them. 9I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture. 10The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

11“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. 13The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.

14“I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— 15just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd. 17The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life—only to take it up again. 18No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.”

See what you have learned so far in this section:

Prophecy, Close to the Heart of God

Quiz

Is the standard for prophecy after the day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit was made available to all believers the same as in the Old Testament?
Give the four uses of prophecy.
What is the result of a word of God being spoken with power?
Is it possible for people to speak God’s word accurately but no power is released to change things?
Why is it so detrimental to us to focus on what is bad about ourselves?
What are some reasons we have trouble hearing God’s voice and believing He wants to be involved in the details of our lives?
Is the main point of prophecy a release of information from God to you?
How important is it to practice prophecy and to have a safe place to practice prophecy?
What is a good rule to follow as a beginner?
What should our response be is we make a mistake when we prophesize?

Section 3: Answer Keys

Testimonies of Healing in Brazil

Compare your answers and responses to these ones.

Questions Answer Key

Answer Key: True: 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11. False 2, 4, 9, 12, 13, 14.Questions repeated for your convenience.
1. The real fun of prophecy is being close to the heart of God.
2. The main point of prophecy is to be able to see into the past and future accurately.
3. God longs for us and wants to be with us and is fascinated with us.
4. The people who have achieved a degree of holiness and are into ministry are of particular interest to God.
5. Living through life without being able to hear from God is like driving in the dark with no headlights.
6. Not everyone has a gift of prophecy but each of us can hear God speaking to us.
7. God is excited about people and is interested in what is good about them. He never looks on a person with disdain.
8. Giving prophecy allows us to see others and ourselves through His eyes.
9. People who do the work of God are especially able to see and embrace the love God has for them personally since taking care of God’s business automatically helps you to get close to Him.
10. If we see ourselves the way God does, we come to a realization that God can still enjoy us and have fun with us even though we are flawed.
11. The result of being able to receive God’s incredible Fatherly love is that we begin to change deep inside and being with the Father begins to melt the sins from the inside out.
12. The reason so many churches that follow the Bible do not practice or believe in prophecy is that not much is spoken about it in the Bible.
13. The children of Israel were very happy to speak with God along with Moses.
14. Even though we are taught to model our lives after Jesus in much Christian education, it should not concern us that we are not expected to prophesize or do anything miraculous like He did almost every day of His life.

Quiz Answer Key

Is the standard for prophecy after the day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit was made available to all believers the same as in the Old Testament?

No. In the Old Testament the penalty for giving a false prophecy was death. Jesus died for our mistakes and sins and all believers are invited to pursue the gift of prophecy (1 Corinthians 14:1).

Give the four uses of prophecy.

Prophecy is for edification, exhortation, comfort, encouragement.

What is the result of a word of God being spoken with power?

The spoken word of God into people’s lives or situations has the power to change things, to create and to destroy.

Is it possible for people to speak God’s word accurately but no power is released to change things?

We need to be connected to God and not get in the way for power to come through with our prophetic words. If our own lives don’t exemplify the power of God, then it won’t be able to come through us. It is a bad sign if we can’t hold a job, can’t get along with anyone, have no signs of healing in our lives.

Why is it so detrimental to us to focus on what is bad about ourselves?

We can be missing God’s agenda for us by sitting around and focusing about what is bad about us. God’s agenda is speaking to us and drawing us into His presence so we become one with Him. He wants His word to dwell in us richly and more of more we become His word made flesh.

What are some reasons we have trouble hearing God’s voice and believing He wants to be involved in the details of our lives?

We may believe it is normal for no one to want to talk to us or be interested in our lives if this reflects our family background. Or we may not think God has a favorable opinion of us and is angry with us. We may have a picture of God as being cold and distant. We can imagine God to be just like our parents.

Is the main point of prophecy a release of information from God to you?

No. God is sharing Himself with us. We can even sit in silence and have deep communion and connection. The Word is being made flesh in us and we are meant to become one with Him.

How important is it to practice prophecy and to have a safe place to practice prophecy?

Prophecy is a skill we need to practice and being in a small group where mistakes can be lovingly admitted is greatly beneficial while we are growing in this gift.

What is a good rule to follow as a beginner?

Insist on only speaking in love and you won’t make mistakes. Directive prophecy is not the first level we attempt, such as telling people that they need to get married or move.

What should our response be is we make a mistake when we prophesize?

We should admit in a humble and relaxed way that we made a mistake to the person or group with prophesized to. We repent and expect that like a child learning to walk, we will have falls and need to get up and try again. Just because someone doesn’t accept Christ when we share the gospel with them, we don’t stop sharing.

Section 4: Testimonies of Healing in Brazil

52:00 minutes

Listen to Nancy Moelk’s talk “Testimonies of Healing in Brazil.”

Testimonies of Healing in Brazil Questions

Work on these guiding questions to help you think more deeply about the concepts presented in “Testimonies of Healing in Brazil” lecture.

Questions

Why does God want to heal people today?

Why may we have a hard time believing God wants to heal people today?

What part does faith play in healings?

Is faith always necessary for someone to receive healing?

When Jesus met the Samaritan woman at the well and healed her, what did He say about what the Father wanted to do for her?

What does that show us about God and His heart?

What part does our need to control (or rather, let go of our need to control) have in us seeing healings happen?

Section 4: Prayers

Section 4: Personal Application

Pray these prayers and to help you live a life more connected to God and who He has made you to be.

Prayers

Heavenly Father, I want to be married to You and set up a household together with You. Help me to honor You and be willing to do what is necessary to honor You. I am interested in all that You want to do and I want to let go of having to stay in control of what happens.

In Jesus name, Amen.

Use the following questions to help you incorporate these truths into your life personally.

Personal Application Activity

Have you ever prayed for someone for healing? For deliverance? For inner healing?
Why or why not?
Would you like to begin doing these things?
How can that happen for you?
Ask God to help you get rid of any mindset of unbelief. Talk over with Him honestly how you feel about healing and get out in the open any doubts and reservations you may have about Him wanting to heal people today.

Section 4: Scripture for Meditation

Testimonies of Healing in Brazil Quiz

Meditate on these verses to help you live a life more connected to God and who He has made you to be.

Scripture

Isaiah 61: 1-4

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
Because the Lord has anointed me
To bring good news to the afflicted;
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to captives
And freedom to prisoners;
²To proclaim the favorable year of the Lord
And the day of vengeance of our God;
To comfort all who mourn,
³To grant those who mourn in Zion,
Giving them a garland instead of ashes,
The oil of gladness instead of mourning,
The mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting.
So they will be called oaks of righteousness,
The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.

⁴Then they will rebuild the ancient ruins,
They will raise up the former devastations;
And they will repair the ruined cities,
The desolations of many generations.

See what you have learned so far in this section.

Quiz

What is a word of knowledge?

What part can that play in a person being healed?

How is being able to hear God’s voice helpful in praying for people who need healing?

Can God still heal someone even if you don’t feel anything and they don’t feel anything?

What is the best response to the question, “why isn’t someone healed?”

Should you just pray one time for someone or multiple times?

Section 4: Answer Keys

Overview of the Eagle Part 1

Compare your answers and responses to these ones.

Questions Answer Key

Why does God want to heal people today?

He is the same yesterday, today and forever.

Why may we have a hard time believing God wants to heal people today?

We have not ever seen it happen or expected it to happen.

What part does faith play in healings?

It helps us to receive what God wants to do for us or others but it isn’t always necessary.

Is faith always necessary for someone to receive healing?

No, God can sovereignly heal someone who doesn’t have faith and also use someone who doesn’t have good faith.

When Jesus met the Samaritan woman at the well and healed her, what did He say about what the Father wanted to do for her?

God longed to heal her and longs to heal people today.

What does that show us about God and His heart?

He is excited about seeing people healed and restored. Remember, He originally made this world without disease and sickness and suffering. That came in whenever God stopped having all His own way and allowed man to have free choice.

What part does our need to control (or rather, let go of our need to control) have in us seeing healings happen?

If we can give up trying to control, we make a way for God use us to see more healing happen.

Quiz Answer Key

What is a word of knowledge?

God telling what He would like to do for someone or information about them.

What part can that play in a person being healed?

If we hear a word of knowledge like that or the person who is meant to be healed, it can bolster our faith and their faith and make it easier to receive healing.

How is being able to hear God’s voice helpful in praying for people who need healing?

It helps to boost their faith and your faith in knowing what God would like to do for them.

Can God still heal someone even if you don’t feel anything and they don’t feel anything?

Yes.

What is the best response to the question, “why isn’t someone healed?”

“I don’t know.” We must be careful not to judge God or ourselves or others.

Should you just pray one time for someone or multiple times?

Multiple times in increments is helpful. Here is an example: Maria Etter Woodword in writing about her meetings where many amazing healings took place described herself or her workers praying in tongues over people for 10-20 minutes before they were healed. William Branham sometimes prayed over an hour for someone to be healed. Mahesh Chavda speaks of a blind woman who came back night after night to one of his meetings and on the last night (seventh night) she was healed. Later God showed him in a vision an octopus like creature with several arms covering the women’s eyes and how each night of prayed cut another one of them off.

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Section 5: Overview of the Eagle Part 1

43:00 minutes

Listen to Nancy Moelk’s and Richard Kinney’s talk “Overview of the Eagle Part 1.”(Part 2 will be in Eagle-Level 2)

Overview of the Eagle Part 1 Questions

Work on these guiding questions to help you think more deeply about the Overview of the Eagle Part 1.

Questions

What are some of the aspects of the Eagle?
People have a tendency to isolate the “Eagle” and ignore the other aspects of God. What are some of the results of that? What is the real proof of an effective word from God?
Prophetic people can try to rely on their gifting to help them get through life when really they need to pursue help in what area to be stable? Will that make them more powerful?
Is there a price to pay for higher revelations? What effect can that have on us?
Do heavenly beings have a static state like we do? Why not?
What are some of the different types of angels that we can ask God to send to us for help?
Can we have experiences with angels and the cloud of witnesses? How will that affect us?

Section 5: Prayers

Section 5: Personal Application

Pray these prayers and to help you live a life more connected to God and who He has made you to be.

Prayers

Heavenly Father, thank You for all the things about Your kingdom and in the heavenly realms that You want to teach me about. Open up my mind and my heart to whatever You want me to grow in and learn. Stabilize me and help me to grow in balance. I repent of any ways I have shut You out and Your supernatural manifestations. Or any ways I have had an unhealthy attitude about them. Bring me into alignment with You and all that is Yours.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Use the following questions to help you incorporate these truths into your life personally.

Personal Application Activity

What are some of the ways you can sow into the Eagle and supernatural? Ask the Holy Spirit to open up where and how He would like to move you forward in this area.

This week look for opportunities to ask the Lord for angels to come and help you with specific situations. Take note of the results and outcomes of these situations.

Ask God to send angels of evangelism to help you share what Jesus has done for you with someone this week. Instead of trusting in your own technique, look to God to set up an atmosphere where He gets to love on that person.

Section 5: Scripture for Meditation

Overview of the Eagle Part 1 Quiz

Meditate on these verses to help you live a life more connected to God and who He has made you to be.

Scripture for Meditation

Psalm 34: 3-7

O magnify the LORD with me,

And let us exalt His name together.

I sought the LORD, and He answered me,

And delivered me from all my fears.

They looked to Him and were radiant,

And their faces will never be ashamed.

This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him

And saved him out of all his troubles.

The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him,

And rescues them.

Psalm 91: 9-11

For you have made the LORD, my refuge,
Even the Most High, your dwelling place.

No evil will befall you,
Nor will any plague come near your tent.

For He will give His angels charge concerning you,
To guard you in all your ways.

See what you have learned so far in this section:

Quiz

Go through the story of the Israelites leaving Egypt and illustrate each of the components of the 4 Living Creatures and what they represent of God:

Section 5: Answer Keys

Eyes to See (An Encounter with the Eagle)

Compare your answers and responses to these ones.

Questions Answer Key

What are some of the aspects of the Eagle?

The Angel of the Lord, angels, the cloud of witnesses, miracles, gifts of the Spirit, Throne room experiences, sacraments and liturgy, cherubim, etc.

People have a tendency to isolate the “Eagle” and ignore the other aspects of God. What are some of the results of that? What is the real proof of an effective word from God?

Prophetic people have information and sight but they lack power and the ability to change things. Prophecy isn’t taken very seriously in the church as a result. The proof is that something happens!

Prophetic people can try to rely on their gifting to help them get through life when really they need to pursue help in what area to be stable? Will that make them more powerful?

Emotional healing. Yes.

Is there a price to pay for higher revelations? What effect can that have on us?

It will challenge the parts of us that are out of sync with God and we will have to grow and change.

Do heavenly beings have a static state like we do? Why not?

They are not limited by time and space and the types of things that limit us here.

What are some of the different types of angels that we can ask God to send to us for help?

For whatever we need.

Can we have experiences with angels and the cloud of witnesses? How will that affect us?

Yes. It will grow us closer to the Lord.

Quiz Answer Key

Go through the story of the Israelites leaving Egypt and illustrate each of the components of the 4 Living Creatures and what they represent of God:

The Man: they had to have faith that God was going to help them. All along the way they needed faith.
The Ox: they had to give things up and surrender to God’s way.
The Eagles: they saw many miracles and supernatural manifestations.
The Lion: They began to take over the land as a result.

Section 6: Eyes to See (An Encounter with the Eagle)

1:04:00

Listen to Nancy Moelk’s talk “Eyes to See (An Encounter with the Eagle) .”

Eyes to See (An Encounter with the Eagle) Questions

Work on these guiding questions to help you think more deeply about the “Receiving and Maturing in Love” Lecture.

Questions

Which is more real, the here and now or what exists in the heavenly realms? When people in the Bible reported visions and experiences of interfacing with the heavenly dimensions, how did it affect them?

When the Four Living Creatures say, “Come and See.” What is the meaning of the word “see”?

From the Sermon on the Mount where it talks about fasting and praying before God, it uses the same word of “see”. This time God sees us. What is he “seeing” about us?

“First the eyes and then the wings.” What does that mean?

What is greater than obedience?

Section 6: Prayers

Section 6: Personal Application

Pray these prayers and to help you live a life more connected to God and who He has made you to be.

Prayers

Heavenly Father, please impart to me to see how much You love me and bring me to a greater experiential place of being touched by You and knowing how You see me. Let me be touched by the Four Living Creatures and let me be touched by the love they have soaked up over the ages. I come as I am and open my heart to You, to be with You and let who You are transform me.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Section 6: Scripture for Meditation

Use the following questions to help you incorporate these truths into your life personally.

Personal Application Activity

For the next week, stop asking God for anything in your time with Him. Just keep finding things to thank Him for and things to appreciate about Him. After doing this for a week, record here what differences you see or feel in your relationship with Him and/or your view of Him.

Reflect back on these six classes and make a note of the top three ideas that have impacted you from them. You may also want to reflect on any changes you have noticed in yourself and in your relationship with God during the time you have been studying these things.

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Eyes to See (An Encounter with the Eagle) Quiz

Meditate on these verses to help you live a life more connected to God and who He has made you to be.

Scripture for Meditation

Romans 2:4

Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?

Matthew 10:7-8

“And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ “Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give.

Matthew 6:33-34

“But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”

See what you have learned so far in this section:

Quiz

What is the effect of having connection with things from the heavenly realms? What types of things may God show us during these connections?

Having an experience with God can reveal things about ourselves and things about God we didn’t know before. Is it possible to resist this by refusing to open the door of our hearts to God? Is it more a question of Him resisting us or us resisting Him?

What can be a “new approach” for us in our Christian life? How can having days of reckoning where we see ourselves as we really are and approach God as such bring significant transformation in our behavior?

Fear, pride, envy, lust. What can we trace these sins back to? What should we be putting our effort towards to help ourselves not sin?

What is the truly prophetic meant to do? What is the result in our lives?

What is wrong in your Christianity if you stay the same and aren’t changing? What needs to happen for change to happen?

Why did many of the early martyrs want to be crucified upside down?

Section 6: Answer Keys