Private Counsel
The highest level of operation in the Courts is something the Lord revealed as "private counsel" room. This revelation came as my family took a few days off during a celebration of our Independence Day, the 4th of July.
My niece, let’s call her Marie, and I lay on the bed, talking quietly before we slept. “Do you have earbuds?” I asked. She nodded, “You may want to use them...” I began telling of certain actions that used to cause strife between Tony and me.
Marie commiserated with me about being kept awake when we were expected to rise early the next day, then we settled down for the night.
I woke up with allergy symptoms. With very little privacy and much to do, I didn’t have time to go to the Courts in prayer and see what was up, so I used some over-the-counter help (meds) to make it through the day. I figured I would deal with whatever it was that let the enemy in later.
Things only got worse. On the 4th of July, my stomach started feeling weird. By evening I was running to the bathroom. I missed the fireworks and had to remain downstairs close to the toilet. With Tony’s family in the living room with me, I couldn’t even go to the Courts! When I was finally able to get to bed, I was exhausted!
The next morning things were a little better. Best of all, I had some time to be alone in my room to pray. As I entered the Courts the Lord said very firmly, “Private Counsel.” The Judge said granted and I saw myself escorted from Courts, followed by a very large contingency of angelic hosts who flew down and walked beside us.
This counsel room had an impossibly high shelf of books on the left side of the room with a big wooden desk thirty feet long towards the back of the room. Off to the right was a fireplace with oversized leather furniture. The fire didn’t consume the wood, and I knew it was the fire of God that Moses saw.
The Lord escorted me to the fire and pointed at the chair, “Sit, rest,” He commanded. An angel brought a cushion for my feet and a glass with light brown liquid in it. Standing over me the Lord said, “You are not resting on what you know. I am contending for you. The Holy Spirit is your Counselor. He will tell you what you need to do, outside the Courts.”
I realized that when we are not before the Judge, we can receive “private counsel” if we ask to be sheltered in God. The Holy Spirit is always in the Courts and He will advise us; we call this Intercession. Jesus is so good. He was bringing me a vision to vividly describe exactly what happens when we seek our Counselor and what He expects of me. “Thank you,” I told Him then quickly excused myself to do as He commanded.
But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contends with you, and I will save your children. (Isaiah 49:25 AKJV)
The Lord contends for us, even when we are not present. He can use our words as testimony! Lying in bed, I said, “Holy Spirit, you are my Counselor, Teacher, and Guide. You know what I need to do. Why am I the only one plagued by sickness when I should be the one free of such things?”
Instantly I remembered the conversation with my niece. I knew my words were being used against me in the Courts to say I hadn’t forgiven my host and that I was walking outside of the love of God because of this Bible verse coming to mind:
But I say to you, “That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.” (Matthew 12:36 AKJV)
I have a place as a leader in the body of Christ. My recounting of past wrongs had opened the door. Out loud, I confessed that I had spoken ill of my host. I announced that I forgave all involved with this issue.
A picture appeared in my mind: Jesus was on the cross and blood streamed from His hands. I instantly knew what the Holy Spirit wanted me to say, “Jesus, I thank you that Your blood blots out these sins…”
More pictures appeared: each one showed me what to say and declare next. I only declared what the Holy Spirit told me to say. Within ten minutes I felt fine and was ready to go to dinner with the family.
At the local pizza parlor, I started to feel queasy. I excused myself, and alone in the toilet, I prayed in the heavenly language. The healing scriptures I pray on certain mornings came to mind and I thanked God for all that He had provided by stating those scriptures. All symptoms disappeared and I felt fine once again as I rejoined the family.
A couple of lessons to note:
Words said can be used as proof that we are unforgiving.
Don’t do anything but thank God for His Word unless the Holy Spirit says otherwise.
The enemy may test your faith in what has been done.
Follow the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
Quoting God’s good promises may be necessary to overcome this—not declaring and decreeing, but thanking God for who He is, our Healer.
Because of this attack, the Lord revealed the highest place of authority in the Courts. If you know about the Courts you should begin to rest in what you know:
Jesus is contending for you as your Advocate. (Isaiah 49:25)
The Holy Spirit is your Earthly Advocate, your Counselor. (John 14:16)
Your Counselor will tell you what sins you need to confess in order to be free. (James 5:16, 1 John 1:9-10)
Once you learn to hear from the Holy Spirit, then KNOW that you are able to hear from your Counselor on Earth and He knows what has been done in Heaven. The highest level for any Christian is this: rest in knowing that Jesus is contending for you in the CoH and that we only need to come when He calls, after seeking counsel from the Holy Spirit.
Come to Me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. (Matthew 11:28 AKJV)
And He said, “My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest.” (Exodus 33:14 AKJV)
The Lord wants to remove the burdens from you. It is our sincere desire that all our brothers and sisters in Christ will come to the highest level and learn to see and hear from their Counselor, the Holy Spirit, both inside and outside of the Courts.
Recently, the Lord has revealed that symptoms we experience may, at times, be interpreted with help from the Holy Spirit so that we know what to do. Let me give you an example:
There was a certain week when I experienced nose bleeds three times. The first was while traveling, so I thought, “Perhaps the air is dry by the gas stove.” Then returning home blood began gushing out of my nose for no apparent reason. I shrugged it off, “This could be connected to the one I had yesterday…” The next day I also had a nosebleed and when I lay down to sleep, the right side of my nose was clogged; fierce sinus pressure on that side brought pain under my eye.
I began to pray, asking the Holy Spirit if there was an open door. He told me to look at the symptoms and interpret them:
Three bloody noses on the left side
nose - discernment
blood - that which leads to death
left - of the spirit
three - completion in the spirit
Clogged nose on the right side
nose - discernment
clogged - not flowing
Eye pain
eye - seeing
pain - damage
As I thought over these items, the Holy Spirit reminded me of another symptom I had been experiencing for over a month. During my weekly exercise, I slightly injured my knee doing lunges. It continued to hurt all this time.
Knee pain
knee - prayer or submission to God
pain - damage
When you put all these symptoms together, a picture is painted that helped to guide me in the right direction. I went back to where the knee pain began: what was I doing? And when did I get the bloody nose? There should be an event connecting these two major points.
I began working on the website the week my knee was hurt. The Holy Spirit reminded me that I had said something to the effect that the website work was secular so I didn’t need to focus on the Lord to do it. This was a prideful statement. I launched the website the day I had a bloody nose.
An attack of Leviathan can come in when you have an open door to pride. This is why there were symptoms from several types of attacks. I needed to take time in prayer to fully submit to God by:
Confessing that I took matters into my own hands
Asking to be forgiven for stepping away from Him
Renounce any words I spoke about the matter
Accepting the blood of Jesus as payment
pleading the blood over the sins
These may sound easy, but there is an additional temptation to pride when mistakes are made. If we begin to think that we have messed up so much that our destiny with God has been ruined, what we are saying is that our mistakes are more powerful than God. The enemy may knock us down, but faith is what picks us back up and stands us on our feet. Through God, we can do all things!
Over the last several months, I have spoken to a few people who feel like they are under an attack. When they describe all the different ways “life” has gone wrong, sometimes they will show where an open door is. It isn’t always that way, but often symptoms show us what direction to look when we are suffering.
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