For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,

Saying, Do not be afraid, Paul; you must be brought before Caesar: and, look, God has given you all those that are sailing with you.

Messenger Angels

The angel of God appeared to bring Paul a message. I shared in our teaching on angels and demons in my book The New Way of Blessing, how that one third of the angels of Heaven are the messenger angels, the angel Gabriel being the main one. Their responsibility is to come and bring a message from God.

You say, "Yes, but that was fine in the Old Testament when the Spirit of God was not within people; when a person could not hear from God for themselves in their own heart. Yes, God would use angels then."

That is why I picked a verse from the New Testament, because I knew you were going to give me that argument. The great apostle Paul said,

"The angel of the Lord appeared to me tonight and brought me a message from the Lord."

You find many occurrences of this in the Old and New Testaments. There are messenger angels. God did not make a third of the angels of Heaven to sit around and do nothing. They have a job to do, and their job is to bring a message.

Angelic Influence

The way they bring a message is often a lot stronger. Do you know why? It is because angels can produce an influence from without.

The angels can produce an influence directly on your mind without coming via your spirit, because very often people do not hear their spirits. They do not listen well to their spirits, or they are too preoccupied and too busy to hear from their spirits.

And so God brings an external influence like maybe a messenger angel as a confirmation. God uses angels to bring you messages.

In vision you might see an angel coming with a scroll in his hand, and he is bringing a message from Almighty God. Perhaps he is bringing a decree that you are meant to take and speak forth into the earth as a prophet. He is saying,

"Here is a decree. God has issued this decree and He wants this Word to go forth in the earth. Here it is. I am giving it to you. You are God's prophet. You have the authority and the responsibility to speak this forth, to speak a Word of creation. Now you take the decree and you speak it forth!"

When you see an angel coming to you in the Spirit like that, this is what is happening. I have seen angels come with a scroll that is sealed. In most cases the scroll is a picture of a declaration which has been made concerning my own life and ministry. Then as the angel gives me the scroll, the instruction comes from the Spirit,

"Break the first seal."

Usually when I see a scroll like that, each seal typifies a stage in God's plan. And so if I see a scroll with three seals on it, I know that God is giving a three‐stage plan. He is saying,

"The first stage must begin now. Break the first seal."

As I break that first seal something begins to happen in my life and in my ministry, and God begins to put together something. Then further down the line the word of instruction comes, God reveals the scroll again and He says,

"Break the second seal."

Messenger angels come to bring a Word from the Lord. They come to bring a decree and a declaration from the Lord, for you to take up and to put in your mouth, and to decree into the earth as the prophet of God.

Guardian Angels

We all have guardian angels. You may have more than one, depending on what God's purpose is for you, what needs to be accomplished, and how dangerous you are to the kingdom of darkness.

I realized once that my guardian angel was bored. I never gave him much work to do. He was following me all around doing nothing because I was not using him.

I was not speaking forth the Word of God and I was not acting in faith. I was not giving him the license and the opportunity to do what God put him there for. God put him there to wait on me, to minister to me and to help me.

I think the first time I became aware that my guardian angel had a bigger role to play in my life was when I was lying under the car struggling. I could not get a stupid bolt to come off. I just could not get this dumb car to work, so I cried out,

"Lord, I wish there was somebody here to help me. I have to battle with this car all on my own!"

He said, "There is. You just cannot see him."

I saw a vision of my guardian angel taking the wrench out of my hand and loosening the bolt. Well it didn't work exactly that way, but I began to realize,

"Hold it! This guy probably knows more about cars than me. Hey, he is an angel. I am sure he is pretty intelligent. I know you do not have cars up there, but he's been around me for a while. He should have learned a bit about them by now."

I began to use my guardian angel. I said,

"Father I need help. You have given me an angel. Now angel of God that is with me, help me with this thing."

I sort of expected him to take the wrench from me, but he didn't. But suddenly I found that I had more strength than I used to have. Suddenly I found that after battling to put the stupid thing in for hours, it just went 'click' and dropped into place.

A thought came into my mind to try something that I had not tried before, and it worked first time! Well why did I not think of that before? It was because somebody put an idea into my mind.

You say, "Did the Lord put that idea in your mind?"

Well yes, but I think He used an angel to do it. Do you think I'm getting carried away with angels? No, the Scripture says that angels are given to be ministers; servants to wait upon the heirs of righteousness, who are us.

God has given us guardian angels to take care of us. He has given us guardian angels to go and organize finances for us, and to arrange circumstances for us in our lives. They open doors for us, assist us, and help us to be all that God wants us to be and to succeed in this world.

Now I am not advising you to get into a situation where you want to see your angel in the Spirit and talk to him. You could end up in deception as I shared once before in my testimony. What I am saying is that you need to be aware that help is there. Be aware that you are not alone.

Yes, the Lord is there. He is omnipresent and He is everywhere. He is in you, in your heart, and in your spirit. I like to think of the Lord Jesus sitting right there next to me and I talk to Him. But I also have somebody who has been given the job of taking care of me, and I have learned to use him.

Very often God will use the angel, whether a guardian angel or a messenger angel, to put thoughts in your mind to give guidance and direction.

You might be riding along and a thought suddenly pops into your mind out of nowhere. Where did it come from? It could be an angel of God sent by the Lord to bring you a Word or a message from the Lord. It gets your attention. He put that thought in your mind. Maybe it is a warning thought that says,

"Hold it. Turn left at the next intersection. Don't go the way you normally go."

You have to be sensitive to hearing that voice and to understand where it is coming from.

Practical Project for Angels

This is probably the most dangerous project that I have given you so far, and many people at this point could end up in deception. So move very carefully and slowly in this, and do not try it until you have tried some of the other projects that I have given you.

Unless you have learned to flow in the gift of discerning of spirits, you will not likely see angels or demons in the spirit. This gift is used to help you see either or both of these. So until you receive this kind of insight from the Lord, do not seek for this.

In fact, having flowed for many years in this gift, I would strongly advise you to avoid it if possible. Once you become too aware of the presence of angels and demons, you will keep seeing and sensing demonic influences at times you wish they would all just disappear.

Rather let the Lord lead you into this in His time. And until you are ready for it, do not ask the Lord to show you angels, or especially your own guardian angel. You do not need to see him in order to make full use of him and let him help you in your day‐to‐day experiences.

The Big Danger

The biggest danger in communicating with angels is that you will end up worshiping and praying to an angel instead of the Lord Himself. Your guardian angel is there to help you, not to replace the Lord or the influence of the Holy Spirit in your life. So do not ask him for revelation or guidance – ask the Holy Spirit.

However, when you are alone and feel like you need a helping hand, try to imagine that you have a person there by your side. Try to imagine someone who has been given the job to help you.

Instead of asking your angel for help directly, ask the Lord to use your angel to help you. Then when you sense in your spirit that this prayer has been heard, respond to whatever influences you feel in your spirit.

Test the Influences

Now a demon can influence you in a similar way to an angel, so learn to test every influence you sense. Rebuke it, question it and ask the Lord to confirm it before you act on it.

Eventually you will come to a place where you are more confident that the influence you are sensing, or the thoughts and ideas that are coming into your mind might be coming from your angel. When you feel confident of this, speak authority into the earth for your angel to work on your behalf. You could pray something like this:

"Lord I thank you that you have given me authority in your name to speak forth your Word into the earth. So I release authority now for the angels of God to work on my behalf and deal with my problems.

"I authorize the angels to work concerning my finances and my needs, and to cause to come to me that which I have desired from you. I speak this forth now in Jesus' name. And angels of God I release you to go out and do what the Lord has told you to do."

If you follow this method you will never get into deception. And you will make full use of the angels that the Lord has put at your disposal to help you.

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