Key Pillars for The Presence Chamber
1. To be a people where the Lord is comfortable being around, and because of this friendship; He chooses to enter into His rest among us.
“Arise, O Lord, to Your resting place, You and the ark [the symbol] of Your strength. For the Lord has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling place: “This is My resting place forever” [says the Lord]; “Here will I dwell, for I have desired it.” (Psalms 132:8, 13-14 AMP)
“Thus says the Lord: “Heaven is My throne, And earth is My footstool. Where is the house that you will build Me? And where is the place of My rest?” (Isaiah 66:1 NKJV)
2. To be built together as living stones with other disciples of Jesus, and become a dwelling place for the Holy Spirit.
“You [believers], like living stones, are being built up into a spiritual house for a holy and dedicated priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices [that are] acceptable and pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.” (1 Peter 2:5 AMP)
“Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.” (Ephesians 2:19-22 NKJV)
3. To be transfigured and transformed into the image of Christ.
“And we all, with unveiled face, continually seeing as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are progressively being transformed into His image from [one degree of] glory to [even more] glory, which comes from the Lord, [who is] the Spirit.” (2 Corinthians 3:18 AMP)
“For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.” (Romans 8:29 NKJV)
“till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;” (Ephesians 4:13 NKJV)
4. To be a people of the secret place, and to be making ourselves ready as the Lord’s bride. Developing intimacy with the Lord by waiting upon Him and acquiring precious spiritual oil so that we keep our lamps burning. This involves becoming a people of rest or resting in the Lord.
““Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.” (Matthew 25:1, 3-4 NKJV)
“But Jesus Himself would often slip away to the wilderness and pray [in seclusion]. (Luke 5:16 AMP)
“She had a sister named Mary, who seated herself at the Lord’s feet and was continually listening to His teaching.” (Luke 10:39 AMP)
“There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His.” (Hebrews 4:9-10 NKJV)
5. To carry our crosses and follow after Jesus, allowing the cross way-of-life to put our wants, will, desires, and plans to death; so that Jesus can live through us and carry out His plans and purpose. The cross is a choice we make to allow the sufferings of Christ to work in us, thus stripping away our old nature.
“I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.” (Galatians 2:20 NKJV)
““If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple. And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.” (Luke 14:26-27 NKJV)
6. Abide in the presence or the Lord, and desire to have the Lord’s thick glory abide in us and upon us as His temple.
“And the glory and brilliance of the Lord entered the temple by way of the gate facing toward the east. Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner courtyard; and behold, the glory and brilliance of the Lord filled the temple.” (Ezekiel 43:4-5 AMP)
“then the Lord will create over the entire site of Mount Zion and over her assemblies, a cloud by day, smoke, and the brightness of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory and brilliance will be a canopy [a defense, a covering of His divine love and protection].” (Isaiah 4:5 AMP)
7. Allow the Lord to minister through us to perform His works and bring His Kingdom (in His proper time when He chooses to send His disciples into His harvest).
“Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? The words I say to you I do not say on My own initiative or authority, but the Father, abiding continually in Me, does His works [His attesting miracles and acts of power]. Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; otherwise believe [Me] because of the [very] works themselves [which you have witnessed]. I assure you and most solemnly say to you, anyone who believes in Me [as Savior] will also do the things that I do; and he will do even greater things than these [in extent and outreach], because I am going to the Father.” (John 14:10-12 AMP)
“Then He said to them, “The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.” (Luke 10:2 NKJV)
“He sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.” (Luke 9:2 NKJV)
“And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord was working with them and confirming the word by the signs that followed.]” (Mark 16:20 AMP)