Carol Arnott - Soaking in the Spirit: Effortless Access to Hearing Gods Voice, Intimacy with the Father, and Supernatural Healing

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Preparing for the Glory

Copyright 2020 Carol Arnott

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In 1996, I had a life-changing encounter with God. Revival had hit John and Carol Arnotts church, Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship, and Bill and I traveled there with my parents. While we werent feeling particularly burned out, we were hungry to know more of God. We carried a holy dissatisfaction, passionate to see everything God had for us manifested in our lives. After one evening session, I was hit with the power of God in a way that I had never experienced before. I shook on the floor for 20 minutes, unable to stand. The Lord shook the strongholds right out of my life and, as He later explained to me, birthed my true identity. I was completely changed. Bill likes to say that he went to Toronto with a lamb, but he came home with a lioness!

Spending time in the presence of God does just that for each of us. After my encounter, fear had no place of authority in my life. In the presence of Light, darkness cannot remain.

When I returned from our trip to Toronto, I began to practice soaking for the first time. With my focus set on adoring God, I would allow all of my attention to be in communion with Him. I was totally in love; I simply wanted to be with Him. I began to learn how to connect with the Holy Spirit and dwell in the presence of God without an agenda. A deep well of intimacy began to develop in my spirit and, to this day, this practice is a pivotal part of my walk with the Lord.

Carols new book, Soaking in the Spirit, is a powerful teaching on the practice of soaking in Gods presence. Interweaving her own testimony with strong biblical teaching and practical wisdom, this book is an invitation to grow in relationship with God. Carol explains how, by setting aside time to saturate in His presence, we actually become more like Jesus, better equipped to pour out onto a world that is dying to know the Father.

It is the absolute grace of God that, as we draw closer to Jesus, He reorients us back to Himself and His original design for our lives. This is what soaking is about: an intimate relationship with God, through which we cannot remained unchanged.

John and Carols obedience in following the direction of the Holy Spirit transformed my spiritual life. I would encourage every believer to read Soaking in the Spirit. It carries a vital message for our current culture. Let the testimonies in this book stir your spirit and encourage you to protect space in the busyness of life to rest in the presence of God. Let His presence fill you so that the Body of Christ can truly release the kingdom and bring heaven to earth.

B ENI J OHNSON
Bethel Church, Redding, CA
Author of The Power of Communion, Healthy & Free, and The Happy Intercessor

Soaking in the Spirit: Effortless Access to Hearing Gods Voice, Intimacy with the Father, and Supernatural Healing by Carol Arnott is a book about being in Gods presence in an intentional and life-changing way. Soaking is a concept that can be hard to wrap your head around, but this beautiful book brings it to a practical and personal level. You will want to jump right in to Gods glorious presence even as you read. Soaking prayer is not a strange thing just for extreme Christians; it is for everyone.

God already knows every thought, prayer, and concern that passes through your mind, but relationships are built through communication. We are called to be intentional in communication with Holy Spirit to know Him and understand His waysthat takes time. In the presence, we are transformed, our hearts are healed, our minds renewed, and our spirits lifted. Throughout the book, you will read personal stories of the impact of soaking on Carol and others, for heart transformation and also for physical healing. You will also get practical advice on how to soak and make soaking a lifestyle.

Paul calls all of us to pray without ceasing. This feels impossible until you learn that we can pray our way through whatever we are doing. In Mozambique, where I live, we want to do everything from the presence. We spend a great deal of time in prayer, soaking, worshipping and interceding because we want Heavens strategies, not just our own strength. What does that look like practically?

On Tuesdays we have staff meetings in the morning around 10:00am. I wake up around 5am and start my day with a prayer walk seeking Gods word for the day. Then I go to a prayer room on our base next to our home and meet with friends on our team to pray and worship together, often soaking in His presence then praying. Next, we all head over to staff meeting and worship together. We pray as a group, in our departments or in small groups as God leads. We pray for those who are heading out on outreaches, sometimes into dangerous areas. We pray for anyone who is sick or struggling. Honestly, by the time we get to agenda points, God has already met us in a deep way and there is not too much left to plan!

I lead discipleship for our children once a week, and I disciple some of our pastors and leaders. In both groups, we start with worship and prayer, then go through Bible teaching and practical application in our lives, and end by praying for one another. In outreach meetings, we pray over the map of Mozambique as we decide where to share the Gospel each week. For the university, many of our visitors want to take a tour of the campus. We start at the prayer room with every group. Together with our Mozambican team, we pray and prophesy over the university, then we finish the tour. We all get so encouraged every time as Holy Spirit gives more vision and confirmation. In these ways, we really do pray without ceasing as we cover each of our programs in prayer.