Prophetic Encounters In God: Getting Closer To God

By Maurice Paul Obonyo

When I was in the office of the Prophet, I went through various trials that led to my training as a man of God. I did not understand who a man of God was until God showed me how to stay in His presence. God’s presence comes at a cost but the rewards of His presence are unfathomable. I have been able to understand how the earth was restored and why it has acquired the same curses that led God to destroy it over 8000 years ago. A time has come when God will expose all the wickedness in the kingdom of darkness and set His people free from the deception and bondage of the enemy. It is my hope that whosoever reads this book will understand why there is much misery on the earth at a time when the enemy is working hardest to restrain people from finding the truth.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Maurice Paul Obonyo
• Release date: Apr 9, 2019
• ISBN: 9780463823279

Maurice Paul Obonyo

I have a calling to go into the world and proclaim the second coming of the Lord Jesus. I have been in the Lord’s presence for over three years now. He has commissioned me to teach and speak about His love for man. The Lord has enabled me to write nine books so far. I have a goal to write a particular number of books which the Lord has spoken to me about. The books I have written have come out of the Lord’s presence. I have received a wealth of knowledge and understanding from God as I have been writing. I was a graphic designer by the time the Lord called me. He told me to stop whatever I was doing and do His will.When I was called by the Lord, I was confused as to why He was giving me prophetic messages. I asked myself: “Why is the Lord speaking to me about His second coming; is the world coming to an end?” I did not know that the Lord tells His prophets what is on God’s mind. Little did I know that the Lord was giving me a hint on what He had called me to be. When I was in the world, I thought that the Lord does not speak to people directly. I thought He spoke only through; pastors, the word of God, signs, and oracles. I did not know that God is not only interested in redemption but in having a solid relationship with man.When I started hearing the Lord’s voice, I thought that He was a cursed spirit speaking to me. I asked: “who are you?” He said: “It is I, Jesus”. I went and asked two pastors who did not know me and who did not know each other whether my experience with the Lord was genuine. They both confirmed to me: “It is the Lord”. I then started to seek the Lord to hear more of His voice. During that period, the Lord’s voice was not as loud as I hear Him today. I then went to work in another country where I struggled with hearing the Lord’s voice. Sometime after that, I went back to my country and started listening to the Lord’s voice. It is then that the Lord told me to stop moving in an antagonistic direction from His will and concentrate in His presence. It is where I have been since then. I have gone through various tests which the Lord has used to enable me to stay in His presence constantly. I have also been persecuted by the enemy who has caused suffering to everyone who has a calling to expose what happens in the kingdom of darkness.

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Preface

How Are We Able To Draw Close To The Lord?

We are in a world with a lot of occurrences that are unexplainable and are not able to be easily understood. These occurrences may seem normal to you however, they are all signs that there is a problem in these last days of this age. What is the time? The time is at the hour of judgement. The Lord has given to me knowledge to give out to the world about what time it is. The knowledge the Lord has given to me is not found anywhere else apart from in God. How does a person acquire this knowledge? The Lord has gifted people who love Him with the gift of the word of knowledge. You can only receive such a gift if you draw close to the Lord. There are people who are in need of knowledge; their quest for knowledge has sent them to acquire it from cursed sources. If you have searched for knowledge from cursed sources, you have acquired a curse upon your life from the Lord. It is better you do not attempt to search for knowledge from sources that are cursed like witchcraft, fortune telling, magic, horoscopes and the like. These sources of knowledge are often going to lead you to paths and environments that will rather draw you further away from the Lord.

If you are in an environment where there are cursed people, they will draw you closer to the enemy. If you are in an environment where people are Godly, they will draw you close to the Lord. The world is full of the former. The people who are in cursed environments are hell bound. They are always trapped in a cocoon of lack, hurt, disease, discord, strife, depression, confusion, hopelessness, slavery and immorality. These people do not have any ways of getting out of this cocoon apart from by the power of the living God. If you aspire to help people like this, you may be disappointed when you go back later and find them in a worse situation than before. I once had the zeal to help orphans I often saw begging on the streets, but not anymore because of the knowledge the Lord has given to me. The truth is that some orphans are cursed! They are supposed to lack and stay in need all the time. They need to seek the Lord for them to find healing. The helps they seek are secondary. Orphans who are not cursed are all at peace! If you are an orphan, the Lord has adopted you as His own son or daughter. If an orphan is begging on the streets, know that the Lord has rejected that person as His own! The orphans who are in places that are cursed, are themselves cursed. This book is supposed to demystify and give you an understanding of what is happening around us to enable you know who God is.

Chapter One

How Can You Acquire The Truth?

The Lord has given me understanding on what the pathway to living in the truth is. The truth is what the Lord speaks on a continuous basis. If a person is living in the truth, he will be able to understand what the Lord is speaking continuously. A person who is not living in the truth is the one that will need to obey the Lord before he can be given understanding. The proverbs of Solomon each us a lot about the truth: Proverbs 1:7; The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. If a person can start by fearing the Lord, he will be enabled to acquire the truth. The truth is not an item that you can purchase from your local store. If you think that you will get the truth from a book or by doing good, then you are already on the wrong path! Rather, acquisition of the truth starts by the fear of the Lord. When a person starts by fearing the Lord, he will eventually be given understanding. If you want to understand what is going on around you, without the Lord, it is like placing the cart before the horse! The horse will neither move forward nor backwards; at that point it cannot do any work.

The fear of the Lord is what most people do not have understanding about. They would rather try to do things on their own. It is what most people try and fail. If you want to stagnate in a position of hopelessness, go and try to understand what is going on around you on your own; you cannot! You need to understand that the events that currently surround you may be billions of years old! It is what this book should help you understand. A person who has been fearing the Lord will be given the understanding to obey what the Lord is speaking. If you have obeyed what the Lord has commanded you, then you are able to acquire the truth. What else do we need to acquire the truth? A person will need to start concentrating on what the Lord says always. The Lord is the Truth. You cannot find Him without obeying His commands. If you decide to acquire the truth, you have decided to seek Him. If your desire was to seek the truth without the Lord, you have decided to seek death! You may expose yourself to a plethora of deceptions which all have their origin in the enemy.

A man who has decided to acquire the truth from the Lord is the one that this book is meant for. He is the one who can be guided by the Lord on how to purchase the truth that he has acquired from Him. How can a man purchase the truth? As I mentioned earlier, the truth cannot be brought from your local store. The truth is purchased with obedience. If you are asking how obedience can be a currency, know for sure that it is a currency in the kingdom of God! You cannot progress in anything concerning God without obedience. If you thought that obedience cannot not cost you anything, think about the multitude of people that are perishing because of their disobedience! They could have acquired the truth if they were rich; however, they are poor! They cannot afford to obey the Lord and are trapped in curses as a result of their disobedience. How can such people be able to find out that they are trapped in curses that are as a result of their disobedience? Indeed if such people cannot acquire the truth, they may never know what is leading them to death. They are looking for the truth in the wrong places! Some of them are looking to their governments, political leaders, local leaders, religious leaders, parents or husbands and wives. If you are such a person, you will understand that I too, was such a person before the Lord asked me to acquire the truth.

Chapter Two

How Can We Purchase The Truth?

The Lord has made it possible for us to purchase the truth that we have acquired from Him. If you are asking how we can purchase that which we already have, know that the kingdom of God does not work like any other you have heard about in this world. This is a kingdom of love. If you are in possession of the truth, the Lord is saying: purchase the truth you have acquired from me! I have been in this situation earlier in my quest for the truth. When I heard the Lord tell me: I am going tell you things that no other man will tell you; I did not know that the Lord had enabled me acquire the truth but needed me to also purchase it from Him! The Lord told me to leave home for me to be able to know what was going on around me. I was later told by the Lord to go to an abandoned and cursed house to pray. I obeyed as I was desirous of purchasing the truth that the Lord had earlier enabled me acquire. The Lord visited me in that abandoned house! He spoke to me in a loud voice and opened my mouth; a miracle I always thank the Lord for! To me, I had found gold! The Lord gave me the gifts of knowledge, wisdom, and prophecy in a larger measure. This all happened instantaneously! I had always known the Lord to be quiet at speaking! That day I heard the Lord speak to me like a man and it has been like that ever since.

The Lord has enabled me to commune with the Him and ask just about everything that a son may ask his father and receive answers instantaneously! It is why I still consider it a miracle even though years have passed by! I was told by the Lord to acquire the truth and to purchase it from Him thereafter. Have you been told by the Lord to do likewise? If you have, start on your obedience to the Lord. When you abide in obedience to the