A Practical Guide to Angelic Visitations

OPEN-MY-EYES-LORDThere is a lot of noise in the world today about angels – especially within the Pentecostal stream of Christianity. Some of the noise is borderline heretical while other bits are simply a matter of word choice and semantics.

And then there is Gary Oates‘ book “Open My Eyes, Lord.”

Billed as a “practical guide to angelic visitations and heavenly experiences”, Oates’ book is a true jewel. For years Oates and his wife served God as a pastor and church planter, only to come to the end of their wits due to stress and a ton of trials hitting at once (about half their church left within two months for different reasons).

Around this same time, Randy Clark invited them to go to Brazil with him for a Global Awakening conference. At first the Oates decided not to go as they had enough problems at home…but God convinced them to go.

Once in Brazil, Gary started hearing first hand stories from folks who had angelic experiences. Wanting more of God, Gary started praying for God to open his eyes – just like Elisha did in 2 Kings 6:17.

God answered his prayer and opened his eyes to see into the spiritual realm.

The cool thing – at least to me – is that Gary stressed the supremacy of God throughout the book. The angels that Gary saw were always going about God’s work – they never brought attention to themselves.

It is this stress on the sovereignty of God while talking about the very real spiritual battle around us that made my heart excited as I read the book. It is truly a wonderful book full of great testimonies and practical advice on seeing what God is doing.