Andrew Fulton

I began writing in Bible College like many pastors and teachers. I can’t bear to read those works now, but I’ve grown in years of writing sermons, curriculum, Bible lessons, and compiling information through my personal times of Bible study.

It all seemed fairly simple until I had to go through a difficult and sudden transition out of full-time ministry. I was serving in a very unhealthy church under an insecure pastor that saw me as a threat to his ministry. The transition was difficult as I felt like I never quite got the chance to fully walk in my calling.

The truth of it all was that I was only robbed of the four walls that contained my ministry. The transition forced me to evaluate what I was identifying with, my ministry or my Savior. The difference might seem subtle but is monumental in terms of whose kingdom I would be building, His verses my own.

Once I was outside the four walls of the church I began to focus on the presence of the Lord sans anything else. This meant a reevaluation of all expectations I had of the church, what I had of myself, and what I thought those I served had of me. I stripped my religion down to only time spent in His presence and building intimacy with Him. Realizing His immeasurable love in far greater depths jumpstarted a sensitivity to His presence that I had not previously known. It far exceeded anything I grew up with in church, through Bible College, or as a professional pastor.

Sensitivity to His presence deepened until I could hear His voice in a crowded room, perceive Him in frequent dreams and visions. I could discern His direction through His touches on my skin and smelling fragrances of the spiritual realm. He began to reveal Himself in many more ways than what I was raised with. This changed my ministry from teaching about the Holy Spirit and counseling others by His words to inviting them into His presence and helping them to become more sensitive until they can experience Him in every way that He chooses to reveal Himself.

Now I write for the sake of helping everyone, by His power, to deepen in intimacy with God, increase in sensitivity to the Holy Spirit, exercise their Christ-given authority, and walk confidently in the identity given to them by the Creator.