Paul warns us to cast down vain imaginations and everything that exalts itself against the knowledge of God. Put another way, we need to discern the demonic creepers that sneak into our thought life.

In this Mornings With the Holy Spirit prayer broadcast, I got a word of knowledge that exposed many demonic creepers that work to rob the peace and joy of God from our hearts.

There are creepers named condemnation and creepers named guilt. There are creepers that remind you of the pain of the past and creepers that try to make you dread tomorrow.

The kingdom of God is not based on talk but on power (1 Cor. 4:20). But how do we tap into that power? How do you position yourself to move in God’s “dunamis”—the power for performing miracles that opens the eyes of the lost to the love of Christ?

I am convinced if we want to see Book of Acts-like power manifesting in our lives, we need to understand the dynamics that unlocked and unleashed that power in the early church. At least three of those dynamics are in Acts 1 and 2.

Imagine the scene: Jesus appeared to His disciples for 40 days, teaching them about the kingdom of God. After His impromptu seminar, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the Father’s promise. Jesus prophesied they would receive power when they were baptized in the Holy Spirit. He disappeared in a supernatural swirl, taken up into a cloud followed by two angels prophesying He would return in the same way (Acts 1:8-10).

Have you run into an undercover angel? Can you sense the presence of angels you cannot see?

Angels remain invisible unless the Lord chooses to reveal them. Hebrews 13:2 tells us plainly, “Do not forget to entertain strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unknowingly.”

The NLT translates this verse: “Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it!”