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an excerpt from Paul's free video testimony . . .
"For contrast, if the Holy Spirit's presence feels like the gentle warmth of a living room fireplace, then the Lord Jesus' presence feels like scuba diving in our raging sun without suit or mask. Or an oxygen tank, for that matter.
It's that different, that much more intense. And it's that much harder to breathe, by the way. It's good that I wasn't on His bad side. I used to be, and many people still are . . ."
"Leading up to the moment of the Lord's visitation, I was on cloud nine and for good reason. I was beyond excited. The first thing I was going to do when I got home was call my pastor, tell him about the four encounters, and then tell everyone else I knew.
Then the sensation of the Holy Spirit's warm presence began this slow transition from warm and friendly into this absolutely raging furnace of our Lord's physical presence.
For contrast, if the Holy Spirit's presence feels like the gentle warmth of a crackling fireplace, then the Lord Jesus' presence feels like scuba diving in our raging sun without a suit or mask. Or an oxygen tank, for that matter. It's that different, that much more intense. And it's that much harder to breathe, by the way. It's good that I wasn't on His bad side. I used to be, and many people still are, and I wouldn't want to be any one of those people when they face Him come judgement time.
It was about halfway through this transition that I began to smell the Lord approaching. I knew by instinct the aroma belonged to Him--it could only belong to Him, and if you had smelled what I smelled then you would say the same. You would just know. You immediately think of royalty.
You think of kings and queens and you say to yourself, "This is what they wished they smelled like, this is the fragrance, the complex aromatic bouquet, of Royalty above all other royalty." You don't need any other information to know Who is approaching you. You just know instinctually Who the fragrance belongs to.
And as His presence continued increasing, and while it caused my breathing to become severely difficult, I found myself compelled to worship more and more intensely. The awe your spirit feels, His presence just draws the worship out of you. What else could I do but worship Him? I was saying anything I could think of. I could've stayed in that moment forever, and I often wish I was back there again even as difficult as it was physically.
And then with everything that happened next, my reality was so thoroughly shattered, and me so completely and utterly crushed and humbled by the experience, that I simply didn't want to share those three days of encounters with anyone. Not a single person. Though, I told Melissa (my wife) about each right after they happened, including the Lord's visitation. We actually experienced the second encounter together, along with one other couple from Edgewater church.
I'm hesitant to use the word "traumatized" because the word has such negative connotations attached to it, as it should, but what I felt afterward really was like being traumatized--only not in that awful, negative way. I'm not exaggerating when I say my perception of reality, what I thought was possible and wasn't possible, had been violently shattered.
I could've never, not in a million years, ever begun to imagine this would--or even could--happen to this foolish, stumbling wreck of a follower of the Lord Jesus. I couldn't critically analyze what happened, couldn't properly process it mentally, for nearly two full weeks.
It's almost impossible now for me to just call him "Jesus" or "Yeshua". It's always "Lord" now, or "Lord Jesus", or "Lord Yeshua". My favorite may be "Mighty God of Israel", just anything I can think of that exudes reverence and respect, you know, because He's definitely worthy of it. You know that from the very beginning. Even the worship songs I sing along to, I insert "Lord" just before the vocalists say "Jesus" or "Yeshua". I have to or it doesn't feel right, it feels like I'm stealing from Him what's rightfully His.
But anyway, back to His approaching me. We haven't even gotten into the really, really hard-to-believe stuff yet."
-Paul Perron
Enjoy free access to all five of Paul's transformative encounters occurring from April 21st through April 23rd of 2022.
and a high-level overview of events which occurred both before and after
Encounter #1: The Man in Our Bedroom
The 3-day Presence Houston worship event Paul attended began on April 21st, 2022.
Paul's first encounter occurred the instant his 5:30am alarm sounded, where he woke to the full and unmistakable scent of another man in his and his wife's bedroom.
Encounter #2: My Eyes Opened During Worship
Thirty minutes into worship on Day 1, the Lord opened Paul's eyes so that he could see the actual manifestation of the Holy Spirit in an intricate web of what resembled flowing "tendrils" or "vines" at about knee-level throughout the crowd of several hundred worshippers.
Paul further details the extraordinary events of what followed during this encounter.
Encounter #3: We Hear a Chorus of Angels
During lunch time on Day 2, the performing worship band lost all audio on stage. There were only a few seconds of silence before the crowd picked up and continued the singing while the techs attempted to fix the audio issue.
From beneath the crowd's vocals, the unmistakable song of angels (and Paul assumes believers as well) rose up. Paul describes the incredible attributes of the Heavenly chorus, which sounds more like inter-dimensional qualities rather than spiritual qualities.
The chorus was heard by both he and his wife Melissa, one other couple from the church they attended at the time, and they eventually learned a small handful of other worshipers in the crowd had also heard experienced the event.
Encounter #4: Angels Ministering to Worshipers
Around 3pm on the final day (April 23rd), while in the act of worshipping, the Lord put on Paul's heart to pray to the Lord to let him see what it looks like when angels minister to His followers. The Lord was faithful to open his eyes once again.
Paul was surprised to see that, in a crowd of several hundred, that there were only five angels and no more. However, he describes what he saw including height and build.
Encounter #5: Visitation from the Lord
This being the pivotal moment of Paul's entire life (obviously), beginning around 8pm on April 23rd with only one hour left until Presence Houston concluded.
Paul describes his entire 20 minutes with the Lord Jesus, which he describes as being, by far, the "single most physically demanding 20 minutes of my entire life", and "my entire concept of reality shattered in a single moment as I realized He was physically standing in front of me."
Paul describes the Lord's absolutely crushing presence on his body, the near inability to exhale except for a very tiny amount of air, the sensation of his insides melting, what the Lord led him through during the visitation, the scripture verse He recited to Paul, and what the Lord told him at the very end when Paul asked, "Lord, how can I possibly go back to normal, everyday life after all this?"
The internet is filled with "testimonies" of people dying and being surrounded by love and light and peace . . .
And almost none of those are aligned with scriptural truth
We've all seen vague descriptions of spiritual encounters and near-death experiences that are questionable at best. We want them to be true . . . and maybe some are, but it's obvious most are not.
My testimony of all five encounters are more visceral, detailed and just plain natural-sounding than most "supernatural testimonies" you may have watched or heard.
While I couldn't wait to tell friends, family and church family about what I had been encountering through the third day of the Presence Houston worship event, all that changed with the Lord's visitation.
"We were on the third day and final day and had one hour left of Presence Houston. The first thing I was going to do when I got home was call my pastor, tell him all about the encounters, and then tell everyone else who would listen. ... Then the sensation of the Holy Spirit's warm presence transformed into a raging furnace, and I began to smell the Lord approaching. I knew it was Him by instinct. And then with everything that happened next, my concept of reality was so thoroughly shattered, and me so completely and utterly crushed and humbled by the experience, that I was drained of any desire whatsoever to share what happened with anyone but Melissa (my wife)."
Continuing, "I'm cautious to use the word 'traumatized' because the word has such negative connotations attached to it, but it really was like being traumatized; just in a good and humbling way. I couldn't even critically analyze what happened, couldn't really process any part of it, for almost two full weeks."
Watch my encouraging and faith-building testimony today, absolutely free. For the last two-plus years, I've only shared my testimony with my pastor in Texas at the time and now my current pastor and a handful of family members. I feel the Lord is now leading me to share my testimony publicly, and there must be a reason for that.
My sincerest hope is that you will be every bit as blessed and encouraged by my retelling of the events of those three days as I was when experiencing them.
The thing is, as amazing as these events were to experience, that isn't the central point of this story. The true center of this story--the story within the story--is that my Lord and God visited me, gave me the incredible honor of directly and physically experiencing Him this side of eternity, despite my life-long rebellion against Him . . . even knowing in advance of my nearly constant humiliating and disgraceful stumblings which have occurred in the two years and a half years since.
My friend, there is no limit to His grace. Not for me. And, if not for me, then trust me when I say not for you either.
Seek Him, and He will find you.
Take care and God bless,
Paul Perron -- 7:34pm, July 24th, 2024
