{"id":17270,"date":"2025-11-22T09:27:52","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T13:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/frankviola\/?p=17270"},"modified":"2025-11-22T09:27:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T13:27:52","slug":"subtlety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/frankviola\/subtlety\/","title":{"rendered":"What No One Told You About God’s Presence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

As I explained in Insurgence<\/a>, the gospel of the kingdom leads to inheriting the conscious presence of Christ. Right here, right now.<\/p>\n

During one of our Deeper Christian Life Conferences in Orlando, FL, we practically sought the Lord\u2019s presence and virtually all who attended encountered Him in fresh and surprising ways. The heaven\u2019s opened to us and we were wrecked.<\/p>\n

The following is a short excerpt from one of the seven messages I delivered in that conference. In the excerpt, I spoke on what I call \u201cthe subtlety of God\u2019s presence\u201d \u2013 a topic I\u2019ve never heard anyone speak on.<\/p>\n

I hope you find it helpful.<\/p>\n

You can listen to the excerpt below. Just click the red play button.<\/p>\n

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