Memory is contained in each cell. Our cells store and reflect the experiences of our lives. After becoming aware of this, Linda decided to journal and ask God about healing the memories of each individual cell in her body.
LaWanda – Oh, Jesus, You have already blessed me so much this morning!!! My starting to write my visions this morning and my Journaling Prayer on that very subject being published on the very same day!!! Only YOU could have orchestrated that, Lord. Thank You for smiling at me to today, Lord. You have said that you are pleased with me, Lord, but when I get to see your pleasure in such a spectacular way, it blesses me beyond measure. I know it and then I really KNOW it! Thank you, Lord. I see it as a blessing for My obedience. As I have begun to take care of the things on My obedience list, you are telling me with that journal being published on the very day I was going to do THAT item, that I am on the right track. And you are showing me what can happen when I am obedient. Not only do I get your smile and your blessing, but my faith is increased as well. Oh how I bless you today, my Jesus. Thank you for that desert time, which has made your presence even that much sweeter. I love you, Lord, and I lift My voice to you today to worship you in this very moment!
How much progress have you made in growth in the practice of your faith? Do you see spiritual progress more in terms of things you acquire or things you release? Both are valid aspects of spiritual growth but only one is usually emphasized. How do you view the things you have acquired? Do they facilitate your onward journey or impede it? The heavier the burden you carry, the slower you walk. Do you see your spiritual life as a journey? Do you see the parallel with carrying burdens? When you travel do you normally only take those things necessary for the journey?
When my disciples wanted me to take a more aggressive public stance I told them that my time had not yet come, but that their time was always ready. Do you see this as a universal principle for my followers, including you, that you are always on duty? Have your most effective opportunities to serve me been those that you have staged and arranged, or have they happened in a moment when you least expected them? And so you are charged to be instant in season and out of season. You don’t know when you will cross paths with someone who is receptive to your message of life.
"That person is a pain in the neck." I have seen the pain of a stiff neck and shoulder immediately released when the person I was counseling forgave another who was "a pain in their neck." The book Molecules of Emotion by Dr.
Do you require proof for everything? This is a modern concept also described by those who adhere to it as being evidence based. This seems like a reasonable requirement, but is it? Is there anything you accept as true without proof? And this raises the further question, proof to whose satisfaction and what is admissible evidence, for these vary from one person to another. If truth is a larger concept than provability, then what criteria do you use to establish truth? Have you ever had something resonate with you and considered it to be true on that basis? Truth can be self-validating.
We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ. (2 Cor. 10:5)
What does the Christian faith consist of? Do you see it as the affirmation of a list of essential doctrines, and diligence in preserving and conforming to the structures of your faith tradition? Don’t you describe your faith as a relationship with me? Does the above description sound relational? Have you noticed that the less that believers have a direct encounter with me the more they are committed to doctrine and structure and hierarchy and authority and titles and offices? Which do you think is of greater value?
LaWanda – Oh, Jesus, I am undone as I read yesterday’s journal. I realized that it was 3 widows that you have sent me, not 2! Your GOODNESS truly is “running after me” as the Psalm and the song say. How many times do you answer a prayer, Lord, that I don’t even know it, I don’t see it or I don’t put 2 & 2 together? Oh, Lord, thank you for continuing to send people to me who I can share your GOODNESS with. Thank you for answering this prayer, Lord. Your lovingkindness poured out on me is like nothing else in this world. Your GOODNESS, your faithfulness, your mercy, your grace and your steadfast love and devotion to me – all in one word – lovingkindness. I think it is now my favorite word, Lord.
