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Is it possible to be totally self-involved and at the same time alienated from your true identity? Do you know any selfish people who have no idea of who they really are and where they are going? Even those who don’t believe in me are created in my image, and it is not within a man who walks to direct his own steps. Those in this condition are blind and in darkness. Truly I said that those who seek to save their own lives would lose them. Yet you have a true self and a true identity available if you will seek them. For I also said that he who lays down his life for me will find eternal life. Surrender and yield to me to find who you really are and live your real life. 

Just over three years ago I, Lisa Verbruggen, was introduced to hearing the Voice of God and knew right away that it was a gift I wanted to give my children.  I purchased the book for teens and we began going through it, simplifying it where needed for them.  We went through it twice and by the end they were all hearing God's voice as part of our morning devotion times. They receive so easily and readily.

One thing I have seen through their journaling is how much God desires to establish His great love for them.  I have also seen the security they experience resting in His love.   A few times in the last year after some challenging days for our family, I took the morning off to soak and journal with the children.  They received so much I was unable to give them at the time.  They can receive from their perfect Heavenly Father.

If I told you that I loved you would you think of it as a profound statement? Little children learn this as their first lesson about me. Do you think that you have moved on to more advanced and sophisticated concepts? If you think this statement is not profound then you don’t understand the profound nature of love. Who can comprehend it? Science and law can be codified in books, line upon line and precept upon precept, but love is not so easy to pin down. It is not dispassionate and objective. You must experience it to know it. When I tell you I love you ask me what aspects of profound love I want to show you. 

It seems that tithing has become more of a hot button issue over the last several years.  It could just be me, but I don’t think so. 

I think it has a lot to do with how the generations on the earth now, and those coming after, aren’t accepting things as they once did.  The reasons “because I said so” or “because God says so” aren’t as affective as they once were.  We want real reasons why we do the things we do.

Do you think of ministry as a one-way street, with certain people in designated positions to only give it and others without titles who only receive? I called all my followers to be the servant, or minister, of all. And even those who are in prominent positions of ministry are as much in need of it as anyone else. My model of the church as a body has every member giving and receiving concurrently. Consider this principle in practical terms. Think of those whom you receive ministry from, and the needs that they have that you can meet. Think also of those to whom you minister. How can you humble yourself to receive from them?

My daughter Charity has an excellent word about Jesus' example for us. He lived out of divine initiative, doing only what He saw His Father do and heard His Father speak.

How can we make that work in our everyday life? What does it actually look like for us? Charity gets into all this and more and I trust you'll be blessed by the message she shares.

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God it seems there’s always some quiet little worry, sitting almost unnoticed in the back of my mind, just gently needling away at me. When one tiny worry goes, another comes to replace it

Yes. Do you think that’s a good thing?

No. But it often happens without me even realising.

Explain.

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You don’t want to have an intruder in your home. Do you take measures to secure it? Do you lock doors and limit access to keys and watch for suspicious activity in your neighborhood? You have every right to be safe in your dwelling and take measures to secure it. Are you as diligent to prevent intruders in your mind? How much more personal is your mind than your home? Your enemy can speak to you but you can take every thought captive to obedience. I tell you to think on things that are lovely and pure. Does this seem impossible? I would not expect it of you if it were. What is not possible on your own is possible with me. 

Do you have a zeal for the truth? This sounds like a desirable virtue, but how do you distinguish it from a zeal for proving yourself right? Other people can make this distinction about you much easier than you can about yourself. Let your search and zeal for correctness begin within yourself. Search and try your ways and turn again to me. So let a man examine himself. Judge yourself that you may not be judged. Be zealous enough for the truth to let it begin with you. Do the deep spirit and soul work to have truth in your inward parts and you will be in a position to speak the truth in love to others.