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Have you heard jokes about those who want patience right now? You know that patience is a fruit of the Holy Spirit. It takes time to grow. Procrastination is not a fruit of the Holy Spirit, but many people practice it and mistake the one for the other. Are you frustrated by the slow pace of circumstances beyond your control? This calls for patience to stay diligent and focused even though you have to wait for results. If you are slack concerning things you do have control over it is procrastination rather than patience. I want you to act with all diligence to perform everything that I have commanded you even while you patiently wait for other things to come about. 

Well, you can, by joining Steve Stewart on another Journey of Compassion to northern India this coming January 26 - Feb. 7th! I went with Steve's team last year and it was the most transformational two weeks of my life. I went because Steve promised that everyone who went would lay hands on the sick and see them healed. I said, "Everyone? Is this a guarantee?" Steve said, "Yes, everyone. It is a guarantee." Well, I love guarantees. We promise that everyone who uses the 4 keys to hearing God's voice will hear, and sure enough, they do. And guess what? Steve's guarantee was absolutely fulfilled as well as all 36 on our team last year saw people healed as they laid hands on the sick.

You live in a culture obsessed with youth. The only effects attributed to advancing age are negative in reference to declining abilities of every type. My word does not give this perspective. Your life is an opportunity for spiritual growth. This is not a predictable progression as with so many physical and mental abilities. Spiritual maturity can be found in the young, but this is rare. Blessed are those who make it their goal. It doesn’t happen automatically, and you can observe the tragedy of the elderly who decline in every way including this one. It is a characteristic highly valued in my Kingdom, and it is a capacity that does not diminish with age. 

Don't miss this year's trip!  Visit http://impactnations.com/india-journey-of-compassion---2014.html for more information.

Chandigarh, India (Punjab region) - January 26th- February 7th, 2014 Ground Cost: $1795 - (early registration by November 20th)

Have you heard of expanded consciousness? This phrase came into general use several decades ago in reference to drugs and alternative lifestyles. Expanded consciousness is a valid concept but these are counterfeit forms of it. Behold I have given you the promise that if you abide in me and my word abides in you, you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free. I promised to send the Comforter to lead you into all truth. If you respond and pursue this you will be spiritual and judge all things, and in that day you will ask me nothing for you shall be enlightened and have true expanded consciousness. 

Lord Jesus, I come to You. Where do You want to meet me today?

Mark, I want to meet you in heaven. Because that is where I live and that is where you live, seated with Me in heavenly places.

Lord, I come. What do You want to show me?

My word speaks of several who have departed from familiar surroundings to go on a spiritual journey of discovery. Father Abraham is a prime example. You see the same thing in the ongoing story of history. Have you noticed how rare it is for someone raised in a church not to go through a period of examining and questioning their traditional practices? Yet even here there is more than one approach. You can start in rebellion against all you have learned, or use it for a launching pad from which to move on. Who is more successful? If you reject all you have been given you have no foundation from which to progress but if you honor the good you already have you are in a position to make it better, and make it your own. 

Have you ever heard the gospel message declared in such a way that presents Jesus on the cross standing between you and a Father full of wrath? It is important to emphasize the centrality of the cross, but this picture presents a false impression of the Father. My disciples asked me to show them the Father and I told them that my Father and I were one, and that the Father himself loved them. John the Baptist was reluctant to baptize me, and with good reason, but I told him to go ahead that all righteousness may be fulfilled. I went to the cross for the same reason. It was not to stand between you and a God of wrath, for the Father loves you too. 

You are familiar with hunger for food. You call this an appetite, but both of these terms can be applied more broadly. You can hunger for human contact, and my word says those who hunger for righteousness are blessed. Have you ever been hungry to worship me? This is a spiritual hunger for my presence and communion with me. Those who are in darkness do not understand this but they are still restless until they enter into life. Do you understand that worship is an inherent response to your creator and is the primary source of your life and vitality? It gives meaning and purpose in a random and chaotic world. I want you to be sensitive to this appetite that you may seek to satisfy it. Blessed are those who hunger to worship me for I will receive their adoration.