Blessed Holy Lord, a word for Your people, please.
Ben, would that My people spend more time in My presence.
Too many continue to do their own thing, not spending time with Me.
Do they not know that I am the source of everything? Do they not
know that I want to bless them in every way possible? Continue to
pray that the eyes and ears of their hearts be opened to Me so that
I can fully minister My love and My blessings into them. I will continue
What excuses do you hear from people who refuse to trust and follow me? That I will take control of their lives and compel them to go and do missionary work some place they don’t want to go? Their logic and reason are inverted. How many people feel trapped in their life circumstances, in a dead-end job and frustration over an unfulfilled dream? How many do you meet who plod through life unaware, with no real sense of destiny, purpose, or identity of their own? Don’t you find that it is believers who follow me who know that they are in my will and find it to be the fulfillment of their lives? Come to me for only I can bring to fruition the purpose for which I made you. I am your destiny maker.
I think there are times we witness worldly behavior, judge someone as an unbeliever and then fail to respond when God asks us to minister in whatever way He wants. Maybe it’s because we can’t hear the Holy Spirit asking us to minister because our ears are4 closed as a result of our judgments.
Have you heard that beauty is only skin deep? There is a superficial sense of truth to this statement. Beauty is a combination of internal and external factors. Your culture has distorted these senses because it is so obsessed with appearance. Yet even with this you know superficially attractive people you do not admire, and their counterparts you do admire after you get to know them. I want you to mature beyond the values of your culture that your eyes may be open to see the true essence of the people you meet for their true and enduring identity. As you become more like me you will see other people the way I see them.
You know that my word teaches you to love your enemies and pray for them. How do you pray for your enemies? Do you ask me to call down fire from heaven on them? Yet this is not consistent with love, and I corrected my disciples for wanting to do this. Should you pray that they will be blessed and find enjoyment in the use of things they stole from you? I do not expect you to affirm their sin. You could pray that my redemptive purpose would be advanced in their life. This may not be something that they would pray for themselves but it is what they really need whether they realize it or not. This is a prayer that you can pray in good conscience for your enemies and one that I am eager to answer.
Do you like to get your own way? Who doesn’t? People think they will be happy if they get their own way, yet what do you observe about those who get their own way all the time? Don’t you find them to be selfish and spoiled? Can you see that it is more important to grow in grace than to get everything you want? I teach you to seek my Kingdom before the things of this world, and in my Kingdom there are no scarce resources. If you continue to do this you will be changed and transformed into my likeness so that selfishness is not possible. Be willing to lose your life that you may have life, and you will look back and see that you have not been deprived of anything.
“I have learned so much and have come so far in my communion with the Lord through journaling that I have even gotten visions from the Lord by entering the throne room! Now that is totally amazing to me and I know that's not all God wants to do. Taking your classes has revolutionized my heart and life so much that I will never be the same and that I will not stay the same today that I was yesterday (I am currently 66). Journaling to "Hear God's Voice" has been one awesome, ongoing, strengthening, going from Glory to Glory IN Jesus experience. I just want to say "THANK YOU" Mark and Patti. My life is more blessed and more fulfilled through what God has given you.
Do you long for a world of established and well-defined order? There is some comfort in this, but it is an unrealistic expectation, for I did not create a static world. Can you balance on a bicycle without moving? Yet you can ride a bicycle without falling over. Engineers distinguish between static and dynamic stability, and you can expect more of the latter than the former in the world of vital life that I created. Do you feel insecure when everything around you seems to be in motion? I know you need a fixed point of reference and I provide that in myself. Trust me to lead you onward in a safe path to peace and victory in this seemingly chaotic world. Please pray for Kim (not her real name (God knows who she is)) who is struggling with legal and marital problems related to alcohol. She has left home and feels she can’t forgive herself.
Dear Mark,
In Toronto, 2006, you taught a group of us your journaling technique on 'how to hear God's voice.' You stated that if we did this consistently for three months it would change our lives. I complied. Indeed I have been journaling in your manner almost daily ever since and it has been a most most comforting, encouraging and helpful element of my Christian walk. Thank you! Sincerely in Him - Michael Graham
Does it bother you to watch the success of the wicked? Many godless people come to an early ruin without attracting much attention, but are you bothered by the few who gain the visible success of wealth and fame? I promise to provide for all and not all are godly. Yet you receive the greater gift. For you sought me for my own sake and I have revealed my heart and mind to you. Do you understand that this enduring treasure is greater than material stuff or the approval of men? Have I not promised to provide your material needs as well? Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and all these things will be added to you.
