11-15-11 7:45am Holy Lord God, I am finding that as I spend time with You and journaling our conversations, You are giving to Me Your wisdom and Your understanding. I see that as another great benefit of communing with You!
If you receive guidance from me in a very specific and detailed way, and it comes to pass in exactly that manner, are confident that you heard correctly and consider this a testimony of my faithful leading that you can share with others? Do you consider more general instruction from me to be of lower quality?
Beverage manufacturers want you to buy their products for a few dollars and have millions to spend to persuade you to do this. You want people to surrender their lives to me.
Mary and I asked Jesus about John 3:16 as part of my helping my wife Mary gain greater freedom in hearing His voice. We visualized Jesus on a grassy slope at the Sea of Galilee where we had been a few years ago. We then wrote down John 3:16 and asked Him for His comments. Here is what I received.John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. (NKJ)
My word asks what it profits a man to gain the whole world and lose his own soul, or what shall he give in exchange for his soul? You see the tragedy of those who appear to have everything except that which matters most. But there is a converse to this.
Lord Jesus, Mary and I poured out our hearts to You this morning. What would You say in response?
In my word I promise to send rain and sun on the just and on the unjust. I also tell you to ask for your daily bread. Do you think of your needs more in terms of houses and cars, travel and education, electronic communication and entertainment?
Is it possible to be a believer and an unbeliever at the same time? You distinguish between those who follow me and those who do not by calling them believers and unbelievers. Yet I was speaking to my own disciples when I marveled at their unbelief.
In a doctrinal dispute I told my audience that they were in error because they did not know the scriptures or the power of God. This is a universal principle that still applies. If you would know the truth you should study the scriptures, for they testify of me. How can you learn about the power of God?
