Each one of our stories is unique and powerful as we share how we learned to interpret dreams. Enjoy this testimony by Emily Ladley!
LaWanda – Oh Jesus, I am so humbled. It is your grace that allows it all. By your grace, you chose me before the foundation of the world. I fall so short, Lord, again and again. Will you never get tired of my failures, Lord? And yet you allow me by your grace to feel your presence once again. By your grace, I sit before you now, tears streaming in your presence. O Jesus, precious Lord. I love you, Jesus. Thank you for your unimaginable love.
Are you in over your head? Children usually wade before they learn to swim, and the same imagery applies to the development of your faith. It is comforting to be able to touch the bottom, but this is only wading. This severely limits the places you can go in the water, keeping you close to shore. But there is risk and uncertainty and a loss of control in being in over your head. If you have been in deeper water you know that the water will support you even though it is not solid. In a spiritual parallel, do you know that the divine mystery will support you if you are in over your head?
In ancient Israel there was an annual ritual in which the sins of the people were pronounced upon a goat, and the goat was driven away, hence the term scapegoat. Do you smile and roll your eyes at this practice? Do you think that this custom is still practiced? It is, although it doesn’t involve a goat. The term is currently applied to people. Have you ever seen one group pronounce the sins of the world upon another group or person? This is still a common practice even if they aren’t able to drive that group into the wilderness. Have you ever done this yourself?
Each of our stories is unique and powerful as we share how God interacts with us. Enjoy this testimony by Emily Ladley!
Linda - Good morning, Lord. I love you ... Lord it’s 4 AM and I hear hoe-down music coming from somewhere in my neighborhood. My household is still peacefully quiet, but there is rowdy noise outside.
When someone complains about a problem, do you evaluate the situation to determine if they did anything to contribute to it by their own actions? Does this make it easy to dismiss their suffering by saying it is their own fault? Do you see how harsh and judgmental this is? Self-inflicted wounds are still painful. Who could be excluded from such a calculation? Who has perfect self-control and perfect comprehension of the consequences of their actions? How many lead such perfect lives that they don’t need grace and mercy? Would this include you?
Charlette attended our recent Prophetic Healing Protocols seminar in Pennsylvania. In this video, she shares her experience.
Dr. Patty Sadallah has offered us some great examples of simple "training wheels" for identifying and using the eyes and ears of our hearts. Below are excerpts from Patty’s full article (with a few inserts from Dr. Mark Virkler).
Have you received criticisms for your actions? Has this happened even when you were confident that you were doing the right thing? Not all criticism is valid. Critics have their own shadows, so it is possible that their condemnation of your light is an expression of their own darkness. Some people have biases and prejudices and ideological positions. Who is entirely free of this? These are typically polarizing and have extreme forms.
