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Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path. Ps 119:105

Of the top 100 questions asked to Google, 53% start with the word how. The number one question thing people are looking for is instruction. Instructions on how to do something, instructions on how to live, Wisdom on what is the right answer. God knew this, and He gave us an instruction manual for life called the Bible. It contains answers to many of life's questions, but to gain the benefits of the book, you have to read it. Today, I will talk about why that is a good idea.

LaWanda – O Jesus, precious Lord.  ♪♪ Nothing else will do.  Nothing else will do.  Caught up in your presence, I just want to sit here at your feet.  I’m caught up in this Holy moment.  I never want to leave.” ♪♪

The phrase self-control makes me think it is self, establishing control over self. But is it? I don’t think so. I believe self-control is requesting and responding to the empowering of the Holy Spirit.

Yes, the election is over. Half the nation is thrilled. Others are in great pain. So how am I to respond to them?

Don continues to conduct Zoom sessions with groups he created while on the mission field. They are flourishing as they spread the message of communion with God!

Hearing from God is as simple as quieting yourself down, fixing your eyes on Jesus, tuning to flowing thoughts and flowing pictures and writing. These are the four keys Habakkuk used.

I tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep. The thought kept going through my mind: “What if I died tonight? I’m not ready to go to heaven.” Since I could not shake the thought, I got up, went downstairs and waited for my parents to come home from their meeting. When they did, I announced that I wanted to get saved, and they took me straightway to the pastor’s home where he explained the plan of salvation and led me in the sinner’s prayer. I was 15 years old when I accepted Jesus Christ into my heart as my Lord and Savior.

As Craig Ward is working through our e-learning Spirit Life module on the Pentateuch (the first five books in the Bible), he submitted the following revelations which he has allowed me to share with you. This is an example of journaling through the Bible. It is a wonderful way to combine the Word and the Spirit! Note God's passion for intimacy is demonstrated already in Genesis, and continues throughout the entire Bible.

Following is my BRIEF synopsis of this new book.