Pastor John,
Remembering the past several really good messages we have had lately, I was praying and asking the Lord to let me always love this truth. To help me keep my eyes and heart on him. At the same time I was thinking about some people that have recently left from among us and it really hurt that they were not here with us anymore. This is what the spirit said back to me:
“Keep your heart pure, Keep your conscience clear, and Stay full of the holy Ghost”.
That thought from God is so true. If we do these things, anything that keeps us from staying “Up” all the time and makes us get “down” sometimes will have no place.
Julie A.
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Hey,
I had a few people ask me about what it was you said in the office Tuesday while we were listening to a George Clark cd. So, I thought I would type it out. Here is what you said as best as I could write it down.
This message is for people who are up and down in the Spirit:
“The problem is not the “down”. You know how to be “down” in spirit. The problem is you don’t know how to stay up. You don’t know how to rejoice in a way that is pleasing to God. You need to learn how to be open and free. You need to be happy and *stay* happy. When you are down, you have to wait on the mercy of God to get you up again. But when He lifts you up, you are holding on to something that’s going to drag you down again.
What is that thing? What is it? That’s what you need to ask. There is something you won’t let go of when you are up. What is it when people see you as being happy and free that you’re keeping them from seeing? Whatever that is, is what brings you down again and again!”
Amy