Hi Pastor John
Since last weekend, I’ve been thinking about how much I’ve learned and am still learning. The Lord has had such mercy on me, and as I’ve been writing these things, it really makes me see how blessed I am. These are the thoughts I had, day and night. Sometimes as I was falling asleep, I would think of something and write it down.
1. The importance of tithes/offerings.
2. My name was written in the Lamb’s book of life before time began.
3. One receives the holy Ghost with “stammering lip” and “other tongues”.
4. Don’t speed.
5. Leave something with people you see- even if it’s just a smile.
6. It’s ok to be happy, laugh and be free in the spirit.
7. We are different from the world because of the spirit that dwells within us- not our outward appearance or ceremonies.
8. The holy Ghost will dwell in an unclean temple………….God is merciful.
9. I can trust the love of God and the love of God in my brothers and sisters.
10. You can have a perfect heart and make mistakes.
11. Traditions bind God’s people
12. The truth will indeed set you free.
13. When God puts two people together, it’s a beautiful thing.
14. There is perfect order in God’s ways.
15. You can feel safe in your Pastor’s hands.
16. It’s ok to ask questions.
17. You must be able to stand naked before you can have perfect fellowship.
18. When you fall, God wants you to learn, get up, and keep moving forward.
19. Jesus’ sacrifice was IT!
20. Jesus is IT!
21. We are human. Everyone of us has battles.
22. The meanings of different doctrines I’ve heard through out the years.
23. If you know the truth, all the counterfeits doesn’t matter.
24. Spiritual authority.
25. The devil has no control over my life.
26. God has every bit of control over my life.
27. The love of God is so deep, my human brain cannot comprehend – but it’s exciting trying to find out!
28. What God gives us is for people not against them.
29. Benjamin Franklin (not the Bible) said “Cleanliness is next to Godliness”. (Funny, I always heard this, but never knew who said it….duh.)
30. Two foolish virgins cannot get along with each other. A wise virgin can get along with anybody.
31. I WANT TO BE SUBDUED!
32. God can heal anything….sickness, disease, a broken heart, a broken relationship, our thoughts.
33. Happiness comes from God………..not the world.
34. Jesus is my bestest friend………..He has never left me alone. Ever.
35. God’s mercy is remarkable.
When I came to your house 2 years ago, I thought I was lost and didn’t have a chance. Just look at what the Lord has done for me! I’m so thankful for His mercy. I’m thankful that in this great big world, He looked down and saw me and my family and led us to you……….all of you! There is nothing that God can’t do……for anyone.
Thank you,
Sister Michelle
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This is good. I like point 8 – that God is so merciful – He will stay in an unclean heart. That is love! But it is also frightening. I also like point 10.
They are all very good points.
I’ve been thinking a lot also, about how far from Xty I have come too. I’d say there are still many things from it that still need to come out. – I was in there a long time – I tried so hard to make it work – I took in as much as I could. I even remember one time in one of the last churches I went to – in a great effort to feel closer to God, I made a concious decision to ‘take in’ as much as I could. I remember the Lord kind of challenging me about it. He suggested it might be poison, and it might not be such a good idea to take it in! He was right… Well at the time, I thought they were my thoughts, but now I’d say it was probably the Lord. This was around the time I would call “the beginning of the end of my time in Xty”.
Anyway, just yesterday I was thinking about the poisonous doctrines in Xty. How they are just empty, and just leave you so dry and hardened from any feeling, or something. You end up not being able to feel anything. It is just so bad. So evil. Like Jesus said, it is an abomination.
The truth is just so much better. I mean, IT IS TRUE, and that is it! It is so good. It is not poison – it is nourishment for the soul. It is just so good! When I think about all that I am learning now, compared to the empty, poisonous lies I was being taught, I feel so grateful for the clean, pure, wise, holy, right and good things I am learning.
Jesus rescued me!
~jenny h