The book about the Two Gospels is such a wonderful work that you have put together & I really do believe God’s hungry people are going to eat it up one day.

It’s sweet to think about someone finding this in a book store or on their grandmother’s old book shelf or an attic somewhere, reading it & getting so excited that they search for the author. Even if we’re not around, can you imagine them searching & finding John David or maybe even little John David or even some of our other young people & they will be able to say, “Oh yes I was around when that was written & I remember the saints reading it & reading it & loving it more each time they went over it.”  Wouldn’t that be just wonderful.  Yes, I think that could so easily really happen. 

Thanks for doing this!!

Sheila

I love what you have taught us about staying full of the Holy Ghost and keeping sin out of our lives, keeping a clean conscience toward God, and how that is the most valuable thing.  Doing that keeps our feelings alive!!!  Feelings of life and hope and rest and peace!  When we live in those feelings, we are right where we need to be, every time, every day. 

Donna

Pastor John, 

I loved the reading this weekend!   I remember when I was young there was an old Saint I loved very much.   I knew her from a little girl.   She always seemed so wise and godly.   After receiving the holy Ghost, I would sometimes ask her about things I would feel.   She would always tell me, “Just pick through, and take the good and leave the bad.”  I’ve been thinking about that a lot lately.   I’m so thankful that I don’t have to do that anymore, Pastor John.

I’m thankful for what we’re being served.   We have no worries when we come together and eat!   It’s all so good and so satisfying to our soul.   I know that it does not have to be this way, and I want to eat and savor every crumb!

Thank you Pastor John!

Michelle

Pastor John,

I was standing at the sink this morning doing dishes, not thinking about anything.   Then I had this thought – if you think homosexuals are born that way, then you have to believe murderers are born murderers.  Cain killed Able out of pride.  Even Satan was made perfect in the beginning, and then pride crept in.  I always thought of pride as sticking out your chest and strutting around, but I saw it very differently this morning.  Pride is a dangerous thing to grab a hold of.  It won’t let you go!!

Jammie

Pastor John,

I felt like tonight we were in neutral, as a group.  Like a car out of gear, we could roll in any direction, any direction the Spirit moved us. I felt like you were inviting Jesus to do that, to move us, to speak to us; asking Him to do anything that He pleased, as we waited for Him, idle and without preference. It was good 🙂

I felt like we found some spiritual pay dirt when we started talking about pride. I felt the hook set, so to speak. It felt like there was something rich there, below the surface.

During that time I heard the Spirit say, “All pride is against God.”  I repeated that sentence in my mind several times and then had some thoughts that  I believe were attached to that statement:  Pride is mocking God. Pride is imitating, pretending authority in the face of the only one true Authority. Pride pretends to be what only God is. To be lifted up in pride is to openly walk in a declaration of war against God.

You pointed out tonight that, “We need to hear from God. God doesn’t need to hear from us.”

You also said that all of our answers to all of our problems is God speaking the words, “Let there be…..” on our behalf.

The fact that that is true, reinforces that we have absolutely nothing to be proud about.

We have nothing to add to God.  He contributes everything to this relationship. We just surrender, if we do, and let Him love us.  That is our part.

Thank you for tonight, Jesus!

Thank you pastor, John.

Jerry

Hi John,

Thinking about last week’s meeting. Jim said something about the thief that steals our feelings. It occurred to me that Christianity is that. My previous pastor drew me to him with his adherence to the bible. But he told us to use the knowledge we gained to guide us. His slogan was go with what you know and not with what you feel. The feelings are everything! I am so grateful that God pulled me out of that!

Jesus said to me, “Savor this.” Of course it is the sweet feelings, and I do savor them.

Thinking of you, and hoping all is well.

Patty

Good morning John,

I just wanted to let you know that Amy and I read through some of the Acts book with the new Acts 15 conversation last night.  We each took turns reading the different parts, and the best I can describe it is exhilarating!  I would recommend anyone to sit down and read through it like that together with someone.  It has such a good feeling to it, especially feeling the authority, patience, and love that Paul had for his fellow Jews, and how desperately he wanted them to understand what Jesus had taught him.  There are so many good things to be said about it, but I mainly wanted to just let you know how much I enjoyed it.  I hope it blesses someone down the road.

It was getting late, so we didn’t quite finish.  When we do, we’ll let you know how it fits in the Acts book, and corrections, etc.  At this point it seems to lead up very well to the counsel conversation.  I’m hoping we’ll be able to finish reading through the rest of the book this weekend as well.

Vince

Good Morning Pastor John!

I am sitting here in the hotel in Shelby, NC. I feel like Jesus has been preaching to my heart with a soft gentle whisper for two days now.  When I first began seeking my Jesus (I love that. I love remembering when I would ask God to show me who He is, what He likes and dislikes).  I heard you say, “God loves a sincere heart.”  I asked Jesus to please create my new heart to be a sincere heart. I thought that I understood that. I think I am seeing that means so much more than I thought it did.  Maybe it is just going in a little deeper.

I was watching a TV show about Robin Williams.  Mr. Williams’ life was really heartbreaking.  As I watched the show,  I could see the sadness and emptiness in his eyes. He spent his whole life masking how broken he was. He covered this up with drugs, alcohol, and comedy. He also gave a lot to charity. I kept thinking, “O Jesus, if only he would have broken down and cried out to you! If only he would have been sincere about his hurt.” During this show, Jesus was whispering, “The whole world is masking their emptiness. There is no sincerity in their hearts. It is normal in the world to hide your heart.”

Oh, Pastor John, I am so thankful for the freedom to feel. What a precious gift from Jesus!  Sometimes I tell Jesus, “Please let me get through this testimony without tears.”  I am not asking Jesus for that anymore. I am going to thank Jesus for my tears. I pray Jesus gives me a sincere heart, a heart after His.

I am so thankful for being pulled out of that hard world.

Beth

Hi Pastor John,

I’m starting to listen to the CDs of the Pentecost Experience* (especially after singing that song this past weekend).  I started with Uncle Earl & Aunt Bebe, because there are still among us. Though their bodies have aged, they are young in the Spirit and just as lively. Those DVDs are still as refreshing with God’s Truth as ever; I love hearing their experiences of their journeys . . . they never get old to me.

I loved one part with Brother Earl, when he was telling one reason we need to receive the Spirit and have it operating in our lives is because “we don’t know what to pray for, but the Spirit does.”  No telling how many times we needed answers, and the answer came once we yielded our bodies to prayer, so that God can “go to war” for us and give us the feelings (His feelings) of the holy Ghost.

Sometimes, the Spirit moves on us to pray, and sometimes we pray and the Spirit of prayer just overwhelms us. It’s all God because He wants to share His love and feelings for us through His Son, by His Spirit.

Watching that movie, Our Town, really touched me this weekend, and seeing our family perform the play touched me even more.  I laughed and cried–sometimes at the same time.  It’s wonderful to really feel the Spirit inside of you.  Inside the Spirit are all the answers on what to say and when to say it, when to move and not move, when to sit or stand, etc . . .

I love my life, and am very grateful to the ones God has allowed me, through His mercy and love, to live this life with.  The meetings, the parade, the singing on the porch, reading your translations, cheese toast on Sunday mornings, and Judy reading to Maddie (now) :), are so precious and full of peace and joy.
I believe this is one, if not the best 4th of July that I ever have had.

Billy

*A complete set of The Pentecostal Experience DVDs may be found at the following link: http://www.pastorjohnshouse.com/store/