Pastor John:

I feel intoxicated tonight from brother Darren’s last song. What sweetness from Jesus.  I am absolutely floating.  I had to grab Beth and run for the door when it was finished; I was afraid to open my mouth and speak to anyone. I didn’t want to lose these feelings. I know they can last if I stay here with Jesus.

Good night 🙂

Jerry

(For a sample of brother Darren’s music go to the link below:)

http://www.isaiah58.com/music/slimplayer/indexdarrenprater.html

John,

Good Morning:

I love the excerpts from your book, “God Had a Son before Mary Did”. It still amazes me how well Job knew God.  Job said in the latest excerpt that even an intent can’t be kept from God.  Oh, I wish that everyone knew that nothing is hid from God.  Based on scriptures, all feel unclean when God’s holiness gets near, and from experience, I could only exceedingly quake and tremble.

Wendell

Good morning John,

I am loving reading through the New Testament together like we are.  The things that Paul taught are so simple, and so rich, and so full of the love of God for people.  I think it is such a wonderful thing that we don’t have to depend on our own strength, intelligence, status, or money to please God (in fact, those things just get in the way), and that “God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise”.

I hadn’t realized it until you talked about it last night, but I have never once wondered if one of my natural family members was right about something they had rejected from me about Jesus and what he did for me.  I never even had the thought, “Well, maybe they’re right about such-and-such.”  I knew what Jesus was teaching me was right, because I could feel it, and I didn’t learn it on my own.   I had already tried, for years, to figure things out – figure life out – on my own, with my own wisdom and intelligence.  And it got me nowhere but deeper in sin and despair.  But after Jesus touched me, and opened my eyes to the truth, and baptized me with the Spirit, I could feel the Spirit in me saying “amen” whenever I learned a new truth about God.  It was like coming out of a dark tunnel into the bright sunlight.

At first (last night), this was such a wonderful, exciting thing to me to realize, and when the power of God touched me, it felt so good.  And so cleansing!  But then, a very humbling feeling of thankfulness came over me that brought tears to my eyes.  Jesus reached down from heaven in 2007 and touched me, and gave me a desire to know him.  And I didn’t want him, nor was I looking for him!  And ever since, he has taught me, helped me, encouraged me and strengthened me – both personally and through the pastor and family that he put me with.  HE is the one who has done it.  And I am so very thankful that he did, and gave me a love for it at the same time.

Thank you John.  I am very much looking forward to laying my eyes on you in person next week, along with Barbara, Rob, Donna, Token and the kids, and Earl and Betty.  When I first moved into my apartment nearly six years ago, I used to daydream about you chartering a bus and bringing everyone out here.  I had even picked out the perfect little community center nearby that we could rent out for a meeting.  Ha!  Your visit next week is pretty close to that – I’m glad Jesus did that for me. 🙂

Vince

John,

It was so good to be with everyone tonight (February 3, 2016).  My family needed that so much.  It’s been such a long time for normal. Loved the reading and testimonies. Felt like a shower.

Thank you!

Paul

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It felt normal to have you all there!  I am very thankful for the family God has created for us in Christ.

Pastor John

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Good morning,

The meeting last night was so good!  When the meeting first started, I felt so bad I could hardly raise my head off the pillow, and I couldn’t breathe through my nose, at all.  As the meeting went on with the reading and the good testimonies and the talk about the strength we get from having each other, I felt the spirit stirring inside my weak body!  Then, when the spirit hit Earl and he fell back and said, “Don’t you want to feel this?!”  My arms shot in the air, and I could feel the power of God running up and down my arm!  The next thing I know, my sinuses opened up and I could breathe and I felt strength come into my body!  Jesus touched me and I was able to sit up and enjoy the rest of the meeting.  After the meeting, I went to sleep and had a good sleep.  I am not 100% this morning, but I feel much better.

There really is strength for us when we come together in the spirit!  I am so thankful this morning for the family Jesus has given me, and the strength I have felt from them through the years.  I woke up thanking Jesus for that sweet touch last night.  The difference I felt after he touched me was like night and day.

Lee Ann

Morning Pastor John.

Sure do miss y’all. I am feeling better. Jerry is still having some issues but He is slowly improving. I stayed home from work Friday. I decided to see if I could find anything on the tv. I was scanning through trying to find something clean enough to watch. It really is near impossible anymore. I found a few things I thought may be decent enough to watch. Things on the bible, Jesus, lost artifacts etc…  As I began one program about, “The Exodus of Moses” I had a thought from the spirit. The entire show was really leading you to think that the bible is not true. It made me sad and the thought I had was “Wow it’s the ” Good stuff”  that is so bad”. I instantly thought of what Preacher Clark said about being terrified of what the world calls love. I thought about all those people wanting to know Jesus that find this stuff out there.  That book you just sent the notes on is another example of the stuff people run into, looking for Jesus.  I just feel so thankful that Jesus plucked us all out of that fog and maze this world has in place.

A little later I put in a meeting disc that had Brother Earl talking about vultures and how they only want the dead. This is what I love the most about our lives. To look up in the sky, and see vultures and hear from the spirit about keeping death off of you. How amazingly good is that? I felt every word Brother Earl said. I love that Jesus teaches throughout the day. I love the depth of God. I don’t know if the word I want to use is parables? If it’s the right word, I love a life of parables. I just love our life and love Jesus. Living in the spirit really is exciting like Gary said. It does not even have to be your own experience. I am just as thrilled to hear someone else’s testimony about hearing from Jesus. Well I just had to write that out. I can not hold all that love in. 

Hope to see y’all soon. I am going to help Venus pack today. 

Beth 

I love what you said tonight (1/27/16).  Something like this-
“If you’re not happy with the situation you’re in, get full of the Holy Ghost.  That is God’s universal answer to all problems.  Give in to God, there’s relief. Jesus will make you happy that you’re alive.”

That’s something I know, but it felt good to hear it.

Also, I’m going to put this on my refrigerator.  Romans 14:19.  It’s a good thing for siblings to remember. 😉
“Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.”

Good night!

Carrie

Hey bro John,

I’m so thankful for the government of God that I get to live in.  I’m protected from so much.  Jesus has to remind me of how much sometimes.  When I first came to Jesus, I grew up in the Lord where that was not the case.  There were people who brought in their own doctrines, didn’t pay their tithes, and were led by other spirits (not of God). I remember sitting there wanting the pastor to help and not let those things be.  But he didn’t.  I know those feelings of wanting order and peace came from Jesus, and he knew that was what I really longed for.  Now, here I am, living in what Jesus has put in my heart!  Thank you, Jesus, and thank you for giving me a safe home!

Natalie

Nice quiet, sober meeting.  You said so many good things, Pastor John.  Encouraging.  I felt like you really want to protect us, and that you are responsible for us.  You will have to answer for the flock Jesus has given you. 

I hate that strange ​woman and her new age ​religion.  I hate it deep down in my soul, because I toyed around with that stuff for a brief period in L.A., never really accepting it, but curious, and that was dangerous enough.  Thankfully, the Lord had his hand on me and drew me gradually away from those kinds of crazy doctrines and beliefs. 

I enjoyed my west coast sunset, after the meeting.  I hope you enjoy the Sonrise tomorrow.  ;^)

Thanks for all that you do.

 Brad

Pastor John,

God has again reminded me of this: “Security is of the Lord.”

There is no security in our job, our savings or our possessions….all can be stripped away from us in a moment, or lose their value right where they sit. The only issue is, “Will Jesus care for us today?” If the answer is, “yes”, then by some means, He will accomplish it, even when it appears impossible.  If the answer is, “no”, then we will starve, even with a belly full of food.

He is our Security.  The rest are just His details which He can alter as He pleases.

One day’s manna was all that the Israelites were permitted to gather because security is of the Lord, not our storeroom.

Jerry