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Hi John,

I feel like the message on “All Things working together for our good”*  is one of the best lessons a new born child of God can learn, if they can take it in and believe it – any child of God for that matter.  It takes all the resistance out of every situation that comes our way.  It brings peace, hope and trust; it builds your faith in God and his Son, and brings him glory.

I, and a lot of us among us, have had the opportunity to be taught this lesson while we were young in the Lord by you.  It has made our lives so much easier, and has allowed us to grow and learn just what God wanted us to learn in the situations that came our way.  It has allowed us to slow down and wait to see what God was doing.

I can’t count how many times, when things would start stirring around me, I would get still and start talking to God asking him when to move or what I should say or not say.  If the situation did not go the way I thought it should, I prayed, asking God to change me to be in harmony with him and his Son.  The first place I would start was with me.  Am I wanting my own way?  Did I miss something, God?  What are you trying to teach me?

Without learning the revelation of that God being for us and working all things together fro our good, the message God gave to you for us, John, we would have a lot more struggles in this life and not understand who and what God and his Son are in our lives.  We would blame the devil, other people, bad luck – anything – and could never even think that it might be God doing it for our good.  

I am so thankful to know and understand this truth from our Father and his Son.  What a difference it has made in our lives!  It has allowed us to do His work while we are here on this earth, and give the glory to the one it belongs to.

Thank you,  John

Stuart

* Pastor John’s “All Things” book has been updated and retitled.  It is now called Suffering and the Saints. 

 

Pastor John,

After reading Kathy’s and Stuart’s emails, and Tina’s text all today, I have to say that one of the sweetest gifts God has given us in this life is each other. I don’t believe anyone in this earth has been more blessed than we have been. He has given us his life, His truth, and you, a man of God to teach us, and each other to share it all together! And it gets sweeter all along the way. I love this holy way. I pray that our brothers and sisters will find some of the good food you have prepared for them!

Donna N

Good Morning John,

I was on my way to work this morning, driving through the back roads by my house, heading to the job site. I came across a church sign that said, “Living without God is like trying to bounce a football”. As I got further down the road, the spirit spoke to me and said, “Nobody is living without God”

The only reason anyone is alive and here on this earth is because the Father and his Son created them. The only question is, are we his child or not? And are we following his spirit? As I drove on, my thoughts went back to this weekend and how wonderful it felt and how good it was to be with my family in the Lord.

I thought about what you were preaching about God’s children, and how much we lose when we try to add something to what He has done for us through his spirit. Most of God’s children don’t know that that is what they are doing when they join a church or add any ceremonies to worshipping God in the spirit.

Tears filled my eyes as I thought about how much some of our brothers and sisters have given away, and what we have lost, by them being a part of Christianity, and how thankful I felt to be able to understand and be taught about our Father and his Son by following his spirit and hearing his voice.

At that point, as the tears flowed, I felt so thankful! How much of a privilege it is to be a part of what God is giving to us through you, John. It is a rare thing on this earth, what God has given to our little group, and all we want is for all of God’s children everywhere to have it, and to be be made one in the spirit. I feel more thankful every day for what he has done for us.

Thank you John.
Stuart

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Pastor John,

I loved the reading tonight. Reading about Creation and God’s power in creating everything always does something in me. It causes me to slow down and consider. It is sad to think that some, as you said, never discover that simple, but essential truth that the only reason for our existence is because God chose for us to be, and they miss out on understanding His goodness.
This reading came just in time, I think for me. It is easy for me to allow worry and doubt to creep in when I don’t see the end result of something that is troubling me, but when I stop to pay attention to God’s creation and His purposeful-ness, I can only rest and trust in His intent in everything.
I liked the statement, “There is comfort available to us in the knowledge that God created man well and happy on purpose.”

When I mentioned the experience a number of us had on the mountain with the lightning bugs, my mom reminded me of a poem I wrote in high school. It was a poem titled, “Where I’m From” about experiences in my life that had shaped me. One stanza read:

I’m from the lost venture up the dark, tangled mountain,
To the enchanting forest of glittering lightning bugs,
With their slowly ascending flicker,
More luminescent than the stars in the night sky.”

That beautiful display of God’s choreography of His creation is one I will never forget.

 Anna
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Yes, Anna, that was a very special night. It was as if we were standing in the middle of a Snow Globe that had just been shaken. Thousands of lighting bugs around us and above us in the pitch darkness! And the new music playing from the CD player in the car. Will there ever be another night like that one? I am glad there was a traffic jam that evening at that spot in the mountains, and we just decided to take off through the hills to get around it. What an adventure on that lonely gravel road.
God made that traffic jam for us that evening. You know that, don’t you?
God is good! And His mercy endureth forever!

Pastor John

 

Hi John,

For the last few mornings I have been seeing some beautiful sunrises. The thing about them is that you have to be in the right place at the right time to catch the magnificent colors, and I have happened to be at the right place every morning. The thing that I love about them, John, is that it reminds me of some of the dreams that the Lord has given to me in the past. The colors are crisp and clear and clean, and it stirs up the wonderful feelings that I felt in those dreams. I know it pales to the feelings and brightness of his presence; but it brings back those wonderful feelings I felt in those dreams. Everything I see around me screams out to me about the Father and his Son. What an honor and a blessing it is to understand what God has given to each one of us through his Son and through each other.

What an opportunity he has given to each one of us!!! Thank you Jesus

Stuart

John,

I love it when Jesus uses everyday things to teach us, or remind us, of simple truths about life.  Amy and I went for a bike ride the other evening, and at one point she rode off the sidewalk, and had a little bit of trouble getting back on to the sidewalk. Later I shared with her a tip that I learned during my motorcycle riding days about how to avoid obstacles in the road.  I told her that if there is something in the road that you want to avoid, look at a different point in the road, and you will naturally go towards the point you are looking at (instead of the obstacle).

Jesus brought this conversation back to mind last night as I was out walking.  He let me know that it is the same way in life. Whatever, or whoever you have your mind on – whatever you are “looking” at –  is going to affect your actions, whether good or bad.

This made me think of a couple of scriptures related to that:

For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.” (Rm. 8:5)

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.” (Isa. 26:3)

Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.” (Col. 3:2)

Vince

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I love this Vince!

Reminds me of what the Lord gave me…”write your hurts in the sand; write your blessings in stone”

Meaning that we are to let go of (don’t dwell on) our hurts by writing him in sand and then they will wash away, but our blessings we are to look at, hold on by writing them in stone where they are permanently fixed before us, so we can keep our minds on those good blessings the Lord has given us.

Reminds me of the scripture Phil 4:8 —

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.”

Token

Hey Brother John,

I want you to know how very much this is blessing me to read your book, God Had a Son before Mary Did. I really believe that it is going to help me be who I truly am in Christ, rather than who I once was. Thank you so much!

Billy H.
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Amen, Billy. I know how you feel! I will pass along that thanks to Jesus. It’s all his fault! 🙂

Pastor John

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Brother John,

Someone recently said the book, “God Had a Son”, was addictive, and I agree. I read the first two chapters straight through!

Always, when I read, I like to mark parts that really stand out. Well, you should see my pages! So much underlining, asterisks, smiley faces, wows, “love this” – are everywhere. I tried to hold back writing on it so much because Sammy will be reading it, too. No doubt he’ll know what my favorite parts are.

On page 18, where you wrote about God’s kind of life, I wrote on my page this: Preacher Clark called it “The Blessing”. And also on page 22, where you wrote, “Thanks be to God for His impressible gift!” I again wrote in: Preacher Clark “The Blessing”.

It brought back sweet memories of seeing Preacher Clark stand up in the meeting and talk about someone, “Receiving The Blessing”, but at that time I had never heard that before.

Also, in reading about some people ‘s reactions to Jesus, it is sobering to read the top of page 33 where you tell about judging too harshly those who were guilty of Jesus’ death because we are reading their story now as only God knew it then, and what would we have done or thought at that time?

All of this is such wonderful reading! Thank you for working all these years to get this out. It is really a blessing.

Sheila

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Pastor John,

The feelings of the spirit living in us is worth everything! Last night after reading a text from a backslidden brother, I went and laid across the bed. The one thing in his text that really struck me was when he said he can’t live or die. He could have lived, John, and that statement just hit me so hard! He could have lived!

I started watching videos of people on YouTube and hearing about their experience of receiving the holy Ghost. I love hearing about people being touched by God. It didn’t matter what words they used, it was feeling the Spirit alive in them. Jacob came and laid across the bed, and I thought Lord, “Help me to help him value this!” I pulled up videos of some famous ministers and we listened to them, and after that, Jacob asked me, “Why do they use the word ‘church’ so much?” I told him that sometimes even godly people use religious words that they feel aren’t quite right, but keeping traditions can sometimes override what the Spirit is telling a person. And I told him that he can trust the Spirit, and to watch for that, and listen to Jesus, in case he wants to tell you something you don’t know. We talked about how there is power in what we have been given from Jesus.

What and honor it is to be here and hear the things of God like we do. It was very sweet watching him as he watched people on You Tube talking about their healings! I feel so rich!

Love,
Jammie