Bro. John,

I’ve noticed lately what people kept saying in the meeting tonight: that people do notice how we live. You guys talk about how people notice how you interact as a group in public, and how your kids behave. (We very much noticed the kids when we first visited!) People also notice us as a couple out in public: how we talk to each other and how we talk to them. One woman was surprised at our age when she needed to see our IDs because in her experience at work, young couples in general aren’t as “decent” as we seemed to her, for lack of a better term. I’ve also noticed when dealing with company representatives on the phone lately that simply saying “Thanks, you’ve been very helpful” seems to really make a person’s day. The little things are a big deal!

The other day, we were buying groceries and the young cashier (probably a teenager) had a similar effect on me. He was very genuinely helpful and talking with us — not that formal, scripted kind of nice you typically get. I couldn’t help but wonder what was motivating him to act that way. It reminds me of the woman who saw me trying to fit my groceries on my bike one day in Houston when I had underestimated how much I’d bought. She loaded me, my bike and my groceries into her vehicle and, after a few moments, finally admitted why she’d done it. She said, “I want God to bless me!” 🙂 I think He did.

Beverly

The following brief email exchange between Brother Billy and the president of his company is an example of what God asks all His children to do, and of the way He would like for them to do it.

Billy’s email to the president of the company was a smashing success – not because it changed anything, but because he was acting as the salt of the earth regardless of the results. Still, in the future, when planning further advertisements, the company president will remember Billy’s comment, and Billy’s good influence will be with him. To be this kind of conscience for those who do not know the voice of God is a principal reason all of us are on earth.

When Jesus was on trial for his life, Jesus told Pontius Pilate something like, “For this reason I have come, to testify of the truth.” The world does not understand, and so easily forgets, what truth is; so, sometimes, we know “the truth, the way, and the life” must give those around us a gentle reminder.

Thanks, Billy.
Pastor John

PS I have deleted specific names. It is what Billy did that is the point.
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Hi John:

Mr. xxx is the president of our company. Here is an email that I sent to him. I didn’t respond back, because he is “happy”. I sold over 1.5 million dollars in one year when working inside sales, before I came to this company, and I didn’t have to lower my standard to do it. I could argue my point back and forth, but it really wouldn’t matter. It’s all downhill without God.

Billy M

From: Bill M
Subject: Quaterly Video

Hi, Mr. xxx:

Thank you for keeping us informed with the “Quarterly Meetings”; it is very nice to know what is going on with the Company and the market place. The new product looks very exciting, but I am concerned about the marketing picture. In the power point presentation of the meeting, at the end of the presentation, you are speaking about the new product, but there is a picture of a dog relieving himself on the lawn, in the bottom right corner. Wouldn’t it be more beneficial and professional if the picture had a child playing in a sandbox, or . . .a rabbit . . .maybe a dog chewing on a play-toy, instead. We all due respect and honor, we are too good of a company for that kind of marketing picture.

I know you are very busy, thank you, for your time.

Sincerely and respectfully,

Bill M
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Bill,

I want to tell you that your email has made me happy for several reasons:
1) I’m happy that you’ve taken the time to review the Quarterly Meeting

2) I’m happy that you took the time to contact me about your concerns

3) I’m happy that you’ve had the reaction that you did to the ad.

At the risk of being overly smug on point #3, your reaction is exactly the reaction that we were looking for. Xxx is a different type of [product] and needs to be sold differently. We are looking to capture people’s attention with a somewhat provocative message. The xxx industry is full of feel-good images; we are looking to do something different and break through the clutter that is out there. You can love the ad or hate the ad – I really don’t care as long as you notice the ad. The choice of the dog depicts an act that is completely natural; is not illegal or immoral; but is different from what one usually sees – and is therefore memorable.

Thanks again for your note. I hope that you understand where we are going with this.

Thanks also for all that you do every day with [our company]. [What you do] is a huge part of our value proposition and our specialists are often the only person from [our company] that a homeowner ever meets. The impression that you make and the service that you provide are the personification of our company.

Regards,

M S

Pastor John,

Amy and I were having a discussion recently just about things in life that have been happening – some stressful things with work and about kids. And why things are the way they are and happening the way they are happening. A scene from the story of Joseph flashed to mind about the famine. So I read the story of Joseph today. At the beginning of the famine I’m sure Jacob and his sons prayed to God for relief. “Lord why are you holding back the rain? The crops are dead in the field and the cattle are dying and we are without food. Lord please send the rain and help the crops grow so we don’t starve.” They only saw the present difficult circumstances. But they didn’t know the greater plan God had for them all. That’s how it often is when we are going through a trial. We feel the effects of the hurt and disappointment of whats happening now but don’t or can’t know what God is really doing. Jacob would never have had the thought, while in the middle of a famine and worried over losing Benjamin, that his long lost son would be alive as a ruler in Egypt, that his entire family would move there and live in the most fertile area of the country and be well taken care of. God has blessings to give that are beyond comprehension. There are some very good examples in the story of Joseph. Its one of my favorite stories in the Bible.

Richard

Name = Nancy

comments = Hello Pastor John. I don’t even remember how I found this web page… Just hungry and so disappointed with christianity.. I have been out of the church for 12 years now .. first being a catholic then giving my heart to Jesus in a penticostal church… when I was older… So I’m a recovering church addict… and been in the wilderness ever since.. I have been going to a small group gathering here in Ontario but It still feels like religion to me… M Question is how will I know if I’m in the will of God … I don’t want to be deceived … I have the baptism of speaking in tongues… but rarely use it.. I need a fresh fill…. thanks for hearing me I know the Lord hears me…

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Hi Nancy.

We are all in the wilderness because we have come out of Egypt (the flesh) and none of us here on earth have yet reach the Promised Land yet (home with Jesus).

Small group meetings can be just as churchy as anything within Christianity. Stay away from the spirit of church religion, regardless of where you find it. It is deadly; it will quench the Spirit of God within you. Since you say that you have not used the holy ghost within you very much, it sounds as if some quenching has already happened to you, to some extent. But Jesus loves you and is reaching out to you now, to rescue his child! Pray in the holy ghost, the apostle tells us, and you will “build yourself up in your most holy faith.” Yes, you do need a fresh filling, and you can have it RIGHT NOW!

Maybe you would like to visit our prayer meetings on line, to see how mush peace and joy and rest there is when a home prayer meeting is as it should be, a family in Christ loving and edifying one another without ceremony or form. If you would like to do that (we will be meeting this Sunday morning at 10:00 EST), let me know, and someone from here will contact you and tell you how to get on board.

God bless you, and the saints who are there with you.

Pastor John

Hey Pastor John

I was at work on this past Friday and I was approached by a coworker, Who asked me if I remembered picking a certain order that they were missing 18 parts for. I told him I could not recall the order,.I started to talk to Jesus about helping me find these missing parts because I could be in trouble for misplacing them. My coworker gave me some locations to go check to see if the parts left over in these locations matched what the computer showed, and all the locations I picked from were correct. So I knew I had picked the parts right we just could not find them.

So I really started praying Jesus if you don’t show me were these parts are, I will never find them it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack. So just when I was getting the feeling I was not going to find my missing parts, I was walking at the end of the aisles, were the parts are stocked. I heard Jesus say look up and when I did there at the end of the aisle up in the racks, was a small tote that looked like it had parts in it. Then Jesus said those are your parts and sure enough it was my missing parts. So I asked another coworker who was passing by on a cherry picker if he would help me get the tote down, and when he said yes there are multiple parts in this tote, He brought the parts down.After he handed me the parts, I was so excited with out even thinking, I told him “Oh my goodness you know, I would have never found these parts if Jesus had not told me where they were.” Then I said “JESUS IS REAL!” in a very up tone voice. All my coworker could say was “oh yeah?”

Well after I took the parts back to the order they belong to. All I could do was speak in tongues and say thank you Jesus for talking to me and showing me were to look for my missing parts. Just wanted to share this experience we serve an audible God, 8D
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I am thanking God with you.  That is our audible Jesus, doing it again!

Pastor John

Hi John. Here is the wonderful story of how Jesus sent a healing to me.

 

February 2012

Jesus is healing the acid reflux that I’ve had for 1-2 years.
The Story: Because of the painful digestive symptoms that come with acid reflux, I have been sitting up to be able to go to sleep at night. Then after some time, I’d be able to lie down. I had reason not to take prescription medicine, but occasionally took an herbal remedy which helped, but never healed. Recently the symptoms had become worse. Tom and I had prayed, “Jesus, please heal me enough so that I can lie down on my back to be able to sleep”. Perhaps a few days after I prayed that, I noticed one night that I was lying on my back with no acid reflux, no burning in the esophagus. I lay very still and quiet, noticing and wondering what Jesus was doing. I had taken no prescription, no supplements to help the symptoms. I went to sleep figuring that the test of time would prove it out. When I awoke, I had slept with very little acid reflux interruption, which was very notable. I was watchful that day to see how I felt. I was thanking Jesus, and talking to him about what he was doing, and how I knew that he was the one who had touched me. So I went about the day feeling some of the old symptoms, but happy about what was healed. As I was bending over doing some dusting and house cleaning, I noticed that something was missing. I could always expect a burning reflux in my chest when I bent from the waist. I stopped what I was doing, but I was still bent over observing that Jesus had healed that part. It took a few moments of quiet awe to feel this healthy feeling and to understand that only Jesus could’ve done this. I sat down and began weeping and thanking Jesus, so very grateful and so much in awe. I texted and called a few people to share this wonder. Later in the day, I noticed something else that Jesus had done. When I was swallowing food, it did not get stuck at the esophagus. It was a clear flow. I began weeping again. It is an awesome feeling, full of quiet awe to be touched by Jesus in body and in spirit. This healing means a lot to me, for it was Jesus, the Great Physician who touched me and healed me.

 

~Suzi

http://goingtojesus.com/tongues-at-spirit-baptism.html

 

Pstor John’s book, “Speaking In Tongues….” is phenomenal! God told me a while ago that the Holy Spirit is essentially the same as The Blood Of Jesus. On The final parts of page 28 Pastor John essentially says the same thing.

God works all things out for a reason (Roman 8:28-34). I will keep seeking the Truth regarding Jesus Christ and Salvation.

Thank-you,
Gary

Hello Gary,

I have your new song, and I’m listening to it right now (played it back again and again)! 😀 Thank you so much. Thank you also for writing the lyrics! I’m singing along with you! 🙂 I love it! Yes, He’s got His eyes on us! Praise God!

John must have mentioned that the day you sung this way back, I posted on my page about, “He’s got His eyes on you!” Appropriately written on that one special with the Lord! God is just so good! Amen!

Also, I’ve heard your other songs, and so with your other fellow-singers, and I am totally blessed to hear them all. Once I’m online, it has been my hourly music of praise and worship to the Lord. You’re all such a great blessing!!!

Keep singing for the Lord. You’ve blessed us all with your heavenly songs. Indeed, God is truly glorified, magnified and exalted. Your labor of love will surely be rewarded. To God be the glory!

Again, thank you for sharing your music, and have a blessed week ahead.

May God continue to bless the works of your hands, and may He in-tuned you more with His blessed heavenly music!

Yes, He’s got His Eye on You,Gary!!! 🙂
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Thank you Ophy,

I’m blessed that you’re being blessed. We hope to get to know you more as time goes on, and to hear about the good things God is doing for you.

I’m glad you got to meet pastor John – it is no coincidence. It is certain, He has His eye on us all! 🙂

Be blessed,
Gary

John,

Last night, as we were reading through the new addition to chapter five of T&O I got quiet – I could feel something happening. What I heard as we were reading, and again on the way home, was this:   “this is a foray into the Iron Kingdom”.

In the Spirit, it felt like a door was opening for your Iron Kingdom book, but I was not exactly sure what “foray” even means… so I looked it up:

1. A sudden raid or military advance.
2. A venture or an initial attempt, especially outside one’s usual area: i.e., an actor’s “foray” into politics.

That’s what it felt to me that you did in this part of the Tithes and Offering book. A Foray… I believe that last night I was feeling, that Jesus is feeling, it is time for your Iron Kingdom book! (After Tithes and Offerings, and after Father and the Son, of course!) 🙂

And who knows what awaits us there? Nobody but Jesus!

Gary

Hi, Pastor John:

Last night was so good. You were talking about how vain man is, and right before the meeting, I had heard a man on TV say of a sinner who had died, “At least he didn’t die in vain.” But that is exactly what that man did! He died in vain. What that man was saying was, “I’ll pick up his work from here, and die in vain, too” because, vain x vain = vain squared.

It is so sad, to watch someone, especially a young athlete, or actor, spend his or her whole life giving themselves to vanity (games and play-acting), patting themselves on the back, and giving each other awards for the ability that God gave them in the first place, and never repenting. But “God knows them that are his.”

The saints of God have not missed a thing.

I feel so thankful and blessed this morning. Like Darren’s song says, “We’re not hopeless, we’re not helpless anymore”.

I like this equation: Vanity (us) + hope (Jesus) = being loved.

I hope 🙂 , to see everyone this weekend!

billy