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  • Slaves for the Master

    Pastor John,
     
    Last night, I was working on the computer and had the Pastor John’s House website pulled up.  As I was working the songs pulled me in and I started watching the pictures scrolling.  Some of the sweetest feelings came over me toward our family and what we have been given.  I took the feeling to bed with me and just tried to soak them in as I fell asleep.
     
    This morning I woke up with a very peaceful and relaxed feeling.  I found myself praying softly, wanting to go through the day being happy with what God has given me to do, and doing it with my whole heart.  As I drove to work the first couple of scriptures from Revelation 1 came to mind.  In these scriptures, your translation refers to the children of God as slaves.  In today’s society, that word has taken on a very negative connotation, but Jesus started showing me again that he does not feel that way about it.  If we are slaves in a perfect Master’s house, it will not be a hard life.  If we have the right attitude, the Lord will put us in perfect order.  Those that are strong in the spirit will have the jobs to work the fields.  Others will have the responsibility of preparing the food, serving the food, cleaning the house.  All of the jobs are extremely important and valuable to the Master.  It relieves his servants from having to worry about the function of others or how the estate is run, allowing them to focus on only their responsibilities.  This makes for a happy, content and easy life.
     
    On the other hand, those who are not happy and content with their responsibilities will have the opposite.  Their way will be made very hard.  The Lord, our Master, is good and will make every attempt to let them fulfill their daily tasks.  He will give ample corrections and show goodness and love for them.  He may even demote them to a lower position than is their best, just to keep them.  However, our position is not always guaranteed.  When we have been disobedient for long enough, He may decide to sell us to a different master.  It is a scary thought to have to work for a different master.  Who will it be?
     
    I am very thankful for a position in my Master’s house. I am glad he takes the time to spend with me, he is a good God.
     
    Jason

  • Wonderful Feelings

    John:

    I went in to work just as normal, just praying and talking to the Lord.  Everyone was on vacation in the office except for me, and as I sat down at my computer, I began to think about God’s people.  The tears began to flow down my cheek, and I couldn’t stop crying.  It wasn’t just the tears but the feelings of love for them which flooded me.  I began to think, “What will someone think if they come in and see me in this condition?”  But not a person came into the office for a few minutes — which I would characterize as very unusual — while I enjoyed these feelings.

    I just want to thank Jesus for those feelings!  God loves his people!

    Wendell

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    That is wonderful, Wendell.  If we don’t love others and live for their benefit, we haven’t even yet begun to live.  That’s how God and His Son Jesus live, and I praise God with you that He lets you share in His feelings for His people.

     jdc

  • Jesus at the Door

    Hi, Pastor John:

    Last Wednesday, I was driving and had what I guess would be called a “day-vision”.  I was standing at an open door, and on the the other side of the door was the cleanest feeling I had ever felt; I also felt love like I had never experienced it before.  I was praying to the Lord, “Jesus, I want to step through this door to the other side, I want to have what I was feeling all the time.”  It was like the scripture, “the word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth.”  I knew it was so close, but felt so very far away.

    Then Jesus revealed to me what he was doing in this vision.  Jesus was what you have been teaching us about the door; He opens and no one closes, or…he closes and no one opens. 

    When I looked around in the vision, I noticed I was standing inside a room, looking out of the door that was already opened.  Through the door was Jesus.  What I had been feeling was him!  He is the cleanest feelings you can have, he is the fullest love one can experience.  Jesus was standing at the door and knocking, he was waiting for me to ask him in.

    “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If any man will open the door, I will come into him, and sup with him, and him with me.”

    Jesus is not rude!  he will not beat your door down, or break in.  He will politely knock and wait for you to not only open the door, but ask him in.  Then, the dinner begins.  Jesus even brings the dinner, a lamb that has been prepared :).

    In the spirit, he told me that he has knocked on many doors, and that he knew they were home, but they would not open the door.  In short, Jesus was not welcomed, for whatever reason.

    I want to get to the place, like Paul, C. where Jesus will come in.  If we let him in, all of those feelings (love, peace, joy, etc.) he brings with him (dinner) will be shared to all that are in that house.

    I also pray that I keep my house clean, and worthy for Jesus, for when he comes knocking.  I don’t want to be embarressed for Jesus and His Father to enter.

    Bro. Billy

  • We want answers, but God wants…

    Dear Bro. John:

    I heard a best-selling author say something today on TV that touched my heart.  What he said reminded me of November 2006 when the Lord said to me, “Let’s fall in love again.”  This author, talking about prayer, said, “We want the answers, but God wants the intimacy.  He wants you!”  That really struck a cord in my heart as I remembered searching for the “answer” that November 18th, 2006.  I entered my apartment that day thinking I was going to seek for answers.  🙂  That would have been “hard-seeking”, and Jesus knew it.  So, he tenderly led me down the “heart-seeking” path of love and feelings in Song of Solomon.  His intimacy removed the need for answers!  His love was the answer!  When He took me to where I needed to be, it was just Him waiting there!  I found Him in the feelings, in the memories of my relationship with Him.  I found Him in the intimacy of His love.  He came that day and sat right down beside me . . . . and once again captured and conquered my heart.  There was no need for words.  I was happy just to rest in His arms once again and feel the sweetness of His Presence.  Praise God!

    On April 3, 2009, you said this in a gathering: “If you have a problem, forget about it.  If you have a blessing, forget about it.  It’s HIM!  Your testimony is not as good as HE is!”  Well, Amen!  There is no need to be afraid to surrender to His love.  Forget about your problem, forget about your blessing, forget about your answer.  Just be thrilled with Jesus!  Nothing is as good as He is!

    Heart-seeking = intimacy with God!

    Forever thankful for His love,
    Sandy  🙂

    “And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.”  1Chronicles 28:9

    “I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me.”  Song of Solomon 7:10

  • Right Translation?

     

    this passage is great, when i was in church religion I never saw it this way! because they teach that you have to study the scriptures “because in them you have eternal life” rather than in Jesus as verse 40 says!   (for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life), (in verse 38/ this people new the scriptures but they didn’t have God’s word in them)

    thank you Jesus for your life!

    Is this a right translation of verse 39?
    I was blessed when reading this passage!! thank you Jesus!

    John 5:38-44 (Worldwide English (New Testament))
    38  The word he talks is not in your hearts, because you do not believe the one he sent to you.
    39  You read holy writings carefully. You think that there you will find out how to live for ever. In the same writings you will read about me.
    40  And yet you will not come to me for that life.
    41  I do not want people to call me great.
    42  But I know that you do not love God in your hearts.
    43  I have come in my Father’s name, but you will not receive me. If another person comes in his own name, then you will receive him.
    44  How can you believe? You are always calling each other great, but you do not want the only God to make you great.

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    Here is my translation of John 5:38-44, Manny.  You can compare the two.  I will say, however, that the translation of verse 41, above, is very poor.  The rest is ok, but awkward.

    38.  And you don’t have His word abiding in you because you don’t trust the one He sent.
    39.  You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life, yet those Scriptures are they which testify of me,
    40.  and you won’t come to me that you might have life.
    41.  I don’t accept honor from men,
    42.  but I know you, that you don’t have the love of God in you.
    43.  I have come in my Father’s name and you don’t receive me; if another comes in his own name, you will receive him.
    44.  How can you believe while receiving honor from one another, and you don’t seek the honor that comes from the only God?
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    jdc

  • Discernment

    Hey Pastor John!

    I just wanted to write a few thoughts and things that have happened to me this week.
     
    After Saturday night Revelation class I started praying for True Discernment from God.  I thought “without discernment, and everything is just my opinion, and I am going to be wrong and not handle a situation right, every time.  I want to see things the way they are and still have the Love of God!”

    This week I heard the spirit say “True Discernment is also knowing yourself.  it’s not walking around pretending you feel something or are something because then you are already believing a lie and can’t see or admit the truth.”

    Monday I had to go get some medicine at the pharmacy.  The girl at the window was so rude, and I felt so bad and tired.  As I was sitting at the window waiting for the medicine, it hit me, “No, I am not picking that spirit up from her.  I am here for medicine only.  That spirit doesn’t belong to me.”  And when I drove off, I didn’t even feel anything in me at all toward her.  I felt like I needed to just get home and take care of what did belong to me.  I got further down the road and heard, “NOW YOUR GETTING IT”  Wow!

    This has been a sweet week for me because I could feel Jesus with me helping me all the way! 

    Sorry didn’t mean to be so long.  I just had to tell on Jesus . I love you all very much.

    Jammie

  • Humility or Pride

    http://goingtojesus.com/site/php/thoughts.php?tname=tfe01-10

     

    Bro. John:Today, I read a wonderful TFE, “True Humility” (1-10) from Thoughts for the Evening 2005.  What I loved about it when I finished reading was the simplicity that was there in the explanation of what true humility is – “humility is demonstrated by doing the will of God instead of doing your own will.”

    At the end of reading this, I thought of how simple Jesus is.  If “humility” is demonstrated by doing the will of God instead of doing your own will, then “pride” is the opposite – pride is demonstrated by not doing the will of God, but instead, doing your own will.

    There is no need to consult Webster’s for a definition of humility or pride.  Just look to see who is doing the will of God and who is not.  That is just so good and so simple!

    To be like Jesus is to stay humble by always choosing to do the will of the Father.  Sometimes that means to be “meek and lowly”, and sometimes that means to “rule with a rod of iron.”

    What is humility?  Doing the will of God.
    What is pride?  Not doing the will of God.

    Thank you for these simple truths that refresh the soul!

    Sandy  🙂

     

  • SIT Book Comment

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

     

    Dear Vince,

    I really enjoyed [Pastor John’s book, Speaking in Tongues at Spirit Baptism]; however it did raise a question.  It would seem that if one doesn’t speak in tongues (by the power of the Holy Spirit) he really isn’t saved.  Is that what you are saying?  If that’s the case, I’m in big trouble because I’m sorry to say that I still have not spoken in tongues–but I haven’t given up. If you care to elaborate on that, feel free to contact me again.

    Thank you and God bless.
    Marilyn

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    Thank you for writing.  I’m very glad to hear back from you.

    First I want to clear up the issue of salvation.  No one, whether they have God’s Spirit or not, is saved until Jesus returns.  Salvation is a future hope for faithful children of God.  Remember Jesus said, “He that shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved.” (Mat. 24:13)  And in Romans 8:24-25, Paul talks about the “hope” of being saved.  Throughout the Scriptures, salvation from the coming wrath of God is spoken of as a future event.  It is possible, and happens quite often, for a Spirit-baptized child of God to turn from the faith, return to sin and be damned in the end.  So just because a person receives the holy Ghost baptism does not mean they are automatically saved.

    So now to answer your question about the necessity of speaking in tongues.  The holy Ghost baptism is most certainly necessary in order to be saved in the end and be with our heavenly Father.  Paul said in Romans 8:9, “Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His.”  In other words, without the Spirit of God dwelling in a person, that person does not belong to God.  The next question is, how does a person know when they have received the baptism of the holy Ghost?  As pastor John’s book explains in more detail, every time a person receives the holy Ghost, they are moved by the Spirit to speak in a language that is unknown to them.  This can come out as a very clear, heavenly language, or it can simply be “stammering lips” (as Isaiah called it in Isaiah 28:11).  In any case, it is the Spirit that causes a person to speak in tongues, it is not something you learn to do.

    Please do not be discouraged by these things, Marilyn, because like I mentioned in my previous email, if you have a desire for the baptism of the holy Ghost, God already wanted you to have it before you even knew about it.  It is impossible for a person to desire the things of God without God first putting that desire in their heart to receive them.  So no, you are not in big trouble just because you haven’t received the Spirit and begun to speak in tongues yet.  God knows exactly what you need, and He will show you what you need to do to repent and obey.  Go with your feelings, and when you have sought God with your whole heart, you will receive the Spirit.  It may also encourage you to read about how others received the holy Ghost.  Go to:

    http://www.isaiah58.com/holyghostbaptism.html

    Also, I would recommend listening to pastor John’s audio teaching series called “What Must I Do to be Saved?”  It is on the GoingtoJesus.com web site under “Audio Teaching”.  

    Sorry this was a bit of a long response, but I hope this helps.  If you have any other questions or thoughts, please do not hesitate to contact me.  I will be praying for you.  Have a great day!

    With love in Christ,
    Vince

  • A Poem I Found

    Pastor John

    I thought I would share this poem I found in the 2010 calandar I bought for work. The feelings are very sweet  … God has been showing me lately how much he cares about me as well as the rest of his children. Last saturday night was so sweet to me, I felt like God was serenading us with all of the songs different ones were singing. I love my Jesus – he is so good to me (us). :0)

    Just think,
    You’re here not by chance,
    but by God’s choosing.
    His hand formed you
    and made you the person you are.
    He compares you to no one else- you are one of a kind.
    You lack nothing that His grace can’t give you.
    He has allowed you to be here
    at this time in history to fufill His special purpose for this generation.

    B.

  • Healing

     

    Dear Bro. John:

    I want to share something that the Lord taught me this past Thursday while listening to the Old Meeting CD in your office.  We can pray according to how we think we should but in our ignorance still be praying the wrong way until God sheds His light.  And He always does it in such a loving way that it makes the heart glad to bow to him.

    We were listening to the CD and coming to the end where your father was praying for others.  We all began to pray, too, and I was praying for those who I knew were sick and needed a touch from the Lord.  As I started to pray for the pain you have been having in your shoulders, I first was praying in the Spirit and then began to pray in English, “Lord, heal his shoulders.”  As soon as I said “his” shoulders, the Spirit corrected me and interpreted what I had just prayed in tongues and said, “MY shoulders”.  It felt so good and so right that I then prayed, “Yes, Lord, heal your shoulders of your servant so that he may do your work”.  What a settled peace came with that prayer!

    It was so good that when I shared it with you tonight after the meeting, you mentioned a certain scripture and I looked up when I came home.  It is in Matthew 8:17:

    “That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.”

    Matthew referenced Isaiah 53: 4-5

    “Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.”
    “But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.”

    Then I remembered a scripture that also says how the Spirit helps us because we don’t know what we should pray for.  It is in Romans 8:26:

    “Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.”

    After the Lord corrected my prayer, his words humbled me so, that it makes it seem prideful to even take credit that this body and these illnesses belong to us.  As the Lord told me years ago:  “You can’t give credit or take credit – – all the credit is mine!”  He is the Creator and we are the Creations.  So, maybe the prayer to pray for healing is not, “Lord, please heal my back” or “please heal my stomach”, but “Lord, please heal YOUR back” or “please heal YOUR stomach, so that YOUR servant may do YOUR work!”

    Jesus has healed us many times when our words may not have been completely correct, but that is because he is good and he knows that we need him for everything.  His tender love constantly reminds us who we are and who he is.  I love Hebrews 2: 9-10:

    “But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
    For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.”

    Sandy

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