Hi there,

I was writing in my journal tonight and I started going back and reading some of the earlier entries I have written this year.  What a year in Jesus this has been, so far!  Most days are the ordinary, “I woke up and went to work” kind of days, but there are so many sweet testimonies woven into those ordinary days.  I realized these ordinary days we are living are made extraordinary by the life of God that’s inside of us.  There is really nothing ordinary about our lives if we are walking in the Spirit!  It brought me to tears reading these journal entries!  Here is just one small example from January:

January 4:  I slept late!  Woke up and read my stories for the school year that begins next week and wrote my lesson plans.  After Ben and I narrowed down three paint color options for his new room, we went out to finish making deliveries from Ellen’s closet giveaways and out to eat at La Cocina in Mebane.  Then, we went to Lowe’s to purchase the paint.  We painted his room last night, and it turned out pretty!  But I didn’t get to bed until after 2 AM and woke up at 6 to go over for morning fire at Pastor John’s house.

Enjoyed working alongside Ben to paint his room while listening to and singing along with some beautiful music.  So thankful for our music.  One song by Darren that has the lines, “So many people have laughed and cried; so many people have lived and died, but they’ve never believed in me, the way that you believe.”  I told Ben that song has more meaning to me today than ever before.  I love that Jesus has given me a heart to believe and love the Truth.  It’s the same Truth that Paul taught!  What I call the “Jesus-is-enough gospel”.  Not many in this world believe that gospel, (Matthew 7:14: “How strait the gate and narrow the road that leads to life!  And few there be who find it”).  Most reject the holy Ghost baptism and add all kinds of ceremonies and dead forms to replace the life that Jesus is offering.  It’s so puzzling to me why they would do that, but it’s been that way from the very beginning of creation.  God offered Adam and Eve anything they wanted from that beautiful, lush garden; however, that wasn’t enough for them. They just had to add the fruit from that one, forbidden tree.  This human flesh can never be satisfied!!  What Jesus offers us from his rich, beautiful holy Ghost garden is all we need!  That’s Paul’s gospel.  That’s the road that leads to life! 

But I also had this sobering thought as I was listening and painting: “Everyone in Paul’s life forsook him before he died.”  And then I sincerely prayed, “Jesus, don’t let me ever forsake the Truth you’ve given to me.”  Amen!  Forsaking the Truth is forsaking Jesus.

This very first paragraph of my 2025 Journal explains why I decided to start writing a journal this year:

Happy New Year!  I don’t like New Year’s Resolutions because they never last; however, I am hoping to keep this one.  I want to remember all of the wonderful ways Jesus blessed me this year, and I am hoping someone else will be blessed and encouraged who happens to read this one day.  Most of my days are pretty ordinary, but that doesn’t mean Jesus isn’t working and watching and protecting.  

So far, I have 56 typewritten pages; 139 entries!  I am so glad these are not just pages filled with “blah, blah, blah”.  If we can see it, our ordinary, simple lives are a beautiful and extraordinary story of God.   

Amen!!  We are so blessed!!  

Lee Ann

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I love Lee Ann’s testimony!  When I read it, I can the hear the Spirit saying, “Live! It’s a brand new day in Jesus! Live!”  If we are growing in Jesus, all we have- every day- is “a mouth full of thank you!” to our wonderful Father, just as Sister Willie so often says. And that mouthful of thank you is also for every single person Jesus has so lovingly placed around us. Jesus is not afraid to mix things up for us! And if we make a mess, how he loves to heal us and make us whole and happy again! I love your testimony- (I may not have the words exactly right)- our Father lovingly saying, ‘Try to make a mess so big I can’t fix it.’

What a good Father!

Donna N.

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Aw!  I feel the same way Lee Ann. feels.  We don’t have ordinary days; we extraordinary days in Jesus! An extraordinary LIFE in Jesus!  From the non-happenings to the happenings, life in Jesus is a notch above the rest. And he has made us all beautiful stories of God.

Leeann’s email made me think of the feelings I was having yesterday about the lines from Darren’s song: “To fear the Lord is the way that is right. To give him glory and all honor with your LIFE.”  Every day is a new day with Jesus, and if we give him the glory and honor with our lives, we honor each other.

Life in Jesus can be pretty simple if we don’t add to it.  I love your saying: “Get right with God.  Stay right with God.  And you’ll be alright with God.”  That’s doable.

Amy B.

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Pastor John,

I was listening to Genesis 20 tonight, and it struck me what it really means when God instructs Abimelech to submit to Abraham and he “will pray for you so that you will live.”

The back story, in Genesis 20:2-7, is that Abimelech had taken (but not touched) Abraham’s wife, Sarah, but he had taken her only because Abraham lied to King Abimelech about the nature of his and Sarah’s relationship.  Abraham had told the king that Sarah was his sister, not his wife, and Sarah told the king the same, at Abraham’s request.  Everything about that situation, as it is described in the bible, says that Abraham was in the wrong.  Yet, God required King Abimelech to submit to Abraham for the preservation of his very life.

I then considered suffering Job and all his mockers, and how God scolded Job near the end of the story, challenging Job to defend himself for voicing a complaint as an insignificant human.  God put Job through the ringer, so to speak, knocking him down flat.  Then God told Job’s mockers to submit to Job, so that he might pray for them so THEY would live (excerpt below).

Job 42 

7. And it came to pass, after Jehovah spoke these words to Job, that Jehovah said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends, for you have not spoken what is right about me, as my servant Job has.
8. So, take now for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and you go to my servant Job, and offer them as a burnt offering for yourselves, and then Job, my servant, will intercede for you, for his face will I accept.  Otherwise, I will deal with your folly, for you have not spoken what is right about me, as my servant Job has.”

I then considered the Apostle Paul and how he murdered the saints of God in his zeal to rid the world of followers of Jesus.  But after Jesus touched Paul, God required all creation to submit to Paul’s gospel or spend eternity in the Lake of Fire mentioned in Revelation 20:14–15.

I then considered our own brother Paul, who, after God wiped his slate spotless, you asked to sit in the middle of the room so that anyone feeling they still had a concern with Paul could take it to Paul, and that “he and Jesus will help you with it.”  You then laughed and said, “That is just like God!” 

What that means is whoever God has forgiven is sinless. Whoever God has cleansed is spotless.  Whoever God has justified is perfect.  It means God’s majesty and glory make all things (all people) new, no matter what they have done in the past.  It means the washing away of sins that happens at one’s New Birth is the most glorious and important thing happening on earth when it comes.  It means when God shows up to restore a soul who has gotten off the path, that THAT is just as glorious as the new birth.  It means God is everything and that his touch makes all the difference, and it is all that we need, no matter the situation.  My, that is good!

What a glorious meeting in Jesus yesterday.

Jerry

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Hi Pastor John,

Today was wonderful!  I feel like the room levitated, and no words would appropriately express the feeling of joy and God’s love together. 

I was sitting here thinking about 1John 4:19 (“We love Him because He first loved us”) because God gave me this feeling/thought during Brother Billy’s testimony of all of us flying together under God’s wing of love and mercy.  That togetherness was emphasized in this thought/feeling.  Each testimony is our testimony, and we feel the feelings of them together!  Then it occurred to me how eternal God’s love is for us.  He first loved us, yes; but, it was love from the beginning of creation.  It’s not that He started loving us yesterday, or a few decades ago, or even the day we received the holy Spirit.  He knew our hearts and was waiting for us to get here to this earth, and most importantly, to be born into His kingdom. 

Then, I read 1John 4:16 (“We have known and have believed the love that God has for us.”), and the parallel struck me of what we have been taught recently about believing Jesus and then receiving a reward from diligently seeking him.  That verse in 1John says we not only believe the love of God, but we also have known it.  You cannot know it without believing it first, and then receiving the reward of love that God has for us by obeying Him.  Being a part of the family of God is eternal, and God’s love for us has always been eternal.  And, if we take care of each others’ hearts by obeying God, we will continue to be rewarded with even more unity and love together.  

Wendy

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Pastor John, 

I love the response that you gave this man. It is not a hard striving but just living in the Spirit this wonderful life that Jesus has given us. Your response felt so sweet and encouraging. We can make it! I can hear Jesus’ calming voice through your response, “Come on, come on!” He has much to show us and love to give us… through daily living and times when we are on our knees praying or reading the Bible. What a blessed opportunity to enjoy! 

Carrie

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Wow, this email touched me!

Having come to the Truth and Pastor John’s House later in life, I empathize with my brother!  I was fortunate that later in my adulthood, going with Jesus (or who I thought in error was Jesus) was always my first choice.  He knew my heart WAY before I knew Him.  It is great that our brother has reached out for prayer and advice!  Someday, I pray he feels the love of the body of Christ strong enough to be open to sharing openly with us. 

I want to share with my brother that, looking back, Jesus led me in letting go of the small things first (cigarettes, TV dramas and sitcoms), then He moved me to let go of larger things (bad relationships, self-hating ideas I carried); finally he blessed me with repentance/conviction and then blessed me with the Holy Ghost.  It was at that point that He started working with me on bigger things I needed to let go of – like my identity as a liberal, Black woman.  My suggestion to our brother would be to let Him work with you on the small things, like going off Facebook for a while.  Taking that small step can lead to taking on larger steps that He might require of you.

What a blessing that Jesus loves me so much that He didn’t stop working on me!  And, there it is; Jesus doesn’t stop working on us!  If we don’t give up on Him, He won’t give up on us!  My suggestion to our brother would be to call out to Jesus for help!  Call out to Jesus for strength!  Call out to Jesus for any and everything he thinks is needed to move through this spot he’s in – to get him “unstuck”.  Jesus is our hope; we are not hopeless if we have His life in us!

Much love is being sent to our brother. 

~Allison

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Hi, Pastor John;

It is always the little things that grow into the big things, if gone unchecked. I remember Ashley’s testimony many years ago when she was corrected for something.  With a lot of us, when we were corrected, we went completely to the far right or left.  Ashley said her correction was a very small correction and fine-tuning, a slight turn of the dial. 

When I was a student pilot, my instructor taught me the small corrections in the beginning of setting up the plane to land lead to small changes just prior to touchdown.  He said, “It’s a good landing when you can walk away, but it’s a better one when you can use the same plane the next day.”

Most of time all we need is to fine-tune ourselves. And as Ashley explained, it is easy and brings joy.

Billy M. 

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Wow,

I read this and was taken back because it sounded so much like me! I had to think hard if I wrote this or not…..

Even though I didn’t write it, the instruction you gave is perfect!!

I have thought for a long time that I don’t want to bother you with stuff concerning me or my family, because you have more important things to do! That I should be able to handle things.

I am thankful that we can come to you in matters like this and get guidance and that it is “small adjustments” like Billy said.

Steve

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Morning!

Thank you for sending the notes out from last night.  I took lots of notes last night!  It is so good, and I love how clear things are becoming with us.  When you went over one of the biggest things the Lord has shown us about how Christianity did not start with Christ, never was of God, not even from its inception, it made me think of Sister Donna’s testimony when she was first learning about Jesus.  The Spirit said to her, “Every way you think of me is filth before me.”  It was resonating in my heart how precious that word from the Lord was to her, and to us when He speaks.  He was not kidding.  It takes us a while to catch up to Him sometimes, but God means what He says.  He said, “EVERY WAY you think of me is filth before me.”  Donna has a degree in Christian Education and was a faithful Christian at the time, so the “way” was all the Christian thoughts she had about God and His Son.  When she started to follow Jesus, the voice that was talking to her brought her out of all those ways!  (Ha! I’m telling Donna’s testimony, but it is so good!)

What touched me so much about it last night was that we know how God feels about Christianity.  He’s been saying it to us, but when you take it in and believe it, it takes away a fear and intimidation and respect toward Christianity that doesn’t belong in the hearts of God’s children.  We can think the thoughts that God has toward a thing, and be free!  This last time going through the Iron Kingdom book 4: “The Synthesis”, really opened up my mind and heart to the nothingness of church religion.  The only thing in it that is good is God’s people, and the Spirit is calling them out of it!

That thought of knowing how God feels about Christianity is as precious as someone who has received the Holy Ghost outside of Christianity.  If you can receive God’s baptism outside of church religion, you don’t need it.  And many have!  What Jesus does is sufficient. That’s what he says about his baptism!  If the other way of baptism is “filth before him”, it’s not his baptism.  What other things have we learned that we can do without from Christianity?!  You can apply it to any of the truths of God we have learned.  When Jesus makes it plain, it just is!  Like you said, and have said many times before, it’s not our fault what Jesus has shown us, but thank the Lord he did!  He had mercy on us.

Whew, we have been on a journey, “working the road” as you said last night.  Jesus is really trying to get through to us and to his people everywhere to go beyond just “believing that Jesus is Lord”.  You said last night, “You don’t have to repent to believe God – demons believe.  Jesus said, He that comes to God must believe, [first] that He is, and that He is a Rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.  You seek him because you believe He is there.  But, believing is not the reward Jesus gives.  If you diligently seek him, you will go beyond seeking!”  And that is where God’s Spirit, the Holy Ghost, which His Son died for us to have,  is…..that’s what comes next – the reward.

I sure wish God’s people, our brothers and sisters, would believe that, and take it into their hearts.  Do the research.  Find out the history of their religion.  Care enough about your own soul to do it.  The answers are there waiting.  Like you said last night, “You are betting your life on whatever it is that you believe.”  It’s worth finding out.  And there is some really good things to be discovered!  Jesus IS exciting.

I could go on and on, but I just want to say how thankful I am to know the truths of God and see them the way God sees them.  Without Him showing us, we wouldn’t know anything.  Like Sister Willie said last night, “I am out of Christianity as much as I know, but if there is anything still there, I want it out!  I want no part of that.”

Here is sister Donna’s testimony if anyone would like to hear it.  I listened to it this morning.  Wonderful! 🙂

 

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Pastor John,

I want to thank Leann for taking the time to transcribe the Malachi study.  I had a wonderful time reading it this morning.  Here are my highlights from this mornings reading:

The strength that’s required to preach the gospel is greater than the strength required to heal the sick!

If you ever hear a man of God declaring the council of God under this New Testament, you’re witnessing a man doing something that man cannot do – if it’s the real gospel – because the flesh is afraid of it. The nature of man can’t bear it!  If any men could have born it, it would have been Jesus’ disciples, who had already performed miracles themselves and been with him three years or more.

If there were any human beings that were going to be able to bear things from God without having the holy Ghost, they would have.  They couldn’t.

Because this is a new covenant, it requires a new spirit inside you to bear it.  It’s so foreign to the flesh.  It’s so in opposition to the flesh.  It’s so unsavory to your human nature that you have to be delivered from your nature to even want it!  That’s this new covenant!  That’s what the Son of God came to do.  To give you a nature where he could tell you things that the flesh cannot receive!

The flesh opposes this covenant because life in this covenant is not of the flesh. It leaves man out of it!

My father used to say often, “Everything Jesus commanded his disciples to do, they couldn’t do”.  You name it.  What did he tell them to do?  “Go heal the sick.” They couldn’t do it.  He had to anoint them with power and send them out, saying in effect, “Carry this with you and you can do it.”

What’s the difference between Paul taking a handkerchief and sending it to heal somebody and Jesus using a human being and doing it?  Anything carrying the anointing of God can do it!

Jesus could have anointed a rock and thrown it at somebody and healed him!  That doesn’t make that rock alive!  That rock can’t hear the hidden wisdom of God and live in the Spirit.  But there’s even more to it than that.  You haven’t thought about this yet.

It is as impossible to hear and receive and love the word of God in this New Testament as it is to preach it. You have to be made a different creature to hear it. To take it in. You have to be anointed to hear the word of God  This isn’t human life we are experiencing here!

Thank God He made us “different creatures”, John, so we can take this in and hear it.  I was encouraged and made thankful by reading this.  I appreciate LeeAnn taking the time to transcribe it!

Gary

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Going to Jesus.com – Malachi: prophet to an apostate nation 

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Pastor John,

I just finished transcribing Part 1 of your message on Malachi from our Youtube channel. ( Malachi 1:1-11 (Part 1 v.1-6))These are your own words and they are soul stirring!  This whole message was you “declaring the council of God” and I was witnessing something that man cannot do!  Thank God he has given us a new nature that can receive these wonderful things we’ve been reading and hearing.  They are not from this world!

If you ever hear a man of God declaring the council of God under this New Testament, you’re witnessing a man doing something that man cannot do!  If it’s the real gospel. Because the flesh is afraid of it.  The nature of man can’t bear it!  If any men could have born it, it would have been Jesus’ disciples who had already performed miracles themselves and been with him three years or more.  If there were any human beings that were going to be able to bear things from God without having the holy Ghost, they would have.  They couldn’t.  Because this is a new covenant that requires a new spirit inside you to bear it.   It’s so foreign to the flesh.  It’s so in opposition to the flesh.  It’s so unsavory to your nature, that you have to be delivered from your nature to even want it! That’s this new covenant!  That’s what the Son of God came to do.  To give you a nature where he could tell you things that the flesh cannot receive!  The flesh opposes this covenant, because life in this covenant is not of the flesh.  It leaves man out of it!  

Amen!

Lee Ann

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John,

This morning I was thinking about your message from this past Wednesday night.  Specifically, when you said, “Jesus says, ‘Will you know me? I know you!’” God Knows You, Will You Know Him? | John D. Clark, Sr.

I watched that part of the meeting again and started having thoughts of Jesus repeating that same question in many different ways.  You mentioned some of these already but I had a good time listing a few other ways Jesus may ask us to get to know him.  I’m sure there are many more.

Tom

  “Jesus says, Will you know me?

I know you.”

  “Will you know my thoughts?

I want to hear your thoughts.”

  “Will you know my feelings?

I know yours.”

  “Will you open your door when I knock?

My door is always open to you.”

  “Will you sup with me?

I long to sup with you.”

  “Will you drink with me?

Come! ‘… I (will) drink  it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.’”

  “Will you follow me?

I have been following you from your beginning.”

  “Will you let me wash your feet?

I long to humble myself and wash your feet.”

  “Will you talk to me?  Will you tell me your heart’s hidden secrets?

I want to hear them.  I want to share what is in my heart with you.”

  “Will you spend time with me?

I want to spend time with you.”

  “Will you let go of that ‘one thing’ you lack?

I know how happy you will be if you do.”

  “Will you let me make you happy and free?

To know me is to love me.” 

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