{"id":10948,"date":"2020-02-02T20:40:24","date_gmt":"2020-02-02T20:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pjhmail.wordpress.com\/?p=10948"},"modified":"2020-02-02T20:40:24","modified_gmt":"2020-02-02T20:40:24","slug":"the-beauty-of-holiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/10948\/the-beauty-of-holiness\/","title":{"rendered":"The Beauty of Holiness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">John,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">I loved today\u2019s meeting. There were so many good feelings, one would have to be dead not to have felt the life in them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">When Darren was singing his song about things that men consider holy, such as crosses, clothing for worship, ceremonies, holy looks, etc., I had this thought: Psalm 96:9 says, \u201cO worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before Him, all the earth.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">The thought I had was that beauty is the effect of what\u2019s truly holy. When I saw the ladies dancing in the Spirit today, I thought how beautiful they were because what is inside of them is holy. The beauty of their dance was the effect. Amy French\u2019s testimony was beautiful because of the effect of what is holy living in her. All the songs today were beautiful because of the effect of what is holy. Brother Coy\u2019s faith and excitement for the truth is the effect of that holy thing living in him. I could go on and on. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">The difference between what men call holy and what is truly holy is that what is truly holy is not only beautiful, but alive. (Crosses are neither beautiful nor alive, not even gold ones.) <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">I know these thoughts are not new. You have taught them to us many times. I just felt like I wanted to express what I was thinking and feeling during the meeting today. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Tom<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">==========<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Good morning Pastor John,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">I LOVED the meetings this weekend! The music, the testimonies, your message, the feelings&#8230;it was all wonderful!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Last night I went to bed and began to pray for different ones. My prayer started, Jesus please help&#8230; then a praise just burst out. My prayer became, Oh Jesus thank you! Thank you for helping us. Thank you for hearing our prayers, thank you for loving us! I woke up this morning just saturated feeling the goodness of God. I&#8217;m so thankful we serve a living God! A God who hears us, loves us, helps us and who is always near! Whatever we&#8217;re going through he is our answer, he is our help! He is our burden lifter&#8230; and I&#8217;m feeling light as a feather! I praise God from the bottom of my heart for us and our life together!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Michelle<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John, I loved today\u2019s meeting. There were so many good feelings, one would have to be dead not to have felt the life in them. 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