{"id":15550,"date":"2025-04-15T19:28:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T00:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/?p=15550"},"modified":"2025-04-15T19:30:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T00:30:41","slug":"why-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/15550\/why-not\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Not?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pastor John,<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh my!\u00a0 Ben and I watched the YouTube video, \u201cReal Life in the Spirit\u201d, (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bG2Lj3A01R8<\/a><\/span>)<\/span><\/p>\n

together last night, and the Spirit fell on us and we were both speaking in tongues and asking Jesus for that \u201chigher calling\u201c that he wants us to have!!\u00a0 It was an invitation from Jesus there at the end when you quoted Paul saying,<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI press forward to the high calling,\u201d<\/em><\/span> and then you asked us, \u00a0\u201cThe high calling!\u00a0 Why not?? Why not, if it\u2019s real?!!\u00a0\u00a0Why not kick off the chains and run to Jesus and receive what he\u2019s been begging you to have all this long time??\u00a0 Why not??\u00a0\u00a0It\u2019s yours!\u00a0 It belongs to you!\u00a0 If you can answer \u2018why not?\u2019 you know what to repent of!\u00a0\u00a0You know what to change.\u00a0 What to run away from.\u00a0 You know what to avoid!\u00a0 What do you have that\u2019s better?\u00a0 What do you have that you want more?\u00a0 What is that thing you\u2019re hiding in your heart?\u00a0 Why not have liberty?\u00a0 Why not have perfect peace with God?\u00a0\u00a0Why not know Him?\u00a0 Why not be free?\u00a0\u00a0He knows it\u2019s there.\u00a0 He just wants to hear you say \u2018why not?\u00a0 What\u2019s better than fellowship with the Father and the Son?\u00a0 What\u2019s better than living free and clean and happy in the holy Ghost. Why not?\u00a0 It\u2019s freely offered.\u00a0\u00a0Jesus received it freely and he freely gives.\u00a0 Why not? when it\u2019s being poured out from heaven.\u00a0 Will anybody drink this?\u00a0\u00a0Anybody want this ice cream?\u00a0\u00a0Why not love the truth?\u00a0 What\u2019s it gonna do for you?\u00a0\u00a0Is the ritual better?\u00a0\u00a0Is the ceremony sweeter than this?\u00a0\u00a0Oh God!\u00a0 How foolish the flesh is!\u00a0\u00a0Oh, why not?\u00a0 I\u2019ve been praying for you that you receive this blessing because I think you deserve it.\u00a0\u00a0You sweet people.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been talking to Jesus about you, and he wants to be more real to you than ever in your life!\u00a0\u00a0I love you!\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Amen! Amen!!<\/span><\/p>\n

And I love when you said this pearl, \u201cI don\u2019t need a ritual, I just need more of the power of God!\u201d \u00a0Amen!!\u00a0 That\u2019s all we need! “<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Whew!\u00a0 I feel it all over again, just typing the words this morning!\u00a0 It\u2019s real and it\u2019s available to us, if we want it!!\u00a0\u00a0Why not?!!<\/span><\/p>\n

Lee Ann\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Tell us what you think:<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/x.com\/WitnessofSpirit\/status\/1912302401563881908<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Pastor John, Oh my!\u00a0 Ben and I watched the YouTube video, \u201cReal Life in the Spirit\u201d, (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bG2Lj3A01R8) together last night, and the Spirit fell on us and we were both speaking in tongues and asking Jesus for that \u201chigher calling\u201c that he wants us to have!!\u00a0 It was an invitation from Jesus there at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-netmail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15550"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15550"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15552,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15550\/revisions\/15552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}