{"id":4278,"date":"2014-02-12T17:44:53","date_gmt":"2014-02-12T17:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pjhmail.wordpress.com\/?p=4278"},"modified":"2014-02-12T17:44:53","modified_gmt":"2014-02-12T17:44:53","slug":"billys-dream-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/4278\/billys-dream-carolina\/","title":{"rendered":"Billy’s dream – Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning, Pastor John.<\/span><\/p>\n

In my dream I was giving a presentation on Mark\u00a012:30: \u201cAnd thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Brother Earl and you were sitting behind one of the white tables; there were others sitting there, too, but I didn’t recognize their faces.\u00a0 I knew they were some of us sitting around you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I began by saying, “There are four things that Jesus commanded us to do in this scripture.\u00a0 We are to love God 1) with all of our heart\u00a0 2) with all of our soul 3) with all of our mind.\u00a0 Then, I went on with my presentation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You stopped me and\u00a0reminded me (as you were smiling), “Billy, there are four”.\u00a0 And I replied, “Thank you, that’s right; Number 4) and with ALL thy strength.\u201d\u00a0 Then the power of God fell on us and I woke up.<\/span><\/p>\n

I went to my music room about\u00a05:00 AM, and started looking up all the scriptures on strength.\u00a0 There are many!\u00a0 But what was so fascinating to me, especially in Psalms, were the many scriptures David was using (there are too many to list), stating that his strength came from God and not of himself.\u00a0 Then I noticed that Job, Moses, Paul, and many other faithful wise men in the Bible, as well as today, know that any strength at all comes from God.\u00a0 Jesus even said that he could do nothing unless it comes from his Father.\u00a0 We know this, but it sure is wonderful when God allows you to feel it in your heart.<\/span><\/p>\n

I was playing Darren’s CD,\u00a0Going Home To Carolina<\/i>, when the that song started playing, while I was getting ready for work,\u00a0 “I’m Going Home To Carolina . . .Going Home to be with family and friends . . .”\u00a0 when all of a sudden, the Spirit fell (like it did in my dream), and I started speaking in tongues and praising God, while I was flossing my teeth — It can be done!\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 The Spirit spoke, “Carolina is a matter of the heart”.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wow! . . .\u00a0 I just yielded fully to what\u00a0I\u00a0just heard.\u00a0 You have taught us Over and over again that moving to NC is not what’s it’s all about, but that having fellowship in the light of the Spirit, no matter where you live, is the point.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Spirit started speaking to me, “You are already in Carolina, \u00a0Carolina is in you . . . It has been there since 2001, when I put it in you.”\u00a0 I couldn’t take it. \u00a0I had to fall down on my face and say, “Amen, God!\u00a0 It is; it has been; it is there — no one can take this away from me, God.”<\/span><\/p>\n

I am so thankful for the ones who have been able to move to NC,\u00a0and very happy for them, and I do pray that God will allow me to move there one day.\u00a0 Not to be in a different location, but to experience the daily fellowship of God with y’all. \u00a0If He does, then it will be such an added bonus and blessing . . .\u00a0 if He doesn’t, then Carolina is, and always will be, in my\u00a0heart, and I can be content with that.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hope all is well, and hope to see you soon.<\/span><\/p>\n

Billy\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Good morning, Pastor John. In my dream I was giving a presentation on Mark\u00a012:30: \u201cAnd thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.\u201d Brother Earl and you were sitting behind one of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-netmail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4278"}],"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=4278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4278\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}