{"id":6213,"date":"2015-09-18T01:18:15","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T01:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pjhmail.wordpress.com\/?p=6213"},"modified":"2015-09-18T01:18:15","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T01:18:15","slug":"thought-for-today-on-the-salvation-of-god-from-a-sermon-from-june-1997","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/6213\/thought-for-today-on-the-salvation-of-god-from-a-sermon-from-june-1997\/","title":{"rendered":"Thought for Today on the Salvation of God from a Sermon from June 1997*"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

This \u200bThought for Today \u200bis so good! I started reading again \u200bt\u200bhe Suffering and the Saints<\/span> <\/a>book, and this goes so very well with your introduction. I have been thinking and praying a\u200b \u200blot on “being prepared, and ready” for God to visit us. To me, I have been having the thought, being prepared is \u200bbeing \u200bready to be healed, or rather leaving sicknesses behind, ready to have your tears wiped away (having your mind on Christ), or like Sister Willie said \u200bWednesday night to,\u200b “wear this world like a loose garment” (having no worldly cares). \u200bIt’s God bringing us closer to Him in perfection; the more perfect we become\u200b,\u200b the more we will be like Jesus, pleasing to the Father. I believe the Father likes the way His Son looks and feels.<\/span><\/p>\n

When you said last night, “When God visits, he’ll bring fire with him\u200b,” \u200bthat\u2019s a fearful thought, but there is hope in that because we know the Father and His Son love us dearly; all \u200bthat \u200bJesus wants to do is burn the ropes that bind us like he did \u200bfor \u200bDaniel\u200b’s three friends\u200b. Nebuchadnezzar’s servants even heated the furnace hotter\u200b than normal\u200b, but it doesn’t matter what men can do anyway, and all that\u200b’\u200bs going to burn\u200b are \u200bthe things that bind us. Look at what effect it had on a kingdom when the King saw Daniel\u200b’s friends\u200b loose and walking in the midst\u200b of the flames! The whole kingdom was told to worship the God of Daniel.<\/span><\/p>\n

If we have dross, it’ll be raked aside. What a wonderful thought\u200b!\u200b \u200b Thai is, to be cleaner and more perfect in Jesus’ eyes.\u200b \u200b There is peace, joy, and love (like Donna’s song said Wednesday night).\u200b T\u200bhe more the dross is out of our hearts and minds, the more we look \u200bat and act on what Jesus is doing and not on what Jesus did like the\u00a0Pearl for Thursday September 17, 2015\u00a0\u00a0says: “We’re not supposed to do what Jesus did; we’re supposed to be doing what he does.”<\/span><\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n

I am so excited today for my life! I enjoyed to the fullest watching Laura\u200b be blessed.\u200b \u200b I love\u200bd\u200b seeing V\u200benus’\u200b joy\u200b. \u200b I loved watching my wife feel the power of God. \u200b \u200bOh my\u200b!\u200b \u200bCan we be prepared to feel more of his love and power\u200b?\u200b I pray,\u200b \u200b”Jesus, what must I do to be saved\u200b?”\u200b There is even joy is asking God this question.<\/span><\/p>\n

We are coming up on something good in God\u200b. W\u200bhat ever He does or how\u200bever\u200b he visits will be good for the body as a whole. \u200b \u200bGod, let me prepare my house.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

*This specific Thought for\u00a0Today (TFT) is not available on line.\u00a0\u00a0For a complete list of TFTs that are available on line click on the link below:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/goingtojesus.com\/site\/php\/thoughts.php?tname=tfm09-20<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Hi Pastor John, This \u200bThought for Today \u200bis so good! I started reading again \u200bt\u200bhe Suffering and the Saints book, and this goes so very well with your introduction. I have been thinking and praying a\u200b \u200blot on “being prepared, and ready” for God to visit us. To me, I have been having the thought, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-netmail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6213"}],"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=6213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6213\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}