{"id":6680,"date":"2016-01-12T20:55:11","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T20:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pjhmail.wordpress.com\/?p=6680"},"modified":"2016-01-12T20:55:11","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T20:55:11","slug":"woke-up-this-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/6680\/woke-up-this-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"Woke Up this Morning!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I woke up this morning with this thought: “\u200bW\u200brite down the 10 signs that things are going well with your soul.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Ok. I’m sure there are 100\u200b’\u200bs, but here’s my 10!<\/span><\/p>\n

Gary<\/span><\/p>\n

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10 Signs That Things Are Going Well With Your Soul<\/span><\/p>\n

1) You love the Holy Ghost.<\/span><\/p>\n

You just love it. You love speaking in tongues\u200b.\u200b\u00a0 You love seeing people touched by it and under its influence.\u00a0 You love hearing people tell of their experiences with it. You love it because it is God’s life and you appreciate knowing that no one is right without it.<\/span><\/p>\n

2)\u00a0\u00a0 You have a testimony, and love to tell it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Every little thing God says or does to you is important, and you love telling about it because it’s not you, it’s God. \u200b \u200bYou love telling what God has done, and you love feeling the Spirit on you when you tell it. \u200b \u200bYou love giving your testimony because you know your testimony will overcome the flesh and the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

3)\u00a0\u00a0 You are a person of praise.<\/span><\/p>\n

You love praising God, because you love Him. It’s not something you think about, you just raise your hands and give God glory and praise, and you love the feelings that come with it. You love singing, shouting, crying, and speaking His praises, because he is God. He is holy.\u00a0 He has forgiven you and changed you, and made you a child of God, and that is something to praise Him for with all of your heart.\u00a0 Anything that keeps you from it has got to go.<\/span><\/p>\n

4)\u00a0 You love the things of the Spirit.<\/span><\/p>\n

You love everything that has the anointed touch of Jesus on it. Whether it is the writings, the music, the testimonies, or anything else that has the mark of the Spirit on it. You devour these things day in and day out, because they nourish your soul.<\/span><\/p>\n

5)\u00a0 You love the man of God.<\/span><\/p>\n

You love and appreciate the man of God, because you recognize God’s hand on him. He is worthy of double honor.\u00a0 You love hearing his voice, You love seeing his face. You know that things could be very different without him.\u00a0 You love watching the Holy Ghost move through him and use him.\u00a0 When nobody has an answer, the man of God does, and you recognize the voice of your shepherd when it speaks.<\/span><\/p>\n

6)\u00a0 You are a servant to God’s children, and others.<\/span><\/p>\n

You are a servant to others, because life is no longer about you. You love serving God’s children, because they belong to your Father and they are valuable – worth your time and investment. You can’t do things without trying to involve others somehow, and be a blessing to them. It’s just no fun alone, and besides that, we can’t do it alone. Not even the Father wanted that…. so he created a Son.<\/span><\/p>\n

7)\u00a0 Everything about the son of God thrills you.<\/span><\/p>\n

When you hear the name of Jesus your ears perk up. There’s just something about that name that is precious to you. You love reading about him in the Bible and seeing him revealed. You love talking to him. You love feeling his love for you.\u00a0\u00a0 You pray to him, and you await his return, because you want to be with him forever. It’s Jesus.<\/span><\/p>\n

8)\u00a0 You are being persecuted simply because of your love of truth.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you’re living numbers one through seven above, then somewhere, someone will be against you, speak against you, or just be plain cruel. Usually it’s close to home, from your own biological family or friends or work-mates. \u00a0And it hurts.\u00a0 Your love for God and truth confuses people. The only way to make it stop is to be silent, and cover the light. \u200b \u200bSo pray that you never do, and pray for a heart to say as Jesus did, “father forgive them they know not what they’re doing.”<\/span><\/p>\n

9)\u00a0 You don’t want your own opinion about anything.<\/span><\/p>\n

When you are crucified, what you want doesn’t amount to much. \u200b \u200bWe have been crucified with Christ, and can say, “not my will, but yours be done.” You are constantly being delivered from your own opinions.\u00a0 Be delivered and believe God. Whatever he says about anything is all yoi want.<\/span><\/p>\n

10) You Love the Holy Ghost.<\/span><\/p>\n

God is in heaven. Jesus is there beside him. But the Holy Ghost is here now, and it’s the only thing that makes our worship to God acceptable.\u00a0 So it bears repeating. Love this Holy Ghost.\u200b \u200b They that are led by the Spirit are the children of God. Love the Holy Ghost. \u200b \u200bWhenever anything else takes precedent, God’s children have always fallen from truth, and grown distant to the God they were destined to be with forever. Love the Holy Ghost.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I woke up this morning with this thought: “\u200bW\u200brite down the 10 signs that things are going well with your soul.” Ok. I’m sure there are 100\u200b’\u200bs, but here’s my 10! Gary   10 Signs That Things Are Going Well With Your Soul 1) You love the Holy Ghost. You just love it. You love […]<\/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-6680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-netmail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6680"}],"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=6680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6680\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}