{"id":9888,"date":"2017-10-05T12:52:29","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T12:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pjhmail.wordpress.com\/?p=9888"},"modified":"2017-10-05T12:52:29","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T12:52:29","slug":"good-testimony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/9888\/good-testimony\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Testimony"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi Bro John,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I really enjoyed Rob’s testimony last night about his two choices the doctor gave him about his ear. \u200b \u200bOne was to apply the cancer cream and the second was to have surgery which required being cut on and then recovery time. \u200b \u200bRob went with his doctor’s first choice if it were him (the doctor) making the decision.<\/span><\/p>\n

I know he was talking about a physical thing, but I thought about it in a spiritual way too.<\/span><\/p>\n

It makes me think this could be how Jesus talks to us sometimes. \u200b \u200bWhen he shows us something about ourselves that needs fixing or changing, we have a choice to make. \u200b \u200bMany times, we can hear godly sermons, songs and testimonies that seem to speak directly to us.\u200b \u200b If we can take in that godly wisdom and instruction, apply the “healing cream”, we might discover that was all that was needed to take care of the problem.\u200b \u200b On the other hand, we can just hear what came to us as mere words or maybe think those were words for someone else, do nothing when the help is offered,\u200b and then have to be cut on. \u200b \u200bThat kind of spiritual surgery can be tough,\u200b even though we realize it’s for our good\u200b,\u200b and it’s much better to be cut on than cut off. <\/span><\/p>\n

It reminds me of the song you sang recently, “Let Have His Way With Thee”. \u200b \u200bThe \u200bchorus goes like this: “His pow’r can make you what you ought to be; His blood can cleanse your heart and make you free; His love can fill your soul, and you will see, ’twas best for Him to have His way with thee.”<\/span><\/p>\n

When listening to the words, I usually hear this: “His love can fill your soul and you will see ‘Twas best for Him to have had His way with thee.” \u200b \u200bMeaning, his way is many times an easier way,\u200b but we make it harder when we refuse to take that easier way when it was first offered. <\/span><\/p>\n

Oh my, how many times have I done that in my life time.\u200b \u200b It makes me want to tell Jesus all over again how sorry I am that I did not go with his first choice for me. <\/span><\/p>\n

Hope your day has been a very good one.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sheila<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi Bro John,\u00a0 I really enjoyed Rob’s testimony last night about his two choices the doctor gave him about his ear. \u200b \u200bOne was to apply the cancer cream and the second was to have surgery which required being cut on and then recovery time. \u200b \u200bRob went with his doctor’s first choice if it […]<\/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-9888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-netmail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9888"}],"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=9888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9888\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}