Mar 2
Let There be Light II
So the shift has now happened in this Journey you began with me. To refresh your memory, the shift is this: up to this place every piece of furniture you have stopped at has removed something from you. Granted, those things had to be removed for you to continue – so that removal was very good for you. But, from here on, God wants to start adding things to you. For that to happen, you have to be prepared to be a container that does not leak out that which is placed in it.
The first substance that is being added to you is a greater measure of Oil, which is the Holy Spirit. Again, Jesus had a measure of the Spirit when He was baptized, but had a greater measure when he returned from the wilderness. Dark Nights of the Soul are the times when you are filled with oil. Too often you want to run and find what you should be doing, when what you should be doing is being “Still.” Again, it is hard to fill a moving container. It is Dark so you can’t see as well, and when you can’t see so well, you should slow down.
Okay, on to the other four Secret Keys.
A FOURTH SECRET KEY
The fourth Secret Key is in the discovery that the same pattern of oil, light, and ignition, happened at Pentecost. The disciples were still, waiting, and being filled with oil, for ten days. On the day of Pentecost, when they were of “one accord” or full of oil, a violent wind – just as at the moment of creation - swept into the room and God set a flame over each person’s head. They were individually ignited, empowered, and the creation of the Church began. Once again we hear God say, “Let there be Light.”
A FIFTH SECRET KEY
The fifth Secret Key is that you will find this same pattern in the conception of Jesus. The Angel tells Mary, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you [oil], and the power [flame] of the Highest will overshadow you.” The result was the conception of Jesus. Once again God said, “Let there be light.”
A SIXTH KEY
The sixth Secret Key is found in how Jesus begins His ministry. The Oil or Holy Spirit comes on Him at His baptism and immediately leads Jesus into the wilderness for forty days. At the conclusion of the forty days of fasting without water or food, the evil one comes to tempt Jesus in three ways. In the same three ways he tempted Eve.
EVE’S TEMPTATION
• Lust of the Flesh – Good for food
• Lust of the Eyes – Pleasing to the eye
• Pride of Life – Desirable to make one wise.
JESUS’ TEMPTATION
• Lust of the Flesh – “turn these stones into bread.”
• Lust of the Eyes – “all these kingdoms are yours if you will bow and worship me.”
• Pride of Life – “cast yourself off this cliff and the angels will catch you.”
(NOTE – everyone must pass these three tests to continue the journey)
After Jesus refuses Satan’s temptations, Scripture states, “Then Jesus returned in the ‘power of the Spirit.” The Greek word for power is dunamis. It is the root word we get the word dynamite from – it is the explosive flame or fire. In other words, Jesus transitioned from being filled with oil to the oil being on fire. Thus the oil of the Spirit had been ignited. Once again God said, “Let there be Light.”
A SEVENTH SECRET KEY - YOU
So, here you stand before the Light of the Lampstand. The Holy Spirit (Oil) is seeping into each one of your cracks and healing, rubbing, and sealing each one. He is brooding, or hovering over you, just as He did the Earth. He is preparing you to receive the Oil of His presence. This Oil is the Oil of God’s Pure Spirit. You need oil, but it takes more than oil to produce a flame. It takes air and a spark of ignition, and it takes you, the container. (If you haven’t read my postings on True, Pure, Spirituality, you may want to do so)
What is the Seventh Key? It is You. From before the foundation of the world, God has been planning this moment. He has determined exactly when you would be born so you would have the greatest impact.
Some of us have more cracks than others, but there are no cracks that the Spirit of God cannot rub out. Passionate and persistent pursuit of God will be rewarded. This flame will happen if you do not pull the plug and drain the oil. It will happen if you do not quit. God will supply the Oil, the Air (wind) and the spark – you must supply you.
Perhaps you are beginning to understand that a major emphasis of the Lampstand is the enduement of Spirit and Light. The result is greater Power from Heaven flowing through you. But remember this, only God can send the spark that ignites and creates the flame. When we try to start the flame it is called “Strange Fire,” and the result of that is always tragic.
My goal is to help you get to a place where you can hear God say, “Let there be Light!”
Blessings,
John Paul
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These are true sayings: let us continue in fellowship all over the earth Ephesians 4:13 and Proverbs 17-18: The One who is Eternal is the Life, Light, and Sustainer of Men/all things…John, the Immerser and John, the beloved gave us a glimpse of the eternity of HIM whose face is Eternity and blessed “mankind” with life in his blood. The Word revealing the heart and mind of God became one of us HIS Life: in warning us as well that Matthew 6:22-23 Luke 11:35-I John 5:19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life…abide in HIM for mercy, compassion GALATIANS 5:22-23 as we soak in HIS PRESENCE….Blessing to all of you dear brother and sisters with much love!
John Paul,
Thank-you! I commit to being “still”(so help me Lord!)that I may hear the Lord say, “Let there be Light!”
For some reason, I keep feeling to respond to each posting. It really isn’t like me to respond this much. One thing that I am very aware of is that I am not able to start the flame. And I do not believe in working up the Spirit either. I have seen people that think that they can make something happen by working up the Spirit. God has shown me over and over again that he moves when he chooses to and how he chooses to. So, I am just going along with the Spirit and whatever the Spirit leads me to. It is all up to him and I have just surrendered myself to his will. I surrender all to him, all for him.
Many Blessings
The word for me today is, “Thrive instead of Survive.” It’s coming. I can actually thrive in this economy because God isn’t subjected to the power’s of this world, therefore, neither am I. God is taking things out of me and making room for much bigger stuff. Thank you for this blog, I never thought it could have this much of an impact on me. Still enjoying communion with God everyday, and watching the clouds fade away.
After Jesus refuses Satan’s temptations, then he returned in the power of the Holy Spirit!
That’s what is happening to me now, I’m in the wilderness and the Holy Spirit is filling me more and more. I’m seeing how the enemy is trying to trip me up with seeing people wrong or trying to keep my heart from forgiving. So, what your sharing gives me an awareness of how the enemy works on me in personal level and how the Holy Spirit does too. I’m not pulling the plug and letting any of the oil pour out because I’m beginning now to see in scripture what Jesus is up to.
Like many others, I have been captivated by Light for some years.
The infinite nature of Light.
This is timely, good.
Thanks
I have such a hard time with the holding “still” part. I’m always tripping myself up by needing to “do” something. I get so frustrated with myself if I don’t know what my part is and what God’s part is. Holding still is harder than I ever thought it would be.
This is such powerful teaching, I can’t begin to tell you how timely this is. Like apples of gold, in settings of silver. I read the one before this and now have them all printed up from back when you began in January 2008 to now. Thank you for teaching the Word with power. I am grateful for this season of preparation and pray to remain “still” as long as necessary. I pray to become all God wants me to be by the power of the Holy Spirit for His Glory. For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:10
In the ‘Silence and the Quiet’ … in the ‘Stillness’ …. in the ‘Secret Place’ …. that is were I want to be!!
Blessings
“he moves when he chooses to and how he chooses to”, wrote Wendy.
Waiting, day after day, with arms open wide, until he does this, is a discipline. Stopping complaining about the “no show” to the level I crave, and just doing this, is best. The sense of anticipation may not be there because God will second-guess me, but there are promises given from a faithful one who says wait on Him.
New Wine
First chapter of genesis we see our father creating! GOD! In chapter 2 we see our Lord Jesus making! The Lord GOD! All things were made by him. Gen 1;27 The whole creation is going on in the imagination of God. He is writing a book. Jesus forms man from the dust of the ground. Not dirt, only dust. They have no skin yet. The tree of Life is Jesus. The tree of knowledge of good and evil is Satan. The fruit was Satan’s lie, “You shall not surely die.”Gen. Ch. 3 Satan confuses the woman-child by first saying, “Yea”, causing her to look up with a blank mind. After the question, “Did God say, “You shall not eat, Eve says, “We may eat”. Satan says, “BUT” and starts adding LIES! After she swallowed the lie and gave the lie to her husband, their eyes were opened and they knew they were naked. They didn’t take fig leaves and sew them together to cover their private parts, they tied leaves together and made an apron to cover their whole self and to hide amongst the trees thinking they were hidden. The garden, which is in heaven, they had to leave. There was no blood sacrifice, he covered them with an epidermis so they could function on earth. And in sorrow they would toil because there could be no forgiveness unless you are sorry. They knew nothing about loving God until God gave His Son. Then they would know what Love is. There is not one single thing that our Father does that is not motivated by pure Love.
for one to understand ,Waiting on the Lord you need only look at what a waiter does! He looks only at the one he is waiting on , then serves. That is serving the LOrd. Also be more ready to hear. There is much more to to scriptures then meet the eye . It is a Spirit speaking so you can only read with your spirit. Slowly read and dont forget in words there is fluctuations. For instance The Lord did not make a help meet for Adam,He made a help,
which was meet for Adam! I am a witness that new wine is being poured out at this time, and it is for any who will sit with purpose at the feet of Our Lord Jesus. Come and drink Freely
OK, John Paul, Wow! I have been coming back and forth to this particular post and going back to the other posts that you have written throughout the year just to see the progression and where we are going with this.
Up until now each time that I reread this particular blog entry, I wasn’t particularly sure how to respond and how it applied to me. However, each time I revisited and reread this particular blog entry, there was always a different impression within my spirit regarding a few points that you have made.
I believe that in this period of my life, when I am called to be still before the Lord, I am encountering a particular battle in my inmost being and it seems to conflict with “what I ought to be doing “RIGHT NOW” in my life, in my career focus, and in my ministry focus or are they the same? As I am trying to be still before the Lord in sorting all of this out, I find that my financial reality is telling me to do otherwise like write a life time resume in order to get a better job and get something that can involve my skills and what I actually went to school for instead of sitting on it collecting dust at the feet of Jesus. My God, I am almost 50 and what significant thing have I done in my life up until now besides struggle with my not so good choices and finally succeeding through these difficult situations that I have been faced with by the hand and wisdom of almighty God.
When is this complacency going to end. Is this the place of illusion and delusion where I have underestimated my talents and lived in most of my adult life ?
It’s easy to volunteer in my own ministry outreach and not have to deal with what I think that I am worth in a world of conflicting ideas and opinions where others have to evaluate my qualifications or expectations of my educational and life endeavors often from a limited perspective in order to move forward in what I feel the Lord is calling me too. In this does God want me to be at the mercy of others in this evaluation or does He simply want me to just trust Him in the waiting on this. Does God want me to put my life on the limb, to continue to take these risks, or am I the one that has this subconscious desire to be a risk taker regarding stepping out into the deep or just simply do minimal and be happy about it? Something tells me no, I’ll never be happy or content until I do what it is I am suppose to be doing whatever it is. Oh, God please make my way known to me and may your way become my way in this time of being still before you (lol).
Stillness, just what is that really, when you are a human being living in this busy life in this particular space in time and eternity.
This blog entry has left me with many questions concerning, “the what” have I done with my life, up until now, here are just a few of my questions, as I am trying to be still before the Lord:
1. Have I done everything that God wants to me to do up until now?
2. Did I leave anything out?
3. If I did leave anything out what do I need to do to get back on track?
4. Am I way off the charts with what God wants me to do in the here and now whatever that is, now that my children are grown and out of the house;
5. Am I deceiving myself with my own expectations in relation to other peoples expectations of my qualifications?
6. Up until now were my expectations to low and are they too high for the future in accordance to what I think the Lord wants me to do at this time of my life?
There is a lot here to think about and pray about in this time of transition and preparation regarding the next thing that God wants me to do. Please pray for me that i don’t miss the train on this one. Forgive me, for the longevity of this post. Have a nice day, John Paul!
Blessing To You!
Shirley C.
To feel the presence of the Lord is wonderful, but if we don’t feel his presence, is he not still present? It is profitable for us if Our Lord withdraws the feeling of his presence that we may exercise that our faith may grow strong! Who can believe God without one single feeling of comfort? This will separate the men from the boys! Though He slay me yet will I trust Him! I will, I will, I will ! this is the fight!
Consider, not all of the thoughts that go through our head are ours! Many arrows are projected by the LIAR. The word LIAR is used, 666 times in the Bible, only by knowing the truth can we recognize the lie. The way the authorities spot counterfit money is by having them study authentic money then they know the false money.At all cost,sit at the feet of Our LOrd Jesus, He is the Truth! We will only reap what we sow, and with what measure we use it will be measured to us! The Lord Bless thee and Keep thee! The Lord make His face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee. The Lord lift up his countenace upon thee, and give thee peace! The LORD JESUS
Our LORD is not the author of confusion,so if there is confusion, it is from the confused one satan himself. What if our LORD wants us to sit with him, and have no ministry? Just sit with Him. As a little child! Remember, Martha said LORD dost thou not care that Mary hath left me alone to serve. Mary,sat at JESUS feet and heard his word! OUR LORD said, Martha, Martha, thou are troubled and careful[full of care]about many things, ONE thing is needful and Mary hath chosen that GOOD part, which will not be taken from her! We must set our face like a flint torward OUR LORD and without fail he will give light! cease ye from man whose breath is in his nostrils!
This is in response to Richard’s comment. There are different seasons that one goes through in their spiritual lives in the Holy Spirit. I was just disclosing what the Lord is allowing me to go through in this transition process. We are all at different levels of spiritual development and so we need to appreciate this more as members of the Body of Christ when we are fellowshiping with our brother’s and sister’s. It seems that I have always been at this season of waiting on the Lord for His comfort and direction. And He has been faithful to me in times of great certainty, and in those times my faith was tested tremendously too. There were times that enemy of our souls would try to paralyze my response to the Holy Spirit through distractions that were around me..some call these lies, but never the less, they seem to revolve around human relationships that seemed unavoidable at the time, however over time the Lord provides strategies to get through these things but with heavens help and waiting at the feet of Jesus which i love to do. I have a sense because of my own experiences in the valley’s and hills of my life and my walk with the Lord that the reason why many believer’s have difficulty getting into the restful state is because they haven’t been taught properly how to surrender completely to the Lord especially in the middle of circumstances, and they haven’t been taught how to recognize and embrace His presence in the middle of difficult circumstances. For the most it seems much easier to quote scripture and blame the enemy for all the lies that we have embraced in our lives and focus on that.. but it is harder to admit that we may have been responsible for most of them. What I have written and expressed in my response to John Paul’s blog is my discontentment in the part that I have already played in this journey with the Lord. I am not discontent with sitting at the feet of Jesus, where I find my contentment. What I am discontent with is when He say’s go do this in my name, I hesitate, because I have allowed other people’s opinions to rule in the place of God and that has delayed many things that I should be doing in the Kingdom and I believe that I was wrong for allowing the distractions to continue in my past situations. I would have been further along, if I was more obedient to what God was telling me. Thank-you for your concern and your blessing. I was just clarifying and providing some reflection of my position of what I think the Lord is doing in my life up until now. Have a nice day in the Presence of The King!
Shirley C.
If we think we must do some thing with our life, then we missed the train! We have been bought with a price, we are not our own! The peace that passes understanding is, when you pass your understanding you will have peace! We must forsake all for the excellency of knowing our LORD! Our desires Our affections,our interlect, all must go. Surrender it all! except we are born again, we wont be able to see the Kingdom, but if you are born again and you see the Kingdom, you can’t enter in except you become as little children
Amen Richard, you have that right, so become a child and enter into the Kingdom of God that is set before you. For the Kingdom of God is at hand because the Kingdom of God is within you and put your trust in the Lord, so that He will act on your behalf, through you, with you and in you through the power of the Holy Spirit as sent from Jesus Christ who sits at the right hand of the Father who is forever making intercession for all the saints here upon the earth. Thank you Lord more of your presence Holy Spirit for Richard and for all of God’s people who dare to write and disclose there hearts on this blog. Lord, I thank you for extending your hand of blessing for your people as we become your people living for the Kingdom in time and in eternity. Keep touching Richard and bless this mighty man of God with a powerful God encounter because he will need it in the days ahead, only because you love him, Lord!
Hey JP,
Great wisdom…when you can’t see, you need to slow down. My normal reaction is to run faster.
Bless you man!
Dennis P
“Too often you want to run and find what you should be doing, when what you should be doing is being “Still.” Again, it is hard to fill a moving container. It is Dark so you can’t see as well, and when you can’t see so well, you should slow down.”
I can’t tell you how thankful I am that you say this. I’m glad you are talking so much about the dark night of the soul. I’m not sure how I would have gotten through this far without your words.
It’s been a dark couple of years for me and I’ve been running just like a chicken with it’s head cut off trying to find out my calling, purpose, job, and place in life. I’ve had so many false starts I’m not sure of anything any more.
I’ve always thought I was called to the healing ministry and sought it for about 16 years…not sure if I’ve ever seen a healing though (well except maybe my dog!). So I have the opposite of my dreams now. My child seizes in my arms all day long every day and my prayers go no where. She can’t interact with me. I can lay her on the couch without toys or stimulus and it doesn’t matter much to her - she won’t move anywhere. Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad she is alive.
I’ve wrestled with Jehovah-Rapha. I’ve pinned Him to his words. He’s crushed me with his love. My hip has been wrenched…My knowledge of God dislocated, and I am deeply troubled.
I can’t wait to get your teaching on Chaos. Perhaps it gives meaning to the crushing blows I’ve felt…I hope. By the way, Tuesday I find out if I lose my career/job (I was half way to retirement). My mom called a few days ago. She probably has cancer and doesn’t want treatment. So yes, after all this time I’m glad to know my job is to be still. I’m not sure of anything anymore so it is foolish to chase something down. I just hope I can remember this in the fury of the storm.
Thanks,
One of Those
May i dare to interupt this interesting conversation with a word for you Shirley C - i hope this helps…
I understand you. And i was also at one point of time where you are. The saddest thing is to think we are doing the best thing we know to do when in actual fact we are just acting in the positions of ‘Servants’ of Christ. There is so much higher for us…
The Spirit of the Bride wants to raise up the Bride of Christ. Seek the Spirit of the Bride and you will realise all your goals today are really servant hearted and small and different in the light of the Bride’s heart. The Lord wants you to be a Bride.
Would the servant having laid down his life be greater than the Bride? By all means no, never even if he paid the fullest price.
The Lord wants you to be a Bride. CHURCH TRADITION RAISES UP SERVANTS who seek positions in the kingdom but the Bride is very different. The Spirit will give you a rest once you have entered the maturity of the position called the Bride. Then you will see differently and realise how much you have changed! Your goals will be purified for now you love the Beloved.
I say all these because i relate differently to the Lord ever since i had the Bride’s heart and i believe a whole new life awaits you if you only receive this promotion in the Lord. Then life becomes very different.
For so an entrance will be opened to you abundantly into heaven if you add diligence from faith to love. 2 Peter 1: 5-11 For so we have been indoctrinated with a lower standard of who we can be, if we don’t discover this truth. The Lord wants you to be His Bride.
There are multitudes of Babes in Christ, multitudes of Servants, some Friends, and some who know their rights as Sons, but the Bride’s hour is NOW. The Bride arises out of the church. The Sons arises out of the church. The Friends arises out of the church. The Servants arises out of the church. May you receive the Spirit of the Bride.
Do not be mistaken…from time to time you have to switch roles between the ranks to relate to the Lord according to time and judgment. The Bride enters into a rest that a servant strives and doesn’t see. I hope you apprehend this high calling for which God has apprehended for you in Christ before the foundation of the earth was laid.
Hey All who love Jesus,
He’s Grite! He is funny and sometimes it seems he is courting me with His Love. My heart goes out to all of us who are in this place and the Lord’s heart goes out to us also. He will not allow us to be sad for long. He is very close to bringing us into His fulness. The price I had to pay was very dear. After years of “false starts” I kept saying, “Lord, it seems like all I do is sow and see no harvest”. When I was exhausted, I lost my home, family, and went to a Maximum Security prison where I suffered mental and physical pain. There He met me in my deepest darkest hour. In some state of mind that I have no comprehension of, I have seen all that is taking place. John Paul has helped me to put words to much of my experience. I stick only to His Voice now and am being delivered from everything that exalts its head above the knowledge of Him. He is worth it all. Love, a little sister
Just to add not take away! We know that every word of our LORD is pure, and all that is in His Word is for us! When satan {the tree of knowledge of good and evil] deceived Eve he ignited her thought process,now there was a problem. Leaning on her own understanding. The LORDS enemy is satan, that is to say that he is the LORDs! The LORD owns him! So OUR KING SAYS FEAR NOT, BELIEVE ONLY! By trying to understand, trying to figure out, it is our mind at work! Which is a faculty of our soul. Therefore it is not spirit! Since we live in the spirit, let us also walk in the spirit! How? by speaking to ourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in our hearts to the LORD Giving thanks always for all things. The LOrd inhabits the praises. Try it! watch what happens!
Another peace to fill you during this time of waiting on Him, behold His Glory. Glory of the Celestial, the sky, the Terrestial, the earth, the bird, fish, … “I am a fool in glorying”. Remember to take time out to feed the ducks, smell the flowers, and watch a sunset… Feel the earth move under your feet and marvel in His Presence at His Creation. He designed your face. Thank Him for it. Laugh at all the funny things He gave us so we cannot take ourselves too seriously.(My nails grew soo strong from the protein pellets they gave me in prison that I laugh when I see people going to the nail salon. My husband has to go to the tool shed for a saw and drill to do mine.) When He speaks to me, it is simple, plain and with great Authority. Like Richard said, every word of the Lord is pure. Spend time meditating on Grace. the high places have come down and especially intellect. “The Son of Man cometh in an hour when you THINK NOT.” With all His Love, little Sis
This response is addressed to Alex,sorry John Paul, we are not ignoring the content of this Blog, this is just a side note in response to the flow of this blog (lol)…Thank-you Alex for understanding the place of transition that I am at in this time in life. It seems for a while that I would stumble upon this reality, and of course the cares of this life would try to distract me, and lately I have become aware of this, thanks to John Paul’s blog. Now, I believe I am ready to embrace the bridle relationship wholeheartedly. In a dream the Lord dressed me in a white wedding garment and gave me a staff and had me facing North, in a river that went waste high and there was Glory all over the place and then, I needed to get back in the car and go through another dark night for some reason…He had me place the wedding viel on the dash board of the car and I got the word wait, for the season of the headress, whatever that means to me…and then I got as I was waking up from the dream, don’t look to the left or the right but focus your sights on me, because distractions are coming but I will be with you and within months of the dream, we find out that my husband has CML Leukemia, and so we now have entered a season of waiting and resting, dialoging and worshiping and listening for the next thing. Thank-you for your timely prayers and concerns,and thank-you John Paul for your blog, I am “STILL ABSORBING”.
Blessings!
Shirley C.
A couple of Jesus disciples one day when eating with the Lord, were wondering amongst themselves and asking the Lord who is the greatest in the Kingdom of God, and His response was, “To be the greatest in the Kingdom you must be the “Servant of All”.
Maybe what you are trying to say in light of the Bridle relationship is the invitation from the book of revelation, when an invitation goes out from the throne room of God to all his friends and lovers of the Bride Groom,which is: And The Spirit and the Bride Say, Come, and Let All who Thirst Say Come…and so the invitation still continues….i believe that there are seasons of Servanthood, Friendship, Brotherhood, Companionship, Lovers in our Bridle Relationship with the Lord. We need to be very careful to not assume someone’s relationship with the Lord as an absolute based on what denomination we come from. I am not hiding the fact that I came from and in some level associate myself with the biblical elements of the Catholic Faith, but I also have a bridle relationship with the Lord and do not take things like restoration for granted like many people do. But, also in this intimacy with the Lord, doesn’t stop being intimate when you have to spill the beans to everyone the intimate nature of your communion and union with the lover of our souls. In some circles they call that prostitution. What I am trying to say in love, is I know the lover of my soul who first called me friend when I was in my darkest moments of my life when all others forsaked me in my twenties, and every now and then, He reminds me that He is still there and never leaves and its during worship that I grab hold and enter into this reality. The disappointing thing and temptation for me has always been, to look back where I came from and regret that I didn’t have this bridle relationship, that I have come to embrace in my latter years. And so I am eager to go deeper in this and at the same time not to exploit the intimacy by sharing with people those things that should be kept between me and the one that I love and who has first loved me. Thankyou for sharing, and understanding Alex.
We meet the LoRD ! How wonderful! Bask ln his wonderfuljoy, peace, gladness! How wonderful! the next day its still there! Its real! after a time the LORD says we must go on now! He takes us by the hand and we see a dark jungle with unknown fears. Our LORD says fear not I am with you! Trust me! It gets darker and darker! In the distance we see a pin light, and we long to get to it! Voices everywhere! Words coming from everywhere saying what about this? and what about that? Our LORD whispers I am here, Trust me! We go on! The light in the distance is larger and brighter! Scared and unsure we press on holding on to the words “Trust me, I am here”! As we get closer to the Light we can see a clearing and people praising OUR LORD! Soon, we will be there! Then we are there! What Joy! What comfort! After a time, OUR LORD says “come! me must keep going”! In front of us is a darker jungle! OH NO! LORD are you serious? “Yes my child”! through much tribulation you will enter the KINGDOM!
Just a word to Shirley I’m sorry your going through what you going through yet I know that you know you are in OUR LORDS HANDS! In the Majestic Name Of OUR LORD JESUS Peace Unto YOU!
Peace be unto you Richard and to all those who come to John Paul’s Blog. There are no hard feelings here only unconditional love coming from the throne room of God. Thanks a million guys and gals, and lovers of the King!
Jesus to Shirley, (Lady in Red)
I’ve never seen you looking so lovely as you did tonight
I’ve never seen you shine so bright
I’ve never seen so many men ask you if you wanted to dance
they’re looking for a little romance
Given half a chance
And I’ve never seen that dress you’re wearing
Or that highlights in your hair
That catch your eyes
I have been blind
Lady in red is dancing with me
Cheek to Cheek
There’s nobody here
It’s just you and me
It’s where I want to be
But I hardly know this beauty by my side
I’ll never forget the way you look tonight
I’ve never seen you looking so gorgeous as you did tonight
I’ve never seen you shine so bright you were amazing
I’ve never seen so many people want to be there by your side
And when you turned to me and smiled it took my breath away
And I have never had such a feeling such a feeling
Of complete and utter love, as I do tonight
Lady in red is dancing with me
Cheek to cheek
There’s nobody here
It’s just you and me
It’s where I wanna be
But I hardly know this beauty by my side
I’ll never forget the way you look tonight
I never will forget the way you look tonight
The lady in red
lady in red
Lady in red
My lady in red
I love you
I know a man who had a deep passion for JESUS. He only read the Gospels, and with excitement he could hardly wait when he was done with work so he could be with his new found love and take his walks through Jerusalem, Bethany, Jerico. Listening intently and watching with amazment at all his Jesus said and done. He loved the way Jesus was with the people,his gentleness,his kindness, his sense of humor, he just loved to be with JESUS! In process of time, cares and concerns rose up and choked him! he begain looking in the old testament, seeking to retrieve the joy he once had in his heart. He prayed harder read the old testament longer. yet everywhere he went in the old, he saw the words Thou Shalt not! but he did the donts and was so condemned, plus he saw that he only prayed longer and harder to try and get the joy of God!Then God showed the man, he did it only to get his joy. The man was sorry for living to get Gods joy only.When the man repented, God, Lead the man Back to JESUS. Jesus taught him, Thou Shalt! He said, dont do the dont’s, Do the do’s Stay right here with Me! Oh! JESUS I MISSED YOU!
For him who has ears, let him hear!
Chaos into Cosmos!
Recipe as follows:
Easy-Mix White Bread
Let him who has ears, let him hear
chaos into cosmos
recipe as follows:
easy-mix white bread
6 cups all-purpose flour
1 package active dry yeast
2 cups milk
2 tbl sugar
1 tbl butter
2 tsp salt
large bowl mix 21/2 cups flour and yeast. heat milk, sugar, butter, and salt just till warm.
add to flour mixture. beat with mixer for 3 minutes. stir in as much flour as you can mix in with a spoon. knead in enough remaining flour to make a moderately stiff dough that is smooth and elastic (6 to 8 minutes total). It is very important that the dough is not too soft or too hard. It has to be kneaded just long enough. Feel it with your hands. Once you have added too much flour it becomes too stiff and you can’t fix it. shape into a ball. Place in a greased bowl: ;turn once. Cover; let rise in a warm place till double ( about 1 1/2 hours).
punch down; turn out onto a lightly floured surface. divide in half. cover; let rest 10 minutes. lightly grease 2 bread pans. shape into loaf by patting or rolling. tuck in edges. brush loaves with melted butter. cover; let rise in a warm place till nearly double (45 till 60 minutes). bake in a 375 degree oven about 45 minutes or till done. remove from pans; cool. makes 2 loaves.
I just read your E-Letter on your webpage about your car accident. I’m glad you came out of it without any injuries. That is amazing that onlooker’s saw a hand come out of the sky! Let us know how we can pray for you, I often pray for you and your wife and family for protection and peace. Thank you again for all that you do in encouraging us to move forward.
My career is over. I lost my job today. What now? What if…. What about…. What if…. What about….
CHAOS
I know a man that was abandoned at 3 years old, sent to a roman catholic convent, and grew from there. For years he tried to get rid of his pain. Much drugs and drinking! It did not work! He met the LORD and in process of time Jesus showed him that his pain, was exactly that! his pain! Then JESUS showed him together they would use his pain to propell him forward, only that the man should receive the fact that it was his pain, and he had spent so much of his life running from it, but now, since he had realized it was his pain ,he would make his pain serve him!
This is a new song from U-2, they are going to be @ the Somerville Theatre in Somerville MA, Wednesday Night, March 11th, 2009 in the evening. This song is called “Magnificant” performed by Bono and U-2. Bono is giving his voice back to the Lord and it appears that the boy’s are getting back on track. They will be in Gillete Stadium, Foxboro, MA. September 20th, 2009. For anybody who is courageous enough to admit that they are still a u-2 fan!
Blessings!
Shirley C.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVbrmR6xynA - “Magnificant” by U-2…..sorry forgot the link..
The three temptations. I have to admitt when I first read that I was so afraid! I had failed this test so miserably prior to and during the chaos years. But because of the chaos years I was finally able, or more accuratly, willing to hear the teachings and the revelation of so many truths that I did not want to hear before. I am now beginning to understand and will hopefully join with the Holy Spirit as God brings different cirumstances and, as I now understand, opportunities, for greater and greater revelation of Himself and His ways. As I overcome I will be able to absorb more of His names into my life and innermost being. He is my exceedingly great reward. I can not manifest what I do not have. John Paul said this in one of his teachings and it really changed my life. I got his “I AM” package and the changes this has brought to my life I can not even begin to put here in this blog. I wish that I had a copy for every person I know! What a wonderful blessing the Coffee talk has been. God is blessing us all so much. Reading what everyone writes is so amazing. It is so good to be reminded that in our struggle God is working powerfully in our life to prepare a vessel for Himself alone. May God richly bless all of us!
Hi JP,
Thanks for letting us talk. It’s getting really weird knowing that all this happened in the imagination of God, then the book was written. Now we are staring in the movie. Listening to U-2 on the David Letterman show and hearing Bono say, “Sing your hearts out NY” was awesome…We are in NY, in Long Island! Every eye in the USA was turned in this direction… Jesus! Thanks for giving me this little outlet. My heart feels very big for you!
“The first substance that is being added to you is a greater measure of Oil, which is the Holy Spirit.”
You should get the book “Heaven Awaits the Bride” by Anna Rountree. You will be amazed at the Lord Jesus the Bridegroom Beloved. In it, you will get much OIL (Holy Spirit) to be empowered to become a Bride worthy of the King. The five wise virgins took OIL and the rest is history. They went in with the Bridegroom.
To “One of those”: my heart goes out to you. My husband survived the first round of lay-offs at his job, but I’m not sure how long he has there. I am so afraid of what will happen if he loses his job. I know God has a plan for us, but I worry that if I’m not doing what God wants, His plan won’t be fulfilled. Then what? My husband is an un-believer and I feel like all the responsibility is on my shoulders to figure out what God wants us to do. I don’t know how to be “still” and I’ve forgotten what God’s voice sounds like.
Matt. 8:24
And, Behold, There AROSE a great tempest in the sea. The ship was covered with waves! But, Jesus was asleep. After much fear and panic, the disciples went to him and woke him.
THEN JESUS AROSE!
A man of war, the king of glory, the creator of the ends of the earth! He calls things that are not as though they were. The mountains melt at his presence. Devils tremble. the proud are brought low. He is wise, with all authority in heaven and on earth, yet meek and lowly, the only true God full of grace and mercy. He says, Fear not, little flock, it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom!”
Rachel, Let this saying sink down into your ears! I have not spoken in secret. I said not to you seek ye me in vain I the LORD speak truth! whatsoever I please that do I in the earth. Your husband and all that he is are in my hand, and I am come to answer your prayers.Stand still and see the victory of the Lord in your behalf. as I LIVE SAITH THE Lord, YOUR HUSBAND WILL BE MY WITNESS.
If a man says, “I believe in God,” you will be proven. Whatever circumstance, situation you are in, I gave it. I am God. There is none else. I will arise. I will sever and I will know who believes and who doesn’t believe. See to it that there be not in any of you an evil heart of unbelief for I will judge accordingly.
Hey JP
How are you doing? You are my hands. And its time to get them dirty. very dirty! You are going to get up to your elbows in dirty water! All that hot oil you’ve been writing about is now going to be used to warm up the stinky water. Clean my fish bowls! Very slowly, very tenderly so as not to scare any of my poor wounded fish, place your hands in the cold water until they warm up. and clean them with fresh water.
Faith Talk Live Prayer Special: “The Coming Holy Spirit Infusion & The Essence of His Fiery Love!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4ZjPcnnB2Y&feature=channel_page
Be Blessed!
Shirley C.
Hi everyone, I would share with all what our Magnificent King has shown me this day! First when you see the words, And, Behold, Stop there and behold ! there is much in all the Beholds. Matthew 9: 2 And, behold they brought a man sick of the palsy. He had the palsy and was sick of it! He had enough! The palsy had paralyzed him! When Jesus saw THEIR FAITH,(the faith those who brought him had)because people with faith are radiating. He said with excitment, “Son, be of good cheer ,your sins be forgiven thee.” Do you know anyone who is sick and tired of being paralyzed? Whether with drugs ,lust, fear, confusion, whatever it is, find someone of faith with you, in the Spirit, go, take them to JESUS. When he sees your Faith, He will get excited and will surely heal that person!
Hi there wow its so hard but terrific at the same time , to be still huts like anything even when your not natually active like me , who spends hours and hours praising and worshipping Him, i love the coffee bloggs , when can i get started ? i dont always understand everything but when i go home and tell my sister she understands and explains , we work together being twins, we sort of know whats what, we have travelled this road its painful , tough , ouch ,ouch ouch , not for the faint hearted, though i have to say i am the nervous one , but can be so brave in my letters, i am a big kid at heart , and its so much fun . suffering ,yet being able to laugh its incredable , what a God we have , i mean where others have ignored us , mocked us, ridiculed us, blamed us, everyone lokking down at us byt guess what , its great we have learnt so much through the pain and suffering wondering at times wheather we will come through it all , but guess what its sooooooooooooo good to know we have someone who truly cares for us and loves us , man will always let you down but God never will ,Amen . the deeper we go i guess we just get bledssed more and more , this is someone speaking not with words but from experince of pain and suffering , oh the freedom we have if we allow our wondefulfather to have his way with us, i myself have wanted to run away many times , but hey , where can i go , i have no where to go , no comforts , no job now , no money , no friends , no fellowship, and it goes on and on , cause we turn to him more and more , its a journey and well you know the rest .fun to you all how can we not have pain with out love the two go together , but what do i know little old me is a nobody but a somebody my father just loves to love you cant beat thet can you? love and cuddles Karen
Hey Everyone,
The Lord is doing awesome deeds! We have been planting seeds like crazy right here in NYC. We are witnessing to people. Jesus is one the move. We surely are advancing. Let your hearts be comforted that we are moving out of the place of waiting into action. Do not be afraid to approach people. They are diving appointments. Even if they reject you. Keep moving forward. We are about to see events that all of creation has been waiting for. Let’s all agree together for the Lord of Glory to receive his reward! The Father and Son are joined in perfect love and light. Be of good cheer. And remember, ” A merry heart doeth good like medicine.” People will thank you for sharing with them. The world is falling apart and really really need us to start acting like believers. Attack, attack, attack! Much love,
Holly
Dear Lord Jesus,
Thank you for keeping us simple and childlike. We pray for everyone on this blog to commit themselves to you, to submit to your Holy Spirit, to learn to have fun. You are fun. You love dogs, parks, birds, and especially little children. We all agree to let yu make us what you want us to be. Everyone who hears this, push, push, push, this baby through. Its time! WWWWWeeeeee! Love, Holly