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What
Friendship with God Isn't–
Journaling
I have been praying about what it means to be a friend of God, knowing
that not every believer is a friend of God automatically. While
singing to the Lord recently He spoke to me that He wanted to tell me
something and that is what I recorded here.
Yes, Lord, Your servant is listening.
“Prophetic words alone do not indicate that someone is My
friend. Remember Samuel? He was just a boy and did not know Me when
I spoke to him the first time. Remember also King Saul? My Spirit
came upon him and he prophesied when he was in rebellion.
“Friendship with Me includes knowing My ways and not only My
words. Remember how I spoke to Abraham My servant and Moses as well?
They knew ‘why’ and not just ‘what’ I was doing. Remember
how others in the camp of Israel prophesied on the journey from
Egypt to the Promised Land? Yet they only knew what I was saying and
not why I was saying it.
“Revelation of Scripture and prophetic words do not equal
friendship with Me. Friends know that ‘because’ or the ‘so
that’ of the action or command, whether it pertains to them or if
it is for intercession on behalf of someone else.”
(Then God began to describe to me how friendship with God is
different from regular friendship.)
“The heart of the King can only be shared with those who are
fully committed to the King and His Kingdom. Only those committed to
the King and His Kingdom can handle the truth and the weight of the
King’s heart. All others will become selfish or afraid. They will
use the ways of the King for their own gain in the eyes of the other
subjects. Or they will leave the King because the weight of the King’s
heart is too heavy to bear.
“This is why friendship with Me begins with servanthood.
Servanthood is loving obedience to the King. Those that love Me and
those that are friends with Me obey Me. In this place a person finds
commitment to the King and His Kingdom.
“The lower a person goes the closer they will be to hearing My
heart. Pride has no room in My Kingdom. As a person is low and
obedient they will see that I am faithful and they will dream of
knowing My ways. This is the beginning stages of becoming My friend.
Serve Me, son, and you will see this is true. I love you with an
everlasting love.”
Obviously the Lord wanted to correct some ideas that I had. I thought
that being a friend of God looked like being able to prophesy or to
know great mysteries from Scripture. And while those things can be
included in being a friend of God, it is clear to me now that they do
not equal being a friend of God. The Bible even records that people
will go to hell that have “prophesied in Your Name” and that even
if I “know all mysteries” but do not have love that I have missed
it.
I must be fully committed to God and His Kingdom. We all start as
subjects to the King (Rom. 10:9) and perhaps grow into friendship with
Him. I do not think that I am a friend of God right now. It is my
prayer that I will be. Even as I thought about this I wept that God
shared with me some of the “whys” of being a friend with Him.
You are a city on a hill, a lighthouse to the nation,
A royal, holy, priesthood, a chosen generation.
I have called you out of darkness, to manifest My light,
You are now My people, Go up and fight the fight.
As you climb My mountain, you must throw off every weight,
If others leave, don’t listen, there’s no time for debate.
I need your full attention, as you grip hold of jagged rocks,
Each step you scale is crucial, for My Kingdom it unlocks.
My Spirit is compelling you to seek My face and not My hand,
Buy gold from Me, refined in fire, this is My command.
This is My holy mountain on which you now ascend,
I require your participation – so you may apprehend.
My resurrection power is here – it lifts you to the top,
For I have heard you say to Me, “Lord, I’m tired, I want to stop.”
You have pursued and honored Me, when you felt like turning back.
Your earnest prayers went up to Me – even when the times were black.
At every plateau you waited, for the breath of My fresh air,
As each trauma that unfolded left you feeling stripped and bare.
You know there is a price to pay, you must lay down your life,
You can’t afford offenses now, it causes too much strife.
You are empty now and broken – you have identified with Me,
You’re drawing from My virtues, for you have found the key.
I have taken you beyond yourself, you stand together on the peak,
You’ll see great signs and wonders, and with boldness you shall
speak.
As the kings of the earth take their stand, and the nations rage in
vain,
My mountain top will thunder – and declare My imminent reign.
There’s a breaking in the heavenlies, in which My glory will appear,
For you have heard the clarion call, that’s ringing sharp and clear.
And as you speak the words you hear, you send out My decree,
“You are a city on a hill, where all nations will be free.”
CLU
Student Shares the Four Keys in Burundi!–
Joe DiLeo
“I returned from Burundi, Africa last week, after a two-week mission
there with Times Square Church….
“While there I had the opportunity to share some of the teaching on keys
to hearing God’s voice…. I gave out the 4 Keys tracts in
French to some pastors there whom I met. I also asked one of the
pastors who served as our pastor’s translator to translate the 4
Keys tract into their language, Kirundi, and he said by email this
week that he would do that….”
“Prayers
That Heal the Heart” Helps Restore a Marriage
(names have been changed)
Last fall when I initially started praying the
7 prayers over my life, I started to see changes happening in
people who were related to those prayers. Then I heard Mark speak in
one of the lecture CDs about the possible correlation that when we
pray to have things break in our own lives, or situations, that it’s
possible that it also breaks in the lives of others. I believe this,
and I experienced this while at Elijah House.
The first situation has to do with my lack of trust in my husband.
This started when his addiction to pornography was exposed. These past
4 years I have struggled with the fear that every time I leave home, I
will come back to hear how this time he’d had a full-blown affair.
This led me to try to control the situation by saying who could be in
my home and who couldn’t when I was gone, etc...
My trust rebuilding has been conditional on whether or not my husband
follows through on his recovery work, which he should, but my trust
cannot be based on his performance; my trust needs to be based on God,
and God taking care of my needs through my husband – in spite of his
weaknesses, because it is God who moves the hearts of people like
channels of water turning them where He desires them to go.
While confessing and repenting of the Negative Expectations/Inner Vows
[judgments] I had been holding towards my husband, God gave me a
vision of my husband’s hand, palm turned up, and I could see his
wedding band. When I asked God what this meant, He said, “Sally, you
can trust that hand, because My hand is in that hand.” I can’t
tell you how healing that was for me, and the burdens that lifted off
of me.
Later that day when I talked with my husband, he was struggling with
lack of trust and doing things in his own strength, I felt God say,
“Tell him about that vision.” When I did, my husband started to
weep, (I have not seen my husband cry in over 3+ years), and out of
his mouth came, “I want to trust God.”
He went on to pour his heart out, and the conversation ended well.
This moment I believe also opened the door, 2 days later, for my
husband to be open to spend an hour conference call with me and my
prayer minister to pray for areas of his life where he was struggling
also.
The same day I had this vision, I had already confessed and repented
of my Negative Expectations/Inner Vows [judgments] towards my parents
and was interceding for my extended family, and the need for
reconciliation there….
Two years ago my parents both verbally and emotionally bashed me in
front of my daughter and brother, and even though I had written
letters to reconcile; after a few months I heard from my parents –
with no apology, and to this day almost 2 yrs later, I have not heard
from my brother. I have not stayed in my parent’s home since then;
staying at my sister’s upon visits where I felt safer.
That afternoon my mom called and asked me to go see my uncle who had
been brought into the hospital in Spokane, then call her and let her
know what the doctor had said. I called the next morning, and before
we got off the phone my mom said that my dad wanted to talk to me.
My dad got on the phone and said, “Sally, a few years ago you were
treated very bad in our home and that was largely my fault – I could
have prevented it from happening. I know that you have forgiven me,
but I need to apologize to you because I want a second chance, and I
promise you that if you give me a second chance, [meaning stay in
their home] that nothing like that will ever happen again.” Now I
know that we’re not supposed to make promises, but the fact that
nearly two years later, my dad out-of-the-blue, apologizes to me –
this is no coincidence; it is directly related to the prayers that
were being prayed.
While I was praying God was speaking to people’s hearts, my husband
and dad were listening and acted in obedience to what God was speaking
to their hearts and it bore fruit. I believe God was also speaking to
other people’s hearts, but they were not listening. In the fullness
of God’s timing, when those astray become ripe; I believe total
reconciliation will happen in my extended family.
Laughter
Heals!
Billy Graham was returning to Charlotte after a speaking engagement
and when his plane arrived there was a limousine there to transport
him to his home. As he prepared to get into the limo, he stopped and
spoke to the driver.
“You know,” he said, “I am 87 years old and I have never driven
a limousine. Would you mind if I drove it for a while?”
The driver said, “No problem. Have at it.”
Billy gets into the driver’s seat and they head off down the
highway. A short distance away sat a rookie State Trooper operating
his first speed trap. The long black limo went by him doing 70 in a 55
mph zone. The trooper pulled out and easily caught the limo and he got
out of his patrol car to begin the procedure.
The young trooper walked up to the driver’s door and when the glass
was rolled down, he was surprised to see who was driving. He
immediately excused himself and went back to his car and called his
supervisor.
He told the supervisor, “I know we are supposed to enforce the law,
but I also know that important people are given certain courtesies. I
need to know what I should do because I have stopped a very important
person.”
The supervisor asked, “Is it the governor?”
The young trooper said, “No, he’s more important than that.”
The supervisor said, “Oh, so it’s the president.”
The young trooper said, “No, he’s even more important than that.”
The supervisor finally asked, “Well then, who is it?”
The young trooper said, “I’m pretty sure it’s Jesus, because he’s
got
Billy Graham for a chauffeur!”
Tent-Making
Activity(Acts
18:1-4)
Following is Patti Virkler’s personal story. Even if you
have no interest in the particular superfood that she is
referring to, I hope that you catch the vision that your body can
heal itself, no matter what the ailment, if you simply
provide it with the right “building blocks” to do so.
“I have had trouble for several years with difficulty swallowing
when I first begin a meal. Several times a week I would need to
leave the table until the pain and congestion passed. My
chiropractor has been adjusting a hiatal hernia for some time, with
limited effect. Since I began drinking this ‘superfruit’ juice,
I have been able to go for more than a month at a time with no
problems.”
Do you have a health “quirk” from which nothing has seemed to
provide any relief? Have you given up, resigned to the fact that you
just have to live with it? Why not give this delicious natural juice a
try, and see what it can do for you?
Positions
Available
Alliance Bible Church in Anchorage, Alaska is currently looking for a
Youth Pastor/Christian Education Director. See more
information here, and a job
description here.
Paid part time hospice Chaplain position. Driving required. Mileage
reimbursed. Great opportunity for compassionate minister to work in
End of Life Care field. Call Frank at 573-499-4540, Preferred Hospice,
Columbia, Missouri.
We
have received offers from individuals around the world to translate
our books into various languages, and we now have free material
available on our website in 27
different languages (plus English!). We appreciate each and every
person who has given of their time and talent for this work. If you
would like to volunteer to translate any of our materials, please contact
Mark Virkler.
