June 2008 – God’s Voice
Worldwide
From
Dr.
Mark Virkler, Author of How
to Hear God’s Voice and President of Christian
Leadership University
Mission:
To equip you to do everything as an outcome of your
daily conversations with God, and to train others to do the same.
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Have
you ever been defeated by negative emotions such as anger, fear,
guilt, inferiority, condemnation or depression?
Have you ever tried to fight them off unsuccessfully?
Is there a way that Jesus can speak a word of life into the depths
of your emotional despair and bring healing on a deep level?
Is there a form of Christian counseling that begins and ends with
the movement of Christ within one’s heart, rather than simply with
the words and mental reasoning of man?
Yes, there is! It is built on man’s ability to commune with God
and to receive a freshly spoken word from the Holy Spirit within his
heart. These materials will show you the way to emotional wholeness
through personal interaction with Almighty God within your spirit,
as it is recorded in your journal.
This month we want to offer you a package of materials by Mark
Virkler on how to be Counseled by God.
Mark wants to share with you how the Lord truly can be your
Wonderful Counselor and bring deep healing and wholeness to your
heart.
Formerly titled Pure in Heart, John
Arnott of Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship has stated,
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“A
Destination of Intimacy” –
Journaling
from Pastor Terry
Lord, identify the season I am in, that I may work in cooperation
with You.
Hey Terry, it is so good to talk to you again. You miss our
time together, don’t you?
Oh yeah, more than I realized. I can’t go that long without
this kind of private time with You...help me to better prioritize
and find other ways to accomplish this when I’m away.
(In my mind, the Lord has shown me that we are on a boat,
traveling, the wind blowing on my face – it’s chilly and the air
is brisk, and I am holding on because we seem to be traveling very
fast.)
Lord, where are we going?
To your destiny, Terry. To where I’ve called you. To a
place in Me that you have asked.
But why so fast…and why is it so cold?
Because we have been traveling this way for a while, you just
have not noticed it before. And when you travel fast the air seems
chilled and cold…and it is because the things around you are not
attached, or connected…so there is no comfort and satisfaction
from the temporal things that once fulfilled you.
You are on a journey to Me. To a place of anointing...and a
place of power...and a place of structure and a place where my
Spirit flows in untold purity and might. Stay with me…Hold on, and
trust that I will get you there. You don’t need to know all things…just
know that I, Your Father, have you in My arms safe and secure and I
will get you to that place.
Hold on…and trust Terry. Hold on and trust. For I have
planned some wonderful things for the son I love and the son who
loves Me. Press in as you have been doing... For the journey is not
about a destination of ministry, but a destination of character, and
a destination of purity and intimacy with Me. And when these
converge there will be anointing and power from what you say and do,
and there will be significant results…Trust Me, Terry…I will get
you there…
But Lord, the waters seem choppy and rough and difficult to
travel.
Terry, are you more concerned with the waters or with My
ability to get you to the desired destination? There is nothing I
can’t do. And choppy waters is nothing for Me…hold on… I’ve
navigated this many times…and I know exactly where to go to avoid
the rocks and dangers…Stay in the boat for now… We will reach
land soon….
Yes, Lord, I can see it…I see land…and the sun is shining
there…but not here...I don’t get it.
Where I am taking you, the sun will shine and the joy will
flood your life...and there will be peace and tranquility and you
will bask in My glory and enjoy your days in the land. Hold on,
Terry…
Okay, Lord…but when?
Questions, and more concerns? Terry, just hold on…it is
coming…look, people everywhere waiting for you to arrive…waiting
for what you have…you see, they will see you, but it will be Me
that they receive, because you have learned how to walk in Me, and
to let Me be seen and not you. See the crowds…see the people,
hungry, and ready…and yes, many ready for truth, and ready to walk
in obedience and you will see the throngs moving with you, and
believing with you for all that I have said you would do.
You see I have placed in them a desire for what I have called
you to produce…and they are ones with hearts ready to receive.
Trust Me to produce the work…it’s My church anyway, Terry, not
yours…so trust Me to bring in those I have prepared in their
hearts for what I’m going to do. Hang on, Terry…
Hearing
God’s Voice Sets Prisoners Free! –
Billy B.
“Mark, I would like to share with you how
Dialogue
with God has been an important instrument of
healing in many inmates’ lives in the Bible study conducted in
prison. Here is an example: A man in his early forties was in prison
because of a sexual encounter with a teenager. He was raised in a
gang area of Miami. His first sexual encounter was when he was ten
years old.
“During our individual counseling session he thought his sexual
encounters had been a good thing. He had always blamed his mother
for messing up his life. I said, ‘Let’s ask God what He thinks.’
(The man had read Dialogue
with God and had put it into practice.)
“As I prayed in tongues under my breath, he had a conversation
for 10 minutes with God and was speaking out loud what God was
saying to him. The summary of his conversation with God was that he
realized his sexual encounters were bad and that they had messed up
his entire life and all relationships with women.
“He forgave his mother. We prayed and all that trash came out
of him. It was loosened because evil no longer had any legal right
in him because he had heard the truth from Jesus. He said he had
never felt so high and free in his life. A weight had been removed
from his life.”
Four
Keys to Hearing God's Voice
Abundance
for Every Good Deed – A Testimony about Giving
“My husband and I have been incredibly blessed by knowing how to
hear God’s voice and our lives have been forever impacted by the
teachings and ministry of Communion with God. We had talked on and
off about sowing financially into their outreach and finally one
evening decided for sure that we were going to give and also the
specific amount we felt the Lord telling us.
“The very next day my husband arrived at work to find
a manila envelope on his desk. Inside was a congratulatory note from
the President of his company, along with a bonus check.
“Unbeknownst to us there was actually a reward program going on
(that only about 20% of the workers qualified for, in fact) and my
husband was one of the employees recognized for his hard work and
fabulousness. (my words, not quite his employers!)
“Anyway, do you want to guess how much that bonus check was
for? You’re right! The EXACT amount we had committed to giving to
CWG Ministries the night before. I guess my Grandpa was right all
along – you never can beat God giving!”
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“And
God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always
having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an
abundance for every good deed…
“Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for
food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing
and increase the harvest of your righteousness; you
will be enriched in everything for all liberality,
which through us is producing thanksgiving to God.”
(Second Corinthians 9:8-11, emphasis added)
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If you’ve been blessed by hearing God’s voice and your life has
been touched through Communion with God Ministries we want to invite
you to partner with us as we reach out to others with the message of
intimacy with Jesus. Ask the Lord what He would have you give – as
the testimony above reminds us – you never know what blessings He
has in store for you!
Sow into this
ministry today
Get
Connected
Are you looking to tell people what God is speaking to you, or see
what God is saying to others? Check out the Forum at
www.cwgministries.org/forum
and register (completely free) today, and get the opportunity to
share and be encouraged!
A
Poem from the Lord –
through Josephine Kaitbenski
“The more you read someone else's journaling, the more you will
see that I’m available to all wherever they are.”
The main thing is to come
whether you’re happy or sad
to unload your burdens or
excitement you’ve had
Just stick to your plan,
keep your appointment,
don’t let a day pass
with some disappointment
Bring all to Me,
set yourself free
whenever you’re feeling
depressed or with glee
Learn to share everything
That’s what lovers are for
the cares of the world
leave them right at My door
You’ll find your heart’s lifted
from whatever you thought
by bringing to Me
your heart’s greatest drought
Humor
Heals – Hymn #365
A minister was completing a temperance sermon. With great emphasis
he said, ‘If I had all the beer in the world, I’d take it and
pour it into the river.’
With even greater emphasis he said, ‘And if I had all the wine
in the world, I’d take it and pour it into the river.’
And then finally, shaking his fist in the air, he said, ‘And if
I had all the whiskey in the world, I’d take it and pour it into
the river.’
Sermon complete, he sat down.
The song leader stood very cautiously and announced with a smile,
‘For our closing song let us sing Hymn #365, ‘Shall We Gather at
the River.’
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