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Dale Cresap is a Certified CWG Facilitator posting daily devotional blogs of two-way journaling. (What is two-way journaling?) Enjoy and be encouraged!

daily word - love

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Do you think I love everyone? For some Christians, this is more a matter of abstract doctrine than a practical way to live. They are sure that I love the people who go to their  church, but beyond that things get fuzzy. Do you find practical ways to affirm that I (and you) love everyone? I do. For I send rain and sun on the righteous and the unrighteous alike. Where do the wicked get their provision from if not from me? Do you consider them to be enemies of God? They may not acknowledge me, but I still bless them. I have called you to love your enemies.

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daily word - Grieved Spirit?

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My word cautions you not to grieve the Spirit. What do you think this means? The most obvious and customary answer is sin, but the Bible deals with sin at great length elsewhere, but what else could it be? Have you been in a meeting that was led by the Spirit? This is obvious to anyone with even a little discernment. Have you ever been in a meeting where the leading of the Spirit was rejected to follow an agenda or maintain control? This is even more obvious to those who have observed both. What could be more grievous to the Spirit than to deny this gentle leading?

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daily word - authority

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Have you ever heard anyone appeal to authority to settle a dispute? Authority will be with you always, and even I recognized the validity of authorities who did not approve of me. Those in such positions have the ability to set policy, but you should not mistake that for being a source of truth. Holding an office doesn’t make you right, it just makes you in charge. You are to honor those who rule over you, both in civil and spiritual matters, but you should not look to them as an unquestioned source of truth.

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daily word - social church?

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Do you think of church as a social event? Most Christians recoil against this idea because the church has been criticized for this from those within as well as those without. But there are social aspects to church. Isn’t this where you go to connect with your friends? There is nothing wrong with this. The problem arises when it becomes an exclusive club, or it has no additional substance. You are called to have fellowship and not forsake the assembling of yourselves together. This satisfies a deep human longing for belonging. What does your church provide beyond this?

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daily word - unconditional

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Do you believe that my words speaks of unconditional love? Yet you will not find this phrase in the Bible. This is a modern word that was not available in Bible times, or for many of the major translations. But it is a Biblical concept. It is described more in stories and actions than as an abstract concept. Where do you find it in the Bible? Consider the story you refer to as the prodigal son, which may better be described as the loving father. Consider the story of the Good Samaritan who aided a stranger from outside of his own group and tradition.

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daily word - cost to raise you

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You know that grace is free for you. Do you ever wonder if it is costly for me? Do you ever wonder how much demand you put on the resources of heaven? Children are oblivious to the cost of raising them, but parents are aware. One of the largest expenses is for education and diligent parents will see this coming and save up for it, not complaining about the sacrifice. In like manner, your education in the Kingdom of God is costly and most of it is non-monetary, but I don’t want you to be troubled about this. I knew how much it would take and I put enough back to finish the job.

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daily word - bad reasons for truth?

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Over the course of time I have had many followers. Some are more diligent advocates of my message, and some are more capable. Perhaps you have encountered those who put forth weak arguments or faulty reasoning in defense of the gospel message. This does not invalidate the underlying message. Erroneous reasoning can be spoken in support of truth. This is a situation in which to correct the well-intentioned speaker in private, lest two believers fight about the truth in public.

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daily word - crazy?

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Have you ever thought that people who disagreed with you were crazy? Have you ever said this to them or about them? You have clear direction in the Sermon on the Mount not to make such statements or accusations. This is particularly true about those who function normally and exhibit no typical symptoms of insanity, and disagreeing with you does not qualify as this. Other people see the world from a different perspective. Could it be that their views make sense to them within their paradigms as much as yours do to you within yours?

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daily word - best church?

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Why do you attend your church? Do you think it is the best, or do you think it is the best for you? Presumably you would choose the church most suitable for your own needs. Can you see how this can create tension? Can you understand that the best church for you is not the best church for everyone? Yet loyalty to your own church and tradition is important. This results in two values to hold simultaneously and this is not easily done. Be true to your own tradition, and at the same time honor the entire body of Christ.

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daily word - humble knowledge

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My word says that knowledge puffs up. Have you seen this to be true, that when people have information it gives them an inflated sense of their own importance? Do you find this to be an attractive quality in people? Knowledge is desirable, but the problems associated with it go back to the very beginning. Is there a way to obtain knowledge that leaves you more humble rather than less so? A transformative encounter will accomplish this for you.

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Healing Waters MP3

Soaking music by Jim French | 37 Minutes

If you enjoy soft soaking music in the background as you journal or throughout the day, you will love the Healing Waters MP3 by Pastor Jim French. Jim is an anointed musician, and this music is pleasant to the ears and soothing to the spirit. As a matter of fact, there is a short clip to listen to at the bottom of this page. See if it doesn't minister healing to your heart!

Price: $4.95

Heart Physics EFT - Biblically-Based EFT Training MP3s

By Charity Kayembe and Jim Richards | 22 Audio Sessions + 2 Video Downloads

Scripture tells us that we comfort others with the comfort we ourselves have received (2 Corinthians 1:3–5). To the degree that we are healed and comforted, we can offer those same gifts much more freely to others.

Price: $74.00

How Could I Have Been So Wrong? MP3s

Mark Virkler | 16 sessions of MP3

This is my story of how my cardiac event was resolved by combining the best in medical care, Christian spirituality, and nutrition. 

I was NOT supposed to have a cardiac event. I ate a healthy diet, exercised several times a week, consumed lots of great nutrition and sought to live destressed by abiding in Christ. This story contains the lessons I learned in the months of healing after having emergency surgery which involved five heart bypasses.

Price: $14.95

How Do YOU Know? MP3 Downloads

by Mark Virkler | 12 Audio Sessions

How do you know? What is the process you use to discover truth? I did not ask that question during the first 25 years of my life. I used eleven different methods for discovering truth including: if my parents said so, then it was so. If my teacher said it was so, then it was so. If my pastor said it was so, then it was so. If my theology said it was so, then it was so. I have discarded them all and adopted a twelfth method, which is in harmony with what the Bible teaches. We teach you this method in this series.

Price: $59.95
How to Build a Winning Team MP3

How to Build a Winning Team MP3

by Mark Virkler | 1 Session

Can I succeed like others have? What do I need to do? How do I go about it? What if I don't have the gifts necessary to do something great?  The wonderful truth revealed in Scripture is that God uses ordinary people to accomplish extraordinary feats, especially when they say, "Yes, Lord" to the destiny He has prepared for them!

Price: $6.95
How to Receive Revelation Knowledge MP3

How to Receive Revelation Knowledge MP3

by Mark Virkler | 1 Session

Knowing God's thoughts! It is possible. His thoughts are not our thoughts; His ways are not our ways. However, we can learn how to "reason together with God" (Isa. 1:18), and receive His insights and His revelations on each and every area of our lives. The process really is quite simple.

Price: $3.60
How to Speak in Tongues MP3

How to Speak in Tongues MP3

Speaking in tongues involves a miracle wherein you yield your vocal cords to the flow of the Holy Spirit, trusting that God is forming the syllables you speak into a language. It may be a language of men or of angels (1 Cor. 13:1). You choose to speak (Acts 2:4) but you choose not to form the syllables consciously, and instead let the Spirit give the utterance (Acts:2:4). The goal of this short teaching is to help people understand the part they need to play and the part the Holy Spirit plays when it comes to the miracle of speaking in tongues.

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How to Walk by the Spirit MP3s

How to Walk by the Spirit MP3s

by Mark Virkler | 12 Sessions

Are you like many western Christians who have been taught little about how to sense their spirits? Do you have trouble even defining what spirit sensations feel like within you, much less recognizing them? This training was birthed from Mark’s passion to live out of his spirit, and thus release the anointing of God. The problem he faced was lack of clear biblical definition as to what his spirit felt like. So Mark looked up every verse in the Bible on heart and spirit.

Revised & Expanded 15th Anniversary Edition

Price: $59.95
Mountain-Moving Faith MP3

Mountain-Moving Faith MP3

by Mark Virkler | 62 Minutes

God is our Dream Maker! He has placed a dream within the heart of each of us that only He can supernaturally bring to pass. God gave an impossible dream to Abraham, our Father of Faith. In this powerful message, Mark will show you how God filled the five senses of Abraham’s spirit with His truth and birthed a miracle out through him. And you will learn how you can walk in the same faith while you hear, see, ponder, speak and act out of the Father’s initiative, allowing Him alone to fill the senses of your spirit.

Price: $3.60
Naturally Supernatural - 30th Anniversary Edition MP3s

Naturally Supernatural MP3 Downloads

by Mark Virkler | 13 Sessions

BRAND NEW Revised & Expanded 30th Anniversary Edition Audio Teaching Series!

A step-by-step guide on “abiding in Christ” or how to let go and let God live naturally and powerfully out through you. Disarmingly simple. Mind-blowingly powerful.

Price: $59.95

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