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"Jesus! I need a word from you today!" by (me!) sandra, tvgp

when joyce meyer imitates this behavior on stage at her conferences, you will hear almost the entire audience start laughing..  the laugh of familiarity.

she says, "Jesus! i need a word..."   and then closes her eyes, licks her finger, and starts flipping through the bible...   opens to a

random?  or God ordained/chosen passage? and opens her eyes and starts reading.


i see both sides.    i see, how, to a non-believer, the idea an invisible God is/could focus on one individual human being, and hone in on this human holding a bible, and help turn the page to a specific page, etc....    i see how for a non-believer this seems silly, and unimaginable..

i get it.

but then, there is another side..  because i have seen very skilled manipulative human beings direct and influence the decisions, behaviors, outcomes of other innocent human beings, in ways so calculated and yet subtle, the manipulated person has no idea they are not exercising free will...

and that is the work of a mere human being.

if you leap to the idea of a creator of the universe...   any being/spirit which could create an entire universe and every living thing in it...

why then..   when you fully consider the capabilities that requires....   then suddenly the idea of such a creator being able to hone in on one individual and direct that individual to a specific passage seems .... like... giving candy to a baby."  it takes it from unimaginable to "of course!"  a creator of the entire universe could do such a thing...  the silliness would be in thinking that the same entity that  created the entire universe could not...

i only have a poor analogy...   an architect of the world's largest building...  a doorknob, a key..

or better;  -the designer of cyberworld...   manipulating which sites/pages you have access to...

if these can be so easily manipulated by mere human beings...   ;imagine.

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when i closed my eyes, licked my finger and flipped with my, Jesus, I need a word, prayer...

i landed here:  page 504.   The Future Glory of Zion

54  "Sing, barren woman,
you who never bore a child;
burst into song, shout for joy,
you who were never in labor;
because more are the children of the desolate
woman
than of her who has a husband,"

says the Lord

"Enlarge the place of your tent,
stretch your tent curtains wide,
do not hold back;
lengthen your cords,
strengthen your stakes.
For you will spread out to the write and to
the left;
your descendants will dispossess nations
and settle in their desolate cities.

"Do not be afraid; you will not be put to
shame.
Do not fear disgrace; you will not be
humiliated.
You will forget the shame of your youth
and remember no more the reproach of
your widowhood.

For your Maker is your husband--
the Lord Almighty is his name--
the Holy One of Israel is your Redemmer;
he is called the God of all the earth.
The Lord will call you back
as if you were a wife deserted and
distressed in spirit--
a wife who married young,
only to be rejected," says your God.
"For a brief moment I abandoned you,
but with deep compassion I will bring you
back.
In a surge of anger
I hid my face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness
I will have compassion on you,"
says the Lord your redeemer.

"To me this is like the days of Noah,
when I swore that the waters of Noah
would never again cover the earth.
So now I have sworn not to be angry with
you,
never to rebuke you again.
Though the mountains be shaken
and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love for you will not be
shaken
nor my covenant of peace be removed."
says the Lord, who has compassion on
you.

"Afflicted city, lashed by storms and not
comforted,
I will rebuild you with stones of
turquoise,
your foundations with lapis lazuli.
I will make your battlements of rubies,
your gates of sparkling jewels,
and all your walls of precious stones.
All your children will be taught by the Lord,
and great will be their peace.
In writeousness you will be established:
Tyranny will be far from you;
you will have nothing to fear.
Terror will be far removed;
it will not come near you.
If anyone does attack you, it will not be my
doing;
whoever attacks you will surrender to
you.
"See, it is I who created the blacksmith
who fans the coals into flame
and forges a weapon fit for its work.
And it is I who have created the destroyer to
work havoc;
no weapon forged against you will
prevail,
and you will refute every tongue that
accuses you.
This is the heritage of the servants of the
Lord,
and this is their vindication from me,"
declares the Lord.

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to which i can only say, "Thank You Jesus!  and Amen!"

posted by SHE @ 6:52 AM