Dauthor Jacqueline (Jackie) Richey Weber
When reading the story of King Asa (2Chronicles 14-16), I was led to read Paul’s account of Abraham’s faith where he says that God “calleth those things which be not as though they were” (Romans 4:17).
Continue reading “Calling Those Things that Be not as Though They Were”
May 20, 2017
Paul tells us that
2Timothy 1:7 . . . God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
We therefore know that if our minds are not “sound,” it is not God’s will. There is also the implication that fear could be at the root of any lack of power, love or soundness of mind that we might experience.
This weekend we visited some dear Christian friends and attended church with them. Of course we had many discussions about spiritual matters since our spiritual journeys are what is most important to all of us. The subject of prayer kept recurring, both in our private discussions and during the church service when prayer requests were taken and prayed for. The implication of most of the statements made were that the more often we pray, the more people who are praying and the more serious we are about praying (e. g. fasting and intensity) is what determines whether or not our prayers are answered.
Please read the contemplations The Kingdom of God Is Within and Listening from Within when you read this one.
For some time now, since it was revealed to me that I was being motivated by my ego (see “Understanding”), I have been meditating on who I would be without my ego. There is a scene in a movie, “Peaceful Warrior,” where the main character is on the top of a tower contemplating suicide, and his ego asks him that question, “Who would you be without me?”
This is in no way meant to be a doctrinal treatise on the meaning of the trinity (which, by the way, is never mentioned in the Bible, just in theological literature about the Bible), but rather a way of looking at ourselves in relation to God. When not capitalized, the word trinity
means a group of three.
Today I was asking God to reveal to me why I was unable to walk in faith and believe that there is only one power (God) which is good—and respond to appearances with righteous judgment rather than the thoughts of criticism, judgment and condemnation that I had experienced over the weekend.
Continue reading “Thy Faith”
In Genesis 18-19 we read the account of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (the home of Abraham’s nephew Lot and his family) and of Abraham’s plea with God that the cities be spared from what we have believed to be God’s wrath against their many sins, including homosexuality. We even hear preachers today denouncing cities like New Orleans and Las Vegas, saying that hurricane Katrina was God’s wrath against the people of New Orleans. I’ve heard more than one minister make statements like this one: If God doesn’t punish America [or a specific city in America], He’ll have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah.
Continue reading “Ten Righteous Men”
1Corinthians 15:56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
As I was meditating before getting out of bed this morning, listening to the still small voice inside, I was once again made aware of what a major role the law is still playing in my life. I was asking God to show me why it is still so difficult for me to accept the abundant life Jesus came to reveal to us—not a life that we must attain to, but one that is already there for recognition and acceptance, the life that Jesus called the kingdom of heaven that is within everyone.
James 4:3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
I first really heard this Word many years ago when I was suffering from a skin disease. I would break out in clear blisters. There was no known cause when I first developed symptoms and sought treatment at age eighteen. But I was put on a medication (the same medication given for leprosy) which did relieve the symptoms. More than fifteen years later, scientists discovered that the disease was caused by the inability of my body to absorb gluten. Upon learning this, I immediately went on a gluten-free diet (no wheat, barley, rye or oats) so I could stop taking the medication. This was very difficult for me because I loved bread and pizza more than any other foods. I made both with potato and rice flours, but it wasn’t the same. Even though I was on the diet, it took a year and a half before I could get off the medicine.
This morning I awakened to the voice of God inside giving me revelation which I wish to write down, not with the goal of posting it on my website, but rather to better understand what the Spirit is saying to me. Like Paul, I count everything (including the website) as loss that I may know Him!