{"id":4789,"date":"2011-06-09T05:20:25","date_gmt":"2011-06-09T13:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/wordpress\/?p=4789"},"modified":"2011-06-09T05:42:34","modified_gmt":"2011-06-09T13:42:34","slug":"then-what%e2%80%99s-next-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=4789","title":{"rendered":"Then What\u2019s Next To Do?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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June\u00a009,\u00a02011<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Everyone who asks receives . . . \u2014Luke 11:10<\/div>\n
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Ask if you have not received.<\/strong> There is nothing more difficult than asking. We will have yearnings and desires for certain things, and even suffer as a result of their going unfulfilled, but not until we are at the limit of desperation will we ask.<\/em> It is the sense of not being spiritually real that causes us to ask. Have you ever asked out of the depths of your total insufficiency and poverty? \u201cIf any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God . . . \u201d (James 1:5<\/a>), but be sure that you do lack wisdom before you ask. You cannot bring yourself to the point of spiritual reality anytime you choose. The best thing to do, once you realize you are not spiritually real, is to ask God for the Holy Spirit, basing your request on the promise of Jesus Christ (see Luke 11:13). The Holy Spirit is the one who makes everything that Jesus did for you real in your life.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone who asks receives . . . .\u201d This does not mean that you will not get<\/em> if you do not ask, but it means that until you come to the point of asking, you will not receive<\/em> from God (seeMatthew 5:45<\/a>). To be able to receive means that you have to come into the relationship of a child of God, and then you comprehend and appreciate mentally, morally, and with spiritual understanding, that these things come from God.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf any of you lacks wisdom . . . .\u201d If you realize that you are lacking, it is because you have come in contact with spiritual reality\u2014 do not put the blinders of reason on again. The word ask<\/em> actually means \u201cbeg.\u201d Some people are poor enough to be interested in their poverty, and some of us are poor enough spiritually to show our interest. Yet we will never receive if we ask with a certain result in mind, because we are asking out of our lust, not out of our poverty. A pauper does not ask out of any reason other than the completely hopeless and painful condition of his poverty. He is not ashamed to beg\u2014 blessed are the paupers<\/em> in spirit (see Matthew 5:3<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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June 9, 2011<\/p>\n

Journal Entry for Today-JDV<\/p>\n

I wonder how you see my needs and pleadings. Do I wear You out with my cries for forgiveness, help and direction? Then I talk to one of my children and then I understand. Our cries to You are indeed better than a halleluiah.<\/p>\n

And God says\u2026\u201d You cannot begin to understand the depths of My love for you. I love you more than you can ever hope or imagine and I want to demonstrate my love in every possible way. And just like a parent I understand what is the very best for you. \u00a0Just like a parent, I want you grasp the tough gifts of discipline, commitment and responsibility, while you also demonstrate love, hope, loving-kindness, and forgiveness. \u00a0I showed you immeasurable love in the person and sacrifice of Jesus. You must know that I would not withhold any good thing from you.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

June\u00a009,\u00a02011 Everyone who asks receives . . . \u2014Luke 11:10 Ask if you have not received. There is nothing more difficult than asking. We will have yearnings and desires for certain things, and even suffer as a result of their going unfulfilled, but not until we are at the limit of desperation will we ask. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4789"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4789"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4793,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4789\/revisions\/4793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}