John 17:22<\/a>). Keep your whole life continually open to Jesus Christ. Don\u2019t pretend to be open with Him. Are you drawing your life from any source other than God Himself? If you are depending on something else as your source of freshness and strength, you will not realize when His power is gone.<\/p>\nBeing born of the Spirit means much more than we usually think. It gives us new vision and keeps us absolutely fresh for everything through the never-ending supply of the life of God.<\/p>\n
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January 20, 2011<\/p>\n
Journal Entry for Today-JDV<\/p>\n
\u00a0One of the indicators of my connection to You is the freshness with which you allow me to see the world and my place in and out of it. I know that I am intimately connected to You when the same old things surprise and amaze me. \u00a0<\/p>\n
When I am truly connected to You I know I am fresh in the Spirit . It is one more indicator of my daily connection.<\/p>\n
And God says…\u201dWhen you are engaged and connected with Me as a little child, you are captivated and intrigued by everything. Every experience is like brand new as you observe Me operating in and around your life. You can live in the moment, in eager anticipation of life that is directed and controlled by Me\u2026all things work for good for those that love Me and are called according to My purpose.. <\/em><\/p>\nGalatians 5:22-25\u00a0(The Message)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a022-23<\/sup><\/strong>But what happens when we live God’s way? He brings gifts into our lives, much the same way that fruit appears in an orchard\u2014things like affection for others, exuberance about life, serenity. We develop a willingness to stick with things, a sense of compassion in the heart, and a conviction that a basic holiness permeates things and people<\/strong>. We find ourselves involved in loyal commitments, not needing to force our way in life, able to marshal and direct our energies wisely<\/em><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\nJournal DJR 1 20 11
\n Good Morning, Lord. Once again, you and Oswald hit me with an obvious truth that I so easily forget and need to be reminded of. \u2026 If things get stale or stressed, it\u2019s an indication of my Connection \u2026 it needs some tightening up. This is a truth that hides in plain sight. It goes along with the rest of what we\u2019ve been learning. Staying curious, Expecting to deliver a miracle, staying on the balcony with you. Etc. All good life rings to hang on to when the storms of life threaten to overwhelm.
\n Yes, you can always remember that if our relationship gets distant, I\u2019m not the one that moved. You are learning the path back. These metaphors, balcony, delivery boy, walking with me, etc, are helpful for humans. Use them. More. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"January 20, 2011 \u00a0 Jesus answered and said to him, \u2019Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God\u2019 \u2014John 3:3 \u00a0 Sometimes we are fresh and eager to attend a prayer meeting, but do we feel that same freshness for such mundane tasks as polishing […]<\/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":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3930"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3930"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3939,"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3930\/revisions\/3939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}