The Christian Walk

Recently I came across a book called "Jesus Calling." Actually I've heard of this book a long time ago and while I was at the Christian book store I picked it up with the intention of possibly purchasing the book but as I went through the pages I felt uneasy, and so I put the book down. My mother in law brought up the book this past month and how much she loves it. So I decided to do some research. I found out that the author, Sarah Young was inspired by another book called, God calling. This book was written in the 1930's and is a known new age book. In the early version of the book, Jesus calling, Sarah Young said that she receives messages from God and writes them down. She also credits this book, God Calling,  for her inspiration. They have since edited the book and decided they better call it a prayer journal instead. They also removed the reference to the book God calling. She also uses the word Presence capitalized to refer to God over 80 times.

                                                                 Folsom Lake 2014 There was a particular time in my life when I felt God telling me to humble myself. And of course God presented an opportunity to do such. It was a Sunday morning at church. My husband happened to be giving his testimony this day. The band was singing and at this particular time, the band would call people up to kneel at the front of the church as they felt led. I was feeling led and knew that God was telling me to go forward. What I did instead was sit there frozen in my seat. My pride got in the way. I didn't think much of the event until about a month later when I began to have all sorts of problems that eventually led me to experience complete brokenness. Then I remembered what God had told me to do. We are faithless but God remains faithful! We are living in a lawless society where we believe that everything is a choice. And honestly we have lots of choices and it has affected how we t