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IF I COULD ONLY ASK ONE THING

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The genie offered only three wishes. The Wonderful Jesus encourages us to ask, and ask big, endlessly! But what if you could ask only one thing of our magnificent Father? Think it over. What would it be?

Solomon made it wisdom. Some of us might say, “Wish I had thought of that.” But what is your one request?

For me, the ultimate request realized is beholding the face of Jesus! I desire to see Him as He really is, and not just as I have imagined Him! This desire is put in other words.

For Moses it was, “Show me Your glory!”

For Elisha it was a double potion of Elijah’s experience with God

For David it was to dwell in God’s house, to see His beauty and relish the reflections.

Paul’s quest and request was to fully and intimately know Jesus Christ

The Doctor may know things about my wife Pam I don’t, such as her blood pressure, heart rate and blood chemistry. But I know Pam in far deeper ways!

I know about Jesus from studying the bible, but oh, to know Him person to person, face to face! Having information about Jesus is not nearly as satisfying as having relationship with Him! Information about Jesus is like embracing shadows. Having Jesus experientially is desire realized, a tree of life!

The right now, senses-vibrantly-awake, touch-hear-see companionship of Jesus satisfies every other need! When we have lucid, fully awake companionship with Him we possess all things! He comes with everything else we might ask for: wisdom, comfort, belonging, material provisions, guidance, friendship, and power – meeting our needs and desires.

You make known to me the path of life;

you will fill me with joy in your presence,

with eternal pleasures at your right hand. (Ps 16:11)

Seeing Jesus’ face at his return is the climax of the Bride’s desire.

But even at this instant He offers, “Seek My face.” (Ps 27:8)

It tops the prayer list.

Steven C Johnson

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ADDING DANCE: A NUTRITIONAL SUPPLIMENT FOR JOY!

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This morning I found and listened to a song by Ron Kenoly; “I will Dance.” I played it – swinging, swaying and stretching to the joyful music! It took me back 25 years when Anna and Claire were little. I took one in either arm and swung and spun with them getting us dizzy in the living room. What delightful moments!

I’m thinking many of us are lacking vitamin “D,” for Dance. Kenoly introduces the song by saying laughter and singing are signs of joy. And a third expression of joy is dancing! If we each took a lab test to discover our joy levels what would we find? Malnutrition or abundance? Perhaps medicinal doses of laughter, singing, AND DANCING are just what the Doctor orders.

It’s important to have good theology. But if we are missing joy perhaps our theology is defective at the most elementary level. With all the exhortations in Scripture to rejoice in the LORD perhaps one of our greatest doctrinal errors is joylessness. Some dour souls warn too much joy may reach toxic levels. If joy can reach dangerous levels I suggest we stay just under the redline!

May Dance be added to your day along with Gui-Dance and Abun-Dance and Ascen-Dance!

“In the morning I arise

And lift up my eyes

And behold I will dance!” Ron Kenoly

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ENCOURAGEMENT: DELIVERING THE GOODS

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ENCOURAGEMENT: DELIVERING THE GOODS

You may remember a scene from The Music Man where the community is hopeful, expectant and eagerly waiting for the Wells Fargo Wagon. What a fun song full of anticipation and energy!

People get excited over special deliveries.

Flowers! Chocolates! Toys! Tools! Games! Furniture!

The delivery guy may not get much attention, but typically there is a passing moment, a pleased, “Thank you!”

Delivery people are not in the business for acclaim and fanfare. But it feels good to know, even for an instant, that we are brightening someone’s day and doing something meaningful with our deliveries. You may make someone’s day, or even influence the course of their entire lives, by simply delivering one expression of encouragement.

ALL OF US ARE CALLED TO BE ENCOURAGERS

True prophets, pastors and teachers are encouragers.

Whatever your business, encouragement is vital.

Individuals, families and churches thrive when you sprinkle on encouragement.

VW came out with a diesel car that gets 78 MPG. But a simple expression of encouragement will carry someone 100,000 miles! Talk about fuel potency! Just a little dose of courage will inspire many to achieve things they never would otherwise. Do you want to influence people for good? Then be an encourager!

JESUS DELIVERS THE GOODS!

Jesus says, “Your name is Simon, but I’m going to call you Rocky!”

How’s that for instilling courage!

The widow lost her only son.

“Don’t cry”, says Jesus.

He touches the coffin and says,

“Young man, I say to you, get up!” (Luke 7:13-15)

That’s comfort and courage off the Richter scale!

Jesus assures, “In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 Goodness knows, Jesus delivers the goods! Jesus never promised us a life without problems! That’s why encouraging others is non-optional. Jesus encourages us to:

Not give up in prayer

Not worry about stuff, but seek the Kingdom

Be courageous when we don’t feel like it

Forgive 70 times 7 times

Take up our crosses and let our lights shine!

Build our houses on a good foundations

Rejoice when persecuted

When Jesus conveys His Father’s special delivery packages the result is faith, courage, and break-through! May we, like our Master, be encouragement agents delivering the goods!

Steven C Johnson

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Holiness: My Most Intense Encounter with God

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Like many of you, I’ve been privileged to have experiences with God, in Christ. Some of those experiences have come as I have earnestly sought him. Other experiences have totally blind-sighted me with surprise. He has been The Pearl of Great Value I have sought for, as well as the Hidden Treasure I have stumbled upon!

God has spoken to me through dreams and visions and prophecy. Like many I have experienced His unspeakable joy. I have felt His comforting peace. I have felt exhilarating love! Sometimes there are simply no words to describe these moments.

My most intense, literally take-your-breath-away experience, was with the holiness of God. We had sponsored a youth conference at a local college. The presence of God was palpable! Many were overcome by the sense of His glory. There was a small circle of people on the floor praying for an individual. Someone waved to me to come over and join their prayer. As I got close I saw one of our daughters, laying on her back with four people on the floor praying for her.

Intense and amazing prophecies were spoken over her. As we continued to pray a forceful pressure came over us. Several of us found our heads shaking wildly side to side. Together we began to speak out, groan out, a great “Aaaaawwwww!!!” My breath expelled as we exclaimed together. It felt very much as if a strong man had put his hand on my chest and back and then pressed until there was not a drop of air left. But still, there was a silent “Aaawww!” coming out without air.

The experience left us washed out and spacey. We were in awe, almost unable to speak. This was not an experience of peace, joy, or love. It was holiness! The intensity immobilized us on the floor. It was a pressure, a fear, a largeness, a power beyond description.

I have thought many times over the past three decades about those moments. If the experience could had been put into a bottle, and anyone had tasted a drop of it, they would certainly be overwhelmed with the fear of the Lord! No one on earth could withstand such an encounter without reverencing God.

In the Scriptures we find others who tasted the holy glory of God in similar ways. Moses said, “I am full of fear and trembling.” Priests were not able to minister because of the glory of God. Isaiah, Ezekiel and Daniel were overcome! John in revelation fell as a dead man. Through church history many have testified to the intense, bowl-you-over, immobilizing holiness of God.

The closest thing I can compare our experience to is a scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark, as the Ark was opened at the end of the movie. Remember?

I often pray for the awareness of the holiness of God, and the great, pressing fear of the Lord it inspires. May He capture us and overwhelm our nations with His holiness! Please pray for the sensibility of Father God’s holiness to convict and set straight our neighborhoods and the world!

Steven C Johnson

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Three Lost Things Recovered

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THE TAPE MEASURE

We moved from one house to another and in the process I lost my brand new, 25 foot, Stanley tape measure. The new house was a fixer-upper. I really needed that tape! I looked high and low to find it, praying all along, “Lord, help me find my tape measure!”

I worked with a flimsy 10 foot measure, and kept praying.

After several weeks of looking, and praying, I dreamed I found the tape measure. I went to my office the next morning and there, in the middle of the desk, it sat! My secretary had no idea how it got there.

SUNGLASSES

When I was a junior in High School my parents bought me some wire rim prescription sunglasses. I used them about 25 years, and then lost them! I interrogated every family member. I looked everywhere, many times. You never know – the seventh time you look in the glove box, they might be there. I prayed many times over several weeks for their recovery.

One Sunday morning I was about to leave for church. I thought, “I’m going to jump into the car and drive straight into the rising sun without my glasses.”

I got down on my knees by my bed and prayed, again, “Lord, you know how I need those glasses. I’ve had them a long time. They’re valuable to me. They help me see. Please restore my glasses to me!”

I went out the car and opened the door. There on the seat in plain sight were the sunglasses! I ran back into the house and asked my wife, “Pam, did you find my sunglasses?” She replied, “No, but last night I dreamed you found them.” No one in the family knew how they got there.

THE WALLET

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I lost my wallet. Searching pockets in the closet, cleaning out the car, and even calling the business where I last remember having it, brought no results. I canceled the cards, ordered a new driver’s license, and prayed often.

A couple weeks after the loss I was getting up from bed and sensed that something fell right beside my foot. I bent down and picked up my wallet! Where it fell from, I have no idea.

In each story we are unaware of any human element in bringing back the lost item. I seriously believe the angels of God were at work! The three recovered items in my stories are parables.

The Lord would restore:

Proportion and proper fit

Ability to see dazzling things

Identity and wealth

“Ask and it will be given to you;

seek and you will find;

knock and the door will be opened to you.” Matthew 7:7

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LEVERAGING CRIMSON

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Beautiful, bright, bold and brilliant

The crimson blood of Jesus!

The blood of Jesus is against you, devil!

Satan screams and freaks

We rejoice and exult!

Jail break, jail break!

Free from Satan’s rickety cage

We were trapped, but God helped

We were given power!

By the Father’s grace, we kicked though the wall

We butted the wall and broke through!

Brilliant and dazzling blood of Jesus!

We fought and persevered

We broke through!

Fear not little flock

We, His sheep, are The Lion’s pride

Hear the lambs roar!

We roar like The Lion!

Lamb’s blood sprinkled upon us!

Lambs blood covers guilt, sin and shame

Is that the blood of Jesus against you, devil?

Must you run so soon?

Spattered with the blood of Jesus!

Better run you liar

Better run you murderer

Better run you thief

Watch the accuser run!

Throw her down! Throw Jezebel down!

Satan fell from heaven, ouch! From heaven, ouch!

Oh Jezzy, is that your icky blood spattered on the wall?

Bad hair day for Luci

Poor writhing snake. Off with her head!

Ding dong! The wicked witch is dead!

The bell tolls for Thee

Ding dong! The wicked witch is – ha, ha, ha – so toasted!

Flames of fire!

Who burned the bacon?

Jesus! He burns the bacon

Turn the oven to broil!

Getting strong now!

Push ‘em back, push ‘em back, way back!

We will, we will, rock you!

You’re under our feet!

The captives felt the earth quake

The captives had a jail break

Children of the ovens now free

From mass graves, raised to liberty!

Look at all the pirate’s treasure

Plunder all the pirate’s treasure

Stolen things recovered

Our lives redeemed!

Beautiful, bright, bold and brilliant

The crimson blood of Jesus!

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A WHIP OR A MOP?

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Some caption the image as “Jesus driving out the money changers.”

Others label the picture as “Jesus cleansing the temple.”

I don’t think Jesus’ goal was to disrupt as much as put things in order. Some paint an image of a roaring, ravaging lion tearing up bad guys. The image which seems closer is a mother bear alarmed for her cubs, willing to savage the threats, for her cubs’ safety. Jesus’ goal was not to gain a reputation as an iconoclast and gain a good photo op, but to re-create purity and peace in The House of Prayer.

Garbage being thrown into a can may look like disruption to those accustomed to it cluttering floors and countertops. If cleaning out garbage is disruption, may every place and every heart be thoroughly disrupted!

Fishermen had their industry disrupted. Routines out the window!

Tables topsy-turvy. Religious notions, traditions and rules which subverted the Ancient Ways, took a lashing – for a cleansing

Demons lost their homes.

Doctors’ predicable income dried up

Funeral home directors lost business

When Jesus shows up with His scourge and mop He is into deep cleaning. I feel he is asking deep cleansing questions of His Church today. What answers shall we give him?

“My house is meant to be a house of prayer. Why do you do everything but?”

“Why do you serve bits of crackers and juice in demitasse cups and call it communion?”

“Why do you work so hard to keep the 99 and not search for the lost?”

“How can you love one another when you separate from one another?”

“Why do you spend money on X, Y and Z, but not on 1, 2 and 3?”

“Why do adults get such energy and the children get the scraps?”

Jesus’ end goal is not to lay on whipping stings of shame and humiliation, but to challenge us to our roots, that we may regain our health, vitality and fellowship with Him! By responding positively to these questions, we will see Jesus as less of a disrupter, and more as the mother bear giving us a good scrubbing behind the ears!

“Lashes and wounds purge away evil,

and beatings cleanse the innermost parts.” Prov 20:30

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PIZZA DREAMS!

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I was talking to a friend today who said they were dreaming, a lot!

I asked, “Do you record your dreams?”

She answered, “No, because they’re just about things I’ve been doing with my baby.”

I believe we should be mindful of all our dreams, even pizza dreams!

Funny how we discount dreams because they are outlandish, weird and bazaar.

We also discount dreams which are ordinary and “every-day.”

What if I decided to ignore dreams where people were speaking English, because that is my every-day language? What if I decided to ignore dreams with people I know, because they have an every-day place in my life?

Certainly, dreams can come from too much pizza. In fact, this reality is found in the bible.

“…a dream comes when there are many cares….” Ecc. 5:3

Things which occupy our thoughts during the day, often do the same at night.

This is the gift of God.

Be aware, for the night may show the every-day in a new “light.”

I’ve had dreams at night where I was exhausted, and our dog Tucker was part of the action. It was a reflection of the day. I was working hard,stressed too much, and it was showing up in dreams. Tucker was there as an emblem. I was “tuckered” out!

I’ve had undeniable “God” dreams. I’ve also had wrestlings with real demonic powers in the night.

But many of my dreams are from the Pizza genre. Still, if I take time to write them down, I get lessons, like:

Don’t eat a lot of pizza before going to bed.

Don’t overstress about things. Get your rest!

Don’t bite off more than you can chew.

Every night before I go to sleep I set my pen and paper at the head of the bed. I pray, “Lord, in the night with dreams, and in the day with visions!” The Lord has answered that prayer thousands of times, often with pizza dreams.

Don’t ignore them!

Steven C Johnson

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FORTY YEARS!

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As Pam and I looked at the picture of those kids we both said we would like to sit them down and give them a good talking to! O, the counsel we would furnish, and the exhortations we would level!

What an education we have received. Wouldn’t it be nice to start all over with the accumulated experience and wisdom of four decades? Still, we capitalize on what we have, and we believe it is more than a fluffy word of inspiration, but sober and wonderful truth – “The Best is Yet to Come!”

We are determined to press on, and cross over, into promised lands – rejoicing in our battles, our plantings and buildings, as we capitalize on every past good and hard experience, and upon the present grace and favor of our Lord Jesus Christ today!

I don’t have the words to express the deep appreciation, love and respect I feel for my lover, counselor and precious friend. So many travels, travails and delights are compressed into forty anniversaries!

Thanks to so many who have intersected with our lives and made our lives richer along the way! Bless each one as you press on for the high Goal!

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IF I COULD ONLY ASK ONE THING

ADDING DANCE: A NUTRITIONAL SUPPLIMENT FOR JOY!

ENCOURAGEMENT: DELIVERING THE GOODS

Holiness: My Most Intense Encounter with God

Three Lost Things Recovered

THE TAPE MEASURE

We moved from one house to another and in the process I lost my brand new, 25 foot, Stanley tape measure. The new house was a fixer-upper. I really needed that tape! I looked high and low to find it, praying all along, “Lord, help me find my tape measure!”

I worked with a flimsy 10 foot measure, and kept praying.

After several weeks of looking, and praying, I dreamed I found the tape measure. I went to my office the next morning and there, in the middle of the desk, it sat! My secretary had no idea how it got there.

SUNGLASSES

One Sunday morning I was about to leave for church. I thought, “I’m going to jump into the car and drive straight into the rising sun without my glasses.”

I got down on my knees by my bed and prayed, again, “Lord, you know how I need those glasses. I’ve had them a long time. They’re valuable to me. They help me see. Please restore my glasses to me!”

I went out the car and opened the door. There on the seat in plain sight were the sunglasses! I ran back into the house and asked my wife, “Pam, did you find my sunglasses?” She replied, “No, but last night I dreamed you found them.” No one in the family knew how they got there.

THE WALLET

I lost my wallet. Searching pockets in the closet, cleaning out the car, and even calling the business where I last remember having it, brought no results. I canceled the cards, ordered a new driver’s license, and prayed often.

A couple weeks after the loss I was getting up from bed and sensed that something fell right beside my foot. I bent down and picked up my wallet! Where it fell from, I have no idea.

In each story we are unaware of any human element in bringing back the lost item. I seriously believe the angels of God were at work! The three recovered items in my stories are parables.

The Lord would restore:

Proportion and proper fit

Ability to see dazzling things

Identity and wealth

“Ask and it will be given to you;

seek and you will find;

knock and the door will be opened to you.” Matthew 7:7

Steven C Johnson

Landingstripenterprises.com

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FORTY YEARS!