tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216334866778289739.post6644090520589026363..comments2019-11-12T14:45:31.516-07:00Comments on Transforming Together: Authentic Spiritual Mentoring: The LIVING WORD OF GOD....nothing less.....nothing elseTransforming Togetherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01997685183132646140noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216334866778289739.post-76389903173244097772011-10-29T07:51:07.345-06:002011-10-29T07:51:07.345-06:00Jesus is aware of Who He is being in the life of y...Jesus is aware of Who He is being in the life of your friend. What a deep friendship may be forged between the two of you...in HIS name, for HIS glory...and your mutual good. For right now, learn to lean heavily on Jesus,Tracy. It's the only way to stand up straight...to be firm in Him!Transforming Togetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01997685183132646140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216334866778289739.post-65983788752269907672011-10-28T22:09:03.520-06:002011-10-28T22:09:03.520-06:00I so appreciate it when you say something and than...I so appreciate it when you say something and than ask the question: HOW DO WE KNOW? and than you give me references from the Word. I always look them up if I don't know off hand what it says but I DO know what John 1:1 says. I memorized the first 18 verses of John as a kid and I still know them...only now I am learning to know them in my heart, not only my heart! Praise God for the work He is doing in my life. <br /><br />My dear friend would have been a good mentor for me if only she would have accepted. But she refused (she feels so unworthy!)and so I am thankful to you for coming alongside me and sharing with me what you have learned.Tracynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216334866778289739.post-59977194042004131412011-10-28T21:53:54.885-06:002011-10-28T21:53:54.885-06:00Yes, yes and yes!! Your friend and you have chosen...Yes, yes and yes!! Your friend and you have chosen BEST...Jesus Himself!! Remember, HE IS THE LIVING WORD!! How do we know? John 1:1!!! You are entering into what the Living Word calls "the Spirit filled life"...ie. your Being full of HIS Spirit, teaching,guiding, comforting, counseling....which is the NORMAL, REASONABLE life of a Christ-Follower. We have become so accustomed to "sub-par' as 'normal' when it comes to our walk w/Jesus...MAY IT NOT BE SO!!! Jesus desires that we EACH live WITH the Sprit, interacting w/the Spirit, being FULL of the Living Spirit of God. Keep at it...ONLY Jesus, ONLY HIS WORD!!! YES!Transforming Togetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01997685183132646140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216334866778289739.post-58311177955885113162011-10-28T21:12:35.122-06:002011-10-28T21:12:35.122-06:00I just thought you might like to know that this bl...I just thought you might like to know that this blog was so very timely. Here's what was happening in my life just prior to you posting this piece:<br />I had been emailing back and forth with a very dear friend. I knew for years already that she read the bible and only the bible; she refused to read any books about the bible. I looked on her as if she was alien; not reading books was so foreign to me. I am a avid reader. I read all the good books. All the books written by godly men of old. All the great Christian classics. She would not read any of it. She clung to the Word and she was leaps and bounds ahead of me spiritually. <br />Once in a while she would hint to me why she was learning and growing. But I did not have ears to hear because I was so enjoying my lifestyle of read, read, read. The day you posted this article she and I had been studying the Bible together and we stumbled across a difficult passage. I suggested she look at the commentaries or bible study helps. She said NO, in a horrified way. She was repulsed at the idea. I knew my friend so I just laughed but what she said made a terrific impression on me. <br />That night I was so convicted…..(more things lead up to it that I will spare boring you with)……to go straight to God’s word and let the Spirit speak for Himself that I vowed to put away all books about the bible except the bible for 3 whole months. (I remembered reading about that in your book, Transforming Together, which I am reading for the 3rd time) Then the next morning I saw that you had posted these words about the LIVING WORD, nothing less, nothing else. I promptly emailed my friend and let her read your words and we agreed with you…..together. <br />Anyway, I have been going through the book of John…… slowly. I no longer use the word ‘study’ because for me to study would mean that I have to be perfect and become overwhelmed because I wasn’t doing it just right. Besides, studying for me didn’t put me into the BEING with Jesus. It puts me above…..kind of like I was only getting a bird’s eye view……..very NOT personal.. I read aloud a short passage…..very short and then I meditate on it throughout the day. Then next day I write the whole passage out…..this is very helpful for me……..and then I jot down everything that the Spirit has brought to my mind. I’ll go back to my ‘ journal of jottings’ each time the Spirit shows me something else during the day. (I keep the journal out on the table with my Bible open to the portion of Scripture I am meditating on) Since being in the Word and only the Word Jesus is becoming REAL to me<br />I thank God for my friend who patiently waited for me to ‘get’ it and for you for making it clearer.Tracyhttp://www.ayearinposts.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com