January 2008
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JOYby
Dr. Karen Joy King
For the last several years, I have asked God to give me a simple motto, which is to be my goal for each year. A couple of years ago, God led me to change my middle and last names. He gave me JOY for my middle name! It is an acronym for Jesus, Others, You (me). It also reminds me that the joy of the Lord is my strength. Without this joy, life is very meaningless, empty, and powerless.
For most of my life, I was very depressed. In fact, I was born depressed! It wasn’t until I became a CLU student, took the wonderfully anointed, life changing courses, and went through deliverance/counseling that I was set free. Since then, my goal is to live my life with joy. I want to be so full of God’s joy that it spills over on to everyone with whom I come in contact!
My motto? “In 08, I will feast from God’s joy plate.” It may be simple and homely, but it represents a lot of meaning and challenge to me. Many times, due to life’s circumstances and people, joy can easily be sapped from us. It is a daily challenge to live above everything and everyone and to keep the joy.
Some of the things I do to maintain the joy is to live in God’s Word, stay focused on Him, look for ways to help others, and purposely stir up joy. Upon waking every morning, I begin praising God and professing out loud His promises over my life (His Word does not return void). Throughout the day, I try to stay tuned to His flow and in communion with Him. Before I go to sleep, I thank Him for His many blessings that day. As I go to sleep, I worshipfully repeat Jesus’ name over and over.
Each day is a gift from God. “For this is the day which the Lord has made. I WILL rejoice and be glad in it.” Notice the will is involved. Choose to enjoy each and every day with God in the gift He has given you. Don’t focus on the problems, but focus on Him. A question I often ask myself is, “Am I problem or power (God’s power) conscious?” It makes all the difference in the world where we keep our focus.
I am looking forward to a great and joyful year in the Lord and pray that yours will be too! Surrender everything and everyone to God, delve into the CLU courses so He can take you to new spiritual heights, and let the JOY with power spill forth!
Jesus is coming soon! Let’s make as big of an impact on this world as we can before we leave it! If we allow problems to get us down, we are not better off than those who don’t know Christ. Cast ALL of your cares upon Him so you can truly be free to enjoy life with abundant JOY!
P.S. Start the new year by joining other students and me on the weekly chats
found at www.cluonline.com/chat.htm, Thursdays at 9:00 P.M. EST. This is a
great way to be a part of the CLU community!
The
Life Altering Course
by
Debbie Sears
How does one begin to describe a course that is literally life altering? Certainly, the task of doing so with CLU’s course Communion with God is that daunting. To say it has been anything other than life changing is to misspeak. Naturally, you will reap only as much benefit as the depth of yourself that you’re determined to put into it.
The tapes with Dr. Virkler’s voice and his transparent nature, along with Patti, his wife’s presentation in the book, Dialogue with God, and the lesson “practices” in creating your own personal “flow of fellowship” with God are extraordinarily real! This is not your typical course in either forum or function; at least not what I’ve experienced in any other university setting I’ve attended.
I believe its differences are exactly what make it so uniquely life altering. From the onset, this course asks you to go where no other course has ever attempted--into yourself--using imagery, imagination, and child-like spontaneous wonderment.
You reach a pinnacle of gleeful awe and see God as never before. You begin an excursion with God that you’re not afraid to travel and go unfettered, hand in hand, with a Heavenly Father you never knew existed, and One of total LOVE Who spurs you ever onward in the journey. It is personal and the only restrictions are the ones you place there.
God, as you discover, through the teaching exercises, individualized loving instruction from Dr. Karen King, and the principles explained by Dr. Mark Virkler (those on relaxation, picturing Jesus with you as Scriptures are read and/or explained, learning dialogue by listening and hearing God’s voice for yourself, and then writing those “impressions” down, are the crux of the entire course. It sounds simple enough, but the results are anything but!
You not only learn God is still speaking today, but that He has a healing rhema that has been fashioned just for you! It is easy to be spoon-fed proclamations from a pulpit, and it is always easier to be passive; however, the personal rewards are seldom there.
In this course, you get to experience the Word jump off the page, become real, tangible, unforgettable! You actually “experience” the Word rather than merely read it. The Word becomes alive, dwells in you, and resonates within you, which is powerful and life altering! It is nothing short of miraculous!
Of course, you can’t know this until you immerse yourself into this amazing way of learning, this unprecedented forum for self-discovery as God supplies His answers to all you wish to ask. I can say this with complete sincerity, that I, being a Christian for more than 20 years, have never been able to read the Bible from cover to cover because I’d quit from sheer boredom and lack of understanding its meaning for me in this day—until now!
Now, Genesis is as relevant to me as Revelation. Exodus is as freeing as Christ’s
death in the New Testament! If not for this course, who knows what I would,
or wouldn’t have learned, about the Godhead? I chose to take the road
that is less traveled, but thank the Lord, which is already established, and
it has made all the difference!
Journaling:
God, please speak to me about my concerns over my divided church. I am confused. Conflicted. Torn.
Debbie, I know you’re struggling with what’s right and wrong and your stance about hypocrisy. Remember, I created you, but find your peace in Me! I change NOT! I AM still in control while men will come and go! But I, My Word, [Christ] will last forever, and it will accomplish that which I send it to do! I understand your pensivity and sadness about your church home. But I dwell in you; therefore, church is wherever you and I are together. You are My church! “Do you not know your body is a temple?” “Come and follow Me!” That is My command for you! We can have church always! Don’t think it coincidental that you’re learning all the ways we can communicate with one another while your church has been severed by politics and man’s own interpretations. I have made a way in this for you and Me to encounter each other. Relying on a man is not My plan for you. I want us to meet One on one. Understand, My church is not made of plaster and stone. It’s a living, breathing body. I cannot be boxed in or shut out. Those who know Me recognize My ability to transcend people, places, and situations! You have not lost your fellowship with those who worship Me this way. Though My sheep seem scattered, they hear My voice (Rhema) and still follow Me. Nothing in life is constant or consistent—BUT I AM! Know that I’ve not left you! DO NOT CONSIDER YOURSELF LOST OR ABANDONDED. I know your waking-up and your lying down hours. I know the days of your life that you have yet coming. I know the passion and purpose for which you would love to serve Me. Remember, I created you! Your passion is Mine! Do NOT Worry that you won’t get there, for you will because My Spirit dwells within you. Do you think this cannot come to pass? You will be in My service in the capacity for which I have gifted you and gave you the passion for! Fear Not! Be patient! There is much I want to show you about yourself, about Myself, about Us together on a united front—a front which no man can sever! Remember the hearts of kings are like rivers in My Hands! Do not confuse the difference between man’s power and My Own! Look towards the lessons learned by this season of division and discourse and take courage. Note everything I show you. Use them to counsel those who may come from a divided house! Even a religious one! You know that I AM about restoration, resolve, balance, and harmony! My Son gave His life for this purpose. He DID NOT DIE in vain! Whatever was placed in HIS Hands, I hold tightly, and I CANNOT Lose a Single One! This is what I EXPECT from You, DEBBIE. Commune with ME for your guidance, for the Truth, and for what I AM asking of You! Pray for healing concerning all parties of this split that separated MY Children! Do not go looking for whose at fault. This IS MY Territory. MY BODY will be glorified once more! Look to ME for the answers that are encouraging, beautiful, pure, and life-giving! These, You will find, are applicable to counsel those I’ll give you. I AM not keeping you from any knowledge of Myself. I want you FOCUSED, on course, and FIXED ON ME! Study ME, and I Will Educate You for your duties ahead. Know that I AM GOD ALONE! And you, Debbie, YOU are MY Vessel! I Don’t Expect Perfection, BUT I do want you to know Me as I AM! I want you to hold tightly to MY Teachings and to be brimming with the “Life-giving” insights I give you! Now, it is I Who have a question for you, “Are You Up to the Challenge?” |
“My
Ministry and Personal Needs Met Through CLU!”
by
Luis Diego Bolanos
In August 2007, I began to feel in my heart a deep desire, a really deep one, for I realized that I needed to change not only the way, the approach, the focus, and the goals of my ministry, but also of my life. In that moment, I understood that change was necessary in order for me to return to a life full of fruit.
As a result, I decided to increase my knowledge, but I also realized that I really needed more than just knowledge. I needed a closer communion with my Lord. I understood that my life needed more of Jesus and a better relationship with the Holy Spirit. I thought, “What do I have to do to bring about these changes?”
That’s when I decided to look for an organization able to help me. I needed desperately somebody to guide me in my way, to increase my skills, and to get a better relationship with the Lord in order to be successful in my ministry.
Finally, I decided to enter the Internet and look for help. I am sure it was the Lord Who guided me to find CLU! Immediately, as I started my doctorate at CLU, I began to receive many blessings from God! A lot has been happening in my life since the day I found CLU and took the course REN 503 Communion with God!
As a result of my encounter with God through this course, my life has been touched! My life has been changed! The five crucial concepts that made this miracle in my life are:
- The comprehension of how my brain works and the relationship between that concept and my ability to hear God’s voice.
- The Four Keys of hearing God’s voice!
- The “Fine-tuning” Dial
- The Leaders’ Paradigm
- My approach to God with the analysis of the Tabernacle
Other concepts also gave me a lot of comprehension about my life, such as: the danger of the Pharisee behavior; the reality of the New Age movement; and the risk of being deceived. I think the most important discovery is the Four Keys. I really believe in the Four Keys, and I know that I need all four keys to hear God’s voice, not two, not three… but all four.
I am learning to quiet myself by entering into situations that let me be physically calm so I can let go and relax because I desperately want to hear the thoughts that light upon my mind. Once I am stilled, then I can fix my eyes on Jesus and look for vision as I pray using pictures in my mind about Jesus in Jerusalem or Galilee.
My rational mind fights me when I want to tune to spontaneity, but if I really fix my eyes on Jesus, I can recognize the spontaneous thoughts that come from Him and then write down the flow of thoughts and pictures that come to me.
One astounding journaling example is:
“God, what do You want me to do with the rest of my life?” “Luis, I am God. You are the branch, and I am the Vine. I want you to produce fruit, more fruit, and a lot of fruit for Me, for My Church, and for My People. I want you to work with young people and create a ministry that helps young girls and boys to leave drugs and to abandon their lives of suffering. I want you to finish your studies so you can begin to create this ministry.” “Lord, I want to be the leader that You want me to be. Thanks for pillars, Your voice, and for all the things You are doing in my life.” |
My life is changing and will be forever since I learned how to hear God’s
voice. Thank you, CLU! Thank You, Lord!
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