by G. D. Watson
If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. Matthew 16:24-25
If God has called you to be truly like Jesus in all your spirit, He will draw you into a life of crucifixion and humility. He will put on you such demands of obedience that you will not be allowed to follow other Christians. In many ways, He seems to let other good people do things which He will not let you do.
Others who seem to be very religious and useful may push themselves, pull wires, and scheme to carry out their plans, but you cannot. If you attempt it, you will meet with such failure and rebuke from the Lord as to make you sorely penitent.
Others can brag about themselves, their work, their successes, their writings, but the Holy Spirit will not allow you to do any such thing. If you begin to do so, He will lead you into some deep mortification that will make you despise yourself and all your good works.
Others will be allowed to succeed in making great sums of money, or having a legacy left to them, or in having luxuries, but God may supply you only on a day-to-day basis, because He wants you to have something far better than gold, a helpless dependence on Him and His unseen treasury.
The Lord may let others be honored and put forward while keeping you hidden in obscurity because He wants to produce some choice, fragrant fruit for His coming glory, which can only be produced in the shade.
God may let others be great, but keep you small. He will let others do a work for Him and get the credit, but He will make you work and toil without knowing how much you are doing. Then, to make your work still more precious, He will let others get the credit for the work which you have done; this to teach you the message of the Cross, humility, and something of the value of being cloaked with His nature.
The Holy Spirit will put a strict watch on you, and with a jealous love rebuke you for careless words and feelings, or for wasting your time, which other Christians never seem distressed over.
So make up your mind that God is an infinite Sovereign and has a right to do as He pleases with His own, and that He may not explain to you a thousand things which may puzzle your reason in His dealings with you.
God will take you at your word. If you absolutely sell yourself to be His slave, He will wrap you up in a jealous love and let other people say and do many things that you cannot. Settle it forever; you are to deal directly with the Holy Spirit, He is to have the privilege of tying your tongue or chaining your hand or closing your eyes in ways which others are not dealt with. However, know this great secret of the Kingdom: When you are so completely possessed with the Living God that you are, in your secret heart, pleased and delighted over this peculiar, personal, private, jealous guardianship and management of the Holy Spirit over your life, you will have found the vestibule of heaven, the high calling of God.
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We watched the clip. Wow, great effects! We will buy the movie when it comes out too. We have the ‘old’ one now. And the book 🙂
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I have the book and I reread it all the time. I have requested a preview from the filmmaker so I can write a review of it before it is released. We’ll see. 🙂
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I guess this posts answer my other question…sorry I didn’t read it first! 🙂
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That’s okay Sarah. 🙂
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Mike,
You changed the room again. I thought us women were the ones who keep changing our minds. 🙂
I have been looking for this book to buy and I can’t find it. I think I checked out Old Truth already. I would really like to read it so any suggestions? Thank You and I like the tulips! 🙂
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Deb,
I’m trying to find a template that is easy for people to read and still says what I want to say. I think this one works. 🙂
I got my copy at Barnes and Noble. I got the edition that has John Bunyan’s original notes on each page.
In Christ
Mike Ratliff
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Hello kind folks,
I just found out today that the publisher (DRC Productions) has held back the release date for this New movie (P.P. Journey to Heaven) and even though i was very dissappointed (but stuff happens), can anyone tell me what’s going on (when will this movie FINALLY be released??)??
THank you! 🙂
Court Z.
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Oh by the way, the release date was posted for 11/26/2007 for many weeks, but now that that date came/gone, the publisher changed their mind and is with holding the movie release.
Thnx.
Court Z.
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Do you know if the film is still coming out? I just looked at the Web site and it is down. Hope that doesn’t mean that the film won’t come out.
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Susan,
I don’t know what happened to the movie. I was supposed to get a copy to review, but they changed their mind late in October. This project seems to have evaporated. I am quite disappointed.
In Christ
Mike Ratliff
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I have contacted Danny Carrales, and he has a set time for the movie to come out mid. to the end of may! lets hope it isn’t delayed again, but i doubt it since it has already been viewed several times at my church’s middle school youth group. i haven’t gotten to see it yet 😦 i cant wait because i was an extra in the court house scene! (kid in orange shirt w/ tan pants) im also the one in the body bag at the point in the movie. i think its supposed to be in the vanity fair in the timing of it.
Cant wait!
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I am excited to see this because our facility has had a burden to make a theme park for Pilgrim’s Progress. It is where you ride a horse through the Bible. It will open June 8th!
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Pilgrim’s Progress has been released and can be purchased from http://www.reelchristian.com and http://www.pilgrimsprogressthemovie.com
They are working on the license for churches. For more information you can contact them on the pilgrimsprogress website.
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