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RON

posted on 09/24/2008

I was camping a couple of weekends ago with my family and was reading "Walking with God" one morning after breakfast. I had read the part about God speaking through nature. I stopped, put the book down and asked, "LORD, would you speak to me through nature or is that just a John Eldredge thing?" About 10 seconds after I asked the question, I see a bird fly into a bush right in front of me and starts eating the little berries. I ask, "Was that something for me?" I then hear, "I provide for you". And I instantly think about the verse in Matthew 6. Another few seconds go by and I hear a woodpecker start going nuts (I had not heard it until then). In my heart, "My love for you is relentless". I ask, "Is that it or do good things come in 3's...

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CAISON

posted on 09/24/2008

I am a 17 year old girl who will be going to college in the fall, so naturally I am struggling with sin and peer pressure. I've been feeling in a rut latley and I needed inspiration. So I went to the library and saw your book. Something tugged at my heart to purchase the book and I am so glad I did! I had a quiet time with God after reading the first 30 pages or so. I heard him say Psalm 37 and Luke 4. I really have been struggling with finding the right group of friends and when I read this Psalm it was amazing. Luke reminded me of why I am here and what Jesus went through to put me here.

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JIM

posted on 07/13/2008

Just read John's blog entry on how God spoke to him through a ketchup bottle and it reminded me of a similar incident a few years ago. I was on my knees, praying, between two beds in a hotel room while on a layover (I'm a commercial airline pilot.) I had been wrestling with the Holy Spirit for a while that morning concerning fasting. I'd been struggling with the issue for several days, feeling that I was being called to a 10 day fast. Now, for a guy like me who HATES fasting, I would have preferred to have been tossed out the emergency exit at 37,000 feet because the agony is over much more quickly. And, I reasoned, my passengers had a right to expect a "full-up" pilot, not one hampered by the tortures of fasting. I finally...

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SUE

posted on 07/02/2008

When I feel a distance between myself and God sometimes all it takes to reconnect is to take a walk in His creation. The touch of breeze on my face, the warmth of the sun on my skin, the cry of a bird in the air… all bring me back to relationship. You can’t deny His presence in the midst of all that he’s created.

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BRIAN

posted on 07/02/2008

First let me tell you how much I have enjoyed the book! Your open and honest sharing, the stories, all of it. What I most appreciate is the practical application. I am excited to go through this with my wife, and band of brothers.

I also find it funny how unoriginal Satan is. Many of the stories you wrote have a similar theme to ones I have gone through or friends have gone through (assault against joy, sleep, agreements with the Get ‘er done mentality - no matter the cost.) So, thank you. I pray this has a great impact for The Kingdom – it already has in my life and walk with God. Prime example – One entry was, "What should I Read?". After reading the entry I thought I’d ‘give it a go’. So, I set...

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CRAIG

posted on 07/02/2008

Our daughter is getting married this April. Lori and I are working on the "Invitation" list. There are the easy decisions about who to invite and who to shun into outer darkness. What’s rocking my internal world are those we should invite for the sake of family harmony, for history, and world order. AHHH!!! So many things surface in me. Memories of slights, profound disappointments, wounding words or actions (Howard dismissing me in a toast at my 40th birthday, my former supervisor’s betrayal and superficial annoying presence; Aunt Laura’s hot then frigidly cold and always self-centered presumptious relationship with us). I’m caught off guard by this rogue wave of anger and disappointment. Lori and argue and in...

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JAMIE

posted on 07/02/2008

I was having one of those mornings where nothing is going well. There was tension between my husband and I. I was frustrated at our dog. I was running late to work. I had a horrible night sleep. And so on. When I got to work and saw the piles of things that needed my attention I groaned. Out of desperation, I offered the only prayer I thought I could muster, "Please help me, God." I wasn’t really expecting to hear from God on a day like this, but he surprised me with an answer. "Pray the Daily Prayer," he said (it’s a prayer found at the back of Walking With God). Really? I immediately thought of several excuses not to. It’s too long, I don’t have time, and my heart is just really not in it. But with...

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