For various reasons, I was so in need of encouragement, and as I prayed, I received this mail from Jubilee G.
Praise God!
( Whensoever I have felt a little low, and prayed, one of the ways the Lord Sends timely encouragement is by raising up friends or strangers to write/speak to me.)
I have of course written back to thank Jubilee, but as there was so much more she shared besides the personal encouragement, I wrote and asked her permission to share it, here.
From Jubilee G
date Apr 9, 2008 5:18 AM
Thank you Ms. Jha for your blogsite. You are truly a blessing to the body of Christ. The Body of Christ needs those like you that are not afraid to tell the truth and the vision as God gives them.
I am in the United States. I really hope our nation changes. I don't want any of the presidential candidates to be elected at this present time. The only really Christian candidate that wanted to end abortion, not divide Israel and many other Godly things is not in the race anymore because of not enough votes to keep him in the running.
The Lord is helping us, but is anyone listening? I don't know if it's news has gone world wide yet, but there was a very small earthquake in Texas just a few days ago, I live in Texas and as far as most people know, this has never happened before. It's a time to stay close to the Lord and watch for his coming, I think it's the only way anyone can make it.
Take Care and God Bless you and all that you love,
-Jubilee
Jubilee G
2nd e-mail
date Apr 9, 2008 7:03 PM
Dear Ms. Jha,
Wow, I was a encouragement to you, That is a encouragement to me. I am 23 years old and I really think something is happening in parts of my generation, even if in little sects. We are tired of normal American Christendom. I was a member of actually the largest church in the United States, Lakewood Church. In my earlier days as a believer, I wanted to here about God's love. But later, I began to ask the Lord, "What about sin?" What about our lifestyles, they never preach about that here?" and as I began to grow closer to the Lord, the more and more I became sad and sometimes horrified that we aren't taught about just because you believe in Jesus it's not enough. satan and his demons believe in Jesus, they have to bow at his name, but they don't serve him.
The closer I became to God, the further I became a outsider with Lakewood and other mega churches beliefs. I feel too much is done in the name of money with all of these churches. When I was younger and my parents weren't believers, I couldn't afford sermons and teaching cassette tapes that would help my spiritual walk with God and my parents certainly didn't approve of buying these things for me. When I went to the church for help, because I didn't have money to buy the products, I was sent away empty. Lakewood used to have a library type program I heard, but when I asked about it, they said they didn't do it anymore. I remember selling all of my video games so that I could buy some teaching tapes about Hearing the Voice of God, and some others. But once the video games were gone, there was no more money to buy.
But thankfully I found a generous ministry that gave out the sermons on God for free, and wow, I really grew in the Lord, more than I imagined and part of the person that I am now is because of the teaching sermons I received free of charge from another ministry. I always tithed, and gave what I had to these tv ministries and Lakewood, I just didn't know better.
Now that I am older, I see now it only goes to make our seats prettier and the walkways more beautiful. I talked to the Lord about these things and just cried, there are Christians being persecuted all over the global, and instead of sending money to help the effected families or feed the orphaned children that live in a orphanage that is not up to standards, we buy better carpet and big screen tvs for our churches. At Lakewood there are 3 big screen tvs that are huge, many many feet wide each, I think 50 feet but I'm can't remember the exact number, but they are the about the same size as movie theater screens so that all the church can see the stage from any part of the building. I HAD to leave, I came to a point I just couldn't sit and listen anymore because it is only half the gospel. One of my friends when we were at a youth group there, his bible and cd player were stolen in the church!
Thankfully now, I am going to a fellowship that is pretty small, maybe about 50, but it is a wonderful place where Jesus is preached and everyone is sold out to the Lord and sin is not seen as o-kay, we believe in being refined in Christ. My daily prayer is "Lord, give me a humble spirit so that you can use me to serve you and this world you love". He is giving me a servant's heart and I couldn't wish for more.
People who want to know the truth are getting out of these mega churches and even small churches that don't preach about Jesus, Love, Humility, and Righteousness. There are so many young people at the fellowship I am attending now, we are hungry for the truth, it's the truth that sets us free. I know of a girl that I was at one time really close too, but she is in adultery and won't get out, but she is still a professing Christian, but this is the norm....... I even have to be careful what Christians I make as friends! There is a church choir drummer that lives across the street from me, he knows I'm a Christian, he called me late one night as I am reading the bible to tell me he wants sex. I told him the word of God and got off the phone with him. How can we not think we won't be judged?
I really hope it's like this only in Houston, because if all America is as I've seen here, no wonder Jesus is raising up Prophets from outside US Borders to warn us, because we are so full of TARES in the Church, we can't even see ourselves to help ourselves. BUT there is light! If the real church will see the false church and humble ourselves and pray, God may stop some of the horrors that could be in store. I have had a lot of end-time dreams. I even saw some of my loved ones in concentration camp like settings because of believing in Jesus and not taking the mark. We have got to get it right, and now. I made up my mind, even if I have to walk in my walk with Christ alone, I won't sin against him on purpose and step on top of his Grace on purpose. I just can't do that to him.
MUCH LOVE MS. JHA,
-Jubilee G
Texas, U.S.A.