Jan 31, 2022 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

How Much Mercy Do You Want?

(from Repentance to Redemption)

It is only through repentance that one finds redemption. The greater the repentance the greater one is cleansed. The more one is made clean the greater the joy one receives. Jesus said, “Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—as her great love has shown. But whoever has been forgiven little loves little” (Luke 7:47). The choice is up to you; how much forgiveness do you want?

The Holy Spirit’s job (one of many of His job descriptions) is to convict of sin—to bring repentance and the forgiveness of sin. You can count on the Holy Spirit to do this and anyone who has experienced God’s forgiveness knows this and has experienced this. There is nothing like God cleaning up one’s life, and the experience of feeling the Holy Spirit in one’s like washing away your sin and making one feel clean and whole—there is nothing like this on earth!

The question is, “How many and what types of sins are you willing the Holy Spirit to clean out of your life.” Let’s list the major categories of sin:

ü The general everyday types of sins recorded in the Ten Commandments.

ü Your secret sins that only you know about (King David references these in Psalms).

ü Sins you do not even recognize or know about, but God knows them—these are sins that only the Holy Spirit can find (King David also spoke of these).

ü The sins of apathy—when you looked the other way and did not help someone.

ü Your sins that impacted others—I call these community sins.

ü Sins of comparing yourself to others.

ü Not being grateful or thankful to God.

ü Being fearful or worried and getting stressed out about tomorrow’s events when you cannot know or change what is about to happen tomorrow.

ü Not praying for others, not blessing your enemies, or scheduling time for whoever God brings your way each day to take care of them or assist them.

ü Not looking for Christ’s return each day you’re ‘alive and kicking’ on earth.

ü Last of all, not sharing the ‘Good-news’ of Jesus Christ to others whenever the chance arises.

These are the sins that the Holy Spirit wants to rid your life of. These sins keep us from God and make us unable from doing God’s will or live a life of faith. So, what are you waiting for? Begin to allow and ask the Holy Spirit to do His job and when He begins to clean you up, do not reject His leading and the sorrow He stirs in your life. It is through repentance and often with much crying that sin is taken away and a new heart and a whole life begin in you. Redemption is just a prayer and often tears away!

WWJWMTD

What would Jesus want me to do?

Dr. Steven J. Wentland www.wwjwmtd.com

This e-mail, including attachments, may include confidential and/or proprietary information, and may be used only by the person or entity to which it is addressed. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient or his or her authorized agent, the reader is hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this e-mail is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by replying to this message and delete this e-mail immediately.

Jan 30, 2022 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

2022 is yours for the taking

As I stated in my previous article, this month has been an active month for God and me. God has been hammering on me to listen to Him. The Holy Spirit would not let me read any other book of the Bible but the Book of Joel. To say the least, I learned a lot!

When you read a book 20 plus times you begin to understand what God is trying to say to His Church. Christ is coming back, and it will not be nice. God is in control, and He wants all of creation to make a choice either for Him or for Satan.

There will be no grey area as there is today—either accept Christ and be saved or be on the receiving end of the ‘wrath of the Lamb’. It will not be a time of peace and joy unless you have decided to be on God’s team and accept His activities on the earth.

As I stated yesterday, God is releasing the tears of Christ as a flood over the earth, but it is not a general washing of tears but a strategic and specific washing. God is sending Christ tears back to earth to bring repentance and redemption, but you must decide, receive, and expect.

As I wrote in yesterday’s article, “Christ’s tears would bring great repentance—Christ was crying because of our sin and unbelief. Jesus’ ministry also included Him crying over the earth for people to confront their unbelief and overcome their sin. Jesus’s tears were shed through His love for us, just as a parent, cries over their children.”

My question to you is, “Are there any more Abrahams, Issacs, or Jacobs in this modern world?” God is looking for fathers that will once again become leaders who live by faith, discovering and doing the will of God in their generation. This is what God is planning and what He wants from His people. Are you such a person? Are you a person of faith?

People of faith…”Do not live in fear and worry as the media and political groups want us to do. We need not worry but have hope and patience that ‘with God, there are no surprises and nothing Satan does through the lives of our leaders will deter God’s purposes and will for you.”

Become that Abraham of 2022; let the tears of Christ, the tears He cried over you, bring repentance from unbelief and personal sin. Rise up ‘person of faith’ and redeem the year 2022 by becoming part of the Body of Christ that fulfills all the promises of God and every verse of the Bible.

WWJWMTD

What would Jesus want me to do?

Dr. Steven J. Wentland www.wwjwmtd.com

This e-mail, including attachments, may include confidential and/or proprietary information, and may be used only by the person or entity to which it is addressed. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient or his or her authorized agent, the reader is hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this e-mail is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by replying to this message and delete this e-mail immediately.

Jan 29, 2022 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

Urgent! A must-read, now!

This month has been an active month for God and me. I have been bombarded with the Holy Spirit getting my attention in unusual ways. It all started with a simple truth God sent my way.

At the beginning of the month, I was driving, by myself in my Chev-truck, listening to music and praying. Out of the blue, God says to me, “I am releasing the tears of my Son which I have kept as ‘waters behind a dam’.” I was taken by surprise and began to cry. I cried for over 30 minutes, I could not emotionally get a handle on what God said He was going to do and why. What is the purpose of God in making such a statement to me?

Jesus’s tears! God has kept them in heaven waiting for a time to release them on earth. The vision that came with God’s voice was as if God is opening up the dam of heaven and Jesus’s tears were flowing over the dam’s spillway upon the earth.

His tears would bring great repentance—Christ was crying because of our sin and unbelief. Jesus’ ministry also included Him crying over the earth for people to confront their unbelief and overcome their sin. Jesus’s tears were shed through His love for us, just as a parent, cries over their children.

When will this happen/begin from 2-2-22 through 2-22-22? What is the significance of all the “2’s”, it is as Jesus stated in the Gospels and the Book of Revelation says, God’s witness shall go forth in twos?

Also, it began with four-2s and ends in five-2s—from the impact on people (number 4) to the creation of the five ministries (apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers).

Numbers are very important in the Bible, and we will see the importance of 2, 4, and 5—their significance in the Body of Christ and the Kingdom of God.

You need for the next 5-days ‘call for a solemn assembly,’ humble yourself, pray, seek Jesus, and give up your sin through repentance. Give up some type of food you really like, pray more often, ask to see Jesus more clearly in Scripture, and give up any sin you have been struggling with. Take the step of faith and respond to what God is about to do.

Do not live in fear and worry as the media and political groups want us to do. We need not worry but have hope and patience that ‘with God, there are no surprises’ and nothing Satan does through the lives of our leaders will deter God’s purposes and will for you.

God is on the move, and we must be watchmen, standing on the wall, using the wisdom of Christ to overcome all that is wrong and evil.

WWJWMTD

What would Jesus want me to do?

Dr. Steven J. Wentland www.wwjwmtd.com

This e-mail, including attachments, may include confidential and/or proprietary information, and may be used only by the person or entity to which it is addressed. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient or his or her authorized agent, the reader is hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this e-mail is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by replying to this message and delete this e-mail immediately.

Jan 1, 2022 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

Seven Character Traits for 2022

Personal observation and possible direction for the Body of Christ in 2022.

During the past two years, it seems that the Christian Church has lost some of its joy and excitement for living. Instead of looking optimistic to its future, it has retreated into a holding pattern, into a state of simple maintenance of its hope in Christ. Indeed, in the last days, the Bible says God’s Church is to have patience while the ‘Wrath of the Lamb’ performs judgment upon the earth. The Bible states that all 9-Fruits of the Spirit produce Godly works and accomplish the purposes of God, the ‘fruit of patience’ is no exception! More trouble will be coming as all things are placed under the feet of Christ and every verse of the Bible is fulfilled. Nevertheless, the Church has lots to do, and we can only do this by depending on ‘Christ in us, the hope of glory’.

What to expect? You will notice and experience more people receiving the ‘Mark of the Beast’ (it is not a physical mark but a spiritual mark and through the eyes of Jesus you will see the mark) for in these days, Satan will continue his manifestation and influence in the earth. The Church will find itself more and more in spiritual battles with the powers of darkness, but this should not diminish our love for Jesus nor stop us from producing the works of patience and our confidence in Christ’s rule over all of God’s creation.

It is time to approach God in the strength of God’s patience in our lives by living in the Holy Spirit in 2022 and producing these ‘7-Character Traits’:

1. Be Thankful & Grateful in everything you do—especially to others; not taking anything for granted even being thankful for the little and often insignificant things in our lives.

2. Being happy & easygoing without asking for or needing more stuff; learning to be content with what we have, not looking to worldly things to love or to bring us joy and fulfillment.

3. Learn to laugh at yourself, not taking yourself so seriously—see yourself through God’s eyes; knowing we can do nothing without Christ and all things are about Jesus not about us or what we can do.

4. Forgiving not just others but also yourself (remember Jesus’s death); you will find true and complete forgiveness by the measure and depth of your forgiveness of others—STOP JUDGING AND BEGIN FORGIVING.

5. Pray first, often, and always; allow worry to be last or not at all in your decisions; it is through humility that your prayers are answered, and how you respond/choose God’s will is your faith in action.

6. Live a simpler & healthier lifestyle, remove ‘tempting God’ out of your life’s decisions; uncomplicate your life and end your belief system that says “God will protect me” no matter how I live my life or what I do.

7. Quit expecting others to listen to you or accept your opinions or even do what you say (except your kids under 21). Instead, allow others to make their own decisions and be responsible for their choices; we are not to control each other or get angry if friends, family, or neighbors do not do what we say to them or expect from them. God’s wisdom is not to be given to pigs, dogs, or foolish people the Bible says (Proverbs). So, learn to keep your mouth shut, think good thoughts, and obey God’s Words—live a more simple and non-conflict lifestyle.

So much negativism has infiltrated the Christian community in 2021 that we need to work on character traits that Christ had; charter traits we should have also. Choose these 7-traits as your personal goals in 2022, and break away from all the media, political, and cultural pressures, which have diminished the light of Christ in your life and that which has stolen Jesus’s joy from your life. Let’s once again serve Christ with joy and peace in righteousness, allowing patience to be our guide.

WWJWMTD

What would Jesus want me to do?

Dr. Steven J. Wentland www.wwjwmtd.com

This e-mail, including attachments, may include confidential and/or proprietary information, and may be used only by the person or entity to which it is addressed. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient or his or her authorized agent, the reader is hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this e-mail is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by replying to this message and delete this e-mail immediately.

December 31, 2021 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

From Worry to Wisdom

Matthew 6:34 is “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” (Matthew chapter 6)

The Bible states 365 times to “fear not” this is a ‘fear not” for each day of each year. This is no coincidence! God does not want us to fear, worry, or be anxious in any situation.

For the past two years, Christians have been bombarded with fear—the fear of dying by a virus that the medical profession still does not understand fully nor has a medical answer to the virus that is complete or good without some sort of ill-effect or an incomplete solution for every person.

Fear removes love and faith, and the medical community would rather we to ‘look to them’ for life and well-being, but for Christians, our life comes from Christ and the working of the Holy Spirit in our lives.

I do not believe in tempting God and living a lifestyle that only causes weakness in our bodies to fight sickness and righteous living. However, it is ‘worry and being frightened’ that has engulfed our lives through the media. It is time to free ourselves and to begin living with God’s wisdom and without worry.

I once again challenge you to ‘not worry’ this next year, 2022. Let worry go and allow prayer to permeate and strengthen your life. Let’s begin to live our lives on Matthew chapter 6 and keep our hearts in the love and faith of our Lord by praying in the Spirit each day. Let’s move from worldly worry to spiritual wisdom in Christ.

WWJWMTD

What would Jesus want me to do?

Dr. Steven J. Wentland www.wwjwmtd.com

This e-mail, including attachments, may include confidential and/or proprietary information, and may be used only by the person or entity to which it is addressed. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient or his or her authorized agent, the reader is hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this e-mail is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by replying to this message and delete this e-mail immediately.

December 30, 2021 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

Are Your Prayers Answered?

“But when you pray, go into your room, close the door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.”

(Matthew 6:6, NIV)

There are too many of our prayers that go unanswered; I know God is listening and remembers my prayers, but I have always wondered why I do not receive my requests?

Next year, 2022, I want more of your prayers answered. Too often we pray out of strength not out of humility. I have received so many prayers (answered prayers—answered quickly) when I spoke to God out of a state of need and humility.

We hear too many sermons or teaching about positive speaking, demanding things to happen, or ‘faith that commands’ things to happen, we fail in seeing the many truths in Scriptures.

There is a distinct and overwhelming difference between prayers that are meant to fight against darkness and Satan’s actions, and prayers that speak to requests and finding God’s mercy, help, and blessings in a particular situation or life-changing matter.

Do not think that one particular style or manner of prayer is good for all your requests to God. I find that many people do not receive answers to their prayers because they pray out of pride and self-strength instead of humility, meekness, and dependence on God.

There is a multitude of prayers and teachings on prayer in the Bible that speak to humility and meekness when we pray. When we think that we are ‘important or powerful’ instead of being humble and dependent on God we error. It is God who is always listening, and we ought to approach our Father humbly not out of arrogance and dictatorship.

I challenge you to pray as Matthew 6:6 tells us (these are the words of Jesus, and this is how He approached God each day). Before your day begins and before God asks you to do His will through conducting/performing miracles, healings, signs, and wonders through the working of the Holy Spirit in your life, begin to pray with humility.

You have unanswered prayers go back to your closet, humble yourself, and pray with meekness looking to God alone to answer your prayers and fulfill your requests quickly.

It is in humility, not strength, that God hears

your prayers and answers them each day!

WWJWMTD

What would Jesus want me to do?

Dr. Steven J. Wentland www.wwjwmtd.com

This e-mail, including attachments, may include confidential and/or proprietary information, and may be used only by the person or entity to which it is addressed. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient or his or her authorized agent, the reader is hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this e-mail is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by replying to this message and delete this e-mail immediately.

December 25, 2021 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

The gifts for Jesus, are they your gifts too?

“They came into the house and saw the young

child with Mary, his mother, and they fell

down and worshiped him. Opening their

treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold,

frankincense, and myrrh.” (Matthew 2:11, NEV)

A theological note: The wise men brought gold, frankincense, and myrrh to the newborn king. Gold, of course, was used as currency, frankincense is a valuable perfume, and myrrh is a precious ointment used in the burial process of the rich. Why these gifts? What do they mean?

(A personal observation: I am amazed how much wisdom is in front of us, but we rather hold on to our own ignorance and stupidity. God gives us wisdom everywhere—in nature, in the Bible, and in the Holy Spirit, but it seems we rather hold onto the weak and pathetic wisdom that we create for ourselves.)

From the very beginning of Jesus’s ministry, God was trying to tell us, “What is good for my Son, Jesus, is also good for each and every one of us.” The most interesting factor of ‘God’s wisdom’ is that He (God) hides it from us (usually right in front of us) and He (God) expects us to search and sacrifice to find and obtain it (Book of Proverbs). This is one of those times!

Types in the Bible: gold refers to God’s wisdom, frankincense is prayer(s), and myrrh is anointing and preparation for death.

God’s wisdom is not merely knowledge or being smart or clever sayings and truths. Wisdom from God (including the Gift of Wisdom—one of the nine gifts of the Spirit) is finding and understanding what the will of God is. Got wisdom you will have access to God’s will—His purposes and action plans. It is not creativity or Godly smarts but simply the discovery of His will. This is what Jesus had—knowing God’s will in every situation and circumstance (faith is you responding to God’s will and accepting it whatever it might be).

Pray is the one attribute that God collects and never forgets. God keeps all prayers in heaven, and it is the only means for us to communicate with God. Why prayer? It is the great equalizer—everyone can pray no matter who you are, how rich or poor you are, smart or ignorant, and your age does not count. Prayer levels the playing field in the Kingdom of God. It is prayer that moves heaven to earth. Rev. Billy Graham once told his grandson, “If there is one thing I should have done better, it is that I should have prayer more.”

Death is a calling; it is inevitable. We all will die but for what purpose and in what manner. Death is never final in God’s realm but must be accomplished with God’s will (wisdom) and through prayer (Jesus in Gethsemane, praying with complete passion and with His whole being). It is this death, as Jesus told us all, “Pick up your cross daily and follow me.” Not only will we physically die someday but we must die spiritually each and every day. It is this death that we must accept as Jesus did his.

These gifts that Jesus received at birth are the same gifts God wants to give to you and me! Now is the time for the wisdom of God’s will, praying without ceasing, and death’s anointing.

Come, Lord Jesus, come! I want the gifts that you received

not for my glory but for your glory alone.

WWJWMTD

What would Jesus want me to do?

Dr. Steven J. Wentland www.wwjwmtd.com

This e-mail, including attachments, may include confidential and/or proprietary information, and may be used only by the person or entity to which it is addressed. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient or his or her authorized agent, the reader is hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this e-mail is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by replying to this message and delete this e-mail immediately.

December 23, 2021 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

The Giving of Gifts

Jesus talked about giving, and the Bible also has lots to say about how and what to give to others. Sometimes we get it right and other times we fail miserably. I like to give; in fact, I look for ways to give, but I am selective on what, how, and to whom I give. Nevertheless, there is one type of giving Christians need to pay close attention to!

Proverbs 13:22 states, “A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.” (KJV)

Too often we think this verse refers to money or possessions. However, that is not true. Just as Jesus spoke of natural things in the Gospels to make a spiritual truth understandable or to hide it from people trying to understand God’s truth, so was the Book of Proverbs written using ‘everyday truths’ to hide and illustrate the activity of the Holy Spirit. Proverbs uses natural common truths to illustrate spiritual truths.

Yes, it is OK and good to give of your wealth or possessions to family and others but Proverbs 13:22 is speaking of spiritual things—spiritual giving. It is speaking of how we allow the Holy Spirit to give our spiritual inheritance & spiritual possessions to others in our passing.

The chapter of faith (Hebrews chapter 11) is a great example of such giving. Whatever God has placed in our lives—whatever that which is good and comes from God, the Holy Spirit is to pass it along to our children and grandchildren. This is what God wants to do and it is one of the many duties/jobs of the Holy Spirit.

So, during this Christmas season, do not be lacking in faith or the love of the Spirit. Ask God, believe in God, and expect the Holy Spirit to show you how to give whatever God has placed in your life (all and any spiritual gifts) to be passed on to the generations that will be following you.

(Don’t understand or need clarification to this truth, email me/ask me your question. I have personally experienced this concept and it will not automatically happen just because you are a Christian. It is an act of faith and will not be the same for everyone. I what you to understand the wisdom of God nor fail God in any way especially when it comes to ‘the giving of gifts’.)

WWJWMTD

What would Jesus want me to do?

Dr. Steven J. Wentland www.wwjwmtd.com

This e-mail, including attachments, may include confidential and/or proprietary information, and may be used only by the person or entity to which it is addressed. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient or his or her authorized agent, the reader is hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this e-mail is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by replying to this message and delete this e-mail immediately.

December 6, 2021 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

Is Your Love for Jesus Enough?

Jesus said, “And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength” (Mark 12:30 ESV). Jesus was speaking to all His disciples when He spoke these words; yes, this means you and me.

Many within the Body of Christ say, “Yes, we love God,” but Jesus questions our love for Him. When love is involved, there is a ‘measuring stick’ God uses to verify and validate our love. Love demands a standard to its authenticity and completeness. You and I cannot just say we ‘love God’ without a test to the depth of our love.

We measure our love to others and other people will naturally measure our love for them. Love demands standards and truthfulness.

One can love God with only their heart or only their soul or only their mind or only their strength. You have a choice how and to what extent you love God and Jesus knew this!

To love God means with all of you; not leaving anything out. Take a moment to make a personal survey of these four parts of what makes you, you. Do you love God with any part of you more or less than any other aspect of your life? Does your mind honor and love God or are there thoughts that limit or dishonor who God is? Do you use your strength—physical ability, talents, making money, using your time, or any personal traits in your life from doing more for God? How about your soul? That is, your spirit that makes up who you are and that which connects us to God—does your soul leap within you when you hear God’s voice or when you enter/feel the presence of God, or do your limit your reaction to God’s emotional connection to you? Lastly, what about your heart? Do you love this world or things in this world more than you love God? Do you love God first and last, and then and only then do you love others in this world as you have allowed yourself to be loved and love God?

Love is not simple; it is complicated! Jesus will say to you and me, “I never knew you” if you love the world more than you love God. Let’s make heaven our home by loving God with the four aspects of our being; with all that is ‘who we are’, leaving nothing undone and not limiting God’s access to any emotional, physical, mental, or spiritual aspect of our lives. You can do this because Jesus commanded us to love with this kind of love.

WWJWMTD

What would Jesus want me to do?

Dr. Steven J. Wentland www.wwjwmtd.com

This e-mail, including attachments, may include confidential and/or proprietary information, and may be used only by the person or entity to which it is addressed. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient or his or her authorized agent, the reader is hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this e-mail is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by replying to this message and delete this e-mail immediately.

November 5, 2021 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

A Thoughtful Truth for the Week

The God of Insanity

The Bible references God’s insanity. Though the word ‘insanity’ is not mentioned, but rather ‘the foolishness of God’ is. The Bible refers to the foolishness of God in a few verses and always within the concept of wisdom.

Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men (1 Corinthians 1:25, KJV).

Every time you consider yourself wise, full of wisdom, or just plain smart, remember that the insanity of God has been and always will be smarter or should I say wiser than you can ever hope to be.

You nor I can never consider ourselves wiser than God or even attain the ability to understand the wisdom of God. It is only the Holy Spirit in us that can understand and operate using the wisdom of God.

Want wisdom, try first to understand the insanity of God—it is God’s foolishness that will take us into God’s wisdom.

WWJWMTD

What would Jesus want me to do?

Dr. Steven J. Wentland www.wwjwmtd.com

This e-mail, including attachments, may include confidential and/or proprietary information, and may be used only by the person or entity to which it is addressed. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient or his or her authorized agent, the reader is hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this e-mail is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by replying to this message and delete this e-mail immediately.