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Gretchen Mure Rodriguez

Day 1 - Here we gooooo!!!

The journey into the presence of God is the most worthy and exciting journey anyone can embark upon. The vastness of the realm of God, it's limitless wonder, has been consuming my thoughts. Our God is so amazing, so much bigger than we really believe. Oh sure, we TALK about how powerful and big God is, but if we believed it fully, we would live quite differently. 


As I began my journey today, I started getting flooded with thoughts about our perception and how much our spiritual walk is affected by the way we think. I will be doing a teaching either on youtube or in an article, once I can process through the downloads I'm getting. Our mind STRONGLY affects our encounters with God. Isn't that interesting? Spiritual encounters CAN be limited by how we think. God can and does bypass our thinking many, many times, however.


The only thing I really prayed today was, "Holy Spirit, lead me in this journey. Take me where You want me and deal with everything that hinders me from going deeper into Your presence ." I could feel His delight as I yielded the HOW TO's, to Him. 


His presence was near throughout the day. I press in for the continual awareness of the Lord and feel the drawing of His Spirit to do so. Join me in this journey for deeper realms of His infinite glory! 


Feel free to share your heart in the comments and click that little BLUE button that says Join This Site, if you would like. I VERY much hope that you will be stirred to seek Him unlike EVER before!


Gretchen






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    1. B12/05/2011

      Gretchen,
      Thank you for sharing. I am following every evening and praying - GOD take me deeper!

      Blessings and peace to you, Len and the girls!
      Brandon

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    2. Pat Lairson12/06/2011

      I feel the same way! Good word.
      Pat

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