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  07-01 Prayer Meeting Notes from Rebekah, Part One: The Iron Rod of Jesus 07-02 Prayer Meeting Notes from Rebekah, Part Two: Narrow Mindedness 07-03 Prayer Meeting Notes from Rebekah, Part Three: Changing Things 07-04 Prayer Meeting Notes from Rebekah, Part Four: You Are Your Own Reaping 07-05 Prayer Meeting Notes from Rebekah, Part Five: Falling into Place 07-06 Prayer Meeting Notes from Rebekah, Part Six: Almost Hopeless? 07-07 Prayer Meeting Notes from Rebekah, Part Seven: Helping, Not Hurting 07-08 Prayer Meeting Notes from Rebekah, Part Eight: The Most Miserable People On Earth 07-09 Prayer Meeting Notes from Rebekah, Part Nine: 100% 07-10 Prayer Meeting Notes from Rebekah, Part Ten: Choosing Pastors 07-11 Prayer Meeting Notes from Rebekah, Part Eleven: How Not To Be Happy 07-12 Prayer Meeting Notes from Rebekah, Part Twelve: What You Are Known For 07-13 Prayer Meeting Notes from Rebekah, Part Thirteen: Controlling Your Body 07-14 Prayer Meeting Notes from Rebekah, Part Fourteen: What Really Matters 07-15 Prayer Meeting Notes from Rebekah, Part Fifteen: You Have To Sin? 07-16 Prayer Meeting Notes from Rebekah, Part Sixteen: Need The Bible? 07-17 Prayer Meeting Notes from Rebekah, Part Seventeen: Knowing What Time It Is 07-18 Prayer Meeting Notes from Rebekah, Part Eighteen: Self-willed 07-19 Prayer Meeting Notes from Rebekah, Part Nineteen: A World Like You 07-20 Prayer Meeting Notes from Rebekah, Part Twenty: The Mind Of Christ, the Servant of God 07-21 Prayer Meeting Notes from Rebekah, Part Twenty One: Second Opinions 07-22 Prayer Meeting Notes from Rebekah, Part Twenty Two: Don’t Blame the Liar 07-23 Prayer Meeting Notes from Rebekah, Part Twenty Three: Always Pray 07-24 Prayer Meeting Notes from Rebekah, Part Twenty Four: Salvation 07-25 Prayer Meeting Notes from Rebekah, Part Twenty Five: Who Is Who 07-26 Prayer Meeting Notes from Rebekah, Part Twenty Six: Getting the Point 07-27 Prayer Meeting Notes from Rebekah, Part Twenty Seven: Bad Places 07-28 Prayer Meeting Notes from Rebekah, Part Twenty Eight: Recognizing God’s Voice 07-29 Prayer Meeting Notes from Rebekah, Part Twenty Nine: Our Righteousness 07-30 Prayer Meeting Notes from Rebekah, Part Thirty: Leaking Joy and Strength 07-31 Prayer Meeting Notes from Rebekah, Part Thirty One: Only One Real Victim

 

Thought for the Morning
7-21

Prayer Meeting Notes from Rebekah, Part Twenty One:
Second Opinions

“About four years ago, I put a piece of notebook paper in my Bible on which to write down things said during the meetings that really stood out to me.”
Rebekah Joy

“We keep asking for advice until we get what we want. What do you want?”

(When Jesus answers you, is that good enough, or do you keep seeking other opinions?)

Getting a “second opinion” may be prudent when dealing with a medical issue, but it can be deadly when dealing with the Lord – even if the “second opinion” you seek is from God Himself! Balaam, you will remember, went back to God for another answer after God had spoken to him quite clearly about a matter. Balaam didn’t like the answer God gave him the first time. Amazingly, Balaam did get a different answer from God, the one he wanted, but it eventually cost him his soul.

Everyone in the world who wants to live forever keeps asking for the right way to serve God until they find the answer they prefer. But only those who are from the heart after the truth will find it and then hold it dear. Everyone else will only stop looking when they find a form of religion that satisfies their personal preferences.

If God condescends from heaven to give us mortals an answer about anything, be wise enough to receive it gladly. Pray for that kind of wisdom. God is always on our side, trying to help us, and if we knew everything, as He does, we would know that the first answer He gives us is always our best hope for eternal life and peace.