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Avoiding Hardship? Confront the “god of Lifestyle”

Posted by Garden Ministries on July 15th, 2010

By Janet Smith, gardenministries.org
Let’s face it. No one likes hardship. It’s hard. In fact, many of us invest big chunks of our time, money, and energy avoiding hardship. But what if hardship isn’t all bad? What if hardship is an important part of realizing our destiny in God? There are two kinds of hardship: God’s […]

How to Stop Anger - Anxiety - Stress - Disappointment

Posted by Garden Ministries on April 8th, 2010

The Spirit of Divine Love will set us free from Anxiety – Anger – Stress – Disappointment
2 Timothy 1:7 “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”

The following article written by Janet L. Smith uses excerpts from the book entitled “Freedom from […]

The Tension of the Gospel - by David Ruis

Posted by Garden Ministries on April 3rd, 2010

Garden Ministries highly recommends listening to this message spoken June 25, 2008 by David Ruis (www.davidruis.com): The Tension of the Gospel by David Ruis.
One-page summary notes for the above audio file: http://www.davidruis.com/teaching_files/VAM_06-25-2008.pdf

To Repair a Relationship We Must Risk Communicating Again

Posted by Garden Ministries on March 4th, 2010

By Janet L. Smith, March 4, 2010
When I stop communicating with God, my relationship with him stops. The same is true with people. When communication between people stops, so does their relationship. God never cuts us off, so if the relationship needs repair, the burden is on me to reopen the lines of communication with […]

Worth it All

Posted by Garden Ministries on January 25th, 2010

“The price I pay to lay ahold of the price that Jesus paid for me, is the price I owe. And His grace is always enough for the price I am called to pay.” - Janet L. Smith

Word received by Janet L. Smith on 1-6-2010 regarding the coming Revival in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota
The Word
“Just as the scales of justice have tipped in favor of the saints—to release the captives and to give strength to the weary—so has My word gone forth and will not return void. The word is: FREEDOM.” […]

Love and Fellowship - The Wineskin Filled With the Fullness of the Holy Spirit

Posted by Garden Ministries on November 30th, 2009

© 2009 Garden Ministries – http://www.gardenministries.org
On November 24, 2009, while dreaming, George was shown that when God pours Himself out to us, unlike past experiences, it will be with the fullness of the gifts of the Holy Spirit (I Cor. 12) AND the fullness of the fruit of the Holy Spirit (Gal. 5:22). And when […]

The Upcoming Move of God that Reveals the Father

Posted by Garden Ministries on July 20th, 2009

By George R. Smith
© 2009 http://www.gardenministries.org
The purpose of the Jesus movement of the 70’s and the Holy Spirit/Charismatic movement of the 80’s was to prepare and lay the groundwork for the upcoming move of God revealing the Father.
This outpoured revelation of our Father God will do two things:
1. Confront. Many traditionally held perceptions of the […]

We Are What We Believe

Posted by Garden Ministries on June 4th, 2009

By Janet L. Smith
© 2009 http://www.gardenministries.org
We believe what we WANT to believe so that we can DO what we WANT to DO.
In order to keep doing what we’re doing everyday, we have to believe in what we’re doing and believe in who we are as we are doing it.
If we believe that we are helpless […]

Commentary by Janet L. Smith © 2009
Scriptures NIV: Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society

Why People Don’t Believe in Jesus
The reason people hold to other named beliefs (Atheism, Buddhism, Islamic-Muslim, Hinduism, etc.) and place their deity’s or their intellectual conclusions on the same level of, or above the eternal achievement of […]