http://gardenministries.org Spiritual encounters with the living God Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:54:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://gardenministries.org/2010/07/15/avoiding-hardship-confront-the-god-of-lifestyle/ 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 ... http://gardenministries.org/2010/04/08/how-to-stop-anger-anxiety-stress-and-dissappointment/ 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 http://gardenministries.org/2010/04/03/the-tension-of-the-gospel-by-david-ruis/ 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 ... http://gardenministries.org/2010/03/04/repairing-a-relationship-requires-the-risk-communicating-again/ "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 http://gardenministries.org/2010/01/25/worth-it-all/ 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 ... http://gardenministries.org/2010/01/07/cry-out-for-the-outpouring-of-gods-love/ © 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 ... http://gardenministries.org/2009/11/30/59/ 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 ... http://gardenministries.org/2009/07/20/the-upcoming-move-of-god-that-reveals-the-father/ 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 ... http://gardenministries.org/2009/06/04/we-are-what-we-believe/ 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 ... http://gardenministries.org/2009/05/21/jesus-is-the-only-way-there-is-no-other-way-to-the-father-and-eternal-life/