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Jesus Over Everything

Lisa Unfiltered: A Sneak Peek Reading of I Want God

Jesus Over Everything

Lisa Whittle: Author, Speaker, Founder of Lisa Whittle Ministries, LLC

Personal Journals, Lisawhittle, Prayer, Faith, Society & Culture, Church, Christianity, Biblestudy, Jesus, Theology, Christian, Religion & Spirituality

4.8719 Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

“I want God more.” Four simple words that carry the potential to change your entire life. Join Lisa as she reads the first chapter of her book, I Want God: How to Love Him with Your Whole Heart and Revive Your Soul (now revised and updated). In this powerful excerpt of the book, Lisa shares in vivid detail how she first encountered Jesus at age six and how the memory of that moment sparked a personal revival in her many years later. Listen in to discover the bottom line truth that when we want God and experience a soul revival, there is no limit to what we will do for Him. Links Invite Lisa to Speak   Connect with Lisa Website Lisa Whittle - Instagram Lisa Whittle - Facebook Jesus Over Everything - Instagram

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, friend. We have an exciting, special episode of Joe for you today. What you're about to listen to

0:13.8

is a chapter in my book, I Want God. I trust and pray God has something to say to you in it.

0:20.6

So sit back, settle in, open your heart.

0:24.1

Here it is, meet reading to you chapter one from I Want God.

0:28.4

I want God more.

0:32.0

God is feeding me and what I'm praying for is an appetite.

0:36.9

Flannery O'Connor. I sit, ringing sweaty six-year-old

0:42.1

hands in the backseat of Mama's massive 70s boat on wheels, trying to muster the courage to tell her,

0:49.9

I've met God. She is the least judgmental person I know and the one who loves him most.

0:57.6

But I remember our recent talk in the yellow kitchen about not asking him into my heart because

1:03.0

it is the good girl thing to do, but waiting until I really want him, and I fear she may think

1:09.3

I'm not ready. We are in the parking lot of Judon's

1:13.3

hot dogs, and we have just been to night church. My mind is still dancing over what has taken

1:18.8

place that evening inside the stained glass windowed walls, the glorious but curious display of

1:25.3

Jesus. Church people, I know, in ninja-looking head sashes,

1:30.4

hairy men's feet stuffed in Walmart sandals meant to look Roman, grown adults and young children

1:36.0

with pumped fists shaking, saying words they don't mean, like, crucify him, portraying the

1:42.1

back then crowd. Someone calls this curious display of Jesus a passion

1:47.5

play, and I overhear it. I am intrigued. It is the first passion play I have ever seen.

1:56.1

By the time the play ends, and my daddy's best preacher voice booms through the worship room

2:01.7

to invite those who don't know Christ to accept him, my heart is a whirlpool, and I am

2:07.2

twirling inside.

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