The greatest happiness comes not in your personal pursuit of pleasure and satisfaction, but in finding God and giving His life to others and bringing them happiness!
The Lord often requires that we call for help and ask others to pray with us. He says you're to ask, and then you'll receive. (Mat.7:7) "Is there any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church and let them pray over him." (Jam.5:14) It's important that you make your request known, not only to the Lord but also to your brothers and sisters.
If the Lord knows your needs before you call (Mat.6:8), why doesn't He just go ahead and supply them without your having to ask? It's mostly for your own benefit. Similarly, you can pray for yourself, but then there won't be as great a testimony. When you ask others for prayer it's not only a manifestation of your faith in Him, but also a confession of your need and your dependence on the Lord, as well as a greater testimony to all when the Lord answers!
He likes for you to ask publicly for prayer so that everybody can join with you in prayer, and everyone will then be manifesting or confessing their dependence upon Him and manifesting their faith along with yours, so that when He answers, it will be a general testimony to all of you that the Lord is the One Who heard you and answered prayer! Amen?--ask!
Deep Truths is a collection of the basic teachings of David Brandt Berg who was my pastor for 20 years and who led me on a path of service for Jesus Christ and showed me how to love God and others. I have been a missionary for Christ in Japan from 1974 to the present with the exception of 4 years in other countries, specifically Russia, China, Estonia and Poland. My hope is this website will inspire and feed God's sheep.
You probably won't hear some of these teachings in any public school or church! It is my earnest desire that by reading these articles you will have a major paradigm shift in your life to perceive reality the way your Creator wants you to perceive it! For more information, please see the About Page
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The following is a suggested reading list to introduce you to the teachings of David Brandt Berg. I guarantee that you'll either love or hate what he has to say!
Deep Truths is dedicated to the Bible based teachings of David Brandt Berg (1919-1994), with the hope that from them you may find eternal spiritual life in Jesus Christ, the Son of God!
Deep Truths was first created on Jan. 5, 2004 in Niigata Japan. It is not an official web site of The Family International. By not "official", I mean it is not directly sponsored by the Family International World Services. Most of the articles on Deep Truths are publications from the Family International, but some of the opinions stated in the introduction to the articles are those of the webmaster, James Arendt. From January 2017 I have begun to post some different views and interpretations of Scripture that are not based on David Berg or the Family International's teachings.
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