Has your name ever appeared in a book? Would you like it to? Only a small percentage of people can claim this. Yet they that feared the Lord spoke often to one another, and the Lord hearkened and heard it and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the Lord and thought upon his name. And they shall be mine in the day when I make up my special treasure, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him. So would you like to have your name appear in a book? This is the one you want to be in, and you can.

I promised my followers an abundant life. Do you see your life as more abundant or more mundane? Do you spend most of your time in tedious routines? Does this seem inevitable from the demands and commitments of life? You may benefit by learning that abundance is more than money, and also more than the items on your list of tasks to accomplish. How do you see the world? Do you live in an enchanted world saturated with spiritual significance? A world where everything belongs and every gesture is filled with meaning and purpose?

Have you been through a quantum change in life? This is a term from physics, but it can be applicable to human experience as well. Most growth in nature, including human growth, is gradual and continuous. Yet certain events can be transformative, and you refer to these as defining moments. They are abrupt transitions that leave you forever changed. Consider the experiences of Jacob with his heavenly vision, Moses with the burning bush, and Paul on the road to Damascus. Have you ever had such an experience? If so, did you recognize it as an encounter with me?

Do you think of your salvation as a credential? Once you are saved, do you expect everyone, and particularly believers, to take you seriously? In like manner do you consider yourself obligated to take seriously all of your fellow believers, no matter what they say? Do you find any support for this in the Bible? I accept all who call on my name, but that does not qualify them as teachers. You are called to accept your fellow believers but only to follow me. You are not to judge others on the basis of their positions, but you don’t have to accept them as revealed truth either.