{"id":6899,"date":"2026-01-07T02:30:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T07:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/twolisteners.org\/?p=6899"},"modified":"2026-01-01T17:47:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T22:47:37","slug":"god-calling-january-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/?p=6899","title":{"rendered":"God Calling &#8211; January 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-6027 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/m_go122.jpg\" alt=\"m_go122\" width=\"449\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/m_go122.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/m_go122-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/m_go122-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"DayHeading\"><span style=\"color:#800080;\">January 7 \u2013 The Secret Pearl<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"Petition\"><span style=\"color:#993300;\">Look upon us with Thy favor, O Lord, while we behold \u201cThe land that is very far off\u201d and yet so near to the seeing eye and the listening ear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Day\">Wait. Wonders are unfolding. Tremble with awe. No man can stand upon the threshold of Eternity unshaken. I give unto you Eternal Life. A free gift, a wonderful gift \u2013 the Life of the Ages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Day\"><b><i>Silently comes the Kingdom<\/i><\/b>. No man can judge when it enters the heart of man, only in results. Listen quietly. Sometimes you may get no message. Meet thus all the same. You will absorb an atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Day\">Cultivate silence. \u201cGod speaks in silences.\u201d A silence, a soft wind. Each can be a message to convey My meaning to the heart, though by no voice, or even word.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Day\">Each word or thought of yours can be like a pearl that you drop into the secret place of another heart, and in some hour of need, lo! the recipient finds the treasure and realizes for the first time its value.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Day\">Do not be too ready to <i>do<\/i>, just <i>be.<\/i> I said, \u201c<i>Be<\/i> ye therefore perfect\u201d not \u201cdo\u201d perfect things. Try and grasp this. Individual efforts avail nothing. It is only the work of the Universal Spirit \u2013 My Spirit \u2013 that counts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Day\">Dwell in thought on this, more and more, saints have take a lifetime to grasp it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Scripture\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#008000;\"><em>Be still, and know that I am God.\u00a0 Psalm 46:10<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 7 \u2013 The Secret Pearl Look upon us with Thy favor, O Lord, while we behold \u201cThe land that is very far off\u201d and yet so near to the seeing eye and the listening ear. Wait. Wonders are unfolding. Tremble with awe. No man can stand upon the threshold of Eternity unshaken. I give &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/?p=6899\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">God Calling &#8211; January 7<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-godcalling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6899"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10991,"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6899\/revisions\/10991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}