Mom’s Letters: Jesus Is True---He Is the Messiah!
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Mildred Smith wrote this devotional guide. In 1976, she received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. A few months later, the Holy Spirit began dictating letters for her to write. As thoughts would form in her mind, with paper and pen, she would write those words down, word by word as they came to her. She did not form these thoughts by herself; they were topics about which she had little or no information. They were scripturally based, although she did not know it at the time. Some of the ideas seemed strange to her. They certainly were not her ideas.
In 1776, the United States became a nation. Two hundred years later, in 1976 after she received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, Mildred started writing. She wrote these specific letters in 1999. Today, reading them is like hearing the daily news as viewed by God. Prophetic? Yes. A miracle? Indeed!
The love of Jesus is evident in these letters. As people read them, they are aware of the depth of love that Jesus has for all mankind! Jesus does not condemn anyone! He calls and draws them into a daily walk with Him.
One of the most significant things about these letters was the loving way in which they were written. If the letter dealt with sin, it was presented in a manner that gave anyone reading the letter an insight regarding why sin offends God. The letter leads the reader to seek change away from that sin, drawing that person closer to Jesus.
Whether a person reads only one letter a day or reads the book in its entirety all at once, his or her life will be changed. It is a labor of love sent to the people of Earth. Mildred wrote daily, except Sundays or during the times when earthly matters took precedence in Mildred’s life. She was never in a trance. She could answer anyone who spoke to her and then she could continue with the letter. She could write at any time that she chose. The Holy Spirit was there whenever she asked Him to talk to her.
These letters are just a small sample of the way that the Holy Spirit communicated with her. The letters are on many diverse subjects; all are related to God and the way that man relates to God. They bring wisdom and understanding about God to a world that has shut God out of daily life.
Early when Mildred began writing, Sharon Smith, Ph.D., her oldest child and only daughter, was assigned to be the Script Bearer. Sharon’s assignment has now started. She and her husband, Joel M. Kestenbaum, Ph.D. are the compilers and editors. They, as did many others including Mildred’s husband, Burl C. Smith, their three sons, Steve, Jeff and Phil, their spouses and their children, watched as Mildred would sit and write without any preparation or hesitation. The words were always amazing, often prophetic and always from God.
The letters are like a spiritual bath of goodness. They clean our souls as we read the thoughts that have been sent to purify us. God would speak face to face with people. He is love, see Him as such!
Mildred M. Smith
Mildred M. Smith was a maidservant and scribe for the Holy Spirit from 1976 to 2011. After she received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, He would dictate to her wondrous words of God’s love and truth. She wrote His Words. Others saw this miracle in action; her family saw it most frequently. She would sit down with paper and pen to write, filling a notebook page on the front and back for each letter. If the phone rang or someone came to the door, she would stop writing and respond. When finished with the short or long interruption, she would sit down again, pick up her pen and continue with the next word. She did not have to read where she stopped because they were not her words. She was a high school graduate, a wife, mother and grandmother. She helped her husband, Burl, in his office after their four children had graduated from high school. Since Mildred always handwrote the letters, Burl started typing the letters after his retirement. They always functioned as a team. Once their children introduced him to word processing, the electronic record began. As is God’s amazing timing, Mildred started writing in 1976, two hundred years after the United States became a nation. She wrote these specific letters in 1999. Today, reading these letters is like reading the daily news as viewed by God. Prophetic? Yes. A miracle? Indeed! The words in these letters are a continual blessing to each reader. Jesus sacrificed His life to draw all closer to God; make the choice to hear His Word. Be blessed as you read.
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Mom’s Letters - Mildred M. Smith
Mom’s Letters
Mom’s Letters
Jesus Is True—He Is the Messiah!
Mildred M. Smith
Sharon Lee Smith, Ph.D.
And
Joel M. Kestenbaum, Ph.D.
© 2019 Mildred M. Smith
Mom’s Letters
Jesus Is True—He Is the Messiah!
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ISBN 978-1-400326570 (Paperback)
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Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Many Loved Him and Saw Him as the Most Beautiful Person They Had Ever Seen
Jesus Brought the Spiritual Aspects of God Together with the Physical
There Is No Stronger Bond Than the Bond of a Mother and Her Child
They Will Always Seek More and Never Be Content with What They Have
We See People Taking Advantage of Each Other When They Know the Difference
At All Times There Is a Message Being Sent from Jesus to the People of Earth
Jesus Is True—He Is the Messiah!
In a Sense that Is What Does Happen unto Man When He Dies
Although Just New without Any Time for Corruption from Life, an Infant Can Have Birth Defects
They Carry the Seed of Eternal Life
Jesus Is the Most Powerful Name Ever Known to Mankind
Who Really Chooses Our Leaders?
They See Jesus in a Different Way Than Before!
Dear Jesus, We Do Come to You and Ask for Your Help
All that He Has Declared Will Take Place Right on Schedule!
It Is Good When People Care for Themselves
They May Not Even Realize that They Are Heading Toward Folly
There Is a Price to Pay One Way or Another
One Sees Jesus as the Child of God
I Am Double-Minded in that Which I Should Do!
There Is No Acceptable Sin that Will Leave a Person Holy Before God
He Would Have Them Be Healed Physically as Well as Mentally
Life in Jesus Is Marvelous; Life without Jesus Is a Torture
Each Day Temptations Come unto the Saints
They Wanted to Elevate Themselves to the Status of God
We Are Received because of the Work of the Son
He Is Aware of a Change that Takes Place in the Heart of a Person
God’s Creation Should Know that God Made People Capable of Great Things
Those Who Have the Power of the Holy Spirit Are Aware of His Presence
This Is When One Needs to Be in the Army of Jesus
As a People Grow Older They Get More Respectful of Pain
Money and Power Are the gods of Today
People Should Judge Other People with Kind Consideration
The Scheming Needed to Get Some Unjust Prize Will Always Seem Dirty
He Brings Love Where Once There Was Hatred and Resentment
After All We Are Speaking about the Things that a Person Has Already Done
Each Person’s Mind Is a Battlefield
There Must Be Sacrifice in Their Behavior if They Follow the Ways of Jesus
Justice Is a Two-edged Sword!
People Must Learn to Be Their Own Resource When It Comes to Caring for Their Problems
Every Person Has an Ideal Soul Mate Who Some Day They Will Want to Marry and Spend the Rest of Their Life With
Then I Met Jesus in a New and Profound Way
But in Reality, It Is a Spiritual World that Is Run by the Ideas of People!
Fathers Love Their Children More Than Their Children Love Them
The Family Was a Unit for Better or for Worse
This Is Why Sex Is Not a Game! It Is to Be Taken Seriously
We Desperately Feel Like We Are Isolated and Unloved!
Do We Appreciate that Which They Have Done?
Prideful? Of Course They Are!
They Tell Them that No One Need Ever Know
He Tries to Warn Us Ahead of Time that We Are in Danger
How Can Jesus Make Me Think Clearly about a Situation?
They Say that Your Kingdom Is to Come, but I Say that It Is Here!
We Have Become Alienated from the One We Love!
You Give People a Reason to Live
His Kingdom Is Eternal and a Person Can Get There Only by Calling upon His Name
People Can Rise Up and Control the World through Devious Means
There Will Come a Time When Their Sins Will Cause Them Some Problems
There Are Times When a Person Will Be Met by Any Member of the Trinity in a Way that They Can Depend Upon
A Person Can Live Each Day Assured that Jesus Is There with Them
We Pray that You Watch Carefully after Israel!
Instead of Love toward Each Other, They Sowed Hate and Deceit
They Tell Lies and Do Not Bother to Correct Those Lies
They Have Been Put Here for a Reason
People Have a Conscience that Will Send an Alarm to Their Minds
They Are One Unit!
Since Jesus Gave His Love Unconditionally for Others He Is to Be Loved in Return
There Is Nothing More Detrimental to a Life Than Never Seeing or Hearing the Truth
It Must Be the Answer for that Specific Problem
Whom Will We Serve?
The Power of Righteousness Is in the Word of God
They Hold Out a Hope of Something Greater Than Local Governments
What They Do Not Understand Is that There Is Unseen Power in Salvation
Time Passes by and People Reap that Which They Have Sowed
They Would Say unto Jesus, I Place My Family’s Care in Your Hands!
His Message Was on How to Love One’s Neighbor and How to Make a Nation Great Because of the Love of Its People toward Each Other
Today People in High Places Are Trying to Manipulate the Whole World
One Should Wonder Why Anyone Would Embrace Something that Displeases Jesus
It Is a Sad Thing for the People of Earth to Think that They Are Unloved and Unwanted
They Cannot Declare Jesus in Words Only
It Is Jesus Who Brought Reconciliation to Mankind
You Have Given Me a Choice in the Life I Live!
They Will Not See the True Motives behind that Which Their Leaders Are Doing
The Spirit Found in Jesus Has Been Given to Those Who Ask of Him
We Can See the Changes that Come with Each Generation
One Should Carefully Search One’s Heart to See that It Is Clean before God
He Has Made a Covenant with Mankind and He Will Keep His Part of the Promise!
They Begin to Suffer the Consequences of Their Lusts and They Cannot Understand Why Bad Things Are Happening
One Type of Prayer Does Not Overshadow Another
Did Jesus Not Know This in the First Place?
It Takes Years of Growing Together and Blending into Each Other’s Cultures before the People Accept Others’
Are They Concerned for Their Own Souls?
These Are the gods of Today!
A Child of God Is a Beautiful Thing, Much Too Precious to Be Given Away to Darkness and Death
The I
god Stands Up and Says, I Want!
In Jesus His Ways Remain a Mystery and People Are Called to Obey Him by Faith
Pray that You Remain Faithful!
Each Person Is in Their Own Little World, Desperately Wanting Love
It Will Be Only When Jesus Returns that the Nations of the World Will Reach a High Level of Righteousness
They See Jesus in Action in Their Lives
So the Greatest of Nations Falter because of the Corruption that Looms before Them
Yet People Inwardly Delight in Taking Advantage of One Another
Index
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Preface
Mildred Smith was the one who wrote this devotional guide. In 1976 she received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. A few months later the Holy Spirit began dictating letters for her to write. As thoughts would form in her mind, with paper and pen she would write those words down, word by word, as they came to her. She did not form these thoughts by herself; they were topics about which she had little or no information. They were scripturally based, although she did not know it at the time. Some of the ideas seemed strange to her. They were certainly not her ideas.
The love of Jesus is evident in these letters. As people read them they are aware of the depth of love that Jesus has for all mankind! Jesus does not condemn anyone! He calls and draws them into a daily walk with Him.
One of the most significant things about these letters was the loving way in which they were written. If the letter dealt with sin it was presented in a manner that gave anyone reading the letter an insight regarding why sin offends God. The letter leads the reader to seek change away from that sin, drawing that person closer to Jesus.
Whether a person reads only one letter a day or reads the book in its entirety all at once, their life will be changed. It is a labor of love sent to the people of Earth. Mildred wrote daily, except Sundays or during the times when earthly matters took precedence in her life. She was never in a trance. She could answer anyone who spoke to her and then she could continue with the letter. She could write at any time that she chose. The Holy Spirit was there whenever she asked Him to talk to her.
These letters are just a small sample of the way that the Holy Spirit communicated with her. The letters are on many diverse subjects; all are related to God and the way that man relates to God. They bring wisdom and understanding about God to a world that has shut God out of daily life.
Early when Mildred began writing, Sharon Smith, Ph.D., her oldest child and only daughter, was assigned to be the script bearer. Sharon’s assignment has now started. She and her husband Joel M. Kestenbaum, Ph.D. are the compilers and editors. They, as did many others—including Mildred’s husband Burl C. Smith; their three sons Steve, Jeff, and Phil, and their spouses and children—watched as Mildred would sit and write without any preparation or hesitation. The words were always amazing, often prophetic and always from God.
The letters are like a spiritual bath of goodness. They clean one’s soul as one reads the thoughts that have been sent to purify one’s soul. God would speak face-to-face with the people. He is love; see Him as such!
Acknowledgements
The words of these letters are from the Holy Spirit, who dictated them to Mildred M. Smith. Using a pen she handwrote them on notebook paper. As in all dictations errors can be made. Some letters were typed in advance by Burl C. Smith, Mildred’s husband. In later years some were transferred into word processing documents. It was an enormous effort of joy for him. Some letters were lost in the confusion of life, moving, illnesses, and a fire that totally destroyed Burl and Mildred Smith’s home.
We, the compilers, were the ones to edit spelling and punctuation. Wording was kept as close to the original as possible. We chose the letter headings, accompanying scriptures from the King James Version of the Holy Bible, and put the letters in a publishable format. Any errors are ours.
It is important to acknowledge all of Burl and Mildred Smith’s children, the apples of their eyes: Sharon, Steven, Jeffery, and Philip Smith. All married, and the boys
had children and grandchildren who Burl and Mildred dearly loved. They were loving and kind parents and prayed for every one of their family members to be believers in Jesus Christ. They lived a Christ-centered life.
Many Loved Him and Saw Him as the Most Beautiful Person They Had Ever Seen
The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us
(Romans 8:16–18, KJV)
May 1, 1999
Holy, holy, Lord God Almighty! You are the lover of the souls of the people. You see that the value of people is not what is apparent to the natural eye. That which abides within their souls makes them of value to society.
There are many people whose image in a mirror is the most important thing to them. It is true that beauty is breathtaking to behold. One may see some of the wonders upon the earth and be amazed by the beauty that is seen. Above all else people are the most beautiful. They are the ones who rule the world and they have learned how to make things lovely, including themselves!
Jesus was not accounted to be beautiful. Yet people were struck by His presence. When they beheld Him and the love that was within Him they sought Him as their friend. Many loved Him and saw Him as the most beautiful person they had ever seen. Jesus embraced those who came to Him, both rich and poor. He looked into their souls to see what beauty lay there. They loved Him and followed Him faithfully.
After the death of Jesus many of these same people would receive the same beauty that Jesus had. They would not see themselves as being beautiful; they would not presume to be above someone else, nor was beauty a means to an end. They became glowingly lovely because Jesus was found in them.
These people were satisfied just to be able to carry on the work that Jesus had begun. They sought to be as He was in all things. Indeed it was a marvelous time as people took on the nature of Jesus Christ. They, too, began to see miracles happen. As the people of the world became more cynical toward them the more they grew in the nature of Jesus.
It became more dangerous for them to embrace the ways of Jesus, but this did not matter to them. They had caught a glimpse of who Jesus really was and their lives did not matter anymore. They felt rich just to be able to do the things that Jesus did.
Still other people killed and tortured them. Many people were astonished by the way that His followers acted when they were murdered. The beauty of God shone upon them as they fearlessly faced those people who would take their lives from them!
Jesus Brought the Spiritual Aspects of God Together with the Physical
For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools
(Romans 1:20–22)
May 3, 1999
Let there be glory, honor, and praises unto the Lord Jesus Christ! Worship and adore Him! He came to bring eternal salvation to mankind, and He accomplished that which He came to earth to do. That people do not accept what He has done is not His fault.
One may argue that since Jesus made mankind people would recognize their Creator, that He would be the ultimate in all that they do. People have been given the rule of earth; they enjoy their supremacy. They do not feel as if they owe Jesus anything. They would remove any traces of the Trinity and set up their standard of authority!
In their arrogance they see all that is around them and declare that they have made it, that all that they see belongs to them. The very idea that people were created by a Superior Being does not matter to them. They are the ones who rule, and they will not bow to anyone else!
There are times when people get so used to what they have that they never give credit to the person who had the idea to invent it, so they claim for themselves that which someone else labored to accomplish. There is no guilt that someone else spent much money and time developing something that could be beneficial to the world.
The same holds true for Jesus and His work at the cross. People had become wicked and there was no way that they could exist upon earth. They had become so corrupt they were going to destroy themselves and all that they had accomplished upon earth.
Jesus died so that people would be saved. It was not the first time that God had sent outstanding people to wicked people to reverse their wickedness. This Jesus was different than those other great people God sent to save humankind. Jesus was concerned with their souls. He wanted people to live forever. His concern was not for the physical person as much as for the spiritual person. No one had been able to reach the place where God and people could be reconciled.
Jesus brought the Spiritual aspects of God together with the physical. He knew that there would be those who would overcome sin through Jesus and be eternal creatures in Him!
There Is No Stronger Bond Than the Bond of a Mother and Her Child
"Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child. Let Israel hope in the
Lord
from henceforth and forever"
(Psalm 131:1–3)
May 4, 1999
Jesus is the rock of my salvation! His banner over us is love. People are required to love each other, but few really know the true meaning