Nowhere in Scripture do we find Jesus (or his Father) speaking like this: “When your Joy in Me meets My Joy in you, there are fireworks of heavenly ecstasy. Legacy users will keep all content purchased prior to the change in December 2023 and can access it without a subscription. Today’s blog is sponsored by the D3 Youth Conference, March 8-9, 2024 at Boyce College in Louisville, KY.

Young admits that her revelation is different from the Bible’s (“The Bible is, of course, the only inerrant Word of God; my writings must be consistent with that unchanging standard”), but does not explain how her writings are different. The way to walk through demanding days is to grip My hand tightly and stay in close communication with Me. In 1991, Sarah and Stephen moved to Melbourne, Australia, and began a Japanese language church in cooperation with the Presbyterian Church of Victoria. Nelson is involved in an expansive new marketing campaign that involves a new web site and daily radio devotionals. We may have already drawn a few lines and circles on some of the dates—appointments here, vacations there.Moving forward, legacy users wishing to access additional Sarah Young titles inside the app will need a subscription to unlock the additional content and features. We know that those who indulge in porn have committed the sin of lust, but there is so much more to it than that.

There is no way to avoid her claim that she is communicating divine revelation, a claim that raises a host of questions and concerns, not the least of which is the doctrine of Scripture alone which assures us that the Bible and the Bible alone is sufficient to guide us in all matters of faith and practice. So with pen in hand, she embarked on a journey that forever changed her—and many others around the world. As the calendar turns from December to January and as 2023 gives way to 2024, a new year is laid out before us.

Young was a member of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), where her husband Stephen is an ordained minister and third-generation Christian missionary to Japan. iOS and Android are different app markets, and app purchases do not transfer between the two platforms, so a change in the platform does require the download of a new app. Intimacy with the Bible comes by slow, meditative reading that focuses on small portions—deep study of books, chapters, and verses. Even the December readings focus on a general presence of Jesus in our hearts and daily lives, without anchoring it in Jesus’s person and work in history. Michael Horton says, “In terms of content, the message is reducible to one point: Trust me more in daily dependence and you’ll enjoy my presence.

If her words are actually from Jesus, how can they be any less authoritative or less binding than any word of Scripture? In the end, there is no substantial difference in how Young expects us to view Jesus’ words to her, than how we are to view the Bible.The great tragedy is that it is leading people away from God’s means of grace that are so sweet and so satisfying, if only we will accept and embrace them.