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1 | omangamobisa@yahoo.com | Bible general Archive 1 | Mommapbs | 52237 | ||
Greetings Lionstrong! When a child of God seeks Him, He promises to to be found. God responds to our prayers! I think the trouble is, too few believers actually expect Him to answer! Some people tend to "go through the motions" without any notion of connecting with God's heart. God tells us to ASK! Mt 7:7-8(Ask Seek and Knock)I'm just trying to be obedient here! Notice what HE will do when we obey Him: we will receive, we will find, and "it" will be opened! You asked: "Before you learned to recognize His voice, did you mistake someone else's voice for His?" From the following examples, I'll let you be the judge of the answer! One night I had an extremely disturbing dream. Upon waking I sought the Lord through prayer and through His Word, but I could not find peace. I realized I needed help with this and called a friend to join me in prayer before the Lord concerning this dream. She immediately came to my home and interceeded for me and together we petitioned the Lord to reveal the truth He wanted me to understand through what He had allowed into my sleep. As we were praying together I received understanding and IMMEDIATE PEACE. I did not hear any audible voice, but God very clearly "told" me the meaning of what I had seen and comforted me. This was indeed a blessing. While searching the Scriptures in order to prepare a Christmas "meditation" for my friends, God invaded my study by revealing an area of my life that was not pleasing to Him. My confession became the core of the message I was to give my friends. Lastly, I had been pleading with the Lord for the life of our 13 year old son. The doctor suspected that he had lymphoma and had ordered a CT scan. After hours of fervent prayer and many tears at 2AM on January 26, 1994 I "heard" a voice, yes, an "audible voice" which said, "Go read Psalm 41." I did not move but continued to lay in bed wondering if I was losing my mind. And then I was spoken to again, "Get up! Go read Psalm 41." To which I bolted out of bed, grabbed my Bible and read this (up until now) unknown Psalm. Please take a moment and read Psalm this for yourself! Later that morning we would learn that our son had cancer (which was at stage 4). Because I had refused to believe that I could have actually heard God's voice, I denied myself the comforting promise of this verse. After several months of struggling with doubt, I chose to simply trust God that HE had indeed given me this Psalm to tell me what He was going to do! Our son underwent two years of chemo, lost all his hair, missed over a quarter of the school year because he was sick from the treatment but during the entire time he never once had the flu or a cold. He was Divinely protected, his body matured through adolescence and he was miraculously restored. He went from stage 4 to complete remission after 4 months of treatment! Today, we continue to praise God for this healthy 22 year old young man! I cried out to the Lord and HE answered me. WHO do you think I "heard" that morning? Who else is able to do exceedingly more abundantly that we can ever imagine? God is still speaking to His beloved children! It is always a blessing to hear His voice, no matter HOW it is spoken! I hope that you will ask God to train your spiritual ears to hear Him clearly! Just ASK, believing He WILL answer! Blessings, Mommapbs |
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2 | omangamobisa@yahoo.com | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 52246 | ||
Mommapbs, I've just read your accounts of your experiences with a great deal of interest and even fascination. I had an experience way back when I was 10 years old which I have never been able fully to understand or explain. Two weeks before my father died, I had a vivid dream of his death and in the dream was assured that my father was going to be with the Lord. I don't know to this day what to make of it -- whether something supernatural or mere coincidence I really don't know. But I certainly do believe, as a poet has said, that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of..... That was, by the way, the only revelatory dream I've ever had, but it was very real to me then and the memory of it sticks with me still. And, in case anyone's wondering, I've never been treated for any kind of mental or emotional illness in my life. A psychiatrist friend of mine said to me once, "Hank, I could give you a mental examination, but it would be useless. I know in advance that if I examined your head, I'm not likely to find anything there!" I still wonder whether he was kidding :-) Blessings to you. --Hank | ||||||
3 | omangamobisa@yahoo.com | Bible general Archive 1 | Mommapbs | 52290 | ||
Brother Hank - No coincidence comforts! You were indeed given a very special blessing which God knew would sustain you then and even to this very day! Since God is "supernatural" why would we expect anything less from Him? Truly, even ONE "out of the box" experience with the God of the Universe is MORE than enough isn't it? Blessings to you and yours, Mommapbs |
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