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1 | Is it God speaking?? | James 1:5 | Lissamz | 213299 | ||
Hello, Brothers and Sisters in Christ, My question is a little personal, but I'm desperate. I have read this Scripture for years and asked for wisdom. I have problems, though, because I feel like I cannot hear God. I might also mention that I'm bipolar and have had problems with my emotions and feelings. I feel like I can't discern and hear God. I read the Word daily and seek what it says. I work on what it tells me God wants me to be and how He wants my heart to be before Him. But others talk of God speaking to them and speaking to their hearts. Am I the only one that this doesn't happen to? Even when I feel that it was God speaking to me I think over it again and again until I don't know if it was God or just over-thinking. Please help! I really want to be what God wants, but spend much time in confusion, thinking that I have missed out on God's rhema word to me, because I analyze it out of my mind. |
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2 | Is it God speaking?? | James 1:5 | MJH | 213314 | ||
Doc has answered well. This verse is what came to mind when I read what you wrote: "But others talk of God speaking to them and speaking to their hearts. Am I the only one that this doesn't happen to?" Colosians 2:18 "Let no one defraud you by acting as an umpire and declaring you unworthy and disqualifying you for the prize, insisting on self-abasement and worship of angels, taking his stand on visions [he claims] he has seen, vainly puffed up by his sensuous notions and inflated by his unspiritual thoughts and fleshly conceit,,," MJH |
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3 | Is it God speaking?? | James 1:5 | Lissamz | 213319 | ||
Thank You for answering. But I'm wondering...Does this mean that the ones that have talked about this around me have been "over exaggerating" or "over-stating" the truth? I mean they come off so "spiritual" and I seem so "simple." I don't understand it, but the Scripture you quoted does shine the "light" on the situation. I don't have to feel bad anymore because I feel like a "lower-class" Christian, because I don't have to "tak[e] his stand on visions [he claims] he has seen" as something lacking in my life. God bless and shine His countenance upon you, MJH |
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4 | Is it God speaking?? | James 1:5 | MJH | 213337 | ||
Lissamz, I did not intend to place judgment on those you know who are saying they hear from God. I don't know them. I used this text to be helpful to you in that it helps you know that you're not deficient if your faith because you do not “hear” God like they say they do.. One of my most respected Bible teachers has said too that he would love to hear from God as others apparently have. He is anything but unspiritual. True spirituality is demonstrated not in esoteric feelings, but in how one lives their life. Do you live your life like you love the LORD your God with your whole being and your neighbor as yourself? Do you see the fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control more readily apparent in your life? These are the measures of true Spirituality, not hearing voices, feeling tingly, or anything else, as nice as those things may be. MJH |
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5 | Is it God speaking?? | James 1:5 | DocTrinsograce | 213339 | ||
Hi, MJH... You wrote, "True spirituality is demonstrated not in esoteric feelings, but in how one lives their life." I would have added, "in Christ." Outside of Christ there is no pleasing God. We would deny emotionalism as well as legalism. Sorry... I am not intending to correct... but I can't keep from doctrinally plugging holes and building up fallen walls. Maybe a "tikkun olam" sort of thing. :-) In Him, Doc |
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6 | Is it God speaking?? | James 1:5 | MJH | 213342 | ||
You said, "I am not intending to correct..." I would hope you do. Even when I wrote that post I thought..."I may not have worded that just right." Then it occured that on this forum I can expect that someone may refine my wording. I appreciate it...and you are right. MJH |
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