This is the beginning of the Labor Day weekend celebrations. Wow. I cannot comprehend it. What a fab summer and I believe the warm weather is going to spill into this month. Yesterday was a scorcher and for the first time in a long time my husband and I lounged at the pool..together and alone. No distractions, no running around. It was nice to see him peaced out. I am reading a Charles Stanley book right now called, "How to Listen to God" and I really like how he writes..simple and easy. It is an educational read and I liked how he explains when someone says (I refer to myself as a prime example), "I heard God say...". Understand the Lord wants to communicate with you. Guide you, walk with you and he has many ways he does this. The Lord speaks to us today through the Word of God. I know that when I am searching for an answer or crying out to God to help me, I always find His comforting words when I turn to the bible. He will lead you to the page, the chapter, the verse to which He wants your eyes to see and read. He also speaks to us through the Holy Spirit. If we walk in the Spirit daily, surrendered to His power, we have the right to expect anything we need to hear from God. When someone says "God said to me"....it does not mean audibly, meaning to hear an actual voice. It means He impresses His will in my spirit or mind and I hear Him in my inner being. Though not audible, the communication is precise nonetheless (Charles Stanley page 9 and 10). I wanted to clarify on the subject so new believers in Christ understand it. God sometimes speaks to you through other people, circumstances. These words may be from Him to you right now. So see how He is? He will speak to you no matter who you are, where you are and what you are. He loves us all the same and wants to have a relationship with us all the same. :)
John 14:26
So true.The Holy Spirit is a witness of both the Father and His son Jesus. Being filled with the Holy Spirit enables us to hear from within,to surrender and to walk in expectation as having received every promise! To love God is to love His word. To communicate with God is better than a celebration!
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