What's new
By:
Filters
Christian Forums

This is a sample guest message. Register a free account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!

How can we know God's "voice?"

RE: Orion Define faith...

Orion said:
There are many definitions. In a religion, though, it is believing in that which holds no proof. This faith comes from accepting the doctrines therein, preached on Sunday, and personal times of reading the holy texts. The danger of this is, MANY religions do the same thing.
Click to expand...

Well, faith is not believing in that which holds no proof. :shame You got it all wrong right from the start of your answer there.

What do you base your trust on?
And where are you getting your definitions from?

Surely, the bible doesn't tell you to trust in misguided man nor does it tell you to trust in your own carnal mind. Are you listening to the words of man or are you listening to the TRUTH IN THE HOLY WORD OF GOD. What are you speaking, from the mind of man without the knowledge of God instilled in him, or are you speaking from the knowledge of the HOLY WORD instilled in you? There are only two sides to this coin... One side is truth and the other side is the lie. Are you flipping the coin and believing what may? or are you sticking to the one side that is only based upon the ONE AND ONLY TRUTH, that no other can deny or challenge or prove it as being false? Double mindedness is not a good master.

Do you base what you believe on the Word of God or the word of man who is left to himself without the wisdom of the Lord to base His truth upon?

God is not a God who doesn't prove his word true! God does not lie. If man sees his word as a lie then man is misinterpreting the HOLY WORD. God speaks truth. Our Trust must only be in HIS TRUTH, not doctrines of man who mess up the interpretation of the HOLY TRUTH OF GOD. God is NOT a liar. .. It is man who misinterprets what is from the truth to only pervert it.


Orion said:
My point about "faith and God" is that God is said to know all things, yet requires US to accept something that IS unknown and could not be proven. This would be something that would be foreign to God, having to believe in something by faith alone, yet judging based on it.
Click to expand...

Not true, by the answers and comments that you have made here, it is obvious that your definition of "Faith" is not all that clear to you.


The biblical definition of "faith" is as follows:

  • Hebrews 11:1-3
    1. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
    2 For by it the elders obtained a good report.
    3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.


Orion, since I asked you to define faith, no one came up with the Biblical definition of "Faith". You all came up with your own definition and started to get all philosophical and out of context to "BIBLICAL" definition of terms.

IF you can't grasp the "BIBLICAL" definition of the term in it's broad sense, then you'll never know what it means to have faith in a "Holy" GOD, nor will you know what it means to have faith in any of your prayers which must be in alignment with the Holy Truth OF a HOLY GOD.


-----------------------------------------------------------------

Now define what your understanding of the word Holy. And define your understanding of the word holy .

And then, define what your understanding of the word Lord. And then define what your understanding of the word lord.

And again same doing with the word Spirit. And again with the word spirit.

If you can't grasp the meaning and the authority of one over the other, then you truly must get back to the basics of Biblical definition of terms and how the meanings of them could, would, and should apply to your daily life and your journey onward unto the Overcoming the carnal "things of this world". Yes, God created the material, but he also provided the spiritual means of controlling them. We have choices.... to choose the spirit that is inferior to the Spirit of God, or to choose the Spirit that is offered to us through the CHRIST we know as Jesus, the Son of God. son of a lesser god... or Son of God. God does not stop us from our choices, but in so doing, we are subject to consequences of our choices. The Book of Genesis teaches us that all too well.

We either believe what God tells us through the Inspired Holy Word, or we don't believe the Truth God speaks ... as did Eve and Lucifer, and Judas and many others who fell into demise for not trusting the truth of a HOLY GOD. The choice is up to you.... You don't have to have some feeling about it. You either beleive the truth or you don't, you either LIVE by it or you don't. The PROOOF comes out in the end of all matters! Sooner or later, many times sooner than later, and other times later than sooner. WE are not the judge as to when the fruition of any of it comes into being... But we can rest fully assured that ALL THINGS WILL BE REVEALED. IN GOD'S DUE TIME. If you can't trust the Truth in God's Holy Word, then you are only following the carnal mind or the spirit of confusion which comes to steal kill and destroy, to pervert the Truth of a HOLY GOD. You must place your trust in GOD. That is up to you, no matter what spirit comes to deter your trust... You must stand firm on where you place your trust. IN GOD WE TRUST.... Do you ? Or do you trust in the voice of confusion? The demon spirits that come to steer you away from the steadfast Truth of God.

God does not expect us to believe in something that isn't provable. WE must expect the TRUTH, not doubt it. Are you studying the bible? Are you understanding the Word of God as it is defined? or are you defining the word of God based upon lies of the devil who comes to tell you God expects us to believe on something that can't be proven! That's baloney Orion. God proves all things and reveals the lie, he reveals the truth. It's all in HIS due time. History proves that much! If you don't beleive History as it is given to us in the bible, then what do you believe? confusion? Lies? IN GOD I TRUST.... no one else. I pray you come to stop with all the perverted twisted defining of biblical TRUTH. Rely only on biblical definition of terms....not man's carnal mindedness, or the lies of spirits come against the The Truth of God.

  • Hebrews 11:1-3
    1. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
    2 For by it the elders obtained a good report.
    3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
 
The letter killeth. It is not the literal Word that God wants us to hear; it is His spiritual Word. With out God's Spirit leading the Word of God becomes dead letter.

There are actually two Words the bible speaks of and are not the same Word.
 
Benoni said:
The letter killeth. It is not the literal Word that God wants us to hear; it is His spiritual Word. With out God's Spirit leading the Word of God becomes dead letter.

There are actually two Words the bible speaks of and are not the same Word.
Click to expand...
May I sit to learn of your reference, "two Words"? I am guessing that there is something for me to hear here. :)
 
Relic said:
minnesota said:
Relic said:
I specifially requested that only Orion answer the question.
Click to expand...
I know.
Click to expand...
Was that "polite" ?
Click to expand...
This is an open forum. If you were seeking a one-on-one discussion with Orion then you should have used the private messaging system.

Relic said:
May as well take that word "polite" out of your avatar then, aye?
Click to expand...
Nope, destiny dubbed me as the "polite troublemaker." I thought it was humorous, and decided to present the humor through my avatar and signature. She understands the humor, as well.
 
The sword of the Spirit, WHICH IS THE WORD OF GOD"
(Eph. 6:17). Then the writer to the Hebrews declares that the sword of
God’s word is "QUICK." Quick means living and active  LIFE-GIVING! "For
the word of God that speaks is alive and full of power  making it
active, operative, energizing and effective; it is sharper than any
two-edged sword" (Heb. 4:12, Amplified). Here is the sword that
conquers the death in us and GIVES LIFE! As it is written, "It is the
spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing…for the letter
killeth, but the spirit giveth life!" (Jn. 6:63; II Cor. 3:6). The sword
of the Spirit is the quickening, energizing, life-giving WORD OF GOD!
Like I said there are two aspects of the Word of God. Jesus Christ is the Word  the Logos â€â€

THE LIVING, CREATIVE WORD! But there is also that word which Paul calls "the
letter." The letter is the outer hull, the record and history, the laws
and commandments, the rules and regulations, the types, shadows and
figures, the external ordinances, rituals, ceremonies, and feasts; the
visible form of the word which tells us, in terms understandable by the
natural mind, many things about the Living Word, Jesus Christ. "
Christ is the Word, the Living Word, and IN HIM IS LIFE!

Moses received a word from God. Many, many scriptures confirm that it was the very Lord Himself who spoke to Moses giving him the laws, commandments, judgments, and ordinances. Therefore it is called "the law of the Lord."

Yet Paul, in speaking of this word from God, calls it "the ministration of death, written and engraved in stones." Then he further designates it "the ministration of condemnation." You, see, the law could only ondemn! The only way the law could give life was if one perfectly kept it, but for every broken law there was a penalty. And no one was ever able to keep it! "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." Therefore the law with all of its commandments, ceremonies, rituals, sacrifices, and observances is a dead word, it is form without essence, law without life, shadow without substance, chaff without kernel, it is the letter that killeth! It is "a word" about "The Word" and therefore shuts men up unto the dominion of death. It should not be difficult to understand that as Jesus Christ is the Living Word of God, the sword of the Spirit that quickens, so is the Letter of the Word a deadly sword, killing rather than quickening. Ah, two words and two swords! The flaming sword of the Cherubim is the word of the law which is a ministration of condemnation and death. It keeps men out of Eden, away from the tree of life! But the sword out of the mouth of God’s Christ is a living sword that excelled in glory as the ministration of Life!




Sparrowhawke said:
Benoni said:
The letter killeth. It is not the literal Word that God wants us to hear; it is His spiritual Word. With out God's Spirit leading the Word of God becomes dead letter.

There are actually two Words the bible speaks of and are not the same Word.
Click to expand...
May I sit to learn of your reference, "two Words"? I am guessing that there is something for me to hear here. :)
Click to expand...
 
Relic wrote: I specifially requested that only Orion answer the question.

minnesota wrote: I know.

Relic wrote: Was that "polite" ?

minnesota wrote: This is an open forum. If you were seeking a one-on-one discussion with Orion then you should have used the private messaging system.
Click to expand...

I asked for others to give Orion the first answer and you didn't respect my request. I have every right to ask for that in his thread.

I do not agree with you. So let's just politely drop this bicker and carry on with regard to the OP.

Thanks.

.
 
Orion said:
So let me understand. It seems to be that "the voice" is really just a thought in your mind, and because it may agree with a book, it must be "God speaking to you". That is a HUGE step of faith, and still a blind one. For me, I would not, . . . and never could, . . . assume that what may pop into my brain is anything other than my own upbringing, and suroundings. And again, . . . . it IS your mind that "hears this voice", so you cannot know for sure that it wasn't JUST your mind, . . . no matter how sure you are that it "was God". It all hinges on "faith".
Click to expand...

And without faith, we cannot please God (Hebrews 11:6). Orion, when you continued to lift your girlfriend up in prayer, in the name of Jesus, weren't you doing it by faith?

viewtopic.php?f=16&t=36870
 
Benoni said:
The sword of the Spirit, WHICH IS THE WORD OF GOD"
(Eph. 6:17). Then the writer to the Hebrews declares that the sword of
God’s word is "QUICK." Quick means living and active  LIFE-GIVING! "For
the word of God that speaks is alive and full of power  making it
active, operative, energizing and effective; it is sharper than any
two-edged sword" (Heb. 4:12, Amplified). Here is the sword that
conquers the death in us and GIVES LIFE! As it is written, "It is the
spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing…for the letter
killeth, but the spirit giveth life!" (Jn. 6:63; II Cor. 3:6). The sword
of the Spirit is the quickening, energizing, life-giving WORD OF GOD!
Like I said there are two aspects of the Word of God. Jesus Christ is the Word  the Logos â€â€

THE LIVING, CREATIVE WORD! But there is also that word which Paul calls "the
letter." The letter is the outer hull, the record and history, the laws
and commandments, the rules and regulations, the types, shadows and
figures, the external ordinances, rituals, ceremonies, and feasts; the
visible form of the word which tells us, in terms understandable by the
natural mind, many things about the Living Word, Jesus Christ. "
Christ is the Word, the Living Word, and IN HIM IS LIFE!

Moses received a word from God. Many, many scriptures confirm that it was the very Lord Himself who spoke to Moses giving him the laws, commandments, judgments, and ordinances. Therefore it is called "the law of the Lord."

Yet Paul, in speaking of this word from God, calls it "the ministration of death, written and engraved in stones." Then he further designates it "the ministration of condemnation." You, see, the law could only condemn! The only way the law could give life was if one perfectly kept it, but for every broken law there was a penalty. And no one was ever able to keep it! "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." Therefore the law with all of its commandments, ceremonies, rituals, sacrifices, and observances is a dead word, it is form without essence, law without life, shadow without substance, chaff without kernel, it is the letter that killeth! It is "a word" about "The Word" and therefore shuts men up unto the dominion of death. It should not be difficult to understand that as Jesus Christ is the Living Word of God, the sword of the Spirit that quickens, so is the Letter of the Word a deadly sword, killing rather than quickening. Ah, two words and two swords! The flaming sword of the Cherubim is the word of the law which is a ministration of condemnation and death. It keeps men out of Eden, away from the tree of life! But the sword out of the mouth of God’s Christ is a living sword that excelled in glory as the ministration of Life!
Click to expand...

Benoni,

I do not disagree with you one bit. Yes, I agree we can only hear the voice of God through the quickening of the indwelling Holy Spirit of Christ Jesus.

But I am curious,
How would you integrate this following scripture into your explanation above?

  • Romans 3:31

    Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

.
 
researcher said:
minnesota said:
It is common within Christian circles to talk about the "voice" of God. That is, a feeling, sense, or some other form of inclination that God is directing a person towards something (e.g., a thought, an action, etc.). How can we as believers know this voice? That is, how can we know the voice is from God and not ourselves, culture, someone or something else? Or, to restate the question another way, what are the markers or attributes of God's voice which let us know it is God's voice?
Click to expand...

When I was 5 I asked Jesus to come into my heart. I remember it vividly. But of course, we don't understand too much at that age, so, my calling (back) came when I was 23.

I was living in a friend's warehouse where a rock band that I sang for also practiced. Living the wannabe rockstar life of partying, fighting, etc. I was a rebel. One night I went to friend's apartment for a little get together. I ended up staying the night. In the morning, I found one of those big family bibles in the apartment. I began reading the book of Revelation as I was always interested in it when I was younger. I decided to look in the front of the bible since I had never really read any of the other books.

I turned to Genesis and began reading the Creation account. As I was reading, the page lit up, and, I understood all of the sudden that God really had made everything. Right as that happened, a voice said, "This is where the power is." I literally said, "Whoa" when this happened. I was raised in the church and went to a Christian school, so, I knew some things about God. I remember thinking, "God's trying to get my attention," and, "I can't ignore this." I knew I had to do something.

For the next three days I read the bible non-stop. I couldn't get enough. I also knew that I had to change my life. I quite the band, quit partying/drinking, and quit hanging out with my old friends. I found a church that I liked, and, went to live in a ministry house. I studied for the next four years to become a teacher/preacher. I believed that was what I wanted to do because many in my family are ministers/arch-bishops etc.. In the end, I pursued my political aspirations...

A literal example of His voice (or the Holy Spirit's), and a changed life because of it. ;) ;) :)
Click to expand...
:clap :clap :amen

(and they say drugs don't bring spiritual experiences) :lol


Kiddin' :gah
 
Relic said:
Benoni,

I do not disagree with you one bit. Yes, I agree we can only hear the voice of God through the quickening of the indwelling Holy Spirit of Christ Jesus.

But I am curious,
How would you integrate this following scripture into your explanation above?

  • Romans 3:31

    Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

.
Click to expand...
"For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the Promise made of none effect" (Rom 4:14)
To quote a new friend's first post here:
Benoni said:
Wherefore the law was our school-master to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith." (Galatians 3:21-24).

A schoolmaster, (the Greek text gives, a child conductor), was one who held the child in restraint as they conducted the child from home to the school, making sure that there was no mischief along the way, and that the child arrived at the school. Then the child was given over to the care of the teacher, and the duty of the child conductor was ended. The child conductor did not stand in the back of the class room and continue to exercise control and authority over the child, for now the Teacher was in control, and there was to be no outside interference. So also, once we have been brought to Christ, and His anointing abides within us, we are to be led by the Spirit.
Click to expand...
 
You really must look at the context of this chapter; I am justified by faith in Christ Jesus; the law was our schoolmaster to bring us to Christ. I posted this the other day.
Wherefore the law was our school-master to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith." (Galatians 3:21-24).

A schoolmaster, (the Greek text gives, a child conductor), was one who held the child in restraint as they conducted the child from home to the school, making sure that there was no mischief along the way, and that the child arrived at the school. Then the child was given over to the care of the teacher, and the duty of the child conductor was ended. The child conductor did not stand in the back of the class room and continue to exercise control and authority over the child, for now the Teacher was in control, and there was to be no outside interference. So also, once we have been brought to Christ, and His anointing abides within us, we are to be led by the Spirit.
Romans 3: 19Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
20Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
21But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
22Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
23For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
24Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
25Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
26To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
27Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
28Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.


Relic said:
Benoni said:
The sword of the Spirit, WHICH IS THE WORD OF GOD"
(Eph. 6:17). Then the writer to the Hebrews declares that the sword of
God’s word is "QUICK." Quick means living and active  LIFE-GIVING! "For
the word of God that speaks is alive and full of power  making it
active, operative, energizing and effective; it is sharper than any
two-edged sword" (Heb. 4:12, Amplified). Here is the sword that
conquers the death in us and GIVES LIFE! As it is written, "It is the
spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing…for the letter
killeth, but the spirit giveth life!" (Jn. 6:63; II Cor. 3:6). The sword
of the Spirit is the quickening, energizing, life-giving WORD OF GOD!
Like I said there are two aspects of the Word of God. Jesus Christ is the Word  the Logos â€â€

THE LIVING, CREATIVE WORD! But there is also that word which Paul calls "the
letter." The letter is the outer hull, the record and history, the laws
and commandments, the rules and regulations, the types, shadows and
figures, the external ordinances, rituals, ceremonies, and feasts; the
visible form of the word which tells us, in terms understandable by the
natural mind, many things about the Living Word, Jesus Christ. "
Christ is the Word, the Living Word, and IN HIM IS LIFE!

Moses received a word from God. Many, many scriptures confirm that it was the very Lord Himself who spoke to Moses giving him the laws, commandments, judgments, and ordinances. Therefore it is called "the law of the Lord."

Yet Paul, in speaking of this word from God, calls it "the ministration of death, written and engraved in stones." Then he further designates it "the ministration of condemnation." You, see, the law could only condemn! The only way the law could give life was if one perfectly kept it, but for every broken law there was a penalty. And no one was ever able to keep it! "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." Therefore the law with all of its commandments, ceremonies, rituals, sacrifices, and observances is a dead word, it is form without essence, law without life, shadow without substance, chaff without kernel, it is the letter that killeth! It is "a word" about "The Word" and therefore shuts men up unto the dominion of death. It should not be difficult to understand that as Jesus Christ is the Living Word of God, the sword of the Spirit that quickens, so is the Letter of the Word a deadly sword, killing rather than quickening. Ah, two words and two swords! The flaming sword of the Cherubim is the word of the law which is a ministration of condemnation and death. It keeps men out of Eden, away from the tree of life! But the sword out of the mouth of God’s Christ is a living sword that excelled in glory as the ministration of Life!
Click to expand...

Benoni,

I do not disagree with you one bit. Yes, I agree we can only hear the voice of God through the quickening of the indwelling Holy Spirit of Christ Jesus.

But I am curious,
How would you integrate this following scripture into your explanation above?

  • Romans 3:31

    Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

.
Click to expand...
 
Hello~ :waving at ya!

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. Romans 8:2-4

There is a new Law, one of Liberty~ that fulfills the holy Law ~ now written upon our hearts.:heart

I will add a little something to this discussion about knowing the voice of God. How does one hear the voice of God? :shrug In relationship~ relationship~ relationship~ :D

Paul prayed that we would grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, we are to grow in both the grace and the knowledge of Jesus Christ...

It has already been revealed in this thread that His sheep hear His voice… that they will not hear another… Perhaps not fully thou~

However we can say~ being His (sheep) is hearing His voice. That knowing Him is hearing Him. Because being a sheep infers relationship to a Shepherd, we may assume (I believe) that hearing His voice is one function of the relationship between (us) His sheep… and His shepherding role toward us.

An example to clarify a bit. :nod

We can know the coastline of California in two ways. We can follow the map reading every nuance of the list of beaches, bays, and islands that decorate and describe the coastline. We can understand the prominence of each jetty and pier~ take in the details of the beaches that flow together in order and become aware of their names, which is sandy or rocky, or which is good for surfing the waves all by reading the geographical information available to us. :chin

Yet until we step onto each beach, and climb it’s jetty, feeling the spray of salty air entering our nostrils, and go dipping and swimming in the luxurious coolness and freshness of its waves~ until we curl our toes deep into it’s warm sands, and let the suction of water and sand tickle our feet as the waves recede. Until we get it’s sands in the closest places of our anatomy~ and removing ourselves find it’s smells and tint upon our bodies and hearts and minds for days… we do not KNOW it fully. :thumbsup

However~ the subjective experience of God is nothing without His map, declaring from the beginning His nature, His will, His purpose for humanity created. How will we share our experience without understanding the location and name of the beach we visited and then lead a friend by the hand to find it again together? Without the map we cannot know that the baech we visited is near to our friends beach and they flow together in a lovely way. :coolsmile

So He gave us His Spirit to guide us back and forth between the map and the land~ to keep it one. :study So we would not think our little beach is all there is to the coast.

Anywho~ please help me out here, there is a great deal more to discover about the voice of God!

Thanks for hearing my voice… bonnie :shades
 
So He gave us His Spirit to guide us back and forth between the map and the land~ to keep it one. So we would not think our little beach is all there is to the coast.
:amen Bonnie
 
Ahhh Fembot~

Look! We are already flowing together! :D

Do you have a beach experience ... a moment with the Lord that declares His word to be real? I know you do sissie... maybe I could hear of it from you~ some day (or today) if you want. I LOVE to hear of Him from my sisters and brothers that's why I am a Christian Forum junky~ I guess... :shades

bonnie
 
sheshisown said:
Ahhh Fembot~

Look! We are already flowing together! :D

Do you have a beach experience ... a moment with the Lord that declares His word to be real? I know you do sissie... maybe I could hear of it from you~ some day (or today) if you want. I LOVE to hear of Him from my sisters and brothers that's why I am a Christian Forum junky~ I guess... :shades

bonnie
Click to expand...

Yes, Bonnie, when I pray and stay focused (keep away from outside influence and keep my body healthy, emotions in check) I have felt closer to the Holy Spirit. It gives me happiness where I can not be touched by anything of this place. When I venture out, the only people that seem to flock to me are good people. Just today, I had an experience where a woman came up to me and repeated what I said on this board about God not wanting us to be miserable. I helped her find a certain product in an aisle at Target and she ended up behind me in line. When she made this comment, it wasn't even directed towards me.

It's kind of a long story. But to cut it short, she was going to let another woman skip in front of her. The woman had been complaining about the line next to us being closed after she had been waiting to be next. The woman said no thank you, I'll get on the back of another line. Then the woman I had helped asked aloud "you know, there's no sense in being unhappy (she didn't mention God, actually), why walk around sulking when that doesn't make things better? Show the world that God has blessed you, be approved (that's the message I got out of what she was saying)." That really touched me and I turned around and told her yes, everything thing we put out will be returned by Him. We nodded together and I said have a great evening as I walked away.

Another event occurred this week where a person on here mentioned something about the foxes spoiling the vine. Well, I usually fall asleep to my audio Bible. That night I didn't turn it off before I dropped asleep. So, I woke up in the middle of the night to a passage in Isaiah in which "vines" were mentioned. I went to the chapter the next day and studied it. These little instances are where I get some juice out of the fruit and nourish my soul with it.

That's a little story about my day. As far as a "beach moment" where He declares His word is real. It is deep in my head but I shall try and pull it out for you:

When I am walking correctly, everything flows smoothly. My thoughts are with Him and it shows. I don't think I see the world differently as much as the world sees me differently. I make people laugh more, they come up to me and speak about anything and everything. I have them stumbling to do things for me and help me. They all seem to be on their best behavior. It's as though they are at my command. Sorry if that sounds weird to some people. Maybe I am using the wrong word. But in my heart, I know that the Holy Spirit can be felt by people, bad and good. The bad run away and the good (or wanna be good's :) ) start working.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top