TO CONTINUE WITH HOW THE LORD WANTS TO SPEAK TO US.
HE WILL ALSO SPEAK TO US BY GIVING US IMPRESSIONS. THE WAY HE DOES THIS IS HE WILL SPEAK INTO OUR MINDS. I AM GOING TO LIST A FEW DIFFERENT TRANSLATIONS FOR UNDERSTANING...
IN THE BIBLE THE CHAPTER OF JOHN 14:26 THE NEW TESTAMENT SAYS THIS.. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS A COMFORTER WHO WANTS TO LEAD US INTO ALL TRUTH, IF WE WILL LET HIM GUIDE US. IT IS LIKE HAVING A LAWYER IN OUR CORNER WHO IS WANTING THE BEST FOR US IN ALL THINGS.
26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
26 But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.
But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send at my request, will teach you everything, and will bring to your memories all that I have said to you.
EXAMPLE OF THIS WOULD BE... LET SAY YOUR WALKING DOWN A STREET TO TO YOUR DESTINATION AND YOUR COMING UP TO AN ALLEY AND STOP! YOU FEEL AND IMPRESSION OF UNEASE SO YOU CROSS OVER TO OTHER SIDE AND WALK A DIFFERENT WAY. IT IS GOOD TO LISTEN TO THAT IMPRESSION FOR THE LORD WAS KEEPING YOU SAFE. HE LOVES US SO MUCH AND WANTS TO TAKE CARE OF.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE I CAN SHARE WITH YOU WAS WHAT HAPPEN TO MY FRIEND. HE WAS INVITED TO A PARTY ONE NIGHT AND WAS OFFERED A RIDE THERE. HE FELT HE SHOULD PASS ON THE RIDE IT MADE HIM UNCOMFORTABBLE AT THE TIME... SO HE SAID NO. WHICH WAS A GOOD THING HE LISTENED TO THE UNCOMFORTABLE IMPRESSION HE FELT. FOR HAD HE GOTTEN IN THE CAR HE WOULD OF BEEN IN THE CAR THAT RAN OFF THE BRIDGE THAT NIGHT.
NOW IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO TEST THE IMPRESSION AT THE TIME AND ASK THE LORD TO BRING COMFORT TO YOUR MIND AND A PEACE. BUT IF THIS IS NOT FELT AT THE TIME YOU THAN HAVE YOUR ANSWER.. AND SHOULD HEED THE VOICE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AMEN.
THE LORD WILL ALSO TALK TO US WHEN WERE IN PAIN OR GOING THROUGH A PAINFUL TIME IN OUR LIFE.
WHY? THIS IS BECAUSE JUST BECOMING A CHRISTIAN AND KNOWING THE TRUTH AND SEEING THE LIGHT... WE DON'T ALWAYS CHANGE FOR OUR BETTER. IT SEEMS WE HAVE TO REALLY FEEL THE BURNING HEAT... LIKE SITTING ON THE STOVE AND THE WATER IS BEGINNING TO COME TO A BOIL.
PROVERBS 20 :30
EXPLAINS IT THIS WAY...
The open sores of wounds left by the scourge, unclean and foul as they seem, are yet a cleansing, purifying process for evil; so also are the stripes that reach the inward parts of the belly, i. e., the sharp reproofs, the stings of conscience, which penetrate where no scourge can reach, into the inner life of man. Chastisement, whatever be its nature, must be real; the scourge must leave its mark, the reproof must go deep.
I KNOW FOR MYSELF I HAVE HAD A LOT OF SUFFERING IN MY LIFE... BUT I AM THANKFUL FOR IT. THIS BEING SAID IT HELPS ME TO ENTER INTO A SMALL CORNER OF MY LORD'S SUFFERING. WE ARE BEING MOLDED AND SHAPE IN HIS HANDS, FOR WE ARE THE CLAY AND HE IS THE POTTER. WHILE WE ARE ON THE WHEEL THE LORD IS TURNING, HOLDING, MOLDING US, REMOVING SOME CLAY THAT IS NOT NEEDED TO SHAPE US AND MAKE US STRONG.
NOT ALL THE PAIN WE GO THROUGH IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO US, BUT SOME IS.
C.S LEWIS SAYS "GOD WHISPERS TO US IN OUR PLEASURES; SPEAKS IN OUR CONSCIENCES; BUT SHOUTS IN OUR PAINS."---- PSALMS 119:67,71.
67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO HEAR WHEN THE LORD SPEAKS...
THIS SHOWS US WE ARE HIS CHILDREN AND IN THE FAMILY OF GOD----JOHN 10:14 & 16
14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. 15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
New International Version (NIV)
14 “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also.
WHEN WE HEAR GOD'S VOICE IT WILL KEEP US FROM MAKING SEROIUS MISTAKES...JOB 33:14-18
New American Standard (NAS)
14 "Indeed God speaks once, Or twice, yet no one notices it. 14 For God does speak--now one way, now another-- though man may not perceive it.
15 "In a dream, a vision of the night, When sound sleep falls on men, While they slumber in their beds, 15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men as they slumber in their beds,
16 Then He opens the ears of men, And seals their instruction, 16 he may speak in their ears and terrify them with warnings,
17 That He may turn man aside from his conduct, And keep man from pride ; 17 to turn man from wrongdoing and keep him from pride,
18 He keeps back his soul from the pit, And his life from passing over into Sheol.
THE NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION
14 For God does speak--now one way, now another-- though man may not perceive it. 15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men as they slumber in their beds, 16 he may speak in their ears and terrify them with warnings, 17 to turn man from wrongdoing and keep him from pride, 18 to preserve his soul from the pit, his life from perishing by the sword.
THIS WILL HELP US AND GUIDE US, TO LIVE A LIFE PRODUCING GOOD THINGS...JOHN 15:5
New International Version (NIV)
5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
John 15:5
Amplified Bible (AMP)
5 I am the Vine; you are the branches. Whoever lives in Me and I in him bears much (abundant) fruit. However, apart from Me [cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing.
SO TO SUM UP ALL THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS...
THE LORD IS NOT DEAD BUT VERY MUCH ALIVE
THE LORD CONTINUES TO TALK TO US THROUGH THE BIBLE, OTHER PEOPLE HE PLACES IN OUR LIFE, AND IMPRESSIONS IN OUR MINDS, THROUGH PAIN.
PRAYER TIME
LORD JESUS THANK YOU FOR COMFORT AND LEADING US INTO ALL TRUTH, HELP US TO ALWAYS LISTEN TO YOUR VOICE AND KNOW THAT YOU LOVE US AMEN.
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With a dead end before us, Christ
showed us the way;
When we walked in the nighttime, Christ brought us the day.
With our faces all hidden, Christ carried our shame;
When we felt so unwanted, Christ called out our name.
With a cup that was empty, Christ brought us His well;
When facing destruction, Christ saved us from Hell.
With our fate like a leper, Christ reached out to heal;
When we lived like a phony, Christ brought what was real.
With our fists in defiance; Christ stretched out His hand;
When our footsteps were sinking, Christ helped us to stand.
With no hope of heaven, Christ came from above;
When our hearts were so empty, Christ poured out His love.
When we walked in the nighttime, Christ brought us the day.
With our faces all hidden, Christ carried our shame;
When we felt so unwanted, Christ called out our name.
With a cup that was empty, Christ brought us His well;
When facing destruction, Christ saved us from Hell.
With our fate like a leper, Christ reached out to heal;
When we lived like a phony, Christ brought what was real.
With our fists in defiance; Christ stretched out His hand;
When our footsteps were sinking, Christ helped us to stand.
With no hope of heaven, Christ came from above;
When our hearts were so empty, Christ poured out His love.
But you are a chosen generation, a royal
priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the
praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; who once
were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but
now have obtained mercy. 1 Peter 2:9-10 NKJV
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