Miracles Happen: A Prayer Guide for Desperate People (Miracles Happen: A Prayer Guide for Desperate People) by Schutter C.W

Author:Schutter, C.W. [Schutter, C.W.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: River Ranch Publishing
Published: 2013-11-21T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN - HOW TO HEAR FROM GOD

A friend of mine once said, “I wish God would talk to me the way He talks to you.” Lest you think I feel I'm special, I want you to know God does not select only a few people to talk to. He's a democratic God, offering his ear, his Word, and his helping hand to all who call on him and seek him with all their hearts.

God will talk to anyone who'll listen. There are no magic words. God is a gentleman—he won't barge into your life without asking. Ask, seek, and knock. The more you pray, the more you listen, the more you'll begin to hear the Spirit's still, quiet voice welling up from your heart. The voice will lift you up no matter how discouraged you are. It's the peace of God, which passes all understanding. (Philippians 4:7) This peace defies your circumstances and comes from knowing you're in the center of God’s will, and he's in control, no matter how bad things look. It's a peace that says, “I'm in the middle of the worst storm in my life, but I can rest, knowing that Jesus is in the boat with me.”

Jesus slept while a furious squall rocked the boat he and the disciples were in. The disciples were so afraid they woke him and said, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?” Jesus got up and calmed the storm. Then He turned to His disciples and said, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?” Mark 4:35-40, NIV.

Open yourself to the Lord, and listen for instruction and wisdom. There's an old Indian saying: “Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf.” Are you doing all the talking? Sometimes it's hard to know the answer. There have been times when I felt I was doing something wrong because I wasn’t sure if I was talking to myself, or if God was talking. Maybe it was the enemy's voice. I agonize until the Lord gives me peace. I start to pray every time doubt crops up and put every word, every thought, every deed, every action, every decision, and every imagination into obedience in Christ Jesus. I ask God to let only his thoughts enter my head. Then whatever I think or feel after that, I go with it and try not to doubt.

The voice of God is not audible to most of us. His voice comes to us in our thoughts, feelings, impulses, and intuition. One way to know if God is talking is that he'll never contradict the Bible. Negative, self-destructive, and accusatory thoughts are from the devil.

The devil will tell you, “God doesn’t love you. He won’t answer your prayers. You’re too bad for God to give you the time of day, let alone answer your prayers.” Cast that negative thinking aside. Tell the devil to get out of your thoughts.

The devil may even try to trick you into thinking it's the voice of your conscience or the voice of God saying, “I’m going to get you.

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