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Saturday, September 29, 2012

Seven Truths About God Speaking to Us


Seven Truths
     About God Speaking to Us

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Matthew 11:15 NKJV

He who has ears to hear, let him hear!

Make no mistakes about God Speaking to us.  
He does speak to us:
  through our Bible Study and daily prayers;  
  through the Holy Spirit in us that we receive
     through our acceptance of Jesus Christ as our Savior;  
  through the righteous daily living and influence 
     of people around us;  and
  through our inspired intuition in our humble acceptance 
     of His continuous communications to us.

"He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"*

1.      There can be no mistakes about this, 
          there is absolute Truth in His Word, 
          our failing is
             not seeking His Word,
                not living in the Spirit,
                    resistance to understanding His Truth, and
                       purposely living in avoidance of His will.

2.      God's words, His Truth, His plans speaks to us 
         through the Holy Spirit guiding our Lives in
            our thoughts, speech, behaviors, and actions.
 

          That guidance comes in many different ways,  
               from what you may consider simple nudgings to
                   clear messages from everyday events or 
                       perhaps through just simple
                          comments and behaviors 
                               of friends around us.
          We simply have to be clearly and humbly listening.

3.      God’s words are concise, 
                      to the point, and wholly understandable.  
         We often just fail to listen but 
             He is the master of Communications.
               In His time walking this earth,
                  Jesus was and 
                    still is the "Great Communicator" (*2).

4.      God speaks to us today, everyday.  
    We may hear 

          but sometimes we get in the way of our listening.
           Most people just do not listen because 
                we too much of our time we are
                   telling Him of our plans and of our desires
                          that are focused on our selfish wants.

5.      God speaks to us through his gift of nature around us.
We may find it in quietness as in the eye of a hurricane.
  His word will protect us as 

          He protects nature by His designs.  
              We are inspired by His word and creation
                   as we are inspired by the sights of nature.

6.      God speaks often!  We hear more often 
          when we prepare ourselves to truly hear Him by -
              humbly submitting ourselves to Him,
              getting on our knees,   
                       praying to be forgiven, 
                          actively seeking His word for our lives
                            and just being still... listening.

7.      Sometimes, when we are humble to hear or
     even when we find ourselves in a panic,
         
He speaks to us loudly and
                  we know His Truth through our intuition.
         Intuition that is most often shaped by our attitudes.
 

Now, 
Our biggest problem when God Speaks?  And,
    FOR MANY OF US, WE CLAIM NOT TO HEAR, 
but
It is not so much we do not hear,    
    we do hear Him, and very likely we hear Him often.
The Problem is 
   we often do not like what we hear,
     we do not want what we hear, 
        and we have not prepared ourselves 
            for understanding what we hear,
          and
       in those circumstances and attitudes
         we choose to not listen, act, and/or respond to Him!

This, because, 
we are just too self interested in our own little lives,
   living life in our own little wants, and 
       surviving life in our own selfish little world.
Then we wonder, why does God 
   seems so remote and hard to understand.

In Matthew 6:23  Jesus says:    
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness;
We better understand God's messages    if we Righteously seek Him,     decide to love Him,        desire to Trust Him, and            drive our lives to Obey Him.
Therefore, do not live "little lives",  Rather, in earnestness, seek the Kingdom, and you will hear our Loving God often  everyday.  
Pray for the Holy Spirit to fill your life and through that you will better Discern His plan for you leading you to have the courage to Follow His truth.   The fullness of the Holy Spirit will change your life  (Acts 4:8).

Choose to Live Big in His Word and His plans for you.  It will be good and His blessings will be in abundance,we just have to "Be Still", talk less, and listen more.
Jeremiah 29:11   For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord,    thoughts of peace and not of evil,       to give you a future and a hope.

Thanks be to God,
For God is so Good.                                          Return to Main Menu





(c) Lonnie Coggins


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References *
  • Matthew 11:15 NKJV

    He who has ears to hear, let him hear!
  • Matthew 13:9 NKJV

    He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"
  • Matthew 13:43 NKJV

    Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has earsto hear, let him hear!
  • Mark 4:9 NKJV

    And He said to them, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"
  • Luke 8:8 NKJV

    But others fell on good ground, sprang up, and yielded a crop a hundredfold." When He had said these things He cried, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"
  • Luke 14:35 NKJV

    It is neither fit for the land nor for the dunghill, but men throw it out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"
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    *2  The Great Communicator, a video of the       Sermon on the Mount from Matthew's Gospel.
 






(c) Lonnie Coggins


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