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Subject: close to god
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enryu 26.09.09 - 09:46pm
hey at those who are close to god, u have no douts and trust and belief and u done the stages like get baptised, read bible oftern, help others etc.. so do u people feel god or hear god? tell us 'not sure' or 'non believers' about your experience with jesus. does that sound right lol.GIF hope u kno what i mean yea. *

mjully 27.09.09 - 05:24am
May b u clarify but i know everyone is close to God only our sins separate us from God.Jesus said My sheep hear my voice so if ur one of the sheep then u will know God's Voice.Also no one is perfect since all r sinners.Paul says in Gal 5:16 Walk in Spirit and u will not fulfil lusts of flesh. *

papidad 27.09.09 - 05:54am
Enryu... Mjully is right n to add on d topic on hearin God's voice is wat others think it don happen. I consider u to... *

enryu 27.09.09 - 09:27am
'sheep hear my voice' is this mean a thought form kind of voice or a real voice that u can hear clearly yea. *

papidad 27.09.09 - 10:20am
Sorry I dint finish my thot... I consider u a seeker n tht yo askin is genuine. God spks in difrnt ways n smtyms audibly *

papidad 27.09.09 - 10:35am
Let me put a short teaching on the subject that has been helpful to me in a personal way.

Christianity is unique among religions, for it alone offers a personal relationship with the Creator beginning here and now, and lasting throughout eternity. Jesus declared, This is eternal life that they may know God (Jn. 17:2). Unfortunately, many in the Church miss the great blessing of fellowship with our Lord because we have lost the ability to recognize His voice within us. Though we have the promise that My sheep hear My voice, too many believers are starved for that intimate relationship that alone can satisfy the desire of their hearts.

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papidad 27.09.09 - 10:39am
Key 1 Become still so you can sense Gods flow of thoughts and emotions within.

Habakkuk said, I will stand on my guard post... (Hab. 2:1). Habakkuk knew that to hear God's quiet, inner, spontaneous thoughts, he had to first go to a quiet place and still his own thoughts and emotions. Psalm 46:10 encourages us to be still, and know that He is God. There is a deep inner knowing (spontaneous flow) in our spirits that each of us can experience when we quiet our flesh and our minds. If we are not still, we will sense only our own thoughts.

Loving God through a quiet worship song is one very effective way to become still. (Note II Kings 3:15 .) After I worship and become silent within, I open myself for that spontaneous flow. If thoughts come of things I have forgotten to do, I write them down and dismiss them. If thoughts of guilt or unworthiness come, I repent thoroughly, receive the washing of the blood of the Lamb, putting on His robe of righteousness, seeing myself spotless before God (Is. 61:10; Col. 1:22).

To receive the pure word of God, it is very important that my heart be properly focused as I become still because my focus is the source of the intuitive flow. If I fix my eyes upon Jesus, the intuitive flow comes from Jesus. But if I fix my gaze upon some desire of my heart, the intuitive flow comes out of that desire. To have a pure flow I must become still and carefully fix my eyes upon Jesus. Again, quietly worshiping the King, and receiving out of the stillness that follows quite easily accomplishes this.
Fix your gaze upon Jesus (Heb. 12:2), becoming quiet in His presence and sharing with Him what is on your heart. Spontaneous thoughts will begin to flow from the throne of God to you, and you will actually be conversing with the King of Kings! *

papidad 27.09.09 - 10:40am
Key 2 Journaling, the writing out of your prayers and Gods answers, brings great freedom in hearing Gods voice.

God told Habakkuk to record the vision (Hab. 2:2). This was not an isolated command. The Scriptures record many examples of individuals prayers and Gods replies (e.g. the Psalms, many of the prophets, Revelation).

I call the process two-way journaling, and I have found it to be a fabulous catalyst for clearly discerning God's inner, spontaneous flow, because as I journal I am able to write in faith for long periods of time, simply believing it is God. I know that what I believe I have received from God must be tested. However, testing involves doubt and doubt blocks divine communication, so I do not want to test while I am trying to receive. With journaling, I can receive in faith, knowing that when the flow has ended I can test and examine it carefully, making sure that it lines up with Scripture.

You will be amazed when you journal. Doubt *

papidad 27.09.09 - 10:42am
Key 3 Gods voice in your heart often sounds like a flow of spontaneous thoughts.

Habakkuk knew the sound of God speaking to him (Hab. 2:2). Elijah described it as a still, small voice (I Kings 19:12 ). I had always listened for an inner audible voice, and God does speak that way at times. However, I have found that usually, God's voice comes as spontaneous thoughts, visions, feelings, or impressions.

For example, haven't you been driving down the road and had a thought come to you to pray for a certain person? Didnt you believe it was God telling you to pray? What did God's voice sound like? Was it an audible voice, or was it a spontaneous thought that lit upon your mind?

Experience indicates that we perceive spirit-level communication as spontaneous thoughts, impressions and visions, and Scripture confirms this in many ways. For example, one definition of paga, a Hebrew word for intercession, is a chance encounter or an accidental intersecting. When God lays people on our hearts, He does it through paga, a chance-encounter thought accidentally intersecting our minds.
Therefore, when you want to hear from God, tune to chance-encounter or spontaneous thoughts.
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papidad 27.09.09 - 10:46am
Key 4 As you pray, fix the eyes of your heart upon Jesus, seeing in the Spirit the dreams and visions of Almighty God.

Habakkuk said, I will keep watch to see, and God said, Record the vision (Hab. 2:1,2). Habakkuk was actually looking for vision as he prayed. He opened the eyes of his heart, and looked into the spirit world to see what God wanted to show him. This is an intriguing idea.

God has always spoken through dreams and visions, and He specifically said that they would come to those upon whom the Holy Spirit is poured out (Acts 2:1-4, 17).

I had never thought of opening the eyes of my heart and looking for vision. However, I have come to believe that this is exactly what God wants me to do. He gave me eyes in my heart to see in the spirit the vision and movement of Almighty God. There is an active spirit world all around us, full of angels, demons, the Holy Spirit, the omnipresent Father, and His omnipresent Son, Jesus. The only reasons for me not to see this reality are unbelief or lack of knowledge.

In order to see, we must look. Daniel saw a vision in his mind and said, I was looking...I kept looking...I kept looking (Dan. 7:2,9,13). As I pray, I look for Jesus, and I watch as He speaks to me, doing and saying the things that are on His heart. Many Christians will find that if they will only look, they will see, in the same way they receive spontaneous thoughts. Jesus is Emmanuel, God with us (Matt. 1:23 ). It is as simple as that. You can see Christ present with you because Christ is present with you. In fact, the vision may come so easily that you will be tempted to reject it, thinking that it is just you. But if you persist in recording these visions, your doubt will soon be overcome by faith as you recognize that the content of them could only be birthed in Almighty God.

Jesus demonstrated the ability of living out of constant contact with God, declaring that He did nothing on His own initiative, but only what He saw the Father doing, and heard the Father saying (Jn. 5:19,20,30). What an incredible way to live!
Is it possible for you to live out of divine initiative as Jesus did? Yes! Fix your eyes upon Jesus. The veil has been torn, giving access into the immediate presence of God, and He calls you to draw near (Lk. 23:45; Heb. l0: 19-22). I pray that the eyes of your heart will be enlightened.
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oubaas 27.09.09 - 05:23pm
Thank you papidad. *

jadin_17 27.09.09 - 06:54pm
Thanks papidad, that was good! *

jadin_17 27.09.09 - 07:01pm
God has many ways of speaking to me, often it takes me by surprise.i would like to tell you a litle story of how God once spoke to me, i was at church and i suddenly felt a need to buy a bible, i didnt have one at the time so i thought it was for me *

jadin_17 27.09.09 - 07:09pm
so i bought a nice niv bible, opend the pakaging and i then felt like i had to give it to a specific friend at work.that was totaly wierd for me at the time i mean i was a mechanic back then and the people i workd with were all unbelievers *

jadin_17 27.09.09 - 07:12pm
not knowing it was God prompting me to do that at the time, i gave it alot of thought.the guy i wanted to give it to, was pretty satanic with tatoos of the devil all over his body, and i realy wanted that bible!after wrestling with myself that night, *

jadin_17 27.09.09 - 07:15pm
i eventualy decided to give it to him at work regardless of the uprising that gesture would cause at work.so i wrapped it so no one could see what it was and took it to work the next day.and i waited and waited for the right time to give it to him *

jadin_17 27.09.09 - 07:19pm
finaly, i walked to his bay and i told him that i had A gift for him and handed him the bible.he just said thanks and turnd around.so i thought to myself, 'Well, that was awkward' and i carried on with my work feelin lyk an idiot! *

jadin_17 27.09.09 - 07:26pm
later, he came to my bay, held my hand and started to thank me, he was holding back tears and i knew he just wanted to cry. the reason for his emotion is a story in itself.basically, on a previous job as a cash in transit driver, he was attacked and he *

jadin_17 27.09.09 - 07:32pm
shot, and in his mind killd the attacker. he then sped off and for the rest of his life felt guilty for murder!resulting in him turning to satanism drugs and the downfall of his life.so the night before, he was in a completely depresd state and for the *

jadin_17 27.09.09 - 07:36pm
first time in years since the incident, he cryd out to God and asked him if he would just give him a sign to say whether his life was worth living and if God would ever forgive him. *

jadin_17 27.09.09 - 07:41pm
would you believe, the time of his cry to God was at the same time i felt the need to buy a bible and give it to him!he was in a different city!That was the sunday night at church, that monday i gave him the bible. and to top it off, that wednesday *

jadin_17 27.09.09 - 07:45pm
A lady gave me a bible out of the blue!so you can see how God spoke to me and told me to buy the bible, you can see how he spoke to my friend through my action, and you can see how God spoke to that lady to give me a bible! *

oubaas 27.09.09 - 08:02pm
Amen. I also received 2 Bibles a couple of days apart. *

iilmadme 27.09.09 - 10:46pm
Wow,that's moving *


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