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Posted by: jedijeb

This morning as I lay in bed upon first awakening after a very hard battle with Satan the night before, I began to pray. The love that filled me was overwhelming and I could feel no anger or spite for the ones that wronged me. I could only pray for their forgivenness and that they be brought closer to God, and as I prayed I saw a vision of people in white standing all around me praying with me, and they began to float up into Heaven taking the prayers with them! I was so encouraged I began to pray for everyone who fell upon my heart from the Holy Spirit. It was a wonderful and awesome experience. After that the whole day was just as great. In every conversation I seemed to be saying the perfect words without even thinking about what I would say, and praying for different people all throughout the day as they came upon my heart. My troubles seemed to just go away, and even the circumstances which in the worlds eyes would tell me to give up completely, God was telling me, " Hold on, you ain't seen what I can do yet, this is only an appetizer".


I praise You Lord for loving someone as small as me, and taking the time to let me know you are there. Thank You Jesus for being there for me, and especially for being there for the others in my life that You have laid on my heart to pray for. In Jesus name I praise You God, Amen.


Posted by: Frederik

Hi James,
I have one question. Can you explain how it's like when God talks to you ? Is it like thoughts in your head or like a voice and how can you distinguish between God and your own thoughts ?


Posted by: jedijeb

Frederik,

I have never heard and audible voice, but I do get feelings and thoughts. Usually it is something that I know I would never think of on my own. I mean if someone hurt you so bad you felt like they ripped your heart out and then stepped on it, would your first thought be of love? That just isn't a human reaction, that is a God reaction. God also speaks through His written word. Sometimes I am seeking guidance on something and just happen to open the Bible and there is advice on the very thing I was seeking. Coincidence, maybe, but not when it happens over and over and over, just at the right time. Sometime it is by something that someone else says or writes to me. I think God speaks to us through friendly advice when we need it, and through the words of preachers.

To tell the difference, we must be able to let the Holy Spirit guide us. I just get a feeling of peace when it is God speaking, and usually a sick feeling of dred when it isn't. When you are walking close to God, He will use your feelings to let you know what is right and what is wrong. That is the only way I know of to explain it.

James


Posted by: Frederik

Unfortunately I don't have that.
I only have thoughts and they are my own thoughts.


Posted by: sukha

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[QUOTE=jedijeb]This morning as I lay in bed upon first awakening after a very hard battle with Satan the night before, I began to pray. The love that filled me was overwhelming and I could feel no anger or spite for the ones that wronged me.


James, this is a very encouraging note.

yes! Praise the Lord for giving us the graces to have a forgiving heart despite the hurtful experiences we go through because of them. Because of His grace we learn to become more loving and kind to others. Also, because of his grace we learn how to let go of offences done to us, instead, we bless them =)

Thank you Lord Jesus for all these things. The fruits of the spirit will not truly be possible without your graces showered upon our lives.

PRAISE YOU INDEED FATHER for continuously transforming us, changing our hearts and our minds so that in the end we will not lack in anything.


Posted by: Frederik

after a very hard battle with Satan the night before

Which battle ? Can you describe what happened ?


Posted by: talena

Frederik....

Have you received the Holy Ghost?


Posted by: Frederik

* talena

No, my parents always told me that I don't need all these toys.


Posted by: jedijeb

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Originally Posted by Frederik
after a very hard battle with Satan the night before

Which battle ? Can you describe what happened ?


Well it is really personal but I can say that I let Satan in for just a minute and he showed me something going on in my relationship that God had chosen not to reveal to me yet, I know it wasn't God because I found this out by unhonest means. What I found out drove me to the point of wanting to call down God's retribution upon a situation in my life. God does allow this when it is in His will,( think about Jesus and the fig tree ) but it was not in His will, I was not in His will. I started to pray, and I just could not speak a word. Then I asked God to guide my prayers with the Holy Spirit. Immediately I began to pray and ask God to forgive me for not waiting on Him and doing what I shouldn't. Then I was filled with a love I can not explain and I never felt another bad feeling for the ones that hurt me. I began to ask God to bless them, not take vengence on them but bless them. To correct them but bless them in the process, correct them in love. After praying I went to bed.

The battle took place over most of the day before that with Satan just putting little things in front of me to stir up my curiosity and make me dig deeper for information when I shouldn't have. Once I gave in the things I found just pushed me that much farther.

The lesson here is not to listen to Satan ever, and to listen to God when He says wait. That is why patience is called a virtue, and though I usually have alot of patience, that time I didn't and I paid the price. But as always, God turned a bad situation into good. Although now I know something that will make my wait for God to work that much harder, just means there are always concequences to our disobedience, and rewards for our obedience.


Posted by: manda

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Originally Posted by Frederik
Unfortunately I don't have that.
I only have thoughts and they are my own thoughts.



that's okay Frederik. continue seek Him w/ that Love in your heart......
He will find you.
and when you don't know how to pray or not eloquent in words - pray His prayers the Lord's Prayer...... and even when you don't understand, continue read the Bible - even in short time daily.

open your heart not so much of your mind : )


Posted by: Frederik

Thanks James for explaining it.
I feel so dumb cause I never experience something like this, it's like I'm a child which sits on the table with adults and understands nothing of what they talk about.


Posted by: jedijeb

Frederik, that is why they call it growing in Christ. When you first accept him you are only a baby in Him, as you seek Him out and learn more about Him, you grow in maturity. I will tell you something, for as long as I have been a Christian, today, right before I started writing this, I shared Jesus with a lost man for the first time! I have gained in wisdom over the years, and become a prayer warrior here of late, but today I feel more complete in my walk with Christ than I ever have. Today I finally allowed myself to do the one thing that God commands us to do, witness to the lost. My ministry has always been to fellow Christians, and while I have taken great joy in doing it, today was the most filling and complete day of them all.

Have patience Frederik, your day will come. God is using this time of questioning and searching to mold you into the man He will use in the future. Love God with all your heart and all your mind, and love others as yourself, and God will reward you for your faith.

Yours in Christ
James


Posted by: Frederik

I don't think that all the big christians would have become so big if they had been forced to chase God for years. I think that God is much closer to those which are supposed to do something for him.


Posted by: jedijeb

Well I look at it this way, a doctor doesn't become a doctor the first day he starts school, nor does a person become a driver the first day they sit in a car. Weither used as a great evangelist or a janitor, all are important to God and all have to start from the beginning. Growing as a Christian is like going to school, if you study, listen, and do your work, then you grow and move on to the next grade. If you negelect your studies, not pay attention and go out an play when you should be doing your work, your growth stops and you just keep repeating the same grade over and over. God will help you to grow if you want it and are willing to let Him, you have to make the choice to let Him though. I will tell you Frederik, I have seen growth in you this summer even if you haven't. Keep searching, your faith will grow.

James


Posted by: Frederik

Maybe I grew a bit, but it's not extraordinary.


Posted by: jedijeb

Ahh but a journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step. And if you put enough raindrops together you have a flood. Always be thankful for the little bit, God can work wonders with it.


Posted by: Frederik

Yep, but the big christians gain faster than the others.