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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2017 11:26:12 GMT -6
Hey, I just wanted to make this thread for everyone to post cool God stories about Him speaking. Here are a couple of mine.
God doesn't speak to me in dreams. He speaks through the Bible to me. For example, the morning, I prayed, "God, what do you want to tell me?" Then, I opened my Bible. The first thing I saw was Zechariah 14. The subtitle was, The Coming Day of the LORD. I don't think God gets less subtle then that.
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Post by watchmanjim on Jul 8, 2017 11:35:59 GMT -6
Nice! And I do find that God speaks to individuals in multiple ways. The Word of God is His primary method, as you experienced.
Sometimes He speaks with a voice of a trumpet. Sometimes the voice of thunder and many waters. Sometimes the still small voice. I tend to think of the still, small, voice as the Spirit. I tend to think of the Voice of thunders and many waters as the Father. I have only heard that voice once. I have heard the still, small voice many times. Sometimes it just whispers my name in my ear. "Jim." One of the most recent times, it said, "Jim. Boheni." I had to look up the Hebrew word, as I was not familiar with it. Grammar is tricky, but I understood Him to mean, "Jim. My tried (tested) one."
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Post by paul on Jul 8, 2017 13:29:50 GMT -6
I agree with Jim that the Lord speaks in multiple ways. Personally "Urim & Thummim" is the most common way. In OT the High Priest had those stones to communicate with the Lord. The letters on the breastplate stones highlighted and the High Priest got an answer. So when I read the Bible some verses get highlighted then I know the Lord brings it to my attention. It's not only the Bible. It could be some words spoken in the movie or some words written on the billboard.
The audible voice is more rare. Last time it happened to me in January of this year. It was like someone spoke into my ears so I woke up from it. The words where: "son of man prophecy! The Babylon will be judged."
I also remember when I was an unbeliever I kept on hearing my Mom's voice calling my name at the time I was about to get asleep. Later when I became a believer I read the story of Samuel and how the Lord was calling him when he went to sleep. The Lord showed me that it was He who calling me unto Himself.
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Post by whatif on Jul 8, 2017 14:26:22 GMT -6
What an inspiring topic to create a thread for, Beloved! I love reading stories of how the Lord speaks to us! I was once blessed to hear a literal voice in my ear. It was a long time ago when I was much younger. I had prepared to take on an adventurous new career that required a lengthy commitment, and I was scheduled to sign my life into service. But the night before I was to sign the papers, I suddenly heard a voice in my ears--a literal voice, and masculine--say, "No. This is not for you." There was no man around me at the time, only another woman who did not hear the voice. I knew it was the Lord. And though I was overwhelmingly embarrassed when the next morning came and I was allowed to leave without having made a commitment, I knew that I had better obey that voice. There was some reason I was not supposed to involve myself in that particular career, even though I had been so eager to do so.
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Post by Gary on Jul 8, 2017 20:30:12 GMT -6
It's rare that I get a dream from the LORD or an audible voice. The LORD speaks to me through His Word and other Believers. I could give you so many examples. Recently I've found that I'll be thinking about a question about Scripture or a prophecy and wondering what the answer is... then another Believer will answer that very question without me asking them.
I also remember a few years ago when my wife was really wanting kids, but because of some significant childhood trauma and also selfishness I felt very hesitant and was dragging my feet. Part of my thinking was that if there was even the slightest chance any of my kids would not know the LORD then I didn't want to have even a single kid. On top of that, I was going through some significant marital conflict, despair, and health issues.
One night while I was thinking about these exact things, I opened my Bible for my quiet time and it landed on this exact passage:
- Isaiah 54:11-15
Long story short, because of seeing this I trusted the LORD and He has since done some marvelous things with me and my family. We now have two kids!!!
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Post by whatif on Jul 8, 2017 20:59:39 GMT -6
Beautiful story, Gary!
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Post by sawdy on Jul 8, 2017 22:26:07 GMT -6
Hi, first post here.
I absolutely love the ways God has spoken to me. Although it hasn't been often, I can enjoy that he cared enough about me to interject my thoughts.
I hear God speak to me over my thoughts in my brain. It isn't audible but it manages to be a completely different 'thought' that takes place in full sentence structure and runs overtop the thought I am trying to have. It was quite amusing when I was trying to have a debate with God once about an area of my life.
One of the first experiences in the last couple of years that I have had was to do with a shelf I have. I had a small dvd shelf that I had no use for and it sat in my hallway. I passed it everyday on the way to my bathroom as it sat right outside the door gathering dust. Everytime I went by it for several months I would think about what I should do with the shelf, which generally involved no use but to donate it. Most times when I was in my bathroom, I would be frustrated by the lack of shelving and wonder what to do with this older desk I had tucked away in the bathroom. I felt the desk had no purpose in there but to put towels on and I kept searching for a better piece of furniture that would solve my bathroom needs.
One day, as I was walking by the shelf once again I was grumbling about not having a use for the shelf when I heard God's thought in my head ask me "Why don't you out the shelf on top of the desk?". Believe me, this thought has never occurred to me at all in months! I put the shelf on the desk and it completely solved my storage needs and has been that way for close to three years now. I like that example of how God spoke to me as it shows that the little things that matter to us do matter to him.
Since then, I have wanted to apply for a job and was told "It is not for you", I have had an "argument" with God about my employment, and found my way into a job that I didn't see as a blessing at first until I realized that God gave me it to bring me much closer to him. Since then, I have left that job and been blessed to have a position working in my church, which is something I would have not been spiritually ready for last year. God has also directed me towards realizing that the end times are definitely near, which is something I really appreciate because it wasn't took long ago (less than two years) that I was still seeking something else besides God.
On the other side, I had a dream last fall as I was surrendering myself fully to God and seeking his ways more closely where I believe I was visited by Satan. I was not experiencing a "nice" feeling as I was dreaming. On other occasions last fall I would wake up from sleeping and feel like there was an evil presence in the room with me. I would audibly pray for protection in Jesus's name and the feeling would pass. During the dream I had it felt much more evil than the previous presences I had experienced. In the dream, what I believe to be Satan was tempting me to give up on my journey to follow Jesus. I was tempted with things that at one time I would have wanted when I lived a more worldly life. I was tempted with weight loss, which is an issue I have struggled with for many years, as well as other things I am choosing not to share. In the dream I was able to make a stand and say no as I knew that the desire for some of those things was actually originally put in me by Satan and that they were not from God. It was a very powerful feeling dream (I dream all the time-several times a night normally) that I would equate to feeling like a bad nightmare as a child. I woke up from it with clarity and remembering the whole exchange which is not something I do from my normal dreams.
I feel that God speaking to me is special and specific to a need if I have one. At this time I haven't heard much specifically from him in months but I believe he is still guiding me on my journey to find more knowledge about the end times. I also believe he is helping me to help my church as I have prayed muchly about the great apostasy and many people on my church are asleep like I was less than a year ago.
Sorry for the long post, but it takes a lot of words to explain the awesomeness of God's communication with us. 😀
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Post by whatif on Jul 9, 2017 0:05:45 GMT -6
No apology necessary for the post, sawdy--it is amazing and inspiring! Welcome to the forum!
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Post by watchmanjim on Jul 9, 2017 11:13:40 GMT -6
One time I set, or though I had set, my alarm for 5:30 AM to be to work on time at 7. (PS, I hate getting up early). Somehow my alarm didn't go off. About 10 after 6, a voice shouted in my ear, "Jim!!!!!!!" and I woke up to see that I had just enough time to throw on my clothes and get safely to work. It was kind of funny, because it was the "still small voice," but it shouted!
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