I love to spend time listening to God in prayer. Sometimes I will get an impression or a thought that I think it from him. Yet, how do we know? I want to pass on to you this week some wisdom I found on the topic of listening to God from some Rick Warren's blog entries entitled "How to Recognize God's Voice." (links to blog entries are below that expand on each point) How to Recognize God's Voice - Rick Warren When I get an idea in my mind, how do I from God? How do I not know if it’s know it’s my own desire or even a lie from Satan? The answer is clear in 1 John 4:1 I must test it – to find out. you hear just because someone says it is a message "Don’t believe everything 1 John 4:1 (LB) from God; test it first to see if it really is!” I want to share with you the seven biblical ways to test an impression and find out whether it is from God or not. These seven tests form a filter and you need to make sure that the idea you are testing passes all seven of them. When it does, you can have absolute confidence that the idea is from God. 1. Does it agree with the Bible? "God's truth is consistent. He is not going to tell you one thing in the Bible and then tell you something different in an impression." 2. Does is make me more like Jesus? 3. Are there other people who can confirm what I believe God is saying to me? 4. Is it consistent with how God shaped me? 5. Does it concern my responsibility? 6. "Is it convicting or is it condemning?” If it convicts, then it is from God, but if it condemns then it is from Satan the difference between the two: The purpose of conviction is to correct you Here’s on a specific issue in order to bring a change in your life, and it is motivated by God’s love. Because God loves you, when he sees an area in your life that needs change a – relationship, a habit, an attitude – he will nudge you and say, “You need to work on this thing out of whack in your life." that’s
I love to spend time listening to God in prayer. Sometimes I will get an impression or a thought that I think it from him. Yet, how do we know? I want to pass on to you this week some wisdom I found on the topic of listening to God from some Rick Warren's blog entries entitled "How to Recognize God's Voice." (links to blog entries are below that expand on each point) How to Recognize God's Voice - Rick Warren When I get an idea in my mind, how do I know if it’s from God? How do I know it’s not my own desire or even a lie from Satan? The answer is clear in 1 John 4:1 – I must test it to find out. "Don’t believe everything you hear just because someone says it is a message from God; test it first to see if it really is!” 1 John 4:1 (LB) I want to share with you the seven biblical ways to test an impression and find out whether it is from God or not. These seven tests form a filter and you need to make sure that the idea you are testing passes all seven of them. When it does, you can have absolute confidence that the idea is from God. 1. Does it agree with the Bible? "God's truth is consistent. He is not going to tell you one thing in the Bible and then tell you something different in an impression." 2. Does is make me more like Jesus? 3. Are there other people who can confirm what I believe God is saying to me? 4. Is it consistent with how God shaped me? 5. Does it concern my responsibility? 6. "Is it convicting or is it condemning?” If it convicts, then it is from God, but if it condemns then it is from Satan Here’s the difference between the two: The purpose of conviction is to correct you on a specific issue in order to bring a change in your life, and it is motivated by God’s love. Because God loves you, when he sees an area in your life that needs change – a relationship, a habit, an attitude – he will nudge you and say, “You need to work on this thing that’s out of whack in your life."
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