HE SPEAKS WHEN WE ARE OBEDIENT

Ps 95:8-11 NKJV

"Do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion,  as in the day of trial in the wilderness,  When your fathers tested Me; They tried Me, though they saw My work.  For forty years I was grieved with that generation, and said, 'It is a people who go astray in their hearts, and they do not know My ways.'  So I swore in My wrath, 'They shall not enter My rest.'"

Obedience is so very important when we are learning to hear God speak in so many wonderful ways.  The more pure we live our lives according to scripture, the more pure our hearing will become.  If we are disobedient, He can turn us over to sifting where we hear the enemy.

He allows this as His most urgent and loving warning, so that we make a decision to live for Him.  We certainly do not want to be given over to counterfeit hearing, and end up in hell.  I have been in prayer rooms and known the sins of several, and then listened to them share their visions received in the room.  Without a doubt they were counterfeit and they did not even know it. 

HE speaks when we follow OUR CONSCIENCE

Rom 2:15 AMP

They show that the essential requirements of the Law are written in their hearts and are operating there, with which their consciences (sense of right and wrong) also bear witness; and their [moral]  decisions (their arguments of reason, their condemning or approving thoughts) will accuse or perhaps defend and excuse [them]

Greek word for Conscience: co-perception.  From a word meaning to see completely, understand, become aware.  [4893 Gk Strong’s from 4894 Gk Strong’s]  Bears witness: testifies jointly, by corroborating evidence.  [4828 Gk Strong’s]

One day at a fast food restaurant there was a cup of coffee on our tray untouched.  My husband asked me if I ordered it.  I thought he had.  I realized someone else must have ordered and paid for it, and it was placed on the wrong tray.  I felt I should return it.

This all took place within the few seconds it took to think the thought and identify truth.   I promptly took the cup back and thought nothing else about it.  That night I saw a vision of that coffee cup.  Then I saw what looked like the ten commandments etched in stone, pulsating like a heart beat. (See above scripture)   The Lord was telling me He was well pleased that I had followed my conscience.

It was a simple thing for Him to be pleased about but He was training me to identify my conscience, and to be prompt to obey it.  I had lived my Christian life, never really thinking much about my conscience.  I had followed it (most of the time!) as a child, but I never placed a label on what it was or what it felt like, or acknowledged it as an important part of hearing God.  The Lord took me through a season of learning to identify His heart call within my conscience.

When we break the law He has placed upon our heart, our thoughts accuse or excuse, and our conscience bears witness that He has written His law upon our hearts.  In other words our thoughts either charge us with some offense, or give a plea of defense when our behavior is accused.  When our action (or reaction) is placed on trial our thoughts begin to accuse us. 

Once during this “conscience” season I bought a potted plant with the saucer.  Running through the rain in the parking lot, I wondered if the saucer came with the plant.  It was clear in color, different from the pot.  I didn’t remember being charged for it.  When I got to the car, I took out the receipt and there was no extra charge for the saucer.  

I struggled with my thoughts.  I didn’t mind paying the money, I just didn’t want to brave the rain and the crowds.   I wished I had realized the situation at the check stand.  I could not live with the doubt on my conscience so I went back into the store.  The lady said it came with the plant and I owed her nothing. 

I came home that day with a clear conscience to enjoy my plant with freedom of heart.  Paul said, “And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offense toward God, and toward men.” (Acts  24:16 KJ)  The Lord arranged an entire season of opportunities to help me identify that my conscience was perceiving truth, and that my thoughts were testifying to this as well. 

Months later, I received an extra pop on our tray and took it back.  The woman at the counter said, “Oh that’s where it was!  I knew I had poured it.”  I smiled as I returned to my seat, remembering that season.  I wondered if I was being tested, but then realized it was a confirmation.  There was no wrestling, struggling, or tug-of-war with my thoughts and conscience.   Somewhere in my walk with Him I had overcome.  If the thought came that I was not lining up with truth I simply altered my course.  There was no war inside because I was yielded to following my conscience. 

I trained my son to identify his conscience.  From a very early age, when he would tell me he had spilled the milk, or had tracked dirt onto the rug, I would thank him for telling me the truth.   Because it was an accident, and he didn’t try to cover it up, I was not upset.  Even before he could pronounce the word conscience, I took the time to help him identify his feelings.  I would ask him if he remembered how badly he just felt because he goofed, explaining that feeling was his conscience.  And when he told me about his problem, it made his conscience feel much better, not only for being forgiven, but also for his confession.  (Jeremiah 3:13)  He would smile and go his merry way. 

Later in life when he approaches greater issues he will have been trained to identify his conscience, and enjoy the good feeling it brings to obey it.  As an adult we can become more sensitive to our conscience if we take the time to STOP, PONDER, LISTEN to the struggles going on inside.

When we follow our conscience, we are saying, “Yes God, I want to please You and follow You.  I want to hear more from You.”  Remember the verse that says, “Take heed what you hear. With the same measure you use, it will be measured to you; and to you who hear, more will be given.  For whoever has, to him more will be given; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.”  (Mark 4:24-25 NKJV)  That means that we ourselves measure the amount we hear from the Lord.  If we want to hear Him more, we need to be accountable with what He has given us, and He will increase our portion of hearing Him.

he speaks when we make holy choices

In the Old Testament, the temple was built in three sections.  The outer court was where the common activities took place.  The inner court was the place of service to the Lord.  And the most Holy Place was the innermost place where the Lord spoke to the priest.  It was an awesome area to enter.  He needed to go through cleansing rites and make sure his life was in order before entering.  It is said that he wore a rope around his belt, so that those on the outside could pull him out if needed, for fear of going in themselves.  He also wore bells on his robe and those outside could hear that he was still alive and moving around.

We have been cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ, and we are made holy not by our own righteousness, but because of His.  However, when we live an unholy life, it is not a favorable environment for His Presence to dwell.  Jesus ate with the unholy people, and loved them.  And thus we too should reach out to all.  However, enjoying the pleasures of carnality in the same way the world does, leads to a life conducive to inviting evil spirits instead of the Holy Spirit.  If you want to hear more from the Lord, then take note of your life style.  Today, fellowship with television carnality grieves the Holy Spirit and constricts His freedom in your life, especially in hearing Him in greater portions.

A VERY GOOD CORRECTION: RUSSIAN ROULETTE
 

ANOTHER CORRECTION

The following is a quote from John Paul Jackson’s ministry.  This really impacted me and was a confirmation to many things I have heard that connect:

QUOTE JOHN PAUL JACKSON:
http://www.streamsministries.com/

John Paul was talking about the young shall see visions and the old shall dream dreams, based on Joel 2.

 

Joel 2:28-29 NKJV
And it shall come to pass afterward That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your old men shall dream dreams, Your young men shall see visions. And also on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days.

 

A man asked John Paul if a child can talk to angels, based on Joel 2 and if so, how come this man’s 4 year son can see the angel but he can’t? John Paul told him that the next time he heard his son talking to the angel, to ask his son to ask the angel that question.

So his wife had fixed dinner, he runs upstairs to get his 4 year old son and he walks into his room. His son is talking to this angel. He says, “Son are you talking to the angel again?” He said, “Yah Dad.” So he said, “Will you ask the angel why I can’t see him?” So the little boy listened and apparently the angel was talking to him. He said, “Dad the angel wants me to tell you the reason why you cant see him is because your eyes have beheld too much evil.”  After the father regained his composure, he said, “Will you ask the angel if I ever will be able to see him?” The little boy asked the angel and he said, “Yah the angel wants me to tell you, Yes you will, but its going to take a while because the wounds to your soul are deep.”

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This pretty much blew me away when I heard this. It reminded me of the following scriptures.

1 Chron 22:7-10 NKJV
And David said to Solomon: "My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build a house to the name of the LORD my God; but the word of the LORD came to me, saying,’ You have shed much blood and have made great wars; you shall not build a house for My name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in My sight. Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies all around. His name shall be Solomon, for I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days. He shall build a house for My name, and he shall be My son, and I will be his Father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.'

1 Kings 5:3 NKJV
You know how my father David could not build a house for the name of the LORD his God because of the wars which were fought against him on every side, until the LORD put his foes under the soles of his feet.

PRAYER OF REPENTANCE AND CONSECRATION

Oh Lord have mercy upon our stubborn wills.  Please forgive us where our eyes have fellowshipped with the “entertainment” of bloodshed and violence on TV.  Lord please forgive us for making unholy choices and feeding from the cup of devils. We cry out for more of You but then go to jezebel for entertainment. Lord open our blind eyes to see with whom we are fellowshipping with and grant us the fortitude in our wills to close the doors and turn it OFF in Jesus Name.

Grant us mercy and restore us as Your holy people, longing to be one with You, in Jesus Name.  We choose to make a commitment to guard the windows of our soul from fellowshipping with violence. And we ask that You will remove the calluses from the wounds of our soul and grant us Your loving favor and grace to see holy visions in Jesus Name.
 

We dedicate our eyes to You, Lord.  May they be Your eyes, may we see what You see and may they be used for Your glory in Jesus Name.  Please consecrate these eyes now in Your holy Name.

Isa 33:15-16 NKJV
Who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed , And shuts his eyes from seeing evil: He will dwell on high; His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks; Bread will be given him, His water will be sure.

1 Cor 10:21-22 NKJV
You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the Lord's table and of the table of demons.

2 Chron 7:14-15 NKJV
...if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

Heb 12:11-13
Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. Therefore strengthen the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.

 

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