What is this thread all about?
Just a place for general discussion. A place to unload whats on your mind and talk about anything - personal, health, help needed, achievements, daily highs and daily lows, theories, predictions and what have you.
Does not need to be Q related.
I am a woman first of all. My suggestion would be to take a break from her solely to pray and fast and ask the Lord for Wisdom, Discernment and Guidance and for a specific sign the no one else knows to make your decisions by.
James 1:5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.
Discernment allows us to properly make decisions. It is closely related to wisdom.
Hebrews 4:12 “For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.”
2 Timothy 2:7 “Consider what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.”
James 3:17 “But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.”
Proverbs 17:27-28 “Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding. Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise, when he closes his lips he is deemed intelligent.”
Proverbs 3:7 “Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD and turn away from evil.””
Proverbs 9:10 “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of he Holy One is insight.”
Why is discernment so important?
Discernment is more than just what you hear or see. It is given to us by the Holy Spirit. For example, the Bible itself is foolishness to those who are perishing, but it is spiritually discerned by believers due to the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
1 Corinthians 2:14 “The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.”
Hebrews 5:14 “But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil.”
Proverbs 8:9 “To the discerning all of them are right; they are upright to those who have found knowledge.”
God speaks to us in many ways.
The Holy Ghost can communicate with you if you but seek this communication and are worthy to receive it. Revelation from the Holy Ghost is often described as a “still small voice” and most often comes as words you feel more than hear. How do we define the “still, small voice of God?” This particular phrase is reminiscent of the scene where the prophet Elijah said that God appeared to him not in the wind, earthquake or fire, but in a still small voice. (1 Kings 19:11-12) The adjectives can also mean a gentle whisper. The quiet whisper we receive will definitely reflect His personality and will be identifiable to us. This holy communion from Spirit to human spirit becomes the “candle of the Lord.” (Proverbs 20:27)
Many believe the Spirit-led life is full of heavenly fireworks-dramatic visions and revelations. God can absolutely work in this way. But many believe that such misconceptions have caused widespread confusion and mistrust. In dispelling these mistaken beliefs, there must be balance. God Himself is “light” (1 John 1:5) and we are His “children of light.” (Ephesians 5:8) Paul teaches us that we are “saints in light.” (Col. 1:12) We should not discard the supernatural manifestations of the Holy Spirit because of satanic counterfeits.
The presence of God speaking in our lives, or the “still, small voice,” is God’s most frequently utilized method of revealing His plans and purposes to us. When we walk in spiritual maturity in intimacy with our Creator, He will reveal the reality of His kingdom to us and through us. Let’s examine some of the Divine encounters recorded in Scripture. God spoke to and through His people in countless ways. Because we are His children, we are no different from these biblical heroes. We should live every day believing that God could act in our daily existence no differently than He would in their experiences. Even great men of faith like Moses and Gideon struggled with insecurity and wondered how God could use someone like them. Occasionally our Father may knock us down to the ground like Saul or show us a burning bush like Moses. (Exodus 3:3) However, one thing is sure. God promises to be found by those who seek Him. (Jeremiah 29:13)
Let’s explore the biblical accounts of men and women who heard God speak: a supernatural manifestation accompanied by God’s voice, a Divine messenger or angel, visions and dreams, an audible voice, a human voice or the “still small voice” of God’s Holy Spirit to the human spirit.
The first is the miraculous manifestation of the Divine accompanied by His Word. When God’s fiery blaze burned up Abraham’s sacrifice and Jehovah pledged to the patriarch to bless him and multiply his seed, we see the miraculous demonstration of God’s fire in conjunction with His Word of promise. (Genesis 15:7-8) Moses’ flaming bush that would not be consumed (Exodus 3:3-6), Ezekiel’s mesmerizing wheels in the sky (Ezekiel 1-2) and the opening of the sky at Christ’s baptism (Matthew 3:17) are all such instances of the numinous combined with God’s spoken Word.
God often spoke through angels in Scripture. An angel is simply a heavenly messenger on a mission from the Lord to deliver His Word. These divine messengers do not always reveal who they are-some are called the “angel of the Lord.” The divine messengers at the trees of Mamre (Genesis 18) and the emissaries who warned Lot (Genesis 19) are Old Testament examples of angels who spoke blessings and warned of impending judgment. God’s messages through angels are so numerous, that I can simply list a few: Balaam, Gideon, Samson’s parents, Daniel, Joseph, the father of Jesus, Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist, Mary, the women who came to Jesus’ tomb on resurrection morning, Peter and Paul.
Dreams and visions were also the means that God used to speak to His children. They were given to people while awake or asleep and occasionally occurred with a trance-like state. The dreams God gave to Bible characters often needed to be explained by another. Gustave Oehler writes that “…the principle that a clear consciousness when receiving revelation is placed higher than ecstasy or other abnormal states of mind.” This is an essential precept to consider when we evaluate our own experiences with God and His speaking to us.
God, in the historical accounts in Scripture, has also spoken through an audible voice. When Father Abraham raised the knife to kill Isaac, God intervened by speaking to him directly. (Genesis 22:11-12; 15-18) The clearest, simplest picture of God speaking in a voice that could be heard is the story of little Samuel. The little boy was sleeping quietly in the Temple when God spoke to him. In 1 Samuel 3:9-10, the priest Eli instructed his young assistant to respond to Jehovah with the words, “Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.” Young Samuel began a remarkable career as a prophet because of his ability to hear and respond to God’s voice.
The human voice is obviously one of God’s primary means of speaking to us. God speaks through human beings. The Lord and the person He chooses to use speak “conjointly.” We can say that God speaks through us as long as this is not understood as automatically ruling out our speaking with God and even through God.
Never did I claim to be or pretend to be a man. I am a prayer warrior. The scriptures from the Bible is what I was trying to share. Plus the sources (aside from my poem) were from Bible study apps and Bible websites. and their emails I get regularly. My apologies for failing to put source but did not claim as my own. Will be praying for you.
In Christ, juls