Comments on: Ears.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 18:40:47 +0000

Hello. I’ve been searching out this very topic quite extensively, as I’ve lived quite a bit of my life trying to hear God. I’m starting to believe that hearing God via inner impressions is simply pop-Christianity. I haven’t been able to find a single example of hearing God wrong in the bible. Why? Because God’s will is not hidden for us to search high and low for and agonize over, and then wonder if we got it right. Ever tried to hear from God, and then follow through with something that seemed very silly? The good part is that at least you did it in faith. The bad part is that over time you just eventually feel like a dummy, and that God is totally haphazard and random. I’ve found that the book “Decision Making and the Will of God” by Garry Friesen is a good resource for understanding this topic. Haddon Robinson, Kevin DeYoung, and John MacArthur also have good books as well.

By: laura

laura — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:59:47 +0000

” For Southerners, flirtation is merely a descriptive word for being reeeaaalll nice. We flirt with everyone including other women, children, elderly folks, and, of course,or perhaps I should say especially,men. Our special brand of flirtation is not sexual, but rather a unique and useful people skill.
That is why social flirting is an art, it takes practice. But, those women who retreat hastily from attempting full-hearted flirting will never taste the sweet nectar of success that resides permanently on the tongue of the polished, prominent social flirter.”

By: ginger

ginger — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:11:46 +0000

K, just had to add: go to Jason Gray’s web site, http://www.jasongraymusic.com/site.php# , launch the jukebox, and go to the song “Move.” It so speaks to this subject, imo. That’s all. (c:

By: Andrea

Andrea — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:45:12 +0000

Saw on article on Boundless that made me think about this post…

http://www.boundless.org/2005/articles/a0001943.cfm?utm_id=emailafriend&utm_campaign=1

By: AnnieBlogs

AnnieBlogs — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 06:45:29 +0000

Mmmm… you people are good.

By: ginger

ginger — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 06:33:21 +0000

I have not been able to get this post out of my thoughts since last night. (Read: I wasn’t planning this comment, but here goes anyway…) I have been in the “Schmannie” place & when I was in the midst of wondering what God had in store for me (hard), He spoke to me through Luke 2:19, “But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart,” as well as Psalm 46:10a, “Be still and know that I am God,” & Jer. 29:11, “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare (peace) and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.” I guess what I’m saying is that I tend to listen for God through Scripture. It doesn’t change; it doesn’t lie. And I learned to talk to God. A lot. Not instead of friends. But I knew He had the answers & cared about the silliest of my girlie emotions. And I didn’t take the chance of getting my heart trampled unnecessarily. And He protected my heart. Which is big for me.

By: Laura

Laura — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 04:26:29 +0000

1) Be impeccable with your word.
2) Don’t take anything personally.
3) Don’t make assumptions.
4) Always do your best.

By: Laura

Laura — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 04:15:51 +0000

Perhaps we hear what we want to hear?

By: ManUtd17

ManUtd17 — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:29:01 +0000

I would throw “obey” into your assortment of words that need to be included. For me, the occasions when I think I hear something from the Lord and act on it and it doesn’t end up the way I thought it would, it’s not about the result. And it’s not that I heard wrong necessarily. To me, those occasions are about whether I’ll go where I hear Him leading me. Will I trust that He knows what’s best for me? Will I act on the trust that I say I have in Him? The more I do that, the easier it is for me to get into a posture to hear Him in other situations.

By: Cabana Maam

Cabana Maam — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:06:51 +0000

Love this post and this question. I certainly don’t have any answers, but this week I started Beth Moore’s Esther study and she touched on this issue in the intro message. I don’t want to oversimplify this, so just consider I’m sharing what I took from this week’s teaching.

When we know unconfessed sin isn’t the problem and we are in the Word, we have the opportunity to pray God’s promises back to Him and continuously renew our minds to Truth that specifically addresses His presence in our need. (Your choice of verses was awesome.)

Beth notes that one of the ways the book of Esther is unique is that God’s name (intentionally) doesn’t appear because He has lessons to teach us about when we may not be able to “see” Him and need eyes to see by faith. (I apologize if that’s a direct quote–I wrote it in the margin.

I don’t have clean ending to my comment either…just wanted to throw this out there because I’m walking through this one too.