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Living with a deeper awareness of God's leading isn't just for a select fewit's for you too! Have you ever wondered if God still speaks to us today? Or do you worry that what you're perceiving as God's voice is really just your own thoughts? You're not alone. In Is God Speaking to Me?, Lysa TerKeurst shares her own wrestling with these questions and how God has taught her to more clearly discern His direction in her everyday life. Using Scripture, encouraging personal stories, and practical application, Lysa will help you: Stop merely going through the motions of life by learning how to recognize and respond to the Lord's divine appointments for you.Uncomplicate the idea of listening to God as you use five key questions to help you determine if what you're discerning is from Him or not.Discover the joy of truly walking with the Lord as you learn how to live in expectation of hearing from Him.Is God Speaking to Me? is both an invitation to a life of adventure with the Lord and the tender reminder that we serve a God who loves us deeply and longs to speak to us personally.

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Publié par	Harvest House Publishers
Date de parution	01 septembre 2020
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780736982634
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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Is God Speaking to Me?
Taken from What Happens When Women Say Yes to God 2007
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Contents
A Letter from Lysa
1. A Soul That Longs for More
2. Hearing God s Voice
3. Radically Blessed
Go beyond this booklet
About the Author
About Proverbs 31 Ministries
A Letter from Lysa
Hi friend,
Have you ever wondered if God still speaks to us today? Or even more so whether what you re hearing is really God speaking to you, or just your own thoughts?
I understand. I ve wrestled through these very same questions. But what I ve discovered through my own study of Scripture is that God absolutely does still speak to us through His Word (2 Timothy 3:16), through His son, Jesus (Hebrews 1:1-2), and through the Holy Spirit that lives in us as believers (John 14:16-17, 1 Corinthians 3:16).
Yes, the Lord is speaking to us and inviting us into a more satisfying relationship with Him than we ve ever known before. And our job is to respond in obedience. But you don t have to learn how to do this alone!
What you re holding in your hands is a collection of words that could change the very way you live your life. These crucial chapters are taken from my book What Happens When Women Say Yes to God, and it was written after a season of learning how to do just that. If you resonate with what you read here, I hope you ll pick up a copy of the book.
I pray that this will be the starting place and inspiration for you to live a radically obedient life that honors God. What happens when women say yes to God? We are changed in the most beautiful of ways. I ve often said people may not care to meet our Jesus until they meet the reality of Jesus working in us and through us. There s no better sermon for the world to encounter than a soul who lives saying yes to God.
Forever changed by saying yes,
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A Soul That Longs for More
Whatever God says, do it.
I t all started several years ago on the day God told me to give away my Bible.
I was exhausted from traveling and speaking. All I wanted to do was to get to my assigned seat on the plane and settle in for a nap. Imagine my absolute delight at being the only person seated in my row. I was just about to close my eyes when two last-minute passengers made their way to my row and took their seats.
Reluctantly, I decided to forgo my nap. The last thing I needed was to fall asleep and snore or, worse yet, wake up with my head resting on the shoulder of the guy beside me. No, I didn t need another most embarrassing moment, so I pulled a manuscript out of my bag and started reading.
What are you working on? the guy asked. I told him I was a writer and I was working on a book about leading women to the heart of God. He smiled and said he thought God was a very interesting topic. I agreed and asked him a few questions about his beliefs. Before long, I found myself reaching into my bag and pulling out my Bible, walking him through some key verses that dealt with the issues he was facing. He kept asking questions, and I kept praying God would give me answers.
All of a sudden, I felt God tugging at my heart to give this man my Bible. Now, this was not just any Bible. This was my everyday, highlighted, underlined, written in, and tearstained Bible. My kids had even drawn pictures in this Bible. I started to argue with God in my head, but His message was clear. I was to give away my Bible.
I emptied it of some old church bulletins and other papers, took a deep breath, sighed, and placed it in the man s hands. I d like for you to have my Bible, I said. Astonished, he started to hand it back to me, saying he couldn t possibly accept such a gift. God told me to give it to you, I insisted. Sometimes the God of the universe pauses in the midst of all His creation to touch the heart of one person. Today, He paused for you.
The man took my Bible and made two promises. First, he said he would read it, and, second, someday he would pass it on, doing for someone else what I had done for him.
Before I knew it, the plane landed and we were saying our goodbyes. As I stepped into the aisle preparing to disembark, the woman on the other side of the businessman reached out and grabbed my arm. She had been staring out the window the entire time we were flying, and I thought she d been ignoring us. But her tearstained face told a different story. In a tone so hushed I could barely hear her, she whispered, Thank you. What you shared today has changed my life.
I put my hand on hers and whispered back, You re welcome. Then a knot caught in my throat as tears welled up in my eyes. I didn t have another Bible to give away, so I gave her one of my books and hugged her goodbye. It has been said that we are to tell the whole world about Jesus, using words only if necessary. I saw this powerful truth come to life. Though I never spoke to this lady about Jesus, she saw Him through my obedience. How humbling. How profound.
As I got off the plane that day, I could barely hold back my tears. Three people s hearts were radically changed. I believe the businessman came to know Jesus as his Lord and Savior. I believe the same is true for the lady. But my heart was changed in a dramatic way as well. While on the one hand I was overjoyed at what God had done, I was also brokenhearted by the flood of thoughts that came to mind recounting times I d told God no. How tragic to miss God s divine appointments. I just kept wondering, How many times have I told You no, God? How many times because I was too tired, too insecure, too uncertain, too busy, or too selfish have I walked right past Your divine appointment for me and missed experiencing You? I lifted up my heart to the Lord and whispered, Please forgive me for all those times I ve said no. Right now I say yes, Lord. I say yes to You before I even know what You might ask me to do. I simply want You to see a yes-heart in me.
Several minutes after exiting the plane, I was weaving in and out of the crowds, trying to find my connecting gate, when I spotted the businessman again. He stopped me to tell me he had been praying to God and thanking Him for what happened on the plane. We swapped business cards, and, though we lived several states apart, I knew we would stay in touch.
About a month later he called to tell me his life had totally changed. He d taken a week off from work to read the Bible, and he d already shared his testimony with numerous people. When he said this to me, my mouth dropped open. I couldn t bring myself to tell him that I d never taken a week off from work to read the Bible. God was definitely pursuing this man in a serious way! When I asked him what his favorite verse was, he said it was Proverbs 3:5-6: Trust in the L ORD with all your heart; and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. I thought to myself, Wow! Look at how God has already answered that for my new friend.
He also told me that after reading the Scriptures he knew he needed to get involved in a church, so he d decided to visit a large church in his town.