Listening ...

 

Acts 5:32 

32 And we are witnesses of these events, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.”

 

1 John 4:1 )

Testing the Spirits

4 Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to determine

if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

 

Acts 5:29 

29 But Peter and the apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than people.

 

The Holy Spirit influences our spirit alone.

He wants to fill our spirit ... but only in that place.

He has no use for our other parts ... like, will, mind and emotion,

unless it first goes through our spirit ... and that we must face.

 

Our spirit influences our will, mind, and feelings.

If we are really still ... and pay Him close attention.

He will not scream and holler ... but will work through insistence,

but we really seldom listen and so we lose our recognition.

 

Do not expect God’s Spirit to think through our mind

or feel through our emotions and decide through our will.

Only through our intuition, He’ll ask for cooperation

and will never force you to do anything against your will.

 

The Divine Spirit ... does not control a man’s body.

If a man desires to speak ... he must engage his own mouth.

If he wants to go somewhere ... he needs to use his feet

and to get the job done ... he has his hands to work it out.

 

God’s Spirit does not interfere ... with man’s own will.

Only through man’s spirit ... will God communicate.

Remember now that the spirit ... is God’s own creation

and when you were born ... God blew that life in place.

 

God does not use ... any part of a man’s body,

unless He has the consent of the latter’s own volition.

Even when a man is willing ... God will not change His doing

for God, Himself laid down the law to keep regardless of condition.

 

Jan Wienen

 

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