Find a quiet place. Little noises may
be distracting, particularly at first. It helps most people to close
their eyes. Choose a quiet place, get into a comfortable position and
relax.
Willingness
Be open to the possibility
that there is a God. You don’t have to have a deep religious faith, but
you have to be willing to let go and allow the communication to occur.
You can’t make it happen. The words will come naturally without effort.
Some people try too hard and get frustrated.
The first
communications from God will be short, usually one word or phrase.
Start
the conversation flowing by asking the right question:
"God, what is the next step in my relationship
with you?”
Ask the question as if God were
present in the room with you. Don’t be afraid. God will not let you
down. Now wait and listen. One word or phrase
will silently come into your mind. This will be
a tender thought process. Write down whatever
God says. This communication will be
accompanied with a feeling of peace.
The word or words directs
you to take a journey. If the word was
believe,
you take a journey so you can believe. If it
was trust me
you take a journey to learn how to
trust God. If it was
love,
you take a journey to learn how to love
yourself, others and God.
Test the Communication
There are several ways to confirm
that the communications come from God. This is called
testing the spirits.
Compare the communication with scripture. God will never disagree with
himself, and he has spoken in the Bible. Get into a
habit of reading scripture every day. This is the best and most reliable
way for you to hear what God has to say. Check out the communication
with other believers. Some have the gift of discernment. A prayer group
or clergy person may be willing to help.
Discipline
Discipline yourself to communicate
with God every day. Things are not going to
get right in your life until you spend quality time with
God. Get a pad of paper and a pen and put it
beside your bed. Every morning ask God, "God, what do you have to say to
me today." Put the pen to the paper. Words will come, and when they do,
write them down. It might be a word or two, a sentence or two, or a page
or two. You will know when the communication is done. It is your
responsibility to carry out what God tells you to do that day.
This is the way to be
happy, joyous and free.
Discover the Purpose
For Your Life
As you continue
your communications with God a time
will come when he will tell you the plan for your life. This plan will
awaken the seed completely and you will be given great power to carry
the plan out. This plan will seem so fantastic that you will know that
you are incapable of doing it. Remember,
if you use God's power, you can do
anything. With God all things are possible. All you have to do is take
one step at a time and God will make the plan
come true.
"For I know the plans I have for
you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you,
plans to give you hope and a future."
(Jeremiah
29:11)
The Bible is full
of prayers that you can read over and over again. Let the words sink
into your soul and heal you. Psalm 139 shows us that God knows us more
completely than we can ever know ourselves. Nothing is hidden from him.
No matter who you are or what you have done he wants to love you.
Psalm 139
1
O LORD, you have searched me
and you know me.
2
You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
3
You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
4
Before a word is on my tongue
you know it completely, O LORD.
5
You hem me in—behind and before;
you have laid your hand upon me.
6
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain.
7
Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
8
If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
9
If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10
even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast.
11
If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,"
12
even the darkness will not be dark to you;
the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to you.
13
For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother's womb.
14
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
15
My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,
16
your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me
were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
17
How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
18
Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand.
When I awake,
I am still with you.
19
If only you would slay the wicked, O God!
Away from me, you bloodthirsty men!
20
They speak of you with evil intent;
your adversaries misuse your name.
21
Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD,
and abhor those who rise up against you?
22
I have nothing but hatred for them;
I count them my enemies.
23
Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24
See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.
Remember that
you were created to be God's child. He has a world changing purpose for
your life. He will reveal this plan if you pray and listen with your
heart. |
