Most of the time, it is like he SPEAKS through the WORD. I read something in the BIBLE, and the Holy Spirit tells me to BACK UP AND READ IT AGAIN. When I do, I get a DEEPER, FULLY understanding than I had ever had before. Occasionally GOD the HOLY SPIRIT speaks through GODLY THOUGHTS, trying to WAKE ME UP to THOUGHTS of what HE WANTS ME TO DO, or a Deeper, Fuller understanding that I have read in the past. That HAPPENS more often than not, as my Human Spirit is awake, before my Body is ready to get up, therefore there is NO INTERFERENCE from my mind of the flesh. We can have those godly thoughts without interruption that way. One of my favorite, is when HE PUTS music in my head, which happens when I listen to a GOSPEL Music before going to Bed, and then I hear that Gospel Song playing in my head, and that is the most beautiful way to wake up my body.
The first time that I realized GOD could communicate with me through thoughts, was SHORTLY after I was Born Again. He kept putting the Conviction on my Heart that I should quit smoking cigarettes, and I kept arguing with HIM, "Why should I quit, as long as I enjoy it." So one morning I woke up as usual, I reached for the cigarettes while sitting on the edge of the bed. Took that first PUFF, and IT TASTED HORRIBLE. Then the Voice in my head said, "WHAT'S YOUR EXCUSE NOW, DUMMY!" That was the last cigarette that I ever had.
I have heard the Audible Voice of GOD on Two separate occasions in my life. On both occasions my muscles reacted involuntarily to OBEY HIM.
The first time was when my WIFE became addicted to pain pills. Her Mother came to stay with us at that time, and she had a Habit of getting down on her knees and Praying for her Daughter. One morning my wife caught her mother on her KNEES praying for her by the couch. Something in my wife broke, and she was on her knees begging the LORD TO TAKE THE ADDICTION away from her. I MEAN COLD TURKEY, HE REALLY TOOK IT AWAY FROM HER. She had been taking a lethal doze that she built her system to tolerate it, down to NOTHING with NO WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS.
So her Doctor had her Scheduled for a non-Christian REHAB CENTER, so we what to explain it to him that she did not need it any longer. I told him that SHE was Healed in answer to Payer. He glared at me, "I know how much she was taking and if you believe that you are either a fool or a liar." And I thought, he surely is not a Christian. So she had to go to the non-Christian Rehab Center. That first few days the called me several times, crying that they were trying to get her to doubt her faith. On the forth day they called me in for a joint counseling session. They could not wait to get us in the hot seat. I noticed that ONE of the two Counselors was a guy that attended the Same Church as I did. They instantly started to RIDICULE OUR FAITH THAT SHE WAS HEALED IN ANSWER TO PRAYER. The lady counselor, said something like, "You do not need Jesus, but WHAT YOU REALLY NEED IS US and THE SUPPORT GROUP YOU HAVE HERE."
INSTANTLY CAME A BOOMING VOICE FROM HEAVEN, "WALK!"
I mean my chair was so electrified, that my leg muscles were instantly standing, ready to move out. I looked over to my wife and she was Standing also. I asked, "Are you Ready!" And she said "YES". And I noticed that no one else HEARD THE VOICE. My wife went Out the door and I stopped right beside John, the counselor from my Church. I pointed my finger at him, and said, "John, you and I were raised in the same Church, BUT I SERIOUSLY DOUBT YOUR FAITH. I will pray for you." And as I turned to the others, I pointed past the lady Counselor, to the entire group, turning in a circle left to right, and said: "I will pray for you all too."
We went to her room, gathered her belongings, and out the door without, saying a word. As I came out the front door, I noticed that I had a Flat Tire on my JEEP, when I wanted to get away from that place as soon as Possible. So I busied myself with putting the spare tire on, and Just as I was tightening the last lug nut, my wife came up behind me. So I asked "Did you HEAR anything in THERE?" She said, "Just one word, 'WALK!'" So I said, "THAT'S IT! We are out of here."
The Second Time that I HEARD HIS VOICE, HE actually scared me, because it was so SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED.
It was about 10 or 12 Years later, and by that time we had move to Crescent City, California, and I was on the way back to Nebraska by myself, to pick up 3 of the Grandchildren to bring them out for a Vacation. The first night, I spent the Night in a Motel, in ELKO, NV. After breakfast, I was turning onto the Interstate On Ramp, and I noticed a hitch hiker quite a ways up the ramp. I was not going to pick him up, so I was accelerating to INTERSTATE SPEED, moving left, as I approached him, I noticed I was doing 65 m.p.h. SUDDENLY GOD YELLED AT ME, IN THAT SAME BOOMING VOICE: "PICK HIM UP!" AGAIN, my muscles reacted involuntarily, I WAS JAMMING ON THE BREAKS, WITH ALL FOUR WHEELS SLIDING TO THE EDGE OF THE ROAD. He was coming running to my car, and he opened the door to my Car, and asked, "Are you giving me a ride." I was still SHAKING FROM WHAT HAD JUST HAPPENED, so I said: "YEAH, you get in the Car, because GOD JUST TOLD ME TO PICK YOU UP!" To make a long story short, I was to lead that young man to the LORD that day.
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