I truly believed He was telling me, over a period of more than four years, that Obama was going to somehow stay in office
Turns out... that must have been a devil saying that since it did not come true.
Don't feel bad... most TV preachers that claim God told them something doesn't pan out either... of course they take up a few million dollars in offerings after getting people all lathered up and when it doesn't come to pass they play like they never said it in the first place.
I would repeatedly get those goosebumps and waves washing over me
Oh yeah... anytime we get duck bumps, goose bumps... any kind of bird bumps... that's gotta be the Lord telling us something right???
But we experience it in our impurities and we get it wrong what He must be meaning or saying.
This is why we should NOT go by feelings... and it's why we need to wait upon the Lord without telling everyone our business and go to the Lord based on James 1:5 and leave it at His feet until you know, that you know, that you know, that you know, that you know, that you know, that you know, that you know, that you know, that you know, that you know, that you know... it's Him, which can take a while since we need to wait in His timing.
Even then, it's not always His will to go blabbing what He tells us since sometimes He just wants us to intercede about a situation or pray against is using His Word.