clark thompson Posted March 13, 2015 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 41 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 154 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 31 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/13/2013 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/12/1986 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Advisors can help but we have the Spirit and sometimes He lets us know what we should do, if that is the case then we should not ask, sometimes even with advisors Him not allowing us to do what we wanted shows that it is not to be, this is often what I base it off, whether I feel Spirit or have an oppuritunity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreeinChrist Posted March 13, 2015 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 192 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 1,393 Content Per Day: 0.35 Reputation: 635 Days Won: 4 Joined: 06/29/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted March 13, 2015 My advice would be to throw the book out and pick up the Bible, allowing the Holy Spirit to show you His truth in His words. I agree with everyone else, and really like what OneLight, wrote let the Holy Ghost be your teacher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willa Posted March 13, 2015 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 68 Topic Count: 186 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 14,247 Content Per Day: 3.33 Reputation: 16,658 Days Won: 30 Joined: 08/14/2012 Status: Offline Share Posted March 13, 2015 When God speaks we sometimes must learn to recognize His voice as Samuel did when he was a boy. 1 Samuel 3:1-21 The first time He spoke to me I was in a prayer circle in a small womans group from my church. So I told them about the strange thought that had popped into my head that I knew wasn't my own. The older ladies confirmed that it was probably God speaking to me. The suggestion was that if I changed churches, my husband might start going with me. He wasn't saved and I had given up on him. The next time God gave me a strong desire to give money to a church that reached out to kids on drugs that I had read about in the newspaper. I was not in the habit of giving to anything at the time, and we were poor. It is very rare that God speaks in an audible voice. It is usually the still small voice within us, and when we follow with obedience, He usually speaks to us more. Then I learned that when God spoke there were usually 2 or 3 witnesses. Matthew 3:11-17, When Jesus was baptized, a voice came from heaven, John the Baptist had testified of Jesus, and the Holy Spirit came upon Him. The Scriptures also testify of Jesus. John 5:39. So I came to realize that His Voice should always agree with Scripture, at least in principle. God does not contradict Himself. [E.g. Giving to others is not wrong and my husband going to church is not wrong, in my case.] Often the same idea will be expressed in a sermon, or you might hear a hymn with the same message. But they will come to your attention in the days following till you come to be more familiar with His Voice and the ways He communicates with us. Usually He wants us to hear Him more than we do. I do not encourage you to seek any experiences with God. The enemy would love to get you off track by seeking them instead of seeking to walk with God in obedience to His voice. But Psalms 100 gives very good advice as to how to come into His Presence. Come before His presence with SINGING. Know that He is God, our creator. Enter into His gates with THANKSGIVING. [Count your blessings and thank Him for all He has done for you.] And into His courts with PRAISE. [Marvel at all He as done, His creation, the beauty of the earth and the stars, and His covenants. God inhabits the praises of His people.] BLESS HIS NAME, for the Lord is good, merciful, and truth. {This last part is worship, to extoll God for Who He Is--His attributes.} These types of fellowship with God are what He desires of us--to walk in obedience to His voice and to live in communion with Him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingnut- Posted March 13, 2015 Group: Royal Member Followers: 39 Topic Count: 101 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 7,673 Content Per Day: 1.31 Reputation: 7,358 Days Won: 67 Joined: 04/22/2008 Status: Offline Share Posted March 13, 2015 My advice would be to throw the book out and pick up the Bible, allowing the Holy Spirit to show you His truth in His words. I agree with everyone else, and really like what OneLight, wrote let the Holy Ghost be your teacher. I agree with this as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezra Posted March 13, 2015 Group: Royal Member Followers: 16 Topic Count: 134 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 8,142 Content Per Day: 2.35 Reputation: 6,612 Days Won: 20 Joined: 11/02/2014 Status: Offline Share Posted March 13, 2015 Hi everyone! I just bought a book today and it says that at least 2 or 3 spiritual advisors for protection and ot help guard us from self deception and Satans deception when we are discerning God's voice. Also this book is saying that we need to seek vision as we pray and write down any thoughts that God speaks to us through spontaneous thoughts that pop into our mind. I would like to hear God's voice, but I'm not so sure how to go about doing that. Just a few observations: 1. You do not need a spiritual advisor "to hear God's voice" if you are genuinely a child of God and have the indwelling Holy Spirit to lead and guide you (1 Jn 2:20,27). 2. If you are in a true Bible church, you should have elders in your church. They are there to "watch for your soul" (Heb 13:17) so they are the ones who should be approached when you need spiritual guidance. 3. You will not find any Scripture telling you "to seek vision" when you pray. God has already given the Church a vision, which is to preach the Gospel to the whole world (Mt 28:18-20; Mk 16:15,16). 4. God's "voice" is in His Word, which is a living Word and a powerful Word (Heb 4:12,13). He will also speak to you in your soul (Rev 3:20) as you commune with Him. To "sup" with Christ is to have communion with Him. More important than just "hearing His voice" is to obey His commandments (1 Jn 2:3-17). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fez Posted March 13, 2015 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 683 Topics Per Day: 0.12 Content Count: 11,128 Content Per Day: 2.00 Reputation: 1,352 Days Won: 54 Joined: 02/03/2009 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/07/1952 Share Posted March 13, 2015 The only "spiritual adviser" you need to listen to is to be found in the bible, like here... 1Ki 19:11 And he said, "Go out and stand on the mount before the LORD." And behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. 1Ki 19:12 And after the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire the sound of a low whisper. 1Ki 19:13 And when Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. And behold, there came a voice to him and said, "What are you doing here, Elijah?" Listen for the whisper, read your bible with your heart and your ears..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Openly Curious Posted March 13, 2015 Group: Royal Member Followers: 4 Topic Count: 55 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,568 Content Per Day: 0.68 Reputation: 770 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/18/2006 Status: Offline Share Posted March 13, 2015 Thanks everyone! I Yes I'am going to throw that book away, I would return it if I hadnt already highlited in it. I do have a good Bible and I'm going to start reading it more. Hopefully I will find a good church, I havent been able to find one yet.The Holy Bible is the voice of God to man. All you need to hear God is a heart to know Him and to seek Him in his Word. The Spirit of God Himself will teach you from a child and you will grow up in Him and his love as you learn more of Him reading and studying the bible for it is His Voice to mankind. God can use others to teach us and instruct us in the Word but the only one True Spirit of the Living God in Scripture we can trust to keep us in the Way if we desire the truth and He will keep us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdemoss Posted March 13, 2015 Group: Royal Member Followers: 8 Topic Count: 59 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,402 Content Per Day: 0.99 Reputation: 2,154 Days Won: 28 Joined: 02/10/2012 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/26/1971 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Oh how wonderful it would be if answers were always black and white with questions needing only yes or no answers but that is not the case Otherwise there would simply be a law written that would make a person righteous by following it. God decides who does and who does not need a spiritual advisor to hear his voice. Not everybody has. it isn't that God isn't speaking to people. God is. Most people I have met have needed instruction on how to decipher which voice is his. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angels4u Posted March 13, 2015 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 56 Topic Count: 1,664 Topics Per Day: 0.20 Content Count: 19,764 Content Per Day: 2.38 Reputation: 12,164 Days Won: 28 Joined: 08/22/2001 Status: Offline Share Posted March 13, 2015 i'd burn it. if you throw it away, do it in the middle of a trash can filled with greasy food. you don't want someone else salvaging it. Thanks everyone! I Yes I'am going to throw that book away, I would return it if I hadnt already highlited in it. I do have a good Bible and I'm going to start reading it more. Hopefully I will find a good church, I havent been able to find one yet. Good decision SoccerGirl You have to be so careful these days what you read and to who you listen ,I'm glad you asked here on WB before starting reading it,it does sounds like New Age stuff. I would throw it in the garbage and not give it away...you don't want anybody else to read it ! May I ask who wrote the book? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saved34 Posted March 14, 2015 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 1 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,185 Content Per Day: 0.27 Reputation: 667 Days Won: 3 Joined: 03/28/2012 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/19/1971 Share Posted March 14, 2015 I wouldn't say you need a Spiritual adviser, but God has placed teachers and Pastors in our Lives to help build up our faith and stir up our pure minds. He has placed these individuals in his Body to build us up. We can and do learn on our own, but we are a part of a bigger organism that thrives off of first, Christ as our Head, and then the individual members. Rom 1:11 I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong-- Eph 4:11 So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, Eph 4:12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 2Pe 3:1 Dear friends, this is now my second letter to you. I have written both of them as reminders to stimulate you to wholesome thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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