God's Leading vs Your Own Thoughts...can u always tell the difference????
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cutiebe2
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lolz.. this is the exact problem I have with many Christians, especially my grandmother. She does not recognize her own wisdom. You know when something happened because of your actions when you thought about it.
Ex: you work hard to get good grades and then get into college - this is because of you!! you controlled what happened
2. you are without a job but somehow you meet someone who was looking for a maid, etc...that is God putting the two of you together.
I hope that was the answer you were looking for.
Ex: you work hard to get good grades and then get into college - this is because of you!! you controlled what happened
2. you are without a job but somehow you meet someone who was looking for a maid, etc...that is God putting the two of you together.
I hope that was the answer you were looking for.
Country gal
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I sometimes struggle with this too. I pray for certain things and then I am presented with opportunties. I sometimes question if the opportunity is from God.
Divine Inspiration
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Sometimes it's tough to tell the difference, but if we remain in prayer and God's Will, I don't think we have to be as worried about the difference because in EVERYTHING, with prayer and supplication, we're supposed to make our requests known to God. We have not because we ask not...that goes for everything we lack, including understanding of God's will.
When pleasing God is at the top of our list of priorities, then our actions and purposes will be in alignment with that. God will gladly guide us to where He would have us to be if we allow Him to.
I've often asked God for signs. At times when I felt unsure about what He would have for me, I simply asked Him to reveal Himself to me and make things plain for my mind. He has NEVER ignored this request. When we seek Him, we will find Him. There were so many times I would call myself frustrated with God for not handing everything to me on a silver platter, but I had to remember that He enjoys a relationship with us. He gently reminded me that all I needed to do was ASK and LISTEN in order to receive. Some of us wouldn't pray if we didn't go through things that needed that clarification.
Everything we do is a result of God's grace and mercy so "our" accomplishments are owed to Him for without Him, we can do nothing, and with Him, we can do ALL things.
In my prayers, one line that I always use is, "If it's not for me, remove it." Sometimes we can't see the detriment in people, places, and things around us because we're human and because being IN a situation provides a very different view from being outside of it. So rather than second guess myself, I simply ask God to take whoever and whatever is not from me away...regardless of how I may feel about it because I know His ways are not my ways. I have yet to regret God's time.
HTH
{DI}
When pleasing God is at the top of our list of priorities, then our actions and purposes will be in alignment with that. God will gladly guide us to where He would have us to be if we allow Him to.
I've often asked God for signs. At times when I felt unsure about what He would have for me, I simply asked Him to reveal Himself to me and make things plain for my mind. He has NEVER ignored this request. When we seek Him, we will find Him. There were so many times I would call myself frustrated with God for not handing everything to me on a silver platter, but I had to remember that He enjoys a relationship with us. He gently reminded me that all I needed to do was ASK and LISTEN in order to receive. Some of us wouldn't pray if we didn't go through things that needed that clarification.
Everything we do is a result of God's grace and mercy so "our" accomplishments are owed to Him for without Him, we can do nothing, and with Him, we can do ALL things.
In my prayers, one line that I always use is, "If it's not for me, remove it." Sometimes we can't see the detriment in people, places, and things around us because we're human and because being IN a situation provides a very different view from being outside of it. So rather than second guess myself, I simply ask God to take whoever and whatever is not from me away...regardless of how I may feel about it because I know His ways are not my ways. I have yet to regret God's time.
HTH
{DI}
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crlsweetie912
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For myself, I had to stop "trying to figure Him out". I can never understand the magnitude of His power and all His ways. Things fall into place so effortlessly all the times that I let God be in charge. I prayed, left it to Him and that was it. When I stopped resisting, questioning and boo hooing all the time over why this and why that, what a change. Be prayerful for God to make you so in tune with Him that you won't have to question.
Yeah, I'm still working on it though.
In the Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, he talks about your 6th sencce/and or God speaking to people. He talks about how it doesn't happen overnight. I also heard some say you have to be walking with the lord for oh so long, and the more you listen to your heart, the strong the voice of god will be, somethig like that. But girl I know exactly how you feel right now. I have been trying to figure this same thing out for the past eight months my self. I got a really good quote. It says something about: following your heart, it will be a warm comfortable feeling, and you have to make this decision based on you and you alone. You cannot be worried about anybody or G-d will surely punish you. I used to worry about my mother sooo much, but I was punished for this. Like G-d says he is in controll over everything! I just want you to consider that you cannot think about others when making descisions. You just have to do what is best for you and follow a feeling. Mind you this is just my opinion. I'm still growing and learning too, girrrll!
HTH.
In the Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, he talks about your 6th sencce/and or God speaking to people. He talks about how it doesn't happen overnight. I also heard some say you have to be walking with the lord for oh so long, and the more you listen to your heart, the strong the voice of god will be, somethig like that. But girl I know exactly how you feel right now. I have been trying to figure this same thing out for the past eight months my self. I got a really good quote. It says something about: following your heart, it will be a warm comfortable feeling, and you have to make this decision based on you and you alone. You cannot be worried about anybody or G-d will surely punish you. I used to worry about my mother sooo much, but I was punished for this. Like G-d says he is in controll over everything! I just want you to consider that you cannot think about others when making descisions. You just have to do what is best for you and follow a feeling. Mind you this is just my opinion. I'm still growing and learning too, girrrll!
HTH.
cocoberry10
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Divine Inspiration said:
I completely agree with this. Sometimes, we want to believe God is telling us something, but He's actually telling us the opposite. And in my case, sometimes we'll even do what we want. Often, it's not that God doesn't want things for us, it's just that His way is the best way. Like, if you wanted a new car and found one, but that little voice in your head said, "go to another dealership." That could be God, but sometimes our eagerness ignores that voice and then things go crazy and we say "where was God?" Well God was there, b/c God is everywhere.
Food for thought: The more you listen to the voice of God, the louder it becomes. The less you listen to the voice of God, the softer it becomes. But the voice of God is always there!
CaramelMiSS
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cocoberry10 said:
ITA!!!!!! I have this problem for sure alot of times God will tell me to do something and it is the exact thing that I do not want to do, so I hold off doing and some how I end up having to do it anyways. For instance God was telling me that having sex with my boyfriend was wrong and that we should wait. Well I kept putting it in the back of mind saying "God will forgive me, besides everyone else does it". But I had to remember that I was not just everyone else, he told me that I was his servant and I belonged to him. Well it turns out that after reading my bible he gradually took away the desire for my to want to have sex period. I still think about it from time to time but the desire is not as strong and I can control it.
Now my boyfriend thinks that I want someone else but I know that that is not the case. I love him very much, but I want to honor God before I honor him, because if I do not he might take him out of life because I put him before God and I definitely do not want that to happen. My boyfriend knows God and has a relationship with him, but I do think it is not on the same level as mine because if it was I think he would understand a little bit better than he does.
Your boyfriend knows you better. The devil is just trying to 'break' your decision to abstain. But we all know that the devil is a liar and he has just proven it with the lying thoughts that your boyfriend expressed.CaramelMiSS said:
That makes your decision all the more sweeter and victorious.
CaramelMiSS
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Shimmie said:Your boyfriend knows you better. The devil is just trying to 'break' your decision to abstain. But we all know that the devil is a liar and he has just proven it with the lying thoughts that your boyfriend expressed.
That makes your decision all the more sweeter and victorious.
I know it does feel really good knowing that I am on the right path and no one is going to make me stray from it. I feel like whenever I do not immediately go to the path God wants me to take, I find myself there no matter how much I try to ignore it. It seems like God, not so much as forces me, but yeah I should say He makes me go on the right path after I refuse, and then after I end up on the path it seems like I get a slight spanking or correction from God to make sure I do not do it again.
BMoreFlyy
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cocoberry10 said:
This is too true. I think this is why it's hard sometimes for us (people) in general to know and understand whether it's us talking to ourselves or God showing us and making ways to do His will.
I read an e-mail that talked about sinning and how sometimes we do it so much until we think it's right and we stop heeding that voice that says it's wrong... And this food for thought comment made me think of this... Almost like God guides us and the more we tend to not listen the more quiet it seems He become. It's not Him, it's just us not hearing.
