Thread: THE INNER ROOM - "Learn and Grow - to Maturity". Please read the OP.

AAAAAAAAAAARRKK!!!

You may have read how I said that the rule is "there is always one more bug" when programming. Microsoft know this is true - they make unbelievable piles of them every year!

But I make mine too. I could fairly easily get quite angry with myself soon! The latest mistakes involve clicking on the Index at bottom of all Gems Messages:



How recent ones came to take you to THE Gems #1 Message INSTEAD of the Index is beyond me, and known only to God!!

But SINCERE APOLOGIES to those I confused!! (Yes, I've fixed the flippin' mistake!!!! - feels a tad like shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted...

- BM

Reaching Higher #36

How To Hear (and Know) God's Voice

How easy is it to hear God speaking to you DIRECTLY? When I was a young Christian I heard of a man who the Lord DIRECTLY TOLD all manner of things to! A lot of them were things that were GOING to HAPPEN - which they ALWAYS did! This INCLUDED things that were going to happen in other people's lives! He certainly had a special and amazing 'hot-line' to God!!


YOU CAN AND DO NEED TO KNOW

Then there are OTHERS who God speaks to, and they seem to be able to readily hear what He's saying to them! Then there's probably pretty-much the rest of us, those who don't necessarily find it easy to hear the Lord's voice at all!! Of course when we say "hear God speaking" or "God's voice" few people hear anything AUDIBLE; it's more a kind of "knowing" in your heart or via your spirit what it is He's wanting us to know.

At the end of the day I can't see any problem for ANY of us who TRULY WANT to hear from Him - and THAT statement is the criteria we all MUST subscribe to!!! FACT: God tailors to you, to your temperament, and who you are the very best method of conveying His message. You know that the aim of my life is to obey Him totally all the time, so His messages to me are often that He needs me to change tack!! Or else showing me a failure or sin I've not realised and confessed. For both of these I may get a feeling of almost like disquiet or discomfort - a sense that all is not how it should be. This may even happen in the middle of a TV movie!! I IMMEDIATELY aim to find out from God what He's saying. Please always do the same!!


YOU CAN LEARN HOW TO RECOGNISE HIS VOICE

So it's then time to be OPEN to him, aiming to be sensitive and be listening. I may just relax and let my mind be 'unbusy'. Into any relaxed thoughts, suddenly one of them will be "HIGHLIGHTED", and I KNOW it is Him!! What He says is often a surprise to me, and I may say, "Oh, You're right Lord!" almost in wonder!! (I love my Lord, I really do!!!) The most important thing is that when you get His message RIGHT, then you'll KNOW!! Everything will feel like it's a-okay!


OUR GOD AND satan SURE TREAT US DIFFERENTLY!

If God is telling you of a wrong or sin or something like this, when it comes you may have a feeling of SADNESS! What you WON'T feel like is that you've just been run over by a Mac truck!! Satan makes you feel absolutely AWFUL if he's trying to make you feel GUILTY for a sin or something. GOD DOES NOT, repeat NOT!!! He is very loving and very gentle, but if it's a serious matter you will KNOW that He means it! - like I say, feeling sad that you've sinned against Him, and have hurt Him again!!

Now, hearing and knowing His voice may be quite different for you! God's relationship with YOU is quite UNIQUE! He will tailor exactly for YOU what is right for you. We're all DIFFERENT, so He treats us all differently - because YOU ARE SPECIAL TO HIM! Make it your life task to LEARN to RECOGNISE and OBEY His VOICE!!!

- BM, with his Lady

Originally Posted by Faithwoman

Awesome message.. Lord give us more patience as we wait patienly to hear from you.. Lord I thank you for what you are doing in our lives!

Amen to both things there, hon!!

(Reminded me of the person who prayed, "Lord please give me patience and give it to me now!" lol)

Originally Posted by Faithwoman

Lord I pray that I sit still and unbusy myself so I may hear from you in regards to the crossroad I am at right now. Your words says you are not an author of confusion. I pray right now and thank you Lord for the clarity you are about to give me in regards to the cirumstances regarding my daughter and a place to live. Thank you Jesus for being my all and meeting my needs in YOUR TIMING.

AMEN!
FAITHWOMAN.

Absolutely - and an even louder AMEN, dear one!! And I'm with you on all you said:

• If we SEEK - and CONTINUE seeking for Him - He DOES become our all in all!

• He is our PATIENCE (part of the fruit of the Spirit - Galatians 5:22-23).

• He certainly ISN'T the author of confusion!

• His TIMING IS AS PERFECT AS HE IS!!

• "WAIT", "REST" and "TRUST" are all Spiritual AND Scriptural words!!!

At this moment things may not be CLEAR. But He knows all, and has it all - AND YOU - right in His mighty hands!!

Bless you, my dear!!!

- BM

I have been reading all your posting, BM. And, I'd just like to give a little update on what's happening in my spiritual life. I think I told you about Norm's daughter moving in with us, along with her 3-yr. old son. It has been quite a task to take on, as the boy is super hyper and does not have any self-discipline. Plus, I think there may have been spirits involved in his life because his dad is involved in so much porn stuff. Sherri has been through so much in her life, and has been wounded so much, that she is very defensive and has a temper like my dh.

About the spiritual part, Father has given me a peace about it, or I would be going nuts! I took Jessie to church with me, along with Emilirose, this morning. Jessie's mom didn't want to go. And Norm didn't go, so I had to handle it on my own. As it turned out, they were able to take both of them into the nursery, and Jessie behaved himself and I had a great time in the service. All the songs were lifting me up, and the sermon applied so well to my situation. I was able to share some of it with Sherri, and she apologized for being mean to me. My dh said he didn't know how I managed to be so happy in our situation, and I explained how to him.

Father is so special to me, and I find myself talking to Him all day. Please still keep me in your prayers, as I will you. Hugz, Sweets

Originally Posted by SweetSurrender

I have been reading all your posting, BM. And, I'd just like to give a little update on what's happening in my spiritual life. I think I told you about Norm's daughter moving in with us, along with her 3-yr. old son. It has been quite a task to take on, as the boy is super hyper and does not have any self-discipline. Plus, I think there may have been spirits involved in his life because his dad is involved in so much porn stuff. Sherri has been through so much in her life, and has been wounded so much, that she is very defensive and has a temper like my dh.

About the spiritual part, Father has given me a peace about it, or I would be going nuts! I took Jessie to church with me, along with Emilirose, this morning. Jessie's mom didn't want to go. And Norm didn't go, so I had to handle it on my own. As it turned out, they were able to take both of them into the nursery, and Jessie behaved himself and I had a great time in the service. All the songs were lifting me up, and the sermon applied so well to my situation. I was able to share some of it with Sherri, and she apologized for being mean to me. My dh said he didn't know how I managed to be so happy in our situation, and I explained how to him.

Father is so special to me, and I find myself talking to Him all day. Please still keep me in your prayers, as I will you. Hugz, Sweets

Wow, you sure are one busy lady!! Yet in the midst of it all Father is giving you PEACE via His Spirit in you!! Do you have any idea how exciting that is for me to hear?!! Stand back everyone while I let out a loud, a VERY LOUD:

YEEEE-HARRRRR!!!!!

I loved how you told dh why you were managing!! We must not be ashamed of our precious Lord Jesus:

Mark Ch 8:38 For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.

Praying for you daily. Bless you heaps and heaps, dear heart!

- BM

Gems #10

AND OTHER MATTERS OF INTEREST - 10

THEY SAY YOUR HOME IS WHERE YOUR HEART IS!

So my HOME is here, right, where I'm sitting now. It's where I live, and where I feel safe and secure! Here I am greatly blessed with comfort and all the necessities of life such as food, clothing, money, shelter, and so on. And I'm with my dearest Love of this life!

But of course, none of this is THE WHOLE STORY!!! It's a little like a holiday where you briefly stop over at a friend's house while they're away. It's COMFORTABLE and SECURE, and fufils your needs - just like home! But it ISN'T HOME, is it? And it would be plain CRAZY to think that it IS!!

The chorus says it well: "This world is not my home, I'm just a-passin' through." I'm VERY content with my "Special Friend's" place here that I'm staying in, just for the time being (I don't OWN anything here: the house is HIS, furniture is HIS, money is HIS - BECAUSE I AM HIS!!!

So our place TRULY has very LITTLE importance when compared to my true HOME!!! I much appreciate what we have here, but spend my time and money on the Spiritual NOT the temporal! My HEART is NO LONGER HERE - because my HOME is in heaven, with my LORD!!!

- BM, with his Lady

EDIT: While at your friends' place, would you try to spend money to, well, make it BETTER? Of course not! It's NOT your place - you're simply 'stopping over'!!!