In the third part of my series on listening for the voice of God I would like to cover the issues of events and seeming coincidence.

The language of God is not only English. God can and does talk through events. It is usually when we open our selves up to the different ways in which God communicates that we get to see that God is always talking to us, directing us and encouraging us.

There are times when I am pursuing God for something and I will wake up at seemingly random times. Well I heard a testimony of James Goll how the Lord would wake him up and he would look at the clock. Then he would search the bible for any verse that has the related numbers in it. eg if I wake up at 3:16 the verse could relate to John 3:16.

Sometimes I will see a billboard with a few words highlighted. It is like you simply see those words and know they carry more weight. Like the word FREE standing out on a billboard talking about getting free breakfast. Well by itself it may not mean much unless God highlights it and then confirms He has set us free. He reminds us we are free to worship, free to love and be loved, free to dance and so on.

Sometimes if I have something happen repeatedly it is the Lord highlighting an area or something he wants us to pursue until we get the message or breakthrough on.

Sometimes I will be thinking about someone and then bump into them later in the day or get a phone call. Usually it is a good time to encourage people and pray for them. If God is in control and orders our steps nothing is a coincidence it is a divine appointment for you to release something of God you carry. Your unique spiritual DNA is what the Lord has placed in that persons path simply because they need what you have or your need something they have. It is wonderful to walk around with open eyes and heart to see what and where the Lord is speaking.

The still small voice is one of the most common ways in which God speaks to me. Unfortunately for many of us, myself included it can get drowned out due to the busyness of activity or all the noise around us. I am learning every day to tune my ears into the gentle promptings of God. The more I tune my ear to this still small voice the clearer I hear it. It does require me to usually stop what I am doing, turn off the radio, TV, Ipod or get myself into a fairly quiet area to focus and listen.

I love the times when the lord and I commune together. Many of my answers are given in this way. The Lord will speak a verse to my heart and mind.If I pursue for more clarity I usually get it. Sometimes I do not but my tenacity of Spirit will not let it go. I sometimes feel the Lord uses it to encourage me to go deeper in Him to get more information.

I would love to hear your testimonies and stories. Please take the time to share your hearing the voice of God in this way.

Happy new year to all of you.

As I said in my last post I would go through some of the ways I hear from God. The word of God in the bible is one of the primary ways we hear from God.

What makes the Bible different from any other book is that it is divinly inspired over thousands of years with a consistent message.

When reading the bible I ask for a Spirit of wisdom and revelation. By doing this I ask God to highlight what he wants me to know or wants me to be aware of. When reading the bible I get to feed off the very heart of God. What tends to happen then is I can be reading the logos (written word)  and the Spirit of God will breath of it and it becomes what we call the Rhema (God breathed alive word). When the Holy Spirit wants me to pay attention to a particular passage or verse it seems to jump off the page and become prominent in my mind.

Sometime the I ask questions of what I am reading and in asking the questions I am providing the Holy Spirit an opportunity to teach me from the word.

Sometimes If I have a question I will ask God for some guidance or an explaination and a verse will come to mind. If I go and read it it usually contains the answer I was looking for.

The more I read the word and let the word reside in me through meditating (thinking about / absorbing it) on it, the more effective I become at hearing  God’s Voice.

Does God communicate with man? What are some of the ways God communicates with man?

It is my intention to give you a few idea’s how God communicates with man.

Here are a few ways in which God communicates with me.

1. God speaks through his word in the bible.

2. God speaks in the still small voice, some call the inner voice.

3. God speaks through events, some would call “coincidence”.

4. God speaks through prophecy.

5. God speaks through dreams and visions.

In the coming weeks it is my intent to look at each of these and give some real world examples. This is by no means an exhaustive list but is a start. It is my intent to explore each of these with you and share stories. The testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy so lets declare all the wonderous works of the Lord and learn from him. Please take time to share your thoughts in the comments section.

There is only one who is first. I was so touched by a website I came across today.

Here is a very powerful testimony. I live to see Papa’s children come to know and experience Him. Thank you Jesus for your great love.

Brian Welch – I am second

We are never alone, things are never to dark. Darkness can never extinguish the light, a light that chooses not to shine lets darkness envelop it.

Prophetic word:

Right now I see a woman in her 40′s. She is very despondent and disappointed in herself. God says to you my daughter you have never failed me, you can never fail me. My love for you is bigger than any failure you feel you have become. I love you and I desire to love you greater still. You have sought my love in performance and ungodly men, wolves in sheep clothing. Leave them they will never give you what only I can give. Come sit at my feet, talk to me, share you heart with me and I will share my heart for you. Learn from me and I will transform and renew your heart.
Father I pray you break hopelessness and despair off this beautiful child of yours and release your peace and joy into her heart right now in Jesus name. Amen.

Thank you Jesus for your awesome love

For those of you who don’t know my sister still lives in Zimbabwe. She is currently working as the administrator for a childrens home. She emailed me today with some sad and happy news. Please read the email copy below.

Dear Friends

It is with regret that this email carries the sad news of the sudden passing away of Baby Dalubuhle.  You will recall in my last newsletter the story of a very brave lady who had both arms amputated after falling into a fire during a seizure, this was Dalu’s mom.  A few weeks back we were able to take Dalu’s mom back to her home in Nkayi but due to her condition she was not able to return with Dalu.  She asked for him to remain with us until she settled and was able to come back and take him home.  Little did any of us know that Dalu would be called Home before this time!
Dalu came to our home in early September after being released from Mpilo where he was being treated for malnutrition, or should have been if there was sufficient feeding within the hospital.  Dalu’s story is one where remarkable improvement was seen within days of him receiving the love, care and nutrition any child should receive in reality, unfortunately circumstances here in Zimbabwe are not quite like that !
Anyway as I take a look back at the photos I have, and I’ve attached them for you too to appreciate, we can only be thankful to God for affording us the opportunity of caring for Dalu and to be able to give him a special quality of life in his last days here on Earth without knowledge of it.  I do not think we could have done any more than what we did for him even if we had of known these were his last days.
Dalu did not show any signs of being extremely ill in fact a few days prior to this we were playing with a ball on the floor of the toy room and he was chuckling away seemingly without a care in the world.

Playtime

He had two bottom teeth and was beginning to crawl, he had come so far from being the frail frame when he first came to thehome to now a chubby boy full of smiles.

When Dalu arrived

A little malnourished Dalu

After Two months

When Dalu was admitted to Mater Dei (a private hospital) he was experiencing very high temperatures which we could not control by medication, the diagnosis was pneumonia which caused his eventual death.
We are saddened by the loss of Dalubuhle and we ask that you pray for his family in the Nkayi Rural Area.  We shall be returning his body there tomorrow and ask that God go before our team and that His Holy Spirit be their strength.
As I often do in sad and difficult times I search my soul to find consolation that God is with us {strange how we question things in the midst of our weakest moment} and again I am able to see that God’s hand is with us always!  Whilst I worried about how we would fund a funeral when I have been struggling to meet our month-end commitments, an angel was sent with a donation for the home, to be used in which ever way the children would benefit.  Whilst I wrestled if this would be appropriate I called the donor and was told to use the money whichever way I saw fit, I knew this was God’s way of providing for us in this sad and difficult time.
May Dalubuhle’s soul rest in peace !
Luv ‘n’ friendship in the Lord always Sis’Bee XxXx

For me this reflects both the goodness and greatness of God. We got to share the life of one little boy who may have moved on but got to be loved by a community who cared enough to love in the midst of the darkness and need in Zimbabwe. These are my unsung heroes, the people who sacrifice their comfort to take care of those who do not have the ability to help themselves.

For those of you unaware of the situation in Zimbabwe here is a brief rundown.

Have the highest inflation rate in the world over 100 000%.

Currently in political turmoil.

Basic commodities are scarcely available as such people have to buy in foreign currency as the local curreny devalues so fast that by the time it gets to the bank the retailer will not be able to replenish his stock.

Banks limiting withdrawals of Z$14 million a day in perspective that is currently US$ 7. That is hardly enough to get a loaf of bread and a bottle of milk.

The basic infrastructure in the country is in major disrepair with daily powercuts sometimes as much as 12-16 hours a day in some places and 2 to 4 hours water supply once every 2 to 3 days.

My sister has to travel out of the country every month to go and purchase food supplies, medicines etc and her vehicle mileage has greatly increased. She recently had her tires stolen off her vehicle. It cost her almost US$ 800 to replace them. The average person there only earns between US$ 20 – US$100 a month.

If God places it on your heart to assist in some way leave a comment and I will be in touch. While I may never have had the chance to meet this little guy I do have a chance to introduce him to you. He was valuable enough to our Father to let him spend some time on the earth with us and to touch many lives with hope and joy.

While meditating on a number of things the other day I felt impressed in my spirit that the Lord Yahweh wants His bride to intercede for mercy to be released on the Land. Don’t be deceived He is also a just Father. If the people rebel he will not violate their free will and will hand them over to their desires, and they will be consumed both by their lusts and their enemies, both spiritual and natural.

I ask that you read the post in its entirety as I lay a basic foundation to culminate in my conclusion.

Gradually the Godly heritage of this nation has been lost bit by bit, from the time prayer was removed from schools, legalizing the murder of innocents through abortion, the separation of state and religion doctrine, breakdown of family and marriage, pornography, the homosexual agenda and many more issues.

The moral consciousness of the nation has gradually changed through the use of various means that are controlled and directed by a few elite people. They have literally held their relativistic humanist philosophy up to be the epitome of civilized society rather than the Judeao Christian values that were core values that the founding fathers used to establish this nation.

I believe this nation has been deceived. There are evil spiritual forces at play over this nation. Gradually and insidiously they have wormed their lies, deceit and philosophies into the national conscience. The sad part about being deceived is that when one is deceived one does not know it. I am not talking about president elect Obama, his policies are just a symptom of a deeper issue of the deception that has entered the Land.

When truth is revealed it is usually met with denial, and the winner of that encounter depends on the strength of the opposing forces. If the truth is presented in a judgmental way it is under the spirit of the Law. The law only achieves one objective, it shows us how far we have fallen short. There is a higher power that was revealed through Jesus and that was Love, Mercy and Grace. If truth is presented in Love, Mercy and Grace the Spirit of God moves in and there is a power that is unstoppable. It is the power of God to transform a nation. So unless there is a greater power behind the revealing of truth that will open the eyes of the blind and give ears to the deaf, the lie and deceit will remain. The truth lived in Love, Grace and Mercy will escort the deceived captive into truth and release them into their divine destiny.

Sometimes the mercy of the Lord is shown by the fact that He protects us from ourselves.

Romans 1:20-25 (Holman Christian Standard Bible) – Therefore God delivered them over in the cravings of their hearts to sexual impurity, so that their bodies were degraded among themselves. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served something created instead of the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

Nehemiah 9:30 (Holman Christian Standard Bible) – You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit warned them through Your prophets, but they would not listen. Therefore, You handed them over to the surrounding peoples.

Over the last number of weeks I have been hearing from some of the prophetic voices over this nation both blessing and judgment words. My personal opinion is they are both accurate in as much as the Bride will intercede, will capture the heartbeat of heaven and release it here on Earth as it is in Heaven.

Let me say this very clearly. Father God is in a GOOD mood. He is not intimidated about what is going on in the world and is secure in his identity. Jesus when he died said “It is finished.” John 19:30 To some that may sound like a statement of defeat, but the truth is it is the greatest statement of victory.

Jesus was completely obedient even unto death. It was by His blood that the Victory was won over sin and death. Now Father God could release the prisoners and set the captives free. Jesus fulfilled the requirements of the law, faced the judgment for sin as a sinless man, gave His life freely. By doing that he earned the right to give life to all those who believe.

The blood, the cross, the empty tomb are his love song to a people who did not know how much He loved them. That has not changed because his love for you has not changed.

John 3:16-18 - “For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world that He might judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. Anyone who believes in Him is not judged, but anyone who does not believe is already judged, because he has not believed in the name of the One and Only Son of God.

You cannot do anything to achieve righteousness because it is all about Him, it all comes from Him, and it all goes to Him. You came to him because He revealed Himself, who is love, to you. You got to choose because He gave you the choice and extended His love and Mercy to reach out to you.

So why have I written about all of this it is simple. As much as He loves you, He loves those who persecute him, who curse his name

All the great men of the Bible entered into the presence of God and had favor with God because they put their Faith and trust in Him.

Abraham found favor with God, so much so that God revealed His plans to Abraham
Abraham interceded with the Lord and the Lord God said he would relent from destroying Sodom and Gomorrah if he could find 10 righteous in the city. He found one family and they were saved. Had Abraham continued with the Lord down to one maybe Sodom and Gomorrah would have survived. See Genesis 18:17-33

How about Moses?

Exodus 32:10-14 “Now then let Me alone, that My anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them; and I will make of you a great nation.” Then Moses entreated the LORD his God, and said, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people whom You have brought out from the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? “Why should the Egyptians speak, saying, ‘With evil intent He brought them out to kill them in the mountains and to destroy them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your burning anger and change Your mind about doing harm to Your people. “Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants to whom You swore by Yourself, and said to them, ‘I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and all this land of which I have spoken I will give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.’” So the LORD changed His mind about the harm which He said He would do to His people.

When Moses heard and saw God’s anger against His people, Moses interceded for them and changed the mind of God.

Wow Moses and Abraham interceding were able to change the mind of God.

That is the Old covenant where sin separated us from the Father. How much more do our words carry to the ear of Heaven now that we have been redeemed by the blood and have access into the Holy of Holies.

Sometimes when God is prophesying to you, declaring His purposes and plans, He is testing your heart not determining your destiny.

When God is prophesying a judgment word what are you going to do? Is your relationship such as that of Moses and Abraham who interceded for the people?

You see, Godly leaders intercede for the Lord to complete his good purposes and not turn over the people to destruction.

2 Peter 3:9 - The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.

Righteous leaders remind God of His intent for blessing and not destruction.

Nehemiah 9:28 (Holman Christian Standard Bible)
But as soon as they had relief, they again did what was evil in Your sight.So You abandoned them to the power of their enemies, who dominated them. When they cried out to You again, You heard from heaven and rescued them many times in Your compassion.

Are you moved to dialogue with Jesus? Are you going to get on your face before him? Are you going to meet him face to face to plead for mercy instead of Judgment to be released for those involved?

Matthew 18:33 Shouldn’t you also have had mercy on your fellow slave, as I had mercy on you?

James 2:13 For judgment is without mercy to the one who hasn’t shown mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Luke 6:36 Be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.

Does he find a great leader in you interceding for the people or does He find someone who, like Jonah, is arguing for the Judgment word to be released.

Proverbs 11:17 A kind man benefits himself, but a cruel man brings disaster on himself.

Proverbs 21:13 The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor will himself also call out and not be answered.

Matthew 5:7 Blessed are the merciful, because they will be shown mercy.

I was struck recently with the picture of the Mercy Seat of God. It was placed on top of the ark of the testimony. It is my belief that as we will build a mercy seat to sit on top of the testimony of the goodness, graciousness and love of God the Lord himself will release such a manifestation of His Spirit that it would indeed turn the hearts of the nation back to him. Let his Glory come and be released upon the land as his people release mercy. I hope to write more about the mercy seat in a coming post.

Mercy seat

I am not naive that the days will be getting darker, but it is our responsibility to be the light. It is our responsibility to shine and reveal the Glory of God to all those who are perishing. And if Love takes us to the cross let us go with Joy for the Glory of God. If it saves one life from eternal separation from the lover of my soul I know it will be worth it.
He did it for me He is faithful and true to do it for you.

P.S. Thank You Kris Vallotton for declaring the truth. Your heart and words inspire me to dig deaper into the heart of God.

There is no such thing as pro life and pro choice! When looking at issues or debating issues you have two opposing points of view – a Pro and a Con/anti.

Pro-Life means “for life”.

Opposing the Pro-Life position means in essence one takes the anti-life position. Let us not use language to hide or confuse the issue. The opposite of pro-life is opposing life not pro-choice.

A Euphemism is defined as the use of a word or phrase that is more neutral, vague, or indirect to replace a direct, harsh, unpleasant, or offensive term. By hiding the real meaning of the opposing argument of pro-life in a euphemism we don’t confront the reality of the situation.

Pro choice is really just a euphemism for Anti- Life.

Do I hate people who are not pro life, gosh no. My heart, I like to believe, lines up with my Fathers. We love them and want the best for them. I believe most “pro-choice” folks are very sincere in their beliefs, unfortunately they are sincerely wrong.

The irony of being “pro choice” is you make the choice that is not yours to make. You do not have the right to choose life or death that is God’s choice. If you had infinite wisdom and were able to see the full destiny and plan for that child’s life then you may be in a position to be considered able to make such a decision.
Even then, it is not you who spoke that life into being from before the foundation of the world. By making yourself the authority over the life of that child you declare yourself to be God.
If you replace God with yourself you get in all sorts of God trouble. You in fact align yourself against God, you make yourself an enemy of God and withdraw yourself from his divine light, love and protection.

Now some people may say there is no God and my response to you is very simple. The fact that you have not or are not willing to experience him does not change the fact that He is very real and is very much in love with you. In fact He desires that you experience him and meet him.
You may say there is no evidence that He is real. Well there is plenty of evidence if you would be open minded enough to look free of opinion and bias.
I know where Bulawayo, Zimbabwe is because I have lived there. The fact that you have not been there is irrelevant to the fact that it is real and is there.
I have not been to Beijing, China yet I have seen evidence of it, heard testimonies of people who have been there even seen it on maps. Even still I am required to have a level of faith that what I have heard is real and true based on the evidence before me.
Well the same evidence is available for those who are truly seeking the truth. They will meet Him face to face.
If you are not sure take a step of faith and ask Him if He is real to come and reveal Himself to you. He is completely faithful and will be there. Here is a little tip. God’s Voice sounds like Spontaneous thoughts that light up on your heart and mind as you focus on Jesus.

If you have never read the Fathers love letter go to the following link.

John 1

You were born to experience the Love of God, every child deserves the same right you currently experience regardless of circumstances.

P.s – These are some of my notes and further thoughts from a sermon Bishop Joseph Garlington preached. He is an awesome man of God.

There have been a number of prophetic voices over the last week or so releasing words concerning the nation, economy and judgment. Well one of the clearest voices I believe speaking the heart and intention of God is Kim Clement. I am still digesting and processing his words (economy and elections) but I truly believe he is expressing the desire of the Father in this time. Papa has been stripping away my preconceived ideas, opinions and notions about how I think He should and would do things and is releasing a new ways of manifesting HIS hearts desires. I believe we are on the precipice of one of the greatest spiritual awakenings. It is imperative for the body to take their eyes off the natural and focus on the heart of Jesus. I had to repent before the Lord because I had not sincerely sought HIM over HIS heart for Obama. I too got caught up in the election fever and while I tried to remain open, I was blind over God’s intent. Bob Jones once said that if we have any opinions they would blind us to receiving revelation from the Throne of God.
As for Dutch Sheets word, I think it is full of wisdom, but like He said towards the end the Spirit of God is more than able to change the outcome. I believe that we can like Abraham intercede for this nation like He interceded for Sodom. If His people would join with His heart to release His grace and love the Holy Spirit would release such a powerful manifestation that it would turn the Heart of a nation in a day. Oh Lord let it be so.
God said if we had faith the size of a mustard seed we could say to this mountain get up and be moved. Well it is time for the body to focus on Jesus and the truly redemptive nature of the cross. If we unify with the Fathers Heart and start declaring what the Spirit is saying we will see the great transformation.
Do I agree with Obama’s opinions and previous decisions, No, but I do agree with Papa’s heart and destiny for the man and it is all good. Lets pray for the Spirit of God to reveal Jehovah in a way that would rock the man, and this nation to the core and give them a heart for the heart of God.

Ok, over the last couple of years I have been intrigued by how God talks in dreams. I am still working on it and would like to ask you my friends to send me some of your dreams. I have been learning a little about interpreting dreams from a biblical perspective and relying on the work of the Holy Spirit. If when you record your dream try recall things like.

1. Color or absence of color.

2. Situations, settings and environment.

3. emotions involved

4. animals, people events etc.

For those of you who may be worried if this is biblical it is. Dream Interpretation can be traced in the old testament.

Job 33:14-18 (New American Standard Bible)

“Indeed God speaks once, Or twice, yet no one notices it.
“In a dream, a vision of the night, When sound sleep falls on men, While they slumber in their beds,
Then He opens the ears of men,And seals their instruction,
That He may turn man aside from his conduct, And keep man from pride;
He (D)keeps back his soul from the pit, And his life from passing over (E)into Sheol.

Acts 2:16-20 (New American Standard Bible)

but this is what was spoken of through the prophet Joel:
‘AND IT SHALL BE IN THE LAST DAYS,’ God says, ‘THAT I WILL POUR FORTH OF MY SPIRIT ON ALL MANKIND; AND YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS SHALL PROPHESY, AND YOUR YOUNG MEN SHALL SEE VISIONS, AND YOUR OLD MEN SHALL DREAM DREAMS; EVEN ON MY BONDSLAVES, BOTH MEN AND WOMEN, I WILL IN THOSE DAYS POUR FORTH OF MY SPIRIT And they shall prophesy.

So if you have had a vivid dream and are willing to share it post it. If it is private go ahead and send me an email. I believe God hides things for us to discover. I will email you back if you want to keep it private.

Blessings