but i like friday coz there is a care grup! our care group name is "Atom" i lovee my caregroup! all the members are fantastic! ahhah (u guys dun be ge er if see this) :p we start from a very small group, only 3 people for the first time! (me, lebe n defy) but now we're getting bigger and bigger! (praise de Lord) :D
can't wait to see u guys tonight!
anyway, today is my turn to lead the material, My Boss ( sapa ya?! hihi) gave me some material from the book, that i need to choose.
After i had a look, i decided to chose the material from the book called "Transformation, letting God change you from the inside out". there are six sessions in this book, and i chose "new ears" session for the material tonight.
i tried to find some sources from the internet as well, and i combined it with the one in the book.
why i chose this titled called "new ears"? (this session teach us how we can hear God voice in our life.)
because i think this issue about hearing God's voice is still aplicable for us as a christians, because most of us still not sure and think "how can we know that's God voice and not our voice? can i hear God's voice?" etc
So i was prepared the material, i typed it in micro word, and this is it, hopefully it will be usefull
(Atomerz members : Mr Lebe, Mr Bm, Mark, Ryan, Hans, Shaun, Rudi, MIkoz, Ivana, Irene.)
(Atomerz new members: Michael, Jessie, sharen)
(Atomerz Missing members: ci sylvie & Defy!!!! miz u)
(mat 13:9)
Atomerz care group
Opening question:
Have you ever experience of hearing God’s voices? Or as a Christian, have you ever feel struggled of hearing God’s voices? You prayed to God “what am I going to do with the rest of my life? Where should I go to school? Should I take this job, or is there something better on the horizon? Who should I marry? Can you speak to me? But then you never hear any single voice from God. Have u ever feel that way?
Goal: to understand and to recognize the voice of God in our life.
Illustration:
Imagine a mother yelling into the family room, “Ryan, turn off the TV and get ready for bed.” And Ryan says, Okay! But it is clear that he has no intention of turning off the TV or going to bed. Instead, he stays right where he is. Planted in front of the TV screen. Five minutes later she yells again, “Ryan, did u hear me?”
She knows he heard her because he had already responded by saying, “Okay!”
What she’s really asking when she says, “Did you hear me?” is whether Ryan got the point of what she said.
In this example, Ryan apparently had heard his mother’s voice but not her point.
You could almost hear her next words “Hey Ryan! If those ears of yours are still working, turn that TV off and head upstairs!”
The point of the illustration:
Sometimes it’s easier for us as a Christian to just “hearing” God’s voice than simply receiving or intercepting a series of sound waves. True hearing involves NOT only receiving the sounds but processing the content of the message, giving it serious consideration, and deciding what course of action should be taken in response to what was heard. In other words, Jesus said “whoever has ears to hear, let him really hear”
Sharing Time
Tell a story from your life when someone heard the words you spoke but did not really “hear” you.
Sharpening the focus
The most difficult part of hearing God is the fact that it takes time to learn to discern God's voice -- and it takes a humble heart.
Jeremiah 29:12-13 says, "Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart."
So God will speak, and you can hear His voice, but you must be careful -- especially when you are a young Christian -- that you objectively confirm that you are following the Holy Spirit and not another voice. Our own flesh can scream pretty loud (especially when we are under pressure, or we want something very badly). And the Devil is the father of lies -- he is the great deceiver.
So how can we know whether we're hearing the voice of God?
We will (hear) a testimony of Mark Virkler’s, He’s a servant of God (preacher).
He struggled unsuccessfully for years to hear God’s voice.
He prayed, fasted, studied Bible and listened for a voice within, all to no avail. There was no inner voice that he could hear! Then God set him aside for a year to study, read, and experiment in the area of learning to hear God’s voice. During that time, God taught him four keys that opened the door to two-way prayer.
Key #1 - God’s voice in our hearts sounds like a flow of spontaneous thoughts. Therefore, when I tune to God, I tune to spontaneity. (hab 2:2)
I have found that most of us, most of the time, God's inner voice comes to us as spontaneous thoughts, vision, feelings or impression.
my husband had experienced this kind of voice before. this happened Long time ago. Usually on sunday afternoon, he always heard Kong Hee sermon through internet (live services), at that time he was very busy doin something elses, but deep inside his heart, he thought " i had to watched kong hee sermon(no matter what)" and then SUDDENLY(spontaneously), he felt God's spoke to his heart "you have to give sumthing 4 the church, at least 3 zero digit, which is $1000 minimal!" but he tried to ignore that voice, he kept doing sumthin. but the voice kept coming to his heart.
after he finished what he does, he turned on the computer, start to watched kong hee sermon (live service), and the sermon was about "sacrifice your precious offering" its exactly the same as the voice in his heart. he cried...he felt holy spirit touched his heart.
he was only had $1300 at his bank account at that moment, $900 for pay the bill, and the rest only $ 400. but he followed the voice, he gave $1000 to the church.
He wrote on his Dream book, the date when he gave that offering. it was on 17 July 05.
3 months after that, EXACTLY the same date, which is on 17 Oct 05, he woke up early in the morning about 5 o clock, and he felt strange (but he doesn't know what happened), he felt that God wokes him up, but he didn't have any idea why God wokes him up.
and what happened was on that day, one of IT company called him, and asked him to work! without any interview!
(at that time, he was looking for the job. and finally God gave him a job WITHOUT any interview at all!)
so, on 17 July 05, he gave the offering to church, and on 17 Oct 05, he got the job without any interview! and....17 Dec 06 he got married with me hihih, and our car (plat no) is 1cki 017
what's with 17???? ahuehuahea maybe our future son/daughter will born on 17 too! :D
from what i know 7 is God's number, and 1 means the first, winner, hahaha meaning??? I dont know aheuaeuha :p
Key #2 - I must learn to still my own thoughts and emotions, so that I can sense God’s flow of thoughts and emotions within me.
-quiet time (quiet your heart, mind & soul), worship can be one way 2 quiet your heart.
Key #3 - As I pray, I fix the eyes of my heart upon Jesus, seeing in the spirit the dreams and visions of Almighty God. (hab 2:1,2)
-look 4 vision as you prayed
Key #4 - Journaling, the writing out of our prayers and God’s answers, provides a great new freedom in hearing God’s voice.
KEY #5 – Confirmation
You can Hear God Speak through:
1. Bible
2. Preaching
3. Other people
ciaooo
Key #2 - I must learn to still my own thoughts and emotions, so that I can sense God’s flow of thoughts and emotions within me.
-quiet time (quiet your heart, mind & soul), worship can be one way 2 quiet your heart.
Key #3 - As I pray, I fix the eyes of my heart upon Jesus, seeing in the spirit the dreams and visions of Almighty God. (hab 2:1,2)
-look 4 vision as you prayed
Key #4 - Journaling, the writing out of our prayers and God’s answers, provides a great new freedom in hearing God’s voice.
KEY #5 – Confirmation
You can Hear God Speak through:
1. Bible
2. Preaching
3. Other people
ciaooo
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