Love you all, praying for you,
I just love God’s Word. One thing I love about it. When it’s really important, He says it twice. Praise the Word. Psalms 56:4 – In God, whose Word I praise, in God I trust I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me? Psalms 56:10 - In God, whose word I praise, in the Lord, whose word I praise – in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? He just said that! If He says it twice, it must be important. Praying that you will start every day in your PRISM time in His Word – with Praise The Word. Just read a verse and praise Him using the words of that verse. Ask the Holy Spirit to help you and He will take you beyond the page! Mark 4:9 – Then Jesus said, He who has ears to hear, let him hear. Mark 4:23 – If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear. He already said that, it must be important. Actually, Jesus said it eight times that are recorded in scripture. And we know the gospels don’t record every single word He ever said, or every single time he said something. He may have said it even more. So why would he say that? Clearly people have ears, everyone has them. But they don’t have ears that hear. Just because you have ears, doesn’t mean you hear. And just because your ears at one time did hear, doesn’t mean they hear now. What if you heard what God said, and you did it? Those who hear and obey - reap a harvest – a one hundred fold harvest. What if your life produced fruit like that? But what if you didn’t hear – if you didn’t hear his voice, or his plans for you? You’d be stuck with what you can do, and miss entirely what God can do. So how do you hear better? FIRST, you need to want to hear – because you want to obey the next thing He says - having already decided that whatever He says, you will do it. God said, To him to has, more will be given, but to him who doesn’t have even what he has will be taken from him. This applies to hearing and your ability to hear. If you don’t want to obey, you won’t hear. He’s not speaking, He’s still waiting on you to do what He told you before. He said to Ezekiel (12:2) You live in the middle of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, but do not see, they have ears to hear, but do not hear, because they are a rebellious house. What is rebellious? Not doing what God tells you. Rebellion, God likens it to the sin of witchcraft – an egregious offense against God. If you hear but don’t obey what He says, you didn’t really hear… it went in one ear, and out the other. But if you do hear, and then obey, He will give you more to hear because He knows you will do it. The eyes of the LORD are literally searching to and fro throughout the earth, looking to show himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to him. That means those who want to hear – because they will surely do it. SECOND - you need to Look to Hear – look for him to speak, expect it, and know that He may speak in a way that others wouldn’t expect – so keep you ears open, your eyes pealed, look for the next thing that He will say. THIRD - ask the Holy Spirit to help you. You can’t hear without him. These ears are not natural, they are spiritual - of the Spirit. The Holy Spirit is how you hear. FOURTH - Stop listening to other voices. Jesus said, My sheep hear my voice. It’s hard to hear him if your ears are filled with noise, other voices. If your attention is consumed with other things, your affection will be drawn to those other things. And you won’t hear – because you are hearing something else. FIFTH – you need to Come to Hear. Go to where He is speaking! Get in that quiet place with Him. If it’s not a daily time on your PiVAT for today, it probably won’t happen. Ask God when and where. God doesn’t scream or yell at you, His voice is that still small voice. So go where He is speaking. Come away from the crowd, and the noise. That’s why your own time in worship every day, that secret place for your PRISM time with Him is so important. So His Word is what you fully focus on. Undistracted. It shuts out everything else, and gives Him your full attention – He will surely speak. The closer you are to Him, the better you hear. The further you wander, the quieter his voice becomes, and the harder it gets to hear. Like Sprint… Can you hear me now? You gotta walk to the place where you get the best reception. The more you come to where He is, the better you will hear. And SIXTH – you need to Speak What You Hear. What He already said, speak it, and you’ll hear it again. So when He speaks again, you’ll know it’s him. And when another voice speaks – you will instantly know – that’s not him! Jesus was saying, “Listen to what I say– it’s important! If you have ears to hear, if you have any interest at all in what I’m saying… if you have decided in your heart to hear and obey – then Hear and do it! Praying that you will Hear this time, Obey this time. If you didn’t obey last time, its harder to obey this time. But if you did obey last time, it gets easier to obey this time. So how are you doing lately with that hearing thing? and that obeying thing? If not so well, don’t be discouraged. Just start now! Just obey what He says right now the very first thing – and you can make it easier to obey next time. It will attract His voice - He just favors obeyers – He loves showing Himself strong on their behalf. If you don’t know what He is saying right now. Just go right now to where He is speaking. Just start with PRISM - Praise the Word – It attracts Him to you – He inhabits your praise with the Holy Spirit – and the Holy Spirit always reveals what God says. Just do PiVAT for today –right now! - and then just do what He told you in this hour. Maybe you’re at work… Just work with all your heart as unto the LORD, not for men. Just praise Him while you work, do it with the joy that He gives. It’s a little step – but it’s obeying, and it will start a new momentum of hearing and obeying for you, so you can hear more! Praying that you will get even better at hearing, so you get even better at obeying. The more you do it – the easier it gets – and the more He speaks that you obey - the more He does! That’s more testimony, and more overcoming, and more joy! And great reward! It’s worth it! Praying that you will hear better every day! Love you all, dad
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