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Sapphire Spirit

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i sometimes have difficulty knowing when it is God speaking to me, or my own mind. Sometimes, i get it clearly, but i usually have trouble. How can i tall when it is God speaking to me and how can i grow more attuned to it?
 
Sapphire Spirit said:
i sometimes have difficulty knowing when it is God speaking to me, or my own mind. Sometimes, i get it clearly, but i usually have trouble. How can i tall when it is God speaking to me and how can i grow more attuned to it?
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Hi Sapphire, good question.

First we need to realize that if it is God speaking to us it will always line up with the Word of God. Remember the whole Bible is God's word to us and speaks to us through the Word.

The Lord speaks in the book of Revelation and says "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches." We are to hear the voice of God through the still small voice of the Holy Spirit that dwells within us.

A great verse is from the prophet Jeremiah that I read the other day reads "Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not." (Jeremiah 33:3)

Jesus Christ said this "Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you." (John 14:17)

"But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you." (John 14:26.)

So we are to know it is the Holy Spirit through the still small voice by it agreeing with the Word of God and as you trust in the Lord and obey the voice of God, the voice will become more clear.

Jesus said "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me" (John 10:27)

Once you know the voice of God, you will always follow that voice. You are right we sometimes hear our own voice, most of the time it is when we want something from the flesh, and not necessarily what the Lord wants.

As I said, the more time you spend with the Lord and communicate, you will then get to know the voice of the Lord and when it is him speaking.
 
Sapphire Spirit said:
i sometimes have difficulty knowing when it is God speaking to me, or my own mind. Sometimes, i get it clearly, but i usually have trouble. How can i tall when it is God speaking to me and how can i grow more attuned to it?
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For me, the "check" whether the voice I am hearing is from God or from my own mind, is to check whether or not it glorifies God. To theDJ's point, it has to align with the Word of God.

God's voice is like a radio station... It is always broadcasting. God longs for relationship wit us, so He WANTS to communicate with us. It depends on us, if we can tune to the right frequency. We can tune ourselves better by spending more TAWG (Time Alone With God).

"My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me" - John 10:27

*Cheers
 
Sapphire Spirit said:
i sometimes have difficulty knowing when it is God speaking to me, or my own mind. Sometimes, i get it clearly, but i usually have trouble. How can i tall when it is God speaking to me and how can i grow more attuned to it?
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I echo what DJ and gunawr have said about God’s word and add 1John 4:1-3 and 2 Corinthians 11:13-15.

We are to test the spirits to see which are of God and which are not because Satan can appear as an angel of light and deceives many ("if possibly, even the elect" - Matthew 24:23-25 and Mark 13:21-23 gives this warning as well.)
 
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