guidance

A DAILY DOSE

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Someone has said, “Life is not a problem to be solved, it’s an adventure to be lived! Life is a process, a journey.”

The guidance and encouragement we need along the way are found in the Bible. In other words, the will of God is found in the Word of God.

Sunday morning feeding is a good place to start, but we need more! The trying times we live in make daily intake and application critical! As you get to know the Author you’ll find you don’t want to miss an “appointment!”

One lady, after studying the life of Moses, said, “I knew Moses so well he didn’t even look like Charlton Heston!”

COMMUNICATION WITH GOD

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Prayer is not a monologue (“Hello wall!”), it’s a dialogue, a conversation involving both talking and listening. God does speak to us if we’ll simply listen. Expect it! He’ll converse through…

  • His written Word, the Bible
  • Reading
  • Worship
  • Counsel of others
  • Unprompted thoughts/words/impressions

There are many instances of this in my journal. For instance:

  • While I was speaking in church, a parishioner (Steve Suitt) saw on my forehead the words “Youth Pastor.”  In less than a year’s time I became the youth pastor at that particular church (Vineyard Christian Fellowship, Temecula, CA).
  • During the long waiting period when I was being considered to come to Agape Bible Church (Willits, CA) as their pastor, we were becoming anxious for news one way or the other — things were literally getting down   to the wire for us and we really had to have an update. While I was working, not in prayer or even thinking about God, suddenly a sentence popped into my mind like toast popping up in a toaster: “Within one week you will hear from the church.” Sure enough: Within the week we got a reassuring call from Allen Owens, one of the Elders at ABC.

My point? God knows we need guidance and encouragement — which He gives in the ways we need it when we need it. We just need to be in a place to receive from Him.