Lana Vawser: "Weary Ones, You Will See the Seeds of Promise Faster Than You Realize" - THE ELIJAH LIST

Lana Vawser: "Weary Ones, You Will See the Seeds of Promise Faster Than You Realize"

THE ELIJAH LIST Oct 28, 2017

     From the desk of Steve Shultz:

This is a "wow" word for the weary ones out there...for sure. I think many have dealt with great weariness in seasons past, and are so ready for a breakthrough from God. This latest word by Lana Vawser is like living waters...that will bring refreshing where needed.

See if you relate to this word of the Lord by Lana:

"Many of these weary ones have been battered. They have been bruised. They have been beaten around in this season; but they have remained faithful... I say unto you today, My beautiful ones: You WILL see the seeds of promise, the seeds of obedience, the seeds of praise and the seeds of declaration, come to fruition—faster than you realize."

Now that's good. Please forward this on to as many people as you can...know that, "God will do what He said He would do"...and that word is a now word for you! (To Subscribe to the Elijah List subscribe here.)

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"Weary Ones, You Will See the Seeds of Promise Faster Than You Realize"

Lana Vawser, Brisbane, Australia

The Lord is releasing wisdom to the weary right now. He showed me many in the Body of Christ that are still SO WEARY and feeling discouraged because of circumstances surrounding their promise(s).

These "out of left field" events that have come and challenged the promise and shaken the promises have left many in such a deep place of weariness. Yet there's another fight for hope, yet another fight to continue to stand, yet another fight to continue to keep believing and keep hopes up. The Lord showed me many feeling disorientated again, like their heads are spinning and questions are bubbling up again.

Wisdom for the Weary

"In the fire you have found His heart more than ever. In the fire you have found Him in a whole new way. He is increasing your eyes to see and ears to hear—to carry the wisdom of Heaven for your own life and to encourage and edify others."

I felt the Lord's heart so strongly for these weary, disorientated ones. I heard Him say, "WISDOM is coming to the WEARY." He is releasing divine wisdom, insight, clarity, discernment and encouragement for what is going on right now.

There is a deeper level of revelation coming to the weary ones regarding where the Lord is leading them, what the Lord is saying and what is before them, that is going to heal their hearts. It is going to heal the weariness.

I heard the Lord say:

"Many of these weary ones have been battered. They have been bruised. They have been beaten around in this season; but they have remained faithful. They have remained in the place of intimacy with Me, where their hearts are continually leaning into Me and open to Me. They have not turned their hearts to another, but they have continued to seek Me in purity, and worship Me in the mystery, and continue to lay themselves before Me again with their hearts crying out to Me, 'Lord, I don't understand, but I love You! Your will be done, Your will be done. My life is Yours.'

"I have heard these cries. I have heard the sacrifice of praise. I have seen the obedience and My heart is moved by the weary ones that have continued to remain faithful to Me in the discouragement, in the ferocious battle and in the pain. I say unto you today My beautiful ones: Come to Me, all who are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. There is a rest coming upon you, My beautiful ones, that is going to rejuvenate you, refresh you and fill you afresh with joy, expectation and vision for the future.

"Disappointment, weariness and discouragement in the battle has stolen so much of your joy, so much of your passion, and so much of your vision for the future. Many of you have been targeted with an assignment from the enemy to steal the promises and the seed of breakthrough that I am releasing to you and you have been unaware. (Photo via Pixabay)

"The weariness has caused an exhaustion to not be able to fight much more. But today I declare to you, My beautiful ones, the truth: YOUR HARVEST TIME IS UPON YOU and the adversary is attempting to take you out through exhaustion and weariness before you enter your HARVEST season.

"I say unto you today, My beautiful ones: You WILL see the seeds of promise, the seeds of obedience, the seeds of praise and the seeds of declaration, come to fruition—faster than you realize."

Where There Has Been Great Weariness, You Shall Now Carry Greater Wisdom of My Heart

"Become intimate with Him in whatever you do, and He will lead you wherever you go. Don't think for a moment that you know it all, for wisdom comes when you adore Him with awe and wonder and avoid everything that's wrong. For then you will find the healing refreshment your body and spirit long for." (Proverbs 3:6-7 The Passion Translation)

My heart was full of the pleasure of the Lord for how many of these weary ones have become intimate with Him in the weariness, in the waiting, in the discouragement and in the pain. They have laid down their lives recognizing more and more that they do not know it all, and have simply adored Him with awe and wonder in the darkness; walking with integrity, following His voice.

"Healing and refreshment is upon you!" I heard the Lord say. "Where there has been great weariness, you shall now carry greater wisdom of My heart."

"He is releasing divine wisdom, insight, clarity, discernment and encouragement for what is going on right now."

Through the battle and through the journey you have continued to seek His heart and cry out for His wisdom—even in the places where you didn't understand. The Lord has heard your cries, and you shall now carry greater wisdom and insight of His heart concerning your circumstances, your present situation and future.

In the fire you have found His heart more than ever. In the fire you have found Him in a whole new way. He is increasing your eyes to see and ears to hear—to carry the wisdom of Heaven for your own life and to encourage and edify others.

"As wisdom increases, a greater treasure is imparted, greater than many bars of refined gold. It is a more valuable commodity than gold or gemstones, for there is nothing you desire that could compare to her." (Proverbs 3:14-15 The Passion Translation)

Heaven's Kiss

I saw many of the weary ones. They were nervous, anxious and almost fearful about what is coming next or whether they are moving in the right direction—whether what they heard was God or not—because the battle and the "out of left field" hits of the past have left them feeling so disorientated and unsure. The Lord's heart sees your anxiety; He sees your fear. He sees your nervousness and He sees your heart crying out, "Lord I want Your way!"

I heard the words, "Receive Heaven's kiss"and instantly I saw the seal of the Lord's FAVOR upon directions and hearts' desires. (Photo via Max Pixel)

You are about to see Heaven's kiss of favor upon the pathway! God is about to confirm to you in such a beautiful, deep way—with great favor—that you are moving in His direction. He will confirm you have heard His heart, you have seen correctly and He is watching over His word of promise to you to perform it and fulfill it. There will be great joy in the increase!

A deeper bubbling of praise and adoration for our beautiful Jesus is going to explode out of you. He is taking you into depths of the revelation of His heart and Word that will leave you undone, and you will know weariness no more. You will see the springs of refreshment from His heart bring those weary places of your heart back to life again.

He whispered, "Weary ones, you are about to see with your eyes, the reward for your faithfulness to Me."

Get ready to dance with Him in the rivers of wisdom's refreshment! (To Subscribe to the Elijah List subscribe here.)

Lana Vawser
Lana Vawser Ministries 
Email: lanavawser@gmail.com
Website: www.lanavawser.com

Lana Vawser is an active member of the Australian Prophetic Council and releases prophetic words for the Body of Christ and nations, and is featured regularly on The Elijah List and in Charisma Magazine. She is also an itinerant preacher and revivalist who is traveling regularly with her family, seeing powerful moves of God. Lana has a strong, prophetic voice and has a heart to see the Body of Christ develop deep intimacy with Jesus and actively hear His voice each day. She also has a heart to see people set free and walk in all that Jesus has purchased for them as they carry Christ into their world each day, awakened to His nature and who they are in Him. Lana is married to Kevin, and they are living in Brisbane, Australia, with their two sons.

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THE ELIJAH LIST - Daryl Crawford-Marshall: "God is Giving His Church a New Level of Discernment!"

Daryl Crawford-Marshall: "God is Giving His Church a New Level of Discernment!"

The Elijah List

Jun 11, 2017

From the desk of Steve Shultz:

I appreciate Daryl Crawford-Marshall of Australia writing up this encounter he previously had with the Lord. Not only is it a word for the Body of Australia, but the Body in other nations will benefit from this revelation as well.

God is increasing our "discernment" in our own local church communities as Daryl shares:

I could see now that God was showing me a blueprint of what local church communities, prophetic councils and prophetic networks would eventually become – working as prophetic "security" hubs and/or prophetic homeland security for the airwaves of each nation. I was suddenly filled with an insatiable hunger to see this greater level of discernment immediately exercised and applied (with wisdom) throughout the Church.

I would encourage you to seek the Lord to increase your discernment...as it will greatly benefit us in the days in which we live now and in the future. (To Subscribe to the Elijah List subscribe here.)

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"God is Giving His Church a New Level of Discernment!"

Daryl Crawford-Marshall, Adelaide, Australia

The following word and encounter is an updated version of a word posted prior to the annual Australian Prophetic Council meeting in September 2014. As I prayed over this last month, I felt strongly that the Lord wanted the word to be released fresh again as an alert and encouragement. This time, however, I believe that this word is not only for Australia, but for the Church worldwide.

Air Wolves

During an encounter in July 2014, I was taken in the spirit into what I knew to be Australian airspace. In the encounter, I was aware of an obvious disruption in the airwaves like large waves moving up and down, a motion similar to that of a rough sea or bumpy plane ride.
Immediately, I was able to see the cause of the disturbance as I found myself next to a number of large helicopters hovering in a single line formation, just off the coast of the nation.

As they hovered, I saw that it was their blades and sound that were creating this disruption, forming a rippling effect in both the air and sea simultaneously. Next, I heard the Lord clearly say, "These are the air wolves Daryl, they are the wolves in sheep's clothing." I remembered the Scripture, "Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing..." (Matthew 7:15, NASB)

"I heard Him answer with these words, 'You are My bells and lights...'"

I looked again and saw in an instant, sharp, metallic teeth shine through from the front of each of the aircrafts. These teeth then disappeared as quickly as they had first come, and each then again, took on the appearance of a normal helicopter. I then heard the second part of the Scripture from Matthew 7:15, "...but inwardly are ravenous wolves." I knew from this experience that God was alerting me and many others to a spiritual dynamic that was attempting to infiltrate Australia's airwaves. A dynamic which I now believe now in 2017, is again attempting to infiltrate the airwaves not only Australia, but in many other nations too!

Following the encounter, I couldn't get the theme song from the 1980s TV show Airwolf out of my head. This was one of my favorite programs as a child about a military helicopter that was sent on secret missions. I heard the Lord say, "Why don't you look it up?"

As I started to watch the introduction of the show and suddenly began to see what I believe God was wanting to reveal. The TV show was based on a helicopter hidden from the government by an emotionally hurt pilot. The helicopter itself was loaded with advanced weaponry and was a fully tactical war machine disguised cleverly as a non-aggressive, civilian aircraft. I then remembered the teeth on the front of the aircraft that I had seen in the spirit. The Lord then asked me another question: "What is on their uniform, Daryl?" I found that the badge they wore on the shoulder of their uniform was in fact a wolf in sheep's clothing. I could now see clearly what God was communicating. (Photo via Wikipedia)

Isolation Through a Spirit of Offense

I knew now that these Air wolves represented "a rise of false teaching and/or doctrine" which was not often in keeping with what God was currently doing within particular regions or with the local churches. These teachings at their root had a subtly disguised spirit of sabotage (see Nehemiah 4, and sometimes unbeknownst to the teachers themselves), and had a singularly focused agenda to isolate, create division, and remove people from their destiny.

I knew too that this hidden leaven was ultimately designed to isolate people through a spirit of offense. I could see that this demonic agenda would first work to undermine the importance of local church assembly, accountability and of a Biblical standard of counsel, and would then systematically attempt to pluck sheep from the fold. People would be indirectly urged to find fault with their local church, quickly catching offense as many lies were subtly and intentionally leavened into their heart.

I now knew that what I was seeing was an invitation to the Church to operate in a new level of prophetic discernment – discernment that would allow us to more quickly identify anything which had been birthed from or built upon disgruntlement, offense or a critical spirit rather than the heart of God. I immediately felt that this was not for the Church to become prophetic police, but to instead encourage us in applying Biblical methods of weighing and discerning as various teachings came across the airwaves.

You Are My Bells and Lights! A New Level of Discernment!

"God was alerting me and many others to a spiritual dynamic that was attempting to infiltrate...the airwaves not only Australia, but in many other nations too!"

I then asked the Lord about the significance of the prophetic councils, prophetic networks and local church communities in relation to what I was seeing. I heard Him answer with these words, "You are My bells and lights," and I saw an image of Australia with lights and bells strategically positioned all around the nation. These were all joined together by what looked like blue telephone wires (underground), which criss-crossed throughout the nation right to the far corners.

As the vision continued, I saw the Spirit of God putting in many more of these lines of communication. I was unable to get the phrase "bells and lights" out of my heart, so I looked for more information regarding this interesting phrase. What I found I believe to be integral to what God is currently doing around the earth.

In 1952, AT&T, the communications company started by Alexander Graham Bell, established the first color coded air-raid warning system to identify and alert the public of danger or threats. This system was given the name "Bells & Lights'" and was part of the establishing of a national security strategy. This method linked cities and towns by underground phone lines, allowing them to be connected and to communicate quickly regarding possible threats to national security.

I could see now that God was showing me a blueprint of what local church communities, prophetic councils and prophetic networks would eventually become – working as prophetic "security" hubs and/or prophetic homeland security for the airwaves of each nation. I was suddenly filled with an insatiable hunger to see this greater level of discernment immediately exercised and applied (with wisdom) throughout the Church.

I could see too that this new ability to discern was already being poured out and as a result, we would be able to accurately recognize the spiritual origins and motivation of teaching like never before. I knew that as more of the Body began to occupy this place, thousands of prophetic pioneers would be encouraged to go higher as our long-standing fears of being "led into deception" were eliminated. (Photo via Wikimedia)

"And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the Body of Christ; until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ. As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming; but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ" (Ephesians 4:11-15, NASB). (To Subscribe to the Elijah List subscribe here.)

EXCITING TIMES AHEAD!!! WE ARE HIS BELLS AND LIGHTS!!!

Daryl Crawford-Marshall
Kingdom Unveiled Ministries 
Email: info@kingdomunveiled.com
Website: www.kingdomunveiled.com

Daryl is a prophetic equipper, teacher, and revivalist. He and his wife Belinda both live and work in South Australia where they are currently the Executive Pastors at Field of Dreams Church, Adelaide. Daryl is a man of encounter with a passion for teaching others to recognize the voice of God, engage with Heaven, rightly discern spiritual dynamics and move in signs and wonders. Daryl also has a love for the harvest, working in evangelistic crusades all over the world, winning souls and releasing the miraculous. He is an active member of the Australian Prophetic Council and works to release prophetic understanding in churches, supernatural schools, and conferences both in Australia and the nations.

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Discernment, Deception and One Prayer We Should All Say - JENNIFER LECLAIRE CHARISMA MAGAZINE

Do we all have discernment? (Flickr )

Discernment, Deception and One Prayer We Should All Say

11/5/2015 JENNIFER LECLAIRE  CHARISMA MAGAZINE

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As I travel the nation teaching spiritual warfare principles, one truth becomes painfully clear: the body of Christ, at large, lacks discernment.

The reality is many have simply not been activated or trained to discern spirits. Yet discernment is a vital gift in this hour as false prophets, false teachers and even false christs are rising around the world with smooth sayings, rhymes and riddles.

Discerning of spirits is one of the nine gifts of the Holy Spirit Paul lists in 1 Corinthians 12:7-11. It is the Holy Spirit-inspired ability to distinguish between the operations of the Holy Spirit, a demon spirit or the human spirit. Discerning of spirits is especially helpful in prophecy, when we need to test the spirits to see if they are God (1 John 4:1). It's also vital in spiritual warfare so that we accurately determine what we're battling instead of just beating the air through guessing games (1 Cor. 9:26).

Do We All Have Discernment?

Although the Holy Spirit distributes His gifts as He wills—and some people clearly operate in the gift of discerning of spirits at a high level—I believe all Christians should desire to grow in discernment. With apostasy rising and the Great Falling Away underway, we need to lean into Holy Ghost discernment now more than ever.

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If the Holy Spirit lives on the inside of you—and if you are saved He does—you have access to the discernment as a partaker of Christ's divine nature. All believers can tap into all things pertaining to life and godliness, including Holy Ghost discernment. Jesus said the Holy Spirit would lead us and guide us into all truth (John 16:13).

Beyond the supernatural gift of discerning of spirits, even unbelievers can walk in some measure of discernment—how much more a child of God who is filled with the Holy Ghost and prays in tongues? At its most basic level, discerning simply means to show insight and understanding. Some have a discerning eye for art. Others have a discerning palate for food. We need to develop a discerning spirit that safeguards us from deception in this hour.

Discerning God's Spirit

With that said, I've discerned two troubling ditches in the church world. In one ditch you have those who always see a devil behind every doorknob. They see devils where there are no devils and make false accusations bases on soulish imaginations and presumption. Presumption in the Bible usually leads to death—and presumption kills discernment.

In the other ditch are those who cannot discern any spirits in their midst, even the Spirit of God. Oh, I forgot those who believe evil spirits talking to them are God and think God speaking to them is an evil spirit. Those in this ditch don't rightly discern Jesus. We see this in Matthew 14. Jesus commanded His disciples to get into a boat and go ahead of Him to the other side.

"During the fourth watch of the night Jesus went to them, walking on the sea. But when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, 'It is a spirit.' And they cried out in fear" (Matt. 14:25-26). Some translations say, "it is a ghost." Later, we see two disciples going to a village called Emmaus. Jesus showed up on the scene and started walking with them, but they didn't discern it was the risen Christ (Luke 24).

How Do We Develop Discernment?

Even if you don't operate in the gift of discerning of spirits, you can still develop discernment. The Word of God is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart (Heb. 4:12). So if you stay in the Word, your discernment will grow.

We can also practice discernment, asking those more experienced or mature to judge our discerning. The writer of Hebrews said, "Everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a baby. But solid food belongs to those who are mature, for those who through practice have powers of discernment that are trained to distinguish good from evil" (Heb. 5:13-14).

Walking in love will help you keep a discerning heart. In his epistle to the Philippians, Paul prayed that their love would abound more and more, with all knowledge and discernment, so that they could approve what is excellent (Phil. 1:9-10). When we walk in love, we are walking close to God and we will grow in discernment. This should be a prayer we all pray for ourselves and those we run with.

The Bible warns over and over and over again not to be deceived. In fact, the Bible commands us not to be deceived. Jesus prophesied false prophets and false christs would rise and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect (Matt. 24:24). It's possible for any of us to be deceived but if we ask God for discernment, if we stay prayerful, if we walk in love, if we are students of the Word and if we practice discernment, we can be among the truth bearers in our generation who help set the captives free.

Jennifer LeClaire is senior editor of Charisma. She is also director of Awakening House of Prayer in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, co-founder of awakeningtv.com, on the leadership team of the New Breed Revival Network and author of several books, including The Next Great Move of God: An Appeal to Heaven for Spiritual Awakening;Mornings With the Holy Spirit, Listening Daily to the Still, Small Voice of God; The Making of a Prophet and Satan's Deadly Trio: Defeating the Deceptions of Jezebel, Religion and Witchcraft. You can visit her website here. You can also join Jennifer onFacebook or follow her on Twitter. Jennifer's Periscope handle is @propheticbooks.

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Discerning God's Voice: Does He Usually Speak to Me This Way? - KATHY DEGRAW CHARISMA MAGAZINE

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Discerning God's Voice: Does He Usually Speak to Me This Way?

11/6/2015 KATHY DEGRAW  charisma magazine

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You just received discernment and believe it is from the Lord. Your concern is: "What do I do next?" My concern is what you didn't do next.

The next step is not taking action on the discernment you received, but testing it. Ask yourself questions such as: "Will this bear fruit and glorify the name of Jesus Christ, or will it distract and detour me from my godly assignment?"

When receiving discernment that you believe is from the Lord, you should stop and verify it is from the Lord, and not your flesh or the enemy trying to distract you. It is wisdom to verify the word (not analyze it) before you take action. Taking the word at face value without seeking confirmation and direction can detour you from the will of God.

We can prematurely act on a word because we feel it makes sense and we have comfort proceeding. We think, "I can do this." We are comfortable because it makes sense to us in the natural, but the question is: Do we have peace proceeding forth in the spiritual?

We are not natural people; we are spiritual beings. Moving forward with an idea because of our natural comfort is one of the main ways the enemy and our flesh can cause us to proceed in a wrong direction.

When you receive revelation, a prophetic word or an answer to prayer, take the next step. Discern it. Dissect it. Don't overthink and don't analyze. Test it. Bring it back to the Holy Spirit through prayer and test it against the Word of God.

We hear from three sources. We can hear from the Spirit of God, our own thoughts and the enemy. We hear God more clearly than we think. The challenge is sometimes we hear Him so clearly that we doubt what we heard and then we ask a person their opinion—leading to confusion. The enemy can send thoughts, which are lies, into our minds to confuse and distract, and our flesh can get involved by being analytical and letting our imagination take over.

God's Thought Downloads

God speaks to us through thoughts dropped in our spirit. When God speaks to us, we need not try to figure out the revelation, but rather receive the revelation He is giving.

You may have heard God's voice before saying, "Don't do that," "Take this road instead today" or "Give this much as an offering." You have heard God as you have prayed and felt you received your answer. However, don't just feel you have received the answer. Rather, know you have received the answer.

When you receive discernment, ask yourself, "Is this the way God usually speaks to me?" Verify it. He may speak to you in different ways, but He usually speaks to you the same way for a season. Ask God, "Why do you want me to head in this direction?"

Test the Scriptures to confirm if the revelation aligns with or contradicts God's Word. God will not tell you to do something that is against His Word. I once knew a woman God had been convicting regarding giving. She felt led to write an offering check for $5,000. She wrote the check in advance of a business transaction that was being completed. The deal fell through and she ended up in debt! That contradicts God's Word. If she would have tested the discernment, she would have stayed out of debt.

The Flesh Blocks Revelation

Our flesh gets involved in receiving revelation because we think about it instead of pray about it. When thinking about whether a thought is from God, we tend to overanalyze it and get impatient waiting on God for an answer.  

Analytical people can plan out the answer instead of praying and receiving the answer. During prayer time, analytical people have difficulty shutting down their minds to receive from God. When analytical thoughts come into your mind, transfer those thoughts to your heart, to the place of love, where the Father is.  

When you receive discernment and you are unsure about it, or even when you think you are sure of its source, ask yourself, "Is this the way I would think?" You may think you heard from God when really what you heard were your own thoughts.  

Deceptions and Distractions

The enemy speaks to us with thoughts such as: "They don't like you; they are over there talking about you," or "You'll never lose weight; you can't do it." We have all heard the lies of the enemy. If you pay attention, you will be able to discern when and how the enemy speaks to you. When he speaks to me, I will hear, "Listen to me," in the sentence. God knows I hear His voice and doesn't have to say, "Listen to me."

If confusion is present in times of discernment, it is from the enemy. "For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace" (1 Cor. 14:33).

The enemy will attempt to distract. When we don't pray about things in advance, it leaves the enemy an open door to sidetrack us.

Testing the Spirits

When testing the spirits, ask yourself if you are feeling convicted or condemned. Conviction from the Holy Spirit is quick and calls you to action. He presses you until you confess or act. Condemnation is from the enemy and makes you feel numb. Feeling heavy and bad about yourself produces complacency.

When you are confused, under pressure, scattered, stressed, oppressed and going through heavy trials and tests, your soul is highly activated and you could be experiencing demonic opposition.

As spiritual warfare occurs, you cannot automatically assume that you can hear God with the same clarity as in other times. All of us have heard wrongly at one time or another, and have regretted the decisions we made in the flesh.

In 1 John 4:1, the Word of God instructs us to test the spirits. If we are instructed to test the prophetic words given by prophets, then shouldn't we also test our own words and discernment?

There are times our flesh gets involved in the outcome. Increase discernment and cast down your flesh by being in the Word, praying and being around prophetic people who know how to test the spirits—people whose discernment produces results that are evident through the fruit of their ministry.

When you receive revelation from God, keep it in front of you and consistently pray it through.

Ask for His will to be further revealed and for Him to give you the spirit of revelation, knowledge, wisdom and understanding (Is. 11:2).

Be in tune and sensitive to the Holy Spirit's leading.

You can and do hear from God. You just don't know how simple and clear it really is.

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Kathy DeGraw is passionate about releasing and empowering people to share the love and power of God. She is the founder of DeGraw Ministries, a prophetic healing and deliverance ministry. DeGraw has written several books, including Flesh, Satan or God?: Who Are You Hearing From? Follow her on Facebook or online atdegrawministries.org.

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Kathy DeGraw teaches you how to declare and decree your prayers so you can unleash the power of God through faith at degraw.charismamag.com.

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We Need To Hear God - Now Think On This by Steve Martin

We Need To Hear God

- Now Think On This

by Steve Martin

“My son, give attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.”

(Proverbs 4:20 Complete Jewish Bible)

How often do you need direction? Ever take a wrong turn because the GPS or Google maps app led you to a dead end road? It has done it to me.

Do you ever need wisdom to know what is the right thing to do, when to do it and how to do it? Probably everyday if we admit it.

As it happens often, I personally have to choose to give the Lord the opportunity to speak to me, so who and what I hear is coming from Him. Yes, He is speaking – through His Word, by way of other people sharing a thought with me, or having His Holy Spirit (Ruach HaKodesh in Hebrew) drop a word in my brain at any given moment. If I am spiritually open, I will know it is Him.

Choosing to hear the Lord is up to each individual. Being raised a Roman Catholic, I thought it was the priest’s job to hear God. If God wanted to say something to me, of course He’d tell the priest and I’d hear it during his little sermonette given once a week at Sunday Mass. I could just sit back and let the man of the cloth do it. He was closer to God, right? (While at the University of Northern Iowa in the fall of 1973, my one and only year of college at the age of 18, the Lord revealed Himself to me big time. I then divinely understood what He meant when He told Peter Who the Rock was. It was Jesus Himself.)

For the “Protestants”, those having a pastor or teacher of the Bible can easily expect him to just tell you what to do during your weekly meeting. So why read your Bible or pray daily during a daily quiet time with the Lord? Let someone else do it for you. Or so many mistakenly think.

We can allow the constant onslaught of noise to so occupy our thoughts that even when He does speak we may not know it. That is our loss. It will cost us now and later.

The Almighty God, Creator of the universe, wants to communicate with His children. He desires to give us direction and wisdom, but we must give Him a quiet break in our lives to be able to hear Him.

It takes time to learn to hear the Lord’s voice. It is a discipline we must have. Being able to discern when He speaks is an ongoing process, even as we learned to listen in our youth. As a young child growing up, given time over the months and years, each child becomes accustomed to the sound of their parents’ voices. I heard once that even the unborn baby begins to recognize the voice of their mother. They respond accordingly when she talks. (Yet another reason to protect the unborn in their mother’s womb at any stage of their living growth.) So it is with the Lord. It takes time, but we can learn to hear His voice.

I often find myself during the day asking the Lord for help in my office accounting work for three businesses. It becomes especially necessary as the years have gone by and my memory banks do not seem to be as easily able to access the info needed. I like the joke I heard once of the aged one who said, “It takes a little longer to get the answer to a question nowadays. With all the information I have packed in my mind, those memory banks have more to process through.”

We need to hear God for our own personal lives. We need to hear God for our families. We need to be a part of the “working” Body of Christ, that rises up in our culture and declares His truth, opposing the deception rampantly spreading throughout the world. Only by hearing His voice will we be able to do it.

For the congregation we are connected to, we need to hear God. For the nation we abide in, we desperately need to know what the Lord is saying, so we can hear, obey and move forward with His directives.

Hearing God is especially more true today as His written Word has been replaced in all areas of society, including our government and the arts. Knowing what is now going on in the educational system, which presses upon our children’s minds a godless, humanistic, crumbling foundation; and Islamic and other false religions subtlety and blatantly showing up in text books and teachers’ lessons - we have got to hear the Lord, so we can act properly, and be sure our kids know the truth, and are raised right!

I encourage you to do whatever it takes for you to hear God. My practice is to give Him the first hour of the day. In order to do that I personally have to cut back the time I stay up at night watching TV. It is worth it, as He shares His heart with me in the morning hours.

How about you? Do you want to hear the Lord speak to you? Then give Him that time to do so. Believe me, He is waiting and willing to speak to you.

Now think on this,

Steve Martin

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Now Think On This #185 “We Need To Hear God” by Steve Martin 

Date: In the year of our Lord 2015 (10.09.15) Friday at 6:30 pm in Charlotte, NC

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