Phil,

This is beautifully crafted.

You know when I hear GOD the most? When I have lost something, or, I 
cannot get something closed.  He tells me not to worry, and, then 
what has befuddled me gets resolved, yes, right there on the 
spot.  HE is an AWESOME GOD indeed!!

purpley



At 04:11 PM 7/4/2007, you wrote:
>Trash It
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>By Phil Scovell
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>      It pays to know God's voice when you hear it.  You've have
>never once heard God's voice?  I bet that isn't true.  You see, I
>was raised to believe that the only way we hear God's voice is by
>reading and studying the written Word of God.  This I have always
>done and probably do it more now, after 50 years of walking with
>the Lord, than I even did in my youth.  The voice of God, on the
>other hand, is heard in your thoughts, or literally, in your
>spirit where the Holy Spirit comes to dwell with you when you were
>Born Again.  When we pray, therefore, it is not a one way
>conversation, or shouldn't be, and in fact, we should learn to
>listen.  How many Christians do you know that pray to hear from
>God, that is, they pray to listen?  Normally, it is the other way
>around; we pray and hope God is listening.  How sad.  I trust you
>will learn that He indeed wants to be much closer to you and He
>actually wants to commune with you in the most spiritually
>intimate of ways that are unknown and unfamiliar to most
>Christians.  Let me show you what I mean.
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>      It is quite dry all year in the Denver, Colorado area of the
>country.  I often run a small vaporizer to put moisture into the
>air in my small office because of the dryness of throat I would
>get.  Someone moved it the other day as they installed some
>equipment in my office.  I didn't realize the little vaporizer was
>on the floor shoved up against the wall until a couple of days
>later when I tripped over it.  My grandchildren are always coming
>and going and leaving their things in my office so at first, I
>just figured it was something that belonged to them.  Since I'm
>blind, I hadn't seen it there before so I picked it up to see what
>it was.  Since I was in a rush to get something else done, I put
>the little vaporizer back together and placed it on the floor in
>the exact same place.  Yes, as hard as that may be to believe, I
>put it exactly in the same spot again.  Stupid, I know, but I did
>it regardless.
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>      Over the next several days, as I went around the corner of my
>desk, I often kicked the little square shaped box over several
>times.  I continually put it back together and replaced it exactly
>where it had been.  Again, stupid, I know.
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>      One day, as I was putting it back together and getting ready
>to, once again, replace it exactly where I could kick it over, I
>said to myself, "This thing is so old, you should get rid of it."
>It sounded reasonable to me but I didn't really want to get rid of
>it because, I thought, "I might need it again."
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>      The next day, upon walking around that end of my desk, sure
>enough, I kicked over the vaporizer, which was empty by the way,
>but this time something different happened.  I heard another
>voice, not my own, say, "You might as well throw that thing away
>since you won't be needing it any more."  I recognized that voice
>instantly because I have learned to listen.  Smiling to myself, I
>gathered up all the parts, and dropped them into the trash
>receptacle behind my desk which will be taken out to the outdoors
>trash barrel and will never be seen again.  Why?  Because I heard
>God's voice and I obeyed.
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>      About this point in every testimony I give, someone is
>thinking, "Does God really communicate with people like that?"
>Only if you are listening.  Do you know how?  Perhaps you should
>learn how easy it is to literally hear the voice of the Lord
>through prayer and confirmation from His Word.
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>      "What if what you hear isn't God's voice?"
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>      Answer.  Why would that bother you when you don't even think
>you believe that you can hear God's voice in the first place?  If
>we can't hear God; we can't hear demons.  Right?
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>      "Don't we have to test the spirits?"
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>      Answer.  Yes, but only if you don't know how to tell the
>difference between the Chief Shepherd's voice and that of the
>Enemy.
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>      "Well, what if you are told something that isn't true?"
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>      Answer.  Ask Adam's wife that question.  What you really mean
>is, what do we do if what we hear is a lie?  This is why you must
>know the Word of God.  That's how you test the spirits.  It isn't
>a ritualistic ceremony you perpetrate every time you think you've
>heard something, it is recognizing the truth from a lie on the
>fly, sort of speak.
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>      "Well, then, what if it really is a lie?"
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>      Answer.  Don't believe it.
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>      "Doesn't that mean a demon is around if you hear something
>like that?"
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>      Answer.  Yes.
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>      "So what happens then?"
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>      Answer.  It depends upon what you believe.  Like I always
>say, the curse the works is the one we believe.  If you don't
>believe you can hear the words of demons, be touched by demonic
>feelings, or intercept demonic thoughts penetrating your thoughts,
>I suppose you would do nothing.  I, on the other hand, would do
>something about it right away.
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>      "This makes me kind of nervous to think I might hear
>something that isn't of God."
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>      Answer.  Understandable but that happens probably every day.
>It is what we do about it that makes the difference.
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>      "Don't you have to cast it out if you hear such things?"
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>      Answer.  What for?  You can't be demon possessed.
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>      "Are there ways of protecting yourself from such things?"
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>      Answer.  Yes and no.  Yes, knowing the truth will set you
>free.  Recognizing the difference between God's voice and that of
>the Enemy makes a big difference.  Yes, you can put on the whole
>armor of God and the fiery darts of the Wicked will bounce
>harmlessly away.  No, you cannot stop the Enemy from messing
>around in your life but all we are required to do is resist by
>standing.
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>      "Well, I'm afraid of this."
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>      Answer.  Me, too, but there is no other way.
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>      "The Bible says, Be not afraid.  So can't we live a life
>without fear?"
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>      Answer.  You bet.
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>      "Totally free of fear?"
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>      Answer.  Totally free.
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>      "What happens when I get scared?"
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>      Answer.  Trash it.
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>      "How do I go about doing that?  I mean, fear is fear, isn't
>it?"
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>      Answer.  According to Jesus, learning to recognize the sound
>of His voice will eliminate any possibility of accepting the lies
>spoken by a Stranger, that is, the Enemy.
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>      "Can you teach me how to live this way?"
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>      Answer.  Yes.
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>It Sounds Like God To Me.
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