Led by the Spirit: Learn How to Know What God Is Saying to You

ISBN-10: 1984238264
ISBN-13: 9781984238269
Series: Led by the Spirit
Pages: 116
Language: English
Published: 2018-02-08
Author: Ralph Nault

Description

In the Scriptures Jesus Christ said his followers know his voice. This book asserts that you can learn to hear God's voice for your own life. Through testimony and teaching, you learn how to be led by the Holy Spirit. People are both spiritual and natural, and we must begin to function on the spiritual level. A spiritual person functions intuitively, in a spiritual realm, where natural reasoning and laws don't work. St. Paul asserted that God made us inadequate to serve the Law, but adequate to serve the Spirit. Transferred from the dominion of darkness into the light, we now have the law, the New Covenant, written in our hearts. Each one of us must look to our heart, see what is written there for this moment of our life, and be obedient to that. Our natural mind and reasoning are a hindrance to receiving the things of God. But the Bible says to trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.Throughout history we find virtually hundreds of ways that the Lord leads His people. Today just a few of the many ways God leads us include: the Scriptures; the authority structure of the church; pastors and priests; our thought life; our faith; in our hearts; the gifts of the Holy Spirit-wisdom, knowledge, prophecy, tongues, and interpretation.We are admonished to test everything that comes to us. Because we have received the Spirit of God, we can learn to receive what's good and reject what's bad. We can be assured that the inner voice of the Spirit will never conflict with the written word of Scripture-they always bear witness to each other. Leading the Israeli people into the Promised Land, Joshua was told to be strong and courageous because God was with him. But you must be willing to lay down your dreams of what you want, and follow the Spirit's leading. It's not important to be a success; it's important to successfully accomplish the work God has for you here on earth.Three obstacles hinder our relationship with God: sin, our sin nature, and the Law. Jesus Christ took care of these at the cross. He has also set us free from the law of sin and death, and put us under a new covenant of grace and mercy and the Spirit. Our right standing with God has to do with our faith in what Jesus did for us, not what we have done.Numerous stories about how the Lord led the author on his personal journey encourage you to seek out your own spiritual adventure. Our Christian walk, led by the Holy Spirit, is an exciting adventure into the unknown. You do things you've never done before, go places you've never been, say things you've never said before. Our goal is to learn to listen to the Holy Spirit interpret the "Living Word" into our hearts, however he chooses to bring it to us. But how does it work? How do you hear God speak to you? The author says it comes by experience. Reach out to God with all your heart, mind, and strength, and say, "I want to be led by your Spirit! I want to know your voice in my heart! Please speak in a simple, clear way that I can understand. Thank you."