HananHezron:



Good morning Alexandro15;

Well thank you for the beautiful compliment.

The thing is : I do not have two heads; God CAN and EVEN WANTS (more than you do) to be really involved in your life and reveal His mysteries; Just decide to get serious with Him. As a matter of fact, the ball is in your camp; It all starts with YOUR DECISION;

While spending time with the Lord is a priceless experience, it equally requires a price; sorry for the word-play; Gradually, as God begins to reveal Himself to you, it will equally cost you. God may start by requiring more time from you,; He may calculate the time you will want to go out and chill with friends Yes, He can be that comical or when you when you want to spend the week-end trying to catch up with all your DSTV movies/shows ha ha ha . the thing can pain ehn , at the beginning at least !!!

But when you take up His call, what comes out of it is simply.....in fact, you will testify here for yourself, make i keep quiet . You'll be the one now frantically looking for ways to finish your office work, be through with the lectures or do your household chores early because you want to run and spend ALLL the time you want in HIS Presence; YES HIS PRESENCE CAN BE THAT ADDICTIVE that's when you understand better the Psalmist (Psalm 84:10) when he says A single day in your courts is better than a thousand anywhere else! I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God or when Paul says Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ [/i]Philippians 3:8

I commend you equally for acting promptly when God pointed out your offence. Sin opens evil portals and reduces God's Presence in our lives; the more you drag what God wants you to get rid of , the more grounds in gains into your life, very slowly, just like cancers, you won't realize it; by the time you notice, it has reached a metastatic level;

[i] I am the LORD who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God; thus you shall be holy, for I am holy. Leviticus 11:45
For it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy."1 Peter 1:16

You shall consecrate yourselves therefore and be holy, for I am the LORD your God. Leviticus 20:7

Oh yes, this is for you:
Isaiah 35:8
A highway will be there, a roadway, And it will be called the Highway of Holiness. Sinners will not travel on it, But it will be for him who walks in God's way And fools will not wander on it.

YES, GOD IS BIG ON HOLINESS
Work at living in peace with everyone, and work at living a holy life, for those who are not holy will not see the Lord.Hebrews 12:14


[b]You understand now that this is a two-way deal;

However, notice this[/b]
If you are a naturally very social, bubbly person, like you always love having people around you, you love participating in any event in town or in campus , if you're more of a social butterfly (which is not bad, you're just an extrovert , do not be surprised that gradually you start getting drawn once in a while to quiet,sometimes isolated places when you'll feel the urge to pray ; To your surprise not only you won't feel lonely or bored, but you will feel God's Presence deeply when you start getting deep in prayer; You won't even want to go away

So two big questions remain:

1) How much or how badly do you want God?
2) How much of your time are you willing to sacrifice?

And my previous answer still stands:
The ball is in your camp....

Have a nice day
And God bless.

Don't forget to tell us how your experience with hearing God's Voice worked for you

CharlyG1:



Hello Lamasta.. Your two dreams about the dog and president Buhari.

The first dream represents victory. From the moment you had that dream, it means you will overcome any embarrassment or upset that is about to come your way.

The second dream is talking about the troubles President Buhari is facing. His wife there represents 'Nigeria'..
Divorcing his wife represents 'removal from office'. The president may be removed from office one way or the other, he may no 'onger be in that seat. The dream doesn't give a clear expression in the way it may happen, but the dream is saying it is likely to happen.


But the dream is simply a reflection of the difficulties the president is facing in this present times. The dream is not complete yet. It would have been good to know what that heavy weight man said.
But anyway the heavyweight man represents a 'Strong man', that is the power behind the problems in Nigeria. This strong man may cause great problems in year 2019 (the next election). But if God intervenes, nothing terrible will happen. So we have to make God intervene by praying seriously. The enemy has an agenda in that year 2019.


What happens in 2019 may be very terrible. Let us all join hands and pray for our country and the leadership of this country because God isn't happy with the leaders of this country.

God bless you Lamasta

ngobaby2264:
I equally had a dream where buhari was on clutches and he was struggling to move around. Before I slept I wasn't in any way thinking about him.. Or Nigeria.

Jacksonville:
I believe this nation will be better because God is involved.

If you look at the map of AFRICA, it looks like a PISTOL and if you see where NIGERIA is located, it's like the TRIGGER.

Secondly, from another view , the map of AFRICA looks like a WOLF head-shape with EARS, if you look at the position of NIGERIA, it's like the VOCAL region. NIGERIA gives voice to the continent AFRICA!

We are the giants of this great continent.

On sunday after church, i was in a meeting and the LORD gave me a vision of nigeria and where it's heading to.

In this vision, the flag colours representing NIGERIA(Green white green) was crested on a throne that was glittering(gold-like)... Then the image disappeared.

Then i asked the LORD, does this mean that NIGERIA would be great again??. I didn't get an answer but i knew deep down from that point that this nation shall arise greatly and every other nations will bow to our GLORY!

There's no success story without failure or good times without bad times because life is like a two edged sword!

Let's keep praying for our nation and our leaders!. It's because of the Church(body of christ), this nation is on the verge of rising to sky limits.. We are the seed of the righteous, therefore the seeds of the righteous are blessed!


Look around and tell me what you see... RECESSION??. Hahaha.. NO! I see a great nation NIGERIA on the throne . When others says there's a CASTING DOWN, we seeds of the righteous says there's a LIFTING UP!

Psalm 33:12 ... Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.


SHALOM

Jdazzle:




Sighted, concur...


All we need I HOPE, reminds me of one of my favourite songs "HOPE" by Hillsong United beautiful beautiful song...

Indeed we shall testify again, God is in control of Nigeria, let's be still.... He is God!!! *smiles*

nnamdiosu:



Chairman....you are highly welcome. Thanks for the compliment. And no we don't dispose anyone. Even if you are a two year old. From my little experience with God....he sometimes prefer using the youngest of 'last borns' r.g david, joseph, jacob, moses, solomon etc. so that the senior ones won't glory in his presence ? ( I think ). Feel free to share ur experiences....we all are eager to learn from you sir.
And wen you say a gift like the word of God what exactly do u mean? Feel free.....this is your heavenly father's personal thread on nairaland.

Jdazzle:




Sighted, concur...


All we need I HOPE, reminds me of one of my favourite songs "HOPE" by Hillsong United beautiful beautiful song...

Indeed we shall testify again, God is in control of Nigeria, let's be still.... He is God!!! *smiles*

fischer77:
Brethren I greet all of you in the name of Jesus. It's been a long time. I hope you are all doing fine. God bless you.

GoodMuyis:
I have attached an pdf ebook if you are a Reader take you time to read

How-to-be led-by-the-holy-spirit by Keneth Hagin

LINK: [url]http://www.dailybread.com.au/e-books/K-E-Hagin/How-to-be%20led-by-the-holy-spirit.pdf[/url]

ngobaby2264:
Please I had a dream where my natural hair was full long and black, just beautiful. This is the first time I've had a dream like that. Other times have been negative, I've even dreamt of were my hair was shaved.

GoodMuyis:
On Praying in tongues, what do you guide you mind to do?

Sometimes I lost focus on mySELF when praying in tongue, hence, I revert to pray with understanding, please share your experience with us, how you manage or discipline your mind.

Thanks

CC:
nnamdiosu, dazzle101, temi4fash,
analice107 (Anas09), oyeludef, jdazzle
JMG1, Tjayjosh, Hananhezron, CharlyG1
nnamdiosu, sonofthunder, Superior1,
Mercyoverflow, gadegunle Great0

Fischer77 destinedtee Ishilove trueking

If I dont mention you sorry i missed that

Anas09:
Prov. 14:1. A Wise woman builds her home, but a foolish woman pulls it down with her own hands.

This morning i asked the Holy Spirit to teach me to build my home, this is what he taught me.

Qualities of a Wise woman.

1). A Wise woman defines herself: As the man's helper.

2). A Wise woman defines her Status and place as under a man.

3). A Wise woman defines Marriage and her place in it,
She recognises that she did not institude marriage, God did. So she obeys God by obeying her man.










4). A Wise woman recognises that Marriage has rules and those rules are binding on her.

5). A Wise woman remembers that it is the man who moved to her home to bring her to his, not her.

6). A Wise woman recognises that its her who takes up his family as hers, his name as hers his siblings as hers,his tribe, nationality and even race as hers, not him.

7). A Wise woman Submits to her Husband irreapective of...
The Bible says to marry only in the Lord, but if you disobey this injunction and marries outside of the Lord, whatever you find with and in the man, you live with it.

cool. A Wise woman should not be hash, for she knows that soft words turns away wrath, but grevious words stirs up anger.

9). A Wise woman should not be hard; She knows that the battle is not for the strong. She should not be Pressing, but, Gentle, humble, kind, meek and lowly.

10). A Wise woman knows that the man is naturally egotistic, she watches not to bruise it.

11). A Wise woman does not discuss her husband/marriage with her friends and family.

12). She does not compare her husband with other men she had known.

13). A Wise woman does not talk back when her husband is upset and is talking.

14). A Wise woman controls her anger and does not raise her voice at her huaband. She recofnises that the man is the head of the house and the mouth, eyes ears are in the head. She see, ears and speaking through him

15). A Wise woman knows that Wisdom is mightier than the weapons of War. And ruling her husband is not by power.

16). She knows that if ahe does all the above, Her husbands ATM pin, bank accounts, his heart, and everything will be under her Control. Outsiders will see her as Mumu, but inside, she is the Puppeteer, while the man is the Puppet.

BUT....
THE FOOLISH WOMAN IS A FEMINIST.
*takes cover*

GoodMuyis:
I have attached an pdf ebook if you are a Reader take you time to read

How-to-be led-by-the-holy-spirit by Keneth Hagin

LINK: [url]http://www.dailybread.com.au/e-books/K-E-Hagin/How-to-be%20led-by-the-holy-spirit.pdf[/url]

fischer77:
Brethren I greet all of you in the name of Jesus. It's been a long time. I hope you are all doing fine. God bless you.

HananHezron:



takes cover, ehn?
You sabi find trouble ha ha ha ha!!!!

Anas09:

I know say the Feminists will come for my jugular

analice107:

Hey Nnam.

HananHezron:






Personally, i looove praying in tongues, you don't have to think;And sometimes, thinking is the last thing i want to do.
Yes, me too i lose focus, most of the time.

Sometimes, i would pray, i would "hear" so much rumble and noise in my mind, even if the physcial environment is so quiet, noise like loud music, many people speaking in loud voices; it 's even worse when your mind starts reminding you of people who offended you in one way or the other.
But guess what? i just go on and eventually "the noise" dies down.
Sometimes i just doze off and fall asleep, but my heart keeps praying in the Spirit;

I don't stop, whatever crosses my mind,i don't care, i just go on, sometimes i hear a voice tell me "ah, what kind of bad quality prayer are you sending to God like this? He won't accept it". Then feelings of guilt try to get in, but i just keep on until these feelings dissappear

I just press on until this "burning" feeling starts to rise and...WHOA!
That's why i pray mostly at night or if i do pray during the day, i lock myself in my room in the afternoon, when siblings all go out to chill with friends or are not back from school, because a lot of seemingly crazy and wonderful things happen to me at this moment

I do not even pray in an audible voice, i always whisper....ah,that's it when you live with peeps who need to wake up early for school/work or peeps who are not always comfortable with your[i] "choices"[/i] altough they respect your stand, as they call it.Plus, the world does not necessarily need to know when i pray or when i don't

That's what i do....focus or no focus..i just go on....
The moment u stop, discouragement sets in.

That's how it works for me

nnamdiosu:



Lol @ its not attack. Off course its not. Its just that you're undergoing training in the school of biblical studies and it takes time. Concerning delivery this is how I susscessfully overcame mine...I got an excercise book and start jotting down bible passages (warfare, promises, encouragements) etc. Then I started memorizing them. Slowly but steadily my intake of bible increased till I could quote lots and lots of scriptures.
Concerning ur sleeping during bible reading...no need to be alarmed. This is what you do. I played my fav Christian music that gingers me along side my bible reading. So when the sleep comes, I leave the Bible, and start singing the song. When the sleep fades, I pick up my Bible again. I think my body understood that as long as it misbehaves and feels sleepy, I will add more task for it. So it cooperated reluctantly. But I no send am. .....however ensure that you are not tired before reading the bible. Its natural to feel sleepy when reading the bible if the reader has been stressed. So time ur bible reading in section. E.g read 20 mins, drop it, read another 20 mins some hours later, then read another 20 mins much later. Unknowingly you've read the Bible for one hour (60 mins make one hour )
Your singing spiritual songs that just enters your mouth is a wonderful gift. Wish I had it too
God bless you. And me too

1Smartkiddzy:
There are a lot of things going on in my life right now ( which I will explain later). The man of God (a branch pastor of a very big church in Nigeria here in SA)[I am currently in South Africa] told me that neither the devil nor any enemy is responsible but that God is the one working out everything which will be like a history for me to tell later. He said he saw me on the pulpit preaching and that I was called to serve and if I refuse to heed to God's call, I would die. He said plainly that answering God's call is the only way for me to remain alive and he said he is seeing the gifts of Singing, healing and interpreting the word of God..
You couldn't imagine the shock on my face that a man of God who I came to see for guidance and counselling was now telling me I was to be a Pastor...Pastoring was the last thing on my mind.
And then I asked him if I was just to be an ordinary brother to serve God well or a pastor. He said he is seeing me standing on a pulpit not in the congregation....
And ever since then I haven't really accepted the call because I am still doubting it so I have been looking for confirmation....
So please I need answers to the following questions:::
1. Does God use suffering to train His children?
2. Is it proper for me to Request a sign from God if He truly called me [Because it is a big risk to venture into pastoral ministry without a calling from God]
3. Is there any Gift like interpreting the word of God
4. And if I finally want to accept the call, how do I go about it?
Please I need Holy-Spirit guided answers!!!
I believe everyone here also has calling and I need help on how to go about with mine

Jacksonville:



I understand your situation...I guess we're on thesame page.. I'm as well a young man here too...

Don't worry about the signs and confirmations, because if the calling is genuine, God will make others discern this calling upon your life anywhere u find urself..

I as well received a prophetic word describing and announcing my calling , just like u....

The sign is a mark on you.. Only the ones with prophetic insight will be able to discern it @ ur young age.. Elders too might discern it...now the questions are

1. Do you see images/visions, and dreams(prophetic dreams)

sometimes i see images of places, buildings, mountains and multi-coloured skies.

writings, books with inscriptions..

All these i see with my eyes shut or opened...
I've had too many revelations..the current one i had and shared with my family was about my aunt and her last born..

In the realms of the spirit, the enemy sent a killing sword to kill her last born...while she was panicking in the realms of the spirit.

Not quite long we received a call that my aunt's last born(a year old) was thrown from a story building and when he landed on solid groud, nothing happened to him.

Whatever danger that is revealed is what GOD has averted.

This is another confirmation and people around u will confirm this.

2. Do you have this revelatory gifts like words of wisdom and knowledge plus discerning of spirits..??

Sometimes when i'm conversating with friends.. I begin to hear them saying ..''guy, you're so wise i wish i could live like u''. And i'm like, ''what??, i'm being plain and u call that wise?''

Sometimes i have this strong feeling deep inside of me like someone is staring at me or like am not alone.

I've had a short prayer session and when i opened my eyes in the dark, i saw a bright disappearing light like a camera flash..

With all these signs, i'm not still satisfied..but let the will of GOD be done..

3Do you love music? ..
Music is a way of drawing God's presence especially in worship.

I've always loved music and it came in a way that i don't love razz songs but soft songs which makes me want to worship.

When i was still listening to worldly songs, my friends used to tell me to stop acting like a girl and listen to hip/hop ..

I love to worship God ..

Number 2 isnt really necessary but it comes from the impartation of Jesus christ..


But no matter what, don't derail from the path of righteousness.. Be steadfast and prayerful..

If the calling is truly upon u..I won't be surprised if you tell me ur childhood was miserable, limited love, loneliness. You've always had very hard times that made u cry so much.

You fantasise alot, you think in pictures, you wish u had a better life... Etc..

If it's so, then you're undergoing a training which is for your own good and don't expect things to be rosy alltime... Because GOD is going to deal with every aspect of ur life that might hinder u from answering the CALL.

You will get to a point where you only depend on him and not man.

Every great man had a story to tell. Stay blessed


All things will work together for your good because God is with you..

Shalom!

1Smartkiddzy:

Brother I love these great words and everything you said just rhymed with my life except for the dreams and word of knowledge / wisdom...
I dream meaningless dreams most times..i don't think I have ever dreamt and that dream came to pass. I also dream bad dreams sometimes which I pray against...
My childhood was a mess....although I was very intelligent back then in school, I was always the best. And it spread from school to church....every church I went to then, they always call me pastor....coz I loved things of God alot even now. And I was always participating in every church activity ...
But for Music, I don't have a good voice..but I am an aspiring artist. I write both secular and Gospel songs, I have even recorded one of my numerous songs....i am a very good songwriter such that I get inspired by everything and when I compose a song, everybody likes it....they even nicknamed me the next generation wizkid then in school but the irony of everything was that even though I was a very good song writer, I didn't have a good voice. My voice was crap....
That leads me to another question!!!!
Since God wants me to serve him, why then does He inspire me to write songs
Or is it the devil who has been inspiring me all along
And funny enough, every church I attend I always join the choir and am also an instrumentalist. Coz i love singing a lot and praising God as well....
But I need more answers.....
Do all these prove that I have a calling
How can I know
Should I ask God for a sign