hey, sis! let's chat. today's question is: what is one consequence you've experienced from not obeying God? I think if we're able to be transparent with each other on some of the missteps we're experienced, like we're learning from Saul, we can learn from each other and be inspired to obey God the first time ♥ for me: i remember vividly in my single season that God was convicting me to be OFF the dating apps! But I didn't listen. I felt like I would never meet my husband if I wasn't on them (a lie from the enemy), so I stayed on them and ended up going on 3 dates. I felt like each time and in each circumstance, either I was getting hurt or I was hurting the guy. I realized in hindsight that God's instructions to stay off the dating apps wasn't just for my good but to protect His sons as well. Needless to say, I got my act together and humbly obeyed His instructions after being continuously convicted and 4 ish months later, I met my now husband and I didn't have to be on the dating apps for it to happen! Look at God!!
I wish I could join the membership club because I desperately need it but I can't afford it right now. However I'm confident that God will make a way for me to be able to join. I've been watching your videos for the longest time and they have helped me a lot
How do you know if you're not obeying? Does God send clear instructions such as Saul received through Samuel? I know I have experienced many natural consequences for my actions due to general sinful behavior, but I don't remember ever receiving a direct order from God.
I married a man that God had not designated for me. I made my own decisions: we slept together, lived together, and had a child all before marriage. God had revealed to me early on in the relationship that he was not the one through countless dreams and events. I didn’t listen and did what I wanted. I married him and the relationship was abusive , toxic, and unhealthy. I lost myself and felt unworthy to live. I cried out to God to save me and that I would be obedient. I made a total surrender. Immediately after that, my whole life had changed. I was delivered from that marriage and given a new life in him. My child is safe and so am I. We were both saved and experienced REAL salvation. I live for his glory and to follow him! He is my first line of defense and counselor in everything that I do. Praise God I have been redeemed. God is loving God and he forgives. He has blessed me immensely and I am grateful for everything he has done and will do for me and my child. 🙏🏾
I’m going through the exact same thing right now! This my story and I believe God guided me to this video so I can see your comments and have confirmation that I am on the right path… please share your healing process tips. Separation is hard divorce is hard especially with a kid involved. But I am free and at peace. God saves me and will forever be by side
I experienced the same thing in my life , all from being disobedient . god changed me and now I’m making wiser decisions and learning to wait on and follow him. My vision has been made clearer , Life has been better for me every since I grew in my relationship with Christ and learned to trust him ✝️♥️
I have a story of obedience & what could’ve happened if we didn’t listen to God! Last year during the summer, my husband and I were frustrated with our living situation and thought that buying a new house was our next steps (in this economy lol). The night before putting our first home on the market, my husband felt God telling him to call it off. I was upset because the new house we were going to buy was beautiful & perfect. My husband obeyed and texted our realtor at 3:30am and a few months later I was laid off from my job. Had my husband listened to me and not God, we’d be doomed financially. Fast forward, a few months after that God moved us to Texas and I get to be a sahm (something I’ve wanted to be since I had kids). I am forever thankful for my husband’s obedience and I learned a lot in that situation of trusting God and not trying to do things on our own accord just because we’re unhappy in our current situation.
I believe wasted time in not spending time with HIM. Being stagnant in life and having to start over but our Lord allows us to start over every day that we wake up. I am grateful for that.
This week I was meditating on reaping what we sow. Whenever we sow anything, the fruit isn’t just the equal amount (I.e. if you sow a single grape seed, you won’t just get a single grape. You’ll get a bunch of grapes!). You always get more than what you put in. So when we sow seeds of disobedience, we will face many consequences, worse than what we did. Likewise, *if we sow seeds of obedience, we can only imagine how much fruit of blessing + favor we will receive.* And our God wants to bless us abundantly more than how much we desire to be blessed. This encourages me to trust and obey God ❣️❣️
In 2019, God gave me clear instructions to take a National Certification Exam. Having this accreditation would help catapult me in my field and as a business owner. He gave me until the end of the year. I thought I "had time," and procrastinated. Fast forward to 2020...THE WHOLE WORLD CHANGED. I didn't have the bandwidth to focus on preparing for the exam, and it was during this time of the Pandemic that I realized God was trying to give me this WIN while things were going smoothly in my life at the time. Boy, what a lesson! 3 years later I finally got it together and took the steps towards getting this certification. Grateful for God's grace and mercy despite my disobedience.
Sometimes I do too. Deciphering God‘s voice from mine. But, it literally is a small still voice or whisper he brings into your mind. With the Holy Spirit giving you an assurance that it is him. Pay attention to your thoughts these next few days. God speaks to us even in the noise so it’s best to be in a quiet place to really hear him. But anyways, Gods voice to me is that thought that you should do something and if you did it something good happened from it from “listening to yourself” but it’s really the Holy Spirit speaking to your spirit. God speaks and it many times sounds like your voice or someone your deeply familiar with I.e. my mom. I believe God speaks from others, leaders in your life, through trials and tough times, to you in your mind. When he speaks if you listen and obey the thought you can see good come out of obeying that “thought” that came to your mind when you least expect it. If he spoke and you disobeyed the thought and you see something bad happen or a negative consequence to you not obeying that thought to me that means that God spoke to me and I didn’t listen so hears the unfortunate consequence of not obeying that thought. And most of all you can pray to God for confirmation that that is actually God (Christ) speaking to you and not your thoughts or the enemy (the devils) thoughts invading your mind.
Whew! I’ve experienced a lot of consequences for my disobedience. One of the hardest being I lost all financial stability and entered a long season of pruning. God is a restorer and I’ve gotten so much closer to him and new promises but best believe I learned so much about obedience through falling and I pray I never fall to self-sufficiency again.
Wow so my disobedience has been trusting more in my ability to get a job rather then trusting God for provision. I leaned on my own understanding and now I have lost everything. As I write this I realize I am still struggling with letting go wanting to do what I know will provide. Please pray for me, however I trust that God will restore all I have lost.
~ take away points ~ 1) we have to fully accept that we may never know the "why" behind God's instruction. 2) remember, partial obedience is disobedience. influences matter! 3) obedience is channeled through grace by faith! the goal is to be on fire for the Lord!! grow your faith 🤎 thank you for this video sis!
That last part when she said a righteous man falls 7 times whew. The first time I fell was the fall that drew me to God hard. Seeking advice when you have already been instructed by God will lead to disobedience EVERYTIME because sometimes what God wants you to do doesn’t sound fun or even promising. Just remember that God is all knowing and that he knows your path and you have to have faith to get your desired destination. NO SHORT CUTS!!
I didn’t move physically to another city , now I’m in the wilderness and waiting season once again and it has been much more difficult this time. I encourage anyone who God is telling to move just do it. God will provide and take care of you do not worry be of good courage and obey the Lord🙏🏽
Same. I pray that He gives you the courage you need and a smooth transition next time around. Thank you for sharing. It's good to know that we are not alone. 🙏🏽🕊💕
So many times in Scripture, we see disobedience comes from the fear of man. The Word says in Proverbs 29:25 that the fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD will be kept safe. As we see disobedience from kings in the Bible and in ourselves, so often it is driven by the fear of men. We need to fear God rather than men. Lord, please help us with this!
Oof this is a tough one but probably consequences for my disobedience is time wasted. Time wasted on bad guys bad friends and bad environments but by His grace, slowly but surely it is being restored
YES to the restoration! thank you for being vulnerable and sharing sis. it's honestly so encouraging to know we're not alone in these lessons and that God will redeem and restore despite the disobedience bc he loves us that much 🥲🙌🏽
THIS!!! In addition for me I would say a consequence is a decline in health when God said DISCIPLINE. If I was fully obedient to discipline I would have built a habit of exercise and other ancillary benefits.
This was so good. I received a raise at work and i went out to buy a new car. God said do not buy that car, but i did anyway. The following year i lost 75% of my income and no longer had the income sufficient to support that car payment. The guilt and shame i felt for my disobedience was overwhelming. God was, however, very loving with me through the transition. That’s His nature! I am still going through the valley, but i have so much joy in His love and grace for me. God’s will is always perfect even when SEEMINGLY undesirable. It’s always worth it to totally obey His word
Wasting time on relationships that weren’t ordained by God and from doing so delaying my own blessings. However, Gods grace and mercy is sufficient. He has his ways of using everything for my good even if those lessons weren’t easy to digest at times 😮💨
Consequences for my disobedience: poor choices in life and ignoring red flags in relationships, business, and family ties. Learning to focus on my well-being. ❤
I think that partial obedience has kept in the wilderness longer than I was intended to be. Like you said I will follow all the rules till it gets uncomfortable then I start doubting or playing dumb. I won’t it’s a lack of faith more a lack of courage and obedience but to God be the glory I’m getting better everyday at going by faith and not by sight
I suffer from the same sis and it wasn’t until her message today that I truly realized partial obedience is disobedience 😬. You can’t ride the fence when it comes to God. Thanking God for this message 🙏🏽
The playing dumb part is so ME. I'll be like "Hmm God didn't really command me to do this" when I know fully well that HE DID! God is good all the time, and His mercies are everlasting!
I really need help with being completely obedient to God. My human nature doesn’t like hurting people or letting others down. So I tend to obey just enough to my comfortability. It’s become second nature and I’m praying to do better. I want God to be pleased with me and my obedience to Him. I also lack confidence when I don’t feel as skilled or knowledgeable in a certain area that God is calling me to. I have a narcissistic father that sort of made me an over thinker and only willing to do the things that I knew I was good at. Due to my disobedience I know God has had to delay certain blessings for a loving relationship and family in order to protect me from my own ways.
I’m like halfway through the video, but i just wanted to say that this is already blessing me. The subject of obedience was in my spirit heavy yesterday. I was getting ready to go out to eat with someone who God been told me to leave alone. And I was irritated the whole time that I was getting ready. Before i started getting ready, i told him to let me know if and when he was gonna come my way. He called about 45 minutes later saying that he was about to leave his house to come to mine. I asked him to wait a few minutes because i had been cleaning my room and i wanted to freshen up and he just turned it into a whole ordeal. So when he was finally on the way, i was irritated and i really didn’t want to go anymore, but I persisted. And my spirit was like, “you have all these things going on, what if this just means that you shouldn’t go? something bad may happen.” Then what i believe was Holy Spirit told me that it isn’t even that something bad may happen, it’s that I know that God told me not to do this, so why am I disobeying? He knows what’s best for me, and just because something bad may not be happening right then, He could be setting up or preventing something down the line. This was so long, I’m sorry! But i’m just thankful for confirmation 🙏🏾
For me, one of the consequences I've experienced from disobedience is delay... And having to "go around the mountain" over and over because I didn't listen the first, second, and sometimes third time. I'm praying to grow in my obedience to God! Thanks for sharing Melody ❤
The Lord told me to leave a job be because it was going to get worse. However I was fearful that I would not be able to find other work, so I stayed. My job became EXTREMELY difficult!!! I became stressed to the point it made me physically sick. I recently retired, but I did reap the negativity of my sacrifice.
I was supposed to give my relationship back to the Lord, but because of my disobedience with keeping him by a clenched fist, we both really struggled…showing very unnecessarily ugly sides of ourselves. I’m sure God was protecting me from that.. but thankfully we are much better now. We did have to break up and I mean full submission to Him.. but God literally gave him back after breaking off the idolatry stronghold. Amen. ❤️
My disobedience led me to be miserable in a job God loudly told me NO, but I was a baby in the faith I took the decision without consulting God, I didn't tell my pastors anything about it. The interview was great everything was going smoothly until it didn't I just did 2 days of training i was falling rapidly to old habits, depression and anxiety were coming back the straw that broke the camel's back and made me quit was my grandma being severely sick me and my mom are her primary caregivers so I left that job. Several months later and after lots of lots of waiting I have two even greater opportunities to work but now I'm doing it the right way, I told my pastors to help me pray for an answer from God, (i'm praying as well) I'm waiting on God's timing and now I'm trying to obey his commands so whenever i get the green light i'll take the offer.
Must be a sign to really remember this chapter, I was just studying this chapter. I'm in the book of Samuel and Saul's disobedience was just shocking to read. However, we all have fell short just like him. He lean on to his own understanding instead of being like his son Jonathan who heeded the Lords answer. Its saddening how his blessing was stripped away. All we can do is be obedient the first time, obedience to God is a journey. Love that last part, cause its very much true.
I'm favoured only God knows how much I praise Him, $230k every 4weeks! I now have a big mansion and can now afford anything and also support God's work and the church.❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Only God knows how much grateful i am. After so much struggles I now own a new house and my family is happy once again everything is finally falling into place!!
These last 2 months I’ve been all in with God and finally in an obedient posture. God has been moving like never before and QUICK. Obedience is truly key
I felt the Lord wanting me to eat at my school’s cafeteria so this man who had preached at my school. I decided to message him instead so I could go to this restaurant (kinda that thing about partially being obedient) and as I was driving. The restaurant I wanted to go to was full and as I’m driving back to school, I almost got run over by a car. God spared me and I really felt His mercy. I really needed this video. Thank you Melody ❤
I didn’t listen when God gave me all the signs to stay out of a relationship with a nonbeliever. I thought he could change but I ended up changing for the worse until God gave me the strength to end things and return to my faith. Would’ve save so much heartbreak if I listened🦋
In 2018 and 2019 God has heavily speaking to me about my finances. Saving, getting out of debt, being smart about money. Then 2020 happen and I made the worst financial decision I withdraw all of the savings. And basically blow it all. Now I'm struggling starting back a zero even start a negative.
I realized that in 2020 I didn't even ASK God how to use money and He provided so much that year. I ended up eating BOTH my bread and my seed that I should have invested. Hard lesson learned...may God me wisdom to walk in obedience to Him
Do NOT grow weary in well doing, this includes the obedience of doing well for GOD.😊❤. The times that I fell the hardest I have been on a course with physical death(literally). No Joke. No matter how long,(Years, literally, YEARS. STAND AND KEEP STANDING. SEE GODS WORD THROUGH. PLEASE❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I remember having an “issue” with a friend and I really wanted to text her and tell her how I felt. Both the Holy Spirit AND my husband told me to let it go but I didn’t. I learned the hard way that acting on my feelings as well as my impulsiveness and ignoring warnings can be costly. It’s been almost a year now and I’m still working on salvaging that relationship! Obedience to God is always best no matter how much we FEEL we’re doing the right thing.
The lord was telling me for a while to end a relationship but I chose to ignore Him….the guy eventually ended the relationship with me. I’ve gone through a few breakups before but honestly this one was one of the worst experiences of my life. Emotionally, mentally and spiritually I was drained😭 will not be repeating that same mistake🙂
I do regret leaning on my own understanding and taking matters into my own hands and not listening to God , due to filling voids and loneliness… it has led me to making very bad decisions in life and In turn, I have almost destroyed myself financially, emotionally, and physically… I’m thankful for gods forgiveness for my disobedience and sins, and I have been transformed by the grace of God and is learning to trust and put my faith in HIM alone! ✝️♥️
Disobedience for me led to brokenheartedness.Pruning from God, tears, and grief.However, with repentance , and God's love and mercy I have learned God's lessons on obeidance.Sacrifice is not what God wants from his children.😊
Several years ago I was talking to this guy for a few months before he asked me to be his girlfriend. I prayed and asked God to tell me if I should date him. I got this feeling like "Wait." However it had been 10 years since my last relationship, and I was just happy that finally another man was pursuing me that I liked. I hadn't really learned how to recognize the Holy Spirit's voice (and honestly still learning), and didn't want Him to say no. So I decided to interpret the feeling as God saying "Trust Me" and began dating him. Looking back, I believe that was Him telling me to wait, because two months later the guy ended the relationship before it even had a chance to blossom. I could have avoided weeks of heartache had I chosen to pay attention to that feeling, but when you really want something that you haven't had in a while, it becomes hard to want to pass it by. Now that I know my identity and quality of life doesn't rest in a man, I'm hoping to be more conscious at following His directions.
Definitely spending too much time in romantic relationships that were not ordained for me. Visions and intuition played the #1 role. One RUclipsr described intuition as “hearing from God,” and I could not agree more. While I don’t like to use the phraseology “wasted time,” I’ll definitely go with missing out on personal growth. God got us though through our journey to full obedience! His grace and mercy are sufficient! I pray that my sisters and brothers join me in listening to God more and being a doer of his Word and instruction in this new year and beyond. ❤
God told me towards the end of 2019 to: 1. Be a better steward over my finances. 2. Take better care of my body and get more rest. 3. Become closer to my kids. I did number 3 but not numbers 1 and 2. As a result, I am still working on both of the ones I did not do and some other issues stemmed from my disobedience with my health and in my personal life. This year finally, being completely honest, I am finally working hard to be good steward of my finances and also working hard to be a healthier version of me. Pray my strength. I still struggle but I always catch where I misstep now and get back on track.
Whew sis, I dated a guy that God kept telling me not to date for almost three years, I ignored all the red flags, the addiction, emotional abuse, and found myself in a wilderness season, and even turned my back on God kind of (I had one foot in and one foot out) and got heavily into LOA, tarot etc..listening to the wrong people, making them idols--well that made things even worse. I spiraled into anxiety, depression, financial loss, and stagnant, on top of health issues. I finally found my way back to God last year and I can see things turning around. I was about to break up with the man I'm currently dating and I heard God say wait, and for once, I listened and obeyed, and I'm glad I did. I'm still a work in progress with faith, trusting, and surrendering. I'm also learning to not make others the idol, to spend my time with HIM and also work on me and the way He is calling me to be obedient.
This message blessed me as God has been teaching me to TRUST Him and OBEY. I'm thankful for God's grace and mercy as I take steps to be aligned with His path May there be NO more delays due to disobedience in Jesus name! 🙏🏽✝️
Hearing different parts of the Bible and how they all interrelate is so amazing! Thank you for you translation and insight as well! May God continue to bless you sis!🤍🙏🏽
Right on time for my life right now !! God keeps saying my faith needs work everything leads me to faith. He has shown me big things and I’ve learned that it’s not God I don’t trust it’s myself . He’s so patient with me still 💜
God told me to sing in the church and I didn't for 7 years and with each year that passed, my anxiety grew to the point we're singing in church seems incredibly anxiety inducing when it doesn't need to. This has also created a freeze response to anxiety that I never had before. God is working in me nonetheless and I've never felt more at peace now that I've been obedient.
Timely word and such a BEAUTIFUL reminder 🙏🏾🙌🏾💗 Help me/us to be fervent regarding calling on our lives, and obedient to your instruction and guidance in ALL things, Amen.
I was definitely convicted from this video including God's messages on a church message board I saw today that said "Revelation 2:12-17 A letter from God on repentence" . I did not do what God told me to do specifically yesterday and I feel like I'm being spanked for it. Thanks for the video.
I had been making my own decisions for a while and each time things were reaching its peak. I’d be happy for a while and then suddenly it was ripped away. Starting over got harder and harder each time, but this time was easier. This time I started over with my relationship with God too.
I was disobeying God when this video popped up. Ruminating on something that I know I shouldn’t have been. Forgive me, Lord, and thank you for this video💜
Holding onto a toxic relationship that God has long removed from me and is trying to remove me from - it’s been hard as I’m still in this season but I know that God has better plans and eventually I will align with His plans and surrender to them.
The timing of this video, is soo on point. God is always speaking and instructing. Was just sharing these same words/mindset with my aunt and your video popped up. Thanks for sharing 🤍
My disobedience because I kept following my heart I lost everything and had to start over. And I had to learn the lesson that the heart is deceitful. Jeremiah 17:9 " the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked, who can know it?" Basically following my own desires led to sinful activities, that eventually hurt me. Lesson learnt.
Becoming a single parent as soon as I had my first child, going through domestic violence, financial struggles to provide, etc. The results of partial obedience is no joke. Thank you for this gentle reminder to keep getting back up.
God told me to wait and I still went out and got with a man that led me into a manipulative relationship which also led me away from God and into sexual sin. I ended up in a lot of pain. But now I’m out of that relationship and ready to obey God’s last command to me before I went astray. The last part of this was so true. DONT COUNT YOURSELF OUT! Return to God. He will use even your disobedience to transform your heart. I now believe that God’s best only comes with patience and waiting on His direction. Not rushing to have my way. And it’s like, I knew that already but some part of me didn’t believe His plan was better than mine just like Saul. But now I know and believe my way is trash.
The times I feel like my disobedience rears it’s stubborn head is when I’m searching for the answer to something(truth)from another person. I feel so compelled to understand and it eats at me if I can’t get a reason, or if the reason doesn’t make sense then I have this overall feeling that something is off. Which in hindsight is so unrealistic and unhealthy. God has encouraged me many times to not bite the bait but I didn’t listen. Which in turn left me feeling low. I appreciate the time you take to be used by the LORD. That first point/step throat checked me 😂
I thought I was being obedient: I left a job for another job and the very day I was to start the new job, I ended up in the hospital for weeks so the new job rescinded the offer...that was a little more that a year ago and I haven't worked since. I'm now in a really bad situation as a single woman, but thought I was following God's lead. I prayed that he would open a new door... I didn't know it would be a door to unemployment and lost wages. So confused now...
This breaks my heart for you. Lord redeem! I’m sure you’ve prayed about this tirelessly over the past year. Do you feel as if the door could be reopened with your former employer? In quite a few cities you can dial 211 from your phone and get connected to many low to no cost resources. Prayers lifted 🙏
I know how how you feel. I thought I was walking in obedience and taking a leap of faith but have been in the worse of circumstances ever since. I’m still trying to emotionally and spiritually recover myself. I pray you stay faithful, faith-full, and encouraged. Keep your head up and don’t forget that God is still good.
Saul was not killed by an Amalekite, he was actually wounded by Philistines and then fell on his own sword, that being said this actually ties into your point that we may never know why God asks us to do certain things but we should obey Him anyway simply because He loves us perfectly and really is trustworthy. Grace and peace xx
In all honesty it’s been a combination 😓 Sin, not keeping my word, and poor financial and physical decisions. I really need to listen to god. I want the Holy Spirit to dwell in me. So I have work to do. 🙏
Thank you, Melody! I think a consequence of disobedience for me was delay. There were certain things God had told me I was to receive, but they were conditional to my obedience in a particular area of my life; but I was so caught up in so many things that God hadn't told me to do that I ended up walking in 'partial obedience'-i.e., disobedience. However, God's mercy showed up for me as I repented. If anyone is in that position now, repent and ask for the mercy of God. When you realise that it is by His grace, you can ask him for help so you can walk in obedience from a place of knowing that truth. God bless you!
My consequence was heartbreak after falling for an unbeliever of Christ. I asked God to send my person and became impatient. I tried to take things into my own hands and got played!
Your story is definitely my story but NOW I'm in a place of peace because only GOD cares about my happiness and peace!! No man wants to give that BUT THE FaTHeR in Heaven Loves Saves Forgives provides and protects those who Honor and Obey HiM ... GOD HAS DEMANDED MY UNDEVIDED ATTENTION & NOW HE HAS IT!! GLORY HALLELUJAH 🙏💓
God told me to not entertain my ex, multiple times but I did out of loneliness and low self esteem, i was wanting to be loved and wanted meanwhile God just wanted me to focus on him and embrace the love that he has for me(GOD) long story short, out of disobedience, I got embarrassed, cheated on, verbal abused by someone I wasn’t suppose to be entertaining, someone God did not want me to be with. Thank you for Gods grace and protection. He kept telling me, that he’s sees things that I don’t see🙏🏾🫶🏾 so even now as I struggle to fully trust God, I know that I need to and I know that he has so much plans to prosper me and give me a hope and a future. Most days my prayers are Abba, help me to trust you, help my unbelief! God is so good, I will keep running this race, it’s not always easy, but thank you Jesus for picking me back up when I fall ♥️🌻
For me over a 9 year period I had been wanting a certain life style and with that life style I wanted a house. Well here lately I had been looking up certain homes that wouldnt cost alot, I had already had a conviction to stop and not get ahead of God because he may have other plans. Well the other day I didnt feel the conviction as strongly because I was having a good day and typically i feel tempted to be disobedient on those days. I went out on the internet to search for these homes and immediately I felt God warn me before I clicked on a particular website for these homes, I decided to push past it and I immediately felt no peace that I had to get off of it because I was uncomfortable. I felt horrible for this and realized I fell for my temptation.
thank you for your obedience studying & teaching! I am edified by your content & was studying 1 Samuel 15 right before I clicked on this video...Bible opened & everything :) God bless you, sister!
I feel like I was told to live the city that I was living in a year ago, but I was scared of the unknown finances, adequate schools everything. Fast forward I didn’t leave ended up having a breakdown and my daughter is now with her father. Don’t let your fears guide your decisions. The devil is a liar. Trust, depend and lean on God. The consequences for disobedience are far too great. If the Holy Spirit tells you something…listen the first time.
Consequences God had told me to change my diet i had heard the word fasting for awhile particularly in regards to certain foods and to exercise more specifically walk while hearing a preach and now I'm having gut issues and currently doing that so i get the message now if you don't hear god and if you don't want to obey or if you say later god he will allow you to get to a place where obedience is the only way out 😅 its like he's saying if you don't hear me when i talk i will shout
Being in a relationship with another female in the midst of me finding my purpose, calling, assignment and I was no longer able to operate in that anymore now I’m back home and getting a chance to start over and get healthy ❤🎉
I moved from one state to another. In my new state I was supposed to be completely obedient and depend completely on God. Meaning staying single and wait on him. And getting closer to him and I failed him. Got into a relationship that was VERY toxic. I’m now back to being single, pursuing my life to follow him and continuing my education to be in ministry. My heart desires to help young women to pursue God and never think that they’re not good enough unless they have a man by their side. It’s ok if you have the man that God has designed for you. I’ve been through a lot by being disobedient.
Sister Melody, I thank and Praise God for your wonderful platform. I am so very grateful and thankful for the consistent teaching and guidance you provide as one of God's Humbled Servant. Thank you. God's Continued Blessings Bestowed Upon You and Your Beautiful Family. His Humbled Servant,
I’m currently struggling with the consequences of my own disobedience. God blessed me with a business back in 2021 and a house in 2023, however, I was frivolous and irresponsible with my finances though God made a way for me to make better decisions… so now I’m struggling financially. (hopefully this doesn’t turn into a story like Job) Please pray for me y’all, obedience is definitely better than sacrifice. 🙏🏽✨
hey, sis! let's chat. today's question is: what is one consequence you've experienced from not obeying God? I think if we're able to be transparent with each other on some of the missteps we're experienced, like we're learning from Saul, we can learn from each other and be inspired to obey God the first time ♥
for me: i remember vividly in my single season that God was convicting me to be OFF the dating apps! But I didn't listen. I felt like I would never meet my husband if I wasn't on them (a lie from the enemy), so I stayed on them and ended up going on 3 dates. I felt like each time and in each circumstance, either I was getting hurt or I was hurting the guy. I realized in hindsight that God's instructions to stay off the dating apps wasn't just for my good but to protect His sons as well. Needless to say, I got my act together and humbly obeyed His instructions after being continuously convicted and 4 ish months later, I met my now husband and I didn't have to be on the dating apps for it to happen! Look at God!!
I ended up in a country far way from my kids coz I didn't listen to God at first. Ended up with too much debt that has to be paid so yah am here
Not fasting when He clearly kept instructing me to. Ended up inviting spiritual attacks because of gluttonous behavior that was passed down.
I love this ❤
I wish I could join the membership club because I desperately need it but I can't afford it right now. However I'm confident that God will make a way for me to be able to join. I've been watching your videos for the longest time and they have helped me a lot
How do you know if you're not obeying? Does God send clear instructions such as Saul received through Samuel? I know I have experienced many natural consequences for my actions due to general sinful behavior, but I don't remember ever receiving a direct order from God.
I married a man that God had not designated for me. I made my own decisions: we slept together, lived together, and had a child all before marriage. God had revealed to me early on in the relationship that he was not the one through countless dreams and events. I didn’t listen and did what I wanted. I married him and the relationship was abusive , toxic, and unhealthy. I lost myself and felt unworthy to live. I cried out to God to save me and that I would be obedient. I made a total surrender. Immediately after that, my whole life had changed. I was delivered from that marriage and given a new life in him. My child is safe and so am I. We were both saved and experienced REAL salvation. I live for his glory and to follow him! He is my first line of defense and counselor in everything that I do. Praise God I have been redeemed. God is loving God and he forgives. He has blessed me immensely and I am grateful for everything he has done and will do for me and my child. 🙏🏾
I’m going through the exact same thing right now! This my story and I believe God guided me to this video so I can see your comments and have confirmation that I am on the right path… please share your healing process tips. Separation is hard divorce is hard especially with a kid involved. But I am free and at peace. God saves me and will forever be by side
Whew! Glory to God for all of the things he has done. Amen. May God continue to bless you and your child.
Amen, thanks for sharing, happy for you
I experienced the same thing in my life , all from being disobedient . god changed me and now I’m making wiser decisions and learning to wait on and follow him. My vision has been made clearer , Life has been better for me every since I grew in my relationship with Christ and learned to trust him ✝️♥️
Amen!!! Thank you for your Mercy Father God!!🥹🩶
Wasted time, heartbreak, financial struggles. Obedience is BETTER than sacrifices
My old behavior 😟! Thank God for restoration 🙏🏽
Agreed !
I have a story of obedience & what could’ve happened if we didn’t listen to God!
Last year during the summer, my husband and I were frustrated with our living situation and thought that buying a new house was our next steps (in this economy lol). The night before putting our first home on the market, my husband felt God telling him to call it off. I was upset because the new house we were going to buy was beautiful & perfect. My husband obeyed and texted our realtor at 3:30am and a few months later I was laid off from my job. Had my husband listened to me and not God, we’d be doomed financially.
Fast forward, a few months after that God moved us to Texas and I get to be a sahm (something I’ve wanted to be since I had kids). I am forever thankful for my husband’s obedience and I learned a lot in that situation of trusting God and not trying to do things on our own accord just because we’re unhappy in our current situation.
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WOWWW GLORY TO GODDD. This was encouraging, thank you for sharing! keep following the Lord and telling others about Him before His return!
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You was about to be His Eve 😮 Glad it didn't turn out that way
God is so good
I believe wasted time in not spending time with HIM. Being stagnant in life and having to start over but our Lord allows us to start over every day that we wake up. I am grateful for that.
AMEN! ❤️
This week I was meditating on reaping what we sow. Whenever we sow anything, the fruit isn’t just the equal amount (I.e. if you sow a single grape seed, you won’t just get a single grape. You’ll get a bunch of grapes!). You always get more than what you put in.
So when we sow seeds of disobedience, we will face many consequences, worse than what we did.
Likewise, *if we sow seeds of obedience, we can only imagine how much fruit of blessing + favor we will receive.* And our God wants to bless us abundantly more than how much we desire to be blessed. This encourages me to trust and obey God ❣️❣️
In 2019, God gave me clear instructions to take a National Certification Exam. Having this accreditation would help catapult me in my field and as a business owner. He gave me until the end of the year. I thought I "had time," and procrastinated. Fast forward to 2020...THE WHOLE WORLD CHANGED. I didn't have the bandwidth to focus on preparing for the exam, and it was during this time of the Pandemic that I realized God was trying to give me this WIN while things were going smoothly in my life at the time. Boy, what a lesson! 3 years later I finally got it together and took the steps towards getting this certification. Grateful for God's grace and mercy despite my disobedience.
can you share how you received God's instructions? i really struggle with deciphering his voice and knowing when he's speaking to me. Thanks :)
Sometimes I do too. Deciphering God‘s voice from mine. But, it literally is a small still voice or whisper he brings into your mind. With the Holy Spirit giving you an assurance that it is him. Pay attention to your thoughts these next few days. God speaks to us even in the noise so it’s best to be in a quiet place to really hear him. But anyways, Gods voice to me is that thought that you should do something and if you did it something good happened from it from “listening to yourself” but it’s really the Holy Spirit speaking to your spirit. God speaks and it many times sounds like your voice or someone your deeply familiar with I.e. my mom. I believe God speaks from others, leaders in your life, through trials and tough times, to you in your mind. When he speaks if you listen and obey the thought you can see good come out of obeying that “thought” that came to your mind when you least expect it. If he spoke and you disobeyed the thought and you see something bad happen or a negative consequence to you not obeying that thought to me that means that God spoke to me and I didn’t listen so hears the unfortunate consequence of not obeying that thought.
And most of all you can pray to God for confirmation that that is actually God (Christ) speaking to you and not your thoughts or the enemy (the devils) thoughts invading your mind.
@@macerfaceGod will always send a confirmation in some form so you'll know it's him. Always ask for a confirmation and he'll bless you with one.
Whew! I’ve experienced a lot of consequences for my disobedience. One of the hardest being I lost all financial stability and entered a long season of pruning. God is a restorer and I’ve gotten so much closer to him and new promises but best believe I learned so much about obedience through falling and I pray I never fall to self-sufficiency again.
AMEN sis
Amen to that
Wowwwww I’m literally right there in it! Oh man God brought me here!!
Wow so my disobedience has been trusting more in my ability to get a job rather then trusting God for provision. I leaned on my own understanding and now I have lost everything. As I write this I realize I am still struggling with letting go wanting to do what I know will provide. Please pray for me, however I trust that God will restore all I have lost.
~ take away points ~
1) we have to fully accept that we may never know the "why" behind God's instruction.
2) remember, partial obedience is disobedience.
influences matter!
3) obedience is channeled through grace by faith!
the goal is to be on fire for the Lord!! grow your faith 🤎
thank you for this video sis!
That last part when she said a righteous man falls 7 times whew. The first time I fell was the fall that drew me to God hard. Seeking advice when you have already been instructed by God will lead to disobedience EVERYTIME because sometimes what God wants you to do doesn’t sound fun or even promising. Just remember that God is all knowing and that he knows your path and you have to have faith to get your desired destination. NO SHORT CUTS!!
I didn’t move physically to another city , now I’m in the wilderness and waiting season once again and it has been much more difficult this time. I encourage anyone who God is telling to move just do it. God will provide and take care of you do not worry be of good courage and obey the Lord🙏🏽
I’m in the same exact boat!Definitely a lesson learned when looking back in hindsight.
Same. I pray that He gives you the courage you need and a smooth transition next time around. Thank you for sharing. It's good to know that we are not alone. 🙏🏽🕊💕
Wow this was for me that’s so crazy
I’m in the same boat also. Still in the wilderness, learning the importance of obedience
Thank you! I needed to hear this! 😭
So many times in Scripture, we see disobedience comes from the fear of man. The Word says in Proverbs 29:25 that the fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD will be kept safe. As we see disobedience from kings in the Bible and in ourselves, so often it is driven by the fear of men. We need to fear God rather than men. Lord, please help us with this!
Powerful revelation
Oof this is a tough one but probably consequences for my disobedience is time wasted. Time wasted on bad guys bad friends and bad environments but by His grace, slowly but surely it is being restored
YES to the restoration! thank you for being vulnerable and sharing sis. it's honestly so encouraging to know we're not alone in these lessons and that God will redeem and restore despite the disobedience bc he loves us that much 🥲🙌🏽
@@MelodyAlisa thank you so much for you uplifting content Mel🥰
THIS!!!
In addition for me I would say a consequence is a decline in health when God said DISCIPLINE. If I was fully obedient to discipline I would have built a habit of exercise and other ancillary benefits.
Tine wasred yes😢
This was so good. I received a raise at work and i went out to buy a new car. God said do not buy that car, but i did anyway. The following year i lost 75% of my income and no longer had the income sufficient to support that car payment. The guilt and shame i felt for my disobedience was overwhelming. God was, however, very loving with me through the transition. That’s His nature! I am still going through the valley, but i have so much joy in His love and grace for me. God’s will is always perfect even when SEEMINGLY undesirable. It’s always worth it to totally obey His word
Wasting time on relationships that weren’t ordained by God and from doing so delaying my own blessings. However, Gods grace and mercy is sufficient. He has his ways of using everything for my good even if those lessons weren’t easy to digest at times 😮💨
Consequences for my disobedience: poor choices in life and ignoring red flags in relationships, business, and family ties. Learning to focus on my well-being. ❤
Girl you are always being used by God to speak to me!! Its mind blowing. Thank you for your obedience!
Real
I seriously love how you break down a story and make it digestible 🙌🏽
I think that partial obedience has kept in the wilderness longer than I was intended to be. Like you said I will follow all the rules till it gets uncomfortable then I start doubting or playing dumb. I won’t it’s a lack of faith more a lack of courage and obedience but to God be the glory I’m getting better everyday at going by faith and not by sight
I suffer from the same sis and it wasn’t until her message today that I truly realized partial obedience is disobedience 😬. You can’t ride the fence when it comes to God. Thanking God for this message 🙏🏽
The playing dumb part is so ME. I'll be like "Hmm God didn't really command me to do this" when I know fully well that HE DID! God is good all the time, and His mercies are everlasting!
I really need help with being completely obedient to God. My human nature doesn’t like hurting people or letting others down. So I tend to obey just enough to my comfortability. It’s become second nature and I’m praying to do better. I want God to be pleased with me and my obedience to Him. I also lack confidence when I don’t feel as skilled or knowledgeable in a certain area that God is calling me to. I have a narcissistic father that sort of made me an over thinker and only willing to do the things that I knew I was good at.
Due to my disobedience I know God has had to delay certain blessings for a loving relationship and family in order to protect me from my own ways.
I relate so much to this. We can pray for each other! ❤️
I’m like halfway through the video, but i just wanted to say that this is already blessing me. The subject of obedience was in my spirit heavy yesterday. I was getting ready to go out to eat with someone who God been told me to leave alone. And I was irritated the whole time that I was getting ready. Before i started getting ready, i told him to let me know if and when he was gonna come my way. He called about 45 minutes later saying that he was about to leave his house to come to mine. I asked him to wait a few minutes because i had been cleaning my room and i wanted to freshen up and he just turned it into a whole ordeal. So when he was finally on the way, i was irritated and i really didn’t want to go anymore, but I persisted. And my spirit was like, “you have all these things going on, what if this just means that you shouldn’t go? something bad may happen.” Then what i believe was Holy Spirit told me that it isn’t even that something bad may happen, it’s that I know that God told me not to do this, so why am I disobeying? He knows what’s best for me, and just because something bad may not be happening right then, He could be setting up or preventing something down the line.
This was so long, I’m sorry! But i’m just thankful for confirmation 🙏🏾
For me, one of the consequences I've experienced from disobedience is delay... And having to "go around the mountain" over and over because I didn't listen the first, second, and sometimes third time.
I'm praying to grow in my obedience to God! Thanks for sharing Melody ❤
Yes
The Lord told me to leave a job be because it was going to get worse. However I was fearful that I would not be able to find other work, so I stayed. My job became EXTREMELY difficult!!! I became stressed to the point it made me physically sick. I recently retired, but I did reap the negativity of my sacrifice.
OBEDIENCE Is A Journey.. We fall down but we get back 🆙️🆙️🆙️🆙️🆙️
amen amen each and every time!
I was supposed to give my relationship back to the Lord, but because of my disobedience with keeping him by a clenched fist, we both really struggled…showing very unnecessarily ugly sides of ourselves. I’m sure God was protecting me from that.. but thankfully we are much better now. We did have to break up and I mean full submission to Him.. but God literally gave him back after breaking off the idolatry stronghold. Amen. ❤️
My disobedience led me to be miserable in a job God loudly told me NO, but I was a baby in the faith I took the decision without consulting God, I didn't tell my pastors anything about it. The interview was great everything was going smoothly until it didn't I just did 2 days of training i was falling rapidly to old habits, depression and anxiety were coming back the straw that broke the camel's back and made me quit was my grandma being severely sick me and my mom are her primary caregivers so I left that job. Several months later and after lots of lots of waiting I have two even greater opportunities to work but now I'm doing it the right way, I told my pastors to help me pray for an answer from God, (i'm praying as well) I'm waiting on God's timing and now I'm trying to obey his commands so whenever i get the green light i'll take the offer.
Must be a sign to really remember this chapter, I was just studying this chapter. I'm in the book of Samuel and Saul's disobedience was just shocking to read. However, we all have fell short just like him. He lean on to his own understanding instead of being like his son Jonathan who heeded the Lords answer. Its saddening how his blessing was stripped away. All we can do is be obedient the first time, obedience to God is a journey. Love that last part, cause its very much true.
I'm favoured only God knows how much I praise Him, $230k every 4weeks! I now have a big mansion and can now afford anything and also support God's work and the church.❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Only God knows how much grateful i am. After so much struggles I now own a new house and my family is happy once again everything is finally falling into place!!
I'm 37 and have been looking for ways to be successful, please how??
Wow that's huge, how do you make that much monthly?
Thanks to my co-worker (Alex) who suggested Ms Maria Luisa Abrams.
She's a licensed broker in the states 🇺🇸
These last 2 months I’ve been all in with God and finally in an obedient posture. God has been moving like never before and QUICK. Obedience is truly key
I felt the Lord wanting me to eat at my school’s cafeteria so this man who had preached at my school. I decided to message him instead so I could go to this restaurant (kinda that thing about partially being obedient) and as I was driving. The restaurant I wanted to go to was full and as I’m driving back to school, I almost got run over by a car. God spared me and I really felt His mercy. I really needed this video. Thank you Melody ❤
I didn’t listen when God gave me all the signs to stay out of a relationship with a nonbeliever. I thought he could change but I ended up changing for the worse until God gave me the strength to end things and return to my faith. Would’ve save so much heartbreak if I listened🦋
In 2018 and 2019 God has heavily speaking to me about my finances. Saving, getting out of debt, being smart about money. Then 2020 happen and I made the worst financial decision I withdraw all of the savings. And basically blow it all. Now I'm struggling starting back a zero even start a negative.
I realized that in 2020 I didn't even ASK God how to use money and He provided so much that year. I ended up eating BOTH my bread and my seed that I should have invested. Hard lesson learned...may God me wisdom to walk in obedience to Him
Do NOT grow weary in well doing, this includes the obedience of doing well for GOD.😊❤. The times that I fell the hardest I have been on a course with physical death(literally). No Joke. No matter how long,(Years, literally, YEARS. STAND AND KEEP STANDING. SEE GODS WORD THROUGH. PLEASE❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I remember having an “issue” with a friend and I really wanted to text her and tell her how I felt. Both the Holy Spirit AND my husband told me to let it go but I didn’t. I learned the hard way that acting on my feelings as well as my impulsiveness and ignoring warnings can be costly. It’s been almost a year now and I’m still working on salvaging that relationship! Obedience to God is always best no matter how much we FEEL we’re doing the right thing.
The lord was telling me for a while to end a relationship but I chose to ignore Him….the guy eventually ended the relationship with me. I’ve gone through a few breakups before but honestly this one was one of the worst experiences of my life. Emotionally, mentally and spiritually I was drained😭 will not be repeating that same mistake🙂
You are right obedience is a journey that is so true.
Whew! You mentioning having more faith is exactly what I need to work on! ❤
Same
I do regret leaning on my own understanding and taking matters into my own hands and not listening to God , due to filling voids and loneliness… it has led me to making very bad decisions in life and In turn, I have almost destroyed myself financially, emotionally, and physically… I’m thankful for gods forgiveness for my disobedience and sins, and I have been transformed by the grace of God and is learning to trust and put my faith in HIM alone! ✝️♥️
Thankyou JESUS!!! For my disobedience I have backslided things and HIS Glory in things that were ment to be light before
Not fasting when He clearly kept instructing me to. Ended up inviting spiritual attacks because of gluttonous behavior that was passed down.
Disobedience for me led to brokenheartedness.Pruning from God, tears, and grief.However, with repentance , and God's love and mercy I have learned God's lessons on obeidance.Sacrifice is not what God wants from his children.😊
Heartbreak,tears,sadness...But God is so so good and faithful...He was with me through it all❤❤
Several years ago I was talking to this guy for a few months before he asked me to be his girlfriend. I prayed and asked God to tell me if I should date him. I got this feeling like "Wait." However it had been 10 years since my last relationship, and I was just happy that finally another man was pursuing me that I liked. I hadn't really learned how to recognize the Holy Spirit's voice (and honestly still learning), and didn't want Him to say no. So I decided to interpret the feeling as God saying "Trust Me" and began dating him. Looking back, I believe that was Him telling me to wait, because two months later the guy ended the relationship before it even had a chance to blossom. I could have avoided weeks of heartache had I chosen to pay attention to that feeling, but when you really want something that you haven't had in a while, it becomes hard to want to pass it by. Now that I know my identity and quality of life doesn't rest in a man, I'm hoping to be more conscious at following His directions.
Definitely spending too much time in romantic relationships that were not ordained for me. Visions and intuition played the #1 role. One RUclipsr described intuition as “hearing from God,” and I could not agree more. While I don’t like to use the phraseology “wasted time,” I’ll definitely go with missing out on personal growth. God got us though through our journey to full obedience! His grace and mercy are sufficient! I pray that my sisters and brothers join me in listening to God more and being a doer of his Word and instruction in this new year and beyond. ❤
God told me towards the end of 2019 to:
1. Be a better steward over my finances.
2. Take better care of my body and get more rest.
3. Become closer to my kids.
I did number 3 but not numbers 1 and 2. As a result, I am still working on both of the ones I did not do and some other issues stemmed from my disobedience with my health and in my personal life. This year finally, being completely honest, I am finally working hard to be good steward of my finances and also working hard to be a healthier version of me. Pray my strength. I still struggle but I always catch where I misstep now and get back on track.
Whew sis, I dated a guy that God kept telling me not to date for almost three years, I ignored all the red flags, the addiction, emotional abuse, and found myself in a wilderness season, and even turned my back on God kind of (I had one foot in and one foot out) and got heavily into LOA, tarot etc..listening to the wrong people, making them idols--well that made things even worse. I spiraled into anxiety, depression, financial loss, and stagnant, on top of health issues. I finally found my way back to God last year and I can see things turning around. I was about to break up with the man I'm currently dating and I heard God say wait, and for once, I listened and obeyed, and I'm glad I did. I'm still a work in progress with faith, trusting, and surrendering. I'm also learning to not make others the idol, to spend my time with HIM and also work on me and the way He is calling me to be obedient.
This message blessed me as God has been teaching me to TRUST Him and OBEY. I'm thankful for God's grace and mercy as I take steps to be aligned with His path
May there be NO more delays due to disobedience in Jesus name! 🙏🏽✝️
Wow this was a subtle rebuke from God
Hearing different parts of the Bible and how they all interrelate is so amazing! Thank you for you translation and insight as well! May God continue to bless you sis!🤍🙏🏽
Right on time for my life right now !! God keeps saying my faith needs work everything leads me to faith. He has shown me big things and I’ve learned that it’s not God I don’t trust it’s myself . He’s so patient with me still 💜
God told me to sing in the church and I didn't for 7 years and with each year that passed, my anxiety grew to the point we're singing in church seems incredibly anxiety inducing when it doesn't need to. This has also created a freeze response to anxiety that I never had before. God is working in me nonetheless and I've never felt more at peace now that I've been obedient.
Timely word and such a BEAUTIFUL reminder 🙏🏾🙌🏾💗 Help me/us to be fervent regarding calling on our lives, and obedient to your instruction and guidance in ALL things, Amen.
I was definitely convicted from this video including God's messages on a church message board I saw today that said "Revelation 2:12-17
A letter from God on repentence" . I did not do what God told me to do specifically yesterday and I feel like I'm being spanked for it. Thanks for the video.
I had been making my own decisions for a while and each time things were reaching its peak. I’d be happy for a while and then suddenly it was ripped away. Starting over got harder and harder each time, but this time was easier. This time I started over with my relationship with God too.
I was disobeying God when this video popped up. Ruminating on something that I know I shouldn’t have been. Forgive me, Lord, and thank you for this video💜
Holding onto a toxic relationship that God has long removed from me and is trying to remove me from - it’s been hard as I’m still in this season but I know that God has better plans and eventually I will align with His plans and surrender to them.
What a timely word.
This was really good! Thank you 💗
The timing of this video, is soo on point. God is always speaking and instructing. Was just sharing these same words/mindset with my aunt and your video popped up. Thanks for sharing 🤍
My disobedience because I kept following my heart I lost everything and had to start over. And I had to learn the lesson that the heart is deceitful. Jeremiah 17:9 " the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked, who can know it?" Basically following my own desires led to sinful activities, that eventually hurt me. Lesson learnt.
Becoming a single parent as soon as I had my first child, going through domestic violence, financial struggles to provide, etc. The results of partial obedience is no joke. Thank you for this gentle reminder to keep getting back up.
I would say being in a state of confusion and indecisive.
God told me to wait and I still went out and got with a man that led me into a manipulative relationship which also led me away from God and into sexual sin. I ended up in a lot of pain. But now I’m out of that relationship and ready to obey God’s last command to me before I went astray. The last part of this was so true. DONT COUNT YOURSELF OUT! Return to God. He will use even your disobedience to transform your heart. I now believe that God’s best only comes with patience and waiting on His direction. Not rushing to have my way. And it’s like, I knew that already but some part of me didn’t believe His plan was better than mine just like Saul. But now I know and believe my way is trash.
“Obedience is a journey” amen indeed it is!
The times I feel like my disobedience rears it’s stubborn head is when I’m searching for the answer to something(truth)from another person. I feel so compelled to understand and it eats at me if I can’t get a reason, or if the reason doesn’t make sense then I have this overall feeling that something is off. Which in hindsight is so unrealistic and unhealthy. God has encouraged me many times to not bite the bait but I didn’t listen. Which in turn left me feeling low.
I appreciate the time you take to be used by the LORD. That first point/step throat checked me 😂
Love this, very much needed! You’re a great teacher ❤️❤️❤️
so glad it resonated with you sis!! thank you!
I thought I was being obedient:
I left a job for another job and the very day I was to start the new job, I ended up in the hospital for weeks so the new job rescinded the offer...that was a little more that a year ago and I haven't worked since. I'm now in a really bad situation as a single woman, but thought I was following God's lead. I prayed that he would open a new door... I didn't know it would be a door to unemployment and lost wages. So confused now...
This breaks my heart for you. Lord redeem! I’m sure you’ve prayed about this tirelessly over the past year. Do you feel as if the door could be reopened with your former employer? In quite a few cities you can dial 211 from your phone and get connected to many low to no cost resources. Prayers lifted 🙏
I know how how you feel. I thought I was walking in obedience and taking a leap of faith but have been in the worse of circumstances ever since. I’m still trying to emotionally and spiritually recover myself. I pray you stay faithful, faith-full, and encouraged. Keep your head up and don’t forget that God is still good.
Saul was not killed by an Amalekite, he was actually wounded by Philistines and then fell on his own sword, that being said this actually ties into your point that we may never know why God asks us to do certain things but we should obey Him anyway simply because He loves us perfectly and really is trustworthy.
Grace and peace xx
In all honesty it’s been a combination 😓 Sin, not keeping my word, and poor financial and physical decisions. I really need to listen to god. I want the Holy Spirit to dwell in me. So I have work to do. 🙏
Thank you, Melody! I think a consequence of disobedience for me was delay. There were certain things God had told me I was to receive, but they were conditional to my obedience in a particular area of my life; but I was so caught up in so many things that God hadn't told me to do that I ended up walking in 'partial obedience'-i.e., disobedience. However, God's mercy showed up for me as I repented. If anyone is in that position now, repent and ask for the mercy of God. When you realise that it is by His grace, you can ask him for help so you can walk in obedience from a place of knowing that truth. God bless you!
Sissssssss! Whewwwwww Chile!!!!! The conviction hit heavy with this video! Thank you for making this video!
My consequence was heartbreak after falling for an unbeliever of Christ. I asked God to send my person and became impatient. I tried to take things into my own hands and got played!
Your story is definitely my story but NOW I'm in a place of peace because only GOD cares about my happiness and peace!! No man wants to give that BUT THE FaTHeR in Heaven Loves Saves Forgives provides and protects those who Honor and Obey HiM ... GOD HAS DEMANDED MY UNDEVIDED ATTENTION & NOW HE HAS IT!!
GLORY HALLELUJAH 🙏💓
Obedience is journey is so encouraging
God told me to not entertain my ex, multiple times but I did out of loneliness and low self esteem, i was wanting to be loved and wanted meanwhile God just wanted me to focus on him and embrace the love that he has for me(GOD) long story short, out of disobedience, I got embarrassed, cheated on, verbal abused by someone I wasn’t suppose to be entertaining, someone God did not want me to be with. Thank you for Gods grace and protection. He kept telling me, that he’s sees things that I don’t see🙏🏾🫶🏾 so even now as I struggle to fully trust God, I know that I need to and I know that he has so much plans to prosper me and give me a hope and a future. Most days my prayers are Abba, help me to trust you, help my unbelief! God is so good, I will keep running this race, it’s not always easy, but thank you Jesus for picking me back up when I fall ♥️🌻
For me over a 9 year period I had been wanting a certain life style and with that life style I wanted a house. Well here lately I had been looking up certain homes that wouldnt cost alot, I had already had a conviction to stop and not get ahead of God because he may have other plans. Well the other day I didnt feel the conviction as strongly because I was having a good day and typically i feel tempted to be disobedient on those days. I went out on the internet to search for these homes and immediately I felt God warn me before I clicked on a particular website for these homes, I decided to push past it and I immediately felt no peace that I had to get off of it because I was uncomfortable. I felt horrible for this and realized I fell for my temptation.
Loosing the peace the Lord places on my soul when i am disobediant.
Whuuu ! I loved this ! To obey God wholeheartedly, I will have unwavering faith and live in His overflowing grace🤍
This is absolutely one of my favorite stories.
thank you for your obedience studying & teaching! I am edified by your content & was studying 1 Samuel 15 right before I clicked on this video...Bible opened & everything :)
God bless you, sister!
I feel like I was told to live the city that I was living in a year ago, but I was scared of the unknown finances, adequate schools everything. Fast forward I didn’t leave ended up having a breakdown and my daughter is now with her father. Don’t let your fears guide your decisions. The devil is a liar. Trust, depend and lean on God. The consequences for disobedience are far too great. If the Holy Spirit tells you something…listen the first time.
Great Bible study. This lesson definitely reminds us to fully Obey God's Word and instructions ❤
Consequences God had told me to change my diet i had heard the word fasting for awhile particularly in regards to certain foods and to exercise more specifically walk while hearing a preach and now I'm having gut issues and currently doing that so i get the message now if you don't hear god and if you don't want to obey or if you say later god he will allow you to get to a place where obedience is the only way out 😅 its like he's saying if you don't hear me when i talk i will shout
Great break down of this story and fantastic highlighted points . Thank you sis, I needed this today. Thank you Lord Jesus!!🙏🏼
Great video and insight. We should all STRIVE for perfection, "be ye perfect just as I Am Perfect" as the Word says.
I’m so happy I found this channel. I didn’t grow up in a religious or spiritual family so I’m starting from scratch
Being in a relationship with another female in the midst of me finding my purpose, calling, assignment and I was no longer able to operate in that anymore now I’m back home and getting a chance to start over and get healthy ❤🎉
im so grateful for these types of videos. thank you
I moved from one state to another. In my new state I was supposed to be completely obedient and depend completely on God. Meaning staying single and wait on him. And getting closer to him and I failed him. Got into a relationship that was VERY toxic. I’m now back to being single, pursuing my life to follow him and continuing my education to be in ministry. My heart desires to help young women to pursue God and never think that they’re not good enough unless they have a man by their side. It’s ok if you have the man that God has designed for you. I’ve been through a lot by being disobedient.
Sister Melody, I thank and Praise God for your wonderful platform. I am so very grateful and thankful for the consistent teaching and guidance you provide as one of God's Humbled Servant. Thank you. God's Continued Blessings Bestowed Upon You and Your Beautiful Family. His Humbled Servant,
a consequence I experienced wasting time, being unequally yoked. Obedience is better than sacrifice . foe sure
This is such a good Word! Thank you for sharing the full context
I’m currently struggling with the consequences of my own disobedience. God blessed me with a business back in 2021 and a house in 2023, however, I was frivolous and irresponsible with my finances though God made a way for me to make better decisions… so now I’m struggling financially. (hopefully this doesn’t turn into a story like Job)
Please pray for me y’all, obedience is definitely better than sacrifice. 🙏🏽✨
I just want to say SIS... This video was Everything!! This is my favorite video thus far, I absolutely love it❤❤
Wonderful teaching. Continue to let Him use you in mighty ways. #kingdombusiness
As always on point and on time sis🙏🏻
This is so good! My Sunday School are in 1 Samuel. The excuses that we make sometimes...Thanks Sis!
I needed to hear this. Thank you. 🙏🏽 ❤
❤This spiritual lesson on obeidance. Very profound!😊
Red flags for me😢
Thank you, Alisa, for God's amazing word.🙌🏽💯 🫶🏽