How I tell the difference between my thoughts and God speaking.
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- In the past I believe I was too quick to think that God was speaking to me. But it wasn't just me. I was part of a church culture that was too quick to conclude, with confidence, that a thought was from God. I hope I don't confuse you at all about this. I absolutely believe that God speaks to us individually at times and I have had some very important moments where God has spoken to me. But I have learned not to depend on that for my sense of spiritual well-being and not to be too quick to assign my own thoughts to God.
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As someone i know once said, God knows how to speak to each of His children so that they know it's Him.
Yes, God told me to burn the sin down to the ground with cleansing fire 🔥🔥🔥
@@wulfosaurus1835 intense 😀 awesome
John 10:27 “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me”
Well I'm still waiting
All the atheists are sitting here like “you’re hearing voices in your head you should probably go see a doctor.”
I remember praying to God, telling him I was a little dumb and a little deaf and that I needed him to speak to me a little louder and a little more clearer. I was doubting everything and was so unsure of what was from Him. A few days later, my neighbor came by and she unwittingly answered many of the questions I asked or had a response to the very things i talked about with God. I felt from the depths of my soul, that God was using her to answer my questions. It also happened on more than one occasion with the same neighbor and each time she has unknowingly had a response to something I've talked with God about.
Mike Winger doesn't think this is actually from god and just something you are confusing with what you think is god.
@@atheistskeptic8748 I think the neighbour is god.
@@nicolab2075 lol it must be the only possible explanation
@@atheistskeptic8748 Yup because they have all those answers. Wish she was my neighbour.
@@nicolab2075 lol I know right, the only really issue is god talking to all these people and answering all these questions and yet it's never anything useful or any profound statements. I wish one person that has direct access to god like that can get some helpful information
I heard God’s voice once. Even though I was asleep, it wasn’t a dream. His voice was crystal clear and direct. He said, “Give it all to Me.” That moment solidified my faith more than any other of the hundreds of blessings that God was gratuitously given me. I can’t wait to hear Him on a more permanent basis!!!
Wow, super creepy!
I had a super clear dream of me having a dragon ball style fight with the devil so was that real too ?
@@ryanrevland4333 Why creepy? It was awesome!!
@@user-yb5wz1to6k How do you know it was God? What if it was a demon pretending to be God?
@@ryanrevland4333 Why would Satan or a demonic entity want me to give everything to God? That doesn’t make any sense.
When he communicates with me, its through others sometimes and most of the time, the truth is in my heart. The lord is the truth, holy, hope, faith and love.. thats how you can tell the difference. Im sure its different for everyone. I met someone who hears the lord, he said he was told to talk to me. Which gave me the answer I prayed for that morning. Now I have been able to overcome one of my unholy desires. All thanks to god.
I have been struggling with this too. I don't want to misinterpret what I'm hearing, and I don't want to follow the wrong voice or sign. I know that God's timing isn't mine, so I wait for God's clear message to me.
Yes! 🎯👏🏽
During a time in my life when I wandered from my Savior and Lord Jesus and even turned away from him, he clearly spoke to me inside several times over a period on months. In his voice (it was not my own) he quoted scripture to me about who he is and what he did for me on the cross. I was unfaithful and deceived but he was a gentle and kind shepherd, full of love, leaving the 99 to find the 1. I repented! I believe Jesus made his voice clear to me so, I could not deny his presence and so today I can testify to his faithfulness to me and tell of his great works in my life. All glory to him forever!
Just thought you should know Mike Winger would disagree that was a message from god and you are just making it up that you god spoke that to you.
Amen 🙏
@@perazdera2827 What do you do to determine if something is from god or just yourself?
I as well am able to tell myself things and steer myself in the right direction when I am heading in the wrong direction. I'm able to tell myself things I need to hear at the right time. All these I do for myself no god involved. Though funny when I was a Christian this was god not me. Now that I no longer believe in god and have zero reason to believe I still have the same ability when I was a believer. This confirms for myself it was me along and I was only giving credit to god because of my belief.
So how do you know it's god and not you? Is this something you can prove to be god? If you can't prove it to be god then you are basically admitting to believing something you can't prove which is just lying to yourself.
God did NOT speak to you.
What is the purpose of life if it isnt a test for the Hereafter and if this is a test why would God speak to you personally. This is delusional.
He speaks through His word. If our thoughts are consistent with His word...its the Holy Spirit.
Or you know it's your thoughts and not magic
Which words? Every Christian has a different interpretation of the Bible.
i agree.
My favorite and clearest time He spoke to me was when I was in labour with my first child. I felt afraid around the transition. I was doing it med free. I prayed asking for his comfort and I heard You're Safe, I'm with you.
That’s so neat
Cool lie
That was your emotions. If you call that god, it's cool and Im glad it brought you comfort. But God doesn't speak to anyone nowadays
Can I ask ? Was it Jesus YHWH or the Holy Ghost ?
Wow. That's awesome, you won't ever forget something like that! ❤❤❤
Used to sleep to escape depression, and I dream most every night.
When coming to faith and beginning to read through the Scripture, my dreams started getting.... different.
Partly just from reading and thinking about Scripture verses, but there was something else at work.
Over time, I've been able to distinguish
"just a dream" and when it's Him speaking.
It's rare, but it's quite obvious when it happens.
It's very much like when a parent calls your name.
Their voice, intonation, pitch, inflection, you just sort of know it's Him naturally after a while.
And here's the litmus test that I've been able to test and know that I know it's Him:
Every dream from Him,
or when He gives an overshadowing thought that clears your thoughts away and clearly speaks over your mind's chatter,
every idea or consideration after hearing someone else say something and you know that consideration wasn't something you would have thought of,
Or reading Scripture and it oddly connecting with thoughts and considerations or situations you're in,
if it's from Him;
He always speaks Scripture or a reference to Scripture or something similar to Scripture, and it NEVER contradicts Scripture especially in full context.
This is just how I have personally experienced Him speaking, I am not saying this as a universal formula.
But KNOW the Bible. It's called God's Word for a reason and even the evil one knows bible verses.
So how much more important that His Children know His voice.
beautiful response brother, glory to God
I struggle with this a lot of as person with OCD. OCD normally affects areas of your life that are important to you and since my faith is one of those areas, it can make praying, reading my Bible and just thinking about God difficult. Sometimes it's not so bad and I'm working on making it better. I appreciate you talking about intrusive thoughts and would enjoy more videos on it. :)
❤ I asked the question he's talking about, but your comment resonates with me. I'm not sure if I have OCD, but intrusive thoughts are definitely something that make praying and living, etc. hard sometimes. I would also enjoy it if he did a more extensive video on this topic. This short leaves out the second part of his answer, which talked about something like making decisions in light of not knowing clearly what God wants or if he's spoken (like when Jonathan simply decided to do something good even though God hadn't particularly spoken to him and then waited to see if God would bless this, and God did). So, that shows that sometimes if your thoughts aren't clear or are confusing, maybe taking a small action in a good way and then seeing if God will bless it can help. Plus, when you take small, productive actions, it puts off more negative intrusive thoughts that would otherwise enter your mind if you were doing nothing or thinking about them too much. And the small actions shouldn't necessarily be what your thoughts are telling you to do unless you're sure it's God (though I understand that'd be a lot harder for someone with OCD since you have compulsions, probably). Like Mike also talked about, one can make a bad habit out of following the lead of intrusive thoughts (though like I said, I'm sure having OCD would complicate things). But if you really think it's God you can ask for clarity and read scriptures, etc. This advice helped me, at least. Of course, I know intrusive thoughts can sometimes get kind of disturbing or difficult, so I wouldn't be opposed to seeing a therapist or something if you needed to - so long as we remember to keep God in the picture. :) I've thought about seeing a therapist myself but I'm not sure I want to pay for one, lol. Another important point is that God doesn't lead by a spirit of fear, but gives a spirit of power, love, and a sound mind like the Bible says. Anyway, have a great day. :) God bless you.
I have horrible intrusive thoughts as well. Whenever I have intrusive thoughts, I say, "In Jesus Name, I cast out evil" or the shortened version, "through Yah (a nick name for Yahweh), I kill bad" and I gain clarity. (One of the epistle letters talks about taking bad thoughts captive and casting them away. I don't remember which one).
At first, I would say this over and over again because I had so many. But I refused to let evil take hold of my mind and now I have a much stronger focus on God. I also pray for God to give me strength to focus on Him and of course He gives it to me.
@@Ram-xg2ck 2 Corinthians 10:5
I'm glad I'm not the only person. I'm battling with Intrusive thoughts BADLY... very badly. I've prayed about it, I've cried about it, I've rebuked my self.. and it's still ongoing. Every day
Hopefully I’m not too late to help but when intrusive thoughts do come up, what I do is open the Bible and go to a known passage that does talk about something that I may be thinking about. Like for example, what does the Bible say about abortion? (I know this is a serious conversation but please don’t get offended by this) one of the passages that talk about it is Luke 23:28-28
(Verse 28) But turning to them Jesus said,”Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.(verse 29) For behold, the days are coming when they will say,’Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’
And not only that but you can immediately go into prayer for that, especially if it is burdening, worrying you, and causing doubt in your faith. Jesus says,”come to me you who are burdened and wary and I will give you rest.” (Always go to your Bible to see if the verses are right, though I’m using ESV so some words will be different but the message is still the same) Jesus will give you rest and he is the mediator for us,”No one can get to the father except through me.” (Always refer back to the Bible) using Jesus is the only way to the father, as he paid for our sin and he is God “The Father and I are one” (refer back to the Bible always) and even if those thoughts keep popping up pray that your thoughts will be obedient to Gods word and his truth. And it’s okay, those thoughts will be changed as you focus on the word, never cease prayer!
When I hear normal sounds, they come through my ears. When I am thinking, it is in my head. When YHWH God has spoken directly to me, my whole body seems to receive the message.
I am 70 years old and I’ve heard from God three times. It was unmistakable. I literally stopped and looked around, but I know I heard it in my head loud and clear.
Another important thing to note is that we know that God is speaking to us, through His Word (the scriptures), so if we think of something that's not directly in or contrary to His written Word, we know that it's not from God.
Amen! God cannot disagree with Himself. We must always test the spirits.
Always hard though when it's a "left or right" "which color is better?" Kind of decision, but it's still huge and potentially life impacting..
Hi
I remember one time when I was about to uproot my little family of myself and my two young boys from our inner suburb apartment to an outer suburb apartment in order to become part of a great outreach kind of congregation, and I was hesitating, and deeply pondering my situation, when I suddenly heard a voice in my head saying’ I am before you and behind you’ !!! I KNEW it was Jesus Yeshua because I had instant peace of mind about the big move,but could not remember having read any scripture like that! The next day I shared this with a wise friend who knew her scripture, and she immediately opened her Bible and read me the story of the Exodus, where The Lord went before Israel in a column of cloud by day, and He also protected them from the pursuing Egyptian army by a column of fire behind them! HalleluYa! Shalom to us only in Christ Yeshua returning soon to reign over the world from Jerusalem.
Exodus to the Tribes if Israel. We re in Church Age, different epoch. Study hermeneutics.
While I understand what you're trying to say, God still goes before us and behind us and is within us in the New Covenant. Looking at a verse where he leads Israel and correlating it to the fact that he leads his children today, is not a stretch. There is much scripture proof in the new covenant that he is with us, leading us and teaching us always. Please don't discourage someone who feels they have heard from the Holy Spirit for direction for their lives, simply because they draw inspiration and encouragement from an OT verse. Do you ever discourage someone from applying say Isaiah 41:10 to themselves? "fear not for I am with you--" Was that verse said to us in the new covenant? No, but God is the same. He was with his people then, and he is now and we too don't have to fear because he is with us. If we are trying to apply a principle from scripture that is limited to a specific situation for a specific person and there are no verses about that for us in the new testament, then yes we should probably avoid it. But principles like being led by the spirit, him being before and behind you, not fearing. That goes for both old covenant and new.
This is so true. When I was newlywed and starting a family I was debating whether or not to buy a handgun for home defense. I didn’t grow up around guns and was unsure if I was making a mistake and was praying for God to tell me what to do. I had looked at several options that were in my budget and planning time to train. But I didn’t want to bring more trouble by having it around. One night I woke from a deep sleep and was sat up almost like I had been shocked and I heard “the voice of God” saying buy the gun, protect your family, I will watch over you. It was clear as day. I told my wife in the morning and she was like okay. Haven’t had to use it but I’m glad I did. I am a legal proficient and safe gun owner many years later.
Last night I distinctly felt God tell me to quit coffee for Him as I put it before Him in our quiet time each morning. That’s a toughie for me so I asked him for a sign as I want to be sure this is definitely something He wants. This morning my ex wife tells me she has quit coffee and now has green tea in the morning. And my first sermon I heard today was ‘loving God means doing what He asks’.
Okay big Fella-no more coffee for me! ❤❤
Thank you pastor Mike! I’ve been praying this exact thing lately...
“Lord don’t let me confuse my random thoughts with what you’re speaking to me”because I only want to put my hope in what He is speaking to me . I found your podcasts and have been listening lately and they’ve been such a clear and coherent teaching to me so I just wanted to thank you for your faithfulness to rightly dividing the word of God , it’s a blessing 🙏🏻
i asked God this same question last night and i’ve already seen two RUclips Shorts answering this question.
It's in 2RUclips 13:25-26
@@oscargr_ is that the time where Jesus jet skis over water... i love that part- "bros come join me, its sick here"
Wow. This is a brilliant explanation of how to know if God is speaking.
"If I cannot tell if it is God's voice,it is not Gods voice"
Samuel would still be snoring if he took your advice! 😂
If you have haven’t heard my voice, how do you know it is me?
@@litoaykiu To be fair, Samuel did assume it was his father calling him about three times before his father realised it may have been God. Additionally, it mentions that this occurred at a time where there weren't really any prophets and God hadn't spoken to any one directly in years.
@@litoaykiu He audibly heard God
@@YannisK-db5xn There are many instances of people hearing voice of God but know knowing that God is talking to them.
[Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”
And he said, “Who are You, Lord?”] - One more example!
That’s not a very good rule
As someone who struggles with OCD, this helped a lot, thanks :)
aw. :( God bless you, friend.
Seek deliverance from those obsessive controlling spirits.
@@tannerfrancisco8759 yep
Watch derek prince
Literally me too. I understand the struggle as a person with OCD. It can be so stressful sometimes feeling guilty or being really confused or feeling like I should do something and not knowing if it's really God saying that or just me. But He's helped me understand so much more and I've learned a lot from these past years of struggling with it. It's a lot better now thank God than it was. It's still a struggle sometimes, but much, much better. I pray it will for you too.
I've had a situation before where I thought I was obeying God. I had confirmation from the Word and even from my pastors at the time. But it turned out it wasn't God and it had absolutely terrible consequences on my life. I am still healing from this and praying for restoration of my faith because now when I feel like God wants me to act or not act I am just really immobilized by the fear that I am wrong. I just am thankful that I know He would have seen my heart and willingness to obey Him and I know it must count for something.
I know that immoblizing feeling, but dont worry. Make decisions and move forward trusting that if God wanted you to go in a particular direction He would make it clear!
I think it's too hard to know and God does not make commandments about your particular life. Just stay true to the Word and don't stress about the rest in my opinion.
I literally Googled this EXACT question a couple months ago becasue what I thought I heard gave me panic attacks. Wow...this is a God send....thank you
@@AwesomeWrench Just discouraging thoughts that things won't work out. It felt so different from reality but also so clear; it didn't add up to how things were actually going. It was very much fear inducing.
@@AwesomeWrench I felt like in my asking and praying about a situation in my life, that the answers I got so loudly and suddenly were scaring me and causing me to feel incredibly disheartened. I know God is love, but I'm realizing through this process that I've struggled to trust that. I don't understand why. But I placed a lot of authority on what I heard for fear of disobedience or not taking Him seriously...
Today at work I was very sad and unsure of if God was ever gonna forgive me. All I could do was sit and pray to him about my regret and then I felt this strong sensation in my head like my sould and mind was clenching and I heard a voice in my head say "you are mine! Now go tell others about me and my son who has died for all of your sins". Afterwards my sorrow fades away and I knew it was god speaking to me. Not my mind playing tricks.
Duuuuuuuuuuuudddeeeee this is exactly the conclusion I came to after struggling for a while with this question. I dont wanna deny that God speaks but at the same time I dont wanna think that every feeling or thought I have is the voice of God. mannnnn u hit the nail on thead. God you can speak to me clearer!!
I also agree with what he's saying and have my own points.
1. It also helps connecting with other believers with similar experiences so that you guys can share them together and compare for the sake of study to differentiate thoughts from God, Satan, and yourself. It helps you study the nature of the thought and patterns that indicate differences.
2. If it's yourself, in SOME cases, there might be a subtle indication that you are anticipating that thought when it emerges to such a degree that one may be guiding that thought in some way. That's not always the case, but it can be at times.
3. *Most importantly,* RECEIVE THE BAPTISM OF THERE HOLY SPIRIT. This is *NOT* the same experience as when you come to Faith and confess The Lord as Savior and are saved. It's a separate experience in which one is submerged in The Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues. This is*extremely important* because it makes the link between you and God stronger, and it will make God's guidance much more clear. There will still be times that are subtle, but there will be very obvious messages from God as well in which will enable you to even interpret the subtle things from God.
To receive The Holy Ghost, this is typically done by the laying on of hands by other spirit-filled Christians imparting it to a person, but it doesn't have to be that way. A person can receive The Spirit of God directly from God if he truly seeks for him, and a good way of drawing close to God to receive from him is *through worship.* The anointing of God often drops in the atmosphere of worship.
When it happened for me, it was a very powerful supernatural experience. There was no mistake, something supernatural happened to me and changed my life forever. I've also seen other people receive The Spirit of God, and they had very obvious encounters with God with a powerful experience, and there's also someone else I know who had a very soft experience but the effects from that experience was the same as ours in which that person changed and had a different heart.
This is a real biblical experience, and you can find more about it in the book of Acts chapter 2. Each person has as much of God as they want and chooses to have.
God does not speak to you and I literally. He uses the Word of God to speak to us. Romans 10:17
God is Perfect and never contradicts Himself. If He is Speaking to us, His Word is the confirmation of one or the other.
David ~ Yes indeed!
This isn't thinking deeply enough about the question. What about when your seeking the Lord's direction on a school to go to or a church to go to?
@@blusheep2 it's the exact same formula for both of those questions. What I find best for me is to pray first and study His Word anyway, then consider whatever decision like school or church... Also I find that it's not wise to give God an ultimatum, by this I mean "either this school or that" or "this church or that" as He doesn't fit into our boxes anyway. He may be saying either one, doesn't matter, or He could be saying neither one they're both or all wrong for you. When I find that I'm at a stalemate with a decision that I want God's Blessings to follow, it's usually because I am not asking enough of the right questions about the options or I haven't been relating the issue in light of the scripture and I must dig deeper. Sometimes I am supposed to step out in faith alone and know that no matter what I choose it's my choice and He will never leave me or forsake me and nothing is new under the sun anyway. If I fail, there are very important lessons to learn from the failure and they ultimately always bring me back to His Word with a stronger faith, and deeper understanding. The Light which comes from studying God's Word and applying it into my circumstances produces a solid footing and understanding for me to find wisdom and righteousness instead of confusion or fear. I think it's most important when deciding on church to already have a healthy understanding of what the scripture actually says and means before gathering in a church community because the chances are that there are humans in the fellowship and humans tend to confuse each other especially when money is involved. I'm pretty sure that Jesus' whip would be worn down to a nub in the pagan church systems of America today. I hope that this makes sense and maybe could help in some way.
@@grndhg86d Yes, thanks for the time you took to post it.
So His Word is the Bible, not the Holy Spirit?
So that hit home. One of the Sunday school teachers texts me about 3pm Saturday to let me know she had a sick family & wouldn’t be at church. My response was did you call your partner. She replied yes & I said I’d be praying for all y’all.
I went back to preparing dinner, praying that her boys would get well quickly when I felt God chastise me for not praying with her first. I had to take a walk around the yard and have a good prayer & forgiveness talk. Then I told my friend how sorry I was that I behaved like an administrator instead of a Christian. She assured me she didn’t see it like that, but God did.
God speaks to people thru dreams that’s his universal language
Yes, whenever I think I heard from God I always RUN to Jesus’ words!! This is so important
Amen! It’s the word that confirms and is right to the point!
Just the ones in red?
Thank you so much for this! I’m fasting and praying tomorrow to see God’s will for my life because I feel he wants me to minister somehow. This really helps!
I feel the exact same way brother. Still unsure of what is God’s voice and what is my own.
Plz don't do it, don't go insane. It's 2023, Zeus and Santa are fictional
i Love JESUS CHRIST and HOLY SPIRIT and GOD our FATHER All Glory Belongs to GOD GOD Bless you all ✝️🙏🏻❤️⛪🙌 halleluYAH 💯
Intrusive thoughts are much different than dreaming. My mind is going non-stop, so I have difficulty having a quiet mind. Even with that, I have still had times when I knew it was God and not myself on particular thoughts. You know in you’re “knower,” and then you act on it! Key: The more time you spend with the Lord in Word & Prayer, the bigger He becomes in your daily life. I believe that we hear Him more than we realize or give credit. ❤
God speaks of righteousness and love ❤️ compassion , faith , wisdom , truth , grace….My thought may be mixed at times and not clear but the word of God never 👎 is wrong 😑 He leads me forth even in darkness , guides me and blesses me even a miracle is not beyond Him . He can do the same for you , love thy Lord with all your heart , mind and soul and He will ❤️ you too , . Amen 🙏🏻
The Times that the Lord has actually spoken to me, it has never been vague or seemed like a random thought that I would have considered my own way of thinking.
Whether it's been from times sitting, reading scripture and He points something out, or actual dreams while asleep and He speaks or shows me something, or times watching events, people, things or nature around me, and He introduces a thought;
In every one of those cases, He has pointed me to scripture or something related to His character.
I’d agree with that premise and add that in my experience it’s always about helping others. Whether it’s “you need to give that person a Bible” or the overwhelming feeling that I need to speak to a stranger about Jesus it has always been about glorifying God. The Lord of lights is an amazingly loving God and I feel so grateful to be used by Him. God bless!
I’m working on a teaching on the Holy Spirit and how he speaks to us and this was amazingly randomly helpful, thank you Mike and thank you Jesus.
You will DEF know its God. He spoke to me once, he just told me to never do LSD or I would die. I was dating a girl who did a lot of LSD then. Years later I found out that with my mental conditions, I would most likely enter psychosis if I ever did psychedelics. God saved me from danger right there lol
@Infinite Shoeblack lol there isn't a history of schizophrenia in my family, and it wasnt even an audible voice, it was like the most intense input of information I ever experienced. Nothing like this happened before or since. Plus, why would a schizophrenic voice just appear once and give me valuable information? Aren't they usually malevolent?
@Infinite Shoeblack lol, internet contrarians
All this bad sh*t in the world but apparently this god or whatever cares more about you not doing drugs.
How self-centered do you have to be to actually believe this crap.
Wow, praise God!
Bro you believe in fairytales and hear voices you’re already in psychosis
@Mike, I also started lucid dreaming at about ten and do lots of flying. The test I use in my dreams is trying to hover slightly above the ground.
This clip of yours is a terrific concept to understand and very useful as we don't want our own thoughts to lead us astray! I love your ministry!
In a few hours, I will be witnessing on the street, here in Albania. It's mostly Muslim here. Please pray for me in this endeavor.
Eventually, I will return to Ukraine, where I was teaching in an international school.
Lucid dreaming is not of Christ.. dont do this
@@jonathanshapiro3361 Where do you get that from the Bible? Since I often dream of God and heaven, I disagree.
@@billyholly im speaking to lucid dreaming… not of dreams in general.. dont try to control your dreams… trust me… do your own research
I love albania❤ did at overseas mission to Albania in 2013. Lord bless you brother. They are hungry ❤ will pray for your ministry.
@@jonathanshapiro3361 No, I won't just "trust you" since evidence is required. That's one of the jobs of the Bible. God can use our dreams whenever He wants and I can't control God if He decides to use my dreams to communicate or whatever.
Thank God for talking to you. Suddenly, Jesus speaks to us.
I found this really helpful! I had never realized that the times God has directed me have been so clear.
I’ve wondered this, too! Thank you for bringing clarity!
This is exactly how I figure out if I’m dreaming! Love that it’s the same 😂
So while you're dreaming you ask yourself if you're dreaming or not?
You can also look at your hand and it will never have 5 digits like a normal hand. It will have more or less. I tried this in a dream when I was rolling down a hill, looked at my had and it had six digits.
@@domcruise274 that’s interesting, I’ll try that
@@BB.halo_heir yes, sometimes I do
@@domcruise274 but that only works if you're lucid dreaming. Cause you purposefully make yourself look at your hand. When it's not lucid dreaming, I can't really control my dreams unless I'm almost going to wake up
One of the clearest times i heard god was when i got angry and it was the most peaceful and calming "its okay" nothing more.
The LORD, from a bush, led me through His steps of salvation.
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I like what John Owen says on this subject: If private revelations agree with Scripture, they are needless, and if they disagree, they are false.
I hope I am misunderstanding what John Owen is saying in that quote, since this is so clearly counter to the way the early church handled guidance from the Spirit. Owen seems to want to play the Scripture against private revelation or promptings, but it seems to me that Scripture tells us to also seek the active guidance of the Spirit through prayer. So if we respect Scripture, we should also seek guidance in prayer.
The early church was led both by Scripture, as we see from Acts 15 for example, but also by the Holy Spirit giving private revelations to His church.
Ananias was led to help Paul, private revelation led Peter to Cornelius, in Acts 13:2 the Holy Spirit tells the church to send Paul and Barnabas on their mission.
How did Peter know Ananias and Sapphira had lied to him about their land? Not through Scripture.
How did Paul now that he was to go to Macedonia in Acts 16:9? Not through Scripture but through a dream from the Lord.
I agree with Mike that we should be careful not to confuse our own thoughts with the Lord´s, but that is because we should truly seek His guidance in our lives, not just in the Scriptures but in the promptings and revelations of the Spirit.
Wow, I'm surprised how many other people in the comments section are/were struggling with the same things I have in the realm of OCD/religious scrupulosity. Thank you for speaking on this.
That's a great point. When I became a believer it was because God put in my head this thought "But you haven't read the New Testament yet" every night for a month and a half until I opened my Bible and read and became a believer in Messiah Yeshua/Jesus Christ.
I worked as a medic on an ambulance and on one occasion when I showed up on scene a person who was wide awake but obviously freaked out asked me several times “am I dreaming, am I dreaming? I kept trying to convince them it was a horrible car accident and this is not a dream. It was kinda freaky. So at times I have seen wide awake people ask, am I dreaming? I guess the correct term would be the word surreal.
I actually have moments when I honestly think “am I here right now?” When im awake. No joke. It’s usually when im at a meeting or conference or in some out of routine event.
Disassociating you mean?
I’ve definitely had occasions when, as I was a wake, I couldn’t tell if I was dreaming or not. It happens more with fluorescent lighting. It has a very subtle strobe effect and some people are affected by it, others never notice. But that very slight tremor in the light is enough to throw off my perception and make me not trust that I’m in a real setting.
This is 100% my stance on this and thank you for sharing Mike! When I was a baby Christian I struggled to understand if my thoughts were on my own or the Lord's, I was given very arbitrary/bad advice given to me like "if it's positive/good, it's from God, if not it's from you" (but obviously as humans we can often *think* something is good when it's not).
One day I was just praying to God for some job/visa direction as I had been for many months, and I suddenly heard a voice in my head to "check it again" and I was like huh? I've checked it a ton of times, what do you mean check it again? and again it said "check it again", and in my head I was like "okay fine I'll check it again but I'm telling you I'm not going to find anything different". Without realising I was, in my head, talking to a voice that was totally different than my own. It was God pointing me to a specific line in a legal document about my visa that enabled me to apply for jobs (even proving some lawyers wrong!).
This is just one of a few examples of how I know now whenever it's God's voice speaking, there's just NO question in my mind that it's Him, I just immediately know it.
I thought I was insane the first few times i had lucid dreams. Many ppl like it, but I cant stand it, so I asked God to make it stop. He did. Im very grateful.
I've heard the saying, if you want to hear God audibly speaking to you, read His word out loud. That's Him speaking to you. He gave us everything we need in the Bible and there is no extra biblical revelation to be heard from Him.
Amen.
Hebrew 1:1-2 tells you all you need when it comes to God speaking to us. When it comes to your quote and definition you need to study more.
God speaks through prayer too.
1 cor 14:1
“Let love be your highest goal! But you should also desire the special abilities the Spirit gives-especially the ability to prophecy “
You can’t prophecy without hearing the voice of God
Amen!!!!❤❤❤❤ his word is enough!
Praise be to God!
Thanks I was wondering about this I asked GOD if he could let me know when he was actually talking to me or if it was my thoughts
@@hearwhatthespiritsayschurch thanks ma’am or sir even tho this was a year ago God bless
When I opened RUclips this morning this was what started playing. I’m taking this as my sign from God to ask for clarification
Mike is truly serving. Such a fruitful brother. Great ministry
Jim Osman has a great series on this and a book. It’s called “God Doesn’t Whisper”
Yes 👍🏼 - God only speaks thru scripture he gave us his holy word for this reason. ❤
@@jenniferramos7024Generally true but let's not forget that God can speak to us in a number of ways. If he can speak to Balaam through a donkey then he can speak in other ways. Of course what you hear should never contradict Scripture....ever. It appears to be true that God speaks to us through scripture far more than Christians are prepared to admit. Rarely does God speak to us directly now.
@@DG-mv6zwwhat if we GRIEVE the HOLY GHOST and I feel spiritually spit out when I had gifts and talents I should have gone back. I have lost everything purity and RESOURCES what to do. I Feel Just Spit out and curses this was WRONG..... VERY.
@@TriciaPerry-ef7biSincerely repent, and turn back to the Lord, so that your sins may be blotted out.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleans us from all unrighteousness!
ACCEPT JESUS AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR AND REPENT JESUS LOVES YOU HE DIED FOR YOU SO YOU COULD BE FORGIVEN ASK GOD FOR FORGIVENESS AND REPENT!🙏🙏 AMEN……
Forgiveness from whom ?
Many times when I'm praying, a random verse or comforting piece of scripture will pop up in my mind out of nowhere, often something I haven't read or thought about recently, and it's always relevant to what I'm asking God about, usually comfort or forgiveness.
God is in the whispers, in the quiet, unexpected thoughts, the random moments of calm or introspection.
If I ever needed proof that God is real and He loves me, I have received it a thousand times over. Every time the perfect phrase of verse pops into my mind, every time I use the name of Jesus to banish worldly temptations and desires.
Happened to me once very clearly, no doubt in my mind. For I was laying in my bed and thinking that if the end times will start and the mark of the beast will come I will run to the neighboring country to hide. And while I was thinking about how I would do it, I heard a voice in my head "Lord tell". As I heard this voice I was very confused and before I could even start doubting it I got an answer "Same situation", and again doubt started coming and Lord repeated 2nd time "Same situation". I understood it as it will be in every country, there is nowhere to hide.
Not to be negative or anything but I tried reaching to god for 3 months straight and got nothing back, I tried to salvage my relationship with him but it didn't work, and I have never heard gods voice.
Did you read John? I’ve always found this gospel helpful.
@@Amy-wh9dz I'v read the entire Bible before, I'll check it out again though
Only one Gospel: the Gospel of Reconciliation. Jesus came into THEIR system to reconcile fallen angels to himself. We are the fallen angels kept in DNA chains of darkness.
If it's such a struggle for you to know if God is speaking to you, then how can you possibly have any confidence that God is speaking to any particular other person?
Because God has made it perfectly clear to some people that He is speaking to them.
@@lancewallace3680 how? Why? Based on what?
The power of discernment is amazing!
This guy is full of neat ideas. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks again for answering my question! This is helpful and it was kind of cool because I've never had a question answered online before.
Just don’t neglect the things already said to you in the scripture. No need to make him repeat it.
They are very unclear, honestly, like how you achieve salvation is it works or faith or a bit of both ?
this guy literally read my mind for how I use to tell if I was dreaming or not
This is true…since I stopped going to church I hear God much clearer then when I was trying to hear him through a preachers voice…God is within
It's quite an easy one, if you think you're having intrusive thoughts, you are.
If you think God is speaking to you, you're having intrusive thoughts.
I usually go through the comments to find obvious gems like this. There's always one or two.
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Thank you for the clarification. I am constantly questioning whether it’s my voice or God’s.
You don’t understand how encouraging this is
God's voice is literally the center of the heart. These are One.
Didn't God do something in Jobs life for a greater purpose, without Job knowing or understanding it for a while? Not knowing for sure doesn't equal that God isn't doing something in your life. Things can become apparent in retrospect.
It's not the same thing, tho.
You can be sure that _everything_ that happens in your life, God allows - nothing could happen otherwise.
But that's not the same as knowing when a thought comes from God.
I think what Mike is saying is that God intends for His children to know when He's speaking to them.
«My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.» (John 10:27)
«His sheep follow him because they know his voice.» (v 4)
Stop confusing people. The whole point is that God can do anything, I including speaking clearly if He wanted you to KNOW.
He killed jobs kids to win a bet.
@@RussianBot4Christ I guess he doesn’t want me to know
How do you differentiate between your thoughts and God???!!!!!!! The reality is, you wouldn’t EVER question, “is this God?”. God would make sure you know the message is from him.
Usually I’d hear a strong voice like before I go to sleep but it sound like the ppl from when I’m dreaming but I’m awake and I believe that’s his voice calling me
Thank you for this timely word 😊 I struggle with anxiety but also have a gift in discernment, I struggle to know what is God and what is my mind running a muck. I ask God to confirm things twice before acting out big changes and he has always been true to confirm his plans.
For me, I know it's the Lord when the thought seems right, but I don't want to do it and it's not something I would have come up with on my own.
God doesn't try to speak in hopes you might hear him clearly. God doesn't try. He does.
God's ability to speak to us is greater than my ability to miss it.
great way to explain it! ABSOLUTELY the best advice I've ever heard on this subject!
The only way God speaks with us nowadays is through his Word
If you want to hear God speak loudly, read your Bible out loud
- Justin Peters
Fully agree.
Then how are missionaries called to uproot their families and move to other countries? I believe God speaks to us through the Holy Spirit. It may not be audible, but it doesn’t mean it’s not God’s voice.
@@emmapox300 🎯 right.
And who's to say that God never speaks audibly anymore?
Where in the bible does it say that He stopped?
Wrong. God speaks AUDIBLY. What are you all being taught is not right
Jesus said MY SHEEP HEAR MY VOICE
you reading the word of God is YOUR VOICE
Calling the Lord a liar
@@AJ-ForGodsGlorythere's no place that says he stopped. God can't change, which means he can't stop speaking..
If you want God to speak to you, read the Bible. If you want God to speak to you audibly, read the Bible out loud.
And if you do “hear” a voice make sure to compare what’s said with what’s written in God’s word. When I wandered from the Lord, he clearly spoke to me inside (the voice was not my own) and I knew it was him because he quoted Bible verses about himself, twice: “I am the way, the truth and the life…” Once: “By my stripes you are healed…” and lastly: “Wonderful, counselor, almighty God, everlasting Father…” I repented! Hallelujah!!!
Or listen for his voice..
So true! When God has spoken to me its always so quiet but different. Its something so easy that i usually feel silly for not seeing it before and it seems to always bring peace. Even when i was vegging God to reveal my sin because i felt blocked. All he said was wasteful. And i was like 😮! And hes always been so gentle whe speaks to me!!!
Amen THIS REALLY HELPED AND SET ME FREE FROM THOUGHTS LIKE- OH I CANT DO THESE RANDOM THINGS AND YOU HELPED PRAISE THR LORD AND I THANK HIM WITH GRACE AND I THANK YOU AMEN!
Yeah, dude has no idea what he’s talking about. god “speaking to you” is you speaking to yourself.
I implemented a 'check that you are awake' policy for urinating at night. Normally if I think about it, I will realise if I'm dreaming. I once stood in front of the loo, pinched myself and confirmed that I was definitely awake, relieved myself, then later awoke with a full bladder. I had dreamt checking and being *absolutely certain* that I was awake.
This entirely correct. When I first began growing in the prophetic, I didn’t realize at the first that God was speaking to me, when he actually was. Samuel had to learn that God’s voice wasn’t Eli’s and Eli’s wasn’t God’s voice. We grow in our ability to hear God’s word by faith.
EXACT CONCLUSION I CAME TO!!! If I’m not sure… that means I’m DREAMING!!!
Awesome clarification on this subject. I need to write this down and remember it. I’ve wondered about this very point for a while.
I think I heard good once in my life while I was drowning. I was saved by this voice alone. I sound even more crazy when i elaborate
🤯That's true. Only in my dreams I have doubts if I'm awake or dreaming. So vis versa on God speaking to me. Thank you brother 🙏
It’s an overwhelming confirmation with no doubt
I share with you on being aware of dreaming and starts flying in my dream. I shared this in what I thought a safe space, but i felt bad doing so afterwards. And this is the same question i had been trying to figure out. I sibscribed immediately. Thank you!
Flying in dreams is the best thing. I need to pray for that to happen again. It's been a long time.
Exactly! But this time it’s God telling me. God bless you in Jesus Christs name amen
I had the privilege to hear God correct me by saying "Is he talking to Us?" While I was chanting a Buddhist mantra. Needless to say I've never done that again and have been a firm believer ever since. Not to mention being saved from falling off a bridge, I was half way off and I suddenly stopped like all of my momentum going off the bridge was stopped. God is so good that it blows my mind.
"Let the peace of God rule in your heart."
He speaks direct and assured
Nice analogy!
It also helps to read the Bible. If what you're "hearing" aligns with the Bible it might be God, and if it doesn't align it's definitely from you.
And with that excellent advice, everyone becomes a cessationist.
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