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Apostle Dr. Richard Udoh

Sunday, May 14, 2023

UNDERSTANDING THE VOICE OF THE SPIRIT

It's imperative for Christians to know the voice of the Lord. He desires to speak with you. He desires to be your friend, he wants to sup with you. The Holy Spirit will guide you as a friend, he will teach you all things and he will never speak of himself but what God tells him to. He's a direct link to the Father. He's our advantage.

I came across an interesting story some time ago about some Eastern European believers that illustrates what I'm talking about. It took place a few years ago when the underground church in Eastern Europe had to meet out in the woods, and in secret places to keep them from being raided by the KGB. During that time, there was this one group of believers who had a spy among them. As a result, no matter where they met, the police always showed up. So do you know what they did? They stopped announcing the location of the next meeting. They simply said, "We'll meet wherever the Holy Spirit tells us to. So whoever wants to be there, will have to listen to the Spirit to find out where to go. The next time they met, every person showed up except one.

We all have the ability to listen to our spirit like that. We haven't operated in that realm very much, but we're going to. How are we going to? By praying in the Spirit and listening to the voice of the Spirit. The more we do that, the more accurately we'll hear his voice.

Confession:

I am receptive to the voice of the Spirit, Greater is He that’s in me than he that’s in the world.

Further Reading:

Proverbs 20:27 “The spirit of man is the lamp of the Lord, searching all his innermost parts.”

1 Thessalonians 2:13 “And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.”

Read through the bible in 1 year: 1 Samuel 15:1-16:23 John 8:1-20 Psalm 110:1-7 Proverbs 15:8-10

Read through the bible in 2 years: Catch-up day & Ps 127