Do you have the gift of speaking? Then speak as though God himself were speaking through you. Do you have the gift of helping others? Do it with all the strength and energy that God supplies. Then everything you do will bring glory to God through Jesus Christ. All glory and power to him forever and ever! Amen. 1 Peter 4:11
Sometimes God will speak directly to us through certain people to communicate to us exactly what he may want us to know.
He may have an encouraging word to share, a message of hope.
He may also take it upon himself to bring a little clarity and comfort to a situation one may have been struggling with.
The Lord goes these extra steps to show us just how much he loves us and to express his total concern for our well-being.
We will recognize when our Lord is corresponding with us by knowing his voice even if it is spoken by a human tongue.
A feeling of ease, peace, or contentment will settle around our presence, and upon the circumstance that has troubled or affected one. This is what happened to me someone else’s experience may be different.
In addition, the Lord stayed up with me all night (not that he ever sleeps) keeping me company and helping me to write as he worked his power through me to utilize my talents for his glory.
I am so impressed by God. My literature just flowed out effortlessly; I wasn’t even expecting it because earlier in the day I had wanted to write but did not feel up to it. I was feeling kind of down about something, but he just came and lifted up my spirits and kept me in place- holding me nearby. The Lord even had gotten me excited in the process.
And when I read his word in certain parts of scripture, I just love the way he talks and how he tells it like it is with such feeling and vigor.
God is something else! But most of all he is my confidant- my everything!
To one person the Spirit gives the ability to give wise advice; to another the same Spirit gives a message of special knowledge. The same Spirit gives great faith to another, and to someone else the one Spirit gives the gift of healing. He gives one person the power to perform miracles, and another the ability to prophesy. He gives someone else the ability to discern whether a message is from the Spirit of God or from another spirit. Still another person is given the ability to speak in unknown languages, while another is given the ability to interpret what is being said. 1 Corinthians 12:8-10
