A Word of Knowledge From God

About 3 weeks ago somebody lent me something that I had to give back. Let's say the person's name is Bob and he lent me a precious golden ticket. Well, I left my house and went to the store. Then I started walking towards my next destination. Suddenly, I realized Bob's golden ticket was gone! I didn't have it anymore. I wasn't sure if I'd dropped it, but I was about 80% sure I had left the house with it. I retraced my footsteps back to the store and back to the house with no luck.

I got in the house and, although usually I am able to keep my composure and think of an instant resolution to almost every problem that comes my way, this time I didn't have one. My only two options were to find Bob's golden ticket (which at that point was impossible!) or spend money to replace Bob's golden ticket. However, had I done that I literally would have been taken to the cleaners. I would have had no money left!

Having to accept that reality, I felt myself about to shed tears. There was nothing I could do. I was stuck between a rock and a hard place and just had to accept that, for either Bob or myself, the situation was not going to end well. However, (literally) RIGHT WHEN the tears began to well up in my eyes it was as though something just pushed them back in and I felt something inside of me say "You're going to find it". Now, I knew it wasn't my own confidence that told me that because at that moment I HAD NONE. ZERO! ZILCH! NADA! So, I took it as a word of knowledge/fact about the future that the Holy Spirit was giving me.

I instantly left my house and retraced my footsteps for a second time. I partially thought I was a bit insane because I had already traced my footsteps. Nevertheless, I had such an assurance that I was going to find Bob's golden ticket. The word I received that told me I was going to find it had to have been supernatural. It definitely did not come from my own self. I was so sure of it.

I got back to the store which is the last official place I was before realizing the golden ticket was gone. I looked all over and still did not find it. At that moment, I felt an overwhelming feeling of disappointment come over me. Not only did I think I had probably just been acting like one of those crazy, overly-religious people who I have to condition myself not to despise, but I still was going to be broke after spending all my money replacing Bob's golden ticket.

As I felt my encouragement turn to disappointment, I turned around to go back home. Then, I looked down on the floor and right by someone's feet was the golden ticket! I'm not even going to attempt to tell you how I felt at that moment because words could never do justice in describing it. But I will say, I was so grateful for the voice of God in my heart that day because had He not told me that the golden ticket was not lost I would not have retraced my steps for a second time. I would have wasted my money replacing it and would have been extremely disgruntled and upset in the process!

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How I Know God Speaks THROUGH Me

The fact that God spoke to me through songs only became more clear to me as I got older. I remember once in my mid-teenage years a song popped into my head. I never recorded it or even sang it anywhere publicly, but I showed the song to my mother. The lyrics say:

Healing. Healing in my mind (2x) By Your stripes I'm healed, in my mind I'm healed, by Your stripes I am healed (2x)

Then the song repeats and replaces the word "mind" with other words such as "body", "heart", "life", etc. When I showed my mom that song she didn't say much. She just said it was nice. Then a little while after she told me that she thinks God made me sing that song for her.

Now anytime someone tells me something like that, or when people start crying when I tell them something/when I pray for them, I always wonder if they're just being overly-spiritual and deep. Because to me... it's not that big of a deal and to them, they are fully convinced they just had some type of divine intervention from God. 

Nonetheless, this sort of thing kept happening to me here and there throughout my life. As a matter of fact, as little as three days ago, I visited a church that I used to lead praise and worship at. Before the preacher began to preach he asked me to come sing a song. So, I got up and attempted to do so. Now, if I be honest, the reason I stopped leading worship at that church was not a very pleasant one and two of the ladies who contributed to the unpleasantry were in attendance. One of them was sitting very, very, very near to the front.

I'm not saying this to give you insight on the drama that occurred in my life, but I'm saying this to show you how badly I just wanted to worship my Father and sit down. I was not interested in leading other people into worship. None of that deep stuff. I had to have a quick intimate moment with my Father because that's what I was asked to do, but after I finished singing I quickly handed over the microphone and sat down. When I returned to my seat everyone began worshiping God with no prompting to do so from me nor the preacher. I was thinking Did I just sing the National Anthem like Whitney Houston or something?! Mind you, vocally and technically speaking I performed far, far below average.

Then after the service was over, my sister told me something very strange. She said that while I was singing there were people in the congregation that were crying! I asked her, "Crying? Just like crying as you worship?". And she told me one of them was seriously tearing up and crying, crying... like really crying.

That was weird to me because I can't say I was trying to make anyone feel anything. However, when God wants to use you to speak to someone, He will do so. 

It's very beneficial for you realize what gift God has imparted in you. The gift that is effortless to you. The gift that is not that big of a deal to you, but that everyone does not have. More than likely that gift is what God uses to speak to and through you.

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How I know God Speaks TO Me

As a pre-teen and teenager I recall being able to hear God's voice through songs. I remember the first time I realized as a teenager that God spoke to me in song. It was a simple, but surreal moment. I was on my way to school and I was very upset at something... everything, wondering the infamous question: "What's the point?". Then I realized I had a song stuck in my head. The lyrics were repeating over and over in my mind. I actually got irritated by it- You know how it goes when a song is stuck in your head. It's annoying. But when a song is stuck in your head when you're in a bad mood its ten times worse! So I stood there (outdoors) waiting for the train, on my way to school, and wondered Why is this stupid song stuck in my head. Its not like I even heard this song anywhere today. Asking that question, I examined what song it was and because of the fact that it was a "Christian" song my conscious ate me and I began to feel guilty.

But something just told me to examine the lyrics and I did: 

"Oh Lord my God, when I'm in awesome wonder I consider all the world Your hands have made. I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder; Your power throughout the universe display"

It was weird because up until that very moment, I never even understood, took time to understand or CARED to understand what that song was talking about. But at that moment as I paid attention to the lyrics and followed what it said, I considered the universe's display, looking up into the distance's landscape and I saw the majesty of God in the sunrise and the clouds and the trees. It was something so seemingly simple, but almost instantly I began to understand the reason behind the song-writers lyrics. 

Then, (just like the young girl in my previous blogpost) I felt as though I wanted to cry. There is nothing like knowing that God, or anyone for that matter, empathizes with you and cares and understands what you are troubled about. How did God know that I was in awesome wonder? How did God know that I was wondering "What's the point?". The way I felt at that moment was similar to the way the bible describes John and others, when they saw angels or saw a vision or encountered something majestic, they would fall and worship. It's not a decision to worship its a reaction of worship that comes from pure reverence and awe. That's why, I believe sometimes we can't help but cry when we experience hearing God's voice or having God speak to us through His word, songs or through others. When it's truly from God, it touches you in the most effective way possible and makes you stand in such amazement and awe.

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Hearing God's Voice in Intercession

I wouldn't want to have you think I'm completely ignorant in the area of hearing the voice of God. As a matter of fact, maybe about a month ago I was at a friend's church and the pastor asked for everyone to find someone in the congregation, pray for them and have them pray for you. I went to a young lady, maybe in her late 20's who was sitting right next to me and told her to pray for me first. If I be honest, I wasn't even paying attention to what she was saying because as she prayed for me I stilled myself and asked God to put an impression in my mind of what to pray for, for his daughter. As she prayed, the word debt came into my mind and as I tried to seek after God for other things to pray for as well, all that stood out in my mind was the word "debt". 

So, when it was my turn to pray, I prayed for her family and for her joy and then I began to pray for her finances. Then I took a mental deep breath and began to pray for debt cancellation and other things pertaining to debt. I began to proclaim prosperity over her life and decree that the word of God says she should lend and not borrow. 

Well, when I finished praying, the girl literally left the room and walked over to the area where the bathroom was. When she came back her eyes were so red and her face was so puffy it was clear she was crying. But it was almost as though she was wiping her eyes to try to make it seem as though she wasn't crying and, in the process, made her eyes even more red!

It was weird to me because in my limited understanding, prior to praying for her, I thought in this day and age it seems as though almost EVERYONE is faced with a debt of some sort. Debt isn't exactly the worst thing to have in America. So, I didn't think it was that big of a deal, but God knows all and He alone knows why He wanted me to pray for that young lady's debt.

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A Worshiper's Diary: Cover Art

I just wanted you all to be the first to see the cover art to my new Praise & Worship album, A Worshiper's Diary. This album will be available  to those who visit here at prophecymemoirs.blogspot.com and at arevelationrevolution.blogspot.com.

Worship (as well as prayer) is very important when seeking the voice of God. As the song says, He desires to abide in the praises of His people. Creating an atmosphere of worship for God to dwell in is a wise (and bible supported) step to take when seeking to hear the voice of God.

I pray you all are blessed by these worship songs as they become available to You.

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Understanding the Nature of God's Thoughts

Part 1

I got into the presence of God today and just began to seek after Him for the manifestation of His word in my life; a distinct voice that I could discern as belonging to my Father in Heaven. The first thing that happened was I tried to rid my mind of its own thoughts. Every time a thought would pop into my head, I would literally try to chase it away. Doing so I hoped to accomplish the task of making room for God’s thoughts. And did that work? No, it did not. I actually just ended up laying in my bed with a blank mind!

Deciding to start over, I took a break then entered back into “meditation”. This time, I made a conscious decision to appreciate each thought that popped into my mind. I said to myself, if God made me that means He also made me to have my own thoughts and I should appreciate what He gave me. It is valuable.

Almost immediately, Isaiah 55:8 popped into my head, which says: My thoughts are not your thoughts. So, I began to differentiate the difference between my thoughts and God’s thoughts:

• ·      My thoughts are sometimes imperfect
• ·      God’s thoughts are a product of His unlimited knowledge of all things
• ·      My thoughts and ideas are a product of the creativity and free imagination God has given me. (So much so, my actions can never keep up with the tons of ideas generated during my daily thought-process)

Part 2

As I began to think these things (and much more) about my thoughts and God’s thoughts and as I began to appreciate the freedom to think God has given me a parable in Matthew 25:23 popped into my head that reads:

His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things: enter into the joy of your lord.

After remembering that scripture, it finally dawned on me that until I learned to be faithful regarding my own thoughts, I would not be able to be “entrusted” with God’s thoughts. As I laid there understanding how much my thoughts were valuable to me I realized God's thoughts must be valuable to Him as well. And just as we don't always share our thoughts with people who we don't think will understand them, God probably doesn't either. A "prophet" is someone who God must believe understands His desires and the things He is passionate about. That is why He is able to use them to relay His words to others.

Laying there in meditation, I took note of all the things my mind wandered to. I realized that I mainly think about the things I love. My daydreams are actually my ideal version of reality. The people I think about are the people who affect my life most. I realized that I think most about the things I am most passionate about. That's what made me ponder; maybe God’s thoughts consist of the things He is most passionate about as well. 

Part 3

The next scripture that popped into my head was Jeremiah 29:11 which says, “For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil.” Remembering that scripture made me realize two things:

• # 1.     God thinks good thoughts towards His people. So that must be what God loves and is passionate about.
• #  2.       If God’s word (from the bible) keeps popping into my thoughts, maybe the verses from the bible are one of the ways God speaks to His people.

These were two very simple things that I realized, but it made a profound impact on the beginning of my understanding of the mind of those who flow in the gift of prophecy.

It’s probably the reason why the bible says to those who have much more will be given and those who have little, even what he has will be taken away. When I saw my thoughts as a hindrance and as something that wasn’t valuable, I rebuked my own thoughts wishing they would go away. Yet, when I began to appreciate my thoughts it dawned on me that understanding and appreciating my own thoughts was the key to becoming entrusted with God’s thoughts:

When I saw my own thoughts as valuable, I received the internal promise that as I began to understand the relationship I had with my thoughts it would help me to understand the relationship God has with His thoughts; therefore, making me more in tune with the mind of God and becoming more deserving of having Him share His thoughts with me. Yet when I saw my thoughts as “little” I dealt with them foolishly and wanted to cast them away.

Before we can have the mind of God shared with us, we must be able to appreciate and understand our own.