1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:12,480 Welcome to the God's Goodness podcast where our mission is to encourage and highlight God's 2 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:18,080 Goodness and modern-day miracles. We are your hosts, Josh and Shelley Hankins. Today we have 3 00:00:18,080 --> 00:00:26,120 with us a special guest. I met her through social media, her name is Barbara Frone and the way God 4 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:31,720 connected us was really cool. I found this app called, well back when I found it, it was called 5 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:38,280 In Faith and now they changed it to Faithia but it's all social media that's exclusively Christian 6 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:45,240 content and Barbara, I got accepted into their program so I can post stuff in there. It's this new 7 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:51,400 app, it only came out this year so it's like around less than 10,000 people downloaded it so far so 8 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:57,480 it's fresh but I got ahold of Barbara through there and she agreed to be on the God's Goodness 9 00:00:57,480 --> 00:01:05,240 podcast and here she is and God was still downloading stuff into her life over the last week because 10 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:10,440 we tried doing this a week ago and the podcast equipment just stopped working for whatever 11 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:15,880 reason remotely so sweet water if you need to get any equipment I'm telling you sweet water is the 12 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:22,440 way to go. They hooked us up with a brand new recorder so we wouldn't miss a beat and so today's 13 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:27,960 the day Barbara gets to share what the Holy Spirit has been working out in her life and I'm grateful 14 00:01:27,960 --> 00:01:33,960 that we've become friends over the last however long it meant months that we've been connected 15 00:01:33,960 --> 00:01:39,080 and I just thank you for being a blessing in my life Barbara and I hope that you can be a blessing 16 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:45,800 to others with this episode and I'll have you open us up with an opening prayer. All right thank you 17 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:53,400 Shelly and Josh Lord we just come before you today and we are so excited to see what you have for us 18 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:59,960 that just amazes me every day that you use us every day ordinary people to speak through and to 19 00:01:59,960 --> 00:02:07,320 work through and to be you through us and so we just give this time to you Lord we just ask you to 20 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:13,160 bless it we ask you to cover it so there'll be no interruptions and Lord whatever you want it to 21 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:20,600 accomplish in people's lives may it be so exactly the way you want it because we are so unique and 22 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:27,720 each one of us we have unique needs and only you know them sometimes we won't even know them until 23 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:34,600 you reveal them to us so we thank you Lord this is your time have your way in us in Jesus name we 24 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:42,600 pray amen amen thank you for that so where would you like to get started oh goodness this this 25 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:48,120 morning I was just spending time with the Lord and just you know I never know what he's going to do 26 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:55,960 and all of a sudden I heard I heard this the devil is spreading lies about God and I thought what 27 00:02:55,960 --> 00:03:01,000 you know what what is this and I I immediately thought of the but the truth is and then he just 28 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:07,240 get started downloading verses in me the truth is his loving kindness is better than life you know 29 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:12,680 you find that in Psalms the truth is his goodness and mercy shall chase you down all the days of 30 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:18,680 your life I believe you know the devil is spreading lies about God we don't trust him that he's going 31 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:23,960 to you know that is we don't trust in his goodness and how much he loves us and all of a sudden I 32 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:29,400 just started looking up the word goodness in the Bible and then I realized oh my gosh this podcast 33 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:35,400 is God's goodness and you know I'm like no no wonder you're this is what you're really wanting to 34 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:43,320 highlight devil is spreading lies about God that he is not good and like Romans one day 28 says he'll 35 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:50,200 work all things together for good and he once told me that since not all things are good but I'm 36 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:56,920 going to work them together for good isn't all things good it's um it's just beautiful because 37 00:03:56,920 --> 00:04:03,400 I wanted to this is this one here I want to share this with you because this was this changed my life 38 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:12,120 I was meditating on Jeremiah 9 23 and 24 and I wanted to just I'm going to read that it says let 39 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:18,920 not the wise man glory in his wisdom let not the mighty man glory in his might let not the rich man 40 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:26,200 glory in his riches but let him that glory at glory in this that he understandeth and know with me 41 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:33,240 that I am the Lord which exercise loving kindness judgment and righteousness and I actually was 42 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:38,040 singing this because it's a scripture song throughout the day this was years ago when I when I was 43 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:45,640 working and I'd sing it out loud if I could and sing it in my mind if I couldn't and one time I said 44 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:52,040 one time after singing and I said Lord I want to understand and know you more and this is what I heard 45 00:04:52,040 --> 00:05:00,280 look at the last part of the verse and I said okay it says in these things I delight I forgot to say 46 00:05:00,280 --> 00:05:05,000 that yeah I am the Lord exercise loving kindness judgment and righteousness in the earth for these 47 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:11,880 things I delight so I said okay you delight in loving kindness judgment and righteousness and 48 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:18,120 this is what I say this is where he gave me a gold nugget he said yes he said I exercised my judgment 49 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:24,600 on the cross I gave you my righteousness now all that's left is my loving kindness that's all that's 50 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:29,480 left so every day you know we don't we shouldn't wake up as Christians every day looking for his 51 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:36,600 judgment because it's done his righteousness we have it every day we should get up and we should 52 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:40,680 look for his loving kindness that will change your life because you will get what you look for 53 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:47,080 mm-hmm and I've been doing that ever since and that's all I see that's all I see every day 54 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:53,640 even just recently when he was saying I want you to praise me I want you to praise me especially 55 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:59,320 when things that are on your part that you don't like and what I've noticed this I've 56 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:05,960 only been doing this a few days what I've noticed is the moment I praise him not that anything changes 57 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:13,320 but my soul changes because immediately the upsetness inside of me gone and a joy comes back 58 00:06:14,280 --> 00:06:19,000 knowing that he has it on there for a reason and he's going to work it together for good 59 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:29,320 excellent point yeah that my biggest one was I went through cancer I had breast cancer April 60 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:37,400 2017 I was diagnosed and um August of 2018 I finally I guess acquiesced and decided I mean I went to 61 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:43,480 healing ministers I cast it out I did well everything I could think of and finally I said okay lord 62 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:49,000 I guess you want me to go through chemotherapy and I was not very happy about that and started 63 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:54,520 taking chemo two months into it feeling sick as a dog and getting a little bitterness in my heart 64 00:06:54,520 --> 00:07:01,000 because I couldn't understand why would he want me to put this poison in me and why he didn't heal me 65 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:08,840 you know I didn't yeah and you know God saw that and he he sent a lady that I barely knew I went to 66 00:07:08,840 --> 00:07:13,400 lunch with her one time when I was living in Alaska and he told her to send me a book called 67 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:20,280 pretty a prison to praise by Merlin Carothers this it's a just a little tiny book written by a 68 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:29,400 a an army chaplain in the Vietnam era and the whole book you know the whole books message said 69 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:35,160 it was whatever you're going through is not worse than what my son went through on the cross I want 70 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:41,320 you to praise before it because I'm going to work it together for good and that day I just got out of 71 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:45,960 bed I went in front of my mirror and I said lord I thank you for what I'm going through I thank you 72 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:52,920 for this cancer I thank you for this chemo I thank you for the way I feel and the more I did that I 73 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:58,920 can't explain it it's like something supernatural happened in my soul the bitterness left and a 74 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:05,400 gratefulness came inside my soul that I cannot explain I went back to my bed but months of chemo 75 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:12,280 ahead of me still feeling sick but I I saw everything differently I looked around my my room I said oh 76 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:18,040 my gosh you know I saw nothing but blessings I saw that I could sleep as long as I wanted I could 77 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:23,720 watch TV when I wanted my husband was taken care of me I didn't have to go to work I had health 78 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:29,240 insurance I put I mean I just saw nothing about blessings hmm hmm that's like it was voice activated 79 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:38,680 yeah it's like it's it's super I mean praising him for his goodness even though things don't look 80 00:08:38,680 --> 00:08:45,560 good it's like and it turned around to him yes it's like like like they say complain and remain 81 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:51,800 right remain in the situation as long as you're complaining but when you praise him for the situation 82 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:58,200 even especially when you don't like it it's like he either removes it or he he brings you above it so 83 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:03,720 it doesn't bother you you know like the eagles flying above the storms yeah you can't explain it 84 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:07,640 because I always say when the Holy Spirit does something if you can explain it it probably wasn't 85 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:14,440 the Holy Spirit it's he works miracles he does things super naturally yeah it's so neat how can 86 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:23,640 be in an instant too oh absolutely absolutely in an instant and God's goodness amazes me every day 87 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:28,280 every day I remember I was Rick Warren I think his name he wrote the book the purpose driven life 88 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:33,960 in years ago I was getting his I was getting like an email like a devotion every day I don't 89 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:41,320 anymore and this is the only one I remember he said I used to think life was full of like either 90 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:46,040 you're on the mountaintop or you're in the valley he says I don't think that anymore I think life is 91 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:51,880 like a train track you will always have good in your life alongside you know and you always have 92 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:56,680 bad on the other side always at the same time and then and that's when I when I meditated on that 93 00:09:56,680 --> 00:10:01,560 then God that's when God gave me you know what and because I'm gonna work all the bad for good 94 00:10:01,560 --> 00:10:07,640 isn't it really all good even the bad you know I'll share this with you because this this was one 95 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:12,040 where he that showed me something about his love that just blew my mind and I will I 96 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:17,000 it's the beautiful thing is that nobody can take that from you once you have it when he once he 97 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:23,480 gives that to you yeah this was actually a last year last summer I was having a very hard day I 98 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:28,920 was just I was very angry and had a lot to do with my mother-in-law living with us at the time 99 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:35,800 she's now in a nursing home and you know just long story short I was very upset about many things 100 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:42,520 in our home and my husband is very very kind he's sometimes too kind I think you know he's 101 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:47,640 he's he was doing things I did not agree with we had a caretaker come in and instead of him allowing 102 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:52,280 her to care for my mother-in-law he would care for everybody she'd walk in the door he'd make her 103 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:56,520 coffee he'd make her friends don't take care of his mom and I'm like what are you doing she's 104 00:10:56,520 --> 00:11:00,600 supposed to be here helping us in other words that's just an example of what I was upset about 105 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:07,080 and I was so angry because I didn't know how to fix this it's like you know you're too nice you 106 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:14,040 that evening I was supposed to play Banco 30 minutes away at someone's house that I did not 107 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:21,880 I'd I'd never been there before and as I was driving and I turned into her street and I was 108 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:27,320 looking down at my phone to see where her house was it was like I hit something I hit something 109 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:32,280 that I felt like I was I had a brick wall they had some kind of contraption coming out on the street 110 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:39,480 I guess the slow cars down and I did not see it I had two flat tires so I called my husband of 111 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:44,840 course he had to get a tow truck he had to come pick me up this is 30 minutes away you know a 112 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:49,960 thousand dollars later basically I'm sitting he takes me home I'm sitting in my office at night 113 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:56,680 at night and I'm like Lord what's just happened I am so confused because this is not my daily 114 00:11:56,680 --> 00:12:02,200 thing with the Lord my days are usually wonderful right yeah and all of a sudden this is what he 115 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:08,120 put on my heart my mama is German so I listened to a lot of you know I can speak German and I 116 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:13,080 he put on my heart I have a German playlist he put on my heart to play German music that's what I did 117 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:21,000 and the first song blew me away it was a love song and then this is what the words I was I won't 118 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:28,200 say I won't say it in German I'll say them in English the song is called I dream with open eyes of you 119 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:36,280 and the chorus is I dream of open eyes of you where I am you're always with me you brought me the 120 00:12:36,280 --> 00:12:43,320 wonder of the world you make me happy and this is what I heard I'm singing that song over you 121 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:50,680 I'm like you're singing a love song over me when I am sitting here angry and everything 122 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:58,520 you know what he said to me I'll never forget it he said um it's because you still have an unhealthy 123 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:07,560 image of me I it just blew me away hmm yeah yeah that would do something to you he like he can take 124 00:13:07,560 --> 00:13:13,960 us being angry and you know what to top and all just to finish this off this was a Monday evening 125 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:20,920 Wednesday my husband got a call from the place that was sending us this caretaker she actually 126 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:25,320 quit she quit and moved you know an hour and a half away because that's where her fiance was 127 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:31,480 wow and the very next day they said a new like a new young lady not younger I mean was obviously 128 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:37,560 she was only 23 tattooed from top to bottom right but the moment she walked in the door 129 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:44,680 both my husband fell in love with her and we knew that she was supposed to be there I can't explain 130 00:13:44,680 --> 00:13:49,320 it and he she didn't drink coffee and right away my husband took her into the kitchen and taught her 131 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:55,160 how to make his mom french toast in other words he not only sang a love song over me when I was angry 132 00:13:55,160 --> 00:14:01,960 he fixed my whole thing that I was angry about hmm turned that right around turned it right around 133 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:09,880 yeah his love is like we'll never comprehend it I think we as humans cannot love like that 134 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:15,400 our our love we cannot love like that no the way he works out all the details is just amazing 135 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:21,800 hmm I love that he he had these details worked out when he formed us in the womb 136 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:26,760 and we're stumbling through trying to figure out what these are like we're trying to anticipate 137 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:32,040 what the next move is and he already knows what it was here like the choices that we have 138 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:37,880 he's already knows what those choices are and so he was able to weave this tapestry before 139 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:43,480 even creations and here we are trying to stumble along like we're gonna please him in some way 140 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:49,800 when when he just wants us to learn who he is and how he is yes it's amazing that you just 141 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:55,320 mentioned that josh because I'm going through a bible study called created for much more or 142 00:14:55,320 --> 00:15:01,560 something like that and I just read something about that in about what you just said that 143 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:07,080 this stuff has already happened in the heavenlies it's already done it's a done deal that's why he 144 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:12,360 knows everything it's not that he makes you know he takes our free will away he just knows it because 145 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:19,640 he's god and that that let me get this a book that's called created for so much more boring with god 146 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:25,880 this is what he says in the book it says Shane Willard I think is he's a full-time minister that 147 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:32,600 I guess he's a Hebrew scholar and Genesis 1 1 through 3 this is what he said how he summarized it 148 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:39,480 in the beginning God Jesus the Messiah created the heavens and the earth and the earth became crazy 149 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:44,520 and the craziness invaded your house because you did not have a revelation of the covenant 150 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:51,320 of the nail this led your life to a continual pattern of despair because the boundaries you 151 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:57,560 chose were consuming your covering this repair was presenting itself in the face of God's 152 00:15:57,560 --> 00:16:03,560 hidden blessings so God responded to this slap in the face by relaxing and declaring a solution 153 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:11,080 full of grace and truth a word that was both with him and was him let the one who is light shine 154 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:18,840 that was the whole message in Genesis 1 1 through 3 yes it this even the author says I will admit 155 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:24,040 that this revelation of future natural events having already happened in the spiritual realm has 156 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:29,880 caused a major paradigm shift for me I was just learning that what you just said that I was just 157 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:36,600 I remember the day I I read that verse that says I know that he was slain before the foundation of 158 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:45,240 the world or the earth I'm like what yeah yes I look at it that God created time space and matter 159 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:51,160 therefore he can't exist within those parameters yes exist outside of it so if he exists outside 160 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:57,400 of time he sees past present and future simultaneously we're just plodding along on this timeline and 161 00:16:57,400 --> 00:17:03,080 God sees it all from from the birth of Jesus right now to the death of Jesus right now he sees the 162 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:09,240 birth of you right now to the death of me right now he sees it all right now yes right now I 163 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:15,800 remember reading you know glaceons 220 says in the king james version it says I am crucified with 164 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:21,880 christ it says I am you know everything you're right because since there's no time in the spiritual 165 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:27,800 realm it's always now it's always and that's that's why Jesus could confidently take our sin away 166 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:35,000 because he's counting for the sin yesterday today and tomorrow because he saw it all at the same time 167 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:39,880 I know that's just see we can't even understand it can't understand that 168 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:45,640 it's mind-blowing we got people over here beating themselves up for the sins that they do or habitual 169 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:51,080 sins or things they can't keep themselves out of when they're in traffic or or things and they feel 170 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:57,080 to realize that Jesus paid for that sin because he paid for our future sins as well right and that's 171 00:17:57,080 --> 00:18:02,200 why Paul says and acts you know all things are lawful for me but it's not that all things are 172 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:06,600 things that are good for the spirit good for the soul good for glorifying God so it's not all things 173 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:13,000 I ought to do and so I think as Christians we need to to understand that we are forgiven we're 174 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:18,680 going to mess up we can't walk like we're messed up we have to walk like we are in spirit with christ 175 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:24,200 because we are redeemed by christ and we want to get closer to him so we try not to do those things 176 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:29,480 but not because he hasn't forgiven us but because that's not how we want to walk in relationship 177 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:34,840 with him absolutely I think that's the biggest struggles that that christ has had the biggest 178 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:40,520 struggle is what to do with this sin that I'm still committing and I remember I just God gave me 179 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:47,480 this revelation that the reason we still struggle with it is because the only part of us that is 180 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:54,360 100 redeemed is our spirit because that's why God can live inside our spirit our soul and our body 181 00:18:54,360 --> 00:19:00,040 have only been purchased so this I tell everybody too that you know that I can that you are going 182 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:06,200 to still sin till Jesus comes or you go to heaven or whatever you can't stop that's why Jesus came 183 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:13,160 he came and that's why the bible says what we do is we renew our minds to keep our minds just like 184 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:19,160 Isaiah 26 3 said we keep our minds on Jesus what he did for us keep our minds off ourselves 185 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:25,000 because every time we look at ourselves we will see something wrong and allow Jesus to do the work 186 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:30,680 in us to work things out of us that need to be worked out like pulling weeds and to work more of 187 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:36,920 himself into us that's all his work it's not our work and so you know that that's how we keep out 188 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:41,640 of just keep our hands out of that keep our minds always focused on him that's how I like to see my 189 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:47,240 role when I talk to other people about him it's my job to arrange the meeting but it's his job 190 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:53,000 to have that conversation with you right it's his job to convict your heart not mine but I'm the one 191 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:57,960 that needs to let you know that you can have that talk and how to talk to him and that anything is 192 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:05,320 on the table to talk about yeah and we can pray that people have our good soil like their hearts 193 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:10,360 are ready you know because we're always ready to plant that well most of us some of us are always 194 00:20:10,360 --> 00:20:16,360 ready to plant that seed and if we if it lands on that good soil that's what we want so it takes hold 195 00:20:16,360 --> 00:20:23,400 and God can do his work and what he does best that's why it's so important to hear him because if 196 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:29,000 you are if you're saying something to somebody and the timing is off it's not in his timing you 197 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:32,520 could actually hinder his work I mean of course he's gonna he's gonna work it all together for 198 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:37,240 good even with our messes but why hinder his work right you know why there's been things that I've 199 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:42,840 been wanting to say to people and it's like no no no you know he'll he'll I'm so go ahead for that 200 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:49,320 that's one of my I think that's my biggest desire is to teach people how to hear from God because 201 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:54,840 I get so many people that say I don't hear from him I don't know how to hear from him and um it's 202 00:20:54,840 --> 00:21:00,680 just because they they just accept every thought they receive as their own like I used to but once 203 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:05,480 yeah once we start learning how to dissect these thoughts just like a sentence and not 204 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:11,080 it's a way of just thought just come from you know doesn't line up with the word yeah doesn't 205 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:17,000 line up with or it or even his his heart you know many things he says to me I don't see this in the 206 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:22,360 word but I but I but when I read it that's why I when he starts speaking I have pen in hand because 207 00:21:22,360 --> 00:21:28,600 it means always right what I hear because I can look after and say oh that sounds like the heart 208 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:33,880 of God right I'm glad you brought that up because you you know you have to check it against the word 209 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:39,400 and not everything is in the word that you're going to come across so yeah you're correct 210 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:44,360 knowing his heart which is is this thought that I'm having displaying the fruit of the spirit 211 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:52,600 right is this is this thought love kind is this thought selfless is this thought something that 212 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:57,000 would edify someone else right and if if you can say no to these things then you can say well then 213 00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:02,520 this probably isn't from God God wouldn't have me say something that would tear someone down you 214 00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:08,040 know while they need it because it's encouragement oh God has better ways I promise absolutely you 215 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:16,360 know he has even when he's corrected me it has been so gentle I remember one time you know also 216 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:21,800 I was upset about something that lots of times I just walked my dog and I talked to God and I just 217 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:27,800 you know I'm just you know just ramble on to him and tell him what's upsetting me and all of a sudden 218 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:32,600 this one day I'll never forget I heard him this is what I heard do you really have it so bad 219 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:38,360 I mean it stopped me in my tracks I'm like no I don't you know and it just calmed my soul he has a 220 00:22:38,360 --> 00:22:44,200 way of calming that soul that gets out of you know it's the flesh that gets out of whack I just love 221 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:49,320 it you know he's I remember even just everything that's going on in our country complaining one 222 00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:54,600 time same thing I'm walking my dog just complaining about this country this is what he said to me 223 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:59,400 you have been blessed coming in and blessed going out and you will continue to be blessed 224 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:05,720 coming in and blessed going out again calm my soul meaning no matter what is going on in this 225 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:11,240 country in this world he is still on the throne and he is still going to bless his children 226 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:17,800 and take care of us we have nothing to worry about. Do you have any tips that you want to 227 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:25,080 share with the listeners about hearing better from God like I'm sure there's a few things they can do. 228 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:29,480 This is what the biggest thing that was a game changer for me is I took a bible study I did a 229 00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:37,640 bible study in 2015 the book is called Four Keys to Hearing God's Voice by Mark Berkler and he has 230 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:43,400 a ministry it's called a communion with God ministries you can find that you know google it 231 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:48,760 you can either get the book from him or you can or I word the book on amazon that changed my life 232 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:53,400 and then he takes I think it's Habakkuk 2 2 or something he takes it from the bible that God 233 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:59,080 taught him you know it's two four keys is basically quiet yourself so this is what I do I come to my 234 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:03,800 office in the morning and a lot of times since I get distracted by noise by sounds dogs barking 235 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:10,680 lawns mowing I put in worship soaking worship music and you know with my earbud so that's it 236 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:16,600 keeps me kind of focused and then I just I just quiet myself and I a lot of times well use your 237 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:21,480 imagination where do you want to be with Jesus so I walk I'm always walking on the beach always 238 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:28,120 I love that with him I sometimes I will be a little child sometimes I will be older each time 239 00:24:28,120 --> 00:24:32,840 it's a different vision and he's always we're just walking along the beach and I just start talking to 240 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:40,120 him and again I always have my pen in hand and sometimes I ask him a question and sometimes 241 00:24:40,120 --> 00:24:43,640 even reading his word I'll be reading his word and like what is that and all of a sudden hear 242 00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:49,560 something and immediately so pay attention this is what he says spontaneous thoughts pay attention 243 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:54,920 to those you know we we think analytically we reason this is what I'm gonna make for dinner 244 00:24:54,920 --> 00:25:00,040 this is what I need you know we think all of a sudden while you're doing those you know reasoning 245 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:05,160 or you know you're thinking pay attention to all of a sudden boom this thought comes out of nowhere 246 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:10,920 you know all of a sudden maybe maybe a girlfriend her name will come to her mind your mind well 247 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:15,880 I've learned to pay attention to those because it takes practice pay attention to those spontaneous 248 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:21,240 thoughts that come into your mind and like what Lord why did why did you just highlight my friend's 249 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:28,440 name you want me to call her you'll be a pray for her you know you know he'll so I guess the biggest 250 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:33,080 thing is the spontaneous thoughts pay attention to them because they come from the spiritual realm 251 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:39,080 and yes they can come from the enemy so pay attention to them if those by me it was very 252 00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:47,000 simple James 3 17 is what I say is a good test a good test of if you're hearing from above 253 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:52,840 it's it's like a wisdom from above it's don't have it with me right now the wisdom from above is first 254 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:58,440 pure peaceable easy to be entreated whatever you're hearing spot those spontaneous thoughts 255 00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:05,320 if they're full of love and they're you know they calm you they're peaceful that's God but if any 256 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:09,960 thought comes to you spontaneously like you know all of a sudden you're thinking of a friend and 257 00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:15,160 you're you know and not good thoughts about that friend are coming you can bet that's from the enemy 258 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:20,440 he's trying to get you you know he's he's the accuser of the brethren he's trying to get you upset 259 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:26,360 about about this you know this friend so you know pay attention to that and I've even taken I 260 00:26:26,360 --> 00:26:30,920 even do that too when I start getting an upset thought about a friend or something that troubled me 261 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:35,720 I again I'll just start praying for them because that the devil will flee then because he doesn't 262 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:42,120 want you praying for them you want you upset with them that's good I like that yeah that envisioning 263 00:26:42,120 --> 00:26:47,400 yourself walking with Jesus on the beach like you can't be there but what would you like it to be 264 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:54,120 if it was everything was perfect oh my shelly I mean I'll share this this help I'm not going to 265 00:26:54,120 --> 00:26:58,440 remember every single word that'll have it in front of me this one morning this is how good he is 266 00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:05,160 this one morning the moment I closed my eyes to spend time with him the moment I saw this huge hand 267 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:13,240 in front of me and he said something's troubling you give it to me and I know again in my eyes closed 268 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:19,400 I saw myself reaching into my heart and putting this trouble on his hand in his hand and he took the 269 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:26,040 he closed it and he threw that trouble into the ocean and all of a sudden I saw the hand again 270 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:33,480 and he said this time it's a person give it to me and it was my sister so I took my sister out 271 00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:38,280 of my heart I put it in his hand this time he took his hand and he put it in his heart 272 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:43,560 and he said the I thought you were saying he's gonna throw it through the ocean 273 00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:52,040 no no no he put it in his heart and he said I don't have the words in front of me but it was 274 00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:57,000 you know what I can remember is is he said how can you dance before me like a little child 275 00:27:57,000 --> 00:28:02,520 if you have troubles in your heart I mean you know he wants us free from all troubles that's why 276 00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:08,680 he says cast your care on him you know don't let your heart be troubled because you know was it John 277 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:14,840 is it John 3 John 2 I think it is where it talks about a prospered soul right what's a prospered 278 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:21,560 soul if your soul prospers so will you and your health and a prospered soul is a soul at peace 279 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:28,600 he wants us calm and at peace he doesn't want us troubled about anything and you know I've even I 280 00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:34,840 started a journal I call it cast my care journal this is not a part of your this is something that's 281 00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:39,400 really troubling me it's something that is troubling me it's on my heart and they won't let you know 282 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:45,720 it won't leave me alone and I so I put then I actually start I write it in there and say Lord 283 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:51,800 this is troubling me and then I what that means to me is I've cast it to him and I'm not allowed to 284 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:56,520 think about it anymore or worry about it anymore because now it's basically I'm putting it in his 285 00:28:56,520 --> 00:29:03,160 hands you know in my mind laying it down laying it down letting it go yeah and then once he answers 286 00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:09,960 when I take a red pen and I write what he did oh I love it that's good yeah letting go will help you 287 00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:15,320 a lot of people have a hard time they'll ask me how do you let go how do you stop worrying you know 288 00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:20,600 you do what you have to do when it comes back to your mind you say just say thank you Jesus for 289 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:27,880 taking care of that thank you know it one time I was praying about something it was six months 290 00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:32,600 and this was years ago I mean this was probably 15 years ago I was still different you know a little 291 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:38,360 less mature I guess it know God as well I said Lord I don't understand this I've been praying for six 292 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:44,280 months ain't nothing happening what am I doing wrong am I praying wrong and this is what I heard 293 00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:51,000 start thanking me and that changed my prayer life I only ask him one time now and the next time it 294 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:56,600 comes to my mind I just thank him for it thank you for being on it thank you for taking care of it 295 00:29:56,600 --> 00:30:02,440 that's how you let it go or listen go pick up the Bible listen to worship songs do what you have to 296 00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:07,160 do sit down and think of a good memory you know you know a good vacation or something just get 297 00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:13,400 your mind off of it because that's why I think miracles happen because when you let go you're 298 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:19,640 saying I trust you God yeah if you continue to worry are you really trusting it yeah he shows up in 299 00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:25,800 that full surrender when you're when you're you got nothing left to lose sometimes that's when he can 300 00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:32,040 do his best work yeah I want to I want to go back to the story where God didn't throw your sister in 301 00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:38,280 the ocean but placed her in his heart like I've been just mulling over that for a little bit 302 00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:45,720 and you know that's so very him to do to take that person who he loves who you love but is a 303 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:50,920 burden on you at the moment and replace that burden on himself because it is no burden for him 304 00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:57,240 it just really speaks to the fact that every single one of us that call him papa abba father 305 00:30:57,240 --> 00:31:04,840 that we are not a burden to him no not in the slightest whatever our care is whatever our 306 00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:10,840 worry is whether we have first world problems or third world problems God doesn't want us to suffer 307 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:17,640 he doesn't want us to sit there disquieted he doesn't want our soul to be restless for anything 308 00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:24,680 and he wants us to come to him no matter how small or petty our problems are and you know as we get 309 00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:29,240 older and we get that wisdom we start being able to discern his voice a little easier we start being 310 00:31:29,240 --> 00:31:35,160 able to not have such petty requests of him and and he really I think that's just part of our 311 00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:41,320 journey of sanctification yeah you know you just reminded me because I said I didn't have the 312 00:31:41,320 --> 00:31:46,360 testimony in front of me I didn't remember everything but you just reminded me of something 313 00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:51,560 at the end of this testimony I said after I you know gave him those two things that were troubling 314 00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:58,280 me I said to him Lord I feel lighter and I really did my soul I felt lighter physically sounds like 315 00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:03,320 spot lighter and you know what I you know you know what he's this is what he said me you just 316 00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:08,680 reminded me he said I feel lighter too I said you feel lighter when I give you my troubles he said 317 00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:14,120 yes I do there's something there you know there's just there's something there about that when we 318 00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:21,000 give him you know our troubles his joy is found in our joy at the same time and so we're lighter of 319 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:26,520 course he's lighter this is our our burdens don't bother him at all they're already cast away he 320 00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:35,720 doesn't waste time on them either he tossed them in the ocean nope yes he's so good hmm I just 321 00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:41,560 want to say that remind me of sponkna therapy it's this christian therapy and it had a totally spirit 322 00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:49,000 led and it's just phenomenal because sometimes what your subconscious mind it remembers everything 323 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:56,440 from the womb to now and sometimes there's traumas that it hasn't gotten to work through and so they 324 00:32:56,440 --> 00:33:03,640 get trapped and until they're released they can stay stuck and lead to even physical ailments 325 00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:10,520 and when you work through that you totally feel lighter at the end of a session it's amazing 326 00:33:11,320 --> 00:33:16,840 yeah definitely just another what came to my mind what really changed what really helped me in my life 327 00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:21,880 to see that you know everything is you know his goodness everything is good is um not only 328 00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:29,640 roman's 828 but Psalm 7610 now Psalm 7610 I don't get it in any other version I don't understand it 329 00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:36,280 in any other version but the king james version because the rest that's where I guess where God 330 00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:43,160 taught it to me Psalm 7610 I'm gonna read it it says surely the wrath of man shall praise thee the 331 00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:50,760 remainder of wrath thou shalt restrain surely the wrath of man shall praise thee that means the evil 332 00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:56,760 the evil that he allows he doesn't cause the wrath of man he doesn't cause evil that's the that's 333 00:33:56,760 --> 00:34:03,320 from the enemy but if he allows it that evil will praise us it will be for our good and then it says 334 00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:11,320 the remainder of wrath thou shalt restrain so what he taught me is when I allow allow evil on your 335 00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:18,200 path I will only allow the part of the evil the enemy is sending your way that I can use for good 336 00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:24,760 the remainder of the of that wrath that evil I'm gonna restrain I'm not gonna allow it so it 337 00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:31,560 really taught me is when something is on our path we're obviously we're talking about you know 338 00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:38,120 troubles and evil and stuff that we don't like I heard once that some preacher said that the 339 00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:44,040 apostle Paul never prayed for anybody's trouble to go away he always prayed that they would endure 340 00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:49,400 it with a good attitude and so God taught me if something's on your path it is there for a reason 341 00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:55,480 so you know come to me right away and ask me how to respond because the sooner you get what I'm 342 00:34:55,480 --> 00:35:01,720 trying to get you to get you know the sooner that that will go away also sometimes it's there 343 00:35:01,720 --> 00:35:08,680 but was it he also taught me something about surrender and obedience he said you know that if 344 00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:16,920 you obey my voice inside of you instead of doing what you want to do that you can avoid nine out of 345 00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:23,320 ten trials because these trials and tribulations are often they're on our path to get us to see 346 00:35:23,320 --> 00:35:29,400 something about him about life to get us to move in a certain direction to get us to know more about 347 00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:35,480 him and we can really we have a lot of say so in that I guess I'm just I'm right in the midst of 348 00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:40,760 that I really see that because it wasn't that long ago he said to me how can I order your steps if 349 00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:46,760 you are ordering your steps and this was this was maybe a couple months ago and I thought I understand 350 00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:53,160 I really do I'm done I'm done ordering my steps and I literally it's rocked my world it's like 351 00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:58,840 I don't even exercise I used to he would this is what he said to me so you plan to exercise Monday 352 00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:03,480 Tuesday or Monday Wednesday and Friday and then when you don't what happens you get upset with 353 00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:09,000 yourself I don't want you upset with yourself you let me tell you when to exercise and when I tell 354 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:15,160 you to do something I will along with my telling you you are ordering your steps will come a desire 355 00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:23,080 energy and time that is huge to me because it really has proven to be true every time 356 00:36:23,080 --> 00:36:29,720 he wants me to do something or even my time with him I'll see it a certain way and then 357 00:36:29,720 --> 00:36:35,000 something interrupts me or my husband wouldn't even you're a dog or whatever something and I get upset 358 00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:41,880 because I saw my time with him like this and he's taught me stop that if I want you to spend time 359 00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:49,160 with me I will create a desire a time just everything no disruptions it's like he he does it all 360 00:36:49,160 --> 00:36:55,400 you're just walking through the day you know doing your thing going to work making dinner and just 361 00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:59,880 always paying attention to that still small voice that is leading you and telling you what to do 362 00:36:59,880 --> 00:37:04,600 where to go it's a freedom that I've never I guess I'm just learning about 363 00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:12,680 it just like the Bible says lean on until your own understanding right you know all things 364 00:37:12,680 --> 00:37:18,520 acknowledge him all things and then he'll direct your past and that's what I'm seeing in my life 365 00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:25,240 right now and I'm loving this this is where I think it's complete freedom you think it is 366 00:37:25,240 --> 00:37:29,560 it you think oh you're not making a decision you know it's it's how you know how freeing it is I 367 00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:34,040 don't have to constantly decide because when I decide like I said when I decided and I don't do 368 00:37:34,040 --> 00:37:40,200 it just like it's supposed to be done or I don't do it I did upset with myself but when he decides 369 00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:44,440 you know it's like you know if I could say tonight I already I already said to him I already feel 370 00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:48,520 like that I'm supposed to walk 30 minutes tonight so I'm trusting that you're going to give me not 371 00:37:48,520 --> 00:37:52,760 only well I've got the desire and the time that you're going to give me the energy yeah because 372 00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:59,000 I've noticed I run my age I run out of energy a lot I don't have the energy that I had when I was young 373 00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:05,640 I definitely got more energy after I started exercising it's a little you want to get going 374 00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:12,120 then it'll get better yes oh actually I've always feel better it's the before what you 375 00:38:12,120 --> 00:38:16,200 like that's the hard part getting started well after you at the endorphins and the dopamine 376 00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:21,080 running you're like whoo-hoo done yeah that's the only real reason people like to run have you ever 377 00:38:21,080 --> 00:38:30,200 seen anyone running smiling like never it's only after they're done yes absolutely I'll be that 0.0 378 00:38:32,280 --> 00:38:37,320 for running anyway oh goodness I was watching one of your videos the other day what made 379 00:38:37,320 --> 00:38:43,160 me in the yesterday for all I know about when you do take those steps in obedience it's like an 380 00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:48,520 adventure you never know what you're gonna get but you know it's gonna be good because God is involved 381 00:38:48,520 --> 00:38:54,440 hmm it's like pastor Rick with his his wandering this and God says go left okay just goes left and 382 00:38:54,440 --> 00:39:00,520 there's an adventure every single time like there's no road here I didn't ask you if you saw a road 383 00:39:00,520 --> 00:39:07,640 all right he took a river one time to this meeting that he ended up going to and it was just a wild 384 00:39:07,640 --> 00:39:13,000 story he was camping and then he ended up at a grocery store and then he ended up invited to 385 00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:18,600 a prayer meeting by these people he ran into and and then at the prayer meeting out there there was 386 00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:23,960 probably healings and oh it's just like one thing led to another and then on his way back from that 387 00:39:23,960 --> 00:39:29,880 meeting he was led back through the woods in the dark by this blue glowing ball and it just led him 388 00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:37,480 back to the campsite it was a great story that's pastor Rick that's amazing I love that and see 389 00:39:37,480 --> 00:39:43,960 I you know I see there too is God knows the pastor Rick and he knows you know that he can do that 390 00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:48,520 with him and that he wouldn't like I say I'm thinking that if that was me that would probably freak me 391 00:39:48,520 --> 00:39:56,120 out yes 100 yes the most people are afraid that well God doesn't talk to me this way or he doesn't 392 00:39:56,120 --> 00:40:01,480 do this for me because he knows how to talk to you and you might think that you want that sign 393 00:40:01,480 --> 00:40:06,440 that billboard to be visible to you that has your name that pops up says you I need you to talk to 394 00:40:06,440 --> 00:40:11,960 me right now right it's not always something so bold and blatant as that it could be little things 395 00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:16,840 throughout the day that subconsciously you pick up like I keep picking up this number and then 396 00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:22,040 you open up your bible just to read something and and that chapter and verses that number you've 397 00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:26,280 been seeing and you're like I'll just read that and it pertains to you and you're like oh man I mean 398 00:40:26,280 --> 00:40:30,280 it's different for everybody and I don't think anybody should feel discouraged because they're 399 00:40:30,280 --> 00:40:36,680 not having this big booming voice I need you to move over here I'm like it you know and it's not 400 00:40:36,680 --> 00:40:41,720 that's not like that if God wanted to speak to us like that he wouldn't have whispered to Elijah he 401 00:40:41,720 --> 00:40:47,560 wouldn't have had countless parts where we are all discussing what God voice actually sounds like 402 00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:54,520 like he would be the same but it's not it's uniquely tailored to each and every one of us yes very true 403 00:40:55,160 --> 00:40:59,000 yeah because you're right sometimes you'll like I hear I hear what you just said about pastor rick 404 00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:04,520 I'd freak out because that's this you know that's just not me and I love how he you're right he takes 405 00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:11,000 all that just our past are you know how if we're introvert if we're an extrovert just anything 406 00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:16,680 and he works with that yes and even though of course he he changes us and you know he can make 407 00:41:16,680 --> 00:41:22,920 an introvert an extrovert but I love how he how he trains each one of us very uniquely I remember 408 00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:27,560 well eight years ago when I moved to Florida and I started teaching Bible study ladies Bible study 409 00:41:27,560 --> 00:41:33,080 in my church I would be very like I had an hour and a half boy I would practice at home and I every 410 00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:39,320 minute was accounted for right and I remember one time I only had an hour of material and I'm like 411 00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:45,400 oh my gosh Lord I don't have I need 30 more minutes of stuff and he's like nope trust me I said okay 412 00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:50,520 you know and he did this very slowly with me so after an hour all of a sudden he brought a lady's 413 00:41:50,520 --> 00:41:55,080 name to my mind in the Bible study she was kind of like my wingman I call her I said Chris you 414 00:41:55,080 --> 00:42:00,440 you know you must be up and she was prepared she she was prepared because she's not told her to 415 00:42:00,440 --> 00:42:04,680 you know prepare for 30 minutes and she got up and talked for the rest of 30 minutes and that's 416 00:42:04,680 --> 00:42:11,240 where it started to where now eight years later at any moment now anybody could say just start 417 00:42:11,240 --> 00:42:18,520 talking for an hour and I know that he would fill it all up but it took him very slowly to teach me 418 00:42:18,520 --> 00:42:25,480 to let my you know because I'm a very like I don't know I don't know what it is control I just let 419 00:42:25,480 --> 00:42:33,640 go of control and let just trust him that's funny he says show up and let me and isn't it in the 420 00:42:33,640 --> 00:42:37,080 Bible in the New Testament somewhere where he said you know you're gonna be brought before kings 421 00:42:37,080 --> 00:42:42,120 but don't worry that you know I'll tell you what to say yes you know I'm to the point where I don't 422 00:42:42,120 --> 00:42:46,120 I don't worry about any of that anymore and you know what and if he gives me nothing I'm just gonna 423 00:42:46,120 --> 00:42:52,920 say I haven't gotten on it so let's just chat I think it's funny that that you said that you know 424 00:42:52,920 --> 00:42:57,320 about losing control and I've mentioned this on another podcast that we really don't we never lose 425 00:42:57,320 --> 00:43:02,920 control ever not once have we ever lost control because we've never had it we've only ever lost 426 00:43:02,920 --> 00:43:09,160 our illusion of control and so we realize that we are never going to be in control surrendering 427 00:43:09,160 --> 00:43:16,040 control to the one who has nothing but the periods of intentions for us becomes a little bit easier 428 00:43:16,040 --> 00:43:22,200 yeah you're right you're right we think we do but we don't he just lets us he doesn't just have one 429 00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:27,320 incident one malady come up and watch how out of control your life really is have one bad thing 430 00:43:27,320 --> 00:43:33,240 happen have two flat tires just watch how out of control you are you're okay you think you're in 431 00:43:33,240 --> 00:43:37,240 control until something bad happens and then you realize who that you're nothing in control 432 00:43:38,200 --> 00:43:43,400 you're absolutely right you're absolutely right that's why I think he does he allows whatever he 433 00:43:43,400 --> 00:43:48,920 needs to allow in our life to get us to realize that too that's what it is I think I had that in 434 00:43:48,920 --> 00:43:54,120 my journal one time I I was just I've been saved 35 years and I was just thinking about the years 435 00:43:54,120 --> 00:44:00,040 and I thought you know Lord my whole journey with you really is about it was about letting go 436 00:44:00,040 --> 00:44:05,560 as soon as we let go about you know I let go my children let go about you know let go my my husband 437 00:44:05,560 --> 00:44:12,360 let go of my till all the way till you get down into your life just let it go and trust that he's 438 00:44:12,360 --> 00:44:19,960 got a good plan and like I love that verse I think it's second Samuel 22 23 where it says that God 439 00:44:19,960 --> 00:44:24,680 makes your way perfect and I always pray that thank you Lord for going ahead of me making my 440 00:44:24,680 --> 00:44:29,560 way perfect and just walking me through that perfect way and that's why again it's important 441 00:44:29,560 --> 00:44:35,560 that we we have to hear his voice because how can he comfort us how can he lead us encourage us 442 00:44:36,120 --> 00:44:44,360 warn us correct us if we don't hear his voice be a little hard it's like your parent telling you 443 00:44:44,360 --> 00:44:49,480 what to do giving you all the warnings and all the stuff and you're just like I don't need to hear 444 00:44:49,480 --> 00:44:54,440 any of it you know one morning when I was again I closed my eyes when I would picture and this 445 00:44:54,440 --> 00:44:59,160 only happened one time I was actually very little I was like this little two-year-old and I like what 446 00:44:59,160 --> 00:45:05,480 is that Lord he says because you have grown spiritually and you know spiritual maturity to 447 00:45:05,480 --> 00:45:11,720 him actually looks like you become more like a child a two-year-old doesn't worry about money 448 00:45:11,720 --> 00:45:15,640 it doesn't worry about the food comes from it doesn't worry about its clothes like a five-year-old 449 00:45:15,640 --> 00:45:20,680 I pictured myself before they can you know they know about money and they know more things but 450 00:45:20,680 --> 00:45:25,880 they often don't think about it but yeah you're at a two-year-old never thinks about it never 451 00:45:25,880 --> 00:45:31,240 thinks about it yeah and so he really said that to him that's you know there is there are two I 452 00:45:31,240 --> 00:45:36,360 think two sides to spiritual maturity one is dependence on him but also the other is an authority 453 00:45:36,360 --> 00:45:41,800 in him you know like a spiritual warrior you know you know we need to learn to become like a child 454 00:45:41,800 --> 00:45:47,400 but also know when we need to stand up and become you know take like like with these hurricanes 455 00:45:47,400 --> 00:45:53,400 you know recently these are you know God taught me that two years ago two years ago a hurricane 456 00:45:53,400 --> 00:45:58,040 was coming straight for Tampa Bay and this is where I live in this area and my husband said 457 00:45:58,040 --> 00:46:03,080 we're not leaving you know so all of a sudden I heard the Lord tell me walk around your neighborhood 458 00:46:03,080 --> 00:46:08,920 your community and you praise me and you command this hurricane it was heading straight straight 459 00:46:08,920 --> 00:46:15,800 for us like the line was heading straight for us you command this thing not to come near you 460 00:46:15,800 --> 00:46:21,560 your territory I said okay I even made a video I sent it to all my bible study ladies and um 461 00:46:22,200 --> 00:46:29,160 sure enough long story short that thing made a complete right turn in the Sarasota 462 00:46:29,160 --> 00:46:36,280 Sarasota does how do you say it's sestic sesticese area it's about I think two three hours south of us 463 00:46:36,280 --> 00:46:42,920 now and then I said Lord then I started like I started feeling bad because now it's hitting 464 00:46:42,920 --> 00:46:48,440 other people I didn't you know I don't want that either and so I talked to the God about it and he 465 00:46:48,440 --> 00:46:54,600 said I want you to pray for my children in that area to take authority over their area 466 00:46:55,320 --> 00:47:00,200 because I could not take I can pray for them but but he this is what I understand that I can't 467 00:47:00,200 --> 00:47:07,000 take authority over something that's not my territory and it's that authority like it's 468 00:47:07,000 --> 00:47:11,720 pretty for four hurricanes now the last two years that came was coming straight for Tampa Bay 469 00:47:12,840 --> 00:47:20,360 that nothing in my community was hit nothing there was this last one was flooding all around us 470 00:47:21,320 --> 00:47:27,960 you probably saw it on the news but my little community in Newport Richie nothing praise God 471 00:47:27,960 --> 00:47:32,840 nothing we didn't even lose I mean there was a couple trees I don't know if I sent that to you 472 00:47:32,840 --> 00:47:37,800 Shelly but they were like newly trees we had just planted a month ago they kind of unroof uprooted 473 00:47:37,800 --> 00:47:44,120 but nothing nothing that we lost and so that spiritual that spiritual well I've sent you 474 00:47:44,120 --> 00:47:50,280 some things on other people that have done that that is very true we you know so there's a 475 00:47:51,080 --> 00:47:56,840 you know a childlike faith but also a time when we have to stand up and take our authority 476 00:47:56,840 --> 00:48:03,160 and and tell the enemy no you are not touching what belongs you know to me 477 00:48:04,120 --> 00:48:10,600 I love that you brought that up because next week's episode is with Rhonda Wiley and she shares 478 00:48:10,600 --> 00:48:17,160 about how she was led to pray for her community and when this gas explosion made this house 479 00:48:17,160 --> 00:48:23,560 blow up so much it only left two walls of the foundation remaining that nobody was killed 480 00:48:23,560 --> 00:48:31,160 from it and the Hedge of Protection that she prayed for and there was it was amazing and then 481 00:48:32,040 --> 00:48:37,160 you just got a tune in next week and she's the one I sent your prayers to about that Hedge of 482 00:48:37,160 --> 00:48:43,080 Protection and commanding that authority over that storm because that the storm was a five and 483 00:48:43,080 --> 00:48:48,840 they predicted it to go to a six but it dissipated it was barely a one when it hit landfall so the 484 00:48:48,840 --> 00:48:55,320 power of our prayers and coming together it made a difference so I encourage everybody to pray and 485 00:48:55,320 --> 00:49:03,720 pray out loud because your words have power and God spoke the word into existence he spoke everything 486 00:49:03,720 --> 00:49:11,320 into an existence and if he is in you you have that authority as well so take heart and just 487 00:49:12,040 --> 00:49:17,080 get closer to God and let him speak to you you'd sit there with your journal and be prepared to 488 00:49:17,080 --> 00:49:23,160 hear him because then you can write it down and reflect and then he wants that closer relationship 489 00:49:23,160 --> 00:49:30,120 with you. Absolutely. Thank you so much for being with us Barbara I had a great time talking with 490 00:49:30,120 --> 00:49:35,560 you today and I'm so glad we got to know each other so far over this last couple months and 491 00:49:35,560 --> 00:49:42,440 oh yes it is just such a blessing and I pray others are blessed by this episode and if this has 492 00:49:42,440 --> 00:49:48,120 been a blessing to you we ask that you share on social media or with a friend and don't forget you 493 00:49:48,120 --> 00:49:55,000 can hit the follow button so you can always be notified and we also have a fundraising campaign 494 00:49:55,000 --> 00:50:01,160 so we can help with the audio editing efforts because we still outsource that that is not 495 00:50:01,160 --> 00:50:06,600 bringing me joy so that helps keep us going so if you feel led to donate there's four different 496 00:50:06,600 --> 00:50:14,680 ways you can give in the about section we have Venmo PayPal Cash App and Gives and Go so you can 497 00:50:14,680 --> 00:50:19,000 and then you can also reach out to me if you want to give another way so it would be greatly 498 00:50:19,000 --> 00:50:27,560 appreciated and do you have anything else before we go Barbara? No I thought this was wonderful 499 00:50:27,560 --> 00:50:32,120 I thank you very much for inviting me and I look forward to continuing our friendship. 500 00:50:32,120 --> 00:50:38,840 Ah same here and with that we'll talk to you next time. Just to be clear Rhonda's episode was already 501 00:50:38,840 --> 00:51:02,840 released so you can check it out it was released October 25th so be blessed and share it with a friend.