Mark you’re trying to rush ahead of yourself.
God when I ask you a question and you give me the answer it’s not the whole answer is it?
Not normally no. You’re supposed to keep digging. Keep opening up the next layer of my answer. ‘It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, it is the glory of Kings (and Queens) to uncover a matter.’ ‘Ask and keep on asking, seek and keep on seeking.’
Question: I find I am always doubting what I receive in my journal. God speaks something, and reality does not appear to be lining up with it. What do I do?
Answer: When God speaks to us, through two-way journaling or any other way, He is offering us His potential blessing for our lives which we can receive if we embrace it, believe, speak and wait patiently for it, while following His instructions. It seems that the biggest battle we all fight is that these rhema words get attacked through the reasoning of our minds. The accuser comes through with the thought, "Did God really say...?" So when reason attacks faith, what am I to do? Which is to be allowed to rule in my heart? What does the Bible declare we receive through faith? What does the Bible declare we receive through reason? Let's see...
Faith is acting like it is so
When it doesn’t appear to be so
So that it will be so
Because it is so
(Mk. 11:22,23)
The secret is DO IT MORE. The more you do it, the more you’ll hear him speak - and the more you hear his voice, the easier it becomes to believe it’s really him.
God I continue to walk around in stunned disbelief that this is actually happening. I still find it so difficult to believe that you are really and truly having a conversation with me – back and forward all day long. It’s crazy.
Mark do you want to know the simple secret of how to believe this is happening, and that you’re not just making it up?
Good morning God.
I can’t quite believe I just said that. That’s pretty much the craziest thing a human being can say. I mean, if there is a God we’re supposed to treat you with awe and respect. You’re God, not the neighbour - surely we can’t just throw a casual good morning at you?
And if you don’t exist, then saying hello to you is utter madness. God whether you exist or not, a casual conversation with you is crazy.
I tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep. The thought kept going through my mind: “What if I died tonight? I’m not ready to go to heaven.” Since I could not shake the thought, I got up, went downstairs and waited for my parents to come home from their meeting. When they did, I announced that I wanted to get saved, and they took me straightway to the pastor’s home where he explained the plan of salvation and led me in the sinner’s prayer. I was 15 years old when I accepted Jesus Christ into my heart as my Lord and Savior.
Perfect love doesn’t keep reminding you of its expectations.
So God even when we’re having a wonderful back and forward conversation with you, we can still be miles from what you want us to be doing in the big areas of our lives?
Yes Mark. That’s what I’m saying.
Really God?
Yes. Underneath what you THINK is confusion, you can actually hear me speaking.
Really?? It doesn’t feel like it!
My husband and I attended the three week Leaders' School of Ministry in Toronto in 2008 and after sending for Dr. Mark Virkler’s DVD set and the books on “How to Hear God’s Voice,” in September 2009 I set up a 'Hearing God's Voice' group consisting of nine of our church members - eight ladies and one man. Week by week we met together in our homes, watched the DVDs, followed the book and began to journal. It has been wonderful to see how people have grown and developed such a lovely, intimate relationship with the Lord over that time. It has been an amazing journey.
God I guess I’m going to have to accept that you’re talking. Really clearly.
Since you turned up and started talking four years ago, I’ve been able to hear you. I’ve wanted to ignore you. I’ve doubted you. I’ve argued with the things you’ve said and promised. Sulked. But there’s not much point denying it. You’ve been talking ever since.
Actually no Mark. I’ve always been talking. You just recognised it, all of a sudden, on that day back then.
