Tuesday, July 31, 2012

One key to hearing the voice of God more clearly

As you read the passage below notice the connection between faithfulness to the Lord and God speaking clearly to that faithful person. Pay special attention to verses 7-8 where faithfulness results in God speaking to Moses very clearly. 

Numbers 12:1-8

Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married (for he had married a Cushite woman); 2  and they said, "Has the Lord indeed spoken only through Moses? Has He not spoken through us as well?" And the Lord heard it. 3 (Now the man Moses was very humble, more than any man who was on the face of the earth.) 4 Suddenly the Lord said to Moses and Aaron and to Miriam, "You three come out to the tent of meeting." So the three of them came out. 5  Then the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the doorway of the tent, and He called Aaron and Miriam. When they had both come forward, 6 He said,

"Hear now My words:
If there is a prophet among you,
I, the Lord, shall make Myself known to him in a vision.
I shall speak with him in a dream.
7 "Not so, with My servant Moses,
He is faithful in all My household;
8  With him I speak mouth to mouth,
Even openly, and not in dark sayings,
And he beholds the form of the Lord.
Why then were you not afraid
To speak against My servant, against Moses?"


Scripture quotations taken from the "NASB" (www.lockman.org )

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Prayers not answered?

There can be several reasons that prayer goes unanswered or is delayed. One thing that can make prayer go unanswered is allowing our hearts to have a regard for wickedness. If this is a source of your unanswered prayers then repentance can cause God's ears to be attentive to you once again. 

Psalm 66:18
18 If I regard wickedness in my heart,
The Lord will not hear;

Scripture quotations taken from the "NASB" (www.lockman.org )

Friday, July 27, 2012

God is worthy of our praise

Praise God for He is great. He created the earth and stretched out the heavens over an unfathomable distance. Yet each star He calls by name. And they are kept in their courses by His great power. Praise the Lord with reverence. For He is the mighty God and there is no hiding from His power.