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I believe in God, and I believe that God does have plans, but I don’t believe that anything bad is a part of it. I often hear people say that these things happen because “it’s God’s will” and because “God has a plan that we don’t understand yet.”ĭon’t get me wrong. Why does this stuff happen? Why is there so much evil? Why so much pain and suffering? A sweet, undeserving family’s home burns to the ground. One day your life is normal, and the next, you find out your loved one has terminal cancer. People are raped.Įven on a personal level, life can be terrifying. Small children are murdered by their own parents. Lives are taken and forever changed in a mass shooting. Reading or watching the news can quickly become depressing. Recognizing the voice of God takes practice, but the litmus test is very simple.There are a lot of terrible things that happen in this world of ours. It is not how the voice sounds, but rather what the voice says that lets you know who is speaking. Confess it and receive the forgiveness Christ died to give you. I will help you take the right next steps.

Here is what you need to do to make the situation right.

If we confess and repent, we can be free. The voice of God shows us a way out and gives us the strength to do the hard work of making amends. He does not minimize or dismiss our sin but he reminds us that our sin is covered. He nurses our pain and whispers that we should stay away from God. He keeps us trapped in hurt feelings, shame, embarrassment, pride, anger, and self-justification. We fall for it so easily because we don’t want to deal with the sin in the first place.

He tempts us with rationalization, excuses, and lies that prevent us from dealing with the sin.

You’ve sinned too many times for God to forgive you again.

Here’s the key: Satan brings judgment and condemnation God comes with conviction and a way forward. How do you tell the difference between God’s corrective discipline and the enemy’s discouragement? In those times, the voice of God will bring discipline and correction.

There is no sin so serious that I have not forgiven you.ĭoes this mean that the voice of the Holy Spirit always makes us feel good? No! Sometimes we sin.

You do not need to do anything to please me.

The messages of the Spirit are like these: He speaks messages intended to lift you up, to encourage you, to bring strength, faith, joy, and peace. Whereas the goal of the enemy is destruction, the goal of the Spirit is always edification. The voice of the Holy Spirit is very different. If you’ve found yourself caught in these lies, tell us about it (see form below). When it feels right to nurse your wounds and stay angry, you can be sure that you are being lied to.

When you feel defeated or hopeless, that’s a good sign that Satan is at work within your inner world. Satan is the destroyer, and he uses whatever messages he can to discourage and disorient us. Everyone else gets good things but not you.Īnd on it goes.

You’re no good: too timid, too stupid, too shy, too ugly, too _.You blew it last time and you’re sure to blow it again.The voice of our enemy comes with messages like these: Whether through discouragement, temptation, frustration, depression, or despair, his goal is always to divide us from God, to cripple our spiritual vitality, and prevent us from obeying and serving God. When Satan speaks into our thoughts he has only one purpose: to do harm. Learning to sort out the voice of the enemy from the voice of the Spirit is critical to every believer’s spiritual well-being. He can even present himself as a godly presence disguising his lies as the voice of truth. These whispers of the enemy can be very subtle in the way they come to us. ( Matt 4:1-10, Acts 5:3, 1 Thess 2:18 all point to this.) We also know from Matt 16:23 that Satan can tempt us to act on his behalf. We all have an inner world and Scripture makes it clear that Satan has at least some capacity to influence our inner conversation. It is very important to recognize that Satan does come whispering. But does that mean that every thought that runs through our heads is from God? How do you know when a prompting is from God and when it’s Satan whispering lies? When the Holy Spirit is at work in our lives, he speaks to us.