Living Grace

The question that is often asked is “How do I recognise that voice of God? What does it sound like?”

Now that is as not as strange as you first may think. Often emotions , feelings, thoughts and inclinations are constantly bombarding our minds and the noise of life drowns out the voice of God. It is hard to distinguish what is God and what is not.

Added to this many other voices come with conflicting information. Ideas, philosophies, theologies and perspectives that have been cultivated in personal experience and historical beliefs. You might think this is not possible, but even Jesus was faced with the same situation. When asked by the religious leaders of the time what were the requirements to live forever. He said them, “You know the Law, how do you read it?” For Jesus knew that it is in our heart of our core beliefs that we hear and inteprate the voice of God.

For our innermost heart is our core belief system. It is our sub-consious deep rooted brielfs that we build our lives and thoughts on. It is where our spirit, soul and body meet. Our heart is the garden of our all we value and treasure. And it is in the heart we cultivate our beliefs to filter and inteprate the Holy Spirit.

So what does the voice of the Holy Spirit sound like, it sounds exactly the same as the fruit it produces. For the root of the tree produces the fruit of branches. Therefore we can know and recognise the voice of God because he speaks to us in and through the fruit of the Holy Spirit.

“But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. There is no law against these things.” – Galatians 5: 22-23.

These fruits are alive in are alive in our new creation spirit and it is with these fruits that God speaks into our core belief system (our hearts).

And this means that we can recognise the voice of God because when God speaks to us:-

1. He is faithful to His word.

2. His voice produces peace and not confusion.

3. His voice and leading will bring freedom not bondage.

4. God is patient, not impulsive or hasty.

5. His voice will always leave us with hope, not discouragement or oppression.

6. His voice instils confidence, not fear or intimidation.

7. His voice makes us know our identity in Him, rather than pride.

8. His voice is full of love, not our selfishness.

In Christ you were reborn into a time of innocence.

You were reborn into the goodness of God into a New Creation devoid of evil. For where there is the light of God darkness has to be extinguished. Light and darkness do not share the same space.

It is the revelation that you now in Christ, you are Holy and righteous in your Spirit and the former darkness that invaded your thinking, your desires and your actions has been eradicated by your new birth into the fulness of God.

Our past, our sin tainted nature died with Christ.

And just as the natural, nature with the abundance of yellow daffodils, Spring gives us a real picture as we see them take root and flourish in the rich phase of a new season, we now in the spirit receive the purity and innocence of new life.

For within us even before we believed and were made new there was calling that believed in a place of joy, an existence of bliss. That we we created to be part of an eternal dance of love.

Today you have in Christ been reconciled back into the arms of your Father and the love your heart cried out has been placed into your new innocent heart.

Jesus has a love affair with your heart.

Jesus is in love with you totally, fully and unconditionally. This amazing love is so wonderful it means that you are right with God all the time. Because you are now in Christ and as He is so now are you!

It almost too good to be true because even if you mess up He still is alive and totally committed to you.

He is never separated from you.

Just wait on Him and experience his presence, his restoration and let the divine soak into your whole being. Allow the divine to infiltrate your whole being.

You were created to live and dwell in the realm of God’s glory.

Don’t ever write yourself off, don’t ever look down upon yourself. In Christ you are redeemed, forgiven, restored and made New.

In Christ you are now the child God planned and purposed you to be from the dawn of creation.

God is delighted with you.

Jesus Christ has swallowed up evil, sins, shame, guilt, wrong beliefs, lies, false identity, struggles, depression, sickness, decay, accusations, condemnation, violence, suspicion, feelings of separation, hatred, wars, religious thinking, and even death.

Jesus Christ had swallowed it all up in Life!

Jesus has made His history and destiny yours!

Christ has taken all the messes you have made in this life and works them into victories.

Has has made sin work backward into innocence…He has made the nothingness of lies into the substance of His reality… He has made darkness into light… He has made death into life! He will make everything come out right in the end, right all wrongs, healing all hurts, making everything whole and perfect…

He has already done it all, already reconciled all to Him, Heaven on earth, in us and through us, and the future has already started!

Today know and live in the fullness of Christ and the reality that Jesus has swallowed up sin and death at the cross. Know that he is working in you to bring death into life. He has healed brokenness into wholeness. He has brought abundant life into every cell and part of your body.

His life has swallowed up death and his life has set you free.

The blessings of God are received and NOT achieved.

In Christ you have been blessed with every spiritual blessing. You don’t achieve anything, you receive what Christ has done for you at the cross by the Holy Spirit.

The enemy is out to harass you , he is out to make you think that life is passing you by and that you need to achieve to make a success of your life and to leave a legacy.

But in Christ you live in the resurrection victory of life. You have moved from defeat and death into victory and New Life.

Don’t fall in the enemies trap of disillusionment and cynicism. You succeed because Christ succeeded for you. You have a legacy because Heaven’s legacy is alive in you.

You now have entered into the victory of the finished work of Christ. Now renew your mind and thoughts to come in line with the New Life of Christ in you. You are complete in Christ and the fullness of Christ lives in you.

Every blessing of God is yours in Christ.

Today receive the blessings of God, enjoy them , revel in them and let joy, love, kindness, provision, health, wholeness , contentment and peace rule in your heart.

Your voice was created to worship.

Your words are made to be heard.

The overflow of your heart ignites creation and sets in motion a passion that has the power to create or destroy.

All power was given to Jesus and that power has been placed inside you. The authority of heaven has been given to you.

Let words of praise and thankfulness flow from your heart and set the atmosphere that surrounds you on fire with the glory of God.

Let the word of God and the promises of God fill your heart and fill your voice with thanksgiving.

The limitless God lives inside your spirit, every blessings of God; every promise of God is yours.

He has given you the best seat, favoured you with the finest banquet and elevated you to the highest place. He has sowed his essence, his glory into your life. In Christ you do not have to live in fear, He has released you from condemnation and the guilt of past failures has been washed away. And all this is effortless, Christ has done it for you and He has done it in you. Don’t look back, but live in the intimate acceptance of Christ and believe his value of your life.

You are eternally blessed, every moment, every day of your life in Christ.

Listen to the whisper of the Holy Spirit; follow the flow of his river of healing.

Let the God who created the universe release God’s greatness in you.

The majesty of God dwells in you, the magnificence of heaven lives in your spirit, release all he is and let him flow through you.

Lose yourself in the joy of his abundance.

You are accepted, you are valued, you are precious to him, and has set you apart and made you a joint-heir of heaven.

Let Christ express himself in all his glory through your life.

God is a faithful to His promises.

Every promise of God is a testament of his commitment to you, His overwhelming delight in encouraging you to flourish and prosper. Every promise is a stepping stone to bring you into all he created you to be. Every promise confirms his love in your heart. And every promise of God is YES and AMEN in Christ Jesus. Believe and receive the promises of God, take them one at a time and let them dwell in your heart and cement in your mind.

Today, is the day of God’s promises and they are all fulfilled in Christ