A thing I've learned to do a while back now when "hearing the Voice of God" in prayer is for me to try to get "confirmation of His Will by the Holy Spirit".
Sometimes when I'm praying and I ask God, "God, do you want me to go there or stay here?" or "God, do you want me to do this or do that?"; I believe I hear either the Voice of the Lord speaking to me telling me what He wants me to do OR it's the Devil, Satan coming in trying to deceive and sabatoge my efforts.
To deal with this personal ordeal of "discernment" I've been inspired by the "faith-testing" method of Gideon in the Bible of how he "tested" and "confirmed" God's Will for him in his life in KJV Judges 6:36-40 when Gideon used the fleece of wool for his personal "confirmation" of God's Will.
Well, in my own personal "spin" on Gideon's "faith-testing method" I thought of "Hey, why not do a "coin toss" to ask for confirmation of God's Will concerning me?"
So I'm like this: just taking out any coin I have in my wallet, be it a quarter, dime, nickel or penny and I pray to God saying, "God, I'm not exactly sure what you want me to do; so please give me 'confirmation' of Your Will so I know what to do. I'm gonna get a coin out and face it head's up resting on top of my right hand's thumb finger. Then I'm going to count saying, '1, 2, 3, go!' and then flip the coin facing head's up with the flick of my right hand's thumb and if it lands on "heads" that means You want me to go or do this. If the coin lands on "tails" that means You don't want me to go to that place or do that. Please let me know as I get ready to do this. Then I say "Amen" in closing the prayer.
Next, I finally "perform" the coin toss counting "1, 2, 3... Go!" and flick the coin facing head's up on my right thumb into the air and let it fall down where it will and if it's "heads" it means it goes I go to the place or do the task or thing I'm thinking to do from God's Input; or if it's "tails" it means I don't go to the place I'm thinking of going to and I may "stay where I'm at at home" and I don't do what I was thinking of doing and instead do something else instead.
I do this prayerful "coin toss of faith" in many areas of my personal life of "decision-making"; even asking God if He wanted me to marry or not... And after repeated "prayer faith coin tosses" He *CONFIRMED* His Answer for me; much to my "shock" and personal "disappointment" but after repeated "coin toss" that came up the "same consistent answer" in a row that God already told me in His Heart but I didn't want to "accept" in my heart; I realized then that GOD was telling me His Will for that area in my life.
Sometimes if my mind's "real fuzzy" and I'm thinking I'm hearing all kinds of "voices" whispering in my head that aren't the Hoy Spirit I keep doing this coin toss enough times until I hear *GOD'S VOICE* through the "crowded voices" of the Enemy and THEN I pretty much know for sure most of the time if not completely sure that GOD wanted this for His Will in my life or not.
Try the "coin toss" out.
I think it'll be very helpful in a lot of areas of life for many people. Amen.
~ Bro. Jed
Sometimes when I'm praying and I ask God, "God, do you want me to go there or stay here?" or "God, do you want me to do this or do that?"; I believe I hear either the Voice of the Lord speaking to me telling me what He wants me to do OR it's the Devil, Satan coming in trying to deceive and sabatoge my efforts.
To deal with this personal ordeal of "discernment" I've been inspired by the "faith-testing" method of Gideon in the Bible of how he "tested" and "confirmed" God's Will for him in his life in KJV Judges 6:36-40 when Gideon used the fleece of wool for his personal "confirmation" of God's Will.
Well, in my own personal "spin" on Gideon's "faith-testing method" I thought of "Hey, why not do a "coin toss" to ask for confirmation of God's Will concerning me?"
So I'm like this: just taking out any coin I have in my wallet, be it a quarter, dime, nickel or penny and I pray to God saying, "God, I'm not exactly sure what you want me to do; so please give me 'confirmation' of Your Will so I know what to do. I'm gonna get a coin out and face it head's up resting on top of my right hand's thumb finger. Then I'm going to count saying, '1, 2, 3, go!' and then flip the coin facing head's up with the flick of my right hand's thumb and if it lands on "heads" that means You want me to go or do this. If the coin lands on "tails" that means You don't want me to go to that place or do that. Please let me know as I get ready to do this. Then I say "Amen" in closing the prayer.
Next, I finally "perform" the coin toss counting "1, 2, 3... Go!" and flick the coin facing head's up on my right thumb into the air and let it fall down where it will and if it's "heads" it means it goes I go to the place or do the task or thing I'm thinking to do from God's Input; or if it's "tails" it means I don't go to the place I'm thinking of going to and I may "stay where I'm at at home" and I don't do what I was thinking of doing and instead do something else instead.
I do this prayerful "coin toss of faith" in many areas of my personal life of "decision-making"; even asking God if He wanted me to marry or not... And after repeated "prayer faith coin tosses" He *CONFIRMED* His Answer for me; much to my "shock" and personal "disappointment" but after repeated "coin toss" that came up the "same consistent answer" in a row that God already told me in His Heart but I didn't want to "accept" in my heart; I realized then that GOD was telling me His Will for that area in my life.
Sometimes if my mind's "real fuzzy" and I'm thinking I'm hearing all kinds of "voices" whispering in my head that aren't the Hoy Spirit I keep doing this coin toss enough times until I hear *GOD'S VOICE* through the "crowded voices" of the Enemy and THEN I pretty much know for sure most of the time if not completely sure that GOD wanted this for His Will in my life or not.
Try the "coin toss" out.
I think it'll be very helpful in a lot of areas of life for many people. Amen.
~ Bro. Jed
