What I want to talk about now is the various ways God’s Spirit gets worked into our lives. 1 Corinthians 12:1 (MSG)   I love the way 1 Corinthians 12:1 is worded in The Message Bible. Holy Spirit is already inside every believer and he wants to work his way into every area of our lives…if we will let him.   The thing is, we are responsible for training ourselves to listen to his leading and work with him every day. Over the next few days we’re going to cover a few things we can do to train ourselves to be more Spirit-led.   Today let’s cover the first thing we can do to hear from God more clearly: Meditate on God’s Word.   One …

When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart’s delight. Jeremiah 15:16             A long time ago, a man told me about a dream he had that involved me. In his dream, he saw a scroll, and on that scroll was written the Word of God. As people were standing around to admire it, I walked in, shouldered my way through the crowd, tore off a piece and started eating it.   I didn’t think much of this dream at first, but over time God showed me that this picture had been from him.   When I study the Word, I find it easy to get caught up in the absolute beauty of it, but I don’t stop there. Although …

The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of the belly. Proverbs 20:27 (KJV)   Do you know that you can sense God speaking to you in the centre of your being?   I’ve heard entirely too many extreme stories about being led by God. Don’t get me wrong; I believe that sometimes God leads people through dreams, visions and other supernatural experiences. The problem is that these stories can make God’s leading seem far out of reach for the average person.   When you hear stories like these, you might be tempted to disqualify yourself. You may think, I’ve never heard from God like that. I guess he doesn’t work through me.   The reality is that …

You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. Isaiah 55:12   Have you ever had a feeling about something—a direction you needed to take in life or a place or person you should avoid? Maybe right now you have this type of sense about a new job or career direction, a relationship or a big purchase.   In times of indecision many people wish they could know which choice is the right one. The good news is that, as believers, we can receive direction in nearly every step we take.   When we train ourselves to be led by Holy …

Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.  Joshua 1:8 Sometimes we make reactionary decisions based on our feelings, when all we really need is an adjustment in our focus.   How we feel isn’t necessarily determined by what happens to us. Often those feelings are a result of what we’ve chosen to focus on. For example, focusing only on what bothers you about someone has one effect. Focusing on what you love and appreciate about that person has another. Focus affects feelings. Even when others hurt us, we need to remember that no one can make us …