Dialogue with God

The Four KEYS

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The place of dreams and visions in prayer.

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dream and vision were a regular part of all the prophets’ prayer lives.

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Writing out my dialogue with God.

Safeguards

Dialogue with God The Four Keys

When we talk about hearing the voice of the Spirit of Almighty God, people sometimes fear that they could get it mixed up with the voice of Satan or the voice of their own hearts’ desires.

Dialogue with God The Four Keys

Too often, the solution they think best is to not seek the spiritual life at all—to simply live out of biblical law and ignore the possibility of hearing from God personally.

Dialogue with God The Four Keys

This is certainly one alternative, and many people have obviously taken this path, but it is clearly not the way of the abundant life Jesus promised us.

Dialogue with God The Four Keys

Instead, God has given us several safeguards in Scripture that, if we will follow them, we can live as Jesus did, comfortable and confident we are protected and in the Father’s care in both the spiritual and physical worlds.

The Scriptures

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Probably the greatest protection we have on our spiritual journey is the Word of God.

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A good knowledge of the Scriptures can save us from many errors and heartaches.

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There are

The Scriptures

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First

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There is no place for rationalizing, twisting or explaining away the truth of the Bible.

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The Word of the Lord will stand forever, and any word to us from God will be in total agreement with both the letter and spirit of the Eternal Word.

The Body of Christ

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So often the ones who claim to hear from the Lord are arrogant and self-righteous.

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But God resists the proud and gives grace to the humble.

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An arrogant spirit will eventually cause a person to fall into deception.

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We all need to be committed to a local expression of the Body of Christ, and anyone who wants to delve into the spiritual dimension of life should have a relationship with a spiritual counselor they respect.

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We cannot survive if we try to walk alone. The Lord will show you with whom you are to establish an accountability relationship, if you ask Him.

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“In the multitude of counselors there is safety” (

Testing

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We should be sure that all revelation we receive is l

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If you are applying safeguards and are sincerely seeking God’s voice, you can

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The Christian who has placed God’s safeguards around himself need never fear deception, but all must be aware of our enemy, who “prowls about like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour” (

In the Garden

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“Adam! Adam, where are you?”

Then the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, “Where are you?” Genesis 3:9