EPISODE 676 – HEARING GOD’S VOICE 25 – THE VOICE OF GOD Versus YOUR IMAGINATION 2
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The Love-Life Agency
Beloved as long as you are in Christ and you stand for the name of the Lord, you will be opposed.
You will not be loved by this world.
You will be mocked and be told the Church has taken all your time or you’re wasting your time with this Jesus thing.
It is not new. Therefore beloved, be driven by the desire of the LORD. Selah!
Apostle Bennie
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Friday, 29th November, 2024
HEARING GOD’S VOICE 23 –
THE VOICE OF GOD Versus YOUR IMAGINATION 2
“I will hear what God the LORD will speak, for He will speak peace to His people and to His saints; But let them not turn back to folly”
Psalm 85:8 (NKJV)
By God’s work in man, there shouldn’t have been a struggle between the voice of the Lord and man’s imagination.
“God created mankind in His own image, in the image of God He created them; male and female He created them” (Genesis 1:27).
God designed man to become His expression. There is no way man can express God without his inward essence and thoughts, reflecting God’s thoughts, intentions and essence.
Man’s imagination was to mirror the imprints of God’s intentions.
The adversary understood the power of man’s imagination. He knew that anything man would do had much to do with his imagination. He could not corrupt God’s work in man without first changing man’s identity consciousness or image of self.
The expansiveness of your imagination is built on the consciousness of your identity. The moment you lose the truth of your identity, you will develop the wrong imagination of yourself and your environment.
So he said to the woman through the serpent:
“And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.” Genesis 3:4-5 (KJV)
Ye shall be as gods…?
Why would they fall for this deception?
God made them in His image!
They were given the ability to replenish, subdue, and rule the earth, thus, they were made to be the kings or governors of the earth.
The corruption of man’s spirit began with how they allowed their minds to be reshaped through the deception of the adversary. Man was now able to imagine wrongly because of the identity crisis the adversary succeeded in creating in him.
When your imagination becomes corrupt your action will be corrupt. The thing is, imagination is a prelude to action. Man’s imagination was corrupted and he developed the inclination to do evil and to only fabricate an action for self-gratification.
Until a person becomes born again, his imagination is not able to perfectly transmit divine thoughts.
His mind rejects the thoughts of God, and he sets himself as an enmity of God.
The Psalmist asked:
“Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?” Psalms 2:1 (KJV)
The Hebrew word translated as “imagine” in the verse is, “hâgâh”. We know the word to mean “meditate” or to murmur (in pleasure or anger); by implication to ponder, (mutter, roar, sore, speak, study, talk, utter).
“Hâgâh” explains some key items of imagination. To first create a mental picture, one has to ponder and brood over a thought till it becomes irresistibly tangible in the mind. Then it generates a corresponding action for an expected outcome.
From the second Psalm, you will see that the nations imagined or plotted a vain thing because of the corruption of their minds. Their inclined mind influenced their decision and action. Which was a demonstration of the enmity towards God and His Kingdom (Psalm 2:1-3).
However, when a person becomes born again, the Newness of life and the ability of God which is transfused into him begin to create the need to accept and to mirror God’s thoughts and intentions.
Now this is God’s message to the saints in Christ:
“Since you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes from him, throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes.” Ephesians 4:22-23 (NLT)
The born-again must submit his mind and thoughts to be renewed by the Spirit of the Lord and the revelation of the Scriptures. When your mind is renewed by the word of God, your imagination will not become a hindrance to what God is saying to you. A mind shaped by the Word of God becomes a pathway for the voice of the Lord.
Selah.
DIG DEEPER
(John 10:1-17; John 16:13; John 14:26; Genesis 6:5-6; Romans 12:1-2; 2 Corinthians 10:5; Luke 12:12)
WE PRAY
We submit our minds and thoughts to the word of God so that we shall be renewed in the spirits of our minds.
BIBLE READING IN THE YEAR 2024
Hebrews 7 – 9
DECLARE THESE WORDS:
– My mind, heart, and intentions are influenced by the light of God’s word.
– My thoughts are consistent with God’s thoughts.
– My imaginations resound the thought of God.
– I don’t struggle to recognize the voice of God.
Oh thank you Lord Jesus for the gift of your word!
Thank you Lord Jesus.
Hallelujah.
My God will speak peace to me and I will clearly hear him without struggle.
My mind is shaped by the word of God
I don’t struggle to hear the voice of the Lord.
Ohh I think the word,I ponder the word,I meditate the word because that is Gods active voice to me and through the incorruptible word of God my mind is shaped and transformed
My imagination are aligned towards God through the incorruptible word and through my access to God in Christ
A mind shaped by the Word of God becomes a pathway for the voice of the Lord.
My mind is shaped by the word of God.
I am driven by the desire of the Lord
The expansiveness of your imagination is built on the consciousness of your identity
My mind is saturated with the thoughts of God
I walk in the consciousness of my identity in Christ
My mind is shaped by the word of God
When your mind is renewed by the Word of God, your imagination will not be a hindrance to what God is saying to you…
I submit my mind to be renewed by the Spirit of the Lord and by the revelation of His Word, in the name of the Lord Jesus
Thank you sweet Jesus. I allow Hod’s word to permeate my being
Thank you Lord Jesus for the gift of your word!.
Identity crisis is what distorts a lot of peoples imagination no matter their status in Christ. Religion is a big tool used to propagate identity crisis
When the holy saints are not assured and convinced on who God has made them the devil finds his way to influence wrong pictures in their minds. Which becomes a strong hold if they are not liberated by the Truth
That is why men need good teachers like Apostle Bennie to bring them to Truth and light
Ha!
This is awesome!!
So man lost his identity when He allowed the voice of the devil to influence Him.
This is the reason man struggles to distinguish God’s voice from any other voices. He is crowded by all these negative voices and negative ideas because He failed to know who He is in God’s word.
But the born again that allows Himself to understand the Word of God sets Himself up to become a place for God’s voice to be instinctively heard.
I esteem the Word!!
Tga
Thank you Lord Jesus u
Thank you Apostle Bennie for this word
Glory to God 💪
Gloreey!
My thoughts are consistent with God’s thoughts.
Ha!
My imagination is not corrupt
Thank you Lord Jesus
Glory to God 💪
Gloreey
My imaginations resound the thought of God.
I don’t struggle to recognize the voice of God.
Thank you Lord Jesus for the gift of your word…..
Yay 🙌