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EPISODE 676 – HEARING GOD’S VOICE 25 – THE VOICE OF GOD Versus YOUR IMAGINATION 2

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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!
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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!

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Diana Aline
Diana Aline
14 days ago

Thank you Lord Jesus.

Nii O'Brien
Nii O'Brien
14 days ago

Hallelujah.
My God will speak peace to me and I will clearly hear him without struggle.

Samuel Larbi
Samuel Larbi
14 days ago

My mind is shaped by the word of God

Samuel Larbi
Samuel Larbi
14 days ago

I don’t struggle to hear the voice of the Lord.

Samuel Larbi
Samuel Larbi
14 days ago

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

Samuel Larbi
Samuel Larbi
14 days ago

My imagination are aligned towards God through the incorruptible word and through my access to God in Christ

Samuel Larbi
Samuel Larbi
14 days ago

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.

Linda Teye
Linda Teye
14 days ago

I am driven by the desire of the Lord

Linda Teye
Linda Teye
14 days ago

The expansiveness of your imagination is built on the consciousness of your identity

Linda Teye
Linda Teye
14 days ago

My mind is saturated with the thoughts of God

Linda Teye
Linda Teye
14 days ago

I walk in the consciousness of my identity in Christ

Linda Teye
Linda Teye
14 days ago

My mind is shaped by the word of God

Pamela
Pamela
14 days ago

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 

Andrews Kofi Sarpong
Andrews Kofi Sarpong
13 days ago

Thank you sweet Jesus. I allow Hod’s word to permeate my being

Akporhor Cynthia
Akporhor Cynthia
13 days ago

Thank you Lord Jesus for the gift of your word!.

Benjamin Okyere
Benjamin Okyere
13 days ago

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

Benjamin Okyere
Benjamin Okyere
13 days ago

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

Benjamin Okyere
Benjamin Okyere
13 days ago

That is why men need good teachers like Apostle Bennie to bring them to Truth and light

Edward Atiase
Edward Atiase
12 days ago

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!!

Hamdiyah
Hamdiyah
10 days ago

Tga

Hamdiyah
Hamdiyah
10 days ago

Thank you Lord Jesus u

Hamdiyah
Hamdiyah
10 days ago

Thank you Apostle Bennie for this word

Hamdiyah
Hamdiyah
10 days ago

Glory to God 💪
Gloreey!

Hamdiyah
Hamdiyah
10 days ago

My thoughts are consistent with God’s thoughts.

Hamdiyah
Hamdiyah
10 days ago

Ha!
My imagination is not corrupt

Last edited 10 days ago by Hamdiyah
Hamdiyah
Hamdiyah
10 days ago

Thank you Lord Jesus

Hamdiyah
Hamdiyah
10 days ago

Glory to God 💪
Gloreey

Hamdiyah
Hamdiyah
10 days ago

My imaginations resound the thought of God.

Hamdiyah
Hamdiyah
10 days ago

I don’t struggle to recognize the voice of God.

Hamdiyah
Hamdiyah
10 days ago

Thank you Lord Jesus for the gift of your word…..
Yay 🙌

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