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Friday, September 15, 2023

Discernment and Leading: Holy Spirit


So many thoughts, not really competing with each other but rather acting like puzzle pieces to a whole picture of discerning Your will, seeing Your leading to and pointing out Your specific path forward, and then--then!--choosing to walk that path.  Seems to me like these things are components for the process, that one without the others would be incomplete obedience.  How, Holy Father Abba, can I personally do what You are asking me to do?  This request assumes that I know what You are asking me to do, and I can see how my current devotional on prayer fits into this request.

I looked for verses in Your word to capture my heart this morning as I seek discernment.  These verses from Acts made water fall from my eyes:

*Then the Spirit said [to Philip].... Acts 8:29

*[While Peter was reflecting on the vision,] the Spirit said to him.... Acts 10:19

*[While they were ministering to the Lord and fasting,] the Holy Spirit said.... Acts 13:2

There are a few other verses in Acts that indicate Your Spirit's active direction in the lives of the apostles.  The three that I chose have this in common: the Spirit SAID.  Say, Lord, what I need to hear from You.  My ears, both spiritual and physical, are impaired but with Your "hearing aids" I will receive these communications from You clearly, loudly, and without distortion.  In Jesus's name~Amen.

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