1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 1: Life Audio. 2 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 2: Welcome to the Crosswalk devotional. We are so glad to 3 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 2: have you listening. I'm Michelle Zurich. Today's topic is Listen 4 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:21,040 Speaker 2: to the Holy Spirit. We'll be back after word from 5 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:36,919 Speaker 2: our sponsor. Listen to the Holy Spirit, written read by 6 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 2: Michelle s Lezurik. The Lord makes firm the steps of 7 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:43,600 Speaker 2: the one who delights in him, Psalm thirty seven, verse 8 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 2: twenty three. A couple of years ago, we started a 9 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:50,360 Speaker 2: new medication. This medication and side effects, one of which 10 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 2: was nausea, and I had a lot of it. In addition, 11 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:56,160 Speaker 2: I felt it was affecting my throat as I kept 12 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 2: feeling a lump there. Because I have had that hypothyroidism 13 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:02,640 Speaker 2: for many years, my doctor wanted to check to see 14 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:04,959 Speaker 2: if it was causing harm to my thyroid, and she 15 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:07,520 Speaker 2: wanted to see if it was cancer. She ordered me 16 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 2: to have an uldarsound to check it. No cancer. The 17 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 2: test results revealed I probably had an autoimmune disease that 18 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 2: had gone undiagnosed for some time. This was difficult news 19 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:21,480 Speaker 2: to hear, to say the least. After I visited with 20 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 2: the doctor, got into my car drove to the grocery store. 21 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:26,680 Speaker 2: Just as I was getting into the car after getting 22 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 2: some groceries, I hit my head on the rear view mirror. 23 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:31,680 Speaker 2: I bowled my eyes out. For the next half hour 24 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:34,760 Speaker 2: in my car, a marriad of thoughts ran through my head. 25 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 2: I won't live long enough to see my kids grow 26 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:40,680 Speaker 2: up by their grandkids. God didn't care about my health. 27 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 2: God didn't care about me. All I had done was 28 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 2: for nothing. After I had my emotional melt out of 29 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 2: it back into the store, walking down the aisle, I 30 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 2: sensed the Holy Spirit speak to my heart. I tell 31 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 2: you when you're done. Doctors don't tell you when you 32 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 2: are done. I tell you when you are done. Immediately, 33 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 2: all those lies filled my head or gone. Could I 34 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 2: regularly practice listening for the Holy Spirit. I was in 35 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 2: tune and aware enough of how God speaks to me 36 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:10,640 Speaker 2: that when he spoke, I knew it was him. I 37 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:12,920 Speaker 2: not only knew from my previous encounterge with the Spirit, 38 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 2: but also being anchored in God's word that when I 39 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:19,679 Speaker 2: tested the words I heard, the aligned with scripture. Those 40 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:22,680 Speaker 2: words inspired me not to give up. I changed my diet, 41 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:27,640 Speaker 2: treat my exercise routine. I started taking supplements and ulped 42 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:30,639 Speaker 2: my water, intake anything I could do to live as 43 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 2: healthily as possible. If you are unsure whether they are 44 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:37,079 Speaker 2: hearing from the Holy Spirit, ask yourself these questions as 45 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 2: you read scripture. Does the verse speak to your soul 46 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 2: in a way that it hasn't before, especially if you've 47 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 2: read the scripture before. Do you sense the Holy Spirit 48 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 2: speaking to you during your prayer time? If he does, 49 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 2: write down what you believe he is saying. If you've 50 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 2: experienced either of these things, test what you are hearing 51 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:56,080 Speaker 2: with others you trust. They can be in your local 52 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 2: church or not. Community is key to sharpening your ability 53 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 2: to hear from the Holy Spirit. When we mature in 54 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:05,600 Speaker 2: our spiritual walks, we rely more on the Holy Spirit. 55 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 2: Holy Spirit's voice becomes clearer to us the more we 56 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:11,680 Speaker 2: listen to it and obey what it says. That only 57 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 2: is it important to listen to the Holy Spirit, but 58 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 2: also helps us to dispel the lies that Satan plants 59 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 2: in our minds. Just as I believe the lie that 60 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 2: my life was over simply because of a doctor's diagnosis, 61 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:25,080 Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit had more to say to me on 62 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 2: that subject. Men, and I heard those words in the spirit, 63 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 2: all those lies disappeared. I was able to replace the 64 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 2: truth of the above verse with the lies that my 65 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:36,839 Speaker 2: life would be cut short? Are you someone who hears 66 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 2: from the Holy Spirit? If you had encounters like this, 67 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 2: were the words you hear from him aligned with scripture, 68 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 2: changing not only your lives but the lives of those 69 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 2: who hear them, that'll be more attuned to the spirit. 70 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 2: Pray and ask the Holy Spirit to speak to you 71 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 2: in ways that only you will understand. When you hear 72 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 2: those words, be obedient to do as they say. When 73 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 2: we align our minds and hearts with the Holy Spirit, 74 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 2: we solidify our gentneen Christ and can respond to this 75 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:07,760 Speaker 2: still small voice in our lives. Father, let us listen 76 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 2: to you. Make your voice unmistakable in our lives. Let 77 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 2: us be people who are known to obey you rather 78 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:19,599 Speaker 2: than the lies in our minds. Amen, intersecting faith in life. 79 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:22,719 Speaker 2: Have you heard from the Holy Spirit? What did he say? 80 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 2: We'll be into what you heard further reading John fourteen, 81 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:28,600 Speaker 2: verse twenty six. 82 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:36,160 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to today's devotional. 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