How Do You Know When God Is Speaking?

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And now, here's today's Truth Talk Live host. How do you know? When God is speaking to you, that's a question I've had asked me so many times. And it's a tricky one, right? Is it through Scripture?

Or is it a feeling? Is it circumstances? Is it the Holy Spirit? How do you know? Right, I'm I'm wanting to know this is a live show and we would love to know.

How do you know that it's God that's actually speaking, and you're not making up in your heart or something that you're actually hearing? The number to call 866-348. 7884. It's a calling show we would love to hear. Believe me, this is a topic a lot of a lot of folks are.

Wrestle with some people seem to have found a way that they feel comfortable, that they have this. Idea in John 10, 27, where Jesus said, My sheep hear my voice.

Well, how does that work exactly in today's world? How does it work for you? And again, we won't know unless you call us, and we definitely need your calls because it's just me today. Robbie Dilmore, 866-348-7884. 866-348-7884.

Have you ever sensed, you know, God is guiding you or warning you, right? He's prompting you. Lots of friends tell me, oh, well. You know, I heard God tell me to put my seatbelt on. The next thing I know, boom, you know, something happened or.

You know, I sensed he wanted me to go into this door and talk to somebody, or I sensed that this person I was supposed to share this message with. You know, some of these things, they, they. Really? get people's attention. They can get people fired up too, by the way.

I've been some of the um worst emails I've ever received from anybody or when I've spoken churches that people really took offense To me, saying I felt led by the Spirit or I felt like God told me to do something. What do you think? Is it just the scriptures? Does he just speak through the scriptures? 866-348-7884.

Believe me, the reason why it's a live show is to get your view out there. And hopefully, we can all learn from what you've experienced because we all get a chance to experience God, His voice. In a little bit different way. You know, there's a couple different ways to look at the Bible, right? There is the Bible a book of examples.

Is it Is it a book that shows us? Wow, David inquired of the Lord, and he had clearly heard his voice, and Moses clearly heard his voice, and Peter, obviously, all of them when they were with Jesus, but then afterwards, you know, they were guided by the Holy Spirit. They were guided by God. Paul, certainly. James, take your pick.

You know, if you look, it was certainly that way. And some people say, well, once the scripture was done, you know. Then God quit speaking. What do you think? 866348.

Seven, eight, eight, four. Have you ever had that moment where Y you just like, man, it seems like God is really Showing me something in the scripture. You were reading that scripture and all of a sudden you had some insight that you kind of didn't think came from you. And did God speak actually through the scriptures about his scripture, about his word? What does that feel like for you?

Uh if he has has ever warned you about something. Like, I can honestly tell you that one time. When I was going to testify in court against Um Actually, the lady who embezzled a bunch of money from me, I had a very clear warning from the Lord that the judge was going to ask me how I felt like she should be sentenced. Um and that Happened right there in the courtroom. I couldn't believe it, but it happened.

How about you? 866-348-7884. What role does scripture play when you're trying to discern God's voice? Like, I think that most all of us could agree that if you feel in some way that God's sensing you to leave your wife or something along those lines, and scripture tells you no, that clearly trumps anything that you might have with your within some feeling that you had that God spoke with you. And then what does his voice sound like, right?

From your experience. Is it like Elijah, or there's still a small voice? Or was it something like I had a friend who told me. That um You know, he was in a bar and he was fixed to take uh a a drink and he heard clearly, very loudly and very boldly, saying, This is your last chance. Is that how you heard it?

Um eight six six three four eight seven eight eight four, right? Um Do you know? One of the things you can really just consider is do you think God is speaking more than we realize? And we're just not. really recognizing his voice.

Um You know, my wife. Um For years. And years, you know, you hear God's voice. I never hear it. I don't know how many times I heard her tell me that story.

Damn it. It was like, you know, and. You know, I just kept hearing that. And one day we were. On our way to Raleigh for something, because I can remember right where we were on Interstate 40, right?

What was called Death Valley there in Greensboro, and all of a sudden, she turned to me. And she said, you know, The reason why we taught special needs ministries at Calvary is God told me one time when I was sitting there watching a presentation on special needs ministries, He told me that this was going to be our ministry. And I looked at her and I said to her, He did what? She said he told me. And I said, well.

Wait a minute, you you you said You know, you never hear his voice.

Well, I guess I do.

Well, yeah, you did. I mean, it's a beautiful thing.

So, we got Belle is in Virginia. Belle, you're on Truth Talk Live. I would love to know. What you got for us today? Hi, um So I hear God in my own like it's in my head, my own voice.

But the word does have a whole lot to do with. him speaking with us and us having a relationship with With our Savior, He has to speak to us through His word because we have to lean on His understanding. Yes, I'm in a total agreement with you. And so, have you had an experience where you felt like he shared something with you that was intimate that you needed to know? All the time.

All the time. Um Okay. Mm. I don't know of an example exactly to to give with to give you. I I know that um We have to build a relationship with him.

That's the one thing that he he longs for. That's the one thing that Right. He even says, right, in the Song of Solomon, let me hear your voice. He wants to hear it. There's no doubt he does.

I agree with you. And so sometimes when you're reading the scripture, you just feel him coming along, put his arm around you, and saying, hey, look here. And all of a sudden something comes off the page, etching? Yeah, um I know that when I go and read in the Word, it's very necessary to ask Him to feed us and to seek us through His Word before we even crack open the pages. You couldn't be more right.

You have to tell Him, feed me, feed me with what you have for me today. Let me know what you want me to know. And otherwise, it's going to just be jumble. You know, if you go to reading the Bible without asking him to speak to you through it, it's going to be jumble. It's not going to make any sense to you.

You know, parables and little stories and stuff, it's not going to mean anything specifically to you. It's the living word that means what he means by the living word, what they say. Wagnant and I'm tagging. No, no, it's okay. I I I couldn't agree with you.

It it lives and grows with us, you know? Yeah. It lives and grows with us and it and it's not gonna be it's not valid if you don't ask him to Make it pertain to me, God. Tell me what you want me to know today. What do you have for me?

Yeah, even so. I need to hear you. I need to feel you. Right. Even when you're going to church, sometimes you hear his word from another person, but it's still him speaking to you, right?

I'm through that. Yeah. Um, sometimes sometimes it can be him speaking to you and, um I think that God speaks to us in many ways sometimes, just on a billboard sign going down the road. I've had that one too. It's very important to open up those ears, right?

You got two ears, one mouth, do the math. Thank you, Bill. God bless you. I hate we got to go, but I appreciate your call so much. God bless you.

And we got Two more calls. We got Dannon and Paul. Dannon's in Lynchburg and Paul in Ohio, but we need your call: 866-348-7884. We'll be right back. with how do you know it's gone.

Mm. You're listening to the Truth Network and TruthNetwork.com. How do you know? That God is speaking you to you today on Treat Talk Live. We would love your view.

866-348-7884 is a number to call in and share. 866-348-7474-847. 348-7884. We got Dannon is in Lynchburg, Virginia. Dannon, you're on Truth Talk Live.

Hi, good afternoon. My name's Dana. I'm sorry, Dana. It's it's okay. We get fat fingered apparently on the keyboard sometimes.

That's okay. I've been called worse things. But that I was Calling because the most memorable time when I really felt the Lord was speaking to me. Was when I was driving from my children's school just after the towers were hit the day of 9-11. And I was going over the bridge in a car by myself to my job that I'd been doing for 20 years, and I had two small daughters, and my husband was working third shift, so he wouldn't have to use daycare.

And I heard And I tell everybody I tell this to was the most audible voice But the voice was next to me I can't say the voice was driving the car in control or that the voice was inside of me, but. I heard get my house in order. And um Wow. I would because I realized that I didn't realize it was the Lord. I figured it was the Lord, but I didn't really understand the message.

I was thinking, my house is in order, my house is clean, the crock pot's on, my husband's happy with me. You know, everybody's doing what they're supposed to be doing and behaving.

So I didn't understand what Get My House in Order meant. And when I got to where I had to go and called my husband and told him about what happened, he said, We need to talk about it. What ended up happening is within a year and two days from 9-11, my husband and I got our finances in order. And we felt as though we were honoring God and following and obeying Him by getting me home with our daughters. Wow.

Um and and You know, because I was wanted a husband and children in that order, but the world was pulling me in five different directions, making me think I had to go work and provide an income and be this, you know. uh fried up in a bacon kind of woman that did everything. Um But the Lord had me focus on my husband, my children. in our home and that's been Few decades ago, and I can tell you now that I see my daughters being wives, and now one of them is a mother. Um, you know, she went to school to be a teacher, but once her firstborn was born, she said, I'm gonna stay home with my son just like my mom stayed home with me.

It's a real blessing, and I know it was the Lord. Because he set us off in a direction to honor and glorify him, and that's our purpose anyway, right? That's yeah, you can tell a tree by its fruit, and it's beautiful. What a story. Dana, I really, really appreciate that today.

God bless you. And keep up the great work. Right? Keeps listening. That's exactly right.

We hear him. Keep listening. We hear him when he speaks to us and not just blow him off as. Our own voice. Right, exactly.

Exactly. God bless you. Thank you so much for your comment. Oh, you're welcome. Bye-bye.

All right, we got John is in Ohio, but we need you. 866-348-7884-866-348-7884. John, you're on Truth Talk Live. Hi, Robbie. How's it how am I coming through?

Oh, I'm excited to hear what you have. I really am. I'm doing wonderful.

So I think the two things that I wanted to talk about, I've had two instances recently where I know that got spoke with me. I'm sure there's times in the past where he may have spoken to me, but I just took him as thoughts in my head. And I think that on a deeper level, uh, sometimes when we hear things that we think is God talking to us, we need to dive into the scripture and see if what we are hearing agrees with the scripture. But uh the two times recently that I've had Um I was driving both times and uh In one instance in particular, I was asking in a situation where I was asking God, you know, hey, what can I do for you today? You know, what is it that you have?

That's beautiful. Yeah. But uh The thing that I heard, kind of similar to Dana, very simple phrase, it just said follow that truck. And I saw a truck two cars ahead of me, and I followed it, and it went behind a Walmart. And that was when I saw that it had a blown back tire, completely blown.

And He drove around the back, drove back to the front. I I guess he was looking for a one of the tire places. But uh he stopped and I pulled up next to him and hopped out and said, Hey, can I give you give you a hand? I live local. And he immediately said, Did God send you?

And I was able to say, Yes, yes, he did, actually. Wow. I won't go into the long detail details, but we searched a couple of places. They were all closed. It was a Sunday.

He went back inside to the Walmart and was able to get a jack, and he About Minnesota. and he was here in Ohio, and his wife was going to have to come pick him up. But uh I went into AutoZone and was able to talk to the guys there and found out that the Walmart just up north of uh of where we were had tires and was open. And so we were able to get his truck jacked up and get the the wheel in the back of my car and we headed up there and got a new tire on his wheel. And uh and we hugged and cried as he uh he loaded up and headed back home.

But uh It's one of those where it's a very sometimes very simple things and uh and we just gotta be on the lookout 'cause it was quiet. It was pretty quiet. Absolutely amazing, John. God bless you, man. That's awesome.

I appreciate your testimony. Amazing. And so true, right? That yeah, you gotta search the scriptures on certain things. But when you hear something that's like that and you're driving and you're like, okay.

Okay. And again, I think that the more we hear through the word of God, the more we know what his voice sounds like. Does that make sense? Yeah, it does. That's beautiful.

Thank you, John. I appreciate you so much. God bless you. I appreciate your call today very much. Thank you very much.

Thank you. Bye-bye. All right, next up we got Joy in North Carolina. Joy, you're on Truth Talk Live. I'm excited to hear what you have.

I've had two instances where I've had I heard the voice. Audible voice. Um one I was driving around a road And it was I was entering a curve. And I heard a male voice on my right shoulder clearly say to me. slow down.

It wasn't speedy. But, you know, I just tap the brakes and we start going slower. And I went slower and went around the bend And there was a flatbed truck In the curve that was long ways, like a crossways. Right? And I was in a little bitty car And if I had have kept going at the speed I was going, I would have hit dead center of that truck.

Right, with a flatbed, that would not have been pretty, I could imagine. It would have been really horrible. Like, wow. And another thing that has happened to me before I really knew about COVID, or it was I'd heard about it. I well, let me give you a background.

I suffered from asthma. From a child, I missed a month of school with asthma where I could not attend like 30 consecutive days in third grade. And so I've always carried an inhaler with me. And kept one at my bedside.

Well, I went up to a church service and I was healed of asthma. But then uh rock when COVID was starting that I didn't know about. One night I couldn't breathe. It was like Worse than asthma again, and I'm like, God, have I lost my healing? I didn't know that was possible.

Because I just could not breathe. And a voice In my ear a male voice said to me, Think to breathe. And what that meant was, I had to think. every step. I'm going to inhale, I would inhale.

In my mind, I thought now get ready to exhale. And then I would exhale, and then the the Now breathe in. Keep that breath. Get ready to I had to breathe and think. Every breath, because at the time it would have been easier.

Physically to stop breathing, just to stop breathing. Wow, that's powerful, Joy. Absolutely powerful stories, wow. The male voice on the right side. That's the third time we've heard that in the short period of time we've been listening.

So thank you for your call so much, Joy. We got to go to a break. We need your call. 866-348-7884-866-34 TRUTH. We'll be right back.

Talk live! You're listening to the Truth Network and TruthNetwork.com. Welcome back to True Talk Live. Today's question. How do you know God is speaking to you?

I mean, it's a deep idea. And do you think God is speaking more than we realize? And we really just don't recognize His voice. I would love to hear your story. I've enjoyed so much the stories we've heard so far.

We need yours. 866-348-7884. 866-348-7884. We have Daniel is in Ohio. Daniel, you're on Truth Talk Live.

It's Danielle. Oh, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. It's Danielle. Danielle, I'm so glad to have you on.

Well, I am glad to be here. Actually, I am trying to get more connected with my faith and everything. I heard you come on and usually I'm home by now, but I heard you come on and I just felt like, you know, I should call in and tell my story. Oh, I'm so grateful. I actually a couple of years ago, I was at work and I had a court date.

coming up with my uh daughter's father over um you know, custody and stuff and I knew the date, you know, the longer The longer, you know, I waited, and the more anxious I got, the more anxiety built up. The more overwhelmed with fear I felt. And uh The day before I was at work and I was just like You know, what am I going to do? I was so worried and anxious and nervous. I was, I felt sick.

And so I decided that I was going to go to the bathroom and pray. Oh. Uh I uh Is that down and I prayed it And I Excuse me, I told God, I said, I know you're God. You know And I give it all to you, you know, I trust you. Like you know, I'm in your hands and um the energy that I felt the power that I felt that said, you know, I am God, I'm here.

I had goosebumps all over my body, you know, and just how strong it felt. And the next day I went to court and he didn't show up. And my daughter's father never came and he didn't show up.

So the judge obviously dismissed it. Everything was good. And then about a year later after that, he ended up catching some charges for other things. And I really haven't spoken to him since. Um Um you know, just that that feeling, that day.

You know, I know I was 100% certain it was God, and He was just. telling me that he was here with me. He was the god that sees you, right? Daniel, he he he's someone And that touch. You'll never forget it as long as you live.

And obviously, it's very emotional. And who you know, anytime that when God touches it, the situation, it changes everything, doesn't it? It does. It really does. It was an amazing feeling.

That's so beautiful. And I can't tell you how much I appreciate your call. I really, really am so encouraged by it. I imagine everybody listening realizes the benefits of, like, man, when we really pray. He really is there, and you were really praying.

So, God bless you, and keep up the great work. Keep listening out there, okay? I should Thank you. Thank you, Danielle. God bless.

Bye-bye. All right, we got Angel is in Michigan.

So Angel, you're on... True Talk Live. Good evening. Hi. Hello.

What have you got for us? I am. I just want to praise God because He is so amazing. Thank you. Yeah, me too.

My story is when I first Um, got saved. I come walking out of the church and I was there with a friend who took me. And we got in the car and we were leaving. And I heard God tell me That I was gonna marry my husband, who's my husband now. His name is Dan.

And we had worked together for about a year or so prior. And um I told I looked at my friend and I'm like, Did you hear that? And she's like, Hear what? And I said, I'm telling you, God just told me I was going to marry Dan. And she said, Well, he says he's never getting married again.

And I said, Okay. I said, Well, not according to God. And that was in saying. I got baptized in June. And that August We were married.

And we have been married almost twenty years. It'd be August 15th will be 20 years this year. That's so beautiful, right? It's so beautiful. And I can imagine, you know, a lot of us when we're standing there and they say, Do you take this man to be here?

And you're like, oh, yeah, God told me. Like, what a wonderful thing to have that insurance, right? Even that he had said that he would never marry again. Yeah. Yeah, it was it Been amazing.

God is the center of our marriage, and that's where we keep Him. And I mean, not even just. that time shortly after um We got married, we found a church to attend together, and we were in service, and I smoked. I had smoked for A long time and I come out of church while in church, I was really being heavily convicted. And I had like four cigarettes left and I'll never forget this 'cause I'm like, okay, I'll quit as soon as I'm done with these four.

And all I heard was no, you're done now And have you ever tried to argue with God? 'Cause I was like, but work, I've only got three, four left. And he's like, no, you're done now. And that has been twenty almost twenty years since I quit smoking. It's about the same for me.

I quit in ninety one.

So what is it must be twenty five for me. But I like your story a lot, absolutely. It is. It is. Thank you, Angel.

God bless you. What an amazing call. I'm so grateful for that. God bless you. All right, we need your call, 866-348-7884.

How do you know? How do you know that that's God speaking? How did you experience it? What did it feel like for you? What's your story?

We would love to hear your testimony. 866-348-7884. We got Chris is in Jacksonville, Florida. Chris, you're on Truth Talk Live. God bless you, and thank you for taking the call.

Oh, I'm excited. I gotta tell you. These have been amazing. I'd love to hear it. Yeah, I was an advanced.

I was pretty active at one time. And driving to work about five in the morning one day, I was asking the Lord, what am I to you? Where are you taking me next? What's going on with my life now? Because being part of the body of Christ, even though you're a minister or an evangelist like I was, Uh I was in a dark place.

And I was like, Lo, what am I to you? Do you have any use for me where I'm at? And I was active at that time. I was getting to start getting back active in the church. But as believers, sometimes we have doubt.

And as I'm driving, I'm trying to be quiet, you know, because the word says to be silent and listen to God, right? And it has to be, like the gentleman said earlier, it has to be approved by the word.

So I was like, Lord, what what am I in this body? And he said, you a fingerprint. And I was like, what? A fingerprint? I was like, Lord, uh I thought maybe a a hand or arm or leg.

He said no. Your fingerprint to me. And that's This is the moment that the humbleness took over, and the love of God took over my life. And he said because wherever you go. You leave my mark.

Any other thoughts? Yeah that they got for We're sure by call. as well to share that with you in the public listening. When you're down and out, he's always there with you. We all mean something to him, even if we're a little fingerprint.

Well, his fingerprint's pretty big, Chris. I'm going to tell you, I'll never forget. And I got to share this with you as you have such a powerful story. I had done a Christian Car Guy show years ago, and I had asked for people to share stories that they'd had with God. And I even forget what the setup was.

I just know that this lady called from Charlotte, as I recall. And she started talking about a situation like you, where she was really down and out, and she was describing how God. Had all of a sudden picked her up in his hands, and she got so excited. I've never heard anything quite like it. And she goes, And you know, God has great big hands.

And she had so you could, you could just sense the love that she had felt when God had picked her up in his hand. And you know, all that she had experienced. And as I couldn't help but think when you said that you were his fingerprint, I went, Well, man, he's got a big, he's got a big fingerprint. And the beauty of it is. You know, as a minister, To be able to leave any impression that God.

was there. Right. I mean, what an honor. And I could sense, you know, like you said, the humility of it, that somehow or another God used you in any way, shape, or form to help somebody else, and it's amazing, right? And so I love your story, Chris.

That is so powerful. I appreciate it so much. God bless you. God bless you. That is just too cool.

86636. 348-7884 is the number to call in and share. You know, have you ever had that moment as we just heard where God was guiding you, or maybe. Um You had a situation in a relationship. And It wasn't like all systems go, but it was like Full-on stop, man.

You're headed into trouble, or something along those lines that you felt God was in.

some type of turmoil or whatever it was, we would love to hear How it worked out in your life. 866-348-7884, 866-348-7444. 7884. It's funny how Um I forget the name of the caller earlier that had talked about how we get this daily provision of God's Word. And fascinatingly, for me this morning, right, I'm Mm-hmm.

Actually, preparing to go to a Masculine Journey Radio boot camp that starts this Thursday. And so I leave for Georgia pretty quick. And I should have been From my mind, as I sat down to study this morning, think I need to study this talk or this thing I'm going to be working on or whatever during the weekend. It's a wonderful retreat where actually men hear from God a lot. And I'm really thinking that's where I needed to go.

And God just said, no, I want you to go here. I want you to look at the word cry. I I just want you to look at that word. And study it as I do and as God has given me the gift of you know, looking at the Hebrew and beginning to understand You know, perhaps more of what that script represents when it comes to those words. And the more I looked at the word cry, the more I realized.

that it was so important to David. And if you look in the hundred and 19 Psalm in the cuff section of it. You know, you will see how many times he cried in that situation. As I'm listening to the listener, the callers today, those cries, help, we'll be right back. You're listening to the Truth Network and TruthNetwork.com.

Yeah, yeah. Welcome back to Truth Talk Live. Today's question. How do you know? God is speaking to you.

How have you experienced that? Have you experienced it in the scriptures? Is it scripture-based? Or have you experienced it like we've heard so many beautiful, like his sheep hear his voice? And these folks clearly had amazing testimonies of how God spoke to them.

How does that work out for you? Maybe you heard it sometimes from another person. I did an interview once with a man who suffered with depression, waiting, waiting, waiting to hear from God. And he finally discerned that God was speaking through his friends. How does that work in your life?

We would love to hear your call, 866-348-7884. 866-348-7884. Do you think God is speaking more than we realize, right?

So I was talking about this morning. I thought I was supposed to be doing a whole lot of other stuff, and God was clearly leading me in the scripture. And I was doing, as our caller advised, praying, God, where do you want to go? What do you want me to study? Where are we headed?

And he took me, as I said, to the 119th Psalm to study these cries of David. And for years and years and years, I have been enamored or so excited that King David, one thing you can. Discern if you read the 119th Psalm time and time again, as I've enjoyed doing, is that he really, really, really wanted to learn something called statutes. And throughout the 119th Psalm, there are many verses that talk about that whole idea of: I want to understand your statutes. And he cried.

in the curved section that God would teach him the statutes.

Well, once again, it grabbed my attention. I thought, man, I got to go back and see where the first place that word is in the Bible. And when I did, It opened up this idea of these statutes Are actually connected to provision. Like, give us this day our daily bread. In fact, if you look in Proverbs.

For people that want to do it, Proverbs 30 verse 8. And you look at What it says, remove far from me vanity and lies, give me neither poverty nor riches, feed me with food. for the day. Right? Or give me my daily bread.

It may be translated in your version, the one that Jesus used in the. you know, Lord's Prayer. Give us this day our daily bread, right? And there that word Daily, what's convenient for him in the King James Version is that word statutes. In other words, there's something that's carved out for us every day in God's Word and an experience with Him relationally every day in God's Word, and that's what we're talking about.

We got Emily is in Ohio. Emily, you're on Truth Talk Live.

So excited to hear what you have. Wow, I did not we said just to start off, confirmation after the fact is sometimes how you know you heard because I don't usually drive this vehicle. I don't ever listen to the station. It was on. And I felt immediately that I should call.

And I put it off for 45 minutes. I said, I'm not going to call. There's a line of people. I'm not going to call. I'm not going to call.

And um And then I did not expect to get through.

So when you immediately answer, I went, Well, yes, I was supposed to call.

So, confirmation after the fact: did I know that beforehand from the Lord? No, I may have had a discerning thought. I may have looked back in my past and think, hey, I've seen evidence of the Lord working like this before. It's possible, but let's try the spirits and where they're from, you know. Let's take these thoughts captive, make them obey Christ.

Is this what I'm supposed to be doing? Right. So and then on top of that, I was still doubting that. I went, oh no, this is just me and my flesh. And then you started talking about the Proverbs, and I said, That's exactly what I was going to call and talk about.

So definitely, I mean, the the Lord has been gracious and good. And I wanna, you know, the Proverbs talk about, you know, the word is power of life and death is in the tongue, so you better be willing to live by it one way or the other.

So I don't speak without asking the Lord to cover my speech and um You know, I take positional authority very seriously.

So even as a woman, I don't want to be positionally out of place. um you know, as far as teaching or anything. But if But just as a believer to believer, I can tell you the Lord has been speaking to me since I was born again at five years old. Yeah. Um I've had a I've had a Just a constant relationship with the Lord.

It has not been because of my faithfulness, it's been because of his faithfulness. Everything good in my life is a good gift from the Father to me, never not because I've merited it in any way, shape, or form. I know that feeling. I can relate to that, Emily. I really can.

Well, we all ought to.

So I have had the Lord confirm things in me, like I said, confirmation after the fact. Because it came to pass, therefore, it was him.

So it came to pass. And sometimes that's enough.

Sometimes I've had people say, but I haven't heard from the Lord yet, and I think they need to consider it perhaps the Lord has not given you the answer yet. He has not spoken yet. He's not rushed. He has perfect timing. Um, I mean, you could be praying on something for years and not have a word yet from the Lord because the answer is wait.

The answer is, I haven't given it to you yet. You don't need that information yet. There's a famous quote from Corey Senboom about how her father wouldn't. you know, explain something to her because you said, Why would I why would I have you carry a burden you can't carry?

So, you know.

So, um, so so they noticed in that, but then also in my own life I've had dreams. Dreams have confirmed things. I'm very weary of that because I don't think it's just because you have a dream. But for instance, my husband is positioning my authority. I submit it to him.

And we were in a very bad situation that my husband took a very faithful leap to. break us off out of this bad situation. And I was struggling with it all because it was a trying season. But I was still submitted to him. I said, Lord, even if he's wrong, positionally, I'm supposed to submit to him.

And I trust that. He's a believer. He's under you. You can sort his heart out if this isn't right, you know?

So he did, but my husband still stayed forward with it. And I wasn't, you know, in my heart of hearts, I wasn't fully on board, but I was committed to my husband. And then several, my husband does not have dreams, is all I can say. I don't mean he doesn't have dreams. Kind of, I mean, he literally does not have dreams.

And this night, I had a horrific dream about killing a snake. And he had the exact same dream, but he had like the other half of the dream. And it was like, As he said it and we said it, we both knew instantly, I said that whatever relationship we've only halfway cut off has to be 100% cut off. Wow. Like we knew instantly it was confirmed.

And that's also signs and wonders. Just Rainbows have always been special to me.

So, when I was, um, my husband and I went through a very trying time several years ago, we've been renovating several homes, we've been You know, just trying to make, you know, how the housing market was. And we had found a whole mountain the country that needed so much work. And it was hard. Renovating is hard on your marriage sometimes, especially when you lose your in-laws for a part of the time.

So it was difficult, but we were in a tremendous season of blessing. But our marriage was struggling. Like, we just weren't giving the time and energy to our marriage that it needed. And we were really struggling. We were in a really low place.

And I don't know how, but we got into this big fight about painting the house. And somehow, I ended up painting the house the color of the rainbow. The house was red. I painted a room blue. I painted my kitchen purple.

I don't even like the color purple.

So I painted all these different colors. And at the end, I realized: oh my goodness, the Lord gave me a rainbow, and I didn't even. That's my rule about rainbows. It's like even when it's raining, I don't look for a rainbow because I don't need to look. The Lord always gives me what I need.

I mean, seek and you'll find for sure. But as far as like being desperate and hungry, I mean, I know it talks about I know David was desperate for a word from the Lord, and the Psalms and stuff, as you spoke, like the word cry out to the Lord, you know. But just Delaura always gave me one.

So I said, Oh my God, she gave me a rainbow, and I wasn't even trying to have this.

Well, the coolest part about that is very shortly after I found out I was pregnant with my fourth child. come to find out, he was gonna be born in June and So I thought, oh no, rainbow can't be my sign for him because I won't be right. And I said, no, no, no, I'm claiming the rainbow. He's going to be my rainbow baby. This is what it is.

He's going to be my rainbow baby. So he was my blessing.

Well, there was another. Concurrent blessing that was coming in our life that this is hard to. Let me try to explain it real quick. the moment at which we were supposed to get confirmation, we were supposed to go to a meeting at eight thirty to get confirmation of this insane blessing that we up till that moment did not believe was going to happen. And then that happened to be the exact moment that my son was born.

And so several days later. we did get confirmation, but obviously looking back, we think, my goodness, how? After all this time and energy and whatever that went into this, to the exact moment that our son was born. Coincide with this other blessing that we found out later. Like, basically, God was like, You think I can't give you as this is a child?

Like, I gave you a child. Oh, I got a story almost the same thing. I hate we got another caller. I got to get on, Emily, but your stories have just empowered us. I'm so grateful for your call.

So grateful for your faith. Just listen. Just listen, because he's a still small voice and he's always talking. He's still talking. You just listen.

He's there. Yes, yes, ma'am. He sure is. God bless you. Keep up the great work.

Bye-bye. We got Joe has been hanging on forever. Joe, you're on Truth Talk Live. We may have lost Joe. He thought it might be too late because we only got a couple of minutes left.

Joe, if you're there.

Sometimes they are on mute. We lost Joe, but that's okay. Joe can call back 866-348-7884. I appreciate you hanging on for so long, Joe. Again, as you've heard from so many.

Um Callers today. I hope you could That, man, when you're hungry and you really start pouring your heart out, like we heard from several of them, or when they get quiet in their car, or when God needs. to get your attention, to save your life, or to help somebody, a trucker in need somewhere. You know, I love that story where he followed the truck and then helped him, you know, get back to his wife in the tears. I I I love to know all the details of how God Worked through his obedience in that particular situation.

Yes, the scriptures. Speak. The truth, and it's a great way to get to know his voice. But oh, do a sheep hear his voice, especially you can hear those that have tuned their ear, right, and have begun to see what God is speaking. And I'm going to be at this boot camp, as I mentioned, here in a few weeks, where I mean in a few hours, where men will be listening.

To hear amazing things from God, and when God speaks, everything changes, man. I've seen it in life after life after life after life. Listen, listen, listen, listen, listen. He's an amazing God. Whether you hear it in the scriptures or you hear it in his voice, he will change you.

Thanks for listening.